Sukkot
26 Sept 2015 ~ 13
Tishrei 5776
Torah Parashah ~ Ha’azinu -
D’varim (Deuteronomy) ..32 RSTNE p 163
Torah - D’varim 32 =
2nd Song of Moshe - before Yisra’el entering The Promised Land.
(First
Song of Moshe Sh’mot 15 - after crossing the Red Sea)
D’varim 32:1-3
RSTNE p 163
notice verse 3... “Because I will
publish the Name of YHWH” !!
The more we learn about His name the
more we are understanding how important it is to use His name and not just say
“god”. !!!
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D’varim 32:26-29
RSTNE p 164
-Look at the foot note for verse 26 in
RSTNE - it says...
“Efrayim-Yisra’el
all but forgotten by mankind, until the last days, and the coming of Messiah
Yahushua.”
-Let’s look back at something we read
last week:
Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 31: 1-10
RSTNE p 372
- Now
lets look at the foot note for verse 6 where it says... “that the called out
Netsarim- Notzrim - the ones who watch on the Mount Efrayim shall cry...”
- The
foot note for this verse... “The word Notzrim speaks of watchmen (guards)
appointed by YHWH and assigned to the task of watching over the restoration of
all Yisra’el.”
- ....
“The word is notzrim, and the root is natzar.
The real explanation of the word in Hebrew is to safe keep, to keep
until a later time, to hide it in a way that will be revealed later.”
-
Notzrim is also defined as one who observes and preserves.
- In
the Hebrew Interlinear - Notzrim is translated “ones preserving”.
- “The
word netzer is used only three times int eh bible, and everywhere it is
mentioned it has to do only with Efrayim.
It is amazing.”
-- Also I see - if we go back to what we
know about “mountains” in the Word - that they can also refer to kingdoms/ a
people...
Then who are those who guard - keep from
the mount of Efrayim?...
- --
Perhaps we are a part of this??
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Let’s look at another verse we have
talked about recently:
Yochanan 14:15
RSTNE p 770
“If
you love Me, keep My mitzvoth.”
keep = tereo in greek = Strong’s G5083 =
keep, reserve, observe, watch, preserve, keeper, hold fast.
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Now let’s go to something we talked
about a long time ago...
Ya’Akov 3:6 RSTNE p
812
CJB p 1512
“Yes the tongue is a fire, a world of
wickedness. The tongue is so placed in
our body that it defiles every part of it, setting ablaze the whole of our
life; and it is set on fire by Gei-Hinnom itself.”
RSTNE p 812
“And
the tongue is a fire, and the sinful world a forest: so is the tongue among our members, it can
defile the whole body, and sets on fire the course of our Yisra’elite race
that rolls on like a wheel; and it burns on with the fire of Gei-Hinnom.”
“The whole of life” in CJB - should have
been translated correctly as
“The wheel of B’re’shiyt”
“Wheel” = “ophan” = the strength and
power to keep the cycles of YHWH.
So that verse is saying ... “words and
teachings are out to destroy the cycles of YHWH.”
wheel - ophan - cycle -
similar to - agol = paths...
~
So again... as we talked about last week
- we are talking about the cycles of YHWH.
“Cycles of YHWH” can mean several
things:
1.
The pattern of Yisra’el the whole
nation - who repented and then would get themselves off in sin again - and what
happens.. YHWH allows Edom and Mitzrayim - sin - to come in Yisra’el goes into captivity...
and then would do Teshuvah - and then get back to sin.... to the point where Yisra’el is lost in the
nations... when will she come out of captivity and do Teshuvah so the Bride can
be restored?
2. Another way to look at “the cycles of YHWH” -
is the Moedim - the set apart times... the Feasts.
of which we are about to enter into
Sukkot!!
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So let’s talk about Sukkot!!
Where are the Moedims talked about in
Torah?
Wayiqra
(Lev) 23
B’midbar
(Num) 29
Wayiqra 23:34-44
RSTNE p 99
So how do we celebrate Sukkot?
Let’s talk about what Sukkot is...
and to do that - i want to talk about
Christmas.
I learned from First Fruits of Zion that
- December 25 as Messiah’s birthday -
came from a decree by Pope Julius I in the fourth century!!
But we believe that Y’shua haMashiach (the
Messiah) was born on Sukkot, based on the Torah, historical events and also
Hebrew culture.
And if those things are not enough...
let me remind you that YHWH does His important things ALWAYS on a moedim. - because they prophecy what will happen and then
he fulfills them on those dates!
How do we know when Y’shua was born?
Well we start with Yochanan ha Mtbeal -
the Immerser’s birth.
We know that Yochanan hamtbeal - the Immerser’s dad, Zacharias was
ministering in the Temple - in the kadosh hakadoshim (holy of holies) - when he
was told he would have a son... remember he couldn’t talk after! We know the timing of his ministering because
he was a priest of the division of
Abiyah - ministering in the Temple during Sivan 12-18.
and if you assume a normal pregnancy
takes 40 weeks - he was born at Pesach.
Lukah 1:24,26 RSTNE p 725
If you read on, you will find that
Miryam (Mary) visited Elisheva (Elizabeth) when Elisheva was 6 months pregnant,
putting Messiah’s conception at the time of Hanukkah (December).
Assuming a normal pregnancy of 40 weeks,
puts Y’shua’s birth during Sukkot in Sept/Oct time!
We know the story as it reads in Luka 2
RSTNE p 726
That Miryam and Yoseph were required to
go to Bethlehem because Yoseph was from the House of David - to register with
the government in the census, and there were not many places to stay.
That is a beautiful story - BUT it is
not the whole story.
I am learning that when a decree was
issued, citizens were given a full year during which to register.
There was no reason that thousands and
thousands of people whose family was from Bethlehem - would just show up at
once to register....
BUT...why would Yoseph bring Miryam when
she was so pregnant?
Now it is JUST my guess - but i am
thinking that probably it was important for Yoseph to be with Miryam at the
time of Y’shua’s birth because they were not officially married yet - and so my
guess is that it was dangerous for her life.
But we know there is a Torah revelation
about this...
There are three feasts that YHWH said
that all the Hebrew people were expected to make every effort they could, to go
to Jerusalem...
1.
Pesach or Unleavened Bread
2.
Shavuot
3.
Sukkot
Sh’mot (Exodus) 23:14- 17 RSTNE p 65
“Three
regalim you shall shomer as chagim to Me in the year.
15
You shall shomer Chag Matzah - you shall eat matzah seven days, as I
commanded you, in the time appointed in the month Aviv; for in it you came out
from Mitzrayim; and none shall appear before Me empty -handed.
16And Chag Shavuot - the harvest - the
bikkurim of your labors, which you have sown in the field; and the chag of
Ingathering - Sukkot - that is toward the end of the year, when you have
gathered in your labors out of the field.
17 Three times in the year all your
males shall appear before YHWH Elohiym.”
According to Rav Sekulow - “Jerusalem
would “swell from about 120,000 to something over 2 million people.”
During Sukkot, every family was to live at least part
of their day in their Sukkah - a temporary dwelling, usually made out of
palm/or other branches.
Some of them were available for overnight. The home owners would stock them with
food. The food was on a tray attached to
the inside wall of the sukkah, to keep it off the ground.
The sukkah was NOT a shelter for animals.
Rav Sekulow says, “Miryam and Yoseph apparently
decided to register with the census-takers when they came up to Jerusalem for
the Feast of Tabernacles.” They
apparently intended to spent the night in Bethlehem, register in the morning
and then proceed to Jerusalem for the Feast.
Since there were no vacancies, the innkeeper offered them shelter in his
Sukkah.
When baby Y’shua was born, they laid Him on the food
shelf to keep Him off the damp ground.”
It is important to note that the origins of the
English word “manger” - really should have been translated - sukkah.
Also another important thing to note is that December
is the wrong timing for the birth - in Luka 2:8 it says “They were in the
shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night
over their flock.”
When we know that December in Isra’el is quite cold,
and the sheep would have been brought into the fold for the winter.
We know that Y’shua was 6 months younger than Yochanan
the Immerser, - that makes his birth time about Sept/Oct - during Sukkot -
exactly why Bethlehem would have been crowded at this time!
Yochanan 1:14 RSTNE p 754
“And
the living Torah was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His
tifereth, the tifereth as of the only brought forth of the Abba, full of
unmerited favor and emet.”
“dwelt” = Strong’s G 4637 - skenoo
= “to
fix one’s tabernacle, have one’s tabernacle, abide (or live) in a tabernacle
(or tent), tabernacle, and to dwell.
So When Y’shua was born - he came and dwelt - tabernacled among
us....
So what is Sukkot the prophecy of ??
What will YHWH do at this time some time??....
Y’shua HaMashiach (Y’shua the Messiah) will come and
dwell among us -
He will tabernacle with us AGAIN. -
This is the millennial reign when Y’shua lives with us
starting for forever!
Gilyahna (Revelation) 21:3
RSTNE p 926
And I
heard a great voice out of the shamayim saying, See, the Mishkan of YHWH is
with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people and
YHWH Himself shall be with them, and be their Eloah.”
That word “dwell” is the same word as in Yochanan 1:14
- tabernacled among us!!
Yechezkel (Ezekiel) 43:7
RSTNE p 429
“And He
said to me, Ben-adam, the place of My kesay (throne), and the place of the
soles of My feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of
Yisra’el le-olam-va-ed, (forever or a time not yet seen/known), and My kadosh
(holy) Name, shall Beit Yisra’el (the house of Yisra’el) no more defile,
neither they, or their melechim, by their whoring, nor by the corpses of their
melechim on their high places.”
That word “dwell” = shakan = settle down, live, abide.
Yechezkel 48:35 RSTNE p 434
“It was all around eighteen thousand cubits; and the
name of the city from that yom forward even le-olam-va-ed shall be, YHWH - Shamma. YHWH -Is There.
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There are many things that happen traditionally during
Sukkot.
People invite guests for a festive meal each night of
Sukkot.
Sometimes they invite Avraham, Yitz’chak, Ya’Akov,
Yoseph, Moshe, Aharon, Dawid etc.... Knowing they are dead and aren’t
coming. This symbolizes that this Feast
anticipates the Messianic Age when the dead will be raised to life again and we
will sit at the table in the Kingdom of
Heaven!
When Y’shay HaMashaich comes again - He will bring the
final harvest of YHWH’s kingdom and institute the age of peace and prosperity
upon the earth.
The navi (prophets) relate that day to the festival of
Sukkot.... a day when every man will
sit beneath his own vine and fig tree.
Yeshayahu 4:6 RSTNE p 296
“And there shall be a sukkah for a shadow in the
daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a cover fro storm and
from rain.”
-
YHWH will spread His tabernacle of glory over
every one.
According to the prophets, the Feast of Sukkot
celebrates a time when all nations will ascend to Jerusalem bearing tribute to
King Messiah and celebrating the festival. All nations will ascend to His
throne in Jerusalem in order to celebrate the Feast of Sukkot.
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Sukkot is the great festival, the culmination of all
the appointed times.
Sukkot is to the other festivals what the Sabbath is
to the other 6 days of the week.
Sukkot is a fitting foreshadowing of that great
celebration of creation when the entire world will live in peace and
brotherhood under the reign and rule of the righteous Messiah King.
Just as the weekly Sabbath foreshadows the millennium,
Sukkot aslo looks forward to that great age.
So... the moedim of Sukkot - is about looking forward
to that great age, and that all the festival, foreshadows Messiah!!
So my question to you is - Who will watch on the
wall??
Who will be disciplined to rise up and be who YHWH has
called you to be!!
Have you been working on cleaning up the “cycles” in
your life.... ??
And
How will you celebrate Sukkot???
And what will that do for you - How will doing this
make you more on his agol / pathways????
AMEIN
