“Deborah’s Drash”
“Sitting at the feet of
Yeshua”
A Daily Devotional/Bible Study
based on the Hebraic/Jewish Roots of Christianity
Today’s Date: March 15
This Months
Theme – The Spring Feasts of Messiah – Passover/Pesach, Unleavened Bread, First
Fruits, ` Pentecost/Shavuot
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Daily Bible Reading
Schedule:
Tenach/Old Testament
Reading:
11 Samuel 20:14-22:20
Tehillim/Psalms
Reading:
Psalm 121:1-8
Mishlei/Proverbs
Reading:
Proverbs 16:18
Brit Hadasha/New
Covenant:
Acts 1:1-26
Hebrew Daily
Word/Phrases:
Barech “grace…the
part of the Seder when the grace after the meal is recited”
Meditation
Verse
Ephesians 1:7-10
Complete Jewish Bible
7 In union with him, through the shedding of his
blood, we are set free—our sins are forgiven; this accords with the wealth of
the grace 8 he has lavished on us. In all his wisdom and insight 9
he has made known to us his secret plan, which by his own will he
designed beforehand in connection with the Messiah 10 and will put
into effect when the time is ripe—his plan to place everything in heaven and on
earth under the Messiah’s headship.[2]
Quote Of The Day:
Mitch Glaser
“The Fall Feasts of Israel”
“It is
appropriate therefore, for a Jewish believer to celebrate these holidays in a way
that is consistent with the Apostolic faith and that exalts the Person of
Jesus. Non Jewish Christians as well
must recognize that the festivals of Israel find there fulfillment in Christ
and His New Covenant”
Deborah’s Drash Commentary:
Should Christians Celebrate Passover?
Vayikra (Leviticus) 23:2 “Speak to the Israelites
and say to them: ‘These are my appointed feasts, the appointed feasts of the
LORD, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.
1 Corinthians
5:7-8
7 Get rid of the old chametz, so that you can be a new
batch of dough, because in reality you are unleavened. For our Pesach lamb, the Messiah,
has been sacrificed. 8
So let us celebrate the Seder
not with leftover
chametz, the
chametz of wickedness
and evil, but with the matzah of purity and truth.[3]
Complete Jewish
New Testament Commentary:
I question the common assumption that
Sha’ul’s Passover language here is entirely figurative. I see no compelling
reason in the context to excise the plain sense (p<shat) from the
phrase, “Let us celebrate the Seder.” Instead, it seems that the
early believers, Gentiles included, observed the Jewish feast of Pesach.
As we will see, their service combined traditional Jewish Passover symbolism
with new symbolism relating to Yeshua the Messiah’s central role in Jewish and
world history. Evidently the Corinthian congregation observed Passover without
supposing that, as many of today’s Christians might think, they were “going
back under the Law.”
Chametz, Hebrew for “leavening agent.” The evening before Pesach,
Jews must get rid of the old chametz (found in bread, flour
products of all kinds, and grain liquor). The last bits of bread containing chametz
must be burned the following morning (the Hebrew for “getting rid of leaven”
and “burning leaven” is the same, “bi>ur-chametz”). That evening,
after sundown, the family will celebrate the Seder (see Mt 26:17N),
eating the special meal during which the Haggadah (the liturgy recalling
the Exodus from Egypt) is read. At this meal and throughout the week of Pesach
the only kind of bread that may be eaten is matzah (unleavened bread;
see Mt 26:17N), in obedience to Exodus 12:15–20, 13:3–7; Deuteronomy 16:3. It
may be significant that the prescribed punishment for violating this ordinance
is the same as that for sexual misbehavior with one’s stepmother, being cut off
from one’s people (Exodus 12:19; compare vv. 1–5&NN). Even today, many Jews
who consider themselves rather religiously unobservant nevertheless eat only matzah
during Passover or at least at the Seder on the first night of Passover.
In the New
Testament, chametz often symbolizes wickedness and evil (Mt
16:6–12, Mk 8:15, Lk 12:1), with matzah representing purity and truth.
This accords with the Tanakh and Jewish tradition as well and is thus
explained by a Jewish writer:
“Matzah was
used in the sacrificial system of the Temple. Offerings had to be absolutely
pure, and anything leavened (chametz) was considered impure because it had
fermented, or soured. (The word chametz literally means ‘sour’.) Matzah—unleavened
bread—on the other hand, was a symbol of purity. The Talmud says, ‘leaven
represents the evil impulse of the heart’ ” (Alfred J. Kolatch, The Jewish
Book of Why, Middle Village, NY: Jonathan David Publishers, Inc., 1981, p.
