One in Messiah Congregation
Shabbat Shalom
April 19, 2008
God has His own calendar - first month of God - ha Aviv - Nisan, 12th day
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Question: Why are we here today?
Answer: We were told to remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy
The 4th Commandment is a part of the covenant given to us at mount Sinai
Ex.
20
[8] Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
[9] Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
[10] But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt
not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
[11] For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in
them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath
day, and hallowed it.
Isa.
58
[13] If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my
holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and
shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor
speaking thine own words:
[14] Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride
upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy
father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Lev. 23: [3] Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
We read from law and the prophets every Sabbath.
Sixty times in the Gospels and letters it uses the word Sabbath.
Acts 13 [13] Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. [14] But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. [15] And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
[27] For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
[42] And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
[44]And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God
Acts 15 [21] For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
Luke 4 [16] And he, Yeshua / Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.[17] And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias.
Part of a Torah Portion - KI TISA ( When thou take- to lift, bear up, carry)
Exod. 31 [13] Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep : for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
[16] Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant . [17] It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
Ezek. 20 [12] Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
[20] And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.
Luke 23 [56] And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
Messiah Yeshua speaking of the future: Matt.24 [20] But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day:
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Recap of the Spring Feasts and Holy Days coming
***Remember all days start in the evening before
New Year - 1st Month of God (ha Aviv / Nisan) was April 8th (April 7th at evening - 4%)
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Passover - ha Aviv 14th is on Monday, April 21st (Holy Day) ( we will be at our location at 6:00 PM for the Passover Haggadah, meaning "telling" and meal.) We will not be online.
First day of Unleavened bread will be Tuesday, April 22nd (Sabbath)
First Fruits is on Sunday, April 27th - Aviv 20
Last day of Unleavened Bread (Aviv 21) will be Monday, April 28th (Sabbath)
2nd Month of God (Zif / Ziv) will be May 7th
3rd Month of God Sivan will be on Friday, June 6th
Feast of Weeks will be Sunday, June 15th (Sabbath)
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Passover - The feast of Unleavened Bread
ëÌÈì-òÂãÇú éÄùÒÀøÈàÅì, éÇòÂùÒåÌ àÉúåÉ
All the congregation of Israel shall keep it
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Exod. 12
[1] And the LORD spake
unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
[2] This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the
first month of the year to you. (New Year)
[3] Speak ye unto all the
congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day
of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house
of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
[4] And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his
neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls;
every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
[5] Your lamb shall be without blemish, a
male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from
the goats:
[6] And ye shall keep
it up until the fourteenth day of the same
month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in
the evening.
[7] And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side
posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
[8] And they shall eat the
flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter
herbs they shall eat it.
[9] Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with
fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
[10] And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that
which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
[11] And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's passover.
[12] For I will pass
through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the
land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will
execute judgment: I am the LORD.
[13] And the blood shall be to you
for a token upon the houses where ye are:
and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be
upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
[14] And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
[15] Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
(second time in scripture the word "holy" is used)
[16] And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
[17] And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
[18] In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.
[19] Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
[20] Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.
[21] Then Moses called for
all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb
according to your families, and kill the passover.
[22] And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that
is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood
that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house
until the morning.
[23] For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he
seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass
over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to
smite you.
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Let's look at the words Messiah and destroyer iu Hebrew
îÌÇùÑÀçÄéú destroyer
é 10 th letter ( just move the é around)
ú 22 nd letter- last letter (just take away the ú)
You will get:
îÈùÑÄéçÇ Messiah
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H4899 îùÑéç mashiyach maw-shee'-akh - From H4886; anointed; usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint); specifically the Messiah the anointed one.
H4886 îùÑç mâshach - maw-shakh' A primitive root; to rub with oil, that is, to anoint; by implication to consecrate; also to paint: - anoint, paint.
H7843 ùÑçú shâchath shaw-khath' A primitive root; to decay, that is, (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively): - batter, cast off, corrupt (-er, thing), destroy (-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, utterly, waste.
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back to Exod. 12
[24]
And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for
ever.
[25]
And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give
you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
[26] And it shall come to pass, when your children
shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
[27] That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses.
And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
[28] And the children of
Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did
they.
[29] And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the
firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharoah that sat on his
throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the
firstborn of cattle.
[30] And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all
the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house
where there was not one dead.
[31] And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and
get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go,
serve the LORD, as ye have said.
[32] Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone;
and bless me also.
[33] And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send
them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.
[34] And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their
kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
[35] And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and
they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and
raiment:
[36] And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians,
so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the
Egyptians.
[37] And the children of
Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six
hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
[38] And a mixed multitude went up
also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.
[39] And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.
[40] Now the
sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
[41] And it came to pass at the end of the four
hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that
all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
430 years of "sojouring" of the people of Israel, but only 215 years in Egypt!!
go to: http://oneinmessiah.net/215.htm
back to Exod. 12
[42] It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.
[43] And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron,
This is the ordinance of the passover:
There shall no stranger eat thereof:
[44] But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
[45] A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
[46] In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
[47] All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
[48] And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
[49] One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
[50]
Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so
did they.
[51] And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the
children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
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Lev. 23
[1] And the LORD spake
unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them,
Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
[3] Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
[4] These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
[5] In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's passover.
[6] And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
[7] In
the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work
therein.
[8]
But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no
servile work therein.
[9] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, [10] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: [11] And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
[15] And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: [16] Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.
[21] And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein:
it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
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Let's go over some words in Hebrew and English
memorial æÄëÌÈøåÉï - a memento (or memorable thing, day or writing) memorial, record
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feast çÇâ chag - feast
chagag çââ - properly to move in a circle, that is, (specifically) to march in a sacred procession, to observe a festival; - celebrate, dance, (keep, hold) a (solemn) feast (holy day)
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unleavened bread îÇöÌåÉú - no yeast, an unfermented cake or loaf, no leaven
leavened bread çÈîÅõ - chamets - ferment, leavened (bread)
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sabbath of rest - an holy convocation
ùÑÇáÌÇú shabbat
ùÑÇáÌÈúåÉï shabbaton - special holy day, rest, sabbath
Lev. 23: [3] Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
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holy convocation îÄ÷ÀøÈà-÷ÉãÆùÑ
holy ÷ÉãÆùÑ - set-apartness, separateness, sacredness, holiness of God
convocation îÄ÷ÀøÈà mik-raw - something called out, that is, a public meeting (the act, the persons, or the palce); also a rehearsal: - assembly, calling, convocation, reading
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servile work îÀìÆàëÆú òÂáÉãÈä
òÂáÉãÈä avodah - work of any kind: act, bondservant, labour, service. tillage, work
îÀìÆàëÆú melakat - occupation, work, business public business
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statute - ordinance çË÷ÌÇú khoo -kat - appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute
verse 43: stranger ëÌÈì-áÌÆï-ðÅëÈø - ðÅëÈø nekar - foreigner, heathendom: - alien, strange, foreignness, foreign gods
verse 4 neighbour ùÑëï shaken - a resident; by extension a fellow citizen: - inhabitant, neighbour, nigh.
verse 45 - foreigner úÌåÉùÑÈá distinguished from a native citizen, a temporary inmate, a mere lodger
verse 45 - hired servant ùÒÈëÄéø sa-keer - hired (man, servant), hireling
homeborn àÆæÀøÈç ez'rach - born (in the land), of the (one’s own) country (nation)
verse 48 - stranger âÌÅø ge'ar -a newcomer, sojourner
verse 48 sojourn âåÌø goor -to sojourn, abide, dwell in, dwell with, remain, inhabit, be continuing
verse 49 One law úÌåÉøÈä àÇçÇú torah echat
One law shall be to him that is homeborn and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you
úÌåÉøÈä àÇçÇú, éÄäÀéÆä ìÈàÆæÀøÈç, åÀìÇâÌÅø, äÇâÌÈø áÌÀúåÉëÀëÆí
Shalom