Divorce is harder to take than having one’s spouse dying, for then they did not choose to leave you. The marriage vows for many are a tongue-in-cheek recital, “release me and let me love again” syndrome. The most valuable things in life are often the most vulnerable.
For those who have lost a wife or husband because of unfaithfulness, G-d understands like you wouldn’t believe. He too had that problem, as He admits in the books of Hosea, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. G-d didn’t just send condolences, rather, He solemnly declared that He Himself was reluctantly filing divorce charges against Israel for her idolatry. G-d Himself had to get a divorce because of His beloved’s unfaithfulness! So He has personally suffered the same tragedy of a love one that wanted to go their own way. He fully understands every family distress and upheaval, so no distressed couple or bereft individual needs to approach Him as though He were above such human problems and without sympathetic understanding. He is not just a censorious judge; He is also a compassionate friend. G-d is in the business of helping people were they hurt, and we need to be about our Father’s business.
G-d’s purpose in instituting marriage between a man and a woman was found in Gen. 1:28 of being fruitful and multiply, but it was also promoting personality growth and grace. That purpose is to develop and mature two different personalities in a relationship of mutual fellowship and responsibilities. Conforming each other more and more into the image of Him (2 Pet. 1:4-11). In a sense, it is dying to self, but rising together with your partner in a new ‘one-flesh’ marital union. It takes both partners to want to accomplish this; it sometimes falls flat and doesn’t deliver when one gets the worldly disease. An ungluing process can easily set in that separates first the affections and finally the entire marriage, and believers are by no means immune to the disease.
Tailor-made mates who fulfill all one’s matrimonial dreams are just not on the market. ‘Play-Doh’ personalities or mates without individual desires and convictions do not have the resilient qualities of which good marriages are made. Adjustments in give-and-take compromises are to be expected in a well-ordered relationship, as long as it does not relinquish one’s morals.
One must begin these adjustments with themselves, not with the spouse. The Bible instructs the husband to attend to his own responsibility of loving his wife, not to be the dean of education for her instruction. He is not told to require submission of his wife, nor is the wife told to demand his love (Eph. 5:21). Charity begins at home, so charitable understanding towards one’s
G-d given mate is the place to start. Each is to evaluate his own responsibilities and fulfill them. We were made with free choose, if one choose not to make a go of it and wishes to leave we need to cut them loose.
When a divorce becomes necessary for a moral cause, Moses actually provided the woman involved with a degree of protection by requiring its review and legal action. It also served to remind the husband that he would lose her forever when he got a divorce. From this O.T. legislation it is to be noted that G-d did recognize divorce, even though the union was designed to be permanent. Moses even spoke in Deut. 24:2-3, of the woman becoming ‘another man’s wife’.
G-d hates divorce (Mal. 2:16), there is something He hates even more. That is the causes for which He allows divorcement:
1. Fornication, immorality, unchasity, adultery referring to all types of illicit sexual intercourse all severed the union by the breach of faithfulness and new physical union. For the innocent party there may be times when divorce (or at least separation) is the will of G-d, it is more of a sin to continue to live with that one than to separate. To be submissive to such an arrangement by condoning it is to be a party to it.
2. Desertion is proper ground for divorce by the other.
3. Inequality yoke situations, the saved partner cannot leave, but is not bound to chase after the unbelieving partner is he or she leaves, for the separation is not of the believer’s making. (1 Cor. 7:15).
Marriage is a great institution, but who wants’ to be in an institution? They say marriage was made in Heaven, but then so was thunder and lighting. The chooses we make --.
The loneliness and trauma of marital separation affects the constitution of any individual, to be divorced is to lose a part of yourself. The gnawing desire for a fulfilled union is often even more pronounced after the divorce. The lost of companionship and the need for sympathetic understanding tend to heighten the desire to give the marriage game a rerun. This is natural since G-d designed marriages for this life in Matt. 22:30. G-d knew the woman had to become a member of another family to survive socially or economically, which meant remarriage to another (in the time and culture). The option today of remarrying may not be just a right; it may be a responsibility, remarriage to the proper fulfilling of several basic needs in a normal human being, (1 Cor. 7:2, 9) to fulfill their G-d given sexual needs (Gen. 2:18).
In remarriage constitutes a new life for scrambled eggs cannot be unscrambled but the ones that remarry can be dedicated to G-d, for a new start on life. G-d’s grace has as its unique feature the ability to overwhelm the disaster of sin and salvage trophies out of tragedies. He can bring restoration and harmony out of marital chaos is an example of that grace. His Savior-hood extends to homes as well as to hearts, and that should be a part of the gospel we preach. He is the wonderful Counselor for broken marriages as well as broken lives, and we are to recognize the completeness of the healing He provides. The imparting of that grace to married couples is but a parable of His grace to us who are to be His eternal bride. That coming marriage of Y’Shua should never be lost sight of as we seek to restore and perfect the ideals of human marriage, G-d’s portrait of His grace.
