We have completed a Triennial Torah cycle at the end of Sukkot 2015 and are starting now with a new
Triennial Torah Cycle
YHVH
looked into the Torah and created the world. Man looks into Torah and sustains
(heals) the world. (Zohar)
How will the Bride of Messiah be recognized? No one really knows except
YHVH and Yahshua. We know He calls many but few of them are chosen (Matt22:14).
See also - Mat 22:8
“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast, indeed, is ready, but
those who were invited were not worthy.
This selection process is not known to us.
Rom 9:15
For He says to Mosheh, “I shall favour whomever I favour, and I shall
have compassion on whomever I have compassion.” (Ex/Shemot 33:19)
Rom 9:16
So, then, it is not of him who is wishing, nor of him who is running,
but of Elohim who shows favour.
Human religion has confused and exhausted us and
will continue to do so in increasing measure.
How can we become wise virgins prepared to meet
the Bridegroom? (Matt 25)
We adorn ourselves with the teaching or the
doctrine of Messiah.
Tit 2:10 …. but showing all good trustworthiness,
so that they adorn the teaching of Elohim our Saviour in every way.
What is the adornment? What is it that makes us
beautiful and irresistible to YHVH?
The teaching of Moshe – The Torah – covering our
lives as the tallit covers our bodies.
Jas 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.
Jas 2:12 So speak and so do as those who are to be
judged by a Torah of freedom.1 Footnote: 1See 1:25, and
John 8:32-36.
And so we begin a new Torah cycle let our prayer
and desire be that Yahveh will adorn us with a deeper insight and obedience
into His Heart through His Torah – the way Messiah and his talmadim (disciples)
came to show and teach us.
Jer 33:3
‘Call unto Me, and I shall answer you, and show you great and
inaccessible matters, which you have not known.’
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.
Psa 19:7
The Torah of יהוה is perfect, bringing back the being …(converting the being (soul
as it was translated ))
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.
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. We have just completed our celebration of Sukkot or
booths. 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 to the belief that in this
world is the one house in which we are being prepared for seven thousand years
to be able to live in the next house, the New Yersushalayim for ever and ever.
“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 vavihu” This may have been when Satan
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 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 any kind
of creating and restoration to take place there needs to be recognition that
YHVH is an Elohim of distinction. He does not mix things that essentially
differ. Then YHVH fills what He separates in order to bring revelation in
understanding of who He is and how we can become one with Him.
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. He will return back to earth for the
second time on the “third day” – third millennium –
For the first time human life can be sustained 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 a higher level.
When we study Torah – by the third day there is a
special anointing to see Messiah in the weekly portion – Rom 10:4 – (This is my
personal opinion and observation)
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 time line that will guide and rule our lives until the eighth day
when He will eventually be joined to us as He was joined to Adam and Eve in the
garden of Eden.
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. Is it not significant that the Roman Catholic Church
found it necessary to change YHVH’s calendar? The Gregorian calendar name 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.
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. We must however distinguish between what is
truly beneficial life and what is not truly beneficial life, 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.
Let’s always remember that on the “Eighth Day”
Shemeni Atzeret – heaven and earth come together (‘..a renewed heaven and a renewed earth…. and
the sea is no more’ –Rev 21).
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.”
Yahshua has always been in the bosom of the
Father. We were created in the image of Father and Son – Rev 13:8
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.
On the sixth day YHVH creates a higher form of
life – animal life – then He creates the highest form of life – man and a woman
in His image. Now YHVH can be fully represented on earth. Will this life bring
honour or dishonour to YHVH? Will this life establish YHVH’s presence on earth?
This highest form of life finds its highest
purpose for being when it is conformed into the image of Messiah.
Messianic life is about giving and laying down
your life. For us to experience this kind of life we need to search our hearts
to make sure we are giving to YHVH what He requires of us – our time, treasure
and talents. When we give as He requires the heavens open for us. The whole
offering system was about giving to YHVH.
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 Sabbath (Shabbat in
Hebrew)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 tranquility. (Nachmanides)”
Please note these notes are under construction and
are subject to correction and are in no way a final authority on any subject
