Can we do תפילות prayers for:
haRold Smith and his ministry?
That also through them The האור Light, רפואה The Healing and The ואהבה Love of ישועת יהוה Yeshuath YHWH may come back to הארץ The Land of Israel?
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"…let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Garden of God." Revelation 2:7 | |||
by haRold Smith based in Jerusalem, Israel "For thus says the One who is High and Lifted up, Who inhabits eternity,. hose Name is Holy: 'I dwell in the High and Holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite'." Isaiah 57:15 "Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Be'er-Sheva and called there on the Name of YHVH, the Everlasting Elohiem (God)." Genesis 21:33 "I YHVH, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me, that people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I YHVH and none else, forming light and creating darkness; making peace (shalom) and creating evil – I YHVH do all these things." Isaiah 45:5-7 There are many who will read this article through the filter of a traditional belief that YHVH has predestined all the events in each one's life, along with all the events unfolding in the world. They hold the theory that, since He already knows the beginning from the end, He has predestined everything according to how He wants it all to unfold. Words mean things, however, and if we are to grasp the concepts of Truth formed by the words of scripture, then we must look at them simply for what they say and what those words mean without the overlay of any traditional theological template. When we do, we find those words reveal something quite different from what has been popularly embraced and taught as true. There is only one thing Yeshua ever pointed to that would render the Word of YHVH of none effect - that being the tradition of men (Mark 7:13 click on the highlighted words to view scripture verses). The word translated as everlasting in Genesis 21 above comes from the Hebrew word `owlam) meaning "continuous existence, perpetual". This is the same definition given for the Hebrew word `ad translated as eternity in Isaiah 57. The Hebrew word for create in Isaiah 45 above is bara' and means to "shape, mold, or form". To understand Spirit is to first come to an understanding of eternity. Most believe eternity begins when they die; however, as we have seen in Isaiah 57:15 above, YHVH abides in eternity and Revelation 22:13 tells us that, with YHVH, there is no beginning and there is no end. He IS the Alpha and the Omega; He IS the beginning and the end. Without a beginning and without an ending - there is only right now. Time is a system of measurement from one cyclical event to another. If there is no beginning and there is no ending, there can be no cyclical event from which to take a measurement from nor an ending to calculate the measurement between the two events - hence, there is no time in eternity. If YHVH abides in eternity where, with Him, there is no beginning and there is no end - how can anything or anyone pre-exist if there is only right now? The Name YaHoVeH means "the Present Presence". Notice this verse from Revelation says nothing about knowing the beginning from the end, which has become another implication of tradition. There is a difference between knowledge and knowing. Having access to a repository of knowledge does not equate into knowing how that knowledge will be utilized in any given moment by any given individual.  I have two very simple questions to this, seemingly, complex doctrinal tradition of man called predestination which has interwoven itself into the fabric of faith. Do I have free will - or not? If the answer to that question is 'yes' - then my next question is: how can it be mine to freely do with as I please if someone other than I has already decided what I do with it - whether that decision be by force, coercion or good intention? And, if YHVH has already decided to whom He will bestow eternal life, then why is it left up to me to decide if I am to be involved or not (John 17:3, Matthew 25:1-12). By the way, of the five virgins who didn't make it - they were still virgins. Meaning that, even though they chose to remain virgin, their subsequent choice of action (or inaction, as it were) caused them to be left outside the door. So, there must be some correlation to action and being invited in - or not. People die. YHVH knows it - Yeshua knew it (Luke 13:1-5). What is mostly lacking is an understanding of what this "breath" of a life we have here on earth is intended for and how YHVH views it. God looks upon it as a short span containing an opportunity to learn of Him and make some choices accordingly that will result in our station of occupancy with Him in eternity - that is, how near we are to His Brilliance of Light (which is why Yeshua spoke of a place of "outer darkness" on several occasions). He knows we are all going to die physically. Everyone dies - even all the people Yeshua healed, died. Consequently, YHVH is more concerned with the eternality of our spirit than He is with the immediacy of our external circumstance. For the unbeliever the external circumstance of life is to bring them to an end to themselves that they might seek Truth. For the believer who has embraced