Whether you choose to stay married or to move on, repent of whatever was your mistake (for we all make mistakes), learn from it, rebuilt a new life that brings happiness to you, and glory to the Father.
G-d has called us to peace, where there is strife there is no peace. Hopefully next time you will make a wiser chose and know what not to do or what to do.
Let the Father lead your steps into your future.
Marriage is like a mirror; it reflects what we put into it. If one has divorce readily in their mind as a convenient option, divorce will be much more likely.
Jer. 3:8
Deut. 24:1, 3
Matt. 5:31
Matt. 5:32 committeth adultery-- If divorce was one of G-d’s given rules, it breaks the marriage covenant; after a just divorce, one may lawfully marry again. But if one that puts away their mate upon any other pretence caused them to commit adultery, and one also that shall marry them when they are divorced. The Church of Rome says, No that they are married in G-d’s eyes unless they get an annulment from the church; but the Greek and Protestant Churches allow it. (Matthew Henry)
Matt. 5:28 ‘But I say unto you, That whosoever looked on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.’
This principle applies to much more than men looking at women. It applies to just about anything we can covet with the eye or mind, sleeping or playing around with another woman. Since Y’Shua considers adultery in the heart a sin, we know what we think about and allow our heart to rest on is based on choice. Many believe they have no choice - and therefore no responsibility - for what they think about, but this contradicts the clear teaching of Y’Shua here. We may not be able to control passing thoughts or feelings, but we certainly do decide where our heart and mind or what our fingers touch will rest upon. (David Guzik)
So whether in the natural or in the physical act if adultery, G-d is saying it was committed and a just divorce is legal in His eyes and marrying another is permitted.
Matt. 19:7
Mk. 10:4
1 Cor. 7:15
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Blessing Others
Matt. 63-4 But when you doest alms, let not your left hand know what your right hand does. That your alms may be in secret: and your Father which sees in secret Himself shall reward you openly.
Giving something and expecting something in return is G-d’s way.
‘Now you owe me because I bless you’ is the worlds way,
(‘one scratches the others back’ sort of idea.)
Giving anonymously gives G-d the glory not the giver.
If one gives something, and says “I am blessing you” they are taking the ‘glory’, when they are only the vessel that G-d used.
It was suggested to me that if I wanted to bless others to give them ‘gift cards’ which could be mailed.
Or if it be a product to just leave it by their door.
When it is necessary hand it to them and if you need to say something besides ‘can you use this’, say: ‘G-d wants to bless you’.
Give ‘all the glory to G-d’ is found 11 times in Scripture, never does it say to take the bows or pat yourself on the back.
I remember in the 70’s it was preached if you receive your ‘reward’ here then you have not stored up treasures in heaven.
Any thoughts on the idea?
Giving something and expecting something in return is G-d’s way.
‘Now you owe me because I bless you’ is the worlds way,
(‘one scratches the others back’ sort of idea.)
Giving anonymously gives G-d the glory not the giver.
If one gives something, and says “I am blessing you” they are taking the ‘glory’, when they are only the vessel that G-d used.
It was suggested to me that if I wanted to bless others to give them ‘gift cards’ which could be mailed.
Or if it be a product to just leave it by their door.
When it is necessary hand it to them and if you need to say something besides ‘can you use this’, say: ‘G-d wants to bless you’.
Give ‘all the glory to G-d’ is found 11 times in Scripture, never does it say to take the bows or pat yourself on the back.
I remember in the 70’s it was preached if you receive your ‘reward’ here then you have not stored up treasures in heaven.
Any thoughts on the idea?
Trim Your Wick
Matt. 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
[It was common in ancient times for the general public to join in the wedding procession in order to partake of the food and fun at the ceremony. They were general girls of the village, going to the party and the precession was so long that some got tired of watching and fell asleep.
10 – Ten is the number in Hebrew life throughout the Scriptures;
There were 10 men to hold a Synagogue, 10 present to confirm a circumcision, 10 in a house to keep the Passover. Abraham was tested 10 times and the last one was a test of obedience in Gen. 22. Boaz had 10 witnesses at the marriage in Ruth 4. G-d would spare a city for 10 righteous in Gen. 10:32. 10 camels were loaded with gifts for Rebekah in Gen. 24. And Rebekah stayed 10 days with her family. Joseph had 10 brothers that went to Egypt in Gen. 42. The tabernacle had 10 curtains in Ex. 26. G-d gave 10 written commandments to Moses in Deut. 4. 10 tables in the Temple, 10 golden candlesticks and 10 lavers for water in 2 Chron. 4. The Messiah will return with 10,000 saints in Jude 14.
Virgins – young ladies that never been with a man. It was so important in marriage that the ‘best man’ had to wait outside the chamber door until the marriage was constipated and the bloody sheet was passed out to him. It was to prove of a virgin that was to be taken to her mother to be kept as evidence encase of acquisitions. Lying to one’s husband called for a hard punishment.
