May 26, 2015

  • Berean search whole Torah of YHWH/Yeshua

     

     

     

    Hope you had joyful renewing refreshing spiritual with Abba YHWH on Shavuot (May 23, 2015 at sunset to May 24, 2015 sunset).   It was Holy and High Shabbat. 

    Today was Memorial Day.  Thank you for serving our country I pray for your safety.  May YHWH protect you wherever you now are.  Past, Present and Future.

    From now I share simple scripture verses about YHWH/Yeshua and Torah even update you about YHWH and Feasts soon. 

     

    Acts 17

    Acts 17:10-15

    Rav Shaul (Paul) and Silas in Berea:

    10 Now the brothers sent away both Paul and Silas at once, during the night, to Berea. {They} went into the synagogue of the Jews [when they] arrived. 
    11 Now these were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica. {They} accepted the message with all eagerness, examining the scriptures every day [to see] if these [things] were so. 
    12 Therefore many of them believed, and not a few of the prominent Greek women and men.
    13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica found out that the message of God had been proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there too, inciting and stirring up the crowds.
    14 So then the brothers sent Paul away at once to go to the sea, and both Silas and Timothy remained there.
    15 And those who conducted Paul brought [him] as far as Athens, and [after] receiving an order for Silas and Timothy that they should come to him as soon as possible, they went away.

April 5, 2015

  • Counting the Omer: Psalms 67 and Psalms 119:1-8

    Psalms 67

    Seven Branch Menorah

     

    HalleluYAH! After sunset, begin reading scripture verses with Counting of the Omer joyfully tonight.

    1st day, Saturday evening, April 4, 2015 read:     Psalm 67 and Psalm 119:1‐8
    Say: Today is the 1st day of the Omer.
    היום יום אחד לעומר...
    (Ha-yom yom e-chad la-omer)

    Please click and read in order joyfully after sunset:

    http://therefinersfire.org/Omer_Schedule-2015.pdf

    Shavua Tov (Have a good week!)

April 4, 2015

  • Passover Seder is at 3 p.m. on April 3, 2015

     

    Passover 2015

     Passover Seder is at 3 pm on 14 Nisan [April 3, 2015]. After sunset, Chag haMatzah [Feast of Unleavened Bread] is on 15 Nisan.

    Passover Seder to use Haggadah:

    http://therefinersfire.org/Pesach%20Haggadah-Regular.pdf

    Chag haMatzah is on April 4 till April 10 at sunset. It is High Shabbat. No work. Also Saturday is on 7th Day is Shabbat.

    "Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven [chamtez] from your houses. For whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel." (Exodus 12:15)

    Chag haMatzah: High Shabbat-no work allowed

    1st day no work [April 4]

    7th day no work [April 10]

    1st day of April 4:

    Exodus 12:21-51, Numbers 28:16-25, Joshua 3:5-7, 5:2-6:1; Luke 2:41-52 *Omer count Begins after sunset [April 4, 2015].

    7th day of April 10:

    High Shabbat-no work allowed. Deuteronomy 15:19-16:17, Isaiah 10:32-12:6,

    Yochanan 21:1-25

    Chametz [leaven]:

    http://www.therefinersfire.org/yeast_or_leaven.htm

    For zealous learners study YHWH's Feasts:

    http://www.biblestudytools.com/cjb/leviticus/23.html

    April 5, 2015: Yom haBikkurim [FirstFruits] is on 16 Nisan same time to begin *Sefirat HaOmer [Counting the Omer].

    Apr 5

    16 Nisan

    1st day of Omer Pesach, 2nd day: Leviticus 22:26-23:44, Numbers 28:16-25, 2 Kings 23:1-9, 21-25; Yochanan 18:28-40

    Note:The Omer is counted AFTER sunset of the Calendar date shown)

    http://therefinersfire.org/Omer_Schedule-2015.pdf

    http://www.therefinersfire.org/counting_the_omer2.htm

     

    YHWH and His Feasts:

    http://www.therefinersfire.org/jewish_holidays.htm

    http://www.therefinersfire.org/feasts2.htm

     

    Enjoy reading Pesach scripture verses deep:

    http://www.onefaithonepeopleministries.com/uploads/1/6/1/8/16182720/pesach_special_2015.pdf

     

    Chag Pesach Sameach and Shabbat Shalom!

     

  • The Blood of Yeshua haMashiyach

    The Blood of Yeshua haMashiyach

    The Blood of Yeshua haMashiyach

    Leviticus 17:11 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
    11 For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for yourselves; for it is the blood that makes atonement because of the life.’

    Hebrews 9 CJB
    1 Now the first covenant had both regulations for worship and a Holy Place here on earth. 2 A tent was set up, the outer one, which was called the Holy Place; in it were the menorah, the table and the Bread of the Presence. 3 Behind the second parokhet was a tent called the Holiest Place, 4 which had the golden altar for burning incense and the Ark of the Covenant, entirely covered with gold. In the Ark were the gold jar containing the man, Aharon’s rod that sprouted and the stone Tablets of the Covenant; 5 and above it were the k’ruvim representing the Sh’khinah, casting their shadow on the lid of the Ark — but now is not the time to discuss these things in detail.

    6 With things so arranged, the cohanim go into the outer tent all the time to discharge their duties; 7 but only the cohen hagadol enters the inner one; and he goes in only once a year, and he must always bring blood, which he offers both for himself and for the sins committed in ignorance by the people. 8 By this arrangement, the Ruach HaKodesh showed that so long as the first Tent had standing, the way into the Holiest Place was still closed. 9 This symbolizes the present age and indicates that the conscience of the person performing the service cannot be brought to the goal by the gifts and sacrifices he offers. 10 For they involve only food and drink and various ceremonial washings — regulations concerning the outward life, imposed until the time for God to reshape the whole structure.

    11 But when the Messiah appeared as cohen gadol of the good things that are happening already, then, through the greater and more perfect Tent which is not man-made (that is, it is not of this created world), 12 he entered the Holiest Place once and for all.

    And he entered not by means of the blood of goats and calves, but by means of his own blood, thus setting people free forever. 13 For if sprinkling ceremonially unclean persons with the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer restores their outward purity; 14 then how much more the blood of the Messiah, who, through the eternal Spirit, offered himself to God as a sacrifice without blemish, will purify our conscience from works that lead to death, so that we can serve the living God!

    15 It is because of this death that he is mediator of a new covenant [or will].[a] Because a death has occurred which sets people free from the transgressions committed under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promised eternal inheritance. 16 For where there is a will, there must necessarily be produced evidence of its maker’s death, 17 since a will goes into effect only upon death; it never has force while its maker is still alive.

    18 This is why the first covenant too was inaugurated with blood. 19 After Moshe had proclaimed every command of the Torah to all the people, he took the blood of the calves with some water and used scarlet wool and hyssop to sprinkle both the scroll itself and all the people; 20 and he said, "This is the blood of the covenant which God has ordained for you."[b] 21 Likewise, he sprinkled with the blood both the Tent and all the things used in its ceremonies. 22 In fact, according to the Torah, almost everything is purified with blood; indeed, without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.

    23 Now this is how the copies of the heavenly things had to be purified, but the heavenly things themselves require better sacrifices than these. 24 For the Messiah has entered a Holiest Place which is not man-made and merely a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, in order to appear now on our behalf in the very presence of God.

    25 Further, he did not enter heaven to offer himself over and over again, like the cohen hagadol who enters the Holiest Place year after year with blood that is not his own; 26 for then he would have had to suffer death many times — from the founding of the universe on. But as it is, he has appeared once at the end of the ages in order to do away with sin through the sacrifice of himself. 27 Just as human beings have to die once, but after this comes judgment, 28 so also the Messiah, having been offered once to bear the sins of many,[c] will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to deliver those who are eagerly waiting for him.

    Footnotes:
    Hebrews 9:15 Jeremiah 31:30(31)
    Hebrews 9:20 Exodus 24:8
    Hebrews 9:28 Isaiah 53:12

     

    1 John 1 Chapter CJB

    1 The Word, which gives life!

    He existed from the beginning.

    We have heard him,

    we have seen him with our eyes,

    we have contemplated him,

    we have touched him with our hands!

    2 The life appeared,

    and we have seen it.

    We are testifying to it

    and announcing it to you —

    eternal life!

    He was with the Father,

    and he appeared to us.

