THE DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRISTS’ PARSHA VAYEISHEV, GENESIS 37:1-36. SABBATH DEC. 17 2011

Haftorah Amos 2:6 through Amos 3:8

The Book of Genesis, in Chapter 37:1-36

Jacob dwelt in the land of Canaan, a land that Isaac sojourned as a stranger (Genesis 37:1)

Joseph was 17 years old, he fled the flock with his brethren and he would bring unto their father an evil report (Genesis 37:2).

Jacob immediately transforms into Israel because he loved Joseph, which like was the baby,  more than all of his children. He also made Joseph a coat of colours. When the other children saw that their father loved Joseph the most, and the other siblings hated Joseph all the more, because his father Israel first loved he, or him.

It is so funny that in this story I am the baby, and I have had to triumph over zeal for my parents affection and attention, time after time. My mother would go through great pains to protect me. I am very fortunate to that all of us are still alive and no one is in jail. One situation I will talk about is the time my father paid my rent, we had both lived in the same apartment building. The resident manager refunded his check, and I was soon evicted. I should have known that my siblings could not stand for my father to outwardly display his affection (half sisters and brothers who can not prove their relation; and that retalliation was soon impending because the pipes in the tier, of at least the 8th floor had busted, and I had lost a lot of clothes that were just laying on the floor – supposedly insurance didn’t pay for house keeping issues.

Nevertheless, there was some jealousy that rendered the tribe inoperable. It has gotten so bad that when I need something, I have to get on my knees and pray to God. “Oh God, this is the house of Jacob, and I come to you in the name of Jesus.” For me, this petition is a formal prayer, and hopefully the prayer seals the deal. Most importantly, I feel a whole lot better coming up then when I initially got down on my knees. I can certainly say that I got up off my knees a better person than when I went down on my knees.

Believe it or not, my father is also named “Abraham,” so I take a Abrahamaic Covenant very seriously. Yet, if it weren’t for my dual Cherokee lineage, I too would be a stranger sojourned in this land. But, I tell you no lie this is where most of the dissent comes from, even thought I maintained that I didn’t dram that anyone would be serving me.

For instance, many people hate children – your children, then they already know that what the ends going to be, the glory of a man. Then there is also people who believe that since you are good at bringing people together which doesn’t mean that you should be in obeisance to me. Nevertheless, after Joseph had obeyed Israel and left the valley of Hebron and sought his brothers in Schechem, that were supposed to be feeding the flock, but where was the flock? We shall see. (Genesis 37:6-11) Nevertheless there are times when I have tried to spend time with my sisters and they were they could not let me come along for the ride, on behalf of my son, to wash clothes or go to the grocery store. I mean this is so totally irrational, that you make people catch the bus to church, the local church and to the grocery store. Obviously, I don’t have a friend in my family, because my kids are too small to drive me anywhere. Well, Joseph went to check on his brothers as his father had requested and the rest of his life was ruined, he ended up in slavery. (Genesis 37:19-28)  So I understand this parable because I know what it is like for a family, starting with your third cousins to decide that they do not want to take to you to church, or the grocery store, it is a feeling of dirty shame, but I can’t control how people feel about me (Genesis 37:12-17,18)

To make a long story short, family can be your worst enemy, but I prefer them to be my best enemy. You have to hope that God says it shall come to pass; because if man says it shall come to pass, then if you go looking for your family they can either grant you favor through the grace of Jesus Christ, because he is the firstborn son of God. (Genesis 37:29-35)  Jesus saves, he gives us an identity and he gives us love. Or your family really do something dirty to you like disrupt your home with witchcraft, and usher in an evil and unshakeable spirit of poverty; like bacteria poverty won’t willingly go away. If you were only trying to help me, well that’s all good but did you ever stop and think that you have set the achievements of the civil rights movment back by atleast sixty years. By doing this, you render feeble and incapacitated people hopeless, and we are talking about the widows and the orphans — this is what the church is designated to do and that is to care for the widows and the orphans and to preach the good news to the downtrodden and the broken hearted and the poor. You lack maternal nurturing, and you won’t let Jesus be your Heavenly Father, so what do you really have to offer anyone that you choose to work with and under your guise they get your favor. You have to stop using blood money (money from your family and giving it to your boy) that otherwise would have been applied to the proceeds of their probate estate (Genesis 37:36)

Disciples Reference

Jeremiah 49:13,17,18

Ezekial 25:14

Luke 15:11-32; Luke 21:15

Hosea 12:13-14:10; Hosea 11:7-13:5

Joel 2:26

1st Kings 18:4

Amos 5:6,21-23

Malachi 4:1

Genesis 28:12,18-22; Genesis 35:1-15; Genesis 39:2 (Genesis 37:4)

Deuteronomy 14:23

2nd Corinthians 3:18; 2nd Corinthians 12:10

Ephesians 4:12-15,20-24

Matthew 5:12,41; Matthew 15:13,35

Isaiah 8:10

Proverbs 8:10; Proverbs 21:30

Psalm 105:17

Hebrews 10:34

James 1:12

1st Peter 4:13

Mark 13:19

Romans 5:3

Phillipians 1:29

1 John 3:2

Acts 5:33-42; Acts 22:3,34; Acts 2:33,37,46; Acts 7:9,51; Acts 4:20,42; Acts 4:19,40

The Book of Obadiah (The Bible)

Recommended Readings

Lambert Dolphin. “Brief History and Final Destiny of Edom.” http://ldophin.org/edom.html. Last reviewed, Dec. 8th 2009.

Introduction to Obadiah; The Identity of Edom (Obadiah). http://www.ucgstp.org/bible/brp/oba1.htm. Last reviewed, Dec. 8th, 2009.

Bible Magazine. “The Way to Jerusalem: Edom of the Latter Days.” http://www.biblemagazine.com/library/wj-jrsm/wj-chapter4.html. Last reviewed, December 8th, 2009.

World AIDS Day, December 1st, 2011.