All were virgins, all had lamps, all were watching for a time and notice all were ready with oil, but not all prepared for to keep watching for the bridegroom.]
[2] And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
[Wise - prudent, intelligent, mindful of one's interests.
Foolish – morons, irreverent, godless.]
[3] They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
[All going in the same direction with the same purpose but not all were prepared for the long haul.]
[4] But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
[They were ready in season as well as out, they did not want to miss their bridegroom so became well prepared.]
[5] While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
[The ancient Jewish weddings often started celebrations at the rising of the first star (6 pm) just after sunset.
Tarried – delayed.
All slumbered – laid down to rest tired of watching and waiting, burn down and burnt out. No time was announced for the bridegroom to set out for the feast, and the day wore on. A torchlight procession is more impressive in the dark. The torches were long poles with oil-lamps tied to the top, and the more provident girls took a supply of olive oil with them in case the lamps went out. They were waiting for the warning shout “he is here” and some had to be woken up when it came.]
[6] And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
[There are nine major steps to the ancient Jewish marriage that Y’Shua often alludes to in His teaching:
The betrothed.
The marriage price.
The cup of acceptance.
Preparing of the wedding home.
The stealing away of the bride.
The preparation.
Entering of the marriage chamber.
The best man announcing of the consummation of the marriage.
The marriage supper.
Midnight – not 11/11 as people say.]
[7] Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
[Virgins symbolize followers (2 Cor. 11:2), keeping yourself prepared. The ten maidens do not appear to have been bridesmaids, or even specially invited guests; they were girls of the village who had decided to form a torchlight procession and escort the bridegroom and his party to the house where the wedding feast was to be held. They knew that, if they did so, there would be a place at the feast for them, so that they could share in the good cheer. To this day there are parts of the world where a wedding feast is a public occasion for the neighborhood, and all who come find a welcome and something to eat and drink.
Trimmed their lamps – to get the best light from it, but five of them found that their lamps were going out, and they had no extra oil. The lamps were not out, but going out. The lamp ran out at midnight for they lasted only six hours.
The wicks were made from holy garments like the priest garments or clothing used will serving and worshiping. Sometimes our garments get stain and need to be trimmed out and sometimes people in our live need to be trimmed out. These virgins needed to trim their lamps so it could get fresh oil.]
[8] And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
[One major message here is that the oil of yesterday will not work for today’s lamp. You need a daily refresh, and renewing. Need to prepare for the future, not just live in the present. (Rev. 2:5-7). These maidens were friends of the bride or neighborhood girls, and not necessarily friends of the bridegroom. Today we have friends of the church but not necessary friends of the Savior. If you are not prepared you will lose a blessing, we were told back in Genesis not to ever let our light go out.
The oil (anointing) that the Father has given you is not always meant for another so do not let others steal or share in your anointing, but receive directly from the Father Himself.]
[9] But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
[The others could not lend them any of theirs, for then there would not have been enough to last the journey. Running to buy some was not easily done at midnight, but when they managed to get some they found themselves lock out, a penalty for procrastination of being prepared.]
[10] And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
[A wedding story with no mention of the bride, the ten maidens went to meet the bridegroom and the bride. G-d is preparing His bride, one who is forever watching and waiting for her beloved.
G-d shuts the door!! The idea of people being shut out is found often in Y’Shua’s teachings illustrating a mere profession and because they did not know Him. The door was shut to prevent thieves from harming the guests or taking the ransom for the bride. The number 10 stands for divine order, “if all were in G-d’s perfect order all would had oil.” It is a story of THAT day – relating to the coming wedding (Rev. 19:1-10). ]
[11] Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
[Ten virgins – in the scene from real life depicted in the parable the maidens’ disappointment was keen, but hey suffered no irreparable loss: they had missed the wedding feast but there would be other weddings and they would remember to take an adequate supply of oil another time. But the application of the parable the loss is more serious.
This point being: watch and pray. Be careful not to lose interest and keep your light always burning. Keep you’re anointing flowing and stay ready at all times not growing weary in waiting. Do not get into a slumber position.]
To those that have an ear let them hear the Word of G-d: “SOON the door is closing!”
[It was common in ancient times for the general public to join in the wedding procession in order to partake of the food and fun at the ceremony. They were general girls of the village, going to the party and the precession was so long that some got tired of watching and fell asleep.
10 – Ten is the number in Hebrew life throughout the Scriptures;
There were 10 men to hold a Synagogue, 10 present to confirm a circumcision, 10 in a house to keep the Passover. Abraham was tested 10 times and the last one was a test of obedience in Gen. 22. Boaz had 10 witnesses at the marriage in Ruth 4. G-d would spare a city for 10 righteous in Gen. 10:32. 10 camels were loaded with gifts for Rebekah in Gen. 24. And Rebekah stayed 10 days with her family. Joseph had 10 brothers that went to Egypt in Gen. 42. The tabernacle had 10 curtains in Ex. 26. G-d gave 10 written commandments to Moses in Deut. 4. 10 tables in the Temple, 10 golden candlesticks and 10 lavers for water in 2 Chron. 4. The Messiah will return with 10,000 saints in Jude 14.
Virgins – young ladies that never been with a man. It was so important in marriage that the ‘best man’ had to wait outside the chamber door until the marriage was constipated and the bloody sheet was passed out to him. It was to prove of a virgin that was to be taken to her mother to be kept as evidence encase of acquisitions. Lying to one’s husband called for a hard punishment.
All were virgins, all had lamps, all were watching for a time and notice all were ready with oil, but not all prepared for to keep watching for the bridegroom.]
[2] And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
[Wise - prudent, intelligent, mindful of one's interests.
Foolish – morons, irreverent, godless.]
[3] They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
[All going in the same direction with the same purpose but not all were prepared for the long haul.]
[4] But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
[They were ready in season as well as out, they did not want to miss their bridegroom so became well prepared.]
[5] While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
[The ancient Jewish weddings often started celebrations at the rising of the first star (6 pm) just after sunset.
Tarried – delayed.
All slumbered – laid down to rest tired of watching and waiting, burn down and burnt out. No time was announced for the bridegroom to set out for the feast, and the day wore on. A torchlight procession is more impressive in the dark. The torches were long poles with oil-lamps tied to the top, and the more provident girls took a supply of olive oil with them in case the lamps went out. They were waiting for the warning shout “he is here” and some had to be woken up when it came.]
[6] And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
[There are nine major steps to the ancient Jewish marriage that Y’Shua often alludes to in His teaching:
The betrothed.
The marriage price.
The cup of acceptance.
Preparing of the wedding home.
The stealing away of the bride.
The preparation.
Entering of the marriage chamber.
The best man announcing of the consummation of the marriage.
The marriage supper.
Midnight – not 11/11 as people say.]
[7] Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
[Virgins symbolize followers (2 Cor. 11:2), keeping yourself prepared. The ten maidens do not appear to have been bridesmaids, or even specially invited guests; they were girls of the village who had decided to form a torchlight procession and escort the bridegroom and his party to the house where the wedding feast was to be held. They knew that, if they did so, there would be a place at the feast for them, so that they could share in the good cheer. To this day there are parts of the world where a wedding feast is a public occasion for the neighborhood, and all who come find a welcome and something to eat and drink.
Trimmed their lamps – to get the best light from it, but five of them found that their lamps were going out, and they had no extra oil. The lamps were not out, but going out. The lamp ran out at midnight for they lasted only six hours.
The wicks were made from holy garments like the priest garments or clothing used will serving and worshiping. Sometimes our garments get stain and need to be trimmed out and sometimes people in our live need to be trimmed out. These virgins needed to trim their lamps so it could get fresh oil.]
[8] And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
[One major message here is that the oil of yesterday will not work for today’s lamp. You need a daily refresh, and renewing. Need to prepare for the future, not just live in the present. (Rev. 2:5-7). These maidens were friends of the bride or neighborhood girls, and not necessarily friends of the bridegroom. Today we have friends of the church but not necessary friends of the Savior. If you are not prepared you will lose a blessing, we were told back in Genesis not to ever let our light go out.
The oil (anointing) that the Father has given you is not always meant for another so do not let others steal or share in your anointing, but receive directly from the Father Himself.]
[9] But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
[The others could not lend them any of theirs, for then there would not have been enough to last the journey. Running to buy some was not easily done at midnight, but when they managed to get some they found themselves lock out, a penalty for procrastination of being prepared.]
[10] And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
[A wedding story with no mention of the bride, the ten maidens went to meet the bridegroom and the bride. G-d is preparing His bride, one who is forever watching and waiting for her beloved.
G-d shuts the door!! The idea of people being shut out is found often in Y’Shua’s teachings illustrating a mere profession and because they did not know Him. The door was shut to prevent thieves from harming the guests or taking the ransom for the bride. The number 10 stands for divine order, “if all were in G-d’s perfect order all would had oil.” It is a story of THAT day – relating to the coming wedding (Rev. 19:1-10). ]
[11] Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
[Ten virgins – in the scene from real life depicted in the parable the maidens’ disappointment was keen, but hey suffered no irreparable loss: they had missed the wedding feast but there would be other weddings and they would remember to take an adequate supply of oil another time. But the application of the parable the loss is more serious.
This point being: watch and pray. Be careful not to lose interest and keep your light always burning. Keep you’re anointing flowing and stay ready at all times not growing weary in waiting. Do not get into a slumber position.]
To those that have an ear let them hear the Word of G-d: “SOON the door is closing!”
3 Days 3 Nights
Matthew 12:38-40
This promise meant that 72 hours would pass from His death to His resurrection and that this would be the sign for the Jews that He was who He said He was (the Messiah). The Friday crucifixion with a resurrection before sunrise on Sunday morning totals approximately 36 hours. If we understood Y’Shua to mean that within three days and three nights He would rise again, then any period short of that would suffice. But He taught that after three days and three nights in the heart of the earth, and then He would rise again. This logically would require the crucifixion on a Wednesday, then the daylight and nighttime periods of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday would be three days and three nights. We count from His actual death shortly after 3 PM.
You'll notice that the above text from Matthew 27 recorded that the chief priests met with Pilate the next morning after the crucifixion to get permission to post a guard and seal the tomb. The Bible records that this was the day after the day of preparation. This day of preparation is the 14th of Abib/Nisan, when the homes were scoured for any leavened bread within the house and a preparation of food was readied for the Passover meal, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread [Mark 15:42, Luke 23:54, John 19:14, 31, 42]. Therefore, the grave of Y’Shua was not sealed until the morning of the 15th of Abib/Nisan, on the annual Sabbath. In the text from John 19:31, we learn that the body of Y’Shua needed to be removed from the cross because the Sabbath was about to begin and that Sabbath was a high day or annual Sabbath. This is consistent with the other verses which teach that the day of preparation was the day that Y’Shua died.
The lamb was killed between 3 and 6 PM on the afternoon of the 14th of Abib/Nisan and prepared, because the 15th was the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which was an annual Sabbath observance (the first and last days of Unleavened Bread were annual Sabbaths in addition to the normal weekly Sabbaths).
"On the fourteenth day of the first month--between the two evenings (at twilight)--is the Passover to Yahweh (YHVH). And on the fifteenth day of this month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to Yahweh (YHVH); seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work. But for seven days you shall present an offering by fire to Yahweh (YHVH). On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work." Leviticus 23:5-8”.
The Passover meal was an important religious observance in which to remember that the blood of the lamb on the doorposts of their houses kept them alive when the angel of death passed by, and that G-d had delivered them from slavery in Egypt. The Passover is a perpetual observance to celebrate passing from death to life. These ancient events foretold the blood of Y’Shua being spilled for our sins, and our passage from death to eternal life, by the everlasting covenant of the blood of Y’Shua. They also foretold that Y’Shua would die as the national Passover Lamb, exactly on the 14th of Abib/Nisan and that the day following was an annual Sabbath.
But the Jews (Judeans), because it was the day of preparation (evening of the Sabbath), they were saying, "These bodies should not pass the night on their crosses, because the Sabbath say is approaching, for that Sabbath was a high day (an annual Sabbath)." And they asked Pilate to break the legs of those who had been crucified, and they would be taken away (die quickly). John 19:31.
And it was the Preparation Day (the eve of the High Sabbath), and the Sabbath was about to begin. Now these women who had come with Him out of Galilee were approaching; and they saw the tomb and how His body had been laid. And they returned and prepared sweet spices and ointments. Then on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment. Luke 23:54-56
Now notice on the Jewish calendar the days ran from 6 pm to 6 pm, were the Greek calendars are from midnight to midnight – of course Y’Shua went under the Hebrew way, we chose to follow the Greek.
But on the first day of the week at early dawn while it was dark they came to the tomb; they brought the sweet spices, these they had prepared. And there were with them other women. And they found that the stone was rolled away from the tomb. Luke 23:56, 24:1-2.
The women saw Y’Shua' body being laid in the tomb on a Wednesday afternoon, they rested on the annual Sabbath on Thursday, and bought spices on Friday. They prepared the spices on Friday and then rested according to the commandment on the weekly Sabbath on Saturday. After the weekly Sabbath, ending at 6 pm, they intended to anoint Y’Shua' body with the perfumes and spices. Therefore both intuitively and by evidence, we have proven that Passover was on a Wednesday, and that Y’Shua did as He had said, which was to rise again after three days and three nights.
You'll notice through a comparison of the four gospels that Mary Magdalene and the disciples went to the tomb a number of times. In some it was still dark, and in some it was already light. It wasn't until it was light on Sunday that they actually discovered that He had risen, in the first visits the tomb was empty. The above text in John 20, tells us of the first visit by Mary Magdalene when it was dark, the tomb was empty, and she had not been told that Y’Shua was risen, and only saw the stone rolled away. There is one verse which seems to tell us that Y’Shua rose on the first day of the week. Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week, He first appeared to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons. Mark 16:9. The above text would seem to conclusively prove that Y’Shua rose early in the evening on the first day of the week, (after 6 pm) what we would call Saturday night. This makes the verse consistent with all the four gospels, where Mary Magdalene visited the grave, shortly after the Sabbath ended, and saw the empty grave with the stone rolled away, but did not see an angel or see Y’Shua. It was later, when the sun had risen on Sunday morning that she came with Mary the mother of James and Salome back to the tomb, saw an angel who told her that he had risen, and then saw Y’Shua. One can imagine that Mary asked Mary Magdalene, "Who would roll away the stone?" as they approached the tomb, since Mary Magdalene had not mentioned that she had been there earlier and saw the empty grave. Then she went and told the disciples that she saw the angel and saw Y’Shua. What any reader should realize is that the Holy Spirit gave us the four gospels with fragments of the story in each, and it takes a study of all together, to arrive at the complete picture. The following verse clearly shows us that Mary Magdalene came to the grave as the weekly Sabbath was ending at 6 pm. Now late on the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the grave. Matthew 28:1.
