Jeremiah 17:10 says “I, YHVH, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.” So we clearly see that God does search our hearts for sincerity and tests our will for resolve to be quick to serve Him without ulterior motive… Like Abraham who it is said was always quick to obey and never thought negative or grumbled in his heart… A great example for us!
Many ancient manuscripts and Dead Sea Scrolls equate Melchizedek with Shem, and to support this understanding, I provide a few quotes…
In light of God having “called out” Avraham in this week’s Torah parashah Lech Lecha, you may be surprised to find the many scriptural references to God calling out His assembly from the earliest of times… If you are being called out of something, you are naturally being called from something to something. If you are…
In contextual contrast, right after God describes the hybridization of the human race by the fallen Watchers in Genesis 6:1-7 (see also Enoch and Jubilees 6), the scriptures purposely contrast that Noach was pure in his genealogy (inferring inherited DNA) in Genesis 1:8-9 setting the scene for why he was saved.!
Upon meditating on the hidden words within the first hebrew word recorded in Scriptures, “Bereshit”, (‘in the beginning’) many truths are discovered and we see God’s whole plan of Salvation is laid out in this one word.
Did The Word literally “Tabernacle” in Human Flesh on God’s Holy Day for Tabernacling? John 1:14 relates Yeshua’s body as temporary dwelling like a tabernacle/booth: And the Word was made flesh, and “tabernacled” among us, (and we beheld it’s glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” Many…
Understanding Yom Kippur and How to Observe it
Shabbat shuva always falls on the Shabbat before Yom Kippur and is a time for Repentance and Return to Covenant! Shabbat Shuvah (“Sabbath [of] Return” שבת שובה) refers to the Shabbat that occurs during the Ten Days of Repentance between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur!
Each year to prepare for the fall feast and the prophetic foreshadowing of the coming of the King all of Israel would begin repenting from the beginning of the month of Elul for 30 days up to Rosh Hashanah/Yom Terumah and then 10 final days leading up to Yom Kippur the 10 days of Awe!
Learn about the Hebrew month of ELUL and how it is a special time for Reflection, Relationship, Repentance and Righteous Deeds!