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Read this FIRST- On this site we prefer to use the actual Name of our loving Heavenly
Father as it was written in the Word, and thus you will note that we will
use the Four Letter “Memorial Name” of - YHVH, which is pronounced as YaHVaH
or YaHWaH. In addition we will also use our Heavenly Father’s
attribute/title, which is Elohim rather than “God,” which
sadly is the name of a pagan god. In addition we also love to use the actual
and real Name of our beloved Messiah which is - Yahushua for this is our Saviours
original Hebrew Name as given to Him at birth in Lukas
- Luke 1:31. This was the only Name ever used when He was on the earth by His
family, disciples and His followers OVER THE centuries, even until today!
However, it was changed to a foreign name by the founder of the new
“pagan church of Rome.”
Occasionally, we may also use other Hebrew or Greek names as well as different
words in our studies for certain common words used are from pagan backgrounds
and thus are not suitable. All names will be translated when they are FIRST
used in a study or at various times as needed for clarity. There is a full
explanation of YHVH’s blessed “Memorial Name” as well as
the wonderful blessed Name of our Messiah and Saviour, thus please read the
study … “The Memorial Name” on www.rmi-ministries.com.
First ~ The
Three Principles When Studying the blessed Word:
At the top of each of all our studies online I
reveal the Three Principles, or what we could also call the Three Steps of how
we could read and understand the blessed Scriptures, and these Three
Principles/Steps are:
1. Who was YaHVaH Elohim,
blessed be His Sanctified Name speaking to? … 2. When was it said?
And most importantly … 3. How was His Word understood at the time
it was given? I strongly believe that these three points are very relevant to
our understanding of His Word - Today!
Hebrew is full of Blessings:
Beloved, it is also relevant for us to understand that the Hebrew alphabet was
and are more than just letters, for the alphabet is also a numerical system,
for example providing the most simple explanation; A (Aleph) = 1,
and B (Beth) = 2, and so it goes on.
But in the verse that we will read below there
is a very special word “forever,” and I will place this
wondrous verse before you and I am sure that you will find it more than
interesting as we will look at it in its context as well as using the
Scriptural numerical information it contains, etc. Has this lit the fires of
interest? I pray it has, for if it has not, it may be that prayer is required
as a certain amount of deep faith in our loving Saviour is not on a solid
foundation!
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“ZaChar LeOlam BeRito
DaVar TziVah
LeElef Dor”
(Hebrew- transliterated) - “He (YHVH) remembers His covenant forever, the
Word which He commanded, for a thousand generations.” Tehillim - Psalm
105:8 - NKJV.
You will note that the word
“forever” is used, obviously, even in our understanding that should
mean what it says, but not according to theologians and the church, for they
believe that YaHVaH’s Covenant has now been abolished. Thus Elohim’s
“forever” does not seem to hold much ground with the church
hierarchy!
However in Hebrew the word “forever”
is “olam”, which also translates as “eternity,”
“eternal,” “Universe,” “without
end.” And there is more, however for now I should think we get the
picture.
Yet over the years there have been many who
have asked me; “But brother, why does it state in the second part of this
very same verse that it is ‘for a thousand generations.’
Does this not mean there is a time limit?” Now this is certainly a very
good and a valid question, but we must go back to those three points I
mentioned at the top of the page as this is most vital, especially in this
verse!
We need to remember that YaHVaH Elohim,
blessed be His Sanctified Name, was speaking to the Children of Israel through
the Psalmist and they at the time of hearing had a certain understanding, and
that beloved, was obviously very different to ours today. I mean, if you could
transport yourself back to London
in the 600’ds I can assure you that you would not understand a word of
the English they were speaking at that time, not even another 600 years later,
for the language changed so greatly over time as we all should know so well.
And for many, this has even occurred in our very own generation, when words
have changed their meanings, for example in the roaring twenties through to the
sixties, the words “having a gay time” simply meant having a happy
and a wonderful time, but today it has another implication altogether! And so
it is with countless other words! Therefore, language and general understanding
tends to change over time.
In the word given here, we need to understand
that the children of Israel
were rather overwhelmed by the statement “Olam” being
“Forever” for their Elohim was saying to them that “His
covenant” with them would be “eternal.” And let us
be honest, even with all the knowledge available to us, combined with the
advanced technology and the exploration of outer space and the depths of the
oceans, etc, no one can still measure or comprehend eternity!
Therefore YaHVaH Elohim,
blessed be His Sanctified Name, gave Israel
an understandable insight to what eternity could possibly be, but He did so
according to their comprehension of their day by using their understanding, by
addition the words “the Word He commanded, for a thousand generations.”
As I have already indicated earlier, the
Hebrew alphabet is wholly numerical and at the time when this Word was given
the highest numerical denominator was 1,000, therefore what Elohim was
saying to Israel
in this verse was this, “My Covenant is eternal, OK, you cannot
comprehend that, well it is as far as you can possibly count 1,000!”
Thus you can imagine it was like saying a million trillion years, for that
number would have been something beyond their comprehension as one thousand was
the ultimate number. But did you notice there was even more, for He added the
word “generations.”
However, there is something else that we need
to understand with the very word “thousand.” The truth is that
using “thousand” just by it self would have been sufficient to
communicate “forever” or “eternity,” for that is what
Israel would have comprehended at that time, for let’s face it they could
not count any further! It ended at the number one thousand being the end,
“forever!”
Amazingly that ideology remained with Israel
and Judah right through to the days of our precious Saviour Yahushua and long
thereafter, for even Simeon ben Yochanan - Peter used this precise term in his
teachings to his Hebrew faithful and those who had come into the faith, however
this great truth has never been understood by the church and christianity,
sadly because they never had any Hebraic understanding of the Hebrew language
and writings, as well as their ancient thought and customs and how to read the
word including the Brit Chadashah - the New Covenant in its context!
“Beloved, do
not forget this one thing, that with YHVH one day is as a thousand
years, and a thousand years as one day.” 2 Simeon - 2 Peter
3:8 NKJV.
Thus if “thousand” was already
sufficient to communicate “forever” why then did our Heavenly
Father need to add “generations?”
We clearly know from the Scriptures that one
generation is 40 Years, thus can you imagine what the Almighty was telling Israel
here, and astounded Israel for now we not only had He given them the highest
number that they could possibly count to, but He now added “generations
on top of that, and not one generation, but “a thousand
generations.”
Can you see what has occurred here, it has
become a number that is far beyond Israel’s
comprehension that is how Elohim gave Israel
a human idea of what eternity could possibly be to our meagre understanding? It
would have been like saying to us today a multi trillion, mega, gigabytes,
which frankly is far beyond my personal comprehension, and I know that today
there may well be even more than that! Thus Elohim was giving Israel
an insight, or a picture of what eternity could possibly be like humanly
speaking!
Therefore, this Tehillim - Psalm 105:8 clearly
proves that the Commandments are indeed FOREVER, just as Messiah
Yahushua said!
“Do not think that
I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them
but to fulfil them (the New Heaven and New Earth). For truly, I say to you,
until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, nor a dot, will pass from the
Law until ALL is accomplished. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the
least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called
least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be
called great in the kingdom of heaven.” Mattityahu - Matthew 5:17–19.
Now a very simple question, if you know the
Word, what did Messiah mean when He said “ALL is accomplished?” It was certainly not His
death and resurrection, no for ALL was not as yet completed, for we need to
understand Elohim’s complete picture! We need to remember that He who IS
“the Word, who was with Elohim, and who is Elohim” was clearly
speaking of the end time, when the New Heaven and the New Earth, when the New
Temple
would come as prophesied on the eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles! Then
will the faithful live with Him on earth forever, as Messiah so clearly said; “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the
earth.” Mattityahu - Matthew
5:5. We look forward to His Coming, but the days are evil, but there is much
worse to come, let the true believers in Messiah Yahushua continue to uphold
the Seventh Day Sabbath as He and all the Apostles commanded as well as the
appointed Feasts of YHVH Elohim and not those pagan christian festivals!
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“Teach me
Your way, O YHVH. I will walk in Your truth.
UNITE MY HEART TO FEAR YOUR NAME!”
Tehillim
– Psalms 86:11
May YHVH Elohim bless and keep
you in the palm of His hand always, in Messiah Yahushua’s loving Name!
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Yahushua
said; “No one can come to Me unless the Father who
sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in
the Prophets: They will all be taught by Elohim. Everyone who listens to the
Father and learns from Him comes to Me. No one has seen the Father except the
One who is from Elohim; only He has seen the Father. I tell you the truth he who
believes has everlasting life.” Yochanan - John
6:43-48.
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