One in Messiah Congregation
קָּהָל
אֶחָד
בְּמָּשִׁיחַ
27 S. Maple Street, Hohenwald, Tn. 38462
Phone – 615 712-3931
Email: ministermalachi@comcast.net
A part of the Congregation of Israel
עֲדַת
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Shabbat Shalom
שַׁבָּת
שָׁלוֹם
Today, we sadly
use the Gregorian calendar from Pope Gregory; from the 1500’s.
Today
is July 15, 2023
July -- Julius
Caesar's month
Middle
English Julie
Latin Julius "Julius"
Latin Julius mensis "month of
Julius"
Latin quintilis mensis "fifth
month" - now the seventh month L
Quintilis (and later Julius) has
always had 31 days.
Julius Caesar
reformed the Roman calendar (hence the Julian calendar)
in 46 BC. In the process, he renamed
this month after himself. L
We are now in
the 4th month, day 26 of God, no scriptural Bible name
Judaism and
some Messianics that follow Judaism say
Tammuz, which is wrong
Here is woman
weeping for Tammuz – (a pagan deity)
תַּמּוּז Tammuwz {tam-mooz'}
Meaning: Tammuz = a Sumerian deity
Ezek.8 [14] Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the Yehovah's house which was toward the north; and,
behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz – (pagan deity) תַּמּוּז - a Sumerian deity of food or vegetation, a Phoenician deity
Today’s topic:
God
communicates with people
How did God communicate with people in the past?
How does God communicate with us today?
Let’s explore:
Messages, Prophets, Angels, dreams – some good, some evil
God
John 1 [1]
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was God.
The Word of Yehovah
came: 96 matches in TaNaK
The Word of Yehovah
came: 0 matches in Gospels the and letters
The Angel of Yehovah
came: 56 matches in TaNaK
The Angel of Yehovah
came: 2 matches the Gospels
the and letters
The Angel of Yehovah 50 matches in TaNaK
Jude 1 [9] …Michael
the archangel… great of the angels
הגָּדוֹל
לַמַּלְאָכִים (Jude 1:9
HNT)
ἀρχάγγελος archaggelos {ar-khang'-el-os} Meaning: 1)
archangel, or chief of the angels
תְּרָפִים
ter-ra-feim
08655 תְּרָפִים teraphiym {te-ra-feme'}
Meaning: 1) idolatry, idols, image(s), teraphim,
family idol 1a) a kind of idol used in household shrine or worship
Usage: AV - image 7, teraphim 6, idol 1, idolatry 1; 15
Dreams: 9
matches in the Gospels and
letters
Messages: 4 matches in TaNaK
Messages: 3 matches in the Gospels and letters
Prophet, Seer
[19] And Samuel answered Saul, and said,
I am the seer:
Seer: 28 matches in TaNaK
Seer: 0 matches in Gospels the and letters
Prophet: 163 matches in Gospels the and letters
Prophet: 327 matches in TaNaK
Here is a sample of some dreams:
Gen.20 [3] But God came to Abimelech
in a dream by
night, and said to him, Behold, you art but a dead man,
for the woman which you hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
[6] And God said
unto him in a dream,
Yea, I know that you didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also
withheld you from sinning against me: therefore suffered I
you not to touch her.
Gen.28 [12] And Jacob dreamed, and behold
a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold
the angels of God ascending and descending on it. [13] And, behold, Yehovah
stood above it, and said, I am Yehovah God of Abraham
thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon you liest,
to you will I give it, and to thy seed;
[14] And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth,
and you shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the
east, and to the north, and to the south: and in you and in thy seed shall all
the families of the earth be blessed.
[15] And, behold, I am with you, and will keep you in
all places whither you go, and will bring you again into this land; for I will
not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken to you of.
[16] And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said,
Surely Yehovah is in this place; and I knew it not.
[17] And he was afraid, and said, How
dreadful is this place! this is none other but the
house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Gen.31 [10] And it came to
pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw
in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the
cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled. [11] And the angel of God spoke unto me in
a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here
am I.
[24] And God came to
Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that you
speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
Gen.37 [5] And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it
his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.[6]
And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I
have dreamed:
[7] For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the
field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your
sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
[8] And his brethren said to him, Shalt
you indeed reign over us? or shalt
you indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams,
and for his words.
[9] And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and
said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and,
behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
[10] And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and
his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is
this dream that you hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down
ourselves to you to the earth?
[1] And it came to pass after these things, that the
butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of
Egypt.
[2] And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his
officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
[3] And he put them in ward in the house of the
captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
[4] And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with
them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
[5] And they
dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man
according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the
king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
Gen.41 [1] And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that
Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
Deut.13 [1] If there arise
among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you
a sign or a wonder, [2] And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof
he spoke unto you, saying, Let us go after other gods, which you hast not
known, and let us serve them;
[3] You shall not hearken unto the words of that
prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for Yehovah your
God proves you, to know whether you love Yehovah your
God with all your heart
Ecc.5 [3] For a dream cometh through the multitude of
business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
[7] For in the multitude of dreams and many
words there are also divers vanities: but fear you
God.
