One in Messiah Congregation
קָּהָל
אֶחָד
בְּמָּשִׁיחַ
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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 1, 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 12 of God, no scriptural Bible name
Judaism and some Messianics that follow Judaism say Tammuz, which is wrong
Here is woman weeping for
Tammuz – (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:
A few scriptures pertaining
to:
Time and judgment
There is a time for every
purpose and for every work
עֵת `eth
Meaning: 1) time 1a) time (of an event) 1b) time (usual) 1c)
experiences, fortunes 1d) occurrence, occasion
Usage: AV - time 257, season 16, when 7, always 4, evening
tide 2, misc 10; 296 times
Ecc.3
[1] To everything there is
a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Many words for “purpose”, here is the Hebrew word in Ecc. 3
Purpose:
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חֵפֶץ chephets
Meaning: 1) delight, pleasure 1a) delight 1b) desire,
longing 1c) the good pleasure 1d) that in which one takes delight
Usage: AV - pleasure
16, desire 12, delight 3, purpose
3, acceptable 1, delightsome 1, matter 1, pleasant 1, willingly 1; 39 times
Back to Ecc.3
[2] A time to be born, and a time to die;
a
time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
[3] A time to kill, and a time to
heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
[4] A time to weep, and a time to
laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
[5] A time to cast away stones, and a time to
gather stones together; a
time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
[6] A time to get, and a time to
lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
[7] A time to rend, and a time to
sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
[8] A time to love, and a time to
hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
28 times in life
[9] What profit had he that
works in that wherein he labored?
[10] I have seen the
travail, which God had given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
[11] He had made everything beautiful in his time: also he had set the world in
their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God makes from the
beginning to the end.
[12] I know that there is no
good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good
in his life.
[13] And also that every man
should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of
God.
[14] I know that,
whatsoever God does, it shall be forever: nothing can be put to it, or anything
taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
[15] That which had been is
now; and that which is to be had already been; and God requires that which is past.
[16] And moreover I saw
under the sun the
place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
[17] I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked:
for
there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
[18] I said in mine heart
concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God
might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
[19] For that which befalls
the sons of men befalls beasts; even one thing befalls them: as the one dies,
so dies the other;
yea,
they have all one breath; so that a man had no preeminence above a
beast: for all is vanity.
[20] All go unto one
place;
all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
[21] Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward to the earth?
[22] Wherefore I perceive
that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works;
for that is his portion:
for who
shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Rev.10 – Brother John recorded what he saw:
[1] And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a
cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun,
and his feet as pillars of fire:
[2] And he had in his hand a
little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot
on the earth,
[3] And cried with a loud voice,
as when a lion roars: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
[4] And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to
write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them
not.
[5] And the angel which I saw stand upon the
sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
[6] And swore by him that lives forever and ever, who created heaven,
and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein
are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
[7] But in the days
of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound,
the mystery of God should be finished,
as he had declared to his
servants the prophets.
Here is some sound wisdom
Ecc.9 [10] Whatsoever thy hand finds to do, do it
with thy might; for there is no work, nor
device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither you goes.
[11] I returned, and saw under the sun, that
the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread
to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happens to them all.
[12] For man also knows not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds
that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.
[13] This wisdom have I seen also under the sun,
and it seemed great unto me:
[14] There was a little city,
and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it,
and built great bulwarks against it:
[15] Now there was found in it a
poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
[16] Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words
are not heard.
[17] The words of wise men
are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that rules among fools.
[18] Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroys much good.
Judgment:
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpâṭ
a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially
a sentence or formal decree or divine law, individually or
collectively), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the
penalty; charge, crime, determination, discretion, disposing, due, time
(of judgment), decision (in law), sentence, decision (of judgment), execution (of judgment)
שָׁפַט
shâphaṭ - A primitive root; to judge, that is, pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication
to vindicate or punish; by extension to govern; passively
to litigate (literally or figuratively): condemn, contend, defend,
execute (judgment), (be a) judge (-ment), plead,
reason, rule.
Pss.101 [1] I will sing of mercy and judgment:
unto thee, Yehovah, will I sing.
Pss.103 [6] Yehovah executes
righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
1 Peter 4:
[17] For the time is come that judgment must
begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be
of them that obey not the gospel of God?
[18] And if the righteous
scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
2 Pet.2 - full chapter
[1] But there were
false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers
among you, who privily shall bring in damnable
heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves
swift destruction.
[2] And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
[3] And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make
merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingers not, and their damnation slumbers not.
[4] For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to
hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
[5] And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a
preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
[6] And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha
into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those
that after should live ungodly;
[7] And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the
wicked:
[8] (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing,
vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
[9] The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to
reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
[10] But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of
uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, self-willed, they
are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
[11] Whereas angels, which are greater in power and
might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.
[12] But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be
taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and
shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
[13] And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness,
as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and
blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceiving while they feast with
you;
[14] Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot
cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with
covetous practices; cursed children:
[15] Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone
astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor,
who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
[16] But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass
speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
[17] These are wells without water, clouds that are
carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness
is reserved for ever.
[18] For when they speak great swelling words of
vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness,
those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
[19] While they promise them liberty, they themselves
are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is
overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
[20] For if after they have escaped the pollutions of
the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Yeshua
the Messiah, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is
worse with them than the beginning.
[21] For it had been better for them not to have
known the way of righteousness, than, after they have
known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
[22] But it is happened unto them according to the
true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit
again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Rom.14:10 We shall all stand
before the judgment seat of Messiah
Terms:
Eternal judgment
Judgment and fiery
indignation
He had reserved in
everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
The hour of
his judgment is come
Even so, Lord God Almighty,
true and righteous is your judgments.
Time and judgment
Ecc.8
[5] Whoso keeps the commandment shall feel no
evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerns both time and judgment.
[6] Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
[7] For he knows not that which shall be: for
who can tell him when it shall be?
[8] There is no man that had power over the spirit to retain the spirit;
neither had he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that
war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
[9] All this have I seen, and applied my heart
unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man
rules over another to his own hurt.
[10] And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the
holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also
vanity.
[11] Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily,
therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
[12] Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear
God, which fear before him:
[13] But it shall not be well with the wicked neither shall he prolong his days, which are as
a shadow; because he fears not before God.
Jer.8 [7] Yea, the stork in
the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the
swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of Yehovah.
Yeshua said, follow Me
Gen.19 [26] But Lot’s wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
looked back –
נָבַט
nabaṭ
A primitive root; to scan, that is, look
intently at; by implication to regard with
pleasure, favor or care: - (cause to) behold, consider, look (down), regard,
have respect, to see.
Yeshua said:
Matt.10
[32] Whosoever therefore
shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is
in heaven.
[33] But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father
which is in heaven.
[34] Think not that I am
come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
[35] For I am come to set a
man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and
the daughter in law against her mother in law.
[36] And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
[37] He that loves father
or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loves son or daughter
more than me is not worthy of me.
[38] And he that takes not
his cross, and follows after me, is not worthy of me.
[39] He that finds his life shall lose it: and he that loses his life for my
sake shall find it.
Luke 14 [26] If any man come to me, and hate not his
father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and
his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Matt.8 [19] And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee
whithersoever you go.
[20] And Yeshua said unto him, The
foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man had
not where to lay his head.
[21] And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to
go and bury my father.
[22] But Yeshua said unto him,
Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
Luke.9 [57] And it came to pass, that, as they went in the
way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee
whithersoever you go.
[58] And Yeshua said unto him, Foxes have holes, and
birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man had not where to lay his head.
[59] And he said unto another, Follow me.
But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and
bury my father.
[60] Yeshua said unto
him, Let the dead bury their
dead:
but go you and preach the kingdom of God.
[61] And another also said, Lord, I will follow
thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.
[62] And Yeshua said unto him, No man, having put his
hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
In closing:
Part of a song we wrote:
Time is like a river, raging, from sea to sea.
Time
has no boundaries
Time
never sleeps
Don’t
waste your time foolishly
We shall all stand before the judgment seat of Messiah
Ecc.12 [14] For God shall
bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Shabbat Shalom
שַׁבָּת
שָׁלוֹם
Misc. info:
Some scriptural
understanding of how the word “Time” is used:
at
that time
at times
At the time appointed
at a
time appointed
at the
time
at
this time
at that
time
at this
set time
at the
first time
not at all
times
at such
a time
at any
time
at other
times
at one
time
at evening
time
at supper
time
at all
times
at the
second time
at the
seventh time
at the
same time
at what
time
at sundry
times
the
time is at hand
at the
time of the end
at the
end
there should be time no longer
Some scriptural understanding of how “judgment” is used
Yehovah is a God of judgment
Keep judgment, and do justice
judgment seat
establish judgment in the gate
the day of judgment
scorns judgment
ways of judgment
judgment is turned away backward
rule in judgment
set judgment
He had filled Zion with judgment and
righteousness
time and judgment
to do justice and judgment
great judgments
execute judgment
good judgment
I will execute judgment
these are the judgments
to wrest - pervert judgment
thy judgments help me
It is not good to have respect of persons
in judgment
thrones of judgment
ways of judgment
Judgments are prepared for scorners
want - lack of judgment
keeps the paths of judgment
The king by judgment establishes the
land
place of judgment
To execute upon them
the judgment written
breastplate of judgment
Evil men understand not judgment
bear the judgment
upright are thy judgments
My judgments
I am afraid of thy judgments
done judgment
judgments and laws
the statutes and judgments and laws
His judgments
In judgment
judgment of Urim
sentence of judgment
a statute of judgment
the commandments and the judgments
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment
judgment is God's
the porch of judgment
the testimonies, and the statutes, and
the judgments
commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments
these judgments
execute the judgment
just judgment
wrest judgment
pervert the judgment
sit in judgment
come unto judgment
take hold on judgment
no judgment
understand judgment
to do judgment
bring me into judgment
sinned against thy judgments
asked for thyself understanding to
discern judgment
gave judgment
Justice and judgment are the
habitation of thy throne
did cause judgment to be heard
the judgment of the Yehovah
God arose to judgment
I Yehovah
love judgment
executed true judgment
I will utter my judgments
sore judgments
tongue talks of judgment
Yehovah is known by the judgment
disannul my judgment?
seek judgment
full of judgment
Yehovah will enter into judgment with
redeemed with judgment
judgment is turned away backward
we look for judgment, but there is none
they stumble in judgment
Yehovah is a God of judgment
looked for judgment
establish it with judgment
sitteth in judgment
seeking judgment
minister judgment
exalted in judgment
gave them right judgments, and true laws, good
statutes and commandments
the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment
His throne for judgment
the spirit of judgment
keep judgment
his ways judgment
wrong judgment proceedeth
broken in judgment
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood
Is it not for you to know judgment?
verity and judgment
man's judgment
righteous judgments
walk in my judgments
stand in judgment
shall bear his judgment
perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the
same judgment
I will feed them with judgment
in danger of the judgment
judgment without mercy
we may have boldness in the day of judgment