Y’Shua was buried at the beginning of the Feast of Unleavened Bread since His body was interred at sundown of Passover day. Crucifixion normally took three days. The Roman utilized this slow and terrible way of death to terrify the population of provincial Israel.
The young, strong carpenter of Galilee was dead in just six hours. He was placed on the cross at 9 am. ‘The third hour’ and taken down at 3 pm. There was then time enough to wrap the body and bury it at sundown. The answer to why He died in six hours is that’s all the time He could spare. Our L-rd never omitted a feast.
Candles burn out, flowers fade away, bread gets moldy, and wine turns sour, but as He dwells in us, we become His living sign to the world.
He said, “You are witnesses of these things.” (Lk. 24:48).
Sabbath Shalom = have a good day in the Sabbath - Sabbath peace
This promise meant that 72 hours would pass from His death to His resurrection and that this would be the sign for the Jews that He was who He said He was (the Messiah). The Friday crucifixion with a resurrection before sunrise on Sunday morning totals approximately 36 hours. If we understood Y’Shua to mean that within three days and three nights He would rise again, then any period short of that would suffice. But He taught that after three days and three nights in the heart of the earth, and then He would rise again. This logically would require the crucifixion on a Wednesday, then the daylight and nighttime periods of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday would be three days and three nights. We count from His actual death shortly after 3 PM.
You'll notice that the above text from Matthew 27 recorded that the chief priests met with Pilate the next morning after the crucifixion to get permission to post a guard and seal the tomb. The Bible records that this was the day after the day of preparation. This day of preparation is the 14th of Abib/Nisan, when the homes were scoured for any leavened bread within the house and a preparation of food was readied for the Passover meal, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread [Mark 15:42, Luke 23:54, John 19:14, 31, 42]. Therefore, the grave of Y’Shua was not sealed until the morning of the 15th of Abib/Nisan, on the annual Sabbath. In the text from John 19:31, we learn that the body of Y’Shua needed to be removed from the cross because the Sabbath was about to begin and that Sabbath was a high day or annual Sabbath. This is consistent with the other verses which teach that the day of preparation was the day that Y’Shua died.
The lamb was killed between 3 and 6 PM on the afternoon of the 14th of Abib/Nisan and prepared, because the 15th was the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which was an annual Sabbath observance (the first and last days of Unleavened Bread were annual Sabbaths in addition to the normal weekly Sabbaths).
"On the fourteenth day of the first month--between the two evenings (at twilight)--is the Passover to Yahweh (YHVH). And on the fifteenth day of this month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to Yahweh (YHVH); seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work. But for seven days you shall present an offering by fire to Yahweh (YHVH). On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work." Leviticus 23:5-8”.
The Passover meal was an important religious observance in which to remember that the blood of the lamb on the doorposts of their houses kept them alive when the angel of death passed by, and that G-d had delivered them from slavery in Egypt. The Passover is a perpetual observance to celebrate passing from death to life. These ancient events foretold the blood of Y’Shua being spilled for our sins, and our passage from death to eternal life, by the everlasting covenant of the blood of Y’Shua. They also foretold that Y’Shua would die as the national Passover Lamb, exactly on the 14th of Abib/Nisan and that the day following was an annual Sabbath.
But the Jews (Judeans), because it was the day of preparation (evening of the Sabbath), they were saying, "These bodies should not pass the night on their crosses, because the Sabbath say is approaching, for that Sabbath was a high day (an annual Sabbath)." And they asked Pilate to break the legs of those who had been crucified, and they would be taken away (die quickly). John 19:31.
And it was the Preparation Day (the eve of the High Sabbath), and the Sabbath was about to begin. Now these women who had come with Him out of Galilee were approaching; and they saw the tomb and how His body had been laid. And they returned and prepared sweet spices and ointments. Then on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment. Luke 23:54-56
Now notice on the Jewish calendar the days ran from 6 pm to 6 pm, were the Greek calendars are from midnight to midnight – of course Y’Shua went under the Hebrew way, we chose to follow the Greek.
But on the first day of the week at early dawn while it was dark they came to the tomb; they brought the sweet spices, these they had prepared. And there were with them other women. And they found that the stone was rolled away from the tomb. Luke 23:56, 24:1-2.
