One in Messiah Congregation
קָּהָל
אֶחָד
בְּמָּשִׁיחַ
Part of the Congregation of Israel
עֲדַת
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Happy Feast of Unleavened Bread
חַג
הַמַּצּוֹת
Shabbat Shalom שַׁבָּת
שָׁלוֹם
Today is the Shabbat, God’s
Time
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Let’s pray
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Today we use the Gregorian calendar
from Pope Gregory; from the 1500’s.
Today is April 15, 2014
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Yehovah has His own calendar
We are now in the 1st
month Nisan – ha Aviv – 15th day
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**Today - A Sabbath -First day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread – ha Aviv 15 - April 15, Tuesday,
starts the evening of April 14, Monday, right after the Passover meal memorial.
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Today’s Topic:
Messiah died for our sins and rose
again for us
Isaiah Chapter 53 - Yeshua -Salvation
Over 50 references of a man are made
in this chapter.
Baruch ha Shem Yeshua
[1] Who
hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of
the Yehovah revealed?
[2] For he shall grow up before him as a tender
plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he
hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
[3] He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we
hid as it were our faces from him; he was
despised, and we esteemed him not.
[4] Surely he hath borne our griefs,
and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken,
smitten of God, and afflicted.
[5] But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was
bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes
we are healed.
[6] All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every
one to his own way; and the Yehovah hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
[7] He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he
opened not his mouth: he
is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her
shearers is dumb, so he openeth
not his mouth.
[8] He was taken from prison and from judgment:
and who shall declare his
generation? for he was cut
off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
[9] And he made his
grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he
had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his
mouth.
[10] Yet it pleased the Yehovah to bruise him;
he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he
shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the
Yehovah shall prosper in his hand.
[11] He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my
righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
[12] Therefore will I divide him a portion with
the great, and he shall divide the spoil with
the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was
numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of
many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
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Hebrew grammar is very involved.
In Hebrew
grammar, it is very important to understand the verb system in form, function
and meaning. In the Hebrew Bible, there are just over 23,000 verses. In the
midst of these verses are found almost 72,000 verbs.
(approx. 3
verbs to a verse)
Verbs contain
person, gender and number. The Qal is the basic
verbal stem. There are six derived conjugations which are constructed on the
verbal root.
In the
chapter, the Niphal stem with the (3ms) form is applied in many verses.
The
context of a sentence is very important to watch. Some words take on different
meanings pertaining to the sentence structure.
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Messiah – One sacrifice for sin
forever!
No blood sacrifices for sin are needed any more
Heb.7[ 27] Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up
sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once , when he offered up himself.
Heb.9[ 12] Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own
blood he entered in once into the holy place,
having obtained eternal redemption for us.
[26]
For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to
put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
[28] So Messiah was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear
the second time without sin unto salvation.
Heb.10 [10] By the which will we are sanctified
through the offering of the body of Yeshua the Messiah once for all.
[11] And
every priest standeth daily ministering and offering
oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
[12] But
this man, Yeshua, after he had offered one sacrifice
for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand
of God;
Rom.6[ 10] For in that he died, he died unto sin once
1 Cor.5 [7] Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be
a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Messiah our passover is sacrificed for us:
Eph.5 [2] And walk in love, as Messiah also hath loved us,
and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
Phil.4 [18] But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
Heb.13 [16] But to do good and to communicate forget not: for
with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
1Pet.2 [5] Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a
spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices,
Rom.12 [1] I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your
reasonable service.
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Messiah is King and High Priest
We are priests
Melchizedek - Melchisedec
is a priest and means my king is righteous
Shadow of Messiah's offices, King and
Priest
The "priestly"
line of succession in Israel, according to God's Torah, was different from the "kingly"
line. The kings were to descend from the tribe of Judah, whereas the
priests were to be of the tribe of Levi. The High Priest was selected
from the household of Aaron.
Messiah
was to be both a King and a High Priest. It would appear impossible for the Messiah to
lay claim to both offices, since He would have to be from both the tribes of
Judah and Levi the unbelievers say.
However
that obstacle is overcome because His, Messiah's priesthood is not of the order
of the Levitical priesthood, but of the order of the
Melchizedek priesthood.
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Melchizedek
- Melchisedec = My King is Righteous מַלְכִּי-צֶדֶק
Examples
of my king:
Pss.2 [6] Yet have I set my king
upon my holy hill of Zion.
[7] I will declare the decree: Yehovah hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
Pss.5[2] Hearken unto the
voice of my cry, my King, and my God: unto thee will I pray.
Pss.44[4] Thou art my King, O God:
command deliverances for Jacob.
Pss.68[24] They have seen thy goings, O God;
even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
Pss.74[12] For God is my King of old,
working salvation in the midst of the earth.
Pss.84[3] Yea, the sparrow hath found an house,
and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine
altars, O Yehovah of hosts, my King, and my God.
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Bread and wine: symbolic of the body and
blood of Messiah
Gen.14 [18] And Melchizedek king of Salem,
brought forth bread and wine: and he
was the priest of the most high God. [19]
And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor
of heaven and earth:[20] And blessed be the most high God, which hath
delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes, (10th) of
all.
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Psalm 110: [1] Yehovah said unto my Lord, (Messiah)
Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
[2]
Yehovah shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst
of thine enemies.
