MICAH 5:2 Complete Jewish Bible

Micah 5:1... Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)

But you, Beit-Lechem near Efrat,so small among the clans of Y’hudah,out of you will come forth to me the future ruler of Isra’el,whose origins are far in the past, back in ancient times.

Neither is there SALVATION in any other; for there is NO OTHER NAME+ under Heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Acts 4:12

That at the NAME of YESHUA+ every knee shall bow, of beings in Heaven, beings in earth, and beings under the earth; and that every tongue should proclaim that YESHUA+ MASHIYACH+ is LORD, to the Glory of ALAHA, His+ FATHER.
Philippians 2:10-11

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Monday, February 29, 2016

The INTERCESSOR+ ... Pre-PASCHA Meditations.... Ephesians 1:16


Take the Name of Y'SHU+ with you !

PRE-PASCHA MEDITATIONS

A note to Syriac or Aramaic Followers of Y'SHU+: 

The time to stand united has come; the WHOLE House of Israel… yes, the WHOLE House… is coming under persecution world-wide, both the natural and the grafted-in branches. 

It is time to lay aside differences and seek The LORD in repentance, on our face.  It is clear that the 10 kings of Revelation 17 are actively pushing their agenda to eliminate all those who hinder their program.

Followers of Y’SHU+ the M’SHIKHA are the only ones on the face of this earth who can, through their obedience and their prayers, hinder their efforts.  The satan knows this, thus the persecution of the Whole House of Israel.

Also note:  I have used the form, Y’SHU+ the M’SHIKHA through-out, as found in the Peshitta, instead of the Jewish form of Y’SHUA+ haMOSHIYACH.
   
Meditations  for  the Pre-Pascha Season
(The Passover Season, 2016)

Now is My+ soul troubled;
and what shall I+ say ...
FATHER,
save ME+
from this hour ?
but for this cause
came I+ unto this hour.

FATHER,
Glorify Thy Name.

Then came there a Voice from Heaven, saying,

I have both glorified IT,
and will glorify IT again.

John12:27-28

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Meditation Verse 
Ephesians 1:16

[ I, Paul ]
Cease not to give thanks for you,
making mention of you
in my prayers;

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Now, from the Syriac / Aramaic translations of Dr’s. Etheridge, Murdock, and Lamsa, courtesy of Dukhrana.com :

- ܠܳܐ ܡܶܫܬ݁ܰܠܶܐ ܐ݈ܢܳܐ ܠܡܰܘܕ݁ܳܝܽܘ ܥܰܠ ܐܰܦ݁ܰܝܟ݁ܽܘܢ ܘܰܠܡܶܥ݈ܗܰܕ݂ܟ݂ܽܘܢ ܒ݁ܰܨܠܰܘܳܬ݂ܝ

Ephesians 1:16 - have not ceased to give thanks on your behalf, and to remember you in my prayers;
Ephesians 1:16 - cease not to give thanks on your account, and to remember you in my prayers;
Ephesians 1:16 - Never cease to give thanks for your sakes and to mention you in my prayers; 
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Meditation

Our dear Brother and Apostle Paul !

What made his prayers SO EFFECTIVE ? Let’s look at his life remembering this:

EVERY OBEDIENCE BRINGS
A FURTHER ANOINTING.


2 Corinthians 11 relates some ... just some... of his sacrifices for the New-Born Church.  Verses 23 to 28 --- five short verses --- records a LIFE-TIME of suffering.

Are they ministers of the M'SHIKHA+?
(I speak as a fool) I am more;

in labors more abundant,
in stripes above measure,
in prisons more frequent,
in deaths oft.

Of the Jews
five times
received I forty stripes save one.

Thrice was I beaten with rods,
once was I stoned,
thrice I suffered shipwreck,
a night and a day I have been in the deep;

In journeyings often,
in perils of waters,
in perils of robbers,
in perils by mine own countrymen,
in perils by the heathen,
in perils in the city,
in perils in the wilderness,
in perils in the sea,
in perils among false brethren;

In weariness and painfulness,
in watchings often,
in hunger and thirst,
in fastings often,
in cold and nakedness.

 Beside those things that are without,
that which cometh upon me daily,
the care of all the churches.



We see this same Apostle who had been transported into the Third Heaven and heard unspeakable words that were "unlawful for man to utter" ...
saying this: 

 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

For I could wish that myself
were accursed from the  M'SHIKHA+
for my brethren,
my kinsmen according to the flesh:
Romans 9:2-3


Thus we see this great Apostle and mighty Confessor of The LORD Y'SHU+ the  M'SHIKHA+ not only "simply prayed for "... but he ALSO  made intercession for the other followers of Y'SHU+.

What is intercession?

How does INTERCESSION differ
from supplications
and other prayers ?

It is what Our LORD Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+ did for each one of us: 

HE+ came
between
the satan and us.

HE+ intervened --- placed HIMSELF+ between the destroyer and us, his victim  --- and protected us from destruction by the satan.

HE+ took the satan's blows, meant for us. The LORD Y'SHU+ fought the devil and won.

The LORD Y'SHU+ came as a man but lived in unity with His+ Heavenly FATHER, pleasing HIM in all things.

As the SECOND ADAM+ , Y'SHU+ fought the devil ... and beat him FOR US.


His+ Divine intercession entails more than supplications and requests to Our FATHER for us.

It is interVENTION.

Y'SHU+ INTERVENES --- placing Himself+ directly between us and the satan. Furthermore,   the  M'SHIKHA+ ever liveth to make intercession for us... which takes effect when we submit our lives unto HIM+.


Hebrews 7:25

Wherefore HE+ is able also
to save them to the uttermost
that come unto GOD
by HIM+,
seeing HE+ ever liveth
to make intercession for them.


HE+ not only delivered the victims from the satan's domain once

"taking captivity captive"
at the Resurrection,

but HE+ is living -- abiding, staying, remaining constant forever --- in that VICTORY, winning  over the satan  daily in the  battles, traps, and wiles the devil sets for our souls.

The satan loses and loses and loses... over and over again ... because of HIS+ INTERCESSION, the intervention, of our LORD Y'SHU+ on our behalf.

The Apostle Paul knew how to intercede.  He knew how to make supplication to Our Heavenly FATHER for the New-Born Church.

But also...

that dear Apostle did not hold himself back from all manner of suffering for the sake of the church.

He wrestled with the evil spirits IN THE NAME OF Y'SHU+ the  M'SHIKHA+ in order to deliver the brethren from the satan's grip.

Remember Acts 19 and the sons of Sceva ?

19:13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the LORD Y'SHU+, saying, We adjure you by Y'SHU+ Whom+ Paul preacheth.  And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.

Acts 19:15
And the evil spirit answered and said,
Y'SHU+ I know,
and Paul I know;
but
who are ye?

That was the real question then.

Here is the real question today:

Who are we ...
to the evil spirits, when we pray ?

Are we so in unity with the Will of Our LORD Y'SHU+, with the Blessed RUACH ha  KADOSH, and our Heavenly FATHER ...

that the evil spirits
tremble when we pray   ?

Have we the commitment to turn away from self indulgence ... in all the little ways we employ... to do like the Apostle Paul and bring our bodies into subjection daily ? (1 Corinthians 9:27 ) 

Are we willing and able to  endure suffering for the sake of wrestling individuals from the grip of the satan ?

Are we as certain that The LORD Y'SHU+ will honor our suffering for the Kingdom of GOD as was this Apostle who followed Y'SHU+'s example?

The Apostle Paul did not cease to give thanks for the Brethren.

Nor...

did he cease to labor and embrace suffering for the New-Born Church. 

What a good example !

Our LORD Y'SHU+ is the Great Intercessor+. Our Brother and Apostle Paul simply followed The LORD'S example in his heart, in his life ... and in his daily dying to himself.

That, dear brethren,
is how we resist the devil .

REMEMBER:
EVERY OBEDIENCE BRINGS
A FURTHER ANOINTING.


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Let us pray:

Thank YOU+, LORD the  M'SHIKHA+, for going to the Cross, coming between me and the satan, for my deliverance.

Forgive me for forsaking the Cross when it is uncomfortable. Help me to embrace the Obediences YOU have called me to embrace.

Help me, O LORD, to embrace true intercessory prayer. Strengthen me to die daily to my flesh for the sake of Your Kingdom.

And in that death to Self, help me, LORD, not to be afraid. Help me to entrust my happiness and my well-being unto YOU, my LORD and my KING+.

For the sake of Your Holy SON+, the LAMB+ of GOD Who+ takes away the sin of the world, I offer You my life through Y'SHU+ the  M'SHIKHA+ my LORD. 

Amen.


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Worthy is the LAMB+.

Worthy is The LAMB+
that was slain.

Worthy is the LAMB+,
slain
from the foundation
of the earth.
Revelation 13:8


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PRAISE and THANKSGIVING
be to The FATHER,
and to His Beloved SON+
Y’SHU+ the M’SHIKHA,
and to
the Blessed RUACH haKADOSH.

ONE GOD:
FATHER,
SON+,
and RUACH ha KADOSH,
both now and forever,
world without end.
Amen.
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Saturday, February 27, 2016

WHAT Does Our LORD Hear ?.... Pre-PASCHA Meditations.... Ephesians 1:15


Our LORD Hears...
PRE-PASCHA MEDITATIONS

A note to Syriac or Aramaic Christians: 

The time to stand united has come; the WHOLE House of Israel… yes, the WHOLE House… is coming under persecution world-wide, both the natural and the grafted-in branches.  

It is time to lay aside differences and seek The LORD in repentance, on our face.  It is clear that the 10 kings of Revelation 17 are actively pushing their agenda to eliminate all those who hinder their program.

Followers of Y’SHU+ the M’SHIKHA are the only ones on the face of this earth who can, through their obedience and their prayers, hinder their efforts.  The satan knows this, thus the persecution of the Whole House of Israel.

Also note:  I have used the form, Y’SHU+ the M’SHIKHA through-out, as found in the Peshitta, instead of the Jewish form of Y’SHUA+ haMOSHIYACH.

Meditations  for Pre- Pascha
(The Passover Season, 2016)
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Now is My+ soul troubled;
and what shall I+ say ...
FATHER,
save ME+
from this hour ?
but for this cause
came I+ unto this hour.

FATHER,
Glorify Thy Name.
Then came there a Voice from Heaven, saying,
I have both glorified IT,
and will glorify IT again.
John12:27-28
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Meditation Verse 
Ephesians 1:15

Wherefore I also,
after I heard of your faith
in the LORD Y’SHU+ and
love unto all the saints…

The literal Greek:  For this reason , I also hearing the faith concerning you all in The LORD Y’SHU+ and the love towards all the saints,
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Now, from the Syriac / Aramaic translations of Dr’s. Etheridge, Murdock, and Lamsa, courtesy of Dukhrana.com :

- ܡܶܛܽܠ ܗܳܢܳܐ ܐܳܦ݂ ܐܶܢܳܐ ܗܳܐ ܡܶܢ ܕ݁ܫܶܡܥܶܬ݂ ܗܰܝܡܳܢܽܘܬ݂ܟ݂ܽܘܢ ܕ݁ܰܒ݂ܡܳܪܰܢ ܝܶܫܽܘܥ ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ ܘܚܽܘܒ݁ܟ݂ܽܘܢ ܕ݁ܰܠܘܳܬ݂ ܩܰܕ݁ܺܝܫܶܐ  
Ephesians 1:15 - ON account of this, behold, I also, since I heard of your faith in our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, and your love to all the saints,
Ephesians 1:15 - Therefore, lo I also, since I heard of your faith in our Lord Y’SHU+ the Messiah, and of your love towards all the saints,
Ephesians 1:15 - Wherefore I also, since I heard of your faith in our LORD Y’SHU+ The M’SHIKHA+, and your love toward all the saints,
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Meditation

Reports came to the Apostle Paul regarding the Followers of Y’SHU+ in Ephesus.

Here, then, were the reports:

The Ephesian Followers of Y’SHU+ were KNOWN for their faith in THE M’SHIKHA+.

They were also KNOWN for the AgapA love they issued toward all the saints... their fellow brethren in THE M’SHIKHA+.

Can this be said of us?

What kind of report about us would the Apostle Paul hear if he were alive on earth today ?

Are we supportive of the Brethren in THE M’SHIKHA+ whom we know ? Are we supportive individually as well as collectively ?

Do we love the Brethren enough to warn them when they go astray from the Narrow Way that leads unto Life Eternal?

Do we kindly and gently, with support, issue correction when Brethren walk or talk against Scripture ?


Or rather, do we play at love and try to keep everybody "happy" with that  "warm and accepted" feeling …  at the expense of THE M’SHIKHA+ ?

Do we indulge in "friendship evangelism" ... i.e., "just come to our church and we will love you into the Kingdom of GOD"... while not requiring true repentance and conversion and amendment of life ?

Are we known for our faith in THE M’SHIKHA+ when the presses of life occur ?

Is our faith of SUCH depth that we can stand firm in the face of depression and oppression    ?

Is our faith dependant on wealth? On our health ? On others ? On our family being intact ?


Hard times, troublous times, turbulent times --- beyond those normal things that come upon all persons --- are at the door.  They have already descended in horror upon many in the rest of the world.

It is a living nightmare what the Followers of Y’SHU+ are enduring in North Korea, Syria and the Middle East, Pakistan, Nigeria, the Sudan, and other African nations…  and now it is beginning in Europe.

Persecution is coming closer to home.


It is reported that one well-known Western nation's current leader covers the Cross of Y’SHU+ if he must enter into a building or room where it is hanging.

It is a fact that that same leader refused to attend the funeral of a Supreme Court judge because the funeral service was in a Church and the LORD Y’SHU+ THE M’SHIKHA+ was proclaimed.

There is an abundance of politicians vying for leadership who openly, proudly, and stridently support ungodly life-styles and Agendas, including the killing of babies in the womb and "harvesting" their "valuable" organs. ( An unthinkable, grotesque form of humanity trying to play "god." )

As a matter of fact, killing humanity is the hidden but primary Agenda of most of these programs... from GMO seeds to enforced “health care” from the cradle to the grave.  


Any one who refuses to personally participate in any unrighteous programs that go against GOD'S WORD will make himself a target. 

One report from a reputable ministry stated that the Agenda is to remove all The Christian witness from the public eye.   This has already taken place in some countries in Europe; it is only a matter of time before it occurs closer to home.



Take HEED, Church:

We CANNOT correct
SPIRITUAL problems
with political solutions,

so guns and voting
and civil "movements"

are NOT the realm
for Followers of Y’SHU+. 

There are
NO political solutions
to SPIRITUAL PROBLEMS.

Y’SHU+ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. HE+ alone is able to correct the spiritual sickness engulfing this world.

Instead of standing for guns, voting rights, civil movements, and weeping over the flag, we must stand for Y’SHU+.

We must weep
over this Sin-Sick World. 

And the Sin-Sick Worldlings,
both in control and out-of-control, 
are not going to like that.



Will our faith stand in the face of persecution ?

Will our faith stand when the enemies of Y’SHU+ THE M’SHIKHA+ make us choose to conform to their ungodly programs and accept un-holy life-styles ... or face persecution ?


Will we love the Brethren… or turn them in if they preach a righteousness based on Scripture instead of the ever-changing societal norms ?

What will
our LORD and SAVIOR
Y’SHU+ THE M’SHIKHA+
be hearing about us ?

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Let us pray:

O, LORD Y’SHU+, we need help. YOU+ know what is coming before YOU+ arrive to re-claim the earth.

We are weak and shallow; we have not been tested as our Brethren have across the sea.

We think if we don't have the right food at the right time or the right house we are bearing a cross.

We know the Refiner's Fire is determined upon all the earth.  Help us to grow solid in YOU+.

LORD Y’SHU+, I say I love YOU+; help me to pick up the Cross of discipleship before the Cross of Persecution comes.

Help me NOT to shy away from spiritual discipline; I will not be ABLE to shy away from persecution.

Show me, O LORD Y’SHU+, how to stand against my own flesh and submit myself unto Your+ Word.

I accept that the Time of Preparation is NOW to train myself to deny my flesh... so that I do not deny YOU+ when my hour of testing comes.

YOU+ went to the Cross -- alone --- so that I would not have to go through ANYTHING without YOU+.

Help me, LORD Y’SHU+.

For Thy+ Name's sake, I pray. Amen.

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Worthy is the LAMB+.

Worthy is The LAMB+
that was slain.

Worthy is the LAMB+,
slain
from the foundation
of the earth.
Revelation 13:8


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PRAISE and THANKSGIVING
be to The FATHER,
and to HIS Beloved SON+
Y’SHU+ THE M’SHIKHA+,
and to
the Blessed RUACH HA KADOSH.

ONE GOD:
FATHER,
SON+,
and RUACH HA KADOSH,
both now and forever,
world without end.
Amen.