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.
ראה קראתי – see (discern,
consider) I have called you out (summonsed) ….. you by your name – Betsalel and
Aholiav.
All the previous instruction regarding the Tabernacle was given to Moshe
while on Mount Sinai. Now Moshe is about to return to the camp of the
Israelites with all this instruction and the two tablets of ‘’commandments.’’ Finally,
the time had come for the skilled and gifted artisans of Israel to carry out
these instructions and build the Tabernacle – ‘’a shadow Marriage Tent’’ -The
two men appointed and anointed to lead the construction were Betsal’ĕl, whose name means ‘’in the
shadow of El’’ and ‘’Aholiav’’ which means “my Fathers Tent”.
Yahshua said in Mat 22:14 “For many are called,( קרא) but few are chosen.”[a] Footnote: aSee Mat_20:16.
Called and chosen to enter His Marriage chamber. Why are so few chosen?
Because the Desire and Work of YHVH can only be carried out and completed by the
sustained guidance and anointing of His Set Apart Spirit.
The Tabernacle represents a ‘’Marriage Tent’’ The first part is the
‘’Preparation Chamber’’ and the second part is the ‘’Marriage Chamber’’ where
the ‘’Marriage’’ will be finally ‘’Consummated’’ on the ‘’eighth day’’
Heb 9:2 For a Tent was prepared: the first part, in which was the lampstand, and the table, and the showbread, which is called the Set-apart Place. Heb 9:3 And after the second veil, the part of the Tent which is called Most Set-apart.
Eph 5:31 “For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” Gen_2:24. Eph 5:32 This secret is great, but I speak concerning Messiah and the assembly.
Exo 31:1
And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Exo 31:2
“See, I have called (ראה קראתי) by name Betsal’ĕl(in the shadow of El)
son of Uri, son of Ḥur, of the tribe of Yehuḏah,
Exo 31:3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of Elohim in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all work,
The infilling of the Set Apart Spirit is not just a ‘’Christian’’ concept and was always intended by YHVH to serve a specific purpose. The purpose of this infilling was always to provide an enabling beyond our natural abilities to bring us back into His Presence as well as calling others to do the same.
Exo 31:4
to make designs for work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze,
Exo 31:5
and in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, and to work in
all work.
Exo 31:6
“And I, look I have appointed with him Oholiaḇ(Fathers tent) son of
Aḥisamaḵ, of the tribe of Dan. And I have put wisdom in the hearts of
everyone who is wise-hearted, and they shall make all that I have commanded
you:
Exo 31:7
the Tent of Meeting, and the ark of the Witness and the lid of atonement
that is on it, and all the utensils of the Tent,
Exo 31:8
and the table and its utensils, and the clean gold lampstand with all
its utensils, and the altar of incense,
Exo 31:9
and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin and
its stand,
Exo 31:10 and the woven garments, and the set-apart
garments for Aharon the priest and the garments of his sons, for serving as
priests,
Exo 31:11 and the anointing oil and sweet incense for the Set-apart Place. According to all that I have commanded you, they are to do.”
YHVH not only creates a set apart space for His people but also appoints set apart times for His people to come together. These set apart times are also called ‘’rehearsals’’ or ‘’moadim’’ (Appointments) –
The Sabbath is one of the-
מועדים’’moadim’’ and also
connects the creation of the Tabernacle with guarding the sabbath. We can
compare the creation of the Tabernacle with the creation of the world. Three
chapters in the scriptures are dedicated to the creation of the heavens and the
earth, fifty chapters are dedicated to the creating of the Tabernacle.
After YHVH created the heavens and the earth and all that was in them – He rested – and reflected over His creation. He saw that it was good. Adam and Eve’s first day on earth was a sabbath – they too were called to rest and reflect on YHVH’s marvellous works and praise Him and enjoy His Perfection and Beauty in His Presence. Then man sinned, was put out of the garden, and separated from the presence of YHVH.
Then, YHVH co-creates with man another beautiful
‘’dwelling place’’ called the Tabernacle – where He can become reconciled to
man and His creation. Once again man is called, this time not only to reflect
on His Creation, but now also on His Path of Redemption. The Tabernacle would
serve as a pattern and an invitation for man to return to YHVH to become one
with Him again.
Perhaps this is why we kindle two candles on sabbath – one to reflect on creation and one to reflect on His Redemption – His Pathway back into His Presence.
Exo
31:12 And יהוה
spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Exo 31:13 “And you, speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘My Sabbaths you are to guard, by all means, for it is a sign1 between Me and you throughout your generations, to know that I, יהוה, am setting you apart. Footnote: 1The only sign of יהוה setting us apart, the only sign of the everlasting covenant, is His Sabbaths, one of them being the seventh day Sabbath. This is repeated in Ezek. 20:12 & 20.
Eze
20:12 “And I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign[a] between them and Me, to know
that I am יהוה who sets them apart. Footnote: aSee also Exo_31:13-17.
Eze
20:13 “But the house of Yisra’ěl rebelled against Me in the wilderness.
They did not walk in My laws, and they rejected My right-rulings, which, if a
man does, he shall live by them. And they greatly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I
said I would pour out My wrath on them in the wilderness, to consume
them.
Eze
20:14 “But I acted for My Name’s sake, not to profane it before the
nations, before whose eyes I had brought them out.
Eze
20:15 “And I Myself also lifted My hand in an oath to them in the
wilderness, not to bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing
with milk and honey, the splendour of all lands,
Eze
20:16 because they rejected My right-rulings and did not walk in My laws,
and they profaned My Sabbaths. For their heart went after their idols.
Eze
20:17 “And My eye pardoned them, from destroying them. And I did not make
an end of them in the wilderness.
Eze
20:18 “And I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk in
the laws of your fathers, nor observe their rulings, nor defile yourselves with
their idols.
Eze
20:19 I am יהוה your Elohim. Walk in My laws, and guard My right-rulings, and
do them.
Eze
20:20 And set apart My Sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between Me and
you, to know that I am יהוה your Elohim.’
Eze
20:21 “But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My
laws, and My right-rulings they did not guard to do them, which, if a man does,
he shall live by them. They profaned My Sabbaths, so I resolved to pour out My
wrath on them to complete My displeasure against them in the wilderness.
Eze
20:22 “But I held back My hand and acted for My Name’s sake, not to
profane it before the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had brought them
out.
Eze
20:23 “Also, I Myself lifted My hand in an oath to those in the
wilderness, to scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the
lands,
Eze 20:24 because they had not done My right-rulings, and they rejected My laws, and they profaned My Sabbaths, and their eyes were on their fathers’ idols.
This is
an extremely profound prophecy – repeated twice here – why? It served as a
warning that many in the nation of Israel failed to enter the Promised Land
because they disobeyed the Sabbath instruction.
So, too, will and end time generation of believers fail to be part of the Bride of Messiah in the millennial kingdom of Messiah because they failed to obey the Sabbath instructions.
Exo
31:14 ‘And you shall guard the Sabbath,
for it is set-apart to you. Everyone who profanes it shall certainly be put to
death, for anyone who does work (Heb – “malacha” or occupational work) on it,
that being shall be cut off from among his people.
Exo
31:15 ‘Six days work is done, and on the
seventh is a Sabbath of rest, set-apart to יהוה.
Everyone doing work on the Sabbath day shall certainly be put to death.
Exo
31:16 ‘And the children of Yisra’ĕl
shall guard the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as
an everlasting covenant.
Exo
31:17 ‘Between Me and the children of
Yisra’ĕl it is a sign forever. For in six days יהוה
made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was
refreshed.”
Exo
31:18 And when He had ended speaking
with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Mosheh two tablets of the Witness, tablets of
stone, written with the finger of Elohim.
Exo 32:1 And when the people saw that Mosheh was so long in coming down from the mountain, the people gathered together to Aharon, and said to him, “Arise, make us mighty ones who go before us. For this Mosheh, the man who brought us up out of the land of Mitsrayim, we do not know what has become of him.”
The same can be said of the ‘’delay’’ of
the coming of Messiah. Both Jew and Christian have succumbed under the deception
of idolatry and have created fanciful and idolatrous narratives about the truth
of YHVH’s Deliverance and then bowed down to them and have shamelessly proclaimed
their lies as the truth.
As Moshe carried with him YHVH instructions and promises for the Israelites to enter the promised land, so too our Messiah brings with him these same instructions in order for believers to enter into the millennial kingdom.
The scriptures seem to indicate that
most people who call themselves believers will not enter the millennial
kingdom. This reality is confirmed by Yahshua’s own words in Mat 22:11
“And when the sovereign came in to view the guests, he saw there a man who had
not put on a wedding garment,
Mat 22:12 and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not having a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. Mat 22:13 “Then the sovereign said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him out into the outer darkness – there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ Mat 22:14 “For many are called, but few are chosen.”[a] Footnote: aSee Mat_20:16.
Mat 7:21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Master, Master,’ shall enter into the reign of the heavens, but he who is doing the desire of My Father in the heavens. Mat 7:22 “Many (Gk ‘’most’’) shall say to Me in that day, ‘Master, Master, have we not prophesied in Your Name, and cast out demons in Your Name, and done many mighty works in Your Name?’ Mat 7:23 “And then I shall declare to them, ‘I never knew you, depart from Me, you who work lawlessness!’[c] Psa_6:8. Footnote: cSee Mat_7:15, and also Mat_13:41-42.
Isa 1:9 Unless יהוה of hosts had left to us a small remnant,( כמעט שׂריד) we would have become like Seḏom, we would have been made like Amorah.
The
majority of all people including believers ‘’cling’’ to their idolatrous ways
this is surely the mystery of lawlessness or Torahlessness - 2Th 2:7 For the secret of
lawlessness is already at work – only until he who now restrains comes out of
the midst.
Paul explained that before this ‘’mystery’ would be revealed there would be a ‘’falling away’’ before the man of ‘’lawlessness’’ would be revealed. Who is this man of lawlessness? No one knows yet but perhaps we will soon find out.
Exo 32:2
And Aharon said to them, “Take off – Heb parak -(tear or break) the
golden earrings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your
daughters, and bring them to me.”
Exo 32:3
“And all the people took off(tear or break) the golden earrings which
were in their ears, and brought them to Aharon.
(why tear? Because they had become so attached them)
Exo 32:4
And he took this from their hand, and he formed it with an engraving
tool, and made a moulded calf. And they said, “This is your mighty one, O
Yisra’ĕl, that brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim!”
Exo 32:5 And Aharon saw and built an altar before it. And Aharon called out and said, “Tomorrow is a festival to יהוה.”
Most Christians still cling to their pagan altars built to honour Christmas and Easter.
Exo 32:6
And they rose early on the next day, and offered burnt offerings, and
brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up
to play.
Exo 32:7
And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Go, get down! For your people whom you brought
out of the land of Mitsrayim have corrupted themselves.
Exo 32:8
“They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them.
They have made themselves a moulded calf, and have bowed themselves to it and
slaughtered to it, and said, ‘This is your mighty one, O Yisra’ĕl, who brought
you out of the land of Mitsrayim!’ ”
Exo 32:9
And יהוה said to Mosheh, “I have seen this people, and see, it is a
stiff-necked people!
Exo 32:10 “And now, let Me alone, that My wrath might
burn against them and I consume them and I make of you a great nation.”
Exo 32:11 But Mosheh pleaded with יהוה his
Elohim, and said, “יהוה, why does Your wrath burn against Your people whom You have
brought out of the land of Mitsrayim with great power and with a strong hand?
Exo 32:12 “Why should the Mitsrites speak, and say,
‘For evil He brought them out to kill them in the mountains, and to consume
them from the face of the earth’? Turn from the heat of Your wrath, and relent
from this evil to Your people.
Exo 32:13 “Remember Aḇraham, Yitsḥaq, and Yisra’ĕl,
Your servants, to whom You swore by Yourself, and said to them, ‘I increase
your seed like the stars of the heavens. And all this land that I have spoken
of I give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.’ ”
Exo 32:14 And יהוה relented from the evil which He said He would do to His people.
YHVH wants to hear Himself in us – YHVH
heard His merciful intercessory words in Moshe’s mouth and ‘’relented’’ to
destroy the children of Yisrael. If Moshe did not plead for Yisrael, they would
all have been destroyed- only Moshe would have survived.
If Yahshua had not interceded for all of mankind – we all except Him would have been destroyed.
The biggest miracle in the last days will be for people to survive – very few will survive in the last days. Isa 13:12 “I shall make mortal man scarcer than fine gold, and mankind scarcer than the gold of Ophir.’’
Why build a
golden calf? This is what all religious people do. They fashion ideas and
doctrines about YHVH and His Messiah and they bow down and pay homage to them.
Will a
passionate intercessory plea come from the mouths and hearts of a faithful
remnant in the last days pleading that YHVH would once again have mercy on an
evil and idolatrous nation? Even if He doesn’t hear our plea, it still needs to
be heard - from broken hearts.
Let us not
be wise in our own understanding concerning these matters or any other matters
pertaining to our deliverance from this world because flesh and blood cannot
reveal these matters to us but only our Father in Heaven.
Rev
3:10 “Because you have guarded My Word of endurance, I also shall guard
you from the hour of trial which shall come upon all the world, to try those
who dwell on the earth.
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.
