Blog 115: YHWH-rohi
Without the Presence of God, humans are like sheep without a shepherd, scattered upon the mountains. The Shepherd’s role is critical to the survival of the sheep. Only the shepherd knows where to find food and water for them. Wolves stay away from the sheep when the shepherd is present. If a sheep becomes lost or leaves the fold, it has no protection against…
Blog 114: The Third-Sixth Sign Chiasm
Blog 58 showed Bullinger’s version of the third-sixth sign’s chiasmus. The third and sixth signs happened on a Sabbath, the sacred time of meeting with YHWH in the Tabernacle, His light shining on His people, blessing them with His name. From the fourth day of creation, the lights of heaven showed forth the glory of God upon the earth, proclaiming the…
Blog 113: John’s Sixth Sign
In the sixth sign of John, corresponding to the Day of Atonements, Yeshua saw the man born blind sitting in darkness, anointed1 his eyes with clay, and sent him to wash in the pool of Siloam. The man went, washed, and came back seeing. Uninterrupted from the fifth sign, the Light of the World, who had led Israel in the wilderness, continued to…
Blog 112: Hithallek
God walked with Adam and Eve in Eden’s