[3]
Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of
holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
[4]
Yehovah hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou (Messiah)
art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek
[5] The
Lord (Messiah) at thy (the Father's) right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his
wrath.
[6]
He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead
bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
[7] He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up
the head.
Peter said: Acts.4:[25] Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast
said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people
imagine vain things? [26] The kings
of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against
Yehovah, and against his Messiah. [27] For of a truth
against thy holy child Yeshua, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius
Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,[28] For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel
determined before to be done.
Pss.2
[1] Why do the heathen rage, and the people
imagine a vain thing?
[2] The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel
together, against Yehovah, and against his anointed, (Messiah) saying,
[3] Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
[4] He that sitteth in the heavens shall
laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
[5] Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore
displeasure.
[6] Yet have I set my king (Messiah) upon my holy hill of
Zion.
[7] I will declare the decree: Yehovah hath said unto me, (Messiah)
Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
Acts.13[33] God hath fulfilled the same unto us their
children, in that he hath raised up Yeshua again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten
thee.
Pss.2 [7] I will declare the decree: Yehovah hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
Heb.5[5] So also Messiah glorified not himself
to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, today
have I begotten thee.
[8] Ask of me, and I
shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of
the earth for thy possession.
[9] Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in
pieces like a potter's vessel.
[10] Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be
instructed, ye judges of the earth.
[11] Serve Yehovah with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
[12] Kiss the Son, lest he (Messiah) be
angry, and ye perish from the way, when his (Messiah) wrath is
kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
(Messiah)
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Heb.5 [6] As he saith also in another place, Thou
art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec
[10]
Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec. Psalm 110:4
Heb.6 :20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Yeshua, made an high priest
for ever after the order of Melchisedec. Psalm 110:4
Heb.7 [1] For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God,
who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
[2] To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by
interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which
is, King of peace;
[3] Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither
beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
[4] Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the
patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
[5] And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office
of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to
the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of
Abraham:
[6] But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of
Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
[7] And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
[8] And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them,
of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
[9] And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
[10] For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec
met him.
[11] If therefore perfection were by the Levitical
priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was
there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec,
and not be called after the order of Aaron?
[12] For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a
change also of the law.
[13] For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth
to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
[14] For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda;
of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
[15] And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another
priest,
[16] Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after
the power of an endless life.
[17] For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for
ever after the order of Melchisedec. Psalm 110:4
[18] For there is verily a disannulling of the
commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness
thereof.
[19] For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better
hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
[20] And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:
[21] (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath
by him that said unto him, Yehovah sware and will not
repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) Psalm 110:4
[22] By so much was Yeshua made a surety of a
better testament.
[23] And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to
continue by reason of death:
[24] But this man, because he continueth ever,
hath an unchangeable priesthood.
[25] Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost
that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession
for them.
[26] For such an high priest became (He for)
us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher
than the heavens;
[27] Who needeth not daily, as those high
priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the
people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
[28] For the law maketh men high priests which
have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.
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We are priests, Yeshua is the high priest, we offer up spiritual sacrifices
now
1Pet.2 [5] Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood ,
to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to
God by Yeshua the Messiah .
[9] But ye
are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood
, an holy nation, a
peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the
praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
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Hos. 14 [2] Take with you words, and turn to the Yehovah: say unto him, Take away
all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips . *( calves
are meant here as spiritual sacrifices )
Heb.13 [15] By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice
of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our
lips giving thanks to his name.
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Rev. 1 [6] And hath made us kings and priests unto God
and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen.
Rev. 5 [10] And hast made us unto our God kings and priests :
and we shall reign on the earth.
Rev. 20 [6] Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the
first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Messiah, and shall reign with
him a thousand years.
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We are the TEMPLE of God now
1 Cor.3 [16] Know ye not that ye are the temple of God,
and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
[17] If
any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God
is holy, which temple ye are.
1Cor.6[ 19] What? know ye not that your
body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of
God, and ye are not your own?
2Cor.6[ 14] Be ye not unequally yoked together with
unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?[15 ] And what
concord hath Messiah with Belial? or what part hath he
that believeth with an infidel?[16 ] And what agreement hath the temple of God
with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God;
as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their
God, and they shall be my people.[17 ] Wherefore come out from among them, and
be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will
receive you,
[18] And
will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
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Messiah our
Passover is sacrificed for us:
1Cor.5
[7] Purge
out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened.
For even Messiah our Passover is sacrificed for us:
Keep the feast
[8] Therefore let us keep the feast, not
with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the
unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
While we were yet
sinners, Messiah died for us
Rom.5
[6] For
when we were yet without strength, in due time Messiah
died for the ungodly.
[7] For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for
a good man some would even dare to die.
[8] But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Messiah died for us.
[9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved
from wrath through him.
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Reminder:
Here are the 2014 dates for the feasts
and holy days
**Remember, all 2014 dates I give
you start in the evening before
First Fruits, the Resurrection of
Messiah – Sunday, April 20
A Sabbath - Last Day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread – ha Aviv 21 - April 21,
Monday, starts the evening of April 20, Sunday
The Feast of Weeks – the 3rd month Sivan - Sunday - June 8
starts the evening of June 7th
Remember: We are
counting the "Sabbaths" not omers to get to the Feast of Weeks. (Pentecost)
An "omer" is a
"sheaf" of barley -עמר omer - A dry measure of 1/10 ephah (about 2
liters)
Shabbat Shalom all