The women saw Y’Shua' body being laid in the tomb on a Wednesday afternoon, they rested on the annual Sabbath on Thursday, and bought spices on Friday. They prepared the spices on Friday and then rested according to the commandment on the weekly Sabbath on Saturday. After the weekly Sabbath, ending at 6 pm, they intended to anoint Y’Shua' body with the perfumes and spices. Therefore both intuitively and by evidence, we have proven that Passover was on a Wednesday, and that Y’Shua did as He had said, which was to rise again after three days and three nights.
You'll notice through a comparison of the four gospels that Mary Magdalene and the disciples went to the tomb a number of times. In some it was still dark, and in some it was already light. It wasn't until it was light on Sunday that they actually discovered that He had risen, in the first visits the tomb was empty. The above text in John 20, tells us of the first visit by Mary Magdalene when it was dark, the tomb was empty, and she had not been told that Y’Shua was risen, and only saw the stone rolled away. There is one verse which seems to tell us that Y’Shua rose on the first day of the week. Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week, He first appeared to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons. Mark 16:9. The above text would seem to conclusively prove that Y’Shua rose early in the evening on the first day of the week, (after 6 pm) what we would call Saturday night. This makes the verse consistent with all the four gospels, where Mary Magdalene visited the grave, shortly after the Sabbath ended, and saw the empty grave with the stone rolled away, but did not see an angel or see Y’Shua. It was later, when the sun had risen on Sunday morning that she came with Mary the mother of James and Salome back to the tomb, saw an angel who told her that he had risen, and then saw Y’Shua. One can imagine that Mary asked Mary Magdalene, "Who would roll away the stone?" as they approached the tomb, since Mary Magdalene had not mentioned that she had been there earlier and saw the empty grave. Then she went and told the disciples that she saw the angel and saw Y’Shua. What any reader should realize is that the Holy Spirit gave us the four gospels with fragments of the story in each, and it takes a study of all together, to arrive at the complete picture. The following verse clearly shows us that Mary Magdalene came to the grave as the weekly Sabbath was ending at 6 pm. Now late on the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the grave. Matthew 28:1.
Y’Shua was buried at the beginning of the Feast of Unleavened Bread since His body was interred at sundown of Passover day. Crucifixion normally took three days. The Roman utilized this slow and terrible way of death to terrify the population of provincial Israel.
The young, strong carpenter of Galilee was dead in just six hours. He was placed on the cross at 9 am. ‘The third hour’ and taken down at 3 pm. There was then time enough to wrap the body and bury it at sundown. The answer to why He died in six hours is that’s all the time He could spare. Our L-rd never omitted a feast.
Candles burn out, flowers fade away, bread gets moldy, and wine turns sour, but as He dwells in us, we become His living sign to the world.
He said, “You are witnesses of these things.” (Lk. 24:48).
Sabbath Shalom = have a good day in the Sabbath - Sabbath peace
Vanity of worldly wealth
As I was pondering how I never seemed to fit in this Scripture came to mind.
Matt. 8:20 “And Y’Shua said unto him, the foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has no where to lay His head.”Hmm, the Son of man did not seem to fit in either, always wondering from place to place with no place to call His own or lay His head. Wow, now that set me to chewing on it – are we not to be like Him? Do we not just apply that to the good stuff, nothing that includes any pain and suffering. If we were meant to stay in one spot to fellowship or minister than why did our Leader keep moving around and notice He was not fellowshipping with the upper crust, trying to rub shoulders with the ‘name droppers.’
There has to be more to this, so lets see what this verse is trying to show us-----.
There are many resolutions for religion, produced by some sudden pangs of conviction, and taken up without due consideration that proves fruitless, and come to nothing: soon ripe, soon rotten.
Y’Shua will have him (the person that wanted to follow Him) know what he is doing, not to make a rash decision and "count the cost." He will have him weigh well the real nature and the strength of his attachment, whether it is such as will abide in the day of trial.
The Son of man was Daniel's name for the Messiah (Dan. 7:10-13), it is the name by which the L-rd ordinarily designates Himself as the Messiah - the Son of G-d manifested in the flesh of Adam; the second Adam. The Son of man has to depend on the hospitality of others, and borrow the pillow whereon He lays His head. He chose not to be self-provision but need the rest of the body to bring forth their gifting.
If He would take our nature upon Him, one would think, He should have taken it in its best estate and circumstances: no, He takes it in its worst. We are to take His nature not the other way around, and His was humility.
How well provided for the inferior creatures are, G-d provides holes for them in which they are earthed: man endeavors to destroy them, but thus they are sheltered; their holes are their castles. The birds of the air, though they take no care for themselves, yet are taken care of, and have nests (Ps. 104:17); nests in the field; some of them nests in the house; in G-d' s courts, Ps. 84:3.
How poorly the Messiah Y’Shua was provided for. It may encourage us to trust G-d for necessaries, that the beasts and birds have such good provision; and may comfort us, if we want necessaries, that our Master did so before us. Note, our Messiah Y’Shua, when He was here in the world, submitted to the disgraces and distresses of extreme poverty; for our sakes He became poor, very poor. He had not a settlement, had not a place of repose, not a house of His own, to put His head in, not a pillow of His own, to lay His head on. He and His disciples lived upon the charity of well-disposed people that ministered to Him of their substance, Lk. 8:2. The Messiah submitted to this, not only that He might in all respects humble Himself, and fulfill the Scriptures, which spoke of Him as poor and needy, but that He might show us the vanity of worldly wealth, and teach us to look upon it with a holy contempt; that He might purchase better things for us, and so make us rich, 2 Cor. 8:9.
The Messiah saw his heart, and answered to the thoughts of that, and therein teaches us all how to come to the Father. At first, the scribe's resolve seems to have been sudden; and Y’Shua would have us, when we take upon us a profession of religion, to sit down and count the cost (Lk. 14:28), to do it intelligently, and with consideration, and choose the way of godliness, not because we know no other, but because we know no better. Let him that will follow the Messiah know the worst of it, and expect to lie hard, and fare hard. If he follows Him, he cannot expect to fare better than He fared.
An unwilling mind never wants an excuse. Many are hindered from and in the way of serious godliness, by an over-concern for their families and relations; these lawful things undo us all, and our duty to G-d is neglected, and postponed, under color of discharging our debts to the world; here therefore we have need to double our guard.
Matt. 8:20 “And Y’Shua said unto him, the foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has no where to lay His head.”Hmm, the Son of man did not seem to fit in either, always wondering from place to place with no place to call His own or lay His head. Wow, now that set me to chewing on it – are we not to be like Him? Do we not just apply that to the good stuff, nothing that includes any pain and suffering. If we were meant to stay in one spot to fellowship or minister than why did our Leader keep moving around and notice He was not fellowshipping with the upper crust, trying to rub shoulders with the ‘name droppers.’
There has to be more to this, so lets see what this verse is trying to show us-----.
There are many resolutions for religion, produced by some sudden pangs of conviction, and taken up without due consideration that proves fruitless, and come to nothing: soon ripe, soon rotten.
Y’Shua will have him (the person that wanted to follow Him) know what he is doing, not to make a rash decision and "count the cost." He will have him weigh well the real nature and the strength of his attachment, whether it is such as will abide in the day of trial.
The Son of man was Daniel's name for the Messiah (Dan. 7:10-13), it is the name by which the L-rd ordinarily designates Himself as the Messiah - the Son of G-d manifested in the flesh of Adam; the second Adam. The Son of man has to depend on the hospitality of others, and borrow the pillow whereon He lays His head. He chose not to be self-provision but need the rest of the body to bring forth their gifting.
If He would take our nature upon Him, one would think, He should have taken it in its best estate and circumstances: no, He takes it in its worst. We are to take His nature not the other way around, and His was humility.
How well provided for the inferior creatures are, G-d provides holes for them in which they are earthed: man endeavors to destroy them, but thus they are sheltered; their holes are their castles. The birds of the air, though they take no care for themselves, yet are taken care of, and have nests (Ps. 104:17); nests in the field; some of them nests in the house; in G-d' s courts, Ps. 84:3.
How poorly the Messiah Y’Shua was provided for. It may encourage us to trust G-d for necessaries, that the beasts and birds have such good provision; and may comfort us, if we want necessaries, that our Master did so before us. Note, our Messiah Y’Shua, when He was here in the world, submitted to the disgraces and distresses of extreme poverty; for our sakes He became poor, very poor. He had not a settlement, had not a place of repose, not a house of His own, to put His head in, not a pillow of His own, to lay His head on. He and His disciples lived upon the charity of well-disposed people that ministered to Him of their substance, Lk. 8:2. The Messiah submitted to this, not only that He might in all respects humble Himself, and fulfill the Scriptures, which spoke of Him as poor and needy, but that He might show us the vanity of worldly wealth, and teach us to look upon it with a holy contempt; that He might purchase better things for us, and so make us rich, 2 Cor. 8:9.
The Messiah saw his heart, and answered to the thoughts of that, and therein teaches us all how to come to the Father. At first, the scribe's resolve seems to have been sudden; and Y’Shua would have us, when we take upon us a profession of religion, to sit down and count the cost (Lk. 14:28), to do it intelligently, and with consideration, and choose the way of godliness, not because we know no other, but because we know no better. Let him that will follow the Messiah know the worst of it, and expect to lie hard, and fare hard. If he follows Him, he cannot expect to fare better than He fared.
An unwilling mind never wants an excuse. Many are hindered from and in the way of serious godliness, by an over-concern for their families and relations; these lawful things undo us all, and our duty to G-d is neglected, and postponed, under color of discharging our debts to the world; here therefore we have need to double our guard.
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