The HEADSHIP ... Pre-PASCHA Meditations ... Ephesians 1:10

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 1:10

That in the dispensation of the fullness of times HE might gather together in one all things in M’SHIKHA, both which are in Heaven, and which are on earth; even in HIM+:

In this verse, there are some major translation problems within the KJV. Those issues are dealt with below the meditation and prayer and praise.

For our purposes then, let us read the verse literally, from the Greek, expanded to make sense from the context, starting with verse 9…  

[ ... Having made know unto us the Mystery of HIS Will according to HIS good pleasure which HE purposed  in HIMSELF] ...

...unto (GOD'S) management of the fullness of times  TO HEAD-UP AGAIN (GOD HIMSELF doing it)  all things in M’SHIKHA, both which are in the Heavens, and which are on earth; even in HIM+:

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

- ܠܰܡܕ݂ܰܒ݁ܪܳܢܽܘܬ݂ܳܐ ܕ݁ܡܽܘܠܳܝܗܽܘܢ ܕ݁ܙܰܒ݂ܢܶܐ ܕ݁ܟ݂ܽܠܡܶܕ݁ܶܡ ܡܶܢ ܕ݁ܪܺܝܫ ܢܶܬ݂ܚܰܕ݁ܰܬ݂ ܒ݁ܰܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ ܕ݁ܒ݂ܰܫܡܰܝܳܐ ܘܒ݂ܰܐܪܥܳܐ ܀ (analyze)

Ephesians 1:10 - that in the dispensation of the fulness of the times, every thing from the first might be renovated in the Meshiha, in heaven and in earth. And by him

Ephesians 1:10 - in the dispensation of the fullness of times; that all things might again be made new in the Messiah, things in heaven and [things] on earth.

Ephesians 1:10 - As a dispensation of the fulness of times, that all things might be made new in heaven and on earth through M’SHIKHA:

Meditation

If translated literally,

this verse gives us

some EXCITING truths !

1.  HIS Will continues IN MYSTERY for most of mankind throughout the ages .

2. HIS Will always works as a steward or administrator, in the best economy possible, managing creation , directing His Household of Saints, and moving mankind in the DIRECTION HE WANTS.

3. HIS WILL administrates or orchestrates all things and all eras unto completion in M’SHIKHA+.

4. HIS WILL culminates or brings to the very highest point HIS good pleasure, done by The FATHER HIMSELF WHO...

5. ...has given M’SHIKHA Y’SHU+ the HEADSHIP of all things in Heaven and in earth...

6. ... AGAIN!  

Thus, The FATHER RE-ESTABLISHES HIS Beloved SON+ Y’SHU+ the M’SHIKHA to HEADSHIP over the whole realm.

In this verse, we see the FATHER HIMSELF culminating the HEADSHIP of all things in M’SHIKHA+, completing the purpose of GOD for this present earth and this present Heaven...

...AS IT WAS

IN THE BEGINNING of time !

That at the Name of Y’SHU+

every knee shall bow,

of beings in Heaven,

and beings on earth,

and beings under the earth;

That every tongue

should confess

that Y’SHU+ the M’SHIKHA is LORD,

to the glory of GOD The FATHER.

Philippians 2

Interestingly enough, the Syriac-Aramaic translators have the word RESTORED or RENEWED  rather than the literal Greek TO-HEAD-UP- AGAIN.  ( See analysis at the end for more details.)

Of a TRUTH, we will see all of creation being  REstored to Our LORD because it was His+ to begin with! 

At the fall of man, the satan ruined man and the world with him. The LORD M’SHIKHA+ will restore both the world and regenerated mankind back to their pristine nature without the ruination of sin... when HE+ re-assumes His+ HEADSHIP !

"Sin has disarranged the creature's relation of subordination to GOD," is stated in  Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's Commentary (1976 Reprint ed.,Vol. 3, pg 400, Ephesians 1:10 ).

Luke tells us the same thing in Acts 3:19-21 :

Repent ye therefore,

and be converted,

that your sins may be

blotted out,

when the times of refreshing

shall come from the

Presence of the LORD.

And he shall send

Y’SHU+ the M’SHIKHA,

WHO+ before was preached

unto you:

WHOM+ the Heaven must receive

until the times of restitution*

of all things,

which GOD hath spoken

by the mouth of all HIS holy prophets

since the world began.

* restitution = Gk. reconstitute

Bless GOD:

The FATHER,

HIS Beloved SON+

our LORD Y’SHU+ the M’SHIKHA,

and the Blessed RUACH HA KADOSH:

ONE GOD,  

world without end

to the ages of the ages.

Amen.

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Let us pray:

Ah LORD GOD, Behold, THOU hast made the Heavens and the earth by Thy great power and stretched-out arm and there is nothing is too hard for THEE.

Even our fears are not too hard for THEE.

We beseech THEE to help us stay focused upon THEE during these troublous times.

Help us to Watch with THEE, as Thy plan unfolds to bring this rebellious planet under submission to Thy Beloved SON+ Y’SHU+ once again.   

LORD Y’SHU+, O, how we long for Thy+ return to restore all things, to bring everything under Thy+ HEADSHIP.

And... let Thy+ Headship begin with me.

In the sublime Name of Our LORD Y’SHU+ the M’SHIKHA... the same yesterday, today and forever... 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.

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ANALYSIS OF EPHESIANS 1:10

First:  DISPENSATION

The word used in the Greek Text  is similar to "house-management" or stewardship. Some Greek translators render it administration.

Strong's states:   (3622) oijkonomi>a, — oy-kon-om-ee’-ah; from (3623) (oijkono>mov); administration (of a household or estate); specially a (religious) “economy”: — dispensation, stewardship.

It seems the word "dispensation" itself was taken directly from the Latin Vulgate instead of translating from the Greek text, in the KJV.

Thus, the phrase That in the dispensation of the fulness of times... means:

That in [the FATHER’S] management of the fullness of times...

The second issue is with the phrase:

...HE might gather together in one...

None of those words are in the Greek text.

There is only one word used in the Greek text and this phrase simply does not capture the meaning of that word.

If the Apostle Paul intended to say that phrase, there are sufficient words in the Greek language to specifically write those words.

That one Greek word in this verse is anakephalaiomai. 

·     It is made of the prefix ana =  up, back, again, which is added to the root word…

·       kephalA = head,

·     Or in this case, the verb kephalaio0 = to sum up, to bring under heads ( from Vines, pg. 295).

·     This verb is an infinitive aorist middle

>>> Obviously, HEADSHIP has been omitted in the English translations.

>>>   So has the concept of AGAIN, found in the prefix "ana." 

Indeed, the Greek grammar has been over-looked too in the KJV, as this verb in this verse is an infinitive aorist middle verb.

The literal grammar, then, tells us that in   the phrase: 

...HE might gather together in one...

the usage of "might" is changing the tense from infinitive aorist -- an act , a fact -- to one that is probable.

Some translators have used "to sum up," to bring the translation in line with the grammar, as the infinitive, but it is misunderstood generally as making a "summary."

The "middle" part of the verb generally infers an action that is reflexive or involves the subject doing something for or within himself.

Thus, we could benefit from the literal translation of that verse, which continues from verse 9 :

 [ ... Having made know unto us the Mystery of HIS Will according to HIS good pleasure which HE purposed  in HIMSELF] ...

...unto ( The FATHER’S) management of the fulness of times  TO HEAD-UP AGAIN (The FATHER HIMSELF doing it)  all things in M’SHIKHA, both which are in the Heavens, and which are on earth; even in HIM+:

Yes, THE HEAVENS is plural , in the Greek text.

Also, at least two Pre-Nicene church writers have written that the HEADSHIP of M’SHIKHA Y’SHU+ was meant in Ephesians 1:10. 

See: Irenaeus Against Heresies, Ante-Nicene Fathers, V. 1, Book 3,

·                   chapter 16, section 6

·                   chapter 20, section 2

·                   chapter 21, sections 1 and 2

Tertullian Against Marcion,

ANF, V. 3, Book v, chapter 17, footnote 4.

The Syriac / Aramaic Peshitta has (NeTH CHaDaT) "renew", as does the Latin text which has INSTAURARE, "restore" or "renew," instead of HEADSHIP.