The word for "stone" in HEBREW is אבן/EH-VEN. It is a very interesting word, as it is made up of the word אב/AV, meaning "father" and בן/BEN, meaning "son." Perhaps this is because the bond between father and son is as solid, yet as precious as stone. Our holy Temple was made of stone, and the only remaining wall that surrounded it is the one and only כתל המערבי/KOH-TELL HA-MA-A-RA-VEE, which means the "Western Wall."
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Our TeamThe whole host of heaven will decompose, the heavens themselves be rolled up like a scroll; all their array will wither away like a withering grape-leaf that falls from a vine or a withered fig from a fig tree. Yesha'yahu (Isaiah)34:4
On a cosmic level,the sages have taught that Torah study is the "soul"of creation,and that the entire universe would come to an end if no Torah were being studied anywhere even for an instant.Thus,a lonely scholar in a secluded corner may well be responsible for the survival of billons of people and trillions of stars!! Wow,now thats a thought to ponder!!
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GREAT THOUGHT SAMANTHA
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Samantha that's a GREAT teaching for ALL to read and know. The WORLD has added so much to what true living in ABBA really is.. We as "Followers" "Believers," Really need to do just that. TESHUVAH. IN THE HEART MIND BODY AND SOUL, A COMPLETE TESHUVAH, As the Scriptures describe. In ORDER, without ORDER there is LAWLESSNESS and with LAWLESSNESS there is Rebellion. As the book of EPH"SIYM puts it clearly. 2:2-in which you once walked according to the course of this world. according to the ruler of of the authority of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. 2:3 among who we all ONCE lived in the lust of the flesh and of the mind, and by nature children of wrath, as also the rest. 2:4 BUT YAHUWAH, who is RICH in compassion, because of HIS GREAT AHAVA with which HE loved us, 2:5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made US ALIVE together with Mashiah by FAVOR you have been saved~ 2:6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the shamayim in Mashiah YahuwShuaw. 2:8 For by favor you have been saved, through the belief, and not that of yourselfs, it is the gift of Elohim, 2:9 it is not by works so that no one should boast.
So complete TESHUVAH brings Submission and Submission Obedience. It is better to be Obedient then to Sacrifice.... HalleluYAh ABBA FATHER Thank You for Your Scriptures, I ask that YOU continue to bring Us together to share in your Scriptures, grow us in you, from the top of our heads to the bottom of our feet having the tender heart as children do ABBA, Your children, may we walk COMPLETELY in YOU. May your light so SHINE through us so that as we walk we to may shine the light of life to others,
So complete TESHUVAH brings Submission and Submission Obedience. It is better to be Obedient then to Sacrifice.... HalleluYAh ABBA FATHER Thank You for Your Scriptures, I ask that YOU continue to bring Us together to share in your Scriptures, grow us in you, from the top of our heads to the bottom of our feet having the tender heart as children do ABBA, Your children, may we walk COMPLETELY in YOU. May your light so SHINE through us so that as we walk we to may shine the light of life to others,
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Our TeamFor you have been delivered by grace through trusting, and even this is not your accomplishment but God's gift. Ephesians 2:8
GRACE...How many times have we heard the statement, we are not under the law, but under grace? For me,ALOT!! Lets look at this word through Hebraic thinking,Concrete thinking,the way it WAS taught as opposed to the Greek abstract thinking in which many of us have been taught. When we look up the word Grace in a greek lexicon we get abstract definations,emotional definations such as gratitude,favor,benefit.The greek word is translated from the Hebrew word Chen.In modern Hebrew lexicons we get similar meanings like favor and mercy.However when we look at the ancient pictograhic and Concrete meaning we see a more recognizable,hands on meaning.The root of this word Chen is Chet and Nun.This father root means,to Protect Life.Its concrete picture is found in its common use as a tent which is pitched in the wilderness.Psalms 34:7-2 Chronicals 31:2-Joel 2:11-Zechariah 12:7.The desire of our Father from the time of the garden is to RESTORE His people to His Tent!! I Know and am sure ,but will only suggest, that from the beginning just as there is REALLY only ONE body,One spirit,ONE Elohim and ONE Father of us all,there is then only ONE TENT!! When the people were scattered in Solomans day,the Fathers heart's desire was set on reuniting His people into His Camp! ONE fold,ONE Shepherd! ALL WALKING IN HIS WAYS!! Lets continue in Eph.2:10 For we are of YHVH's making, created in union with the Messiah Yahshua for a life of good actions already prepared by YHVH for us to do. I think a core concept here is that Grace is what is needed to have faithfulness and forbearance to make the Covenant Relationship continue dispite our occasions of "backsliding." Shalom.
