“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 20
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:
1 Kings 3:4-4:34
Tehillim/Psalms
Reading:
Psalm 126:1-6
Mishlei/Proverbs
Reading:
Proverbs 16: 26-27
Brit Hadasha/New
Covenant:
Acts 6:1-15
Hebrew Daily
Word/Phrases:
Chazereth - Hebrew for a whole piece of, or a whole, bitter
root, usually horseradish on the sedar plate.
Meditation
Verse
11
Corinthians 5:17 Complete Jewish Bible
17 Therefore, if anyone is united with the
Messiah, he is a new creation—the old has passed; look, what has come is fresh
and new![2]
Quote Of The Day:
Eddie Chumney
“The Seven Festivals of Messiah”
“If you are a
Bible Believer and you desire to understand G-d in a greater way then you do
today, the festivals will reveal to you the
deeper things concerning your personal relationship with Him”
Deborah’s Drash Commentary:
Understanding the Passover/Pesach Season[3]
God's Commandments (Mitzvot) for Passover (Pesach)
- The lamb was hidden for four days (Exodus [Shemot] 12:3,6).
Exo 12:3 Speak ye unto
all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb,
according to the house of their fathers,
a lamb for an house:
Exo 12:4 And if the
household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his
house take it according to the number of
the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the
lamb.
Exo 12:5 Your lamb
shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
Exo 12:6 And ye
shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole
assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
Messianic
Fulfillment. G-d commanded Israel to take a lamb on the tenth day
of Nisan and set it aside until the fourteenth day. These four days were
fulfilled by Yeshua during the Passover (Pesach) week. Remember,
Yeshua is the Lamb of G-d (John [Yochanan]
1:29).
29 The next day, Yochanan saw Yeshua coming toward him
and said, “Look! God’s lamb! The one who is taking away the sin of the world![4]
He entered
Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) and went to the temple (Beit HaMikdash),
which was the house of G-d, and went on public display there for four days from
Nisan 10 to Nisan 14
(Matthew [Mattityahu]
21:1,9-12,17-18,23; 24:1,3; 26:1-5).
21 1 As
they were approaching Yerushalayim, they came to Beit-Pagey on the Mount of
Olives. Yeshua sent two talmidim 2 with these instructions:
“Go into the village ahead of you, and you will immediately find a donkey
tethered there with its colt. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If
anyone says anything to you, tell him, ‘The Lord needs them;’ and he will let
them go at once.” 4 This happened in order to fulfill what had been
spoken through the prophet,
5 “Say to the daughter of Tziyon,
‘Look! Your King
is coming to you,
riding humbly on
a donkey,
and on a colt, the offspring of a
beast of burden!’
6 So the talmidim went and
did as Yeshua had directed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the
colt and put their robes on them, and Yeshua sat on them. 8 Crowds
of people carpeted the road with their clothing, while others cut branches from
trees and spread them on the road. 9 The crowds ahead of him and
behind shouted,
“Please! Deliver us!”
to the Son of David;
“Blessed is he
who comes in the name of Adonai!”
“You in the highest heaven! Please!
Deliver us!”
10 When he entered Yerushalayim,
the whole city was stirred. “Who is this?” they asked. 11 And the
crowds answered, “This is Yeshua, the prophet from Natzeret in the Galil.”
12 Yeshua entered the Temple
grounds and drove out those who were doing business there, both the merchants
and their customers. He upset the desks of the money-changers and knocked over
the benches of those who were selling pigeons. 13 He said to them,
“It has been written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’But
you are making it into a den of robbers!”
14 Blind and lame people came up
to him in the Temple, and he healed them. 15 But when the head cohanim
and Torah-teachers saw the wonderful things he was doing, and the
children crying out in the Temple, “Please deliver us!”to the Son of
David, they were furious. 16 They said to him, “Do you hear what
they’re saying?” Yeshua replied, “Of course! Haven’t you ever read,
‘From the mouth
of children and infants
you have prepared praise for
yourself’?”
17 With
that, he left them and went on outside the city to Beit-Anyah, where he spent
the night.
18 The next morning, on his way
back to the city, he felt hungry. 19 Spotting a fig tree by the
road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. So he said to it,
“May you never again bear fruit!” and immediately the fig tree dried up. 20
The talmidim saw this and were amazed. “How did the fig tree dry
up so quickly?” they asked. 21 Yeshua answered them, “Yes! I tell
you, if you have trust and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to
this fig tree; but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Go and throw yourself
into the sea!’ it will be done. 22 In other words, you will receive
everything you ask for in prayer, no matter what it is, provided you have
trust.”
23 He went into the Temple area;
and as he was teaching, the head cohanim and the elders of the people
approached him and demanded, “What s<mikhah do you have that
authorizes you to do these things? And who gave you this s<mikhah?” 2[5]
24 1 As
Yeshua left the Temple and was going away, his talmidim came and called
his attention to its buildings. 2 But he answered them, “You see all
these? Yes! I tell you, they will be totally destroyed—not a single stone will
be left standing!”
3 When he was sitting on the Mount
of Olives, the talmidim came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said,
“when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that you are coming,
and that the >olam hazeh is ending?”[6]
26 1 When
Yeshua had finished speaking, he said to his talmidim, 2 “As
you know, Pesach is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed
over to be nailed to the execution-stake.”
3 Then the head cohanim and
the elders of the people gathered in the palace of Kayafa the cohen hagadol.
4 They made plans to arrest Yeshua surreptitiously and have him put
to death; 5 but they said, “Not during the festival, or the people
will riot.”[7]
Eschatologically,
these four days that the lamb was hidden is prophetic of the people's
expectations that the Messiah would come 4,000 years from the creation of Adam
as part of the 7,000 year plan of G-d to redeem both man and the earth back to
how things were in the Garden of Eden (Gan Eden) (Mishnah, San Hedrin
97-98). These four days are prophetic of the Messiah Yeshua being hid
from the world and not coming to earth for four days or 4,000 years from the
creation of Adam. A day is understood to be prophetic of a thousand years,
based upon Psalm (Tehillim) 90:4 and Second Peter (Kefa) 3:8.
Psalm 90:4
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
11 Peter/Kefa 3:8
8 Moreover, dear friends, do not ignore this: with
the Lord, one day is like a thousand years and a thousand years like one
day[8]
Linking Psalm
90:4 to each day in creation, G-d ordained each day in creation to be prophetic
of a thousand years of time and the entire redemption to take 7,000 years to
complete from the fall of man in the Garden of Eden
Genesis [Bereishit]
1:1,5,8,13,19,23,31; 2:1-3
Gen 1:1 In the
beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Gen 1:5 And God called
the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the
morning were the first day.
Gen 1:8 And God
called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second
day.
Gen 1:13 And the
evening and the morning were the third day.
Gen 1:19 And the
evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Gen 1:23 And the
evening and the morning were the fifth day.
Gen 1:31 And God
saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it
was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Gen 2:1 Thus the
heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Gen 2:2 And on the
seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh
day from all his work which he had made.
Gen 2:3 And God
blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested
from all his work which God created and made.
- The lamb was to be without blemish (Exodus [Shemot] 12:5).
Exo 12:5 Your lamb shall
be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
Messianic
Fulfillment.
Yeshua was the
Lamb of G-d (John [Yochanan] 1:29)
29 The next day, Yochanan saw Yeshua coming toward him
and said, “Look! God’s lamb! The one who is taking away the sin of the world![9]
without spot or
blemish (1 Peter [Kefa] 1:18-20).
18 You should be aware that the ransom paid to free
you from the worthless way of life which your fathers passed on to you did not
consist of anything perishable like silver or gold; 19 on the
contrary, it was the costly bloody sacrificial death of the Messiah, as of a
lamb without defect or spot. 20 God knew him before the founding of
the universe, but revealed him in the acharit-hayamim for your sakes[10]
During the
crucifixion week, Yeshua was examined by many in fulfilling this
Scripture, including:
(a)
The chief priests and elders (Matthew [Mattityahu] 21:23)
23 He went into the Temple area; and as he was
teaching, the head cohanim and the elders of the people approached him
and demanded, “What s<mikhah do you have that authorizes you to do
these things? And who gave you this s<mikhah?” [11]
(b) Pilate (Matthew [Mattityahu] 27:1-2,11-14,17-26)
27 1 Early
in the morning, all the head cohanim and elders met to plan how to bring
about Yeshua’s death. 2 Then they put him in chains, led him away
and handed him over to Pilate the governor.[12]
11 Meanwhile, Yeshua was brought before the governor, and the
governor put this question to him: “Are you the King of the Jews?” Yeshua
answered, “The words are yours.” 12 But when he was accused by the
head cohanim and elders, he gave no answer. 13 Then Pilate
said to him, “Don’t you hear all these charges they are making against you?” 14
But to the governor’s great amazement, he did not say a single word in
reply to the accusations.[13]
17 So when a crowd had gathered, Pilate said to them,
“Whom do you want me to set free for you? Bar-Abba? or Yeshua, called
‘the Messiah’?” 18 For he understood that it was out of jealousy
that they had handed him over. 19 While he was sitting in court, his
wife sent him a message, “Leave that innocent man alone. Today in a dream I
suffered terribly because of him.” 20 But the head cohanim
persuaded the crowd to ask for Bar-Abba’s release and to have Yeshua
executed on the stake. 21 “Which of the two do you want me to set
free for you?” asked the governor. “Bar-Abba!” they answered. 22 Pilate
said to them, “Then what should I do with Yeshua, called ‘the Messiah’?” They
all said, “Put him to death on the stake! Put him to death on the stake!” 23
When he asked, “Why? What crime has he committed?” they shouted all the
louder, “Put him to death on the stake!” 24 When Pilate saw that he
was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water,
washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, “My hands are clean of this
man’s blood; it’s your responsibility.” 25 All the people answered,
“His blood is on us and on our children!” 26 Then he released to
them Bar-Abba; but Yeshua, after having him whipped, he handed over to
be executed on a stake.[14]
(c) Herod (Luke 23:6-12)
6 On hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was from
the Galil; 7 and when he learned that he was under Herod’s
jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who at that time happened to be in
Yerushalayim too.
8 Herod was delighted to see Yeshua, because he had
heard about him and for a long time had been wanting to meet him; indeed, he
hoped to see him perform some miracle. 9 He questioned him at great length,
but Yeshua made no reply. 10 However, the head cohanim and
the Torah-teachers stood there, vehemently pressing their case against
him. 11 Herod and his soldiers treated Yeshua with contempt and made
fun of him. Then, dressing him in an elegant robe, they sent him back to
Pilate. 12 That day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other;
previously they had been enemies.[15]
(d) Annas the high
priest (Cohen HaGadol) (Luke 3:2; John [Yochanan] 18:13,24)
Luke 3:2
2 with Anan and Kayafa being the cohanim
g<dolim; the word of God came to Yochanan BenZ’kharyah in the desert.[16]
John 18:13,24
13 and took him first to Anan, the father-in-law of
Kayafa, who was cohen gadol that fateful year.[17]
24 So Anan sent him, still tied up, to Kayafa the cohen
hagadol.[18]
(e) Caiaphas the high priest (John [Yochanan]
11:49-53; 18:13-14,19-24,28)
49 But one of them, Kayafa, who was cohen gadol
that year, said to them, “You people don’t know anything!” 50 You don’t
see that it’s better for you if one man dies on behalf of the people, so that
the whole nation won’t be destroyed.” 51 Now he didn’t speak this
way on his own initiative; rather, since he was cohen gadol that year,
he was prophesying that Yeshua was about to die on behalf of the nation, 52
and not for the nation alone, but so that he might gather into one the
scattered children of God.
53 From that day on, they made
plans to have him put to death.[19]
13 and took him first to Anan, the father-in-law of
Kayafa, who was cohen gadol that fateful year. 14 (It was
Kayafa who had advised the Judeans that it would be good for one man to die on
behalf of the people.)[20]
19 The cohen hagadol questioned Yeshua about
his talmidim and about what he taught. 20 Yeshua answered, “I
have spoken quite openly to everyone; I have always taught in a synagogue or in
the Temple where all Jews meet together, and I have said nothing in secret; 21
so why are you questioning me? Question the ones who heard what I said to
them; look, they know what I said.” 22 At these words, one of the
guards standing by slapped Yeshua in the face and said, “This is how you talk
to the cohen hagadol?” 23 Yeshua answered him, “If I said
something wrong, state publicly what was wrong; but if I was right, why are you
hitting me?” 24 So Anan sent him, still tied up, to Kayafa the cohen
hagadol.[21]
28 They led Yeshua from Kayafa to the governor’s
headquarters. By now it was early morning. They did not enter the headquarters
building because they didn’t want to become ritually defiled and thus unable to
eat the Pesach meal.[22]
(f) Judas
(Matthew [Mattityahu] 27:3-10)
3 When Y’hudah, who had betrayed him, saw that Yeshua
had been condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty silver coins
to the head cohanim and elders, 4 saying, “I sinned in
betraying an innocent man to death.” “What is that to us?” they answered.
“That’s your problem.” 5 Hurling the pieces of silver into the
sanctuary, he left; then he went off and hanged himself.
6 The head cohanim took the silver coins and
said, “It is prohibited to put this into the Temple
treasury,
because it is blood money.” 7 So they decided to use it to buy the
potter’s field as a cemetery for foreigners. 8 This is how it came
to be called the Field of Blood, a name it still bears. 9 Then what
Yirmeyahu the prophet spoke was fulfilled, “And they took the thirty silver
coins, which was the price the people of Israel had agreed to pay for him, 10
and used them to buy the potter’s field, just as the Lord directed me.”[23]
(g) The centurion (Matthew [Mattityahu] 27:54)
54 When the Roman officer and those with him who were
keeping watch over Yeshua saw the earthquake and what was happening, they were
awestruck and said, “He really was a son of God.”[24]
(h) The repentant thief
(Luke 23:39-43).
39 One of the criminals hanging
there hurled insults at him. “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!” 40
But the other one spoke up and rebuked the first, saying, “Have you no
fear of God? You’re getting the same punishment as he is. 41 Ours is
only fair; we’re getting what we deserve for what we did. But this man did
nothing wrong.” 42 Then he said, “Yeshua, remember me when you come
as King.” 43 Yeshua said to him, “Yes! I promise that you will be
with me today in Gan-Eden.”[25]
When we examine Yeshua, we must conclude also that He was
without blot or blemish.
Bonus: Prayers of The Bible – Prayers in The
Wilderness
Exodus 33:12-23
Torah Nuggets:[i]
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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:
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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.[26]
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
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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
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Who I am In Messiah
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