    3 What we have seen and heard,

    we are proclaiming to you;

    so that you too

    may have fellowship with us.

    Our fellowship is with the Father

    and with his Son, Yeshua the Messiah.

    4 We are writing these things

    so that our joy may be complete.

    5 And this is the message which we have heard from him and proclaim to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him — none!

    6 If we claim to have fellowship with him while we are walking in the darkness, we are lying and not living out the truth.

    7 But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of his Son Yeshua purifies us from all sin.

    8 If we claim not to have sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we acknowledge our sins, then, since he is trustworthy and just, he will forgive them and purify us from all wrongdoing.

    10 If we claim we have not been sinning, we are making him out to be a liar, and his Word is not in us.

     

    HalleluYAH!

    Refiner's Fire excellent newsletter:

    Question/comment:

    I just need to get something straight in my mind: Was YESHUA a sin sacrifice or a substitute for our sin?

    Our response:

    GREAT question! Yeshua martyred Himself (against which there is no law) on our behalf. As a result, we no longer have to kill innocent animals to atone for our sins. Traditional Jews will constantly use the argument that God never demanded HUMAN sacrifice - but the thing is, nobody SACRIFICED Yeshua; He willingly laid down his life for us. Consequently, He was our substitute.

    As for Passover, we need to remember that the lamb for the original passover was not a sacrifice! It wasn't sacrificed by priests in the temple; it was killed in the homes of the Israelites who were told to keep a lamb for several days and then kill and eat it. (How that must have hurt those who bonded with the little lamb!)

    The lamb was offered as a substitute, not as a "sacrifice." The "angel of death" passed over the believing Hebrews when the lamb's blood was smeared on their door posts. So, though not a "sin" sacrifice, the lamb's blood was offered as a substitute, and the Hebrew first-born males had the chance to live. This is the connection. Yeshua was our substitute - and by believing and following YHWH's Torah to help us to lower our tendency to sin, and do our best to NOT sin anymore, we have the chance for eternal life. And this, of course was the point: eternal life.

    Yeshua did not die so we were "free to sin at will", He died to offer us (eternal) life. Indeed, this was the purpose of the animal sacrifices for atonement - it was for eternal life, as shown in our article. When a person was atoned by the blood of an animal, they were expected to go on with their lives trying to remain sin-free. The situation is no different with the Messiah.

     

    Please click joyfully

    http://www.therefinersfire.org/life_eternal.htm

     

     

    Chag Pesach Sameach Shabbat Shalom to you all!

     

     

     

December 29, 2014

  • Torah Parashah 12: Vayechi [He lived]

    Torah Portion

     

    Torah Parashah 12: Vayechi [He lived]

    Parashah 12: Vayechi (He lived) - Genesis 47:28 through 50:26
    Haftarah (Writings and Prophets): 1 Kings 2:1-12.
    B'rit Hadasha (New Testament): Acts 7:9-16; Hebrews 11:21-22.

    http://www.therefinersfire.org/parashah_12.htm

    Please email, ask and add subscribe every Weekly Torah Portion Studies

    Bill and Carmen Welker:   Their email address is BiblicalTruth613@therefinersfire.org

    Servant walk like YHWH/Yeshua and Torah

     

  • Psalms 119 CJB

    Psalms 119 CJB

     

    Psalms 119 CJB

    1 (Alef) How happy are those whose way of life is blameless, who live by the Torah of ADONAI!

    2 How happy are those who observe his instruction, who seek him wholeheartedly!

    3 They do nothing wrong but live by his ways.

    4 You laid down your precepts for us to observe with care.

    5 May my ways be steady in observing your laws.

    6 Then I will not be put to shame, since I will have fixed my sight on all your mitzvot.

    7 I thank you with a sincere heart as I learn your righteous rulings.

    8 I will observe your laws; don't completely abandon me!

    9 (Bet) How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word.

    10 I seek you with all my heart; don't let me stray from your mitzvot.

    11 I treasure your word in my heart, so that I won't sin against you.

    12 Blessed are you, ADONAI! Teach me your laws.

    13 I proclaim with my mouth all the rulings you have spoken.

    14 I rejoice in the way of your instruction more than in any kind of wealth.

    15 I will meditate on your precepts and keep my eyes on your ways.

    16 I will find my delight in your regulations. I will not forget your word.

    17 (Gimel) Deal generously with your servant; then I will live and observe your word.