Our TeamPromised Land, we must persist in our pursuit of His Will for lives so that we may inherit the good land.The Good and Bad Eye
19 "Do not store up for yourselves wealth here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and burglars break in and steal. 20 Instead, store up for yourselves wealth in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and burglars do not break in or steal. 21 For where your wealth is, there your heart will be also. 22 `The eye is the lamp of the body.' So if you have a `good eye' [that is, if you are generous] your whole body will be full of light; 23 but if you have an `evil eye' [if you are stingy] your whole body will be full of darkness. If, then, the light in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! 24 No one can be slave to two masters; for he will either hate the first and love the second, or scorn the second and be loyal to the first. You can't be a slave to both Elohim and money.Matt.6:19-24
According to the Chassidic point of view, sight (represented by ayin) is the first conscious sense and corresponds to chochmah or "wisdom." In other words, if one can control what he looks upon, how he looks upon it and how he reacts to it, he is well onto his way to becoming wise. To be "wise" is synonymous with walking in accordance with the will of Yahweh. If you recall, Israel initially lost the battle of "the eye" - Ai – because Achan foolishly coveted forbidden booty. His flawed eyes resisted the "will of Yahweh" as expressed by Jericho’s defeat. Only when there was repentance was "the eye" given to the Hebrews. Thus we learn that coveting is the spiritual blemish of sight and the eye and that having a "good eye" is of the utmost importance. So when Yahshua admonished His followers to have a "good eye" critical and essential truths are conveyed to us.
First of all, to have a "good eye" is a Hebrew idiom for being generous with all of the resources that one possesses - financial and otherwise. To have a "bad eye" is to be stingy, greedy and selfish. In short, the condition of one’s eye reflects on one’s wisdom and upon the condition of his heart. If one has a "good eye" his heart will be intent on fulfilling the will of Yah; to have a bad eye is the exact opposite. Achan had a bad eye, he resisted the will of Yah and, consequently, paid for his lack of wisdom with his life (Josh. 7:25). In other words, having a "good eye" or "bad eye" is the difference between life and death. It should be noted then that Achan’s "bad eye" was evidence of the fact that he did not fear the Yahweh and, regrettably, chose death.
Still, we can all learn from Achan’s miscalculations and seek to have a "good eye." Where he chose his will over Yah’s Will and was precluded from inheriting the Unlike Achan, we must possess a fear of the Yahweh because, "The fear of the Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom" (Ps 111:10) and, remember, wisdom is synonymous with walking in accordance with Yahweh's Will. Furthermore, the Scripture promises us that, "The eye of the Yahweh is upon them that fear him (Ps. 33:18) and "upon the righteous" (Ps. 34:15).
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Our TeamI like this one Jewish Legend that explains why we have that crease, that indentation between the nose and upper lip. It is said that when the angel escorted our Soul to a body in a womb of a woman, that the angel stayed in the womb with us and taught us Torah for nine months and that when the mothers water breaks and we are about to be born that the angel places his finger upon our lips, causing the indentation and says, "Shhhhh!" and we immediately forget all the Torah we were taught and that is why we cry upon entering the world and that our purpose in life is to learn or really remember the Torah we were taught in the womb.
Our TeamReserved Valued Member, Thank you for your Beautiful Post! Let us all Walk according to the Loving instructions of our Master Yahshua! Shalom, Shalom and Amein!!