187)
Leviticus 2:4–11
spells out the requirement that baked goods offered in the Temple had to be
unleavened. The passage in the Talmud to which Kolatch refers is:
“After
reciting the >Amidah Rabbi Alexandri used to add the following:
‘Sovereign of the Universe, you are well aware that our will is to perform your
will. What keeps us from doing it? The yeast in the dough ….’ ” (B’rakhot 17a)
In the Soncino
translation a note explains that “the yeast in the dough” is “the evil impulse,
which causes a ferment in the heart.” Another Jewish writer puts it this way:
“Some Jewish thinkers
see chametz, that which rises and becomes leaven, as symbolically
representing those tendencies in a man which arouse him to evil. They see the
whole process of searching for the chametz and eliminating it as a
reminder to man that he should search through his deeds and purify his actions.
Mere renunciation of the imperfect past, one’s own chametz, is not
sufficient; it must be destroyed. The pieces of chametz that are placed
around the house before the ritual search should then remind a person of the
fact that ‘there is not a person in the world who does only good and never
sins.’ [Ecclesiastes 7:20]” (Mordell Klein, ed., Passover, Jerusalem:
Keter Books, 1973, p. 38)
However, The
saying, “It takes only a little chametz to leaven a whole batch of
dough,” quoted in a similar context at Ga 5:9, here tells the Corinthians
not only that each individual should guard against personal sin, but also that
permitting a promiscuous sinner who professes to be a fellow-believer (see vv.
9–10) to remain in their midst is a sure way to infect the entire Messianic
community with sin.
And leftover chametz,
left over after the search should have removed it—not the search of the house
for physical chametz but the symbolic introspective search for sinful
passions and behavior patterns left over from one’s former life in the world
apart from God—is inappropriate for people who in reality … are unleavened,
already purified by the Messiah, our Pesach lamb. Such passing
back and forth between the literal and the figurative, the seen and the unseen,
is of the essence in celebrating Jewish holidays; this is how spiritual
realities become individually and communally real.
For our Pesach
lamb, the Messiah, has been sacrificed.
In the New Testament Yeshua the Messiah is portrayed frequently both as a lamb
and as a sacrifice. At Yn 1:29, 36 he is called “the lamb of God, who takes
away the sins of the world.” At Ac 8:32, Luke quotes Isaiah 53:7–8, which
speaks of the Messiah as a slaughtered lamb, and explicitly connects it with
Yeshua. And the book of Revelation is full of passages about the Lamb that was
slaughtered (Rv 5:6–13; 6:1, 16; 7:9–17; 12:11; 13:8, 11; 14:1–10; 15:3; 17:14;
19:7–9; 21:14, 22–23; 22:1–3). Messianic Jews 9:1–10:20 says that Yeshua’s
death effectively replaces the sacrifices for sin. (Romans 3:25 implicitly
connects Yeshua’s sacrificial death with a different Jewish holiday, Yom-Kippur;
for there he is called the “kapparah,” the covering, or atonement, “for
sin.” And this is not inconsistent with his also being the Passover lamb; in
fact, he gives new meaning to all the Jewish holidays.)
But here Yeshua’s
death is understood as that of the Passover lamb, as at Yn 19:33, 36: “But when
they got to Yeshua and saw that he was already dead, they didn’t break his legs
…. For these things happened in order to fulfill this passage of the Tanakh:
‘Not one bone of his will be broken’ [Exodus 12:46, which refers to the
Passover lamb].” Likewise, at the Last Supper, which is generally understood to
have been a Passover meal, Yeshua referred to the broken matzah as his
body and the wine as his shed blood which establishes the New Covenant
(11:23–26; Mt 26:26–29). And 1 Ke 1:19 should be considered an allusion to
Yeshua as the Passover lamb, because it speaks of “the costly bloody
sacrificial death of the Messiah, as of a lamb without defect or spot”; whereas
the Passover lamb too was to be “without blemish” (Exodus 12:5).
On the night of the
Exodus from Egypt, at the original Passover, each family sacrificed and ate a
lamb, after smearing its blood on the doorposts of the house, so that the angel
of death would “pass over” that house and not kill that family’s firstborn son
when he killed the firstborn sons of the families of Egypt (Exodus 11:4–7;
12:3–13, 21–23, 29–30). Thus, the most straightforward significance of the
Messiah’s being our Passover lamb is that because of his death, the angel of
death will pass over us at the final judgment and instead we will have
everlasting life. “For God so loved the world that he gave his uniquely-born
Son, so that everyone trusting in him may have eternal life instead of being
utterly destroyed” (Yn 3:16). The Greek of our passage does not have in it the
word for “lamb” but says, literally, “For the Messiah, our Pesach, has
been sacrificed.” This echoes Exodus 12:11 (“It is Adonai’s Pesach”)
and 12:21 (“ … and kill the Pesach”), where the absence of the word
“lamb” from the Hebrew calls attention to the total identification between the
Passover event and the Passover lamb—neither exists without the other.
Likewise, there is no escape from the utter destruction of eternal death at the
Last Judgment apart from trust in the Messiah, who is our Passover.
At the original Passover,
an annual feast was prescribed in which each family would slaughter and eat a
lamb as a remembrance of the Exodus (Exodus 12:3–14, 21–28). In Yeshua’s time
the central event of Passover was the slaughter of the lamb for each household
in the Temple court; and when Sha’ul wrote, this was still the custom. At a
modern Ashkenazic Seder there is no Passover lamb, because the rabbis
decreed that if the lamb could not be slaughtered at the Temple (impossible
after its destruction in 70 c.e.),
lamb should not be eaten during Passover at all. Instead, a lamb shankbone is
placed on the “Seder plate,” along with the other ceremonial items needed
for the meal, as a reminder that these sacrifices did once take place.
(Sephardic Jews, however, do eat lamb at Passover.) Today, when a Messianic Jew
observes Pesach, his identification of Yeshua the Messiah with the
Passover lamb gives him a rich treasure of new significance to add to the
traditional layers of meaning for this festival. [4]
The Feasts are “G-ds Rehearsals” [5]
God’s
festivals are also rehearsals. A rehearsal with God is like a rehearsal for a
play. To rehearse properly we need to know:
1. The correct words of the script.
2. The correct actions to go with the words.
3. The correct costume.
4. The correct date and time
A
rehearsal is practice for the real thing. Lets look at the Torah to demonstrate
this:
Vayikra (Leviticus) 23:2 “Speak to the Israelites
and say to them: ‘These are my appointed feasts, the appointed feasts of the
LORD, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.
Notice
that these are the LORD’S appointments which those who sit in the seat of Moses
are to proclaim. God’s people proclaim these appointed rehearsals based on the
new moon.
The
Hebrew word “miqra” is translated above as “sacred assemblies”. This means that
Vayikra (Leviticus) 23 will be talking about God’s appointed rehearsal times.
Let’s see what Strong’s has to say about “miqra”:
4744
miqra’, mik-raw’; from 7121; something called out, i.e. a public meeting (the
act, the persons, or the place); also a rehearsal:-assembly, calling,
convocation, reading.
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Dictionary Trace --------------------
7121
qara’, kaw-raw’; a prim. Root [rather ident. With 7122 through the idea of
accosting a person met]; to call out to (i.e. prop. Address by name, but used
in a wide variety of applications):-bewray [self], that are bidden, call (for,
forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest invite, mention, (give)
name, preach, (make) proclaim (-ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned,
say.
The
first use of miqra is found in:
Bamidbar (Numbers) 10:2 “Make two trumpets of
hammered silver, and use them for calling the community together and for
having the camps set out.
So,
when it is time for a miqra, a rehearsal, the Levites will sound the silver trumpets
to call the congregation together. Vayikra (Leviticus) 23 introduces the LORD’S
festivals with:
Vayikra (Leviticus) 23:4 “’These are the LORD’S appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies
you are to proclaim at their appointed times:
Shabbat
Vayikra (Leviticus) 23:2-3 “Speak to the Israelites
and say to them: ‘These are my appointed feasts, the appointed feasts of the
LORD, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies. “’There are six days when you may work, but
the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, a day of sacred assembly. You are
not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.
Pesach / Hag HaMatza
Shemot (Exodus) 12:14-17 “This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come
you shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD—a lasting ordinance. For seven days you are to eat bread made
without yeast. On the first day remove the yeast from your houses, for whoever
eats anything with yeast in it from the first day through the seventh must be
cut off from Israel. On the first day
hold a sacred assembly, and another one on the
seventh day. Do no work at all on these days, except to prepare food for
everyone to eat—that is all you may do.
“Celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread, because it was on this very
day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt. Celebrate this day as a lasting
ordinance for the generations to come.
Vayikra (Leviticus) 23:6-8 On the fifteenth day of that
month the LORD’S Feast of Unleavened Bread begins; for seven days you must eat
bread made without yeast. On the first
day hold a sacred assembly
and do no regular work. For seven days
present an offering made to the LORD by fire. And on the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.’”
Bamidbar (Numbers) 28:16-25 “’On the fourteenth day of the first month the LORD’S Passover is
to be held. On the fifteenth day of
this month there is to be a festival; for seven days eat bread made without
yeast. On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. Present to the
LORD an offering made by fire, a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram and
seven male lambs a year old, all without defect. With each bull prepare a grain offering of three-tenths of an
ephah of fine flour mixed with oil; with the ram, two-tenths; And with each of
the seven lambs, one-tenth. Include one
male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you. Prepare these in addition to the regular
morning burnt offering. In this way
prepare the food for the offering made by fire every day for seven days as an
aroma pleasing to the LORD; it is to be prepared in addition to the regular
burnt offering and its drink offering.
On the seventh day hold a sacred assembly
and do no regular work.
Hag Shavuot – Yom HaBikkurim
Vayikra (Leviticus) 23:15-21 “’From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf
of the wave offering, count off seven full weeks. Count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath, and
then present an offering of new grain to the LORD. From wherever you live, bring two loaves made of two-tenths of an
ephah of fine flour, baked with yeast, as a wave offering of firstfruits to the
LORD. Present with this bread seven
male lambs, each a year old and without defect, one young bull and two rams.
They will be a burnt offering to the LORD, together with their grain offerings
and drink offerings—an offering made by fire, an aroma pleasing to the LORD. Then sacrifice one male goat for a sin
offering and two lambs, each a year old, for a fellowship offering. The priest is to wave the two lambs before
the LORD as a wave offering, together with the bread of the firstfruits. They
are a sacred offering to the LORD for the priest. On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly and
do no regular work. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to
come, wherever you live.
Bamidbar (Numbers) 28:26-31 “’On the day of firstfruits, when you present to the LORD an
offering of new grain during the Feast of Weeks, hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. Present a burnt offering of two young bulls,
one ram and seven male lambs a year old as an aroma pleasing to the LORD. With each bull there is to be a grain offering
of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil; with the ram,
two-tenths; And with each of the seven
lambs, one-tenth. Include one male goat
to make atonement for you. Prepare
these together with their drink offerings, in addition to the regular burnt
offering and its grain offering. Be sure the animals are without defect.
Or Should Christians Celebrate Easter?
Dr. Elias E. Hidalgo
IS EASTER IN THE
BIBLE ?
Every question in life has both a short and a long answer. Well, let me give
you the 'Good News-Bad News' about our subject at hand.
A DICTIONARY DEFINITION
The best dictionary definition of Easter is found in the root of its meaning
from the mythical goddess 'EOSTRE' (also known as Ostara or Ishtar), a goddess
of the dawn and spring.
A FERTILE EGG ?
The story begins supposedly that an angelic being descended from the heavens in
a fertile egg (sound familiar?) to bring blessings to all the inhabitants of
the earth. Somehow, by the time Christianity assumed a major role in society
(around the third and fourth century A.D.), the leaders, also known as the
church fathers, began to hunt for some form of symbolism to associate
themselves with the Resurrection of The LORD Jesus Christ. Thus, the fragmented
and fictional account of 'Eostre' has become embroiled with the factual account
of the Resurrection of our LORD.
THE HOLY BIBLE
To give credence to what has already been said, we find inserted in The King
James translation of The Holy Bible (Acts Chapter 12 and verse 4), the term
'EASTER', which in reality should properly say 'PASSOVER'.
WRONGFULLY INSERTED
The above reference to Easter (wrongfully inserted of course) appears only once
in the entire Holy Bible. Yet, with all the carrying on in reference to Easter
parades, Easter bunnies, Easter eggs, Easter sunrise services, Easter this and
Easter that, ad infinitum, one would expect that THE HOLY BIBLE would be
replete with Scripture after Scripture mentioning the word 'EASTER'. It's not.
If anything should have been spoken of and written about, even celebrated, in
connection with The Resurrection of Our Messiah, The LORD Jesus Christ, it
should have been the 'PASSOVER'.
CUSTOMS OF THIS WORLD
Oh, I know that one should not fight against City Hall, or better stated, go
against the 'ESTABLISHED RELIGIOUS ORDER', but, I must confess that the more I
hear about this holiday and its theme, the more I am compelled to state my case
against this marriage between Christianity and the traditions and customs of
this world.
THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS
You might be asking yourself, 'Does Dr. Hidalgo believe in The RESURRECTION OF
JESUS or not?', my answer is loud and clear. Yes, I believe with full
assurance and perfect faith that The Messiah of Israel, The LORD Y'shua
(Jesus), died on a cross for our sins according to The Scriptures, He was also
buried according to The Scriptures, and on the third day He rose from the dead
triumphant and glorious according to The Word of God. Today, He is at the
right hand of God making intercession for all who believe and accept this
wonderful message of salvation. I believe this with all my heart, and I preach
and teach the same to all who will listen.
I DON'T AGREE
What I don't agree with is the inclusion of a pagan mythical goddess (Eostre),
and all of the trappings that go along with it; the mixing of pagan and heathen
customs with The Resurrection of Our LORD Jesus Christ.
WORSHIP OF THE SUN?
Therefore, Easter, and the eggs, and the bunnies, and the sunrise services
(worship of the sun and not the SON) are all opposite to the Scriptural and
truthful meaning of The Resurrection of The LORD Jesus Christ. By the way, if
you read correctly the account describing when Y'shua (Jesus) rose from the
dead, you will then understand that the resurrection took place while it was
yet dark (night-time). So, why do those who represent Christianity insist on
remembering The Resurrection after the sun rises?
I'LL TELL YOU WHY
Because of the pagan influences. Not only of the mythical goddess 'Eostre', but
also the heathen practice of worshipping the sun is as another mythical and
pagan god.
OPPOSED TO THE TERM
I am totally opposed to the term 'EASTER', as well as, all of its pagan
involvements, especially the commercial and eclectic involvement of bunnies,
eggs, parades, and on and on.
THE RESURRECTION OF MESSIAH
What I promote wholeheartedly is that we should remember, daily, that
Our Blessed Saviour rose from the dead according to The Word of God. We need to
remember The Resurrection of Our LORD Jesus Christ not just once a year. I
believe we need to honor Our Risen LORD and Redeemer every day of the
year. In reality, our faith and our salvation depends totally and completely
upon the finished work of Our LORD Y'shua (Jesus). The blessed Gospel (Good
News) of the Lord Jesus Christ is, that He died for our sins, was buried and on
the third day rose from the dead, all in accordance with the prophecies from
the Old Testament Scriptures, as well as, the New Testament teachings of Jesus
while He was on earth.
THE RESURRECTION....NOT EASTER
As we honor and pay homage to our Lord on this day, may we learn to say,
"Thank the Lord for the Resurrection Day", instead of the common
greeting "Have a Happy Easter". I believe The LORD is honored and
pleased that we have extricated that which is ungodly from the beautiful and
glorious majesty of His Resurrection.
THE GOSPEL
ACCORDING TO
JOHN 20: 1, 11-17
The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark,
unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre ..... But
Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down,
and looked into the sepulchre, And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one
at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. And
they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they
have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. And when she
had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not
that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest
thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have
borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni;
which is to say, Master. Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet
ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto
my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
For Further Study if you are so led by the
Ruach HaKodesh
Article: The Origin of Easter - Part I
Article:
The Origin of Easter - Part II
The Background and History of Easter -
Part III
My answer to the above is as believers in Messiah who have been
Grafted Into the Olive Tree, we now belong to Messianic Israel and need to walk
in the truth of the Torah, including celebrating Messiahs Death, Burial and
Resurrection according to the Scriptures, not according to pagan holidays. There is much joy and learning in celebrating
the feasts in our homes and they are G-ds appointed times, His sacred
assemblies that we are commanded to celebrate and observe as believer’s in
Messiah Yeshua.
Here
is a poem I wrote over 25 years ago regarding Easter, this was before I came to
find our about my Jewish Roots, yet even then I knew that G-d had a better way to celebrate our
Passover Lamb Yeshua other than Easter.
Remember now I wrote this as a brand new believer
in Messiah, but even then the
Ruach Ha Kodesh was revealing truth to me according
to His Word.
Easter Bunnies Hop around
Carrying Easter Baskets from Town to
Town
As one little Bunny was coloring eggs
on that
Bright Easter day
He asked himself, “Why am I doing
this anyway?”
He stopped his work and sat right
down,
His furry little face began to frown.
Then before his eyes and angel did
appear
And said “Little Bunny take a look
over here”
As the Bunny turned to look, time
began to disappear
And before Him stood a man, he had
long hair and a beard
Before the court He did stand, they
began to push Him
And bound His hands.
But very quietly He did stand
They Little Bunny followed Him as
they took
Him to a room.
They bound His hands so He could not
move.
Two by two with whips of spikes, they
beat His flesh
The Bones were bare upon His back and
chest.
Upon His face they did beat. When He
would
Fall they would yank Him to His feet.
Upon His head a crown of thorns was
placed
Yet with all that pain, the Bunny
only so love
And forgiveness upon His face
Before the angry mob He stood, a
Royal Robe
They threw upon His back.
They raised their fists as if to
attack.
“Crucify Him” the crowd did yell
The voices sounded as if they came
from hell.
“Oh” the little bunny cried “What did
He do
that He should die?”
He walked the street to the place He
would die.
He carried his cross, to a Hill He
was bound.
He kept on walking and uttered not a
sound.
To the ground they threw Him, They
nailed
His hands and His feet.
Yet the Bunny only saw love in His
eyes and
A peace so sweet.
Way up High He did hang , but instead
of
Cursing He began to pray.
“Father forgive them for what they
have done”
But after this day they shall know
that the
Battle has been won.
It is finished He cried, as He gave
up His spirit
He hung His head and died.
A soldier came and with His spear he
Pierced His side.
The little bunny just covered His
eyes and cried.
“Look over here!” the Angel said
“For this is not the end. Come look
and see
His tomb, the Third Day has come and
He
Is Risen from the Dead!”
Before Him was Yeshua, His glory so
bright
“Oh” The little bunny said
“What a beautiful sight”
The little bunny followed Yeshua all
around
His talmidim did see, that death
Could not hold the Messiah in the
Ground.
For the Bible says
“God so loved the world, that He gave
His
only son, that whoever believes in
Him
shall not perish but have Eternal
Life”
For Yeshua died for you, so you could
live
And not die.
He was the sacrificed Passover Lamb
G-d gave
To save your soul
For to Him you are more precious
Then silver or gold.
Up to Heaven, the Bunny saw Him in a
Cloud be taken away.
But Yeshua said “Do not be afraid,
for I
Shall return to you again, the same
way”
Be watching and waiting, for you will
Not know the time I will return!”
I will be back for I go to prepare a
place
So forever you will be with me
And every fear will be erased.
With joy the Little Bunny did hop
around,
No more will He be bringing Easter
eggs and baskets
From town to town
Instead as he hops along His way
He will talk about Yeshua’s love
On Passover Day
I might
add He is a Messianic Kosher bunny Now!
Bonus: Prayers of The Bible – Prayers From The Life
of Yeshua
Mark 15:33-37
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Israel Ministries Torah Study
Halacha – The Way One Walks or Goes- Derived from
the Hebrew word “Halakh” which means “To Walk”. The Way to follow the Torah/Word of God.
In this weeks Torah Portion, what is God
saying to me today about my walk with Him?
How can I apply this Torah Portion with
my walk with Yeshua this week?
Bible Study Nuggets From Daily Bible Reading:
Golden Nuggets From Gods Word: (Write the
Revelations and Insights you have received from Him today)
Word to Hide in my Heart:
(Write memory Verse of your choosing)
Word from the Lord (Write out verse,
quote or anything that was spoken to you by the Ruach HaKodesh/The Holy Spirit.
Today I
will…. (write down how you will apply what the Lord has spoken to your heart
through His Holy Word to your daily walk with Him in your Journal.)
Daily Prayer Guide For Your Prayer/Tefillah
Journal
Worship Time - Psalm 100:4
“I will adore you Adonai” Put in your favorite Worship CD or Tape and Praise
Adonai-See Amidah #1-4 Below and Shema
Waiting Time - Psalm
62:5 – I will wait in Your presence and surrender my thoughts to you! Clear
your mind of the clutter and focus on Ha Shem.
Confession
& Repentance /Tishuvah Time -1 John 1:9 – I will ask and receive forgiveness for my
sins –Write down what you need forgiveness or deliverance from so you may walk
in Holiness. –See Amidah #5-6 Below
See below for Personal Word Confessions to build up your Faith and
Spirit and to plant the Word in Your Heart
Intercession Time –Ezekial
22:30-31 I will stand in the Gap for
the world and for others as Yeshua is doing for us as our High Priest at the
right hand of The Father
31 Day Cycle of Prayer for the World…(Use a
World Atlas to help you pray for the World)
Today’s Countries to Pray for are:
Click Here For Map of World and Countries
Israel – Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem Daily
*Daily Prayer Reminders: See
Amidah #11-12, 14-17 Below
1 Timothy 2:1 1 First
of all, then, I counsel that petitions, prayers, intercessions and
thanksgivings be made for all human beings, 2 Including kings and
all in positions of prominence; so that we may lead quiet and peaceful lives,
being godly and upright in everything. 3 This is what God, our
deliverer, regards as good; this is what meets his approval.[6]
President,
Government Leaders, Family, Friends, Church, Ministers, Spouse, Children,
Ministries, Schools, Salvation, Missions, World Revival – See 40 Day Prayer
Focus Below
Petition Time – My Abba
Father hears me when I pray and answers when I pray in faith/trust and
according to His Word. Write down personal petitions for today. See Amidah #7-8 Below
Watching
Time – Colossians 4:2a – I will
keep watch in the spirit and be alert to what & who I need to pray
for. See
Amdiah #13
Prayer Alert: Today
Adonai has specifically laid these people upon my heart to pray for: Write it
down in your Prayer Journal
Listening Time: Psalm
85:8 Write down what Ruach HaKodesh/The Holy Spirit has revealed to you today
in Prayer.
List 5 Things your are
thankful to G-d for today in your Prayer Journal (You can print one out below)
In
Tefillah/Prayer: Always Pray the Word and Pray in the Ruach and Pray
Always with ALL Prayer…..
Praise, Waiting, Confession, Singing,
Watching, Intercession, Petition, Thanksgiving, Devotions, Meditation,
Listening and Praise
Suggested Prayer
Books: Prayer’s That Avail Much Volumes
1,2 and 3 by Germain Copeland[ii] and The Artscroll Seder Series[iii].
The Prayers of
a Righteous Person are Powerful and Effective –James 5:16
Click on
the Links for Daily Prayer and Bible Study helps
Torah/Bible
Study Helps
Lots and Lots of Study Helps, Concordances,
Commentaries, Various Translations Etc.
First
Century Judaism/Christianity
Eddie Chumney’s Hebrew Roots Website
The Sabbath and
Biblical Festivals
Learn about the Sabbath and Feasts of YHWH
Eddie Chumney’s Hebrew Roots Website
Learn about the Tabernacle
Eddie Chumney’s Hebrew Roots Website
Recommended Reading For Further Study
Messiah Volume 1, 2 and 3 Avi Ben Mordachi
http://www.millennium7000.com/
Restoring the Two Houses of Israel- Eddie Chumney
The Feasts of Messiah – Eddie Chumney
Who is The Bride of Christ-Eddie Chumney
Who is Israel – Angus and Batya Wooten
Restoring Israels Kingdom – Angus and Batya Wooten
First Fruits of Zion – Torah Club Volume 1,2,3, 4
and 5
Prayer Helps
Shemoneh
Esreh-Amidah and Ha Adonai Tefillah/The Lords Prayer
Traditional
Jewish Prayers and Blessings
(Jewish
Website by D’vorah, Click here for more insights into Jewish Prayer)
(Daily
Petitions to Yahweh)
(to
build up your faith)
Who I am In Messiah
Scriptures
(What
Yeshua did for you)
Click Here to
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Lots more to See and Read !
Baruch HaShem Adonai –
Shalom B’Shem Yeshua Ha Mashiach
Deborah
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