One in Messiah
Congregation
Shabbat Shalom
Feb. 7, 2009
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We are now in the 11th
day of the 11th month, Sh'vat ùÑÀáÈè
Zech. 1 [7] Upon the four and twentieth day of
the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, (Sh'vat)
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Last
week's topic was: A change is coming,
will you be ready?
Below, please find just a few subjects I spoke about last week.
A - The eternal, immortal, invisible
God
B - Yeshua (the
Word of God) created also "invisible things
and other worlds"
C - I showed our Natural universe, (anything that
was created), is very different then the "Spiritual,
the Eternal"
D - Immortality,
eternal life
E - The resurrection of life and the resurrection of damnation.
F - A spiritual body
G - New heavens and a new earth
Topic:
"Have Faith" - Open your spiritual eyes"
John 4 [24] God is a
Spirit: and they that worship Him
must worship Him in spirit and in truth.
In the scriptures,
the word "appear", with all it's
forms, indicates the invisible, from another place we do not see or know.
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Let's look at a few of these
scriptures.
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Creating something from "nothing"
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"Faith"
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Heb. 11
[1] Now faith is
the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen.
[2] For by it the elders obtained a good report.
[3] Through faith we understand that the worlds were
framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of
things which do appear.
[1] In the
beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
[21] And God
created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters
brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his
kind: and God saw that it was good.
[27] So God created
man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female
created he them.
[3] And God blessed
the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all
his work which God created and made.
[4] These are the
generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day
that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
[5] And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the
field before it grew: for the LORD God had not
caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
Pss. 89 [12] The north and the south thou hast
created them:
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[21] Have ye not known?
have ye not heard?
hath it not been told you from the beginning?
have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
[22] It is he that sitteth upon "the circle of
the earth", and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that
stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to
dwell in:
[23] That bringeth the princes to nothing; he
maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
[24] Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they
shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he
shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take
them away as stubble.
[25] To whom then will ye
liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
[26] Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out
their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his
might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
[27] Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O
Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my
God?
[28] Hast thou not known?
hast thou not heard,
that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator
of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is
weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
[29] He giveth power to the faint; and to them
that have no might he increaseth strength.
[30] Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
and the young men shall utterly fall:
[31] But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew
their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and
not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Isa. 42 [5] Thus saith God the LORD, he that
created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth,
and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it,
and spirit to them that walk therein:
[5] I am the LORD, and there is none else, there
is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
[6] That they may know from the rising of the
sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there
is none else.
[7] I form the light, and create
darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
[12] I have made the earth, and created man upon
it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I
commanded.
[15] Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of
Israel, the Saviour.
[16] They shall be ashamed, and also confounded,
all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.
[18] For thus saith the LORD that created the
heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it,
he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and
there is none else.
[19] I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place
of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD
speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
[20] Assemble yourselves and come; draw near
together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set
up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
[21] Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them
take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told
it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a
just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
[22] Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends
of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
Ezek. 28 - Satan was
created
[13] Thou hast been
in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius,
topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the
emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy
pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
[15] Thou wast
perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created,
till iniquity was found in thee.
Amos 4 [13] For, lo, he that formeth the
mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought,
that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the
earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.
Mal. 2 [10] Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal
treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our
fathers?
Rev. 4 [11] Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive
glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all
things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
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Job 26 [7] He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
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Many matches in TaNaKh, Gospels and letters for
the term "Lord appears", in some form" (from the unseen)
Here are a few:
Gen.12 [7] And the LORD
appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and
there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
Mark 16 [12] After that he
appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into
the country.
[14] Afterward he
appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with
their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had
seen him after he was risen.
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[13] And, behold, two of them went that same day
to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
[14] And they talked together of all these things
which had happened.
[15] And it came to pass, that, while they
communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
[16] But their eyes were holden that
they should not know him.
[17] And he said unto them, What manner of
communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
[18] And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas,
answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not
known the things which are come to pass therein these days?
[19] And he said unto them, What things? And they
said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed
and word before God and all the people:
[20] And how the chief priests and our rulers
delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
[21] But we trusted that it had been he which
should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to
day is the third day since these things were done.
[22] Yea, and certain women also of our company
made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;
[23] And when they found not his body, they came,
saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was
alive.
[24] And certain of them which were with us went
to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw
not.
[25] Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of
heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
[26] Ought not Messiah / Christ to have suffered
these things, and to enter into his glory?
[27] And beginning at Moses and all the prophets,
he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
[28] And they drew nigh unto the village, whither
they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.
[29] But they constrained him, saying, Abide with
us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry
with them.
[30] And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with
them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.
[31] And their eyes were
opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.
[32] And they said one to another, Did not our
heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened
to us the scriptures?
[33] And they rose up the same hour, and returned
to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with
them,
[34] Saying, The Lord is risen indeed,
and hath appeared to Simon.
[35] And they told what things were done in the
way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.
[36] And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith
unto them, Peace be unto you.
[37] But they were terrified and affrighted, and
supposed that they had seen a spirit.
[38] And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled?
and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
[39] Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I
myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me
have.
[40] And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them
his hands and his feet.
[41] And while they yet believed not for joy, and
wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?
[42] And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish,
and of an honeycomb.
[43] And he took it, and did eat before them.
[44] And he said unto them, These are the words
which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be
fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in
the psalms, concerning me.
[45] Then opened he their understanding, that
they might understand the scriptures,
[46] And said unto them, Thus it is written, and
thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the
dead the third day:
[47] And that repentance and remission of sins
should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
[48] And ye are witnesses of these things.
[49] And, behold, I send the promise of my Father
upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power
from on high.
[50] And he led them out as far as to Bethany,
and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
[51] And it came to pass, while he
blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
[52] And they worshipped him, and returned to
Jerusalem with great joy:
[53] And were continually in the temple, praising
and blessing God. Amen.
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'Protection from God"
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Pss. 34 [7] The angel of
the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
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"Armies in heaven"
[11] And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white
horse; and he that sat upon him was called
Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth
judge and make war.
[12] His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his
head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he
himself.
[13] And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in
blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
[14] And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white
and clean.
[15] And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that
with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron:
and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
[16] And he hath on his vesture and on
his thigh a name written, KING OF
KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
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"The invisible God"
Col. 1 [15] Yeshua - Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
[16] For by him (Yeshua) were all things created,
that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be
thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by
him, and for him:
[17] And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
[18] And he is the head of the body, the church:
who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might
have the preeminence.
[19] For it pleased the Father that in him should
all fulness dwell;
[20] And, having made peace through the blood of
his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether
they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
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Remember:
"The things which are not seen are eternal"
2 Cor. 4 [17] For our
light affliction, which is but for a moment,
worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
[18] While we look not at the things which
are seen, but at the things which are not seen:
for the things which are seen are temporal;
but
the things which are "not
seen" are eternal.
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"opened their eyes"
(to see the things which are unseen)
2 Kgs. 6
[8] Then the king of
Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying,
In such and such a place shall be my camp.
[9] And the man of God sent unto the king of
Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians
are come down.
[10] And the king of Israel sent to the place
which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not
once nor twice.
[11] Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was
sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them,
Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?
[12] And one of his servants said, None, my lord,
O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel
the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
[13] And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I
may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
[14] Therefore sent he thither horses, and
chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city
about.
[15] And when the servant of the man of God was
risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with
horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall
we do?
[16] And he answered, Fear
not:
for "they that be with us" are more than they that be with them.
[17] And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may
see.
And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man;
and he saw:
and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of
fire round about Elisha.
[18] And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the
LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness.
And he smote them with blindness
according to the word of Elisha.
[19] And Elisha said unto them, This
is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to
the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.
[20] And it came to pass, when they were come into
Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see.
And the LORD
opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they
were in the midst of Samaria.
[21] And the king of Israel said unto Elisha,
when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
[22] And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them:
wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with
thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go
to their master.
[23] And he prepared great provision for them:
and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their
master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
Let's read about the people of "Faith",
the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen.
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Heb. 11
[1] Now faith is
the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
[2] For by it the elders obtained a good report.
[3] Through faith
we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things
which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
[4] By faith Abel
offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained
witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being
dead yet speaketh.
[5] By faith
Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because
God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that
he pleased God.
[6] But without faith
it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he
is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
[7] By faith
Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared
an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and
became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
[8] By faith
Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after
receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he
went.
[9] By faith he
sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in
tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
[10] For he looked for a city which hath
foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
[11] Through faith
also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a
child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
[12] Therefore sprang there even of one, and him
as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand
which is by the sea shore innumerable.
[13] These all died in faith,
not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were
persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers
and pilgrims on the earth.
[14] For they that say such things declare
plainly that they seek a country.
[15] And truly, if they had been mindful of that
country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have
returned.
[16] But now they desire a better country, that
is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he
hath prepared for them a city.
[17] By faith
Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the
promises offered up his only begotten son,
[18] Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy
seed be called:
[19] Accounting that God was able to raise him
up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
[20] By faith
Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
[21] By faith
Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped,
leaning upon the top of his staff.
[22] By faith
Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel;
and gave commandment concerning his bones.
[23] By faith
Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw
he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
[24] By faith
Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's
daughter;
[25] Choosing rather to suffer affliction with
the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
[26] Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater
riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of
the reward.
[27] By faith he
forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him
who is invisible.
[28] Through faith
he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the
firstborn should touch them.
[29] By faith
they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to
do were drowned.
[30] By faith the
walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
[31] By faith the
harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received
the spies with peace.
[32] And what shall I more say? for the time
would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae;
of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
[33] Who through faith
subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths
of lions,
[34] Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the
edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight,
turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
[35] Women received their dead raised to life
again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might
obtain a better resurrection:
[36] And others had trial of cruel mockings and
scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
[37] They were stoned, they were sawn asunder,
were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and
goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
[38] (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they
wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
[39] And these all, having obtained a good report
through faith, received not the promise:
[40] God having provided some better thing for
us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
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Again I say, remember:
2 Cor. 4 [17] For our
light affliction, which is but for a moment,
worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
[18] While we look not at the things which
are seen, but at the things which are not seen:
for the things which are seen are temporal;
but
the things which are "not
seen" are eternal.
"He is not far from every one of us"
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Job 9 [11] Lo, "he" goeth by me,
and I see him not: he
passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
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Acts 17
[22] Then Paul stood in the midst of
Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are
too superstitious.
[23] For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this
inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto
you.
[24] God that made the world and all
things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in
temples made with hands;
[25] Neither is worshipped with men's
hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath,
and all things;
[26] And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on
all the face of the earth, and
hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
[27] That they should seek the Lord,
if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
[28] For in him we live, and move,
and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
[29] Forasmuch then as we are the
offspring of God, we ought not to think that the
Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
[30] And the times of this ignorance
God winked at; but now commandeth all men
every where to repent:
[31] Because he hath appointed a day,
in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath
ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men,
in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Have 'Faith"
in God
Shalom all