Monthly Archives: October 2016

Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.
Sing to the LORD, praise His Name; proclaim His Salvation day after day.
Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous deeds among all peoples.
For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; He is to be feared above all gods.” (Psa 96:1-4)
SHABBAT SHALOM !!

Bittersweet emotions ran through our minds and spirits as we closed the gate monday night on this year’s Sukkot camp site, but the fellowship, ‘the family ties’ and the work of The Spirit we experienced this week are a ‘gate’ that no man opened and no man can close.
‘Thank You’ to all for helping with everything that was needed to make the week flow and the gathering enjoyable for all. ‘Thank You’ to our guest speakers during the Camp – Dr. Al & Tarah Monzo, Craig Caudill and Scott & Jennifer Hillman – for humbly and willingly sharing their talents, giftings, anointings and callings as our Father would lead for the good of the body.
For the first time in our many years of hosting Sukkot gatherings, most of the attendees were from out of state and new to one another and yet spoke of a ‘family reunion’ atmosphere with many in the camp speaking of ‘divine appointments’ during the 8 days together.
There was such a tremendous spontaneity in the evening worship times, and on thursday, in both the morning and evening services, God moved in ways that we could not have imagined and yet in ways that we both needed and prayed for. This was a Sukkot Gathering, in many ways, unlike any we have experienced before. Thank You Abba for hearing the prayers and meeting the needs of your people, B’Shem Yeshua.
If you were with us this year and have pictures of the week together, please post them here for all to enjoy. Hope to see everyone back here next year. Shalom – J&R

Yom Kippur – ” And this shall be a permanent statute for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble (afflict) your souls, and not do any work, whether the native, or the alien who sojourns among you; ³⁰ for it is on this day that atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you; you shall be clean from all your sins before the LORD. ³¹ It is to be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, that you may humble your souls; it is a permanent statute. ³² “So The Priest who is anointed and ordained to serve as priest in His Father’s place shall make atonement: He shall thus put on the linen garments, the holy garments,” (Lev 16:29-32)

“Jesus said unto her, “Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and my God, and your God.”” (Joh 20:17)

“And he shall wave the sheaf (Yeshua is that sheaf) before the LORD for you to be accepted; on the day after the sabbath the priest (Yeshua is that High Priest) shall wave it.” (Lev 23:11-12)

” But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation; ¹² and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.” (Heb 9:11-12)

Yom Kippur message?  Repent . . . for the Kingdom is at hand . . . shalom

Each year, as we approach Yom Kippur and Sukkot, the season of our joy, I am reminded of Noah and his family and the account of the great upheaval . . . the judgment and the deliverance that were dispensed by Abba’s ‘two-edged sword’ . . . and the ‘bringing together’ of the ‘beginning and the end’ of the Gospel picture within the pattern of the Feasts of the LORD.

In the account of the great flood, we see most clearly in the hebrew the inseparable partnership of Passover and Yom Kippur . . . the reconciliation and the covering.   “For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His (resurrected) life.” (Rom 5:10)

I know it is old news for some, but this always intrigues me when I think on this passage – ‘Genesis 6:14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.’

In the english it reads “ pitch it within and without with pitch” . . .  The first use of the word ‘pitch’ is the hebrew word ‘kaphar’ ( kippur ) which means to cover or atone . . . the second time the word ‘pitch’ is used in the verse is the word ‘kopher’ which means ‘ransom’ or ‘the price of a life’ . . . the word translated ‘within’ is actually the Hebrew word ‘bayt’ or ‘house’ in the English .

So this passage can literally and legitimately be translated as – ‘ cover the house, and outside – the price of a life . . . ‘

( Exodus 12 tells us of the ‘covering of the house with the Blood of the Lamb, the door  being shut, those inside are safe, but outside – the price of a life’ . . . )

The word for ‘rooms’ in Gen. 16:14 is the Hebrew word for ‘nests’ . . . sounds a little more personal and intimate than just ‘rooms’ , doesn’t it . . . but it is more than that. Birds have nests, don’t they ?

Hosea 11:10 They will walk after the LORD, He will roar like a lion; Indeed He will roar, And  HIS children will come trembling from the west.

 11 They will come trembling like birds from Egypt, like doves from Assyria. I will settle them in their homes,” declares the LORD.

 Psalm 91:3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, ( fowler – the one who hunts the birds ) . . .

And what is ‘gopher wood’ ? . . . don’t know . . . but I do find this interesting . . . the word for ‘wood’ ( ets ) is the also the hebrew word for tree or stake . . . the word ‘gopher’ is spelled gimel peh resh ( or GPR ) . . . the word ‘ kaphar’ or ‘kippur’ and ‘kopher’ are caf peh resh ( or KPR ) . . .   rpk kopher rpg gopher  See any similarities in the words ?

Is it  ‘gopher wood’, or is it a picture of the ‘wood that is involved in the covering’  because of what ultimately takes place on that tree ?

 Galatians 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: ( Deut 21:23 )

I find it interesting that since a ‘tree’ was involved in the original problem, it follows suit that a ‘tree’ would be involved in the cure . . .

Genesis 3:17 Then to Adam GOD said, “Because  . . . you have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’; Cursed is the ground . . . “

 2 Corinthians 5:21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

Romans 5:10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by His life.

In the Gospels, John the Immerser declares – “ behold the lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world” ( john 1:29 )  . . . I believe that to be a ‘two-part’ statement.

Where does it say that a lamb takes away sin ? The goat was for Yom Kippur, not a lamb. The ‘lamb’ (or a goat) is the ‘shelem’ – the peace offering – that which reconciles two that are separated or at odds with one another. The two goats were the offerings for the Day of Atonement and the lamb is the reconciliation. Yeshua is both the two goats and the lamb . . .

And remember, GOD only covers ( kippur ) those that are His . . . and we become HIS by being reconciled back to Him by and through the blood of His Son.

Romans 5:10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by is life.

 Revelation 1:18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.

 As we approach Yom Kippur, is there anything in our lives that has separated us or ‘put us at odds’ with Abba or one another ? If ‘no’, you are a rare individual in a rare position. Most of us would have to answer ‘yes’ to that question.

Now would be a really good time to clear things up.

Do you want more of the Father and His Holy Spirit in your life and the life of your family ? Ask HIM what needs to change, so there can be more room for Him . . .

Sukkot is coming up. But you can’t get to Sukkot until you first pass Yom Kippur. Sukkot is the ‘family reunion of all times’. How do we get to be part of the family ? We enter at Passover. We come in through the Door. But once we’re in, the  ‘sin’ has to go. We can’t come into the presence of Abba at the homecoming with sin. He cannot abide sin, and sinful flesh cannot stand in His presence. So we accept His Kippur – His covering – the blood and body of Yeshua. Now we can enter His presence unafraid . . . for He sees us through the Blood of His Lamb . . . the One Who was born to die . . . for me and for you.

Chag Sameach – Blessings and Peace to you and yours on this Day of the Blast, the day that is the rehearsal for the announcement of the return of The King and the season of our joy. Shalom –

PLEASE scroll through ALL the posts so as not to miss any necessary info.Thanks & Shalom  – J&R

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