One in Messiah Congregation
קָּהָל אֶחָד בְּמָּשִׁיחַ
27 S. Maple Street, Hohenwald, Tn. 38462
Phone – 615 712-3931
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 = Navi' eem 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?
[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.
Watch your
hearts
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.
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.
Continuing in Torah:
Other images to watch:
[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:
[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.
[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.
At the end time another image to watch out for:
Shabbat Shalom
שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם