One in Messiah Congregation

  קָּהָל אֶחָד בְּמָּשִׁיחַ

 

27 S. Maple Street, Hohenwald, Tn. 38462

 Phone – 615 712-3931

 

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  Email: ministermalachi@comcast.net

 

 A part of the Congregation of Israel

    עֲדַת יִשְׂרָאֵל

 

Shabbat Shalom

שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם

 

Today, we use the Gregorian calendar from Pope Gregory; from the 1500’s,

 

Today is July 17, 2021

July -- Julius Caesar's month

Middle English Julie
Latin Julius
Latin Julius mensis "month of Julius"
Latin quintilis mensis "fifth month"

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.

 

Yehovah God has His own calendar, which is deleted from the world 

 

We are now in the 5th month of God which has no scriptural name, day 6

It is not Av as Judaism and some Messianics state, which is made up, a lie.

 

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We read from law and the prophets every Sabbath like they did in the Book of Acts.

Acts: 13 [15] … after the reading of the law and the prophets…

 

Yeshua said unto them,

Luke 24[44] …  These are the words which I spoke 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.

 

The Word of God - Torah, Prophets and Writings (psalms)

 

Ta Na Kk is an acronym for:

T = Torah (law, teachings) - first 5 books of Moses

N = Navieem or prophets (pl. sounds like - Na vi eem)

K = Ke'tuvim or writings (psalms etc.)

At this point, there were neither gospels nor letters.

 

 

Today’s topic:

 

Who or what are you following?

 

Deut.4

[12]… Yehovah spoke unto you out of the midst of the fire: you heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.

[15] Take you therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that Yehovah spoke unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:

[16] Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
[17] The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flies in the air,
[18] The likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
[19] And lest thou lift up your eyes unto heaven, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, should be driven to worship them, and serve them, which Yehovah thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

 

Exod.23

[2] You shall not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shall you speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest (pervert) judgment: [3] neither shall you countenance a poor man in his cause.

 

Watch your hearts

Ezek.14

[3] Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart…

 

Following a person or an image, which?

The image of God - good

Messiah, who is the image of God - good

 

Image of jealousy - bad

Graven image - bad

Standing image - bad

Molten image - bad

Golden image - bad

Image of Baal - bad

Image of stone - bad

Any image - bad

 

צֶלֶם

Tselem - tseh'-lem - From an unused root meaning: a representative figure

 

In Torah:

Gen.1

[26] … God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth. [27] So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Gen.9

[6] Whoso sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

 

Gen.5

[3] And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth

 

Deut.16

[21] You shall not plant a grove of any trees near unto the altar of Yehovah your God, which you shall make you.

[22] Neither shall you set you up any image; which Yehovah your God hates.

 

A Grove

אֲשֵׁירָה    אֲשֵׁרָה

'ăshêrâh    'ăshêyrâh - ash-ay-rah'- asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same

 

עַשְׁתֹּרֶת

ashtôreth - ash-to'-reth - Ashtoreth, the Phoenician goddess of love (and increase): - Ashtoreth.

 

פֶּסֶל

Pesel - peh'-sel - carved (graven) image.

 

פָּסַל

pâsal - paw-sal' - A primitive root; to carve, whether wood or stone

 

מַצֵּבָה

matstsêbâh - mats-tsay-bah' -  Something stationed, that is, a column or (memorial stone); by analogy an idol: - garrison, (standing) image, pillar.

 

תְּרָפִים

terâphı̂ym te-ra-feem-  Teraphim (singular or plural) a family idol: - idols (-atry), images, teraphim.

 

מַסֵּכָה

massêkâh - mas-say-kaw'- properly a pouring over, that is, fusion of metal (especially a cast image)- covering, molten (image) - libation

Libation - a drink poured out as an offering to a deity.

 

נָסַךְ

nâsak - naw-sak' - A primitive root; to pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal); by analogy to anoint a king: - cover, melt, offer, (cause to) pour (out), set (up).

 

 

מַשְׂכִּית

maśkı̂yth - mas-keeth' - a figure (carved on stone, the wall, or any object); figuratively imagination: -  conceit, image (-ry), picture, wish.

 

Gen.6

[5] And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Gen.8

[21] And Yehovah smelled a sweet savor; and Yehovah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done.

Deut.31

[21] And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.

 

Continuing in Torah:

Gen.31 [19] Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.

[34] Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them….

 

Exod.20 [4]

You shall not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: [5] You shall not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them:

for I am Yehovah your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;[6] And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

 

Exod.23

[24] You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but you shall utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

 

Exod.34

[12] Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither you go, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

[13] you shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

[14] For you shall worship no other god: for Yehovah, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
[
15] Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods , and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
[
16] And you take of their daughters unto you sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make you sons go a whoring after their gods. [17] You shall make thee no molten gods.

 

Lev.26

[1] You shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall you set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am Yehovah your God.

[30] And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

Num.33

[52] Then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:

 

Deut.4

[15] Take therefore good heed unto yourselves; for you saw no manner of similitude on the day that Yehovah spoke unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: [16] Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

[16] Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
[
17] The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flies in the air,
[
18] The likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
[
19] And lest you lift up your eyes unto heaven, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, should be driven to worship them, and serve them, which Yehovah you God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

[23] Take heed unto yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of Yehovah your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of anything, which Yehovah your God hath forbidden thee.

[24] For Yehovah you God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

[25] When you shall beget children, and children's children, and you shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of anything, and shall do evil in the sight of Yehovah your God, to provoke him to anger…

 

Deut.5

[8] You shall not make you any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: [9] You shall not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I Yehovah you God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,[10] And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

 

Deut.7

[5] … thus shall you deal with them; you shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. [6] For you are a holy people unto Yehovah you God: Yehovah you God hath chosen you to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

[25] The graven images of their gods shall you burn with fire: you shall not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest you be snared therein: for it is an abomination to Yehovah your God.

Deut.9

[12] And Yehovah said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for your people which you hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.

 

Deut.12

[3] And you shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and you shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.

 

Deut.16

[22] Neither shall you set thee up any image; which Yehovah your God hateth.

 

Deut.27

[15] Cursed be the man that makes any graven or molten image, an abomination unto Yehovah, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and puts it in a secret place.

And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

 

Other images to watch:

 

Dan.3

[1] Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
[2] Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
[3] Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
[4] Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,
[5] That at what time you hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, you fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
[6] And whoso falls not down and worships shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
[7] Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
[8] Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.
[9] They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever.
[10] Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
[11] And whoso falls not down and worships  that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

[12] There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
[13] Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king.
[14] Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego,
do not you serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
[15] Now if you be ready that at what time you hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, you fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if you worship not, you shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
[16] Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
[17] If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.
[18] But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
[19] Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont - suppose to be heated.
[20] And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
[21] Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
[22] Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.
[23] And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

[24] Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spoke, and said unto his counselors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
[25] He answered and said,
Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

[26] Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, you servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst of the fire.
[27] And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counselors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.

[28] Then Nebuchadnezzar spoke, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
[29] Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
[30] Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.

 

Some Gospels and letters:

Matt.22

[15] Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
[16] And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God in truth, neither do you care for any man: for you regard not the person of men.
[17] Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
[18] But Yeshua perceived their wickedness, and said, why tempt me you hypocrites?
[19] Show me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.
[20] And he said unto them,
whose is this image and superscription?
[21] They say unto him, Caesar's. Then said he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.

 

Acts.19

[24] … a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
[25] Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, you know that by this craft we have our wealth.
[26] Moreover you see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:

[27] So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at naught; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships.

[28] And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

[29] And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.
[30] And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.
[31] And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre.
[32] Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.
[33] And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.
[34] But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out,
Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

[35] And when the town clerk had appeased the people, he said, You men of Ephesus, what man is there that knows not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?

[36] Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, you ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
[37] For you have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet
blasphemers of your goddess.
[38] Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.
[39] But if you inquire anything concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly.
[40] For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.
[41] And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.

 

Rom 1[22] Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
[
23] And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.

Read the rest…

1 Cor.15

[49] … as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

 

Col.1:15 -Messiah was and is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature…

At the end time another image to watch out for:

Rev.13 [11] And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon.
[
12] And he exercises all the power of the first beast before him, and causes the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
[
13] And he doeth great wonders, so that he makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
[
14] And deceives them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
[
15] And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
[16] And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
[
17] And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Rev.19

[20] And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

Rev.20

[14] And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.[15] And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

 

Matt.10

[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.

 

Mic.7

[5] Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lies in thy bosom.
[
6] For the son dishonors the father, the daughter raises up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
[7] Therefore I will look unto Yehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

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.

[27] And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

[33] So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsakes not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

 

In closing for today:

You shall worship no other god: for Yehovah, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God

Any item, person or anything you put before God is your god, your image you are following.

Beware of and mindful of the coming beast in Revelation

Yehovah is our God, there is none else.  אֵין עוֹד

Shabbat Shalom

שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם

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