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Sabbath, November 26th, 2011. Parshah Toldot – Genesis 25:19-28:9

Torah Reading for Week of November 20-26, 2011 – Cheshvan 23-29 5772
{Black Friday} (Friday, November 25th, 2011 at Sundown to Saturday, November 26th, 2011)

Haftorah Toldot, Malachi 1:1 through Malach 2:7

Commentary: It is very interested here that the word of God explicitly says’ Abraham’s only son is Isaac. The word of God says that he ran everyone away from his son, Isaac. Why is Israel occupied with inhabitants that do not want to see sovereignty of a nation. We can agree to disagree, but the word of God is permanent. (Mark 13:31;

Genesis 25:1-34
The Death of Abraham
1 Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah. 2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah. 3 Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan; the descendants of Dedan were the Ashurites, the Letushites and the Leummites. 4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.

5 Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac. 6 But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.

7 Abraham lived a hundred and seventy-five years. 8 Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people. 9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, 10 the field Abraham had bought from the Hittites.[a] There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah. 11 After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who then lived near Beer Lahai Roi.

Jacob and Esau
19 This is the account of the family line of Abraham’s son Isaac.

Abraham became the father of Isaac, 20 and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram[c] and sister of Laban the Aramean.

21 Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. 22 The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the LORD.

23 The LORD said to her,

“Two nations are in your womb,
and two peoples from within you will be separated;
one people will be stronger than the other,
and the older will serve the younger.”

24 When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb. 25 The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau.[d] 26 After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob.[e] Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.

27 The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents. 28 Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

29 Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. 30 He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.[f])

31 Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”

32 “Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is the birthright to me?”

33 But Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob.

34 Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left.

So Esau despised his birthright.

Recommended References:

1 Chronicles 5

Reuben

¹Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

 ²For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph’s:)

³The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

⁴The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

⁵Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,

⁶Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.

⁷And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

⁸And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon:

⁹And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.

¹⁰And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead.

Disciples Reference:

Mark 13:1-37

The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End Times
1 As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher! What massive stones! What magnificent buildings!”

2 “Do you see all these great buildings?” replied Jesus. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

3 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew asked him privately, 4 “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are all about to be fulfilled?”

5 Jesus said to them: “Watch out that no one deceives you. 6 Many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and will deceive many. 7 When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 8 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.

9 “You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues. On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them. 10 And the gospel must first be preached to all nations. 11 Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

12 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. 13 Everyone will hate you because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.

14 “When you see ‘the abomination that causes desolation’[a] standing where it[b] does not belong—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 15 Let no one on the housetop go down or enter the house to take anything out. 16 Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak. 17 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! 18 Pray that this will not take place in winter, 19 because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God created the world, until now—and never to be equaled again.

20 “If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them. 21 At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe it. 22 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 23 So be on your guard; I have told you everything ahead of time.

24 “But in those days, following that distress,

“‘the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
25 the stars will fall from the sky,
and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’[c]

26 “At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. 27 And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.

28 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 29 Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it[d] is near, right at the door. 30 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
The Day and Hour Unknown
32 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33 Be on guard! Be alert[e]! You do not know when that time will come. 34 It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.

35 “Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. 36 If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. 37 What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’”

Footnotes:

Mark 13:14; Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11
Mark 13:14 Or he
Mark 13:25 Isaiah 13:10; 34:4
Mark 13:29 Or he
Mark 13:33 Some manuscripts alert and pray

See also, Isaiah 40:6-8 and 1st Peter 1:24-25

Cafe of the book, “The Word of God Endures Forever: A Sermon on Isa 40:6-8; 1 Peter 1:24-25.” March 3rd, 2011. http://cafeofthebook.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/the-word-of-god-endures-forever-a-sermon-on-isa-406-8-1-peter-124-25/

Parsha in a Nutshell. Parsha Toldot. Chabad.org. Sabbath, November 26 2011. http://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/3178/jewish/Toldot.htm

Haftorah Toldot. Chabad.org. Sabbath, November 26, 2011. http://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/587261/jewish/Haftorah-in-a-Nutshell.htm

The Disciples of Jesus Christs’ Memorial Parsha Shelach

Numbers 13-15

Numbers 13

 ¹And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
 ²Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.
 ³And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
 ⁴And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
 ⁵Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
 ⁶Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
 ⁷Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
 ⁸Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.
 ⁹Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
 ¹⁰Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
 ¹¹Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
 ¹²Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
 ¹³Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
 ¹⁴Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
 ¹⁵Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
 ¹⁶These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
 ¹⁷And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, “Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:

 ²⁰And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.”
 ²¹So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
 ²²And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
 ²³And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
 ²⁴The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
 ²⁵And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
 ²⁶And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
 ²⁷And they told him, and said, “We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.

 ³⁰And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
 ³¹But the men that went up with him said, “We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.”
 ³²And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
 ³³And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

Numbers 14: 1-45

 ¹And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
 ²And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, “Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
 ³And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?”
 ⁴And they said one to another, “Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.”
 ⁵Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
 ⁶And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
 ⁷And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, “The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.

 ⁹Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.”
 ¹⁰But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.
 ¹¹And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?

 ¹³And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)

 ¹⁹Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
 ²⁰And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:

 ²⁴But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
 ²⁵(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
 ²⁶And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
 ²⁷How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.

 ³⁹And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
 ⁴⁰And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.
 ⁴¹And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.

 ⁴⁴But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.
 ⁴⁵Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.

Numbers 15:1-41

 ¹And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
 ²Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,

 ¹⁷And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
 ¹⁸Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you,

 ³²And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
 ³³And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
 ³⁴And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
 ³⁵And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
 ³⁶And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.
 ³⁷And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
 ³⁸Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:

Video. Revelation Song. Phillips, Craig & Dean. http://youtu.be/u8Pj2ha9uzM  

COMMENTARY:

Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh Jephunneh was of African descent

The spikes gathered a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes, on a pole by two men. The others care some pomegranates’ and figs from the valley of Eshkol, at the end of the forty days from exploring the land (Numbers 13:23-25).

