One in Messiah Congregation

Thine only son - a shadow of Messiah

Gen.18 [1] And the LORD appeared - VAYERA (and He appeared) unto him וַיֵּרָא אֵלָיו יְהוָה in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
[2] And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo,
three men שְׁלֹשָׁה אֲנָשִׁים stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground , וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ, אָרְצָה
[3] And said, My Lord ,אֲדֹנָי if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:[4] Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:[5] And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.[6] And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.[7] And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.

Can't eat milk and meat? The Lord did!! ( also after the Torah was given - 2 Sam. 17:29 David had milk and meat )

[8] And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat .

וַיִּקַּח חֶמְאָה וְחָלָב , וּבֶן־הַבָּקָר אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה, וַיִּתֵּן, לִפְנֵיהֶם; וְהוּא־עֹמֵד עֲלֵיהֶם תַּחַת הָעֵץ, וַיֹּאכֵלוּ

Gen.19 -- Homosexuality

[1] And there came two angels שְׁנֵי הַמַּלְאָכִים to Sodom at even and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; [2] And he said, Behold now, my lords, אֲדֹנַי turn in,

[13] For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
[18] And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord : אֲדֹנָי

[19 ] Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:[20] Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.[21] And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.[22] Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.[ 23] The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. צוֹעַר : a little one, small, city by the Dead Sea

Plurality
[24] Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

[25] And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground .[26] But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.[27 ] And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:[ 28] And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
[29] And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

[30] And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.[ 31] And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:[32 ] Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.[ 33] And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.[ 34] And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our Father.[35 ] And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.[36 ] Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.[37 ] And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab : the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. [38] And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

This Land was not given to the Descendants of Ishmael, but rather to the Descendants of Isaac and his seed

Gen.21[ 12] And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called .

Rom.9[ 6] .... For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:[7] Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.[8] That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

read these links: click here and click here about who owns the Land of Israel.

Thine only son - a shadow of Messiah

Isaac was called the only son - Yeshua / Jesus was called the only son

Isaac had a brother, Ishmael - Yeshua / Jesus had brothers and sisters

Isaac was the offering - Yeshua / Jesus is the offering

on the 3rd day - Yeshua rose the 3rd. day - sign of salvation, deliverance

 

אֶחָד ECHAD -- compound unity -- יָחִיד YACHID -- only one

Deut.6[ 4] Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: שְׁמַע, יִשְׂרָאֵל: יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ , יְהוָה אֶחָד

Deuteronomy 6:4, known as the SHEMA, has always been Israel's great confession. It is this verse more than any other that is used to affirm the fact that God is one and is often used to contradict the concept of plurality in the Godhead. But is it a valid use of this verse?

Again please notice that the very words "our God" are in the plural in the Hebrew text and literally mean "our Gods."

The main argument lies in the word "one," which is the Hebrew word, ECHAD . A glance through the Hebrew text where the word is used elsewhere can quickly show that the word echad does not mean an absolute "one" but a compound "one."

For instance, in Genesis 1:5 the combination of evening and morning comprise one (echad) day. In Genesis 2:24 a man and a woman come together in marriage and the two "shall become one (echad) flesh." In Ezra 2:64 we are told that the whole assembly was as one (echad), though, of course, it was composed of numerous people. Ezekiel 37:17 provides a rather striking example where two sticks are combined to become one (echad). Thus, use of the word echad in Scripture shows it to be a compound and not an absolute unity.

There is a Hebrew word that does mean an absolute unity and that is YACHID , which is found in many Scripture passages, (Genesis 22:2,12; Judges 11:34; Psalm 22:21: 25:16; Proverbs 4:3; Jeremiah 6:26; Amos 8:10; Zechariah 12:10) the emphasis being on the meaning of "only." If Moses intended to teach God's absolute oneness as over against a compound unity, this would have been a far more appropriate word. In fact, Maimonides noted the strength of "yachid' and chose to use that word in his "Thirteen Articles of Faith'' in place of echad. However, Deuteronomy 6:4 (the Shema) does not use "yachid" in reference to God.

Gen.22[ 1] And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt נִסָּה ( test, prove ) Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.[2] And he said, Take now thy son , thine only son Isaac , יָחִיד yachid = only one * whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; אֶרֶץ הַמֹּרִיָּה , the Temple site - and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. - Moriah = seen, chosen of Yah - the mount on the eastern edge of Jerusalem on which Solomon built the temple

[12] And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

[16] And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son , thine only son :

Zech.12[ 10] And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son , and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

only begotten Son - Yeshua / Jesus

מולדת ־ ילד ־ יצא begotten, to bear, bring forth, beget, gender

H3205 ילד yalad - A primitive root; to bear young; causatively to beget; medically to act as midwife; specifically to show lineage: - bear, beget, birth ( day ), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail (-eth, -ing woman).

Pss.2[ 7] I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee . יְלִדְתִּיךָ

John.1 [14] And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

[18] No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son , which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

John.3[ 16] For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

[18] He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Heb.11[ 17] By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

1John.4[ 9] In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him

Isaac had a brother, Ishmael

Yeshua had brothers and sisters

Matt.13[ 55] Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?[56] And his sisters , are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?

Mark.6[ 3] Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.

John.7[ 5] For neither did his brethren believe in him.

Isaac as a offering, Yeshua the offering

Heb.11[17] By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,[18] Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:[19] Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.


Gen.22
[3 ] And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.[4] Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.[5 ] And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you,[ 6] And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.[7 ] And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? [8] And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

The Lord did provide Himself a Lamb as a offering

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.

Rev.5[ 6] And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain,

John.1[ 29] The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

Isa. 53 - a lamb to the slaughter : Over 50 references of a man are made in this chapter.

[1] Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD 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 LORD 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 LORD 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 LORD 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.

Rev.1[ 18] I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

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