BenAvraham
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1 KINGS 7:51-8:21
We see here a repetition of the same building project, but on a larger scale. Solomon builds the first “Temple” for the presence of YHVH. Wherein the tabernacle was a mobile structure ( like a mobile home) the Temple was a fixed place. He employed thousands of workers, so there wasn’t much unemployment in Israel during that time. It took many years to build whereas the tabernacle was finished in a matter of months. Something else should be noted. During the building of the Mishkan, people gave freely and workers were chosen by God. In the building of the temple, it was forced labor and the people were taxed. Quite a difference.
It takes time to build a ministry, many years sometimes. But if the goal is to share/teach the Word of God to others, to minister HIS word, then the LORD will bless that work, no matter how small or how big, whether a “mobile” ministry or a “fixed-in-one-place ministry, Adonai will bless and it will last.
MARK 9:1-50; 10:1-52
Yeshua takes his three chosen disciples; Kefa, Jacob, and Yochanan (Peter, James, and John) to witness a special event. We know this as the “Transfiguration.” They went up a mountain and the clothing of Yeshua was transformed into dazzling white. He then talked with Moshe and Eliyahu. The scripture does not say what they talked about. We can only imagine. Perhaps, it was the following;
Moses represents the Torah, (the first 5 books) and Elijah, the Prophets and writings, and Yeshua, the New Covenant. Altogether, we have the complete Torah, the Complete Word of God! Perhaps Yeshua told the two how He was the one that they wrote about and how all of their prophecies would be complete in HIM. Well, that is just an idea. What do you think they talked about if not that?
We also remember that Moshe wanted to go into the promised land with his people, but because of the sin of striking the ROCK twice, he was forbidden to enter the promised land, since the ROCK symbolized Yeshua who was "struck only once" (the stroke of death). Moses died there on the Mountain and Adonai himself buried him there. Yet, he finally entered the promised land, right there, at the Mt. of Transfiguration. Better late than never.
In Mark 10, Yeshua teaches on divorce. This is a big subject, and a sad subject because many couples do not take marriage seriously any more. “Love” is a “commitment” it is a “conscious choice” to care for a person, it has nothing to do with “feelings”, yet “feelings” can lead two people together in order to “make a commitment of love” . We can see the true meaning of "love" in John 3:16; "For God so LOVED the world that He GAVE His only begotten son...." True love is about "giving" the "giving" and "sharing" of one's life with another. The scripture does not say that "God felt like sacrificing his own son.." because it hurt Him to his heart, but there wasn't any other way to atone for mankind's sins. God's commitment of love caused him to "give" up his son to a cruel death on the cross of Calvary, to feel the pain of iron nails being driven into his wrists. He didn't give up on mankind, He provided a solution. The marriage covenant was made on Mt. Sinai with the giving of the commandments, the wedding ceremony is get to come, we are the bride and soon to be the "Wife of Messiah" Divorce? no such animal. We will be the "eternal wife" (Ha Ishah HaOlam)
Divorce was allowed out of the “hardness of man’s heart” in biblical times, it was instituted by the man, never the woman, all is different now, get tired of your mate? Bored? Run to the lawyer and get a divorce, look for a new mate, someone more exciting and fuller of life. This is the mentality of the world, but not the mentality of God. The only biblical reason for allowing divorce is adultery, and for unbelief, if there is a mixed marriage and the unbeliever refuses to live with the believer, “let him (or her) depart” for we are not called to strife.
All the more reason to be “equally yoked together, believers with other believers” Personally, divorce should be a last choice if one is living in a “hell hole” and the mate is a “unholy terror” but let’s not even go there now, we need to lift up our mates in prayer and pray for understanding one with the other. We are all different, and our mates complement our weaknesses, and through our mates, our weaknesses become “strong”
Shavua Tov Have a good week
Ben Avraham
A small Messianic congregation's outdoor Shabbat celebration (La Herradura, El Salvador)
We see here a repetition of the same building project, but on a larger scale. Solomon builds the first “Temple” for the presence of YHVH. Wherein the tabernacle was a mobile structure ( like a mobile home) the Temple was a fixed place. He employed thousands of workers, so there wasn’t much unemployment in Israel during that time. It took many years to build whereas the tabernacle was finished in a matter of months. Something else should be noted. During the building of the Mishkan, people gave freely and workers were chosen by God. In the building of the temple, it was forced labor and the people were taxed. Quite a difference.
It takes time to build a ministry, many years sometimes. But if the goal is to share/teach the Word of God to others, to minister HIS word, then the LORD will bless that work, no matter how small or how big, whether a “mobile” ministry or a “fixed-in-one-place ministry, Adonai will bless and it will last.
MARK 9:1-50; 10:1-52
Yeshua takes his three chosen disciples; Kefa, Jacob, and Yochanan (Peter, James, and John) to witness a special event. We know this as the “Transfiguration.” They went up a mountain and the clothing of Yeshua was transformed into dazzling white. He then talked with Moshe and Eliyahu. The scripture does not say what they talked about. We can only imagine. Perhaps, it was the following;
Moses represents the Torah, (the first 5 books) and Elijah, the Prophets and writings, and Yeshua, the New Covenant. Altogether, we have the complete Torah, the Complete Word of God! Perhaps Yeshua told the two how He was the one that they wrote about and how all of their prophecies would be complete in HIM. Well, that is just an idea. What do you think they talked about if not that?
We also remember that Moshe wanted to go into the promised land with his people, but because of the sin of striking the ROCK twice, he was forbidden to enter the promised land, since the ROCK symbolized Yeshua who was "struck only once" (the stroke of death). Moses died there on the Mountain and Adonai himself buried him there. Yet, he finally entered the promised land, right there, at the Mt. of Transfiguration. Better late than never.
In Mark 10, Yeshua teaches on divorce. This is a big subject, and a sad subject because many couples do not take marriage seriously any more. “Love” is a “commitment” it is a “conscious choice” to care for a person, it has nothing to do with “feelings”, yet “feelings” can lead two people together in order to “make a commitment of love” . We can see the true meaning of "love" in John 3:16; "For God so LOVED the world that He GAVE His only begotten son...." True love is about "giving" the "giving" and "sharing" of one's life with another. The scripture does not say that "God felt like sacrificing his own son.." because it hurt Him to his heart, but there wasn't any other way to atone for mankind's sins. God's commitment of love caused him to "give" up his son to a cruel death on the cross of Calvary, to feel the pain of iron nails being driven into his wrists. He didn't give up on mankind, He provided a solution. The marriage covenant was made on Mt. Sinai with the giving of the commandments, the wedding ceremony is get to come, we are the bride and soon to be the "Wife of Messiah" Divorce? no such animal. We will be the "eternal wife" (Ha Ishah HaOlam)
Divorce was allowed out of the “hardness of man’s heart” in biblical times, it was instituted by the man, never the woman, all is different now, get tired of your mate? Bored? Run to the lawyer and get a divorce, look for a new mate, someone more exciting and fuller of life. This is the mentality of the world, but not the mentality of God. The only biblical reason for allowing divorce is adultery, and for unbelief, if there is a mixed marriage and the unbeliever refuses to live with the believer, “let him (or her) depart” for we are not called to strife.
All the more reason to be “equally yoked together, believers with other believers” Personally, divorce should be a last choice if one is living in a “hell hole” and the mate is a “unholy terror” but let’s not even go there now, we need to lift up our mates in prayer and pray for understanding one with the other. We are all different, and our mates complement our weaknesses, and through our mates, our weaknesses become “strong”
Shavua Tov Have a good week
Ben Avraham
A small Messianic congregation's outdoor Shabbat celebration (La Herradura, El Salvador)