Then, Caleb quieted the people and said to Moses and the other people; we can obey God’s word. We can inhabit the promise land. “Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.” (Numbers 13:30). Caleb had a different spirit. He was positive that God would see him through and do all that he said he would do. God is not a man that would lie, God can do anything but fail.

Caleb was positive throughout the entire trip. He knew that if God was before him then no one could be against him. Unfortunately the other men that went to scout the promise land had a different report, a report that was very unfavorable to God and disheartened the hopes and dreams of the entire Israelite community. Whose report will you believe? It is true that sometimes you can become a part of something that takes up all of your time and you won’t be able to tithe God your treasures like your time, your money, your first fruits etc. You have to believe that God will come first, and you have to trust God and expect the best even in the very worst of crisis. 

In Chapter 13, the spies were sent to explore the land of Canaan to see the mountainous land, the people that dewell and to determine of the people to see if they were strong, or week, few or many. Moses wanted to know how the people were living. Most of all when he investigated the life style he said be sure that you are courageous, and then believe that you can bring a sample of fruit (13:17-20).


In Chapter 14, Moses instead got a turn of events. He tried to act as intermediary to the people. He petitioned God, to not destroy the people that gave the evil report. So God obliged his prayer. However God said that there would be grave consequences for giving an evil report. At this time there was only the law – there was not much grace. So the individuals except Caleb that gave an evil report with lack of confidence were sentenced to wonder in the desert one year for each day that they wondered into the promise land and did not believe that God would deliver the Israelite community, just as he said that when the Amorites iniquity was full then they would receive their promise land, as promised to the Descendants of Abraham. Somehow during the forty days of exploring the promised land something went wrong when the explorers gave an ill report to Moses, Aaron and the entire Israelite community (Numbers 13:26).


Unfortunately there probably had been many attempts to flee Egyptian oppression, and probably six figures died in the process and so God lead the new formed nation, the Israelite community. Nevertheless, the rebellious and the ones with little faith decided to go to the promise land on their own, and they were met with opposition because the Ark of the Covenant of God was not with them. Like Joshua, even King David knew the importance of regulation in battle and seizing, doubling your proportion and warfare with the ark of the covenant. The rebellious were smoted and discomfited by the Amalekites and the Canaanites (Numbers 14:44).


The good lesson in this Parsha is that God agrees to keep the covenant with the children of the rebellious people, and God protects the children for forty years, and eventually in the book of Deuteronomy by the fifth chapter, these very same children inherit the promise land.


In Chapter 15, there is a Supplementary Offering Law to be observed because he has already given you the promise land as an inheritance. The supplementary (drink, meal, burnt, or meat) offering can be prepared as burnt, vow, special offering, fellowship offering or a sacrificial offering, much like the Saints drink the symbolical blood of the Lord Jesus Christ with the Bread, the one ordinance to the Church. God encourages the Israelite community to bless Him with their threshing floor, to offer offerings this way there will be no idolatry amongst even the stranger or the sojourners (Numbers 15:1-20).


Lastly, in Chapter 15, God commands Moses to ordain the heave offering unto Jehovah. The Heave offering is not only symbolical but this offering causes healing in the body. You don’t have to worry about the giants that give their friends jobs while you idoly sit back and envy the heathen, and the idolater. This offering alone ceremoniously and miraculously cleansed the community from intentional sin ignorantly committed without voluntary knowledge of committing a sin. (Numbers 15:17-30).  Then a man gathered sticks on the Sabbath Day, we all know that Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath, but in ancient times a man was stoned to death because he gathered sticks on the Sabbath (Numbers 15:32-37).

Finally, a common icon that you see often are the fringes on the borders of the garments (tallits). Many people kiss the garment and pray before the alters of physical sanctuaries. Hopefully you will follow Gods law to look upon it and follow all of his commandments and do them because if you don’t then you will go whoring. Otherwise you will remember all the commandments of God and be Holy to your God, for he is Holy. (Numbers 15:36-41). God is Jehovah, He brought you out of the land of Egypt, He will be your God. Jehovah. (Numbers 15:41).

Disciples Reference:

1. Matthew 4:7
   Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”
   Matthew 4:6-8 (in Context) Matthew 4 (Whole Chapter)
2. Matthew 4:10
   Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’ ”
   Matthew 4:9-11 (in Context) Matthew 4 (Whole Chapter)
3. Matthew 12:1
   [ Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath ] At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them.
   Matthew 12:1-3 (in Context) Matthew 12 (Whole Chapter)
4. Matthew 17:4
   Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.”
   Matthew 17:3-5 (in Context) Matthew 17 (Whole Chapter)
5. Matthew 21:42
   Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: “‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes’ ?
   Matthew 21:41-43 (in Context) Matthew 21 (Whole Chapter)
6. Mark 2:23
   [ Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath ] One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain.
   Mark 2:22-24 (in Context) Mark 2 (Whole Chapter)
7. Mark 12:29
   “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
   Mark 12:28-30 (in Context) Mark 12 (Whole Chapter)
8. Luke 4:8
   Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’ ”
   Luke 4:7-9 (in Context) Luke 4 (Whole Chapter)
9. Luke 4:12
   Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”
   Luke 4:11-13 (in Context) Luke 4 (Whole Chapter)
10. Luke 6:1
    [ Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath ] One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels.
    Luke 6:1-3 (in Context) Luke 6 (Whole Chapter)

Recommended References:

Parsha in a Nutshell. Shelach. Sabbath June 18, 2011. http://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/2201/jewish/Shelach.htm ‘

E-Drash. Parasha: Shelach. Shelach - שלח : “Send thou” .Torah : Numbers 13:1-15:41.Haftarah : Joshua 2:1-24.Gospel : John 7, 8. http://www.ffoz.org. Sabbath, June 18, 2011.

 Parsha Eikev. Thalia’s Blogspot. http://thalia-journal.blogspot.com/2010/08/memorial-parsha-of-jesus-christs-eikev.html August 2nd, 2010. Deuteronomy 7 through 11.

STANDARD LESSON COMMENTARY: International Sunday School Lessons. 
Unit One. Summer Quarter. Lesson 2: God’s People Learn from Prosperity.

Mon. June 13. The Promises of God. 2^nd Corinthians 1:16-20

Tue. June 14. God’s Promises Kept. Joshua 21:43-22-6

Wed. June 15. Rahab’s Confession of God. Joshua 2:10-14

Thu. June 16. Rahab’s Pact with the Spies. Joshua 2:17-21

Fri. June 17. Rahab’s Help Rewarded. Joshua 6:22-25

Sat. June 18. Rahab and Her Works. James 2:18-25

Sun. June 19. Rahab’s Protection of the Spies. Joshua 2:2-9, 15, 16, 22-24

The Disciples of Jesus Christs’ Memorial Parsha Shelach

Numbers 13-15

Numbers 13

 ¹And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
 ²Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.
 ³And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
 ⁴And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
 ⁵Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
 ⁶Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
 ⁷Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
 ⁸Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.
 ⁹Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
 ¹⁰Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
 ¹¹Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
 ¹²Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
 ¹³Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
 ¹⁴Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
 ¹⁵Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
 ¹⁶These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
 ¹⁷And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, “Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:

 ²⁰And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.”
 ²¹So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
 ²²And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
 ²³And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
 ²⁴The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
 ²⁵And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
 ²⁶And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
 ²⁷And they told him, and said, “We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.

 ³⁰And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
 ³¹But the men that went up with him said, “We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.”
 ³²And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
 ³³And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

Numbers 14: 1-45

 ¹And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
 ²And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, “Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
 ³And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?”
 ⁴And they said one to another, “Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.”
 ⁵Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
 ⁶And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
 ⁷And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, “The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.

 ⁹Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.”
 ¹⁰But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.
 ¹¹And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?

 ¹³And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)

 ¹⁹Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
 ²⁰And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:

 ²⁴But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
 ²⁵(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
 ²⁶And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
 ²⁷How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.

 ³⁹And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
 ⁴⁰And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.
 ⁴¹And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.

 ⁴⁴But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.
 ⁴⁵Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.

Numbers 15:1-41

 ¹And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
 ²Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,

 ¹⁷And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
 ¹⁸Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you,

 ³²And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
 ³³And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
 ³⁴And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
 ³⁵And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
 ³⁶And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.
 ³⁷And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
 ³⁸Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:

Video. Revelation Song. Phillips, Craig & Dean. http://youtu.be/u8Pj2ha9uzM  

COMMENTARY:

Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh Jephunneh was of African descent

The spikes gathered a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes, on a pole by two men. The others care some pomegranates’ and figs from the valley of Eshkol, at the end of the forty days from exploring the land (Numbers 13:23-25).

Then, Caleb quieted the people and said to Moses and the other people; we can obey God’s word. We can inhabit the promise land. “Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.” (Numbers 13:30). Caleb had a different spirit. He was positive that God would see him through and do all that he said he would do. God is not a man that would lie, God can do anything but fail.

Caleb was positive throughout the entire trip. He knew that if God was before him then no one could be against him. Unfortunately the other men that went to scout the promise land had a different report, a report that was very unfavorable to God and disheartened the hopes and dreams of the entire Israelite community. Whose report will you believe? It is true that sometimes you can become a part of something that takes up all of your time and you won’t be able to tithe God your treasures like your time, your money, your first fruits etc. You have to believe that God will come first, and you have to trust God and expect the best even in the very worst of crisis. 

In Chapter 13, the spies were sent to explore the land of Canaan to see the mountainous land, the people that dewell and to determine of the people to see if they were strong, or week, few or many. Moses wanted to know how the people were living. Most of all when he investigated the life style he said be sure that you are courageous, and then believe that you can bring a sample of fruit (13:17-20).


In Chapter 14, Moses instead got a turn of events. He tried to act as intermediary to the people. He petitioned God, to not destroy the people that gave the evil report. So God obliged his prayer. However God said that there would be grave consequences for giving an evil report. At this time there was only the law – there was not much grace. So the individuals except Caleb that gave an evil report with lack of confidence were sentenced to wonder in the desert one year for each day that they wondered into the promise land and did not believe that God would deliver the Israelite community, just as he said that when the Amorites iniquity was full then they would receive their promise land, as promised to the Descendants of Abraham. Somehow during the forty days of exploring the promised land something went wrong when the explorers gave an ill report to Moses, Aaron and the entire Israelite community (Numbers 13:26).


Unfortunately there probably had been many attempts to flee Egyptian oppression, and probably six figures died in the process and so God lead the new formed nation, the Israelite community. Nevertheless, the rebellious and the ones with little faith decided to go to the promise land on their own, and they were met with opposition because the Ark of the Covenant of God was not with them. Like Joshua, even King David knew the importance of regulation in battle and seizing, doubling your proportion and warfare with the ark of the covenant. The rebellious were smoted and discomfited by the Amalekites and the Canaanites (Numbers 14:44).


The good lesson in this Parsha is that God agrees to keep the covenant with the children of the rebellious people, and God protects the children for forty years, and eventually in the book of Deuteronomy by the fifth chapter, these very same children inherit the promise land.


In Chapter 15, there is a Supplementary Offering Law to be observed because he has already given you the promise land as an inheritance. The supplementary (drink, meal, burnt, or meat) offering can be prepared as burnt, vow, special offering, fellowship offering or a sacrificial offering, much like the Saints drink the symbolical blood of the Lord Jesus Christ with the Bread, the one ordinance to the Church. God encourages the Israelite community to bless Him with their threshing floor, to offer offerings this way there will be no idolatry amongst even the stranger or the sojourners (Numbers 15:1-20).


Lastly, in Chapter 15, God commands Moses to ordain the heave offering unto Jehovah. The Heave offering is not only symbolical but this offering causes healing in the body. You don’t have to worry about the giants that give their friends jobs while you idoly sit back and envy the heathen, and the idolater. This offering alone ceremoniously and miraculously cleansed the community from intentional sin ignorantly committed without voluntary knowledge of committing a sin. (Numbers 15:17-30).  Then a man gathered sticks on the Sabbath Day, we all know that Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath, but in ancient times a man was stoned to death because he gathered sticks on the Sabbath (Numbers 15:32-37).

Finally, a common icon that you see often are the fringes on the borders of the garments (tallits). Many people kiss the garment and pray before the alters of physical sanctuaries. Hopefully you will follow Gods law to look upon it and follow all of his commandments and do them because if you don’t then you will go whoring. Otherwise you will remember all the commandments of God and be Holy to your God, for he is Holy. (Numbers 15:36-41). God is Jehovah, He brought you out of the land of Egypt, He will be your God. Jehovah. (Numbers 15:41).

Disciples Reference:

1. Matthew 4:7
   Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”
   Matthew 4:6-8 (in Context) Matthew 4 (Whole Chapter)
2. Matthew 4:10
   Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’ ”
   Matthew 4:9-11 (in Context) Matthew 4 (Whole Chapter)
3. Matthew 12:1
   [ Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath ] At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them.
   Matthew 12:1-3 (in Context) Matthew 12 (Whole Chapter)
4. Matthew 17:4
   Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.”
   Matthew 17:3-5 (in Context) Matthew 17 (Whole Chapter)
5. Matthew 21:42
   Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: “‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes’ ?
   Matthew 21:41-43 (in Context) Matthew 21 (Whole Chapter)
6. Mark 2:23
   [ Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath ] One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain.
   Mark 2:22-24 (in Context) Mark 2 (Whole Chapter)
7. Mark 12:29
   “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
   Mark 12:28-30 (in Context) Mark 12 (Whole Chapter)
8. Luke 4:8
   Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’ ”
   Luke 4:7-9 (in Context) Luke 4 (Whole Chapter)
9. Luke 4:12
   Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”
   Luke 4:11-13 (in Context) Luke 4 (Whole Chapter)
10. Luke 6:1
    [ Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath ] One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels.
    Luke 6:1-3 (in Context) Luke 6 (Whole Chapter)

Recommended References:

Parsha in a Nutshell. Shelach. Sabbath June 18, 2011. http://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/2201/jewish/Shelach.htm ‘

E-Drash. Parasha: Shelach. Shelach - שלח : “Send thou” .Torah : Numbers 13:1-15:41.Haftarah : Joshua 2:1-24.Gospel : John 7, 8. http://www.ffoz.org. Sabbath, June 18, 2011.

 Parsha Eikev. Thalia’s Blogspot. http://thalia-journal.blogspot.com/2010/08/memorial-parsha-of-jesus-christs-eikev.html August 2nd, 2010. Deuteronomy 7 through 11.

STANDARD LESSON COMMENTARY: International Sunday School Lessons. 
Unit One. Summer Quarter. Lesson 2: God’s People Learn from Prosperity.

Mon. June 13. The Promises of God. 2^nd Corinthians 1:16-20

Tue. June 14. God’s Promises Kept. Joshua 21:43-22-6

Wed. June 15. Rahab’s Confession of God. Joshua 2:10-14

Thu. June 16. Rahab’s Pact with the Spies. Joshua 2:17-21

Fri. June 17. Rahab’s Help Rewarded. Joshua 6:22-25

Sat. June 18. Rahab and Her Works. James 2:18-25

Sun. June 19. Rahab’s Protection of the Spies. Joshua 2:2-9, 15, 16, 22-24

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Video. Psalm 119:68. You Are Good – Israel & New Breed with Lyrics http://youtu.be/b-zGuoc9RKY

Numbers 4

Numbers 4:1 through 4:20

 ¹And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
 ²Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
 ³From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
 ⁴This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:
 ⁵And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail (veil), and cover the ark of testimony with it:
 ⁶And shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
 ⁷And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
 ⁸And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.
 ⁹And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
 ¹⁰And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put it upon a bar.
 ¹¹And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:
 ¹²And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put them on a bar:
 ¹³And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
 ¹⁴And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers’ skins, and put to the staves of it.
 ¹⁵And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.
 ¹⁶And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.
 ¹⁷And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying,
 ¹⁸Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:
 ¹⁹But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:
 ²⁰But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.

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Memorial Portion of Jesus Christ – BAMIDBAR
Friday, May 14 through Saturday, May 15th, 2010
Parsha – Numbers 1:30 through Number 4:20
Haftorah – 1st Samuel 20:18-42

Day 39 of the Omer to Shavuot

NUMBERS ONE:
 ¹And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
 ²Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
 ³From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
 ⁴And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
 ⁵And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
 ⁶Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
 ⁷Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
 ⁸Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
 ⁹Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.
 ¹⁰Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
 ¹¹Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
 ¹²Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
 ¹³Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.
 ¹⁴Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
 ¹⁵Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.
 ¹⁶These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
 ¹⁷And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:
 ¹⁸And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
 ¹⁹As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
 ²⁰And the children of Reuben, Israel’s eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
 ²¹Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
 ²²Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
 ²³Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
 ²⁴Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
 ²⁵Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
 ²⁶Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
 ²⁷Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
 ²⁸Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
 ²⁹Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
 ³⁰Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
 ³¹Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.

 ⁵⁴And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they. 
(Numbers 1, King James Version)

NUMBERS TWO:
 ¹And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
 ²Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father’s house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
 ³And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.
 ⁴And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
 ⁵And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar.
 ⁶And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
 ⁷Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun.
 ⁸And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
 ⁹All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.
 ¹⁰On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
 ¹¹And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
 ¹²And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
 ¹³And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
 ¹⁴Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
 ¹⁵And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.
 ¹⁶All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.
 ¹⁷Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.
 ¹⁸On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
 ¹⁹And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred.
 ²⁰And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
 ²¹And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
 ²²Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
 ²³And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
 ²⁴All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.
 ²⁵The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
 ²⁶And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
 ²⁷And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.
 ²⁸And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
 ²⁹Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.
 ³⁰And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. (Numbers 2, King James Version)

COMMENTARY:

This memorial portion starts from the first chapter of the book of Numbers, to the fourth chapter of the book of Numbers. The memorial portion of this book is called Bamidbar, which means numbering by God, in the desert. The children of Israel were numbered in the desert by God. There are very few times that God speaks of numbering the children of Israel, now King David numbered the children of Israel however, there were grave repercussions for numbering the children of Israel. Only God can number the children of Israel. The children are numbered by God because the children of Israel count, the reason the children of Israel count is because the children of Israel have been redeemed by God, and are his chosen people. Why? I think because the children of Israel were willing to share their glory with the world, and that is God. I have met people who are not willing to share their glory with anyone, but not the children of Israel. Even when Christ walked the earth, before he would share the glory of God with anyone,  he shared his glory and the Holy Ghost had not ascended on him. The children of Israel, not the gentile church, gave birth to the seed that would one day bruise the serpent’s head and all points of hell would come after Him, and it is Jesus who is caught up in the throne of God – information that the Pharisees can not know and is hidden to the necked eye, persecution is always hidden to the enemy, but once you know who the son of Perdition is and the son of Perdition knows who you are then it is on.

Although Moses, my lord, is the perfect first born he believed God in righteousness that this is the hour that his people would receive atonement from the passover, and redemption from the egyptian tyranny, and so he numbered the firstborn of God, a people that God had looked upon in their distress that had been caused by Pharaoh and his servants: the sorrows, the oppression, and the affliction. Yes, one of the tiniest nation tribes in the whole world, among gentiles that now number eight billion (2010), that are stronger than their foes was about to be delivered. After the children of Israel were delivered, then God asked Moses to number each person according to his tribal flag, his fathers house – any man age twenty and up.

Wow, our faith ought to be like that…., that God numbers every head on our head that he keeps his promises to our loved ones in the grave and that we will receive ultimate and final atonement and ultimate and final redemption. Families are forever.  Amen.

Video.The Blessing of Abraham (written by Donald Lawrence) (recorded by Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqrMnwz0U7E.

DISCIPLES REFERENCES:

MICAH 5:7-9,15
 ⁷And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
 ⁸And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
 ⁹Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
 ¹⁰And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:
 ¹¹And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
 ¹²And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
 ¹³Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
 ¹⁴And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.
 ¹⁵And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard. (Micah 5:7-15, King James Version)

MARK 14:12-31
 ¹²And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?
 ¹³And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him.
 ¹⁴And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
 ¹⁵And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.
 ¹⁶And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
 ¹⁷And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.
 ¹⁸And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me.
 ¹⁹And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, “Is it I?” and another said, “Is it I?”
 ²⁰And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish.
 ²¹The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.
 ²²And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.
 ²³And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it.
 ²⁴And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.
 ²⁵Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.
 ²⁶And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
 ²⁷And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.
 ²⁸But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.
 ²⁹But Peter said unto him, “Although all shall be offended, yet will not I.”
 ³⁰And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.
 ³¹But he spake the more vehemently, “If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise.” Likewise also said they all. (Mark 14:12-31, King James Version)

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane
Mark 14:32-42
 ³²And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.
 ³³And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
 ³⁴And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
 ³⁵And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.
 ³⁶And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
 ³⁷And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?
 ³⁸Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
 ³⁹And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words.
 ⁴⁰And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.
 ⁴¹And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
 ⁴²Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand. (Mark 14:32-42, King James Version)
Mark 14:17 : For Mark 14:17-21, Matt 26:20-24; Luke 22:14, 21-23; John 13:21-26

Recommended References:

Standard Publishing. KJV Standard Lesson Commentary. International Sunday School Lessons. Uniform Series International Bible Lessons
Mon. May 23. Bowing Before the Father. Ephesians 14-21
Tue. May 24. A Glimpse of God’s Glory. Exodus 33:17-23
Wed. May 25. The Throne of God. Psalm 47:5-9
Thur. May 26. Living Water. John 4:7-15
Fri. May 27. The Tree of Life. Revelation 2:1-7
Sat. May 28. I Am Coming Soon. Revelation 22:10-21
Sun. May 29. Worship God! Revelations 22:1-9

Thalia C. Sanders

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Matthew 28:1-10

God gives you a 100% guarantee

Video. Smokie Norful. Justified.

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Thalia C. Sanders

Shekinah Glory Ministry – Yes YouTube 4:50 Watch video on Bing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYurqlr1E7g

Matthew 28:1-10

God gives you a 100% guarantee

Recommended References:

Video. Smokie Norful. Justified.

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The Memorial Parsha of Tzaria, Leviticus 14:1 through Leviticus 15:33; and the Haftorah, 2nd Kings 4:42 through 2nd Kings 5:19. Saturday, April 2nd, 2011

LEVITICUS FOURTEEN:
 ¹And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
 ²This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:
 ³And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;
 ⁴Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
 ⁵And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:
 ⁶As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:
 ⁷And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.
 ⁸And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.
 ⁹But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.
 ¹⁰And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.
 ¹¹And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
 ¹²And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD:
 ¹³And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is the priest’s, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy:
 ¹⁴And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:
 ¹⁵And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand:
 ¹⁶And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD:
 ¹⁷And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering:
 ¹⁸And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD.
 ¹⁹And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering:
 ²⁰And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.
 ²¹And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil;
 ²²And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.
 ²³And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD.
 ²⁴And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD:
 ²⁵And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:
 ²⁶And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand:
 ²⁷And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD:
 ²⁸And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass offering:
 ²⁹And the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the LORD.
 ³⁰And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get; (Leviticus 14, King James Version)

Video, “I am walking.” Mary Mary.

LEVITICUS FIFTEEN:
 ¹And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying,
 ²Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.
 ³And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.
 ⁴Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.
 ⁵And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
 ⁶And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
 ⁷And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
 ⁸And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
 ⁹And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean.
 ¹⁰And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
 ¹¹And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
 ¹²And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
 ¹³And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
 ¹⁴And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest:
 ¹⁵And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD for his issue.
 ¹⁶And if any man’s seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.
 ¹⁷And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.
 ¹⁸The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.
 ¹⁹And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
 ²⁰And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
 ²¹And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
 ²²And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
 ²³And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.
 ²⁴And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.
 ²⁵And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean.
 ²⁶Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation.
 ²⁷And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
 ²⁸But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
 ²⁹And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
 ³⁰And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness. (Leviticus 15, King James Version)

DISCIPLES RECOMMENDED SCRIPTURES:

Matthew 8:1-4 - ¹When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
 ²And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
 ³And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
 ⁴And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. (Matthew 8:1-4, King James Version)

 Video, Shekinah Glory Ministries, “Yes.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYurqlr1E7g&feature=BFa&list=FLlt1iObbxBas&index=5

Thalia’s Commentary on the Memorial Portion:

Jesus professional ministry is exciting. Jesus shows great effort in healing because he is a compassionate Messiah, the anointed one. Jesus taught that with forgiveness came healing. Jesus healed the Gentiles because the Gentile nations believed on Him (Matthew 13:55). Jesus is the only prophet, the anointed one to show Love for His fellow mankind, you can see this clearly illustrated in the scriptures that fulfill the Hebrew Bible, in the New Testament. Jesus did not change the law of Moses. Jesus fulfilled the scriptures. Jesus works is the will of God.

Jesus is the greatest man that ever walked the earth. Jesus preached the kingdom of God is at hand. The Kingdom of God means that the

“Today is nineteen days, which are two weeks and five days, to the Omer.” Saturday, April 17, 2010

“Today is eighteen days, which are two weeks and four days, to the Omer.” Friday, April 16, 2010

Jesus is the greatest man that ever walked the earth. Jesus preached the kingdom of God is at hand. The Kingdom of God means that the heavenly kingdom of God’s house is obtainable. In this memorial portion we will talk about healing. However, Jesus also sent the Disciples’ to restore kingdom of God. As the church grows, so did the restoration of the gospel (Mark 3:13-19). http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%203:13-19&version=NIV. Jesus taught His Disciples to seek the lost of the House of Israel. What does that mean for Jews that attend church? Jesus is saying that I will sprinkle the gentiles; however, baptism and church functions are Jewish. Jesus is Jewish and Semitic. However, to avoid persecution and bias and hypocritical remarks my functions are limited. Just remember Jesus is Jewish and He came for his own people, and whoever came to Him would not be ashamed or turned away, as long as you have faith.

This memorial portion is interesting because it reminds me that there once was a man who needed healing (John 16:5) http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2016:5&version=NIV. The Disciples tried but could not cleanse and heal the man (Matthew 17:20-21) http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2017&version=KJV. Jesus said to the Disciples, “this kind comes out only by fasting and prayer.” Jesus knew that prayer and fasting would strengthen him; and He knew that the angels shall minister to Him (Mark 1:13) . A glorious task, that God made Jesus a little lower than the angels (Hebrew 2:7 and Luke 4:18). There never has and there never will be another man to walk the earth in the flesh, like the Lord Jesus and resurrect in the flesh like Jesus: the first born of the resurrection – the sons of Israel.

In the beginning Jesus taught at the temple. The temple is the exact location that Abraham first performed his sacrifice that is written in the bible. Likewise, the temple is in the exact same place that Adam, Abel, and Noah performed a sacrifice. The Apostle Paul said that the gospel begins with Abraham (Genesis 22:14 and Galatians 3:8).

Jesus performed many miracles, so much that there would not be room to record the will of God, in all the space in the world. In the Gospel of Mark, the first chapter, Jesus begins his ministry in Galilee, as the prophecies of Daniel the prophet (Daniel 9:25; and Matthew 4:12-17; and Mark 1:15) . Many people would follow Jesus to hear him teach and preach and manifest the works of God. Like Jesus, John the Baptist did baptize in the name of Jesus, the baptism of repentance for the remission (forgiveness) of sins. Moreover the Prophet Isaiah said that God will redeem Jerusalem, and then everyone shall see the salvation of our God. The prophet that saying, “His visage was marred more than any other servant of the High God, the children of God: the son of Israel. He shall sprinkle many Gentiles, with the power of the Holy Spirit of God: wave offering.

Wow this is really exciting to hear. You have some people who believe that there are separate entities, like the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost and then you have some people who believe that there is the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit; lastly you have some people who believe that the Comforter is not Jewish in nature that is a prophet that has nothing to do with the Bible or the Songs of Songs by Solomon which is encouragement to the church, the courtship of the Messiah.

In the fourteen chapter of the book of Leviticus, some of the people would be truthful about their iniquities and seek healing at the time Jesus walked the earth. Yet many people were occupying the land of Israel, such as Rome; which was a dark time in history because people were not being spiritually fed. Most importantly we got away from the Temples of Herod and the bread of Herod, the Pharisees, and the Sadducees. Nevertheless, Jesus had another plan for the House of Israel, a vessel set apart from the gentiles of good pleasure, for He alone is the revealed arm of our LORD God (Isaiah 52:11 and Isaiah 48:20).

The prophet Jeremiah spoke the word of God against the gentiles in the fiftieth chapter, and the twelfth verse, saying to the gentiles, “You shall be a desolate nation and shall not be inhabited. However Babylon shall be wholly desolate that destroy our heritage – like the burnt offering of bulls and heifers, that should have been a sacrificial offering for a thanksgiving offering (Jeremiah 50:11 and Isaiah 47:6).”

The word of God came to Moses concerning the ritual cleansing for lepers that are healed. The law of the leper is given to Moses (Leviticus 14:2-6). The leper shall be sprinkled seven times and pronounced clean, by the Priest (Leviticus 14:7).

The steps of the ritual for the cleaning ceremony are listed and then he will be clean (Leviticus 14:8-10). Then on the eighth day, sacrifices for a grain offering, with one two-third pints of oil. Next, the priest will take the leper and his offering before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. The priest shall offer a guilt (trespass) offering and shall wave the sacrifices before the LORD as a wave offering (Leviticus 14:12 and Hosea 11:3). The priest shall perform a sin offering and a burnt offering belongs to the priest, because it is the most holy (Leviticus 14:13). The priest shall use the sacrifice from the trespass (guilt) offering and sprinkle the blood and oil seven times before the LORD. Next, the Priest shall make atonement for the person that is to be cleansed, before the LORD from his uncleanness; afterward then he shall offer the burnt offerings and the grain offering on the altar. (Leviticus 14:14-18). The priest shall make atonement for him, and shall be clean (Leviticus 14:19-20). The cleansing of the infectious skin diseases is expounded in verses one through thirty-two of this chapter, Leviticus 14. The Israelites will receive regulation from Moses, the word of God, as they move into the homes of the Canaanites and there is a recompense of the LORD, in the form of the plague. The children of Israel that choose to cleanse theirselves follow the rituals of the sin, burnt, trespass, and the wave offering cleanses them from the disease to make atonement. In closing of chapter fourteen of the book of Leviticus, the Law of the Leprous is slightly amended, and is expounded by Moses in verses twenty-one through thirty one of the fourteenth chapter, in the book of Leviticus.

The Law of the Leprous Homes:

In this passage God speaks to Moses and Aaron. The word of God says that when you come into your home, in the land of Canaan, in which I give you, and I put the home in your possession, and I put the leprous plague (mildew, mold, dry rot etc.), and the owner believes that the plague is in the home. Then once he tells the priest the priest shall command that the home is emptied. The priest shall examine the plague in the home. The priest shall shut the house down for seven days. If the plague is not gone in seven days then the priest shall command that the stone with the plague be removed away from the home and cast in an unclean place. The Priest shall also command that the house be scraped thoroughly and all over and also the leprous particles and carcinogens on the stones, mortars, dry wall and plasters of the house etc, shall also be place in unclean place. The house shall be rebuilt that had the plague. Just like the homes on the ABC Network show, Home Improvement, and building a better community with your neighbors. If the plague returns then it is an active leprosy in the house. The home that has leprosy is unclean. If the house has an active leprosy then he shall break down the home and shall carry the stones and timber and plaster of the house to an unclean place. The person that goes into a home that has active leprosy shall be unclean because this home has to be rebuilt on the land that the house once stood.

Leviticus 14:46-48 
46 Moreover he who goes into the house at all while it is shut up shall be unclean until evening.
47 And he who lies down in the house shall wash his clothes, and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.
48 “But if the priest comes in and examines it, and indeed the plague has not spread in the house after the house was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.

Finally the home shall be cleansed with two birds, cedar wood, scarlet and hyssop. The Priest shall perform the ritual to cleanse the house (Leviticus 14:49-53 and Leviticus 14:4-6).

Leviticus 15: The Law concerning bodily discharges.

The word of the LORD comes to Moses and Aaron saying, “When a man has discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.” If you have puss, abscess, or hemorrhaging, then you shall be unclean.

Furthermore, every bed that he sits on and has a discharge is made on unclean, and every bed he sits, or touches shall be unclean, and he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening. If you sit on anything that the person has the discharge or touches the body of him that has the discharge you shall be unclean and you shall wash your clothes in water and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening (Leviticus 15:1-7). If the person that has the discharge spits on a clean person, then he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening (Leviticus 15:8). Any saddle that the discharge rides on shall be unclean. Anyone that touches anything was under him shall be unclean until evening. If you carry any of those things mentioned from verses 1 through 9, then you shall be unclean and you shall wash your clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening. Remember if the person with the discharge touches you and you have not rinsed your hands then you shall wash your clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening. The vessel of the earth that he that has discharge touches shall be broken and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

After the discharge is cleanse from his body he shall count for himself seven days for cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe his body in running water; then he shall be clean.

On the eight day, he shall take for himself a sacrificial sin offering to the priest. The priest shall offer the sacrificial offering as sin offering and burnt offering before the Lord because of his discharge.

If any man has an emission of semen, then he shall wash his body in water and be unclean until the evening. The garment and y leather which has semen on it shall be washed in water and unclean until the evening. Also if a woman lies with a man and there is semen ejaculated, she like the man shall bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.

Like the man, the woman that has discharge form her body other than her customary menstrual cycle, a blood issue she shall be unclean all of her days of her discharge. (Leviticus 15:1-14).

On the eight day, he shall take for himself a sacrificial sin offering to the priest. The priest shall offer the sacrificial offering as sin offering and burnt offering before the Lord because of her discharge. The Priest shall make atonement for him and her, when he receives the offering at the door of the tabernacle of meeting (Leviticus 15:14-15, 29-30).

One last thing, after designate an unclean person, you shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, or they will die in when they defile God’s tabernacle that is amongst them. This is the law of the for the person who has discharge and for him who emits semen and is unclean.; and as well as the women who is disposed due to her menstrual cycle, and for anyone who has discharge and anyone who lies with him or her (Leviticus 15:31-33).

In closing, all we have to do is go to God and say Father; I am the descendant of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I thank you on behalf of what you did for us that you sent your only begotten son, the first born of Israel. Look to the direction of the wailing wall of Israel, and fall on your knees and worship God. Ask God for everything you need in prayer. I honestly believe that he will heal you.

Recommended References:

KJV Standard Lesson Commentary® Hardcover 2010—2011: Lesson 5, Remember Jesus Christ
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Thur. Mar. 31, Remembering Jesus’ Sacrifice, Matthew 26:17-30
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Mission Arlington.org. The Life of Christ. The Gospel of Mark: Jesus Heals a man with Leprosy. Reviewed on Thursday, April 14th 2010. http://www.missionarlington.org/d/LOC08-05-JesusHealsLeper.pdf.

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