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Scripture speaks of a secret place where we can simply go, be alone, be protected, pray, and hear from Yahuahshua. Knowing there is such a place is a matter of faith. Going back time and again, that's a matter of building a relationship. You need not have an advanced degree in any subject, need not have memorized Scripture from beginning to end, but instead be aware the Yâ-hwuah of Y’sra’al has a place for each Jew and Gentile who will open their minds and hearts to Him.

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Zekeniam Y’sra’al

( teacher of Y’sra’al)

Sherut haRitztzuy (the ministry of reconciliation)

by whom we have now received the ( Atonement)

Reconciliation of the Dvar HaRitztzuy Let this day be a day of reconciliation and regeneration

[“EHYEH ASHER EHYEH”]

( HaYaH (He was), Howeh (He is), and Yihyeh (He will be).

I AM

Father and son are one

My Memorial for generation after generation.”

Shemot 3:13-16 This is MY NAME for ever,

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Yâ-hwuah, Aluahiym of your father’s Abraham, Yitzchak [Isaac], and Ya’aqob [Jacob], has sent me to you. This is my name forever, and this is my

memorial for generation to generation." and I appeared to Abraham, to Yitzchak, andto Ya’aqob as hashadday [the almighty]. and my name, Ya-

hwuah, was not well known (famous) to them.

The ministry of reconciliation

Message of Reconciliation

Torah sh’Bichtav (Written Torah)

Who hath ears to hear, let him hear?

“Sola Scriptura”

(the Scriptures alone is authoritative for faith)

(in His Name)

[Yah -hoo-Wah]

is the Name of the Creator.

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(Yâhuwshúa`) is His Son

[Al-u-heem - ALHYM] means "Mighty Ones“ or "Power"

means Set-apart, Pure.

(Qodesh) also means "Set-apart"

Ruwach (Raukh) is the Ibry (Hebrew) name for His "Presence", pictured as

the Counselor, Helper, and Advocate, the One Who "proceeds from the

Father"

Tehillim 27:5

For in the day of trouble He will keep me secretly in His booth. In the

covering of His Tent He will hide me. On a Rock He raises me up.

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is for you too!

Scripture speaks of a secret place where we can simply go, be alone, be

protected, pray, and hear from Yahuahshua. Knowing there is such a place is a

matter of faith. Going back time and again, that's a matter of building a

relationship. You need not have an advanced degree in any subject, need not

have memorized Scripture from beginning to end, but instead be aware the

Yâ-hwuah of Y’sra’al has a place for each Jew and Gentile who will open their

minds and hearts to Him.

Mt 6:5-8

When you pray, you shall not be as the role-fakers, for they love to stand

and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be

seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward. But

you, when you pray, enter into your inner chamber, and having shut your

door, pray to your Father Who is in secret, and your Father Who sees in

secret shall reward you openly. In praying, don’t use vain repetitions, as the

Gentiles do; for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Therefore don’t be like them, don't you see that your Father knows what

things you need before you ask Him.

The truth in reality is visited in this secret place AND must be shared by those

who will live or else ... they will perish ... in darkness.

It is written

Lu 11:33

“No one, when he has lit a Lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on

a stand, that those who come in may see the Light.

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Tehillim. 119:105

Your Word is a Lamp to my feet, and a Light (aur) for my path.

The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your

whole body is also full of Light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of

darkness. Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn’t darkness. If

therefore your whole body is full of Light, having no part dark, it shall be

wholly full of Light, as when the Lamp with its bright shining gives you

Light.”

The menorah is the only symbol created by Yâhuwshúa`

With this in mind, heart soul and strength let us study together in the

Ruwach

And now brothers and sisters

Come out of the secret place bearing light!

who see it from afar. The Secret Place, here, shines a bit of light so many can

see from afar. The topics we have chosen are addressed to Jew and Gentile

together. We do this because that is what the Bible does. This opens the

window to make more sense of what Scripture tells us!

In the secret place is plain language, something simple to read. This is a mere

starting place for deeper consideration.

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And He drove the man out. And He placed keruwbiym at the east of the

garden of Ěd en, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the

way to the tree of life.

keruwbiym:

Was a class of Messenger associated with guarding sacred places (like the

innermost part of the Temple--which is the way Yâ-hwuah gave us to get

back to the Tree of Life). They are more like winged sphinxes than the

unthreatening baby "cherubs" of Western art, though they are also innocent

like children. Notice Yâ-hwuah’s mercy in not allowing mankind's bodies to

become immortal by eating of the Tree of Life in their fallen condition.

He thus gave them hope of regaining their lost estate when they would die

physically.

Rev. 22:2

Within the midst of its street, on this side and on that side of the river, a tree

of life producing twelve types of fruit, yielding one type of its fruit every

month, and the leaves of the tree are for therapy of the masses!

[1 ’Âthâ´m and Chauwâ´h 1: 2-5,

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And to the north of the garden there is a sea of water, clear and pure to the

taste, unlike anything else; so that, through the clearness thereof, one may

look into the depths of the earth. And when a man washes himself in it, he

becomes clean of the cleanness thereof, and white of its whiteness, even if he

were dark. And ’Aluahiym created that sea of His own good pleasure, for He

knew what would come of the man He would make; so that after he had left

the garden, on account of his transgression, men should be born in the earth.

Among them are righteous ones who will die, whose selves (souls)

’Aluahiym would raise at the last day; when all of them will return to their

flesh, bathe in the water of that sea, and repent of their sins.

[1 ’Âthâ´m and Chauwâ´h 1:,5.

But when ’Aluahiym made ’Âthâ´m go out of the garden, He did not place

him on the border of it northward. This was so that he and Chauwâ´h would

not be able to go near to the sea of water where they could wash themselves

in it, be cleansed from their sins, erase the transgression they had committed,

and be no longer reminded of it in the thought of their punishment.

YchezqË´’l 47: 1,

He brought me back to the door of the House; and behold, waters issued out

from under the threshold of the House eastward; (for the forefront of the

House was toward the east;) and the waters came down from under, from the

right side of the House, on the south of the altar.

This would be near where the king’s seat sat in the Second Temple, and Rev.

22:1 says the water comes from under the Throne. The laver in the previous

Temples was also very close to where this water would be flowing from,

suggesting that in this Temple a laver would not be needed, since flowing

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water is constantly available, and indeed the only temple furniture mentioned

in this vision is the table/altar inside the building. (41:22)

No laver is mentioned.

When General Gordon explored underneath the Temple Mount in the early

20th century, he found a cistern right at this spot, and a duct to carry water

and blood out of the altar area is still there today; this water could be partly

to wash away the blood, etc. In ancient times, the richest fields in all of

Yahrushalom were in the Qidron Valley, where this duct empties out

Where the wheat was grown along with the barley

Blood and water flowing from the side is also a picture of the Mâshíyach.

Yoch. 19:34

Nevertheless, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and blood and

water immediately flowed out.

Water coming forth also symbolizes the Torah (instruction) going forth

from Tsion.

Mikha 4:2

Many nations will go and say, “Come, and let us go up to the Mountain of

Ya-hwuah, and to the House of the Aluahiym of Ya'aqob; and He will teach

us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths.” For out of Tsiyown will go

forth the Torah, and the Word of Ya-hwuah (Yâhuwshúa`) from

Yahrushalom;

Shoulder: or simply, side, as interpreted in the Aramaic targum.

Yâhuwshúa said to him,

“I am

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the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except

through Me.

YchezqË´’l 47:2

Then he brought me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me

round by the way outside to the outer gate, by the way of the gate that looks

toward the east; and behold, there ran out waters on the right side.

YchezqË´’l 47:3

When the man went forth eastward with the line in his hand, he measured

one thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the waters, waters

that were to the ankles.

he caused me to pass through

Soles of my feet: literally, [there was] nothing [to it]; Aramaic, up to the

ankles.

YchezqË´’l 47:4

Again he measured one thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters,

waters that were to the knees. Again he measured one thousand, and caused

me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the waist.

Up to my knees: LXX, water of a fountain.

It is unusual to have water deepening so quickly without other tributaries.

The Gihon Spring might again feed into it, but this itself suggests an allusion

to B’Rayshiyth. 2, where we see one river flowing out of Eden, which was

located at the site of Yahrushalom, then dividing into four “heads”. This

passage only mentions one river, but

Z’kharyah 14:8

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It will happen in that Day, that living waters will go out from Yahrushalom;

half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea;

in summer and in winter will it be.

Living waters: an idiom for running water, and this is what is required for a

ritual cleansing . Literally, half toward the former sea and half toward the

latter.

says another will flow from Yahrushalom westward toward the

Mediterranean Sea.

YchezqË´’l 47:5

Afterward he measured one thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass

through; for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be

passed through.

Overpowering: or risen up (as in triumph), deep; LXX: acted proudly. For

swimming: Aramaic, that one had to swim across. Four measurements of

water suggest the four levels of interpreting Scripture, the last of which is the

deepest.

YchezqË´’l 47:6

He said to me, Son of Adam, have you seen this? Then he brought me, and

caused me to return to the bank of the river.

YchezqË´’l 47:7

Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many

trees on the one side and on the other.

No trees are present until after the fourth measurement; we are not totally

fruitful until we have used all four measures on a passage of Scripture.

YchezqË´’l 47:8

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Then said he to me, These waters issue forth toward the eastern region, and

shall go down into the Arabah; and they shall go toward the sea; into the sea

shall the waters go which were made to issue forth; and the waters shall be

healed.

District: Heb., Galilah--literally, region of rolling hills. The LXX takes it as the

“Galilee of the east”. The northern region actually called Galilee (Heb., Galil)

is the same term. Aravah: the “transitional zone” between vegetated and

desert, but a specific term for the Great Rift Valley; LXX, Arabia. The Qidron

Valley already extend all the way to the Dead Sea and forms a natural channel

ready for this river to flow down. Healed: Aramaic purified. The waters: that

is, in the Dead Sea, which are now far too caustic from the high mineral

content to support any life except a tiny bit of algae.

YchezqË´’l 47:9

It shall happen, that every living creature which swarms, in every place where

the rivers come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for

these waters are come there, and the waters of the sea shall be healed, and

everything shall live wherever the river comes.

This is part of the answer to how such a barren Land, also ravaged by war by

this time, will again become a land flowing with milk and honey, the envy of

the whole world. A climatic shift may also take place again, returning Y’sra’al

to the latitude it was at before 701 B.C.E. The Hebrew word for “river” is

nahal, and the word for inheritance, nahalah, is based on it, through the idea

of flowing down. Fish are symbolic of Efrayim and Manasseh. (Gen. 48:16),

so this is a picture of the restoration of the inheritance of the tribes that left

Ya-hwuah as they come back to life. (Yirm. 16:16; Mat. 4:19)

YchezqË´’l 47:10

It shall happen, that fishermen shall stand by it: from Eyn Gediy even to Eyn

Eglayim shall be a place for the spreading of nets; their fish shall be after their

kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

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Eyn Gedi: “spring of the goat”. Eyn Eglayim: “spring of the pair of calves.”

There are no fish in this sea (the Salt Sea) today, giving it the nickname “the

Dead Sea”. According to its kind: a phrase also used of Ya-hwuah’s creation of

the various species of animals (Gen. 1:21, 25); LXX, distinct. Thus this

indicates that a variety of species of fish will also return to this sea. This also

suggests that it will remain a saltwater sea, which is supported by v. 11:

Numerous: Aramaic, plentiful. It may no longer even be called “the Salt Sea”,

though salt mines will remain along its edges, according to the Aramaic

translation of verse 11:

YchezqË´’l 47:11

But the miry places of it, and its marshes, shall not be healed; they shall be

given up to salt.

Swamps and marshes: LXX, at the outlet of the water and where it overflows

its banks. Thus it seems this area will be like the Nile Valley—seasonally

watered as the water rises, possibly in spring. As to an outlet, see note on v.

19. Salt: The Aramaic translation specifies “salt mines”. It may include other

minerals as well, as are mined there today by the process of evaporating the

water. Salt marshes will constitute part of the ecosystem in the restored

Land—important because salt is needed daily for all contribution-offerings

brought to the Temple. (Lev. 2:13)

YchezqË´’l 47:12

By the river on its bank, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for

food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall its fruit fail: it shall bring forth

new fruit every month, because its waters issue out of the Set-apart Place; and

its fruit shall be for food, and its leaf for healing.

Tree to eat from: LXX, fruit tree. Its leaf will not wither: David said the same

about a man whose delight is in the Torah of YHWH and who meditates on

it day and night (Psalm 1); LXX, it shall not decay on it. Grow: Aramaic,

spring up. Be exhausted: that is, run out or be used up. By its months: LXX,

they shall bring forth the first-fruit of their early crop. For healing: or

medicine. Rev. 22 adds the details that these are the tree of life—a

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restoration of the tree in Paradise that was lost—and the healing is for the

nations (which can just as well be translated tribes, which is more likely in the

context of Israel). It clarifies that the tree bears fruit every month—or

possibly, every new moon to be even more precise. The gate is opened every

new moon, but no one enters through it; is it opened to let the waters out?

There are twelve kinds of fruit, according to Rev. 22. Is there a specific fruit

that brings healing in a special way for each tribe? Is one tribe magnified each

month and given a special place in the Temple—to administer a special type

of healing for the whole nation--at that time, like the 24 courses of Levites

that used to each serve on a particular week? David claimed his entire family

had a sacrifice on the new moon (1 Shmuel 20:29); his extended family was

the tribe of Yahuwdah. This may be the reinstitution of an ancient practice.

Yâhuwshúa cursed a fig tree that had leaves, but no fruit. (Mat. 21:19-20)

How many who claim to be His followers produce healing, but no fruit, since

they practice lawlessness, that is, say the Torah is not for today? (Mat. 7:22-

23)

Disclosure 22:1-2

He showed me a stream of living water, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the

throne of Aluahiym and the Lamb [one throne]. In the middle of its street,

on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds

of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the

healing of the nations.

ZkharYâ´hu 12:9

It will happen in That Day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come

against Yahrushalom.

I will: Yet when He said He would drive out the inhabitants of Kanaan, He

made it possible but told the Y’sra’alites to do the physical driving out. It may

be the same in this case.

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ZkharYâ´hu 12:10

I will pour on the House of Dawiyd, and on the inhabitants of Yahrushalom,

the Ruwach of acceptance/favour and of supplication [begging for favor];

and they will look on Me, Aleph wTaw, Whom they have pierced; and they

shall mourn for Him, as one mourns for His only Son, and will grieve bitterly

for Him, as one grieves over His Firstborn.

(Me is Ya-hwuah .... Him is Yâhuwshúa`)

Over a firstborn:

This is the ultimate in weeping. Yâhuwshúa` is indeed called the “firstborn”.

(Luke 2:7; Rom. 8:29; Col. 1:15, 18; Heb. 11:28; 12:23)

This is the prelude to both houses of Y’sra’al choosing one king to rule over

both. Interestingly, while it was the tribe of Yahuwdah that first crowned

Yâhuwshúa`’s ancestor David, Yahuwdah was the last tribe to accept him back

after the rebellion of Avshalom, who is a picture of the Counterfeit Messiah.

(2 Shmuel 2:4; 19:11)

. ZkharYâ´hu 12:10 ..

. the Piercing of Ya-hwuah ......

I will pour out on the house of Dawiyd and on the inhabitants of

Yahrushalom, the Ruwach of favor and of supplication, so that they will look

on Me whom they have pierced and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns

for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping

over a firstborn.

The first thing to notice is that the direct object pointer a-t (aleph-taw) is

meant to show what part of the sentence receives action. In this case, the part

that receives the action is Ya-hwuah,

Who is Himself pierced!

I AM

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This fact though raises an uncomfortable question: Since Ya-hwuah is

Ruwach, how can He be pierced? The answer is a few words later in the same

verse. The phrase "only son" is an exclusive singularity, meaning that only

the Mashiyach has an occurrence of Yâ-hwuah’s nature, as opposed to a

separate Mighty-like nature, which would be idolatry. And so, son guarantees

that Mashiyach is the only human who has had, or ever will have, an

Occurrence of the one Mighty-like nature living separately, and yet side by

side, in His own human nature. You don't have to go to the Gospels then to

get the truth of this matter. Furthermore, the Raukh of Ya-hwuah is said to

rest upon Mashiyach

Yasha. 11:1-

But a twig will shoot forth from Yishai, and a branch from his roots will bear

fruit,

Twig: The targum interprets this as "a king", and the "branch" specifically as

the Mashiyach.

Yasha. 11:2.

And the Raukh of Ya-hwuah will alight upon Him--the Raukh of wisdom

and discernment, the Raukh of counsel and bravery, the Raukh of knowledge

and the [reverential] fear of Ya-hwuah--

The Raukh...will alight upon Him: clearly, visibly fulfilled immediately after

Yâhuwshúa` immersion by Yochanan. (Mat. 3:16; Mk. 1:10; Luk. 3:22) Seven

Ruakh’s are mentioned here. (cf. Rev. 1:4; 3:1; 4:5; 5:6) In Hebrew, wisdom

means "shrewd" and "able to put the pieces in place"; discernment means

understanding and the ability to judge between one thing and another.

Counsel means being able to both plan and give advice. Bravery means

"strength" and "force". Knowledge means "intimate acquaintance" which

leads to "certainty"; Yesh. 5:13 says the lack of this is why His people went

into exile, so the way back out will be given through the recovery thereof. As

His Body, none of us will have all of these in their completeness, but when we

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assemble together and all our gifts function as they are meant to, we will have

an ample supply of all we need.

, and so if the flesh of the man containing Yâ-hwuah’s Ruwach is pierced,

then metaphorically speaking so is Ya-hwuah pierced. Therefore, in

ZekarYahuw’s case, the placement of a-t (aleph-taw)leaves no doubt

whatsoever that it is Ya-hwuah receiving the action of piercing, and yet they

mourn for Him (Mashiyach) as an only Son! That fact alone clearly proves

that Ya-hwuah is somehow pierced and yet He does not die, but it also shows

that His son does! But then, if the Son can die, how is He "equal" with Ya-

hwuah Who can never die? The answer is in understanding the difference

between "equal" in Aramaic and English. When we say "equal" we mean a

sense of equivalence, such as 2 +2 = 4. However, to say "equal with

Aluahiym" in this context does not mean identical but rather "of the same

substance as Aluahiym". What's the difference? Well, water and ice are the

same substance but are they identical? Does each one act or is able to do the

exact same things as the other two? In the same way, Mashiyach is made up

of the same "Mighty-like stuff" as Ya-hwuah, but is given a subservient

function by the very nature of the fact that He has become human. That is

also why He can say "I am nothing without My Father", because without that

Mighty-like part, he is just another man! Over a firstborn: This is the

ultimate in weeping. Yâhuwshúa` is indeed called the “firstborn”.

(Luke 2:7; Rom. 8:29; Col. 1:15, 18; Heb. 11:28; 12:23

) And this is what is being described—the mass acceptance of Yâhuwshúa` by

the Jews in the Land, for He must be king over all of Ysra'al.

(Can a Land be born in one day?)

Interestingly, while it was the tribe of Yahuwdah that first crowned

Yâhuwshúa`’s ancestor David, Yahuwdah was the last tribe to accept him back

after the rebellion of Abshalom, who is a picture of the Counterfeit

Mashiyach.

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(2 Shmuel 2:4; 19:11)

ZkharYâ´hu 12:11

In That Day there will be a great mourning in Yahrushalom, like the

mourning of Hadad Rimmown in the valley of Meğiddówn.

Hadad-Rimmon: a place named after two Syrian deities. It was here that there

was a national lamentation for the righteous king Yoshiyahu, who was killed

while needlessly meddling in the battle of Pharaoh Nekho, who was simply

passing through the Land. (2 Kings 23:29-30) The Plain of Megiddo is the

area in front of the tel known as “Har-megiddo” (from which the name

Armageddon is derived).

ZkharYâ´hu 12:12

The Land will mourn, every family by themselves; the family of the House of

Dawiyd by themselves, and their wives by themselves; the family of the House

of Nathan by themselves, and their wives by themselves;

The House of Nathan: either the son of David through whom the Messiah

came physically, or the prophet who brought David many messages.

ZkharYâ´hu 12:13

the family of the House of Lewiy themselves, and their wives by themselves;

the family of the Shimeites themselves, and their wives by themselves;

Shim’i: a descendant of Gershon the Levite, whose name means “exile”, so he

represents those “sons of the exiles” who will yet return to the Land “in That

Day”. This pattern corresponds with the command that “the descendants of

Israel shall pitch their tents, each with his own camp, and each with his own

banner, according to their companies.”

Numbers 1:52

ZkharYâ´hu 12:14

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all the families who remain, every family by themselves, and their wives by

themselves.

These who mourn separately from their wives were the analogy behind the

decision to build a special balcony in the Court of Women during Sukkoth to

keep men and women separate while the celebration became more and more

intense.

The House of Nathan: either the son of David through whom the Mashiyach

came physically, or the prophet who brought David many messages.

ZkharYâ´hu 13: 1,

In that day there will be a flow let loose for the House of Dawiyd and to the

inhabitants of Yahrushalom in regard to sin and in regard to separation [at

the time of ritual impurity].

Flow: used of a flow of blood in a woman in her monthly cycle or after

childbirth, which is alluded to here, but also of a wellspring that gushes out

when opened up. In the context of the preceding verses, it appears related to

the piercing of Yâhuwshúa (12:10), after which blood and water flowed from

His side (Yochanan 19:34), for it relates to the purification of Israel from her

uncleanness. A woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years

(representing all twelve tribes) was healed by her faith in the promise that

Yâhuwshúa had healing in His wings. (Mat. 9:20) But the particular

separation that this flow is to cover is that detailed in Yeshayahu/Isa. 64:4ff,

in which the standard of righteousness that Ysra’al choose for ourselves is

described as like the clothing an ancient Hebrew woman wore in public when

in her monthly period so that men would know not to touch her. We are

saying in effect to Ya-hwuah, our Husband, “Keep Your distance; I am not

available to You.” Yâhuwshúa has made a way for us to be relieved of that

sort of “righteousness”.

ZkharYâ´hu 14:8

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It will happen in that Day, that living waters will go out from Yahrushalom;

half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea;

in summer and in winter will it be.

Again

Living waters: an idiom for running water, and this is what is required for a

ritual cleansing (such as the “flow” in 13:1). Literally, half toward the former

sea and half toward the latter. Y’hezq’el (Ezekiel) 47 provides more detail

about this event.

This seems to say the Tree of Life, to be restored when the curse is gone, is a

species that will bear a different kind of fruit each new moon, and says its

leaves are for the healing of the nations. So it may be that the tree had to be

eaten of on any occasion of injury in order to maintain life rather than

making the eater immortal once and for all.) The Gihon (2:10-14) originates

just east of Yahrushalom. So this is another evidence that Eden was right there

above it. (See note on 2:10.) Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on verse 23 said

Adam went and settled on Mount Moryah, which is where the Temple would

later sit. Revelation 21 speaks of a Heavenly Jerusalem, and Hebrews 9:8-24

tells us that the Temple on earth was a copy or shadow of the one above it.

Thus Ya-hwuah would have shown His greatest pictures of redemption--the

provision of a ram in place of Yitzhaq (22:8-14) and the Temple sacrifices (an

exact replica of what is in heaven, Heb. 8:5)--at the same location, and set in

motion the final solution for the problems Adam started on another "tree"

which was erected on this same mountain! He stipulated that pictures

ofkh'ruvim be woven into the veil guarding the way to the Holy of Holies to

strengthen this reminder of what it was all about. The main gate to the

Temple was visible from another garden directly east of the city, where the

final battle for the restoration of Israel was won, and angels participated in

that drama. (Markos 14:32-36) Though the main gate to Eden is closed, there

is another way back to fellowship with Ya-hwuah, but it is a long, roundabout

one. As the eastern gate to Yahrushalom is now blocked off, and in

Yâhuwshúa’’s day the Temple was usually entered from the south after a

ritual washing, entering through long tunnels and crossing a wide courtyard,

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likewise, after repentance, the cleansing by Yâhuwshúa’’s blood, dying to self,

and re-learning the right patterns of life through the Torah, we are only then

back at the starting point for what it really means to worship Ya-hwuah. In

Jewish tradition, Adam continued to ritually bathe in the rivers that flowed

out from Eden, thereby maintaining a connection to it. The Tree of Life is

hidden until we (corporately) are obedient. At least one aspect of what keeps

us from it is time, an illusion that would have meant nothing had Adam

remained immortal. Now that he had only one "day"--no more than 1,000

years--left to live, suddenly time mattered. He could not live forever. Time

limited him. The pain of exile was meant to drive us to seek the way back.

Paradoxically, the way Ya-hwuah gives us to get back to it is His appointed

times. There we are in His presence again in a limited way. By walking in the

proper times we can get a taste of eternity again, and thus can eventually

overcome time. Obedience is what kept us in the Garden. If we want to hear

His voice again, we can do so if we walk in the Torah where it has been

recorded. It might not be as spectacular as some alternatives available today,

but it will be real. The Torah is to be guarded like the Garden, and it is what

teaches us to love Yâ-hwuah’s presence again. It even holds the command

not to eat of the fruit of trees for a certain period (Lev. 19:23ff)--a vivid

reminder of where we came from and a test of whether we will obey this

time. It teaches us to establish community, where we can be closer to Him

more often. As we work toward establishing a better resting place for Him, it

no longer matters if we die, because we can enter back in by means of

resurrection, if we have made the right choices while we live. He has

covenant only with Israel, but as we become part of that entity, we can, as a

restored Adam, a unified new man, return to what the ancient Adam lost.

When Adam sinned, he became Adamah (relying) on the very breathe of

Ya-hwuah to survive. This was done less he took of the tree of life and

became immortal

( lest he take of it and sin would again become universal)

It seems man loves to wallow in his sins, like a pig in dirt

( less than a few generations he spoke of the wickedness of man

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And Aluahiym looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt – for all

flesh had corrupted their way on the earth –

Today we live in a world has corrupt if not more than then, and we live

under a false sense of humanism, wheer knowledge of good and evil is

dominated by evil………

Yet a few, a remnant of the remnant, stand in awe of Yâ-hwuah’s word

Yâhuwshúa

Deeds of the Delegates 24:14.

However, this I do confess to you, that according to The Way, which they call

a “sect”, thus I do serve the mighty Ones of their Fathers, as I believe all the

things which have been written throughout the Law and the Predicators,

Deeds of the Delegates 24:15.

Also having a hope for Yâ-hwuah, which they also themselves accept, that He

intends a resurrection of the dead,

both of just ones, and of the unjust ones.

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In His Name

Blessed be, in His name

'Ya-hwuah be with you.' and they answered him, 'Ya-hwuah bless you.' "

Be not blind to the truth And, hinnei, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Yâhuwshúa` passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Yâ-hwuah,

[thou] Ben David. An Yâhuwshúa` stood still, and called them, and said, what will ye that I shall do unto you they say unto Him, Yâ-hwuah, that our eyes may be opened. So Yâhuwshúa` had compassion [on them], and touched

their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

His servant and yours shalowm in Righteousness

by the GRACE of Yâ-hwuah

keiYAH nätzräya

Remember me and pray for me that Yâ-hwuah will be gracious unto me and

be merciful unto my sins which I have sinned against him. Peace be to them

that read and that hear these things and to their servants:

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Amein and Amein

Freely ye have received, freely give

A rule necessary, and of great extent. A servant in the Gospel Vineyard,

though worthy of his Comfortable support while in the work. Should never preach for hire, or make a secular traffic of the Ruwach (spiritual work): what a scandal is it for a man to traffic with gifts which he pretends, at least, to have received from the Ruwach HaQodesh, of which he is not the master, but the dispenser. He who preaches to get a living, or make a fortune, is guilty of the

most infamous sacrilege