“Pinchas” means “bronze mouth” or
“serpent’s mouth. Most of YHVH’s counsel and word to us is about warning of
judgment. Most people ignore this truth throughout their lives.
Why snake mouth? – The Father is bringing a restoration of a prophetic priesthood in these days, the kind of restoration that will be hard to hear and even harder to bear – for everyone. They may even accuse such an unpopular “priesthood” of “speaking like the devil” – “Snake mouth”
“The true greatness of Pinchas lay in that he acted in complete opposition to his nature, transcending his inborn instincts to bring peace between Ha Shem and Israel.”(The Lubavitcher Rebbe)
If Pinchas did the unthinkable, what is going
to happen in the last days?
Is YHVH about to do the unthinkable to preserve the remnant of His people?
The word ‘’judge or judgment’’ is found over 500 times in the scripture. The word ‘’grace’’ or ‘’favour’’ appears only about 175 times. Yahshua spoke more about hell (Sheol) than heaven. In fact, he spoke more about hell than any other person in scripture. Most believers know very little about sheol.
Mal 2:1 “And now, O
priests, this command is for you.
Mal 2:2 “If you
do not hear, and if you do not take it to heart, to give esteem to My Name,”
said יהוה of hosts, “I shall send a
curse upon you, and I shall curse your blessings. And indeed, I have cursed
them, because you do not take it to heart.
Mal 2:3 “See, I
shall rebuke your seed, and scatter dung before your faces, the dung of your
festivals. And you shall be taken away with it.
Mal 2:4 “And
you shall know that I have sent this command (Torah) to you, as being My
covenant with Lěwi,” said יהוה of hosts.
Mal 2:5 “My
covenant with him was life and peace, and I gave them to him, to fear.
And he feared Me, and stood in awe of My Name. (Fear because the
consequences of ignoring YHVH’s Torah are frightening)
Mal 2:6 “The
Torah of truth[a] was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found on his
lips. He walked with Me in peace and straightness, and turned many away from
crookedness. Footnote: aSee footnote Neh_9:13.
Mal 2:7 “For
the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and they seek the Torah from his
mouth, for he is the messenger of יהוה of hosts.
Mal 2:8 “But
you, you have turned from the way, you have caused many to stumble in the
Torah. You have corrupted the covenant of Lěwi,” said יהוה of hosts.
Mal 2:9 “And I also, I shall make you despised and low before all the people, because you are not guarding My ways, and are showing partiality in the Torah.” Ex 11:8
This prophetic word addresses perhaps the most critical issue for our well-being as human beings: A set apart priesthood ministering by obedience to us the life and truth of YHVH’s Torah.
Jas 1:25 But he that looked into the perfect Torah, that of freedom,[d] 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: dSee Jas_2:12.
I charge you: 1Ti 6:14 that you guard the command[b] spotlessly, blamelessly, until the appearing of our Master יהושע Messiah, Footnote: bCommand (singular) often means the Torah e.g. Deu_17:20, Psa_19:8.
Pinchas (a Levite) had a passion for truth and righteousness that would not allow him to stand by and simply watch and grieve over the wickedness of his people. His actions brought redemption and a personal promise of an everlasting covenant of peace. The plague that came upon Yisrael was stopped because of his actions. This may once again be the case in the last days when a “Pinchas” priesthood will save many from the plague and destruction of the coming great tribulation even by disregarding their own reputations and personal safety.
Num 25:1 And Yisra’ěl dwelt in Shittim, and the people began to whore with the daughters of Mo’aḇ,
וישׁב ישׂראל –
‘’and Israel settled’’ this
may have been the root of the problem – until YHVH leads us into the promised
land we are only pilgrims and sojourners on earth - Heb 11:13 (Hebrew hall of fame) In belief
all these died, not having received the promises,[a] but seeing them from a
distance, welcomed and embraced them, and confessed that they were aliens and
strangers on the earth. Footnote: aSee Heb_11:39. Heb 11:14
For those who speak this way make it clear that they seek a
fatherland. Heb 11:15 And yet, if they had indeed kept remembering
that place from which they had come out, they would have had the chance
to return. Heb 11:16 But now they long for a better place,
that is, a heavenly. Therefore Elohim is not ashamed to be called their Elohim,
for He has prepared a city for them.
We cannot settle in the ‘’galut’’ (diaspora). If
we do we will eventually assimilate into pagan ways.
Num 25:1 And Yisra’ěl dwelt in Shittim, and
the people began to whore with the daughters of Mo’aḇ,
Num 25:2 and they invited the people to the
slaughterings of their mighty ones, and the people ate and bowed down to their
mighty ones.
Num 25:3 Thus Yisra’ěl was joined to Ba‛al
Pe‛or, and the displeasure of יהוה
burned against Yisra’ěl.
Num 25:4 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Take all the leaders of the people and hang
(יקע) them up before יהוה, before the sun, so that the
burning displeasure of יהוה
turns away from Yisra’ěl.”
יקע S3363 - (Hiphil) - to execute slowly (by exposure or
impalation) - to hang Deut 21:23 & Gal
3:13
Num 25:5 And Mosheh said to the judges of
Yisra’ěl, “Each one of you kill his men who were joined to Ba‛al Pe‛or.”
Num 25:6 And see, one of the children of
Yisra’ěl came and brought to his brothers a Miḏyanite woman before the eyes of
Mosheh and before the eyes of all the congregation of the children of Yisra’ěl,
who were weeping at the door of the Tent of Appointment.
Num 25:7 And when Pineḥas, son of El‛azar,
son of Aharon the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation and
took a spear in his hand,
Num 25:8 and he went after the man of
Yisra’ěl into the tent (kubbah) and thrust both of them through, the man of
Yisra’ěl, and the woman through her belly. Thus the plague among the children
of Yisra’ěl came to a stop.
BDB - H6898. Qubbah קֻבָּה noun feminine large
vaulted tent; — absolute Numbers 25:8 (P) Ke and others Zimri's princely
tent; > Thes and others large tent used as lupanar (compare
Late Hebrew).
Some
scholars believe this ‘’kubbah’’ was in fact a brothel (lupanar) a place of
spiritual and sexual fornication – much like most places of modern-day mixed worship
– What would Pinchas have done if he was alive today?
Num 25:9 And those who died in the plague
were twenty-four thousand. See Is 24.
Isa 8:15 “And many among them shall stumble
and fall, and be broken and snared and taken.”
Isa 8:16 Bind up the witness, seal the Torah
among my taught ones.
Isa 8:17 And I shall wait on יהוה, who hides His face from the
house of Ya‛aqoḇ. And I shall look for 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: aOr light. (maybe there is a reason why prostitutes are
called ‘’ladies of the night’’ the essence of idolatry is rejecting the
finality of YHVH’s moral authority and sovereignty )
Num 25:10 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Num 25:11 “Pineḥas,
son of El’azar, son of Aharon the priest, has turned back My wrath from the
children of Yisra’ĕl, because he was ardent with My ardour (S7068
‘’kinnah’’ zeal, jealousy) in their midst, so that I did not consume the
children of Yisra’ĕl in My ardour
Exo 34:14 for you
do not bow yourselves to another mighty one, for יהוה, whose Name is jealous,(Heb ‘’kanah’’S7067) is a jealous (Heb
adj. ‘’kanah’’) Ěl –
Note the differences
and similarities of Strongs 7067 and 7068 – ‘’kinnah’’ S7068 includes sexual or
evil passion while ‘’kanah’’ S7068 only applies to YHVH’s jealousy. Sexual
passion can be either righteous or unrighteous. YHVH’s passion is always
righteous. See also ‘’Song of Songs most holiest book in the Bible’’
According to Islam ‘’Kaaba
is the first House of worship built by Prophet Adam (a.s.) and then
rebuilt by prophet Abraham (a.s.) and his son prophet Ishmael (a.s.).’’ The
Kaaba, sometimes referred to as al-Ka'ba al-Musharrafa, is a stone
building at the center of Islam's most important mosque and holiest site.’’
כי מקנא אני לכם קנאת אלהים
2Co 11:2 For I am
jealous for you with a jealousy according to Elohim. For I gave you in marriage
to one husband, to present you as an innocent maiden to Messiah. (Gk
‘’zelo’’ or boiling)
Joh
2:17 And His taught ones
remembered that it was written, “The ardour (Heb ‘’kinah’’) for Your house
has eaten Me up.” Psa_69:9.
The first time this word
appears is in Num 5 – The law of ‘’Sotah’’ –(Kinah) or of a jealous husband who
suspects his wife of being unfaithful– it appears 6 times.
Are we consumed for YHVH’s
jealousy? We all have much to learn regarding this matter.
There is a jot or tittle in
the name of ‘’Pinchas’’ the ‘’jud’’ is diminished. Why? Execution by the hand
of a Levite without due process was forbidden or maybe because by the hand
‘’jud’’ of Pinchas would only come a limited peace and judgment. However, by
the nail pieced hands of our Mesiah would come everlasting peace and
everlasting judgment.
Isa 9:6 For a
Child is born unto us, a Son is given unto us, and the rule is on His shoulder.
And His Name is called Wonder, Counsellor, Strong Ěl, Father of Continuity,
Prince of Peace.
Isa 9:7 Of the
increase (Heb ‘’lemarba’’)of His rule and peace there is no end, upon the
throne of Dawiḏ and over His reign,[a] to establish it and sustain it with
right-ruling and with righteousness from now on, even forever. The ardour of יהוה of hosts does this. Footnote: aSee Isa_16:5, Psa_2:1-12,
Psa_45:6, Mic_5:2, Luk_1:32-33.
Num 25:12 “Therefore say, ‘See, I am giving him My
covenant of peace,
The word ‘’peace’’ or
shalom also contains an anomaly (yud or tittle) the ‘’vav’’ of shalom is
broken. Why?
Maybe for the same
reason as the diminished ‘’yud’’ – only the prince of peace can bring
everlasting peace.
Maybe this broken
‘’vav’’ in shalom can also refer to the anti-messiah who by his hand will bring
a false peace to the earth in the last days. The peace that YHVH gives to
Pinchas will never be broken.
Ezekiel 16 – The spirit of
Pinchas still speaks:
1 The
Lord spoke to me again.
2 "Mortal
man," he said, "point out to Jerusalem what disgusting things she has
done.
3 Tell
Jerusalem what the Sovereign Lord is saying to her: "You were born in the
land of Canaan. Your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite. (ie
they have nothing to boast about)
4 When
you were born, no one cut your umbilical cord or washed you or rubbed you with
salt or wrapped you in cloths. (parable of Israel)
5 No
one took enough pity on you to do any of these things for you. When you were
born, no one loved you. You were thrown out in an open field.
6 "Then
I passed by and saw you squirming in your own blood. You were covered with
blood, but I wouldn't let you die.
7 I
made you grow like a healthy plant. You grew strong and tall and became a young
woman. Your breasts were well-formed, and your hair had grown, but you were
naked.
8 "As
I passed by again, I saw that the time had come for you to fall in love. I
covered your naked body with my coat and promised to love you. Yes, I made a
marriage covenant with you, and you became mine." This is what the
Sovereign Lord says.
9 "Then
I took water and washed the blood off you. I rubbed olive oil on your skin.
10 I
dressed you in embroidered gowns and gave you shoes of the best leather, a
linen headband, and a silk cloak.
11 I
put jewels on you - bracelets and necklaces.
12 I
gave you a nose ring and earrings and a beautiful crown to wear.
13 You
had ornaments of gold and silver, and you always wore clothes of embroidered
linen and silk. You ate bread made from the best flour, and had honey and olive
oil to eat. Your beauty was dazzling, and you became a queen.
14 You
became famous in every nation for your perfect beauty, because I was the one
who made you so lovely." This is what the Sovereign Lord says.
15 "But
you took advantage of your beauty and fame to sleep with everyone who came
along.
16 You
used some of your clothes to decorate your places of worship, and just like a
prostitute, you gave yourself to everyone.
17 You
took the silver and gold jewelry that I had given you, used it to make male
images, and committed adultery with them.
18 You
took the embroidered clothes I gave you and put them on the images, and you
offered to the images the olive oil and incense I had given you.
19 I
gave you food - the best flour, olive oil, and honey - but you offered it as a
sacrifice to win the favor of idols." This is what the Sovereign Lord
says.
20 "Then
you took the sons and the daughters you had borne me and offered them as
sacrifices to idols. Wasn't it bad enough to be unfaithful to me,
21 without
taking my children and sacrificing them to idols?
22 During
your disgusting life as a prostitute you never once remembered your childhood -
when you were naked, squirming in your own blood."
23 The
Sovereign Lord said, "You are doomed! Doomed! You did all that evil, and
then
24 by
the side of every road you built places (Heb ‘’gav’’ rounded) to worship idols
and practice prostitution.
25 You
dragged your beauty through the mud. You offered yourself to everyone who came
by, and you were more of a prostitute every day.
26 You
let your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, go to bed with you, and you used
your prostitution to make me angry.
27 "Now
I have raised my hand to punish you and to take away your share of my blessing.
I have handed you over to the Philistines, who hate you and are disgusted with
your immoral actions.
28 "Because
you were not satisfied by the others, you went running after the Assyrians. You
were their prostitute, but they didn't satisfy you either.
29 You
were also a prostitute for the Babylonians, that nation of merchants, but they
didn't satisfy you either."
30 This
is what the Sovereign Lord is saying: "You have done all this like a
shameless prostitute.
31 On
every street you built places to worship idols and practice prostitution. But
you are not out for money like a common prostitute. (הייתיH1961)
32 You
are like a woman who commits adultery with strangers instead of loving her
husband.
33 A
prostitute is paid, but you gave presents to all your lovers and bribed them to
come from everywhere to sleep with you.
34 You
are a special kind of prostitute. No one forced you to become one. You didn't
get paid; you paid them! Yes, you are different."
35 Now
then, Jerusalem, you whore! Hear what the Lord is saying.
36 This
is what the Sovereign Lord says: "You stripped off your clothes, and like
a prostitute, you gave yourself to your lovers and to all your disgusting
idols, and you killed your children as sacrifices to idols.
37 Because
of this I will bring all your former lovers together - the ones you liked and
the ones you hated. I will bring them around you in a circle, and then I will
strip off your clothes and let them see you naked.
38 I
will condemn you for adultery and murder, and in my anger and fury I will
punish you with death.
39 I
will put you in their power, and they will tear down the places where you
engage in prostitution and worship idols. They will take away your clothes and
jewels and leave you completely naked.
40 "They
will stir up a crowd to stone you, and they will cut you to pieces with their
swords.
41 They
will burn your houses down and let crowds of women see your punishment. I will
make you stop being a prostitute and make you stop giving gifts to your lovers.
42 Then
my anger will be over, and I will be calm. I will not be angry or jealous
(S7068) any more.
43 You
have forgotten how I treated you when you were young, and you have made me
angry by all the things you did. That is why I have made you pay for them all.
Why did you add sexual immorality to all the other disgusting things you
did?" The Sovereign Lord has spoken.
44 The
Lord said, "People will use this proverb about you, Jerusalem:
"Like mother, like daughter.'
45 You
really are your mother's daughter. She detested her husband and her children.
You are like your sisters, who hated their husbands and their children. You and
your sister cities had a Hittite mother and an Amorite father.
46 "Your
older sister, with her villages, is Samaria, in the north. Your younger sister,
with her villages, is Sodom, in the south.
47 Were
you satisfied to follow in their footsteps and copy their disgusting actions?
No, in only a little while you were acting worse than they were in everything
you did.
48 "As
surely as I am the living God," the Sovereign Lord says, "your sister
Sodom and her villages never did the evil that you and your villages have done.
Rev 11:8
49 She
and her daughters were proud because they had plenty to eat and lived in peace
and quiet, but they did not take care of the poor and the underprivileged.
50 They
were proud and stubborn and did the things that I hate, so I destroyed them, as
you well know.
51 "Samaria
did not sin half as much as you have. You have acted more disgustingly than she
ever did. Your corruption makes your sisters look innocent by comparison.
52 And
now you will have to endure your disgrace. Your sins are so much worse than
those of your sisters that they look innocent beside you. Now blush and bear
your shame, because you make your sisters look pure."
53 The
Lord said to Jerusalem, "I will make them prosperous again - Sodom and her
villages and Samaria and her villages. Yes, I will make you prosperous too. (5x
Heb word ‘’shevit’’ or captivity is used implying that they are even captive in
their captivity)
54 You
will be ashamed of yourself, and your disgrace will show your sisters how
well-off they are.
55 They
will become prosperous again, and you and your villages will also be restored.
56 Didn't
you joke about Sodom in those days when you were proud
57 and
before the evil you did had been exposed? Now you are just like her - a joke to
the Edomites, the Philistines, and your other neighbors who hate you.
58 You
must suffer for the obscene, disgusting things you have done." The Lord
has spoken.
59 The
Sovereign Lord says, "I will treat you the way you deserve, because you
ignored your promises and broke the covenant.
60 But
I will honor the covenant I made with you when you were young, and I will make
a covenant with you that will last forever.
61 You
will remember how you have acted, and be ashamed of it when you get your older
sister and your younger sister back. I will let them be like daughters to you,
even though this was not part of my covenant with you.
62 I
will renew my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the Lord.
63 I
will forgive all the wrongs you have done, but you will remember them and be
too ashamed to open your mouth." The Sovereign Lord has spoken.
YHVH is about to do the
unthinkable to restore His people to Himself.
Jer 30:10 And
you, do not fear, O Ya‛aqoḇ My servant,’ declares יהוה, ‘nor be discouraged, O Yisra’ěl. For look, I am saving you
from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity. And Ya‛aqoḇ shall
return, and have rest and be at ease, with no one to trouble him.
Jer 30:11 For I
am with you,’ declares יהוה, ‘to save you. Though I make a complete
end of all nations[a] where I have scattered you, yet I do not make a complete
end of you. But I shall reprove you in judgment, and by no means leave you
unpunished.’ Footnote: aSee Jer_46:28, Isa_34:2, Isa_45:17,
Dan_2:44, Amo_9:8, Hag_2:22.
Jer 30:12 “For
thus said יהוה, ‘Your breach is incurable, your wound is grievous.
Jer 30:13 No one
pleads your cause, to bind up. There are no healing medicines for you.
Jer 30:24 The
burning displeasure of יהוה shall not turn back until He has done and
established the purposes of His heart. In the latter days you shall understand
it.[b] Footnote: bSee Jer_23:20.
Num 25:13 and it shall be to him and to his seed after
him a covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was ardent (Heb
‘’kinah’’) for his Elohim, and made atonement for the children of Yisra’ĕl.’ ” Ez
43:19
Num 25:14 And the name of the Yisra’ĕlite who was
killed, who was killed with the Miḏyanite woman, was Zimri, son of Salu, a
leader of a father’s house among the Shim’onites.
Num 25:15 And the name of the Miḏyanite woman who was
killed was Kozbi the daughter of Tsur. He was head of the people of a father’s
house in Miḏyan.
Num 25:16 And יהוה spoke to
Mosheh, saying,
Num 25:17
“Distress (Heb ‘’tzrar’’ – bind them and shut them up) the Miḏyanites!
And you shall smite them,
Num 25:18 for they distressed you with their tricks
with which they deceived you in the matter of Pe’or and in the matter of Kozbi,
the daughter of a leader of Miḏyan, their sister, who was killed in the day of
the plague because of Pe’or.”
Num 26:1 And
it came to be, after the plague, that יהוה spoke to
Mosheh and El’azar, son of Aharon the priest, saying,
Num 26:2 “Take a
census of all the congregation of the children of Yisra’ĕl from twenty years
old and above, by their fathers’ houses, everyone going out to the army in
Yisra’ĕl.”
Num 26:3 So Mosheh and El’azar the priest spoke with
them in the desert plains of Mo’aḇ by the Yardĕn of Yeriḥo, saying,
Num 26:4 “Take a census of the people from
twenty years old and above, as יהוה commanded Mosheh and the children of
Yisra’ĕl who came out of the land of Mitsrayim.”
Why did YHVH command a census at this time?
(v. 1ff.)
Rashi: This could be compared to a shepherd whose flock was attacked by wolves and some sheep were killed, so he counted them to know how many were left. Earlier, at the end of Parshat Balak, we read how the Jewish people were punished for the sin of Ba'al Pe'or in two ways: i.) There was a plague which killed 24,000 people (25:9). ii.) "Moshe said to the judges of Israel, 'Each of you should kill men who became attached to Ba'al Pe'or'" (v. 5 ibid.). Rashi explains: "Each one of the Jewish judges executed two men, and there were 88,000 Jewish judges." From this it follows that 166,000 people were executed by the judges, a much greater loss than that which occurred through the plague.”
The term used for
the first counting Yisraelites (census) that took place was “gulgoleth” or
skull, the same word that comes from “Golgotha” This second counting of
Yisrealites, the word “adat” or congregation. The first time they counted the
skulls and the second time they counted the congregation. Could this possibly
refer to the possibility that not all those who are “saved” or “born again”
will be included in the final count of the Assembly of YHVH (the bride of
Messiah) that are to enter the promised land?
(see vs 26:63-65)
YHVH is about to do the ‘’unthinkable’’ to bring His Family back together again.
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