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Enough
by Dr Garth Grenache
and his Lighter Orchestra
2025:10:16
https://youtube.com/shorts/LIm....BPxQqzvM?si=KgbTgqFj
[Verse 1]
I think I’d like a castle grand,
a moat with dragon, and much land.
[Chorus 1]
But Yah knows best what should be,
His favour is enough for me.
[Verse 2]
A flying horse to me seems cool
From A to B, I’d be no fool.
[Chorus 2]
But Yah knows best how I should go;
His favour is enough, you know.
[Verse 3]
Tasty morsels, hunted meat,
Food of kings, their wealth complete;
[Chorus 3]
But Yah knows best my food instead
To do His will’s my daily bread.
[Bridge]
Yah works all things and works within
His word of truth sets free from sin
I put Him first and seek His will
His plan for me, let Him fulfill
[Verse 1 modified]
So though I’d like a castle grand,
a moat with dragon, and much land,
[Chorus 1 modified]
still Yah knows best what should be,
His favour is enough for me.
[Outro]
HalleluYah!
Oooh!
Yah knows best!
Aaaah!
Yeah, yep...
The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
Genesis 1:2 #bereishit
There are a few things you can learn about the nature of the universe from Genesis 1, but some people ascribe a lot of nonsense to these verses too. It's important to remember that, even if Genesis is literally true, it's trying to teach you about your relationship with God, not about the structure of the universe.
https://soilfromstone.blogspot.....com/2024/09/genesis
Be Stong! Be Strong! And may we be Strengthened!
As we complete our yearly cycle of reading the Torah, it is customary to proclaim Chazak Chazak V’nichazeck as we close the book.
Be strong! Be strong! And May we be strengthened!
Contrary to what we were once taught in Churchianity, the Torah of our Heavenly Father was not weak and is not weakness. Rather it is we who are weak and subject to much weakness.
And in the Teachings, Principles, and Instructions of our King we find great strength and are made ourselves strong to do the Work and follow The Way.
YHWH did not send Yahshua to us because His Torah was too weak, but because the Torah is strong and we are weak.
Yeshua is not our strength as opposed to the Torah, because He Himself is not opposed to the Torah.
He is our Torah Teacher. He is the Living Torah.
Yehoshua Ha Meshiach is the Teachings, Principles and Instructions of the Almighty Elohim, and He was sent to show us by His Life how we could live out the Torah for ourselves.
He died and rose to pay for all our weaknesses and wickednesses and to make the already strong Instructions even stronger still.
So when we read them through and finish a book of the Torah we say Chazak Chazak V’nichazeck because we know the Torah is not opposed to our Messiah, because we know it is His very own teachings, and because we know in Him is our strength and not just in His person but His work aswell.
We can know and rest assured that by learning and living out the Teachings, Principles, and Instructions of YHWH, we will become strong and ever strengthened thereby.
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On the Last Great Day, Yeshua definitively gave all Israel reason to believe that He is indeed the Prophet Moses foretold would one day arise, the Prophet-Like-Moses himself…the people were interested and the powers were indignant. Therefore for the Eighth Day, Shemini Atzeret, they concocted a scheme for proving Him a fraud, a trap only one like Moses was wise enough to walk out of and close on His would-be captors instead.
This is the story of the woman caught in adulterand brought to Yeshua to be stoned to death, and this is the day that it took place.
Without knowing the Holy Days one would not understand what was really happening and why. Without knowing the Torah one can not know what all was unfolding here.
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Celebrate Erev Shabbath with
Sabbath Keepers Fellowship!
We've moved an hour earlier to stay with the season!
Every Sabbath Eve at 7:30pm Central Time we will host an informal get-together on our YouTube channel to bring-in and honor the seventh-day rest. We will have:
- A short Sabbath eve prayer service
- Highlights of the weekly Torah portion with some commentary
- Greetings to all present
- Followed by live music and discussion with whomever wishes to bring it.
His yoke is easy and the burden light! Join us for some simple celebration and fellowship to end your week. The entirety of the service should be about 1.5 hours long. If you play an instrument or sing, contact the service admin to join in. If you don’t, just listen as others do their best to honor our Creator on His holy day.
Discover the latest meeting at:
Shemini Atzereth
“I am the Aleph and the Tav, the Beginning and End,” says YHWH “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
“Yeshua said, ‘I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.’”
“And he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of Elohim and of the Lamb. In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. And no longer shall there be any curse, and the throne of Elohim and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him. And they shall see His face, and His Name shall be upon their foreheads. And night shall be no more, and they shall have no need of a lamp or the light of the sun, because YHWH Elohim shall give them light. And they shall rule forever and ever.”
Have a lovely closing Festival, and may you all be sealed in the Lamb’s Book of Life!
This evening begins the festival of Shemini Atzereth (Eigth Day of Assembly)! It is a separate holiday from the festival of Sukkoth and is a high-day when we are to leave our sukkah (tent, booth, tabernacle) behind to dwell in our permanent homes, yet still tarrying just a bit longer with YHWH. The word atzar means to stop, pause or tarry. The number seven, as applied to Sukkoth, connotes completion and fulfillment; whereas the number eight, as applied to Shemini Atzereth, is about going beyond completion and starting anew.
This day is also the celebration of Simchath Torah (Joy of Torah). It is the day when we pause to complete the yearly reading of the Torah, rejoice in the Word of YHWH, and begin it anew – all in the same breath!
D'varym (Deuteronomy) 33:1-34:12 and B'reishyth (Genesis) 1:1-2:3
Consider the spiritual meaning of these things, chaverim, how they apply to the Kingdom of YHWH and the marriage of Yeshua to his bride. Pause today to rejoice and give thanks to YHWH and His Word who dwelt among us. Then “turn it over, and turn it over again!”
Sukkot is over now 😢, and I'm getting a late start on posting related to the first chapters of the Bible.
Here are some Apostolic passages to study alongside Torah Parsha Bereishit ("In the beginning" Genesis 1:1-6:8), plus links to related reading and videos: https://www.americantorah.com/....2021/02/13/parsha-be
As we all know, burning of incense in the Catholic church are still a common practice as well as in many other religions serving different gods. So, I have a few questions:
1) Do you also burn incense when worshipping or praying to YHVH Elohiym?
2) What about the incense oil many people put on their door frames to "clean" the house or on the mezuzah at the front door?
3) What about fragrances inside the house to get rid of bad smells -- is that the same? Especially incense stick and candles?
4) What about the incense oil many believers put on their hands when going into prayer -- or -- being blessed with on their heads at the pulpits of their churches?
5) Lastly, but not least -- Is it wrong to honour YHVH with incense?
INCENSE
Made of sweet-smelling spices and oils, incense had immense importance for ancient religious worship, commerce, romance, and daily life. People of every age have loved fragrant odours. During sacrifices to tribal gods, primitive worshippers in many countries would pour out or burn incense to make their god happy -- in fact, it was often feared that their gods would reject the sacrifice if he or she did not like the smell. Spices and precious oils were as valuable to ancient peoples as silver and gold; the queen of Sheba brought spices to Solomon as a gift {1 Kings 10:2}, and incense was kept in the royal treasury {2 Kings 20:13}. Because of the difficult work of extracting the fragrant juices, as well as the cost of transporting them from faraway places, incense was highly expensive, and promised high profits to its producers. In the biblical Song of Songs, lovers compare each other to “myrrh,” a “mountain of myrrh” and a “hill of frankincense” {Song of Songs 1:13; Song of Songs 4:6}; the fragrance of incense sets the right mood for love {Song of Songs 1:12}. Every kind of spice burned at King Solomon’s bedside {Song of Songs 3:6}. A bridegroom delighted in the perfumes of his beloved, and described her as his own private garden of incense {Song of Songs 4:10-14}. Even a prostitute burned incense beside her bed {Ezekiel 23:41}. No wonder wise men said that “fragrant oil” makes the heart glad and the “sweetness of friendship” comforts the soul {see Proverbs 27:9}.
TYPES OF INCENSE
Frankincense is the type of incense mentioned most often in the Bible. It was imported from India, Somaliland, and Arabia Felix. Myrrh also came from Arabia Felix. Cinnamon was another important fragrance from Ceylon and China. Galbanum, tragacanth [gum], and laudanum were all grown in the mountains of Asia Minor. Galbanum was the most popular of these three, for it was also found in Turkestan, Persia, Syria, and Crete. Henna, saffron, and balsam came from aromatic plants native to Israel. Later in Israel’s history, other plants were introduced to Palestine and cultivated there: the rose, narcissus, and jasmine. Onycha seems to have been produced from the local fauna, and musk [muskin] may have been extracted from a gland of the musk deer. Incense itself came in many forms. One could purchase tiny grains of it that would then be placed in a bag hung around the neck {Song of Songs 1:13}. Usually however, perfumes were liquids, dissolved in olive oil. A good example of this is the “holy anointing oil” {Exodus 30:31}. The priests and kings of Israel were anointed with this oil; only priests were allowed to prepare and administer them. The incense contained raw spices, and the priest would beat these and then season them with salt to make them holy. Stacte, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense were mixed in equal proportions, all according to the art of the perfumer {Exodus 30:34-37}. The spices and incense for the sanctuary were donated as gifts {Numbers 7:14-86; Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 41:5} and kept in the temple {Nehemiah 13:5, 9} The Hebrew historian Josephus, who lived near the time of the Moshiach, described the incense of his day as a much more complicated compound; he listed thirteen ingredients in the best incense.
INCENSE OFFERING
Archaeologists have shown that people have offered incense to their gods as part of religious worship from ancient times. Egyptian paintings occasionally show a man holding a censer of burning incense. It appears that the rituals of Assyria, Babylonia, and Arabia also used incense. Canaanite altars found at Megiddo and Tell Beit Mirsim have horned limestone altars [tenth century BC] that may have been designed to hold a bowl of incense. Hence, we can assume that incense offerings played a part in Israel’s worship from the beginning. Incense offerings were made for a multitude of purposes. They may have been used to drive away evil spirits {Exodus 30:26-29}. Undoubtedly, the sweet smell of incense helped to cover up the putrid odour of the animal sacrifices. However, spices were never added to the flesh of the animals or birds. In some instances, incense was burned by itself as part of a sacrifice. During a plague, Aaron performed a ritual of burning incense {Numbers 16:46-47}. On the Day of Atonement, the high priest carried burning incense and hot coals on a pan [censer] into the Most Holy Place {Leviticus 16:12-13}. The burning incense, it was thought, would protect the life of the high priest, perhaps because the smoke kept him from seeing the full glory of YHVH. Frankincense was added to grain for offerings on the altar of burnt offering {Leviticus 2:1, 15-16; Leviticus 6:15}. It also accompanied the bread of the Presence {Leviticus 24:7} in two dishes. The bronze serpent destroyed by Hezekiah in his reform had become a profane object to which incense was burned {2 Kings 18:4}. Except on the Day of Atonement, the incense was offered on a special altar {Leviticus 4:7; see also Exodus 30:9}, where it burned morning and evening and came to be called “perpetual incense” {Exodus 30:7-8}. Probably the altar of gold in Solomon’s temple {1 Kings 6:20-22} was the incense altar. Offering incense was a holy ritual, and people who offered it carelessly or disrespectfully were condemned {Leviticus 10:1-2; Numbers 16:6-50}. Uzziah, the king of Judah, became a leper because he dared to offer incense {2 Chronicles 26:16-21}. The burning of incense at “high places” is often criticized {see 1 Kings 22:43}, either because this was an act of idolatry or because the priests were clumsy in the way they burned it. Prophets who criticized the offering of incense {Isaiah 1:13; Isaiah 66:3; Jeremiah 6:20} had nothing against incense per se; they were condemning empty ritual that lacked true devotion to Israel’s YHVH.
MEANING OF INCENSE
Since incense was so precious, it made a fitting offering to YHVH {Malachi 1:11}. Incense offerings also provided a tangible [or smell-able] sense of YHVH’s holiness in which the people could experience atonement for sin {Numbers 16:46-47}. The smoke rising to the sky symbolized the prayers of the people {Psalm 141:2; Luke 1:10; Revelation 5:8; Revelation 8:3-4}. At the same time, the smoke in the temple symbolized the presence of YHVH, just as it had once been portrayed by the cloud in the wilderness {Exodus 19:18; Exodus 33:9-10; Numbers 11:25}. Together with the rising sun, the smoke provided a powerful symbol for the glory of Adonai {Isaiah 6:1-7}. In the New Testament, the believer’s testimony about the Moshiach is compared to the offering of incense {2 Corinthians 2:14-15}. The sweet smell of the gospel is contrasted with the smell of death that leads to doom. Likewise, money from the Philippian believers came to Paul in the spirit of an incense sacrifice {Philippians 4:18}, an expensive expression of love and devotion. Finally, incense seems to sanctify and accompany the prayers of the believers into the presence of YHVH {Revelation 5:8; Revelation 8:3-4}. The New Testament does not ask believers to offer incense, but rather to learn the devotion and dedication symbolized by the burning of this precious substance.
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