Bless YHVH the blessed One; Blessed is YHVH, the blessed One for all eternity. Blessed are you, YHVH, our Elohim, King of the Universe, you have selected us from among all the peoples, and have given us your Torah. Blessed are you, YHVH, giver of the Torah. Amein.
More about
the Septennial cycle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfxBQMzcftM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND0w8HiyGUg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MqtP1VEC_w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNLQN2iEbFE
‘’YHVH
looked into the Torah and created the world. Man looks into Torah and sustains
(heals) the world.’’ (Zohar)
Jas (Yakov) 1:25 But he that
looked into the perfect Torah, that of freedom,1 and continues in
it, not becoming a hearer that forgets, but a doer of work, this one shall be
blessed in his doing of the Torah. Footnote: 1See 2:12.
Psa 19:7 The Torah of יהוה is perfect,
bringing back the being …(converting the soul)
Psa 119:34 Make me
understand,(Heb – havineni – cause me to understand) that I might observe(Heb –
natzar – keep and maintain – Notzri – Believer in Yahshua and keeper of the
covenant) Your Torah, And guard(Heb – shamar) it with all my heart.
Pro 28:9 He who turns away his ear from hearing
the Torah, Even his prayer is an abomination.[a] Footnote: aSee also Job_15:29, Isa_59:1-2,
Joh_9:31, 1Jn_3:22.
Psa 119:18 Open my eyes, that I
might see Wonders from Your Torah.
יח גַּל-עֵינַי וְאַבִּיטָה-- נִפְלָאוֹת, מִתּוֹרָתֶךָ.
Uncover my eyes (Heb
-galah/galut) that I may consider and pay attention (Heb- navat) to matters
beyond my understanding (Heb – “pala’ surpassing and extraordinary) from your
Torah.
As we begin a new
Septennial Torah cycle – may YHVH open the eyes of our understanding to see and
walk in the ancient paths of the Nazarene and His ‘’Talmadim’’ (disciples)
Gen 1:1 In the
beginning Elohim created the heavens and the earth.
א בְּרֵאשִׁית, בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים, אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ.
The very first
letter in the Torah is the letter “beit”. This “beit” which means “house” is an
enlarged “beit” in the Torah scroll and gives rise to speculation as to its
hidden meaning. The very first letter of the Torah reminds us that YHVH wants to
dwell with His people.
“Beit” also means
“two” and could be a possible reference for YHVH’s desire for intimacy with His
people.
“Beit” could also
be a hidden reference to the “Beit Ha Mikdash” – The Set Apart Temple – where
His Esteem and His Torah and our service to Him are revealed to mankind.
The
Hebrew verb bara ("created") employed by this verse
specifically means the creation of something from nothing (Ibn Ezra;
Nachmanides) This dispels the evolution theory.
Gen 1:2 And the earth came to be1
formless and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of
Elohim was moving on the face of the waters. Footnote: 1Or the
earth became.
ב וְהָאָרֶץ, הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ, וְחֹשֶׁךְ, עַל-פְּנֵי תְהוֹם; וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים, מְרַחֶפֶת עַל-פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם
Let us consider that the seven days of creation are a pattern of the
restoration of all things. We observe that the earth became or was “chaotically
empty” or “tohu vavohu” This may have been when haSatan and one third of his
messengers were cast out of heaven – see Rev 12:4; Is 14:12-16
We can see the pattern in this seven-day creation account the “tikkun
olam” or restoration and healing of all matters – including the healing of
nations and individuals. We also see in this seven-day creation account a
pattern to the study and understanding of the Torah.
Step 1. We need to recognize there is only “chaotic emptiness” without
YHVH’s revelation. Only when YHVH chooses to shine His light(Messiah) into the
chaotic emptiness can a healing and restoring process begin.
Gen 1:3 And Elohim said, “Let
light come to be,” and light came to be.
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, יְהִי אוֹר; וַיְהִי-אוֹר
Gen 1:4 And Elohim saw the light,
that it was good. And Elohim separated (Heb ‘’badal’’) the light from the
darkness.
Gen 1:5 And Elohim called the
light ‘day’ and the darkness He called ‘night.’ And there came to be evening
and there came to be morning, the first day.
For restoration to take place there needs to
be recognition that YHVH is the Elohim of distinction. He may create things
that essentially differ; however, He causes separation so that He can bring
about wholeness and the complete the restoration of all things.
We see this pattern in His creation of Adam
and Eve; in His bringing together Jew and gentile into one new creation in
Messiah and the ‘’dawning of a new day’’
(The resurrection of Messiah was the dawning of
resurrected life)
Mar
16:1 And when the Sabbath was past, Miryam
from Maḡdala, and Miryam the mother of Ya‛aqoḇ, and Shelomah bought spices, to
go and anoint Him.
Mar 16:2 And very
early (dawn) on day one of the week[a], they came to the tomb when the sun had
risen. Footnote: aGk. One of the sabbaths. (there was a way of speaking of day
one of the Sabbath, Day two of the Sabbath etc until the reall 7th
Day Sabbath has come) See footnote -
Mat_28:1 and Explanatory Notes - “First day of the week”.
Mar 16:6 And he said
to them, “Do not be much astonished. You seek יהושע of Natsareth, who was
impaled. He was raised – He is not here! See the place where they laid
Him.
Isa 8:20 To the Torah
and to the witness! If they do not speak according to this Word, it is because
they have no daybreak. [a] Footnote: a Heb ‘’shachar’’ dawning of a new day.
Wikipedia
- ‘’Havdalah (Hebrew: הַבְדָּלָה,
"separation") is a Jewish religious ceremony that marks the
symbolic end of Shabbat and ushers
in the new week. The ritual involves lighting a special havdalah candle with
several wicks, blessing a cup of wine (does not have to be wine) and smelling
sweet spices.[1] Shabbat
ends on Saturday night after the appearance of three stars in the sky’’ (the
three stars is a Jewish halacha.)
The
Priests were to teach us what is acceptable and what is not acceptable – see
Lev/Vayikra 10:10.
Something may appear to be good and acceptable to YHVH but it is not.
For example mixing pagan customs with His Torah, something like Christmas may
appear innocent and good for one’s family, but in reality it is an abomination
to YHVH. What about the Trinitarian doctrine? It seems to honour YHVH but in reality,
it may be blasphemy.
Gen 1:6 And Elohim said, “Let an
expanse come to be in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from
the waters.”
Gen 1:7 And Elohim made the
expanse, and separated the waters which were under the expanse from the waters
which were above the expanse. And it came to be so.
Gen 1:8 And Elohim called the
expanse ‘heavens.’ And there came to be evening and there came to be morning,
the second day.
Water speaks of life. YHVH brings about a separation between life and
life. Note the Torah does not say this was good. This is perhaps because YHVH
did not want heavenly life and earthly life to be separated.
Luk 11:2 And He
said to them, “When you pray, say: Our Father in the heavens, let Your Name be
set-apart, let Your reign come, let Your desire be done on earth as it is in
heaven.
תבא מלכותך יעשה רצונך כאשר בשמים גם בארץ׃
Gen 1:9 And Elohim said, “Let the
waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry
land appear.” And it came to be so.
Gen 1:10 And Elohim called the
dry land ‘earth,’ and the collection of the waters He called ‘seas.’ And Elohim
saw that it was good.
Gen 1:11 And Elohim said, “Let
the earth bring forth grass, the plant that yields seed, and the fruit tree
that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth.”
And it came to be so.
Gen 1:12 And the earth brought
forth grass, the plant that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree
that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And Elohim
saw that it was good.
Gen 1:13 And there came to be
evening and there came to be morning, the third day.
The third day has Messianic significance. Yahshua was raised from the
dead on the third day.
There is a prophecy from the prophet Hosea that says: Hos 6:2 After two days He shall revive us, on the
third day He shall raise us up, so that we live before Him.
(Yahshua came to the earth for the first time at the end of the fourth
millennium (then two millenniums will follow during which time mankind can be
revived by accepting Him as Mediator, then on the start of the THIRD millennium
after the time that Yahshua came to earth Yahshua will return back to earth for
the second time on the “third day” when we will be raised up – it will the beginning
of the seventh millennium which will be the start of the Seventh thousandth
year – For the first-time human life can be immortal on earth.
Note the first three days were days of separation – the next three days
are days where YHVH fills what He has separated to sustain life on an elevated
level.
When we study Torah – by the third day there is a special anointing to
see Messiah in the weekly portion – Rom 10:4 – We must remember that Yahshua’s
teachings were commentaries on the weekly Torah portions.
Gen 1:14 And Elohim said, “Let
lights come to be in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the
night, and let them be for signs and appointed times, and for days and years,
Gen 1:15 and let them be for
lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth.” And it came
to be so.
Gen 1:16 And Elohim made two
great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule
the night, and the stars.
Gen 1:17 And Elohim set them in
the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,
Gen 1:18 and to rule over the day
and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And Elohim saw
that it was good.
Gen 1:19 And there came to be
evening and there came to be morning, the fourth day.
On the fourth day YHVH provides a Messianic redemptive timeline that
will guide and rule our lives until the eighth day when YHVH Himself will
eventually be joined to us as He was joined to Adam and Eve in the garden of
Eden. (The Seventh day will be the Thousand-year rule of Messiah Yahshua on behalf
of the Father YHVH, His Father and our Father, His Elohim and our Elohim.)
YHVH has given us a calendar and an appointment diary to guide our lives
until the “eighth day.”
We cannot follow YHVH as we were meant to if we chose another calendar.
It is significant that the Roman Catholic Church found it necessary to change
YHVH’s calendar? The Gregorian calendar named after one of the Roman Catholic
popes!
Our lives can only come into harmony with YHVH when we follow His appointments.
Following YHVH’s appointments allows us discernment of the times we are living
in.
Let’s always remember that on the “eighth day” Shemeni Atzaret – heaven
and earth come together.
Gen 1:20 And Elohim said, “Let
the waters teem with shoals of living creatures, and let birds fly above the
earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.”
Gen 1:21 And Elohim created great
sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters
teemed, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind.
And Elohim saw that it was good.
Gen 1:22 And Elohim blessed them,
saying, “Bear fruit and increase, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the
birds increase on the earth.”
Gen 1:23 And there came to be
evening and there came to be morning, the fifth day.
Now YHVH fills the earthly realm (sea) and the heavenly realm (sky) with
life.
Gen 1:24 And Elohim said, “Let
the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: livestock and
creeping creatures and beasts of the earth, according to its kind.” And it came
to be so.
Gen 1:25 And Elohim made the
beast of the earth according to its kind, livestock according to its kind, and
all that creep on the earth according to its kind. And Elohim saw that it was
good.
Gen 1:26 And Elohim said, “Let Us
make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over the
fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the livestock, and
over all the earth and over all the creeping creatures that creep on the
earth.”
Mankind was meant to be awed and overwhelmed by the Handywork of YHVH’s Creation
- Rom 1:20 For since the creation of the world His invisible qualities
have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, both His
everlasting power and Mightiness, for them to be without excuse….
Job 38:1-42:6 gives profound insight into YHVH’s
Creation responding to Job’s dilemma - “Where were you when I laid the foundation
of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding” (Job 38:4). Employing some of the
most spectacular creation language in the Scriptures, YHVH reveals his sole
authorship of the wonders of creation.
Gen 1:27 And Elohim created the
man in His image, in the image of Elohim He created him – male and female He
created them.
Gen 1:28 And Elohim blessed them,
and Elohim said to them, “Bear fruit and increase, and fill the earth and
subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens,
and over all creatures moving on the earth.”
Gen 1:29 And Elohim said, “See, I
have given you every plant that yields seed which is on the face of all the
earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed, to you it is for food.
Gen 1:30 “And to every beast of
the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to every creeping creature on
the earth, in which there is life, every green plant is for food.” And it came
to be so.
Gen 1:31 And Elohim saw all that
He had made, and see, it was very good. And there came to be evening and there
came to be morning, the sixth day.
We can make comparisons of these days with our weekly Torah study – each
day of the creation narrative will represent an increasing revelation and
application of YHVH’s Torah in our lives – if we follow this seven-day patter
of creation. The same principle applies to the healing of people and of
nations.
Gen 2:1 Thus
the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their array.
Gen 2:2 And on the seventh day
Elohim completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day
from all His work which He had made.
Gen 2:3 And Elohim blessed the
seventh day and set it apart, because on it He rested from all His work which
Elohim in creating had made.
Now finally YHVH wants His people to gather together on the Shabbat and
reflect from the Torah the true meaning of life and YHVH’s purpose to be joined
to His people for ever and ever.
The sages say that these seven days of creation correspond to the seven
millennia of history:
“The first day of creation, which saw the creation
of light, corresponds to the first millennium of history--the millennium of
Adam, the light of the world, when the world was still saturated with knowledge
of its Creator and was sustained by the indiscriminate benevolence of YHVH. The
second day, on which the Creator distinguished between the spiritual and the
physical elements of His creation, yielded a second millennium of judgment and
discrimination--as reflected in the Flood which wiped out a corrupt humanity
and spared only the righteous Noah and his family. The third day, on which the
land emerged from the sea and sprouted forth greenery and fruit-bearing trees,
encapsulates the third millennium, in which Abraham began teaching the truth of
the One YHVH and the Torah was given on Mount Sinai. The fourth day, on which
YHVH created the sun and the moon, the two great luminaries: the greater
luminary... and the lesser luminary, corresponds to the fourth millennium,
during which the First Temple and the Second Temple in Jerusalem served as the
Divine abode from which light emanated to the entire world. (The entry of Moshiach for the first time at
the end of the 4th millennium and the beginning of 5th
millenium – added comment from author of blog) The fifth day, the day of
fish, birds and reptiles, represents the lawless and predatory Dark Ages of the
fifth millennium. The sixth day, whose early hours saw the creation of the
beasts of the land, followed by the creation of man, is our millennium--a
millennium marked by strong, forceful empires, whose beastly rule will be
followed by the emergence of Moshiach, the perfect man who brings to
realization the divine purpose in creation and ushers in the seventh
millennium--the World to Come--a time of perfect peace and tranquillity.
(Nachmanides)”
Baruch atah YHVH, Eloheynu,
Melech ha-‘Olam, asher natan lanu Toraht-emet, v’chay-yeh o’lam nata-b’tochenu.
Baruch atah YHVH, noteyn ha-Torah. Ameyn.”
Blessed are you YHVH, our
Elohim, King of the Universe, you have given us your Torah of truth, and have
planted everlasting life within our midst. Blessed are you, YHVH giver of the
Torah – Amein.