Truth, however, He uses the external to fashion, shape and to mold us into His image - a process we have been given a choice to participate in - or not (John 3:19-21, Romans 5:1-5, Matthew 5:45, see Perspective). "For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that He might be the firstborn among many brothers." Romans 8:29 Foreknow is derived from the Greek root verb ginosko which means - 1) to learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of a) to become known. Predestined is derived from the Greek root verb horizo which means - 1) to define a) to mark out the boundaries or limits (of any place or thing) b) to determine, to appoint. This same Greek word is used in 1Peter 1:20 as foreordained and in Romans 1:4 as declared (see the Word to understand "declared purpose or speech"). So, with an understanding of these definitions, this verse could just as easily be read - "For those whom he come to know he also determined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that He might be the first-born among many brothers." Romans 8:29 If eternity is the moment, not the past, not the future, but right now - what does it mean for the Father to inhabit eternity as it says He does in Isaiah 57:15 above? When YHVH determines a thing to be and declares it so (remember YHVH IS the Word ), He does not overwhelm the boundaries He has previously marked and put into place - in this case, the free will and choice of any man. But, instead, He works within the confines of that boundary. He could have just as easily made Adam a robot, but He was after a spirit He could commune with, one who would come to Him in relationship. Thus, He elects to work within the already prescribed boundary of free will and relationship to accomplish His Purposes.  This phenomenon of YHVH working within the confines of man's will is seen throughout scripture but is illustrated pointedly in 1Samuel 8 where it is clear the idea of a physical king was not in the Plan and Purpose of YHVH. HE wanted to be their king. But, they insisted and He gave them what they wanted - in spite of the fact that it was not in the blueprint. Now, if ever there was a monkey wrench thrown into the gears of someone's running engine - this has got to be the monkey wrench of all time because it plainly was not in His Plan. What is astounding about the way the Father works is - that edict was never rescinded. He put His arms around their demand, embraced it INTO His declared Purpose and still landed on the very spot He had determined He would arrive at from the beginning. Today, Yeshua sits on the throne of KING David. He took what could have been a catastrophe and somehow interwove it into the design. Now, the children of Israel still suffered the consequences of a less than perfect plan, but, regardless, how He does it is beyond our intellectual grasp (it is why He is the Elevated One). This is how He operates even today. He takes the choices made by every person who will give themselves to Him and every moment He somehow weaves them all together to arrive at His pre-determined destination. He has pre-determined the destination He will ultimately arrive at - the pathway He takes to get there and the time elapsed before He arrives has not yet shown itself. As humans, we need a fixed road map. The Father's map is defined by the choices we make by our spirit in the moment. This is why, if we take the entire passage Sha'ul (the apostle Paul) is referencing in Romans 8 in context beginning with verse 18, we see he is encouraging us to not look at the circumstance of our lives, for the Father is utilizing all the circumstances (not originating them, but causing them, shaping them, molding them to work together), weaving them together for our spiritual benefit that we might become the Sons of God He has declared from the beginning He would have alongside Him, manifesting the Essence of His Nature and Character in this earthly realm. Does that mean He picked me exclusively to be a Son before I was conceived? As much as that idea may stroke my ego to believe, it still remains my choice to become (John 1:12). Today is the day of my salvation IF (big little word) I choose to come into "the Present Presence" today - and, IF I do, He will make sure my commitment to remain in His Hand does not go unheeded for He cannot deny Himself. He is haEl haNeAman (Hebrew for 'the Faithful One') and He is faithful to finish the work He began in me. This is the Promise we cling to. But - it is my choice as to how far I enter into that relationship with Him. " Many are called, but few are chosen." It is my choice to be counted among the chosen. "Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Yeshua haMaschiach (the Messiah) who, though He was in the form of god, did not count equality with YHVH a thing to be grasped, but made Himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, He humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross." Philippians 2:5-12 All of this brings us back to how the Father looks upon the Son - does He categorically change the Essence of His Nature and Character to change the boundaries He established to make exception for this One? If He does - what does that say about the stalwartness of Truth? Looking at this passage from Philippians, we find that Yeshua, even though He was equal with the Father, relinquished that equality and humbled Himself to become a man - just like you and me (Hebrews 2:16-17). Many have looked at that verse as saying that, because Yeshua pre-existed with the Father, He gave it up to become as a man. However, there is another way of looking at these words that is more consistent with YHVH's perspective.  When the serpent told Adam and Eve in the garden that if they ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they would become as gods with the ability to determine for themselves what was good - he was not lying. However, what was not given along side that explanation, was that in so doing, Adam's pure blood would become corrupted by his disobedience to the Word; thus necessitating a separation because Light and darkness cannot abide in the same space at the same time (Genesis 3:22, see the Law of Grace). Although they were separated from YHVH's Presence, He did not abandon them. Yeshua's Purpose in being birthed by the Spirit was to restore that Kingdom relationship by the preservation of His uncorrupted pure blood through His Obedience to the Father's Will. Because of His example of Life, when we are born of that same Spirit, we have been shown the same opportunity to enter this Kingdom relationship, but, it still requires the same price - a relinquishment of our equality as gods (Luke 9:23, Matthew 7:21, see the Gospel). Yeshua reinforced that we are gods in John 10:34, referring to what the Psalmist David also knew in Psalm 82:6. To become as He Is in this earthly realm (1John 4:17) means to do as Yeshua did and to relinquish the equality I have with YHVH as my own god to become as a servant to Him. The passage of Philippians 2:5-8 above is describing the Way Yeshua exampled for us to come into the Presence of the Father, and it begins by encouraging us to have this same mind as was in Yeshua haMaschiach (the Messiah). When He opened His Eyes after His Birth, Yeshua did not know any more about Who He was than you or I did at birth. Granted, He was on a "fast track" given the events surrounding His Birth, and the input from His Parents - but He learned obedience the same way you and I learn - by suffering (Hebrews 5:8). Hebrews 4:15 tells us He was tempted in every way, just like you and I, yet chose not to sin, to be disobedient (sin is anything that separates us from the Present Presence). How can that experience be valid if He was above it all and aloof from the process? So, if His process was to choose to be One with the Father in every circumstance presented to Him and His example is the same as is our choice - what was His Purpose? He was to be, as the verse in Romans 8 we have been exploring declares, the first among many brethren (again, see the Gospel for a more in-depth explanation). One of the myths perpetrated by replacement theology is that Yeshua was with the Father in the beginning. Nowhere in scripture is that statement made. The translators of all our modern bibles carried forward the creed established at the Nicaean Council, 325 years after the Resurrection - that of the elevation of another god, "Jesus", to the equality of the Father, YHVH. Thus, their translations were tainted with that creed (see Whose Name Is It? for more explanation). The passage of John 8:58 is a perfect example of this creed superimposed over the words of scripture. The words "I AM" do not appear in the original Hebrew text of Exodus 3:14 that Yeshua was quoting from. Click here and then click Exodus 3 to download the PDF and see that in verse 14 the original says "I-shall-become who I-am-becoming". The definition of the Greek word ginomai translated as "fulfilled" in Matthew 5:18, "be" in Matthew 5:45 Matthew 5:18, and as "becomes" in Matthew 13:22 means "to become, i.e. to come into existence" - in other words, a fulfilled destination (see that there is only One Covenant).  Yeshua is the first born Son of the Father and declared the Father was greater than He (John 14:28). As such, because He has proven Himself faithful to the Father's Purpose, Hebrews 12:1-2 says He has been given the seat at the right hand of the Father with all the praise and adoration that position affords. But anyone who chooses to become as He is in this world, becomes a member of His Body, of His Flesh and of His Bone, seated with Him at the right hand of the Father (1John 4:17 Ephesians 5:30, Romans 8:16-17, Ephesians 2:6, see what it means One with Him). The WORD, YHVH, became flesh and dwelt among us in the Body of Yeshua. Yeshua is the first-born among many brethren. Yeshua said the works that He did we will do and greater than these we will do because while He was in the flesh, He was a single vessel for the Father to dwell in - now, because of Yeshua's redemptive sacrifice as the kinsman redeemer to restore the relationship within the Kingdom of Elohiem, there are many vessels the Father inhabits, resides in, makes His abode with (John 14:12).
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 Shalom Alechem B'Shem Yeshua HaMashiach. (Peace be unto you in the Name of Jesus the Messiah) haRold Smith Jerusalem • Israel http://hethathasanear.com harold@hethathasanear.com | Click Here to Subscribe | ||
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