    18 Open my eyes, so that I will see wonders from your Torah.

    19 Though I'm just a wanderer on the earth, don't hide your mitzvot from me.

    20 I am continually consumed with longing for your rulings.

    21 You rebuke the proud, the cursed, who stray from your mitzvot.

    22 Remove scorn and contempt from me, because I observe your instruction.

    23 Even when princes sit and plot against me, your servant meditates on your laws.

    24 Also your instructions are my delight; they are my counselors.

    25 (Dalet) I lie prostrate in the dust; revive me, in keeping with your word.

    26 I told you of my ways, and you answered me; teach me your laws.

    27 Make me understand the way of your precepts, and I will meditate on your wonders.

    28 I am melting away from anxiety and grief; renew my strength, in keeping with your word.

    29 Keep deceitful ways far from me, and favor me with your Torah.

    30 I choose the way of trust; I set your rulings [before me].

    31 I cling to your instruction; ADONAI, don't let me be put to shame!

    32 I will run the way of your mitzvot, for you have broadened my understanding.

    33 (Heh) Teach me, ADONAI, the way of your laws; keeping them will be its own reward for me.

    34 Give me understanding; then I will keep your Torah; I will observe it with all my heart.

    35 Guide me on the path of your mitzvot, for I take pleasure in it.

    36 Bend my heart toward your instructions and not toward selfish gain.

    37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things; with your ways, give me life.

    38 Fulfill your promise, which you made to your servant, which you made to those who fear you.

    39 Avert the disgrace which I dread, for your rulings are good.

    40 See how I long for your precepts; in your righteousness, give me life!

    41 May your grace come to me, ADONAI, your salvation, as you promised;

    42 then I will have an answer for those who taunt me; for I trust in your word.

    43 Don't take away completely my power to speak the truth; for I put my hope in your rulings;

    44 and I will keep your Torah always, forever and ever.

    45 I will go wherever I like, for I have sought your precepts.

    46 I will speak of your instructions even to kings without being ashamed.

    47 I will delight myself in your mitzvot, which I have loved.

    48 I will lift my hands to your mitzvot, which I love; and I will meditate on your laws.

    49 (Zayin) Remember your promise to your servant, through which you have given me hope.

    50 In my distress my comfort is this: that your promise gives me life.

    51 Though the arrogant scorn me completely, I have not turned away from your Torah.

    52 ADONAI, I keep in mind your age-old rulings; in them I take comfort.

    53 Fury seizes me when I think of the wicked, because they abandon your Torah.

    54 Your laws have become my songs wherever I make my home.

    55 I remember your name, ADONAI, at night; and I observe your Torah.

    56 This [comfort] has come to me, because I observe your precepts.

    57 (Het) ADONAI, I say that my task is to observe your words.

    58 I beg your favor with my whole heart; show pity to me, in keeping with your promise.

    59 I thought about my ways and turned my feet toward your instruction.

    60 I hurry, I don't delay, to observe your mitzvot.

    61 Even when the cords of the wicked close around me, I don't forget your Torah.

    62 At midnight I rise to give you thanks because of your righteous rulings.

    63 I am a friend of all who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.

    64 The earth, ADONAI, is full of your grace; teach me your laws.

    65 (Tet) You have treated your servant well, ADONAI, in keeping with your word.

    66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, because I trust in your mitzvot.

    67 Before I was humbled, I used to go astray; but now I observe your word.

    68 You are good, and you do good; teach me your laws.

    69 The arrogant are slandering me, but I will wholeheartedly keep your precepts.

    70 Their hearts are as thick as fat, but I take delight in your Torah.

    71 It is for my good that I have been humbled; it was so that I would learn your laws.

    72 The Torah you have spoken means more to me than a fortune in gold and silver.

    73 (Yud) Your hands made and formed me; give me understanding, so I can learn your mitzvot.

    74 Those who fear you rejoice at the sight of me, because I put my hope in your word.

    75 I know, ADONAI, that your rulings are righteous, that even when you humble me you are faithful.

    76 Let your grace comfort me, in keeping with your promise to your servant.

    77 Show me pity, and I will live, for your Torah is my delight.

    78 Let the proud be ashamed, because they wrong me with lies; as for me, I will meditate on your precepts.

    79 Let those who fear you turn to me, along with those who know your instruction.

    80 Let my heart be pure in your laws, so that I won't be put to shame.

    81 (Kaf) I am dying to know your salvation; my hope is in your word.

    82 My eyes fail from watching for your promise; I ask, "When will you comfort me?"

    83 For I have shriveled like a wineskin in a smoky room; still, I don't forget your laws.

    84 How long can your servant stay alive? When will you bring judgment on my persecutors?

    85 The arrogant have dug pits for me to fall in; this is not in keeping with your Torah!

    86 All your mitzvot [show your] faithfulness; they are hounding me with lies; help me!

    87 They have nearly ended my life on earth, but I have not abandoned your precepts.

    88 In keeping with your grace, revive me; and I will observe your spoken instructions.

    89 (Lamed) Your word continues forever, ADONAI, firmly fixed in heaven;

    90 your faithfulness through all generations; you established the earth, and it stands.

    91 Yes, it stands today, in keeping with your rulings; for all things are your servants.

    92 If your Torah had not been my delight, I would have perished in my distress.

    93 I will never forget your precepts, for with them you have made me alive.

    94 I am yours; save me because I seek your precepts.

    95 The wicked hope to destroy me, but I focus on your instruction.

    96 (Mem) I see the limits of all perfection, but your mitzvah has no bounds.

    97 How I love your Torah! I meditate on it all day.

    98 I am wiser than my foes, because your mitzvot are mine forever.

    99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, because I meditate on your instruction.

    100 I understand more than my elders, because I keep your precepts.

    101 I keep my feet from every evil way, in order to observe your word.

    102 I don't turn away from your rulings, because you have instructed me.

    103 How sweet to my tongue is your promise, truly sweeter than honey in my mouth!

    104 From your precepts I gain understanding; this is why I hate every false way.

    105 (Nun) Your word is a lamp for my foot and light on my path.

    106 I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, that I will observe your righteous rulings.

    107 I am very much distressed; ADONAI, give me life, in keeping with your word.

    108 Please accept my mouth's voluntary offerings, ADONAI; and teach me your rulings.

    109 I am continually taking my life in my hands, yet I haven't forgotten your Torah.

    110 The wicked have set a trap for me, yet I haven't strayed from your precepts.

    111 I take your instruction as a permanent heritage, because it is the joy of my heart.

    112 I have resolved to obey your laws forever, at every step.

    113 (Samekh) I hate doubleminded people, but I love your Torah.

    114 You are my hiding-place and shield; I put my hope in your word.

    115 Leave me alone, you evildoers, so that I can keep my God's mitzvot.

    116 Uphold me, as you promised; and I will live; don't disappoint me in my hope.

    117 Support me; and I will be saved, always putting my attention on your laws.

    118 You reject all who stray from your laws, for what they deceive themselves with is false.

    119 You discard the wicked of the earth like slag; this is why I love your instruction.

    120 My body trembles for fear of you; your rulings make me afraid.

    121 ('Ayin) I have done what is just and right; don't abandon me to my oppressors.

    122 Guarantee your servant's well-being; don't let the arrogant oppress me.

    123 My eyes fail from watching for your salvation and for [the fulfillment of] your righteous promise.

    124 Deal with your servant in accordance with your grace, and teach me your laws.

    125 I am your servant; give me understanding, so that I can know your instruction.

    126 The time has come for ADONAI to act, because they are breaking your Torah.

    127 Therefore I love your mitzvot more than gold, more than fine gold.

    128 Thus I direct my steps by [your] precepts; every false way I hate.

    129 (Peh) Your instruction is a wonder; this is why I follow it.

    130 Your words are a doorway that lets in light, giving understanding to the thoughtless. 131 My mouth is wide open, as I pant with longing for your mitzvot.

    132 Turn to me, and show me your favor; in keeping with [your] judgment for those who love your name.

    133 Guide my footsteps by your word; don't let any kind of sin rule me.

    134 Redeem me from human oppression, and I will observe your precepts.

    135 Make your face shine on your servant, and teach me your laws.

    136 Rivers of tears flow down from my eyes, because they don't observe your Torah.

    137 (Tzadeh) You are righteous, ADONAI; and your rulings are upright.

    138 You have commanded your instructions in righteousness and great faithfulness.

    139 My zeal is destroying me, because my foes have forgotten your words.

    140 Your word is refined to complete purity, and your servant loves it.

    141 I may be small and despised, but I do not forget your precepts.

    142 Your righteousness is eternal righteousness, and your Torah is truth.

    143 Trouble and distress have overtaken me, but your mitzvot are my delight.

    144 Your instruction is righteous forever; give me understanding, and I will live.

    145 (Kuf) Wholeheartedly I am calling on you; answer me, ADONAI; I will keep your laws.

    146 I am calling on you; save me; and I will observe your instruction.

    147 I rise before dawn and cry for help; I put my hope in your word.

    148 My eyes are open before the night watches, so that I can meditate on your promise.

    149 In your grace, hear my voice; ADONAI, in keeping with your justice, revive me.

    150 The pursuers of carnality are getting close; they are distancing themselves from your Torah.

    151 You are close by, ADONAI; and all your mitzvot are truth.

    152 Long ago I learned from your instruction that you established it forever.

    153 (Resh) Look at my distress, and rescue me, for I do not forget your Torah.

    154 Plead my cause, and redeem me; in keeping with your promise, revive me.

    155 Salvation is far away from the wicked, because they don't seek your laws.

    156 Great is your compassion, ADONAI; in keeping with your rulings, revive me.

    157 Although my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned away from your instruction.

    158 I look at traitors with disgust, because they don't keep your word.

    159 See how I love your precepts, ADONAI; in keeping with your grace, revive me.

    160 The main thing about your word is that it's true; and all your just rulings last forever.

    161 (Shin) Princes persecute me for no reason, but my heart stands in awe of your words.

    162 I take joy in your promise, like someone who finds much booty.

    163 I hate falsehood, I detest it; but I love your Torah.

    164 I praise you seven times a day because of your righteous rulings.

    165 Those who love your Torah have great peace; nothing makes them stumble.

    166 I hope for your deliverance, ADONAI; I obey your mitzvot.

    167 My soul observes your instruction, and I love it so much!

    168 I observe your precepts and instruction, for all my ways lie open before you.

    169 (Tav) Let my cry come before you, ADONAI; in keeping with your word, give me understanding.

    170 Let my prayer come before you; in keeping with your promise, rescue me.

    171 Let my lips speak praise, because you teach me your laws.

    172 Let my tongue sing of your promise, because all your mitzvot are righteous.

    173 Let your hand be ready to help me, because I choose your precepts.

    174 I long for your deliverance, ADONAI; and your Torah is my delight.

    175 Let me live, and I will praise you; let your rulings help me.

    176 I strayed like a lost sheep; seek out your servant; for I do not forget your mitzvot.

     

  • Update on dates of Chanukah in future

    December 16-24 2014

    December 16-24 2014

    2015:  December 6-14

    2016:   December 24-January 1

    2017:   December 12-20

     

December 5, 2014

  • YHWH/Yeshua: The arm

    Yeshua is the arm of YHWH (Yahweh)

     

    Share with you all see new update newsletter of Refiner's Fire:

     

    YHWH/Yeshua:  The arm

    Yeshua is the arm of YHWH (Yahweh).

    Isaiah 53:1 Who believes our report? To whom is the arm of YHWH (Yahweh) revealed? 

     

    Please click: http://therefinersfire.org/NL/newsletter_276.htm

     

    Question/comment:
    I heard that you guys don't believe YHWH is a "trinity" - mind telling me why not? There is ample proof of the trinity in the Bible!

