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Secondly, over many years of study, I have been spiritually enriched by the story of the Covenant between the God of Israel and His covenant people. Even more, while understanding the rich Jewish history from many resources, my faith was made secure in a time where Atheistic, Agnostic, and a famine of the Word of God was on the rise. So, whenever I encounter someone from these groups, I can refer back to the original text of the Word. As a result, the Lord has been faithful in helping me to share my faith from this rich historical foundation.
Amos 8:11-14
(NLT)
11 “The time is surely coming,” says the Sovereign Lord,
“when I will send a famine on the land—
not a famine of bread or water
but of hearing the words of the Lord.
12 People will stagger from sea to sea
and wander from border to border
searching for the word of the Lord,
but they will not find it.
13 Beautiful girls and strong young men
will grow faint in that day,
thirsting for the Lord’s word.
14 And those who swear by the shameful idols of Samaria—
who take oaths in the name of the god of Dan
and make vows in the name of the god of Beersheba—
they will all fall down,
never to rise again.”
Amos 9:10
(NLT)
10 But all the sinners will die by the sword—
all those who say, ‘Nothing bad will happen to us.’
As the redeemed, we are not looking for a Gospel that supports bad behavior, But a Gospel that teaches our hearts to follow hard after Yeshua the Jewish Messiah; Christ our Lord.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”7228″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Blessed be Adonai, the Father of our Lord, who lives in Light so brilliant that no human can approach Him. Nevertheless, He has graciously given us His Son, Yeshua our Lord, who we can see in the pages of the Holy Word of God. He is the One who gave us His Offering of Redemption (Christ) so that now we can come into His Presence as the Almighty creates a path of safety into His unapproachable Light.
In our last blog, we mentioned the difficulty of translating words from one language to another. This is primarily due to the loss of a cultural understanding of what the story was originally written about and that it was replaced by another culture where Jewish people, places, and festivals were given European names.
For example, the feast of “Passover,” became “Easter,” and the feast of “Shavu’ot,” was changed to “Pentecost.” The translation of languages is one thing, but the replacement of religious practices that were meant as a distinction for the Jewish people is quite aggressive. To edit the Sacred records of God’s Covenant sounds questionable, even intentional.
The entire Bible is a narrative of the plan of Salvation; a story about the Covenant with Abraham and his descendants. The Jews’ religious feasts contained activities with visual aids that told the stories about the acts of God, both historical acts surrounding His covenant people and His prophetic promises. If the Message in the feast gets lost, then the narrative is broken, and their meanings are misunderstood.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”11591″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][vc_column_text]There is no other message of love that is more significant than that of a Father who placed His Son on an altar to become the necessary sacrifice of redemption for the lost. The added benefit was the covenant of protection which included an ongoing relationship.
The first sacrifice which was made between Abraham and Isaac was only a test. However, Isaac was a type of Christ in that he was obedient to his father. When he gazed into his father’s eyes (Abraham), the son (Isaac) beheld the allegiance to his God. Therefore, Isaac became submissive to accommodate his father’s offering.
The above, emotional scene is what occurred between Abraham and his son Isaac, as they trusted Adonai’s plan for the nation of Israel.
What is even more amazing is when our great Kings asked His beloved Son to suffer for the “sinner,” the Son says yes. We learn that the Bible is not an about story of a God, who do great things. The Bible is a story about a God (Adonai), who is in a Covenant relationship with His Children, who He is Fathering, not because He is, merely a miracle, God.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”The Passover” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:36|text_align:left|color:%23822a14″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Some Orthodox Jews may take offense regarding the removal of particular cultural events. The following is submitted as research that will help the reader as clarification.
The Passover
The period from Passover feast to the feast of Shavu’ot is a time of great anticipation. Jewish communities count each of the days from the second day of Passover to the day before Shavu’ot, 49 days or 7 full weeks, hence the name of the festival. The counting reminds the Hebrew people of the critical connection between Passover and Shavu’ot: Passover freed them physically from bondage, but the giving of the Torah on Shavu’ot redeemed the Jews spiritually from our bondage to idolatry and immorality. Shavu’ot is also known as Pentecost because it falls on the 50th day; however, Shavu’ot has no particular similarity to the Christian holiday of Pentecost, which occurs 50 days after their Spring holiday. http://www.jewfaq.org/holidayc.htm[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”11573″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][vc_column_text]The Greek word πάσχα páscha; “Sacrificial Lamb of God” can also be defined as Adonai’s a state of immunity (Saved).
When applying the Blood of the Passover Lamb on their doors, the Hebrews were immune against the plagues and curses placed on Egypt. The word also carries the meaning of “privilege” and “released” because of the redeeming property afforded by the blood of the Lamb of God.
The timing of the Passover Meal response with the evening when Yeshua, the Jewish Messiah (Jesus Christ of Nazareth) was crucified. All of the rituals that the priests did in preparation for Passover were done to Jesus (the Sacrificial Lamb). A child would ask: “Why are we having this meal?” The father would reply: “The Passover Meal is a reminder of how God passed over the Israelites and did not kill the first born male child (every Egyptian family lost their firstborn male).”
After our Lord’s resurrection; the arisen Savior told His disciples to wait in Jerusalem for 49 days, which the Jews understood was the feast of “Shavu’ot.”
We see that the Jewish story continued as Jesus Christ directed His disciples to observe the feast of Shavu’ot.
(New Living Translation (NLT) Study Bible Dictionary)
PENTECOST (n)[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”11582″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]a Jewish feast celebrated on the 50th day after the Feast of Unleavened Bread; the day God sent the Holy Spirit after Christ’s resurrection
Acts 2:1 . . . the day of Passover, all the believers
Acts 20:16 . . . in time for the Festival of Passover.
1 Cor 16:8 . . . until the Festival of Passover.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Easton’s Bible Dictionary definition of “Easter“” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:21|text_align:left|color:%23822a14″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text](Easton’s Bible Dictionary)
“Easter”
Originally a Saxon word (Eostre), denoting a goddess of the Saxons, in honor of whom sacrifices were offered about the time of the Passover. The Pagan worshippers had planned to kill the Apostle Peter, but the Lord miraculously delivered the Apostle out of their prison.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”11575″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][vc_column_text]
Where do we get the feast referred to as “Easter?”
While the feast of “Easter” or “Eostre,” goes back thousands of years, the events were kept separate. Passover was a Jewish feast, however, “Easter” or “Eostre,” was the feast honoring the Nero-paganism
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Neo-Paganism
Neo-Paganism: Neo-Paganism, any of several spiritual movements that attempt to revive the ancient polytheistic religions of Europe and the Middle East.
Eostre, Germanic Goddess of Spring and the Dawn
www.thaliatook.com/AMGG/eostre1.php
Idolatrous worship
“Samhain” Halloween
“Yule” Tree worship
“Imbolc” spring equinox
“Eostre” Easter[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”11583″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Eostre is the Germanic Goddess of Spring. Also called Ostara or Eastre, She gave Her name to the Christian festival of Easter (which is an older Pagan festival appropriated by the Church), whose timing is still dictated by the Moon.
Goddess Art · World Goddess Oracle · Tarot · Commissions[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”11604″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][vc_column_text]The Eostre theory is that the English word “Easter” is derived from the word “Eostre,” which is taken to be an Anglo-Saxon or Celtic fertility goddess. Here is evidence that the Easter celebration is a pagan celebration which the Church merely Christianized sometime in the early Middle Ages. Ostensibly about the Resurrection of Christ, the feast retains many of its pagan characterizations: eggs, rabbits, baby chickens, and so on are symbols of Germanic paganism associated with Eostre…[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Celebrating the Pagan Imbolc Sabbat – ThoughtCo
https://www.thoughtco.com/guide-to-celebrating-imbolc-2562102
Listen to what pagan worshipers are transmitting during their Easter Equinox:
Imbolc Magic. Imbolc is a time of magical energy related to the feminine aspect of the goddess, of new beginnings, and of fire. It’s also a good time to focus on divination and increasing your own magical gifts and abilities. Take advantage of these concepts, and plan your workings accordingly.
Exodus 12:25-27
(NLT Study Bible Text,)
25 When you enter the land the Lord has promised to give you, you will continue to observe this ceremony. 26 Then your children will ask, ‘What does this ceremony mean?’27 And you will reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, for he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt. And though he struck the Egyptians, he spared our families.’ ” When Moses had finished speaking, all the people bowed down to the ground and worshiped.
In that day Moses was not only the man of God, but he was also a sanctum or an oracle.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”Creating a Place for God” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:left|color:%23822a14″][vc_single_image image=”11580″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][vc_column_text]
Why didn’t God go down and fight the Egyptians, Himself? He did. Moses was God’s Sanctum, which its definition is a Holy place, a sacred place, especially a shrine within a temple or church.
“an icon installed within the sanctum of the temple”
In the process of setting His people aside for a particular job, God has commissioned us for special assignments in His Kingdom that are not always comfortable. For example, our determination to be “right” when in a heated argument is seldom the assignment. But, our making every effort to bring someone towards a closer walk with Yeshua sounds more like the Will of God.
As a “sanctum” Moses represented the Holy and All-Powerful, Supreme Adonai. Moses’ voice may have been weak and faint, but the words he delivered carried the presence of the Almighty. In other words, Moses was a type of Messiah bearing the Words of God. The difference is that Jesus Christ was the whole (entire, complete) Torah, Psalms, and the Prophets; while Moses was only a quote from the living God. If Moses was just a small quote from the Almighty, how much more power is invested in the Name, Yeshua carries throughout the universe![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What’s the problem with a few Bible typos?
Here is one Scripture that deserves specifying:
1 Timothy 6:15-16
(NLT)
At just the right time Christ will be revealed from heaven by the blessed and only almighty God, the King of all kings and Lord of all lords. 16 He alone can never die, and he lives in light so brilliant that no human can approach him. No human eye has ever seen him, nor ever will. All honor and power to him forever! Amen.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]