Night
vision: 4 matches in TaNaK
Isa.29 [7] And the
multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight
against her and her munition and that distress her,
shall be as a dream of a
night vision.[8] It shall even be as when an hungry man dreams,
and, behold, he eats; but he awakes, and his soul is empty: or as when a
thirsty man dreams, and, behold, he drinks; but he awakes, and,
behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all
the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
Jer.23 [25] I have heard
what the prophets said, that prophesy
lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
Jer.27 [9] Therefore hearken not you to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor
to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, You
shall not serve the king of Babylon:
Book of Daniel is full of dreams:
Dan.1 [17] As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and
skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions
and dreams.
Dan.2 [1] And in the
second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams,
wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.[2] Then
the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew
the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.[3]
And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream,
and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.[4] Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack,
O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream,
and we will shew the interpretation.[5] The
king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if you will
not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, you
shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.[6] But
if you shew the dream, and the
interpretation thereof, you shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream,
and the interpretation thereof.[7] They answered again and said, Let the
king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation
of it.
Dan.4 [5] I saw a dream which
made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head
troubled me.[6] Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men
of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of
the dream.[7] Then came in the magicians, the astrologers,
the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before
them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.[8]
But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar,
according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods:
and before him I told the dream, saying,[9] O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that
the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no secret troubleth
you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the
interpretation thereof.
[18] This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have
seen. Now you, O Belteshazzar, declare the
interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not
able to make known unto me the interpretation: but you art
able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.[19]
Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The
king spake, and said, Belteshazzar,
let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble you. Belteshazzar answered and said, My
lord, the dream be to them that hate you, and the
interpretation thereof to your enemies.
Dan.5[12] Forasmuch as an
excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams,
and showing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same
Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let
Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.
Dan.7[1]
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and
visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told
the sum of the matters.
Zech.10 [2] For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen
a lie, and have told false dreams;
they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were
troubled, because there was no shepherd.
Matt.1 [20]
But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of Yehovah
appeared unto him in a dream,
saying, Joseph, you son of David, fear not to take unto you Mary thy wife: for
that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
Matt.2 [12] And being warned of God in a dream that they should
not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.[13] And when they were departed, behold, the angel
of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream,
saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and
be you there until I bring you word: for Herod will seek the young child to
destroy him.
Matt.27 [19] When Pilate
was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have you nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.Jude 1[8]
Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh,
despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
Job
4 [12] Now a thing was secretly brought to me and mine
ear received a little thereof.
[13] In thoughts from the visions of the night, when
deep sleep falls on men,
[14] Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all
my bones to shake.
[15] Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of
my flesh stood up:
[16] It stood still, but I could not discern the form
thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence…
Joel.2 [28] And it shall
come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: [29] And also upon the servants and upon the
handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
Peter said:
בְּאַחֲרִית
הַיָּמִים (Isa. 2:2)
Ecc.5 [3] For a dream comes through the multitude of
business (sometimes)
Talk to God in prayer:
1Thes.5 [17]
Pray without ceasing.
53 matches in the Gospels and letters
80 matches in TaNaK
In Psalms we read:
Pss.4 [1]
Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: you hast enlarged me when I was
in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
Pss.5 [3]
My voice shall you hear in the morning, Yehovah; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto
you, and will look up.
Pss.6 [9]
The Yehovah hath heard my supplication; the Yehovah will receive my prayer.
Pss.17 [1]
Hear the right Yehovah, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goes not out of feigned
lips.
Pss.35 [13]
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my
soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
Pss.39 [12]
Hear my prayer, Yehovah,
and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my
tears: for I am a stranger with you, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Pss.42 [8]
Yet Yehovah will command his lovingkindness
in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto
the God of my life.
Pss.54 [2]
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the
words of my mouth.
Pss.55 [1]
Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself
from my supplication.
Pss.61 [1]
Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
Pss.64 [1]
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the
enemy.
Pss.65 [2]
O You that hears prayer, unto You shall
all flesh come.
Pss.66 [19]
But verily God had heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.[20] Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer,
nor his mercy from me.
Pss.69 [13]
But as for me, my prayer is unto you,
Yehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the
multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
Pss.72 [20]
The prayers of David the son of Jesse are
ended.
Pss.80 [4]
Yehovah God of hosts, how long will you be angry
against the prayer of thy people?
Pss.84 [8]
Yehovah God of hosts, hear
my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
Pss.86 [6]
Give ear, Yehovah, unto my prayer; and
attend to the voice of my supplications.
Pss.88 [1] Yehovah God of my
salvation, I have cried day and night before you:
[2] Let my prayer come before you: incline your ear
unto my cry;
[3] For my soul is full of troubles: and my life
draws nigh unto the grave.
[13] But unto you have I cried, Yehovah;
and in the morning shall my prayer prevent you.
Pss.102 [1] Hear my prayer,
Yehovah, and let my cry come unto you [17] He will regard the prayer of
the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
Pss.109 [4]
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself
unto prayer.
[7] When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let
his prayer become sin.
Pss.141 [2]
Let my prayer be set forth before you
as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
[5] Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and
let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil,
which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be
in their calamities.
Pss.143 [1]
Hear my prayer, Yehovah, give ear to my
supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
In closing:
God does
communicate with us
Yeshua said:
Matt.28 [18] And Yeshua came and spoke
unto them, saying,
All power is given unto me
in heaven and in earth.
[19] Go you therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: [20] Teaching
them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo,
I am with you always, even unto the end of the
world.
Amen.
God bless you
Shabbat Shalom
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