Below is the BlogTalkRadio link for the broadcast wednesday evening we were privileged to be a part of with Daniel Holdings of ‘The Cutting Edge’. We are thankful to our Heavenly Father for the opportunity He provided for us to share the truth of His Word that will be so vital for His people in these days and the days to come. Please stand with us in prayer that Abba will continue to open doors and provide courage to step across those thresholds into what He has in store.
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Servile Work ? What’s that, anyway ?
Leviticus 23 speaks of ‘servile work’ ( KJV ) as it lists things we should abstain from on Sabbath. ‘Servile’ ? What’s that mean ? The hebrew word there translates as ‘work, labor, to till . . .’ Ok, so what does that mean ? We find that sometimes a ‘word’ in one language or culture does not always have a corresponding ‘word’ in another language or culture. So, we attempt to come as close as we can. Well, they say a ‘picture is worth a thousand words’. Let’s see if we can ‘paint’ a picture ( with less than a 1,000 words ) to get the idea across.
When I was a kid, a really long time ago, I would sometimes go spend a few days on our grandparents’ farm in the spring or summer. PaPaw would come get us up really, really early, like 6:00 in the morning. Nothin’s up at 6:00 in the morning. He would have us get dressed and meet him in the barn. There we would feed the chickens, slop the hogs ( if you don’t know what slop is, don’t ask . . . you don’t want to know . . . we don’t eat the hogs but they have to be fed) throw hay for the cows that were going to be milked, give the horses a little hay and sweet feed . . .and this went on and on and on for hours it seemed like. Finally . . . the work would be done and we – the people – finally got to go back to the house and eat. MaMaw would have a big spread for breakfast . . . biscuits, gravy, eggs, meat, sorghum, sliced tomatoes if she had any, and coffee . . . MaMaw let me have coffee !! Well, anyway . . .
So we’re sittin’ there at the table finally getting to eat after all that work, and then PaPaw declares, ‘hurry up and finish eatin’, we’ve got work to do . . .’ Before I thought, my mouth came open and something came out kinda like – ‘ Work, isn’t that what we just did PaPaw was work ? You mean there’s more work ?’ PaPaw said something profound that helps me today understand some of God’s Word. “Work ? that wasn’t work, son . . . those were chores . . . the work’s in the field’.
Keeping, observing and guarding the Sabbath is a privilege that we, as God’s children get to participate in. And it’s pretty simple. There are some basics mentioned in Scripture ( Exodus, Leviticus, Nehemiah, Luke, and others ) concerning Sabbath, and it’s pretty simple . . . don’t cook, don’t buy or sell, don’t ‘work’, don’t involve in business and yes, don’t light a fire . . . and that would be in the context of working and cooking. Abba doesn’t expect you to freeze, although He does expect you to prepare for the 7th day that is approaching ( wink,, wink, nod, nod ) .
The big deal for us was when we came to the point that we could call ‘His day a delight’ ( Isaiah 58 ) . . . that was the turning point. It then became a matter of the heart and not just ‘do’s and don’t ‘s . Remember, Paul did say ‘first the physical then the spiritual’ ( 1 Cor 15). We have come to understand in Him and His sabbath, there are things that I have to deal with on friday, and things I have to concern myself with on sunday, but with the exception of the ‘chores’, I don’t have to deal with the things of the world today. Today is Shabbat. It’s the Lord’s day. Today is for me and my family and Him and His family . . . pure and simple . . . Yes, Sabbath is a day to share the love of Abba in Yeshua’s Name . . . to give a helping hand, and not turn a blind eye to a need . . . but His ways, and not mine. And yes, Sabbath IS the 7th day . . . always has been and always will be . . . ‘saturday’ you and I would call it . . . since we are still in exile . . . but by any other name it is still His day for His people . . .
Hebrews 4:9 There must still be, therefore, a seventh-day rest (sabbatismos – a sabbath-keeping) reserved for God’s people,
Isaiah 58:13 “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,
14 then you will find your joy in the LORD, and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob.” The mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Isaiah 56:3 ” Let no foreigner who has bound himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will surely exclude me from his people.” And let not any eunuch complain, “I am only a dry tree.”
4 For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose what pleases me and hold fast to my covenant–
5 to them I will give within my temple and its walls a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.
6 And foreigners who bind themselves to the LORD to serve him, to love the name of the LORD, and to worship him, all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold fast to my covenant–
7 these I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.”
8 The Sovereign LORD declares– he who gathers the exiles of Israel: “I will gather still others to them besides those already gathered.”
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
11 Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh . . .
12 remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
Shabbat Shalom –
Prodigal Ministries . . . Hebrew Roots / Messianic / Who are we ?
We are a diverse group of born-again, blood-bought, blood-washed believers from varying denominational and cultural backgrounds, brought together by the leading of the Holy Spirit of GOD to be discipled and to become “disciplers” in and of the full counsel of GOD, according to Yeshua’s (Jesus’) words in Matthew 5 and Matthew 28, among others.
Who we are and what our lifestyle should be in Messiah Yeshua (Jesus the Christ) is demonstrated in Paul’s admonitions in Ephesians 2, Romans 9 and 11, Galatians 3 and 5, and John’s writings in 1 John 2, 1 John 3, and 1 John 5, just to list a few. Understanding that we must view these passages and all Scripture from a biblical perspective and not necessarily from a denominational doctrinal standpoint. We teach and practice the Torah as a life-style change brought about by being ‘set apart’ by the blood of Messiah. We do not keep the instructions of our Heavenly Father in an effort to be saved, but rather we teach, guard and observe the commandments of GOD because we are saved. (Matt 5:18,19 ) Those ‘instructions’ extend into our daily lives and practices, giving us direction on our worship methods, days and seasons and even to what is proper for us to eat and what our Father considers food and what us unclean. ( Lev. 11 ) All of God’s creation is good, but not all things were created to be eaten. Pigs, shellfish, shrimp and other creatures were never intended by our Father to be eaten. They were created for a specific purpose, but not as food. If our faith does not direct our ‘lifestyle’ as it sets us apart and brings us into obedience to the Father’s Word, then is it, in fact, true ‘Faith’
We believe in the reality and necessity of the gifts of the Holy Spirit of GOD in these last days and that there is, always has been, and always will be ONLY One Way to the Father and that Way is through the shed Blood of the Son of GOD – Yeshua (Jesus) – brought about by the conviction and drawing of the Holy Spirit of God, acted upon by confession and repentance of sin, to be followed by willful submission to obedience to the Word of GOD.
The “Word of God”…It is living and sharper than a two-edged sword. It is Yeshua (Jesus) and HE is the Word…the Word that became flesh and dwelt among us and is to come again. He (the Word – Yeshua – Jesus) is the Torah of GOD. He is Genesis to Revelation, the teachings and instructions for life now, life abundant, and life eternal. He is the full Counsel of GOD for the people of GOD. A people that GOD calls Israel – a people we have been grafted into by the Blood of Messiah (Eph. 2:8-13, Rom. 11:17-26, Acts 7:37-38), undivided, from all walks of life, from all nations, tribes and tongues, to be joined together in the last days according to the Prophets…to abide forever with GOD the Father (YAHWEH) under the headship of His Son Yeshua (Jesus) in the New Jerusalem. THIS IS WHO WE ARE.
Link
‘The Great I Am’ . . . by Paul Wilbur
May the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob bless you and yours in this His day.
Shabbat Shalom B’Shem Yeshua HaMashiach – Sabbath Peace in the Name of Messiah Yeshua – J & R
Insights from the Father
Insights from the Father
1 Corinthians 15:44-47 “ . . . it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; {45 Gen. 2:7} the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. 46 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. 47 The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.”
The Second Adam – Yeshua – was from Heaven ( spiritual ) and took on dust , became flesh ( from the dust of the earth – the flesh of the 1st Adam ) which was cursed in Genesis in the Garden, along with all that came out of that dust, so that ‘man’, which came from the dust of the earth, could be redeemed by the Blood of the One that took on dust ( flesh ) making Him the Perfect Sacrifice.
He was born, not of the will of man, but came from heaven above ( the will of the Father ), split the veil of the flesh as the Seed of the woman, and came into this world, taking on dust to redeem the ‘dust’. The requirement for sin in Genesis is death –‘ in the day you eat of this you shall die’. So, an animal was killed ( death ) and Adam and Eve were covered with those skins until the One would come – Yeshua – the One who is Spirit and, unlike ‘the blood and flesh of bulls and goats’, could and would take on and become flesh to redeem flesh. ( He was born from the ‘Inside Out’)
Adam & Eve, in the Garden, were covered with the skins of animals. The earthly Tabernacle was covered with skins of animals , which was a prophetic picture of Yeshua taking on skin (flesh), to ultimately become the covering for all creation that came from the dust of the earth.
We being of the ‘natural’ and flesh are born from the ‘outside in’, that is ‘from the will of man’. Man (Adam ) attempted to cover himself in the beginning ( the will of man ) with his own covering or what he thought was sufficient to cover his own sin ( all Israel did what was right in their own eyes ) by covering himself with fig leaves.
Yeshua came and took on the dust of the earth ( flesh ). A crown of thorns ( which is symbolic of the curse on the ground Genesis 3:17-19 ), was placed on His head as a sign of His Kingship and Lordship over the curse put on the ground (the dust of the earth), a curse that we and all that were called forth from the earth ( animals, plants, creeping things ) were under. So when that Crown drew Blood as it was placed on His brow , the final declaration was made that He had overcome the curse put upon the ground from which the thorns and thistles would come, an ‘overcoming’ that includes us and all creation, and fulfills the Word of the Lord declared in Genesis that He would come as ‘the Seed of the Woman’ ( Genesis 3:15 ) .
Blood and water are present and necessary for natural birth. The same is true for spiritual birth. Yeshua hung on the cross and the sword pierced His side and blood and water came forth which represents the New Birth, the birthing of His Bride. This same picture was given at Yeshua’s baptism .You have the blood ( the Lamb ) the water and the Spirit ( the Dove), all of which are a portrayal of ‘Spiritual birth’. In the beginning in Genesis you have the water, and the Spirit brooding over it, and the seed in the earth which includes us ( for we – Adam – were formed from the dust of the earth ). ‘Adam’ can also mean ‘red’ which represents ‘blood’ so, even in the Beginning, we have the water, the Blood & Spirit . ( God breathed into Adam and he became a living soul – water, blood and Spirit )
The will of man in the garden was to choose his own covering (the difference of good and evil ) . Which translated, in simple terms, into ‘fig leaves’. God’s way was to make atonement ( blood – life is in the blood ) .
Adam & Eve wore the skins of the animals slain. The Tabernacle in the wilderness was covered by the skin of animals. Both of these are a picture of the time when Yeshua would come in the flesh and take on ‘skin’ and ‘dust’ as covering for His Spiritual body ( 1 Cor 15 ) and was slain, becoming the blood covering for sin.
Insights from the Father given in 2012…….Blessings and Shalom, Rhonda
Aside
This was sent to us from a friend in the Lord. She felt like she needed to share these dreams with us and with all that will listen (Shema). Please pray and seek the Father on what he would have you and your family do concerning these…..Blessings – Rhonda & Jerry
January 1, 2014 : In my dream I was in a bank and had a check in my hand. The check was in the amount of $14.01. I felt that this money was owed to me and I was going to sign the check. (The check was on someone else’s account. All that was written on the check was the amount it was for) I can’t remember the first name that was on the check but can see me writing the last name — was not used to signing such a long last name so had to “scrunch” it on the signature line. The name was BRANDENBURG. Handed the check to the teller and the teller put it into my account. Dream changed: I was back home and feeling very convicted for doing what I did and how could I get the check taken out of my checking account. dream ended.
Prayed that Father would give me the interpretation. At first the only thing I felt that I was to do was look up the name Brandenburg on the computer. On the site that I found it said that the name is German and a royal line’s name; “burg” means hill and branden (brandt) means burning. The actual meaning was written out like this: hill or land cleared for agricultural purposes by burning. I thought that was interesting but still did not know what the whole dream meant so kept praying. On January 14, 2014 I was lying in bed and praying for Father to show me what the dream meant. HE so graciously told me: In 2014 HE, Yehovah, will begin to CLEANSE HIS house by fire (burning). So I asked HIM why I was trying to get the check out of my account. The scripture that says “Yeshua asked that the cup could be passed from HIM,” came to mind. I felt that Abba was saying this symbolized we would be asking HIM to not have to go through the fire. Then I asked HIM how are we to pray. I felt that HE said, “Pray that you will be able to stand strong and not deny HIM when the fire comes as it says in Eph 6:10-18 (notice the dream was had on 1-1-’14 the amount of check was $14.01 the interpretation was given on 1-14-’14 Abba wants us to Pay Attention)
Next dream: January 15,2014 A woman came to me and asked me if I would make her a dress. She had a very small bag in her hand like a grocery bag with fabric in it. She said the fabric cost $14,000.00 The pieces of the pattern were already cut out of the fabric. I took the pieces out of the bag and was fitting the bodice piece over her bust line. The fabric was pretty and unlike any I had ever seen. It was multi colored predominately turquoise in a swirl pattern. Every where the fabric had been cut there was a selvage or finished edge where it would not ravel. (end of dream.)
When I awakened I was thinking about the dream and began to ask Abba to show me what HE was telling me. I felt that the fact that the fabric cost $14,000.00 meant that in 2014 we are going to have inflation hit in a BIG way. Hyper-inflation. The fact that I saw myself fitting the pattern to her bust line said to me that our food provision would be hit the HARDEST. The fact that the fabric had a selvage or finished edge everywhere it was cut showed me what little we may have will not run out or trickle away. The fact that the pattern was already cut out means that it is a ‘done deal’.
Next dream: January 17, 2014 In the dream I was outside on our front porch. There had been some wind and the rug from in front of the door was moved so I picked it up to straighten it. I lad it down in front of the door, but it was not straight so I picked it up again and laid it down. It would not straighten out. It was scrunched up in an accordion fold and was only half the length as it should be. I heard ” 6 MONTHS.” ( I am not sure what the 6 months means; possibly that we have 6 months ? )
Another dream: January 16, 2014: saw a sign like a bill board or perhaps the back of someone’s t-shirt. There were 3 lines: FORGIVENESS
FROM ONE TO ANOTHER
THE BATTLE IS WON
(this one needs no interpretation.)
Shalom,
Dreams……
Significance of the Blood Moons
Joel 2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and terrible day of the LORD. ( Acts 2:20)
That is a pretty telling statement. It is the foundation for Yeshua’s similar statements in Matthew 24 and other passages. The Word also states that Abba declares the end ‘out of the beginning’ and not the other way around. There are several examples of what have come to be called ‘Tetrads’ in the history of the world and the history of Israel, God’s people.
Prior to 1492, we don’t have a lot of historical information about events that might have coincided with blood moon series. The ones in 1949-50 are after the fact of the reconstitution of Israel which took place in 1948. The blood moon series that took place in 1967-68 are another matter. The first blood moon fell on Passover in April of 1967 preceding the beginning of the 6-day war in May-June of that year. Signs in the heavens preceding an event would seem to be more in line with how our Heavenly Father works – declaring with a sign before an event occurs.
So what does that have to do with the upcoming Blood Moons on Passover and Day 1 of Sukkot in both 2014 and 2015 ? If in fact they take place on those days, they will be extremely significant prophetically. We know that Kerry and the current administration is pushing for a rough draft of some form of a peace agreement on paper on the table between the PA and Israel by April. Passover 2014 is in April. The Prophet Joel tells us one of the many reasons Abba will judge the nations is because they have divided His Land. IF the two series of Blood Moons ( a tetrad ) come to pass on the projected dates, the ‘two’ would be very telling. Joseph told Pharaoh the two dreams were one. The reason for the two ? To confirm that which was declared was established in the heavens. Not ‘if’, but ‘when’.
Where are we on the prophetic timeline ? We can tell you we are in the ‘birthpangs’. Of that there should be not doubt for anyone. What are birthpangs indicative of ? Something is about to be born. What is it ? Could it be the millennial kingdom ? That would make sense, according to the Word ? How long will they last ? No one knows. One thing we do know. According to pattern, they will increase in frequency and intensity until the event takes place. What are the birth pangs ? Read Matthew 24 and Luke 17. They are NOT a slap on the wrist. And regardless of your eschatology and theories concerning the ‘rapture’, the ‘church’ will be present for these ‘birthpang’ events. Are you ready ? Are you prepared ? Does Yeshua rule your life ? Are you washed in the blood ? Are you in His Word and is His Word in you ? Do you understand the Feasts of the Lord and His Sabbath ? They are the legend on the map of the Last Days. They are the pattern for the Gospel. The same Gospel given to them in the wilderness and the same Gospel given to us on whom the ends of ages falls.
Only one way to the Father and His eternal kingdom , whether you were part of the first exodus or part the second. Shalom to you and yours in these days – Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem. Pray your flight will not be in winter or on the Sabbath. And pray that you will be found worthy to stand before the Son of Man at His coming.
Above all, pray, and seek His Face and understanding of His Word and Ways in these days.
Signs and Patterns
In the passage of Scripture Exodus 18:1 through 19:25, there are two quick observations we would like to make mention of. First, the ‘signs’. There were signs for the ‘believers’ – the people of Israel –and there were signs for the ‘unbelievers’ – those of the nations.
And the ultimate sign – everything happened just as it was spoken by Abba. He ‘declared the end out of the beginning’ . . . Isa 46:10
The concept of different ‘signs’ for different groups is an original concept founded in the Torah and the Prophets. And the trend continues. In Paul’s first letter to the congregation at Corinth he describes two types of signs – one for the believer and one for the unbeliever. God is consistent. He establishes patterns and then works within them. Mostly for our benefit. We are supposed to pick up on the ‘pattern’ and then, hopefully, know what to look for.
Secondly, ( no pun ) we speak of a ‘2nd Exodus’. Actually, a 1st and 2nd Deliverance might be more accurate, but even in this we see ‘patterns’.
For instance, in Exodus 19:4 Father God speaks of the ‘eagle’s wings’ by which He brought His people out. Lo and behold, in Revelation 12:14 He speaks of bringing His people out on – you guessed it – on eagle’s wings. Remember what Paul tells us . . . “ Now these things happened to them as examples and our written down for our admonition on whom the end of the ages comes. 1 Corinthinans 10:11
What other lessons are there for us from the account of the 1st Deliverance ? They might just come in handy during the 2nd Deliverance . . . birth pangs of which have already begun.
Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem . . .
Pray your flight will not be in winter or on Sabbath . . .
Pray you will be found worthy to stand before the Son of Man at His coming . . .
Shalom to you and yours –
Laughter is good Medicine . . .
Sometimes we just need a good laugh. This came to us from some good friends in CO.
Hope you laugh a little outloud as we did. shalom –
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