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Today, we use the Gregorian calendar from Pope Gregory; from the
1500’s,
The date is May 14, 2022 (in the 21 Century)
May -- Maia's month
Old French Mai
Old English Maius
Latin Maius "of Maia"
Latin Maius mensis "month of Maia"
Maius has always had 31 days.
Maia (meaning "the
great one") is the Italic goddess of
spring, the daughter of
Faunus, and wife of Vulcan.
The God
of Israel has His own Calendar:
We are now in the second month of God called Zif, day 12, זִו Ziv
ziv - brightness,
(figuratively) the month of flowers
1 Kgs.6 [1] And it came to pass in the four
hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the
land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Yehovah.
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Coming Feast:
Feast of Weeks - June
12, Sunday a Sabbath - Hag Sh'vu-ot –
חַ֤ג
שָׁבֻעֹת֙
Feast of Harvest Hag ha katseer
חַ֤ג
הַקָּצִיר
Pentecost πεντηκοστή - pentēkoste
Today is the third Sabbath of the
seven Sabbaths we were told to count
We were told to count "Sabbaths" not omers.
An "omer" is a
"sheaf" of barley - עמר omer - A dry measure of 1/10 ephah (about 2 liters)
Lev.23 [15] And you shall count unto you from the morrow after the Sabbath,
from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven Sabbaths shall be complete:
[16] Even unto the
morrow after the
seventh Sabbath shall you number fifty days; and you shall offer a new meat offering unto Yehovah.
Our seven week journey
we observe, in memorial to meet God again on Mt. Sinai to receive the
commandments and receive the Spirit of God.
From slaves in Egypt (our
last lives of sin) to the people of God
The giving of the Law (10 commandments) and the
giving of the Holy Spirit
How are you be behaving
these 50 days? (Physically and Spiritually)
Today’s Topic:
Requirements of God
So what
does Yehovah require of you?
I coined a
few proverbs a few years ago, they go like this:
If you
don’t pray, you won’t stay
If you
don’t fast, you won’t last.
Unfortunately
I have seen this happen many times to people.
James tells
us:
Be
merciful
Jas.2 [13] For He, the Father shall have judgment
without mercy, that hath showed no mercy; and mercy rejoices against judgment.
Brother
Micah says:
Mic. 6: [6] wherewith
shall I come before Yehovah and bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before Him with
burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
[7] Will Yehovah be pleased with thousands of
rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my
transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
[8] He hath showed
thee, O man / woman, what is good; and what does Yehovah require of you,
but to do
justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
Deut.10 [12] And now, Israel, what does Yehovah thy God require of you,
but to
fear Yehovah your God,
to walk in
all His ways,
and to
love Him,
and to
serve Yehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
[13] To keep the
commandments of Yehovah,
and His statutes, which I command you this day
for your good?
[14] Behold, the
heaven and the heaven of heavens is Yehovah’s thy God, the earth also,
with all that therein is.
[15] Only Yehovah had a delight in your
fathers to love them, and He chose their seed after them, even you above all
people, as it is this day.
[16] Circumcise
therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked.
[17] For Yehovah your God is God of gods,
and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regards not
persons, nor takes reward:
[18] He does
execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loves the stranger, in
giving him food and raiment.
[19] Love you
therefore the stranger: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
[20] You shall
fear Yehovah thy God; Him shall you serve, and to Him shall you
cleave, and swear by His name.
[21] He is your
praise, and He is your God, that hath done for you these great and terrible
things, which your eyes have seen.
[22] Your fathers
went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now Yehovah your God hath made you as
the stars of heaven for multitude.
Deut.18 [18] I will raise
them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto you, and will put My
words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. [19]
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto My words which he shall speak in My
name, I will require it
of him.
Deut.23 [21] When you shall vow a vow unto Yehovah your God, you shall not slack to pay
it: for Yehovah your God will
surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in you.
Ecc.3 [15] That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already
been; and God requires that which is
past.
Observe:
Prayer
Fasting
Show and
love mercy
Walk humbly
Alms – ἐλεημοσύνη - eleēmosunē - el-eh-ay-mos-oo'-nay: deeds,
mercy, compassionateness, that is, as exercised towards your
brothers and sisters, the poor.
Yeshua said:
Matt.
6 [1] Take heed:
Alms
that you
do not your alms before men, to be seen of
them: otherwise you have no reward of your Father which is in
heaven.
[2] Therefore when
you do your alms, do not sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and
in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, they
have their reward.
[3] But when you
do alms, let not your left hand know what your right hand does:
[4] That your alms
may be in secret: and your Father which sees in secret himself shall
reward you openly.
Prayer
[5] And when you
pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the
synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men.
Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
[6] But you, when
you pray, enter into thy closet, and when you have shut thy door, pray to thy
Father which is in secret; and thy Father which sees in secret shall reward
thee openly.
[7] But when you
you pray, use not vain repetitions, as
the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much
speaking.
[8] Be not you
therefore like unto them: for your Father knows what things you have need of,
before you ask Him.
[9] After this
manner therefore pray you:
Our Father
which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
[10] Your
kingdom come. Your will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
[11] Give
us this day our daily bread.
[12] And
forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
[13] And
lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For your is the kingdom, and the
power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
[14] For if you forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will
also forgive you:[15] But if you
forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your
trespasses.
Fasting
[16] Moreover when
you fast, be not, as the hypocrites,
of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto
men to fast. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.
[17] But
you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash
your face;
[18] That
you appear not unto men to fast, but unto your Father which is in secret: and
your Father, which sees in secret, shall reward you openly.
[19] Lay not up
for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and
where thieves break through and steal:
[20] But lay up
for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust does
corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
[21] For where
your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
[22] The light of
the body is the eye: if therefore your eye be single, your whole body shall be
full of light.
[23] But if your
eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light
that is in you be darkness, how great is that darkness!
[24] No
man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other;
or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God
and mammon.
[25]
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what you shall eat, or
what you shall drink; nor yet for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the
life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
[26]
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather
into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than
they?
[27] Which
of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
[28] And why take
you thought for raiment?
Consider
the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:[29] And yet I say
unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one
of these.
[30] Wherefore, if
God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into
the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
[31] Therefore
take no thought, saying:
What shall
we eat? Or, what shall we drink? Or, Wherewithal shall we be
clothed?
[32] (For after
all these things do the Gentiles seek) for your heavenly Father knows that you
have need of all these things.
[33] But seek you
first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be
added unto you.
[34] Take
therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the
things of itself.
Sufficient
unto the day is the evil thereof.
Matt.9 [14] Then came to him the disciples
of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples
fast not?
[15] And Yeshua said unto them, Can the
children of the bride chamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them?
but the
days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and “then shall they fast”.
Saul to the Corinthians
1Cor.13 - Charity sounds like a Messiah attribute to me.
[1] Though I speak
with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as
sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
[2] And though I
have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and
though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not
charity, I am nothing.
[3] And though I
bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned,
and have not charity, it profits me nothing.
[4] Charity
suffers long, and is kind; charity envies not; charity vaunts not itself, is
not puffed up,
[5] Doth not
behave itself unseemly, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no
evil;
[6] Rejoices not
in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
[7] Bears all
things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.
[8] Charity never fails: but whether there be prophecies, they shall
fail;
Whether
there be tongues,
they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
[9] For we know in
part, and we prophesy in part.
[10] But when that
which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
[11] When I was a
child, I spoke as a child; I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but
when I became a man, I put away childish things.
[12] For now we
see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but
then shall I know even as also I am known.
[13] And now
abides faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Saul to the Romans
Rom.12 [1] I beseech you
therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, that you present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
[2] And be not
conformed to this world: but be you transformed by the renewing of your mind
that you may prove what is that good, acceptable, and perfect, will
of God.
[3] For I say,
through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think
of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according
as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
[4] For as we have
many members in one body and all members have not the same office:
[5] So we, being
many, are one body in Messiah, and every one member’s one of another.
[6] Having then
gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy,
let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
[7] Or ministry
let us wait on our ministering: or he that teaches, on teaching;
[8] Or he that
exhorts, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with
simplicity; he that rules, with diligence; he that shows mercy, with
cheerfulness.
[9] Let love be
without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that
which is good. - Without
dissimulation (hypocrisy)
[10] Be kindly
affectionate one to another with brotherly / sisterly love; in honor preferring
one another;
[11] Not slothful
in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord Yeshua;
[12] Rejoicing in
hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
[13] Distributing
to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
[14] Bless them
which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
[15] Rejoice with
them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
[16] Be of the
same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of
low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
[17] Recompense to
no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
[18] If it be
possible, as much as lies in you, live peaceably with all men.
[19] Dearly
beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is
written, Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says Yehovah.
[20] Therefore if
your enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing you
shall heap coals of fire on his head.
[21] Be not
overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Luke.6 [36] Be you therefore merciful, as
your Father also is merciful [37]
Judge not, and you shall not be judged:
condemn not, and you shall not be condemned:
forgive, and you
shall be forgiven: [38]
Give, and it shall be given
unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over,
shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you mete withal it shall be
measured to you again.
Always be clean before your
God
Matt.6 [14] For if you forgive men their
trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
[15] But if you forgive not men
their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Remember not to complain, murmur
Num.11 [1] And when the people complained, it
displeased Yehovah: and Yehovah heard it; and his anger was kindled; and
the fire of Yehovah burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the
uttermost parts of the camp.
[2] And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto Yehovah, the fire was quenched.[3] And he called
the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of Yehovah burnt among them.
Don’t complained, be Faithful, have faith
2 Cor.1 [24] … for by faith you
stand.
2 Cor.5 [7] For we walk by faith, not by sight…
Eph.2 [8] For by grace are you saved through faith; and that
not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: [9] Not of works, lest any man
should boast.
Eph.6 [16] Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith you
shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
Rom. 1 [17] For therein is the righteousness of God
revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Hab.2 [4] …the just shall live by his faith.
In closing
for today:
Here are
some attributes to remember:
Have Faith
(in Messiah and his blood for forgiveness)
Alms
Prayer
Fasting
Show and
love mercy
Walk humbly
with your God
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with
good.
Next
week it will be the fourth Sabbath of the seven Sabbaths we
were told to count, see you then, Lord willing…
Shabbat Shalom
שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם