“Deborah’s Drash”
“Sitting at the feet of
Yeshua”
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Fruits, ` Pentecost/Shavuot and What Messiah Did For You!
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Phillipians
2:5 – 11 Complete Jewish Bib
5 Let your attitude toward one another be
governed by your being in union with the Messiah Yeshua:
6 Though
he was in the form of God,
he
did not regard equality with God
something
to be possessed by force.
7 On the contrary, he emptied himself,
in that
he took the form of a slave
by
becoming like human beings are.
And when
he appeared as a human being,
8 he
humbled himself still more by
becoming
obedient even to death—
death on
a stake as a criminal!
9 Therefore
God raised him to the highest place
and gave
him the name above every name;
10 that in honor of the name given Yeshua,
every
knee will bow—
in
heaven, on earth and under the earth—
11 and every tongue
will acknowledge
that
Yeshua the Messiah is Adonai—
to the glory of God the
Father.
Quote
Of The Day:
Mike & Sue
Dowgievicz – “Forgiveness Removing the Bitterness by Passing Over The Wrong
Done By Others”
“Learn a
Passover lesson: remove the Chametz
(Bitterness) from your life, taste the Matzah (sweetness) of Messiah’s
forgiveness and see for yourself that the Lord is good.”
Deborah’s Drash Commentary:
What Yeshua Did For You!
Part IV
41. The righteousness
of GOD.................................................11 Cor. 5:21, 1Pet 2:24
2 Cor 5:21
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be
made the righteousness of God in him.
1 Pet 2:24
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we,
being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were
healed.
Righteousness[2]
RIGHTEOUSNESS, n. ri'chusness.
1. Purity of heart and rectitude
of life; conformity of heart and life to the divine law. Righteousness, as used
in Scripture and theology, in which it is chiefly used, is nearly equivalent to
holiness, comprehending holy principles and affections of heart, and conformity
of life to the divine law. It includes all we call justice, honesty and virtue,
with holy affections; in short, it is true religion.
2. Applied to God, the perfection
or holiness of his nature; exact rectitude; faithfulness.
3. The active and passive
obedience of Christ, by which the law of God is fulfilled. Dan 9.
4. Justice; equity between man and
man. Luke 1.
5. The cause of our justification.
The Lord our righteousness. Jer
23.
42. A partaker of
His divine nature..........................................................11
Pet 1:4
2 Pet 1:4
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by
these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption
that is in the world through lust.
Partaker
PARTA'KER, n. One who has or takes a part,
share or portion in common with others; a sharer; a participator; usually
followed by of.
If the Gentiles have been made
partakers of their spiritual things-- Rom 15.
Sometimes followed by in.
Wish me partaker in thy
happiness--
If we had been in the days of our fathers,
we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Mat
23.
1. An accomplice; an associate.
When thou sawest a thief,thou
consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. Psa 1.
43. Called of
God.....................................................................................11
Tim 1:9
2 Tim 1:9
Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to
our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in
Christ Jesus before the world began,
Called
CALLED, pp. Invited; summoned;
addressed; named; appointed; invoked; assembled by order; recited.
44. The first fruits
among His creation.....................................................James
1:18
James 1:18
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a
kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Complete Jewish Bible Commentary
Having made his
decision of his own free will, by
grace and not because he owed it to us, God gave birth to us through a Word
that can be relied upon (compare Ro 10:17). The Word of truth is Yeshua the
Messiah; this is taught most clearly by the Gospel of Yochanan (see Yn 1:1, 14;
3:5–8; 15:26; 16:7–15; also 1 Yn 5:4–8). We are a kind of firstfruits of all
that God created, as can be inferred from Ro 8:19–23, 29; 1C
15:20&N, 23. [3]
1 Corinthians 15:20 20
But the fact is that the Messiah has been raised from the dead, the
firstfruits of those who have died.[4]
Sha’ul probably wrote this
letter between Pesach (5:6–8) and Shavu>ot (16:8), during the
season for presenting the firstfruits of the harvest at the Temple
(Leviticus 23:9–15). Since we know that Sha’ul sees in the events and
prescriptions of the Tanakh prefigurative events, examples and warnings
pointing to God’s later workings in history (9:9–10; 10:1–11 Ga 4:21–5:1), it
is not surprising that he sees Yeshua’s resurrection as the firstfruits of the
larger harvest to come (v. 23; Yn 14:3, 19b–20; Ro 8:29). [5]
45. Chosen.................................................................1
Thes 1:4, Eph 1:4, 1 Pet 2:9
1 Th 1:4
Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
Eph 1:4
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the
world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
1 Pet 2:9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a
peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called
you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Chosen
CHOSEN, pp.
1. Selected from a number; picked
out; taken in preference; elected; predestinated; designated to office.
2. Select; distinguished by
preference; eminent.
His chosen captains are drowned in
the sea. Exo 15.
Ye are a chosen generation, a
royal priesthood. 1 Pet 2.
47. Gods workmanship
created in Christ Jesus for good
works.....................Eph 2:10
Eph 2:10
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works,
which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Workmanship
WORKMANSHIP, n.
1. Manufacture; something made,
particularly by manual labor. Exo 31.
2. That which is effected, made or
produced. Eph 2.
3. The skill of a workman; or the execution
or manner of making any thing. The workmanship of this cloth is admirable.
4. The art of working.
Created
CREATED, pp. Formed from nothing; caused
to exist; produced; generated; invested with a new character; formed into new
combinations, with a peculiar shape, constitution and properties; renewed.
48. The apple of MY
FATHER’S eye...........................................Deut 32:10, Ps 17:8
Deu 32:10
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he
led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Psa 17:8
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
Apple, Of The Eye “International
Standard Bible Encyclopedia”
ap'-'-l: The eyeball, or globe of
the eye, with pupil in center, called "apple" from its round shape.
Its great value and careful protection by the eyelids automatically closing
when there is the least possibility of danger made it the emblem of that which
was most precious and jealously protected. The Hebrew terms for it were,
'ishon, diminutive of 'ish, "man," little man or mannikin, referring
perhaps specially to the pupil, probably from "the little image one sees
of himself when looking into another's pupil" (Davies' Lexicon). "He
kept him (Israel) as the apple of his eye" (Deu_32:10);
"Keep me as the apple of the eye," literally, "as the apple, the
daughter of the eye" (Psa_17:8).
"Keep my law (the Revised Version, margin "teaching") as the
apple of thine eye" (Pro_7:2).
Compare Pro_7:9 where it is used to denote
what is the center (American Revised Version, "in the middle of the
night"; the English Revised Version "in, the blackness of
night"; margin "Hebrew pupil (of the eye)"); babhah perhaps an
"opening," "gate"; others regard it as a mimetic word akin
to Latin pupa, papilla ("He that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his
eye," i.e. Yahweh's; Zec_2:8);
bath-'ayin, "daughter of the eye"; "Give thyself no respite, let
not the apple of thine eye cease" (Lam_2:18),
which means, either "sleep not," or "cease not to weep."
kore, "young girl," "pupil of the eye": "He (the Lord)
will keep the good deeds (the Revised Version (British and American)
"bounty") of a man as the apple of the eye" (Ecclesiasticus
17:22); the Septuagint also has kore in all instances except Lam_2:18, where it has thugater,
"daughter."
W. L. Walker
49. Healed by the
stripes of JESUS.............................................1 Peter 2:24, Is
53:6
1 Pet 2:24
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being
dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
Isa 53:5
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our
iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we
are healed.
Isa 53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own
way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Healed
HE'ALED, pp. Restored to a sound state.
50. Being changed
into His image............................................11
Cor. 3:18, Phil 1:6
2 Cor 3:18
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the
Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the
Spirit of the Lord.
Phil 1:6
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work
in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Changed
CHANGED, pp. Altered; varied; turned;
converted; shifted
Image
IM'AGE, n. [L. imago.]
1. A representation or similitude
of any person or thing, formed of a material substance; as an image wrought out
of stone, wood or wax.
Whose is this image and
superscription? Mat 22.
51. Raised up with
Christ and seated in heavenly places..................Col 2:12, Eph 2:6
Col 2:12 Buried
with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of
the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
Complete Jewish Bible New Testament Commentary
11–13a According to v. 11, you Gentile believers[i]
were circumcised spiritually, not physically, since it was a
circumcision not done by human hands, but … done by the Messiah, the
believer’s spiritual mohel (Hebrew for “circumciser”). Using graphic
language, Sha’ul explains that this spiritual circumcision consisted in the
Messiah’s stripping away not the literal foreskin but what it stands
for, the old nature’s control over the body. Verse 13a makes the
metaphor explicit by equating “foreskin” with a person’s sins and
his old nature; one need only be present at a traditional Jewish b<rit-milah
ceremony to understand very well the idea of “stripping away the foreskin.”
Such spiritualizing of ritual circumcision was not invented by the New
Testament writers; the Tanakh does the same thing when it speaks of
circumcised hearts (Leviticus 26:41; Deuteronomy 10:16; 30:6; Jeremiah 9:25;
Ezekiel 44:7, 9) ears (Jeremiah 6:10) and lips (Exodus 6:12, 30); compare Ac
7:51&N.
However, an
alternative understanding of the metaphor is possible. The Greek phrases
rendered “the old nature’s control over the body” and “your old
nature” are, literally, “the body of the flesh” and “your flesh” (see Ro
7:5N). But Sha’ul could be thinking of the entire physical body as the
“foreskin” of the believer’s human spirit. The believer’s body will be “stripped
away”—it will die; but because he is united with the Messiah it will be
replaced by a spiritual body like Yeshua’s (1C 15:45–49&NN).
Before this “circumcision,”
you were dead (compare Ep 2:1–3, Ro 6:2). But you were raised up
along with him by God’s faithfulness that worked when he raised Yeshua from the
dead. This is equivalent to the promise of Ro 8:11, that “if the Spirit of
the One who raised Yeshua from the dead is living in you, then the One who
raised the Messiah Yeshua from the dead will also give life to your mortal
bodies through his Spirit living in you.”
Most translators
and commentators understand this passage differently; the Revised Standard
Version is typical: “ … you were … raised with him through your faith in the
power of God, who raised him from the dead.” This attributes your being raised
up to your faith, not God’s faithfulness. My reasons for rendering as I do are
the same as at Ro 3:22&N: “faith of God” should be understood grammatically
as a subjective genitive.
You were also
raised up. By using the past tense
Sha’ul expresses how certain he is that God, in his faithfulness, will
fulfill his promise to resurrect believers. See v. 10&N.
This does not say
that a believer’s old nature no longer has any influence on him, but that he
can rule over it. In traditional rabbinic terminology, the yetzer ra>
(“evil inclination”) with which a person is born need not dominate the yetzer
tov (“good inclination”; see Ro 5:12–21&N, 8:1–13).
When these verses
are used to prove that Messianic Jews should not have their sons circumcised,
the metaphor of spiritual circumcision is being tested beyond its strength. The
verses do not say that spiritual circumcision has replaced physical
circumcision for Messianic Jews, but that Gentile
Christians are full members of God’s people
through trusting God and his Messiah Yeshua, even though they have not taken
the three steps necessary for conversion to non-Messianic Judaism. The verses
say nothing about whether b<rit-milah is required, forbidden, or a
matter of personal choice for Messianic Jews. However, that question is raised
by Ac 16:1–3&NN, 21:20–21&NN.
This is the only
passage in the New Testament where circumcision is identified with immersion
(that is, with baptism; see Mt 3:1N). Sha’ul makes this identification because,
as explained above, he is thinking in terms of Jewish initiation requirements
and intends to reassure Gentile believers that they are fully initiated members
of God’s people. But the comparison is with Gentile proselytization into Judaism,
not with b<rit-milah for the sons of Jewish parents. It is not that
immersion has now replaced circumcision, that Messianic Jews should baptize
their baby sons instead of having a b<rit-milah for them. Rather, it
is that, spiritually, all three of the Gentile proselyte initiation
requirements—circumcision, immersion, and sacrifice—are fulfilled when one
trusts in and is united with Yeshua.
Yeshua makes
a spiritual circumcision of the heart, ears, and lips. It is accomplished at
the time of one’s physical immersion in water, which is also a spiritual
immersion by and into the Messiah, a union with him in his death (you were
buried along with him; compare Ro 6:2). This union
continues on through the present and into the future, culminating in resurrection
(you were raised up along with him). The element of sacrifice enters in
the discussion of his being executed on a stake in vv. 14–15. There is no clear
dividing line between these three; for Sha’ul they are all one. Just as with
proselytization into Judaism, the three requirements represent one spiritual
event, entering God’s people. [6]
Eph 2:6 And
hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in
Christ Jesus:
Deborah’s Personal Commentary on the
above commentary regarding “Gentile Christians”:
Remember
my Jewish Brethren (I say this in love) that believers in Messiah who were
“Former Gentiles” are now a part of the
commonwealth of Israel and are Messianic Israelites in G-ds eyes. Once a person has accepted Yeshua as Messiah
they are no longer Gentiles but now belong to
the Commonwealth of Israel. To still
call a “Former Gentile” who has accepted Yeshua, the Jewish Messiah, the
Messiah of Israel as Lord a “Gentile”
(GEN'TILE, n. [L. gentilis; from L. gens,
nation, race; applied to pagans.]
In the scriptures, a pagan; a
worshipper of false gods; any person not a Jew or a Christian; a heathen. The
Hebrews included in the term goim or nations, all the tribes of men who had not
received the true faith,and were not circumcised. The Christians translated
goim by the L. gentes, and imitated the Jews in giving the name gentiles to all
nations who were not Jews nor Christians. In civil affairs, the denomination
was given to all nations who were not Romans.
GEN'TILE, a. Pertaining to pagans or
heathens.) is an insult, in other words when we use the word Gentile Believer,
or Gentile Christian we are saying Pagan Believer/Christian! This is an Oxymoron (contradiction of
terms). That old nature is passed away ALL has become new. This does not take away from the special
place Judah has this only adds to Israel’s family, the family of G-d found in
Yeshua Ha Mashiach.
To be “In
Messiah/Christ Yeshua/Jesus is to be grafted Into the Olive Tree/Israel. If you are a believer in Messiah then you
have been “Grafted Into” Israel also.
“Former Gentiles” are now a part of “Messianic Israel” In Messiah
Yeshua.
We are
now “ALL” accepted in the beloved Messiah Yeshua. This is why Yahweh is stirring the hearts of non-Jewish brethren
to return to their ROOTS! Could Yahweh
be re-gathering the 10 Lost Tribes(those who are believers in Messiah) by
bringing them back to their ROOTS and taking hold of the Tzit Tzit of their
Jewish Brethren IN Messiah? Is this why so many non-Jewish believers are
returning to Ha Yesod/The Foundation of their faith? I believe this is a super-natural work of the Ruach Ha Kodesh in
these last days! Selah.
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Deuteronomy
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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 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.)
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.
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
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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.[7]
President,
Government Leaders, Family, Friends, Church, Ministers, Spouse, Children,
Ministries, Schools, Salvation, Missions, World Revival – See 40 Day Prayer
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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.
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[iii] and The Artscroll Seder Series[iv].
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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
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Shemoneh
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[1] An excellent Torah Devotional is the Walk Series, Walk Genesis, Walk Exodus, Walk Leviticus, Walk Number, Walk Deuteronomy , by Jeffery Enoch Feinberg, PHD by Lederer Books, a division of Messianic Jewish Publishers. Easy to read, with Hebrew nuggets, and illustrations. Also FFOZ Torah Club is a more detailed study, and worth enrolling for.
[2] All definitions unless otherwise noted are from Noah Websters Dictionary
[3]The Jewish New Testament
Commentary,
(Clarksville, MD: Jewish New Testament Publications) 1996.
[4]The Jewish New Testament, (Clarksville, MD: Jewish
New Testament Publications) 1996.
[5]The Jewish New Testament
Commentary,
(Clarksville, MD: Jewish New Testament Publications) 1996.
[6]The Jewish New Testament
Commentary,
(Clarksville, MD: Jewish New Testament Publications) 1996.
[7]The Jewish New Testament, (Clarksville, MD: Jewish New
Testament Publications) 1996.
[i] See my last comment at the end of this study
[ii] An excellent Messianic Jewish Devotional called The Walk Series, Walk Genesis, Walk Exodus, Walk Leviticus, Walk Numbers and Walk Deuteronomy by Jeffery Enoch Feinburg, PhD. Published by Lederer Books Messianic Jewish Publishers is a wonderful Daily Devotional to use for studying Torah, along with FFOZ Torah Club which is more detailed. Both will give you additional insights into Torah.
[iii] This book is filled with Scripture Prayers to help you pray the Word – Harrison House Publishers, Germaine Copeland –Available in any Christian Book Store
[iv] You can order The Art Scroll Seder Series through Amazon. Com or First Fruits of Zion