    Our response:
    YHWH has revealed Himself in many different ways - burning bush, pillars of cloud and fire, spoken through a donkey...but nothing suggests He is a "trinity." Just because we see the scripture that we are to pray in the Name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy Spirit (John 14:‌13-14) doesn't mean God is three separate PERSONS - which is what many Christian denominations teach. YHWH Himself isn't a "person" ... but Y'shua was! He was "separate" in a way because He had a human body; yet He was indelibly connected to YHWH because of His divine qnoma/nature (not to mention Isaiah 53 tells us He was an "arm" of YHWH). Because of that divine qnoma, He was able to be the only perfect human who ever lived, and that is why He sits "at the right hand of the Father" (Acts 2:‌32-34, Mark 16:‌19). There is a wonderful footnote to 1 Thessalonians 4:‌9 in the Aramaic English New Testament that explains this very well:

    Qnoma is a very important term that has been greatly diluted and misunderstood over the centuries. Through an exceedingly complex linguistic chain of events this word, meaning "an occurrence of a nature" got morphed and perverted into "person" in Greek. As a result, the One Elohim (YHWH) is represented in a pagan manner in the Greek New Testament as a "person" distinct and equal with "Elohim the Son" and "Elohim the Ruach haKodesh." Instead, it is the oneness of YHWH that manifests in Mashiyach, not that Mashiyach's divinity is separate from his Father's.

    However, in this case we are talking about humanity and not YHWH, and both of them have "natures" that cannot be seen, and yet are a root part of their being. Or, to put it another way, a "nature" is like a body hidden behind a curtain. For those in the audience, nothing of that nature can be seen. Then, all of a sudden, a hand and part of an arm appears through the veil. While we know there is a body attached to that limb, the limb is all we see. Furthermore, that arm moves with full force, will and agreement of the mind that controls the body. For the viewers, the arm appearing out of the curtain is the qnoma (occurrence) and the hidden mind behind that limb's movement is its kyanna (nature).

    As the centuries moved along, the ancient meaning of qnoma as "occurrence of a nature" devolved by Aramaic assemblies who compromised with the Byzantine Empire. Gradually, "core substance" became the common definition; at first it closely paralleled its Greek counterpart, hypostasis. More time passed and Greek redactors changed the meaning of hypostasi, taking it further from the original definition of qnoma. Qnoma/hypostasis became equivalent to "person" to line up with Greek passages that used this meaning in the form of the word prospon. In Greek, "person" implies a physical presence as opposed to Aramaic where body metaphors like "I will set my face towards" are very common.

    The revision began at the beginning of the Third Century when these same "westernized" Aramaic Christians began to proffer up readings in their "Peshitt-o" versions of Acts 20:‌28 and Hebrews 2:‌9 that were meant to align with the Byzantine majority Greek. However, the original eastern "Peshitt-a" escaped these revisions as it was in the rival Persian Empire. Aramaic, as in this verse, retains the original meaning of qnoma. It is NOT the external "person" that teaches someone about Elohim, but the Ruach working through their "inner being." The idea of "person" in Greek, unfortunately, does not address the neshama (spirit) of a person as the likeness or "image of Elohim."

     

    Please click two excellent articles:

     

    http://therefinersfire.org/explaining_yeshua.htm  

    http://www.therefinersfire.org/parashah_8.htm

    Enjoy your time!

November 7, 2014

October 10, 2014

  • YHWH/Yeshua: Shemini Atzeret "Eighth [day of] Assembly"

    Eighth [day of] Assembly"

     

     

    YHWH's Reminder:  Shemini Atzeret is on October 15 2014 at sunset. 

     

    Shemini Atzeret (שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶֽרֶת – "Eighth [day of] Assembly"

    On October 15 2014 [21 Tishri] at sunset, this 8th day is High Shabbat [high holy day].  No regular work so take 16 October [22 Tishri] off. 

     

    Shmini Atzeret 2014 begins of  Wednesday, October 15 at sunset

    and ends of Thursday, October 16 at sunset

     

    Yeshua haMashiyach

    Shemini Atzeret:  It is the day Yeshua was circumcised (Luke 2:21).

    Luke 2:   On verse 21 show b'rit-milah.  B’rit milah, (literally, “covenant of circumcision”), also called a bris. 

     

    Please click excellent scripture verses:

    http://www.therefinersfire.org/bible_covenants.htm

     

     

    Yeshua haMashiyach on Luke 2:21-39 CJB

    21 On the eighth day, when it was time for his b'rit-milah, he was given the name Yeshua, which is what the angel had called him before his conception.

    22 When the time came for their purification according to the Torah of Moshe, they took him up to Yerushalayim to present him to ADONAI

    23 (as it is written in the Torah of ADONAI, "Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to ADONAI")

    24 and also to offer a sacrifice of a pair of doves or two young pigeons,h as required by the Torah of ADONAI.

    25 There was in Yerushalayim a man named Shim`on. This man was a tzaddik, he was devout, he waited eagerly for God to comfort Isra'el, and the Ruach HaKodesh was upon him.

    26 It had been revealed to him by the Ruach HaKodesh that he would not die before he had seen the Messiah of ADONAI.

    27 Prompted by the Spirit, he went into the Temple courts; and when the parents brought in the child Yeshua to do for him what the Torah required,

     

    28 Shim`on took him in his arms, made a b'rakhah [blessing] to God, and said,

    29 "Now, ADONAI, according to your word, your servant is at peace as you let him go;

    30 for I have seen with my own eyes your yeshu`ah,

    31 which you prepared in the presence of all peoples --

    32 a light that will bring revelation to the Goyim and glory to your people Isra'el."

    33 Yeshua's father and mother were marvelling at the things Shim`on was saying about him.

    34 Shim`on blessed them and said to the child's mother, Miryam, "This child will cause many in Isra'el to fall and to rise, he will become a sign whom people will speak against;

    35 moreover, a sword will pierce your own heart too. All this will happen in order to reveal many people's inmost thoughts."

    36 There was also a prophet named Hannah Bat-P'nu'el, of the tribe of Asher. She was a very old woman -- she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage

    37 and had remained a widow ever since; now she was eighty-four. She never left the Temple grounds but worshipped there night and day, fasting and praying.

    38 She came by at that moment and began thanking God and speaking about the child to everyone who was waiting for Yerushalayim to be liberated.

    39 When Yosef and Miryam had finished doing everything required by the Torah of ADONAI, they returned to the Galil, to their town Natzeret.

     

     

    Shemini Atzeret

    In both Leviticus and Numbers, YHWH [Yahweh] commands that the eighth (shemini) day--referring to Sukkot--is to be a "sacred occasion" and an atzeret, generally translated as "solemn gathering."

    For seven days you must present an offering made by fire to Yahweh. On the eighth day it shall be a holy assembly [atzeret] for you, and you shall present an offering made by fire to Yahweh; it is a celebration; you must not do any regular work. (Leviticus 23:36 LEB)

    Deuteronomy  14:22 thru 16:17 and Numbers 29:35 thru 30:1 and Parasha 54 V'Zot HaBrachah (This is the blessing) Deuteronomy 33:1 through 34:12.

     

    Please click:   http://www.therefinersfire.org/parashah_54.htm

     

    This is the blessing [V'Zot HaBrachah]:   b'rakhah (Hebrew ברכה; plural b'rakhot; related to the word baruch) is a blessing. 

     

    By Refiner's Fire

    On prayer before a meal:

    Numbers 15: 17 YAHWEH said to Moshe, 18 "Speak to the people of Isra'el; tell them, 'When you enter the land where I am bringing you 19 and eat bread produced in the land, you are to set aside a portion as a gift for YAHWEH. 20 Set aside from your first dough a cake as a gift; set it aside as you would set aside a portion of the grain from the threshing-floor. 21 From your first dough you will give YAHWEH a portion as a gift through all your generations.

    Matthew 14: 19 After instructing the crowds to sit down on the grass, he took the five loaves and the two fish and, looking up toward heaven, made a b'rakhah [blessing]. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the talmidim, who gave them to the crowds.

    Mark 6: 41 Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and, looking up toward heaven, made a b'rakhah. Next he broke up the loaves and began giving them to the talmidim to distribute. He also divided up the two fish among them all.

    Luke 9: 16 Then he took the five loaves and the two fish and, looking up toward heaven, made a b'rakhah, broke the loaves and began giving them to the talmidim to distribute to the crowd.

     

     

    On prayer after a meal:

    Deuteronomy 8:10 So you will eat and be satisfied, and you will bless YAHWEH your God for the good land he has given you.

     

    HalleluYAH!  May YHWH bless you seek His Sweet Torah diligently in the Mighty Name of Yeshua haMashiyach I pray Amein!

     

    Servant walk like YHWH/Yeshua & Torah.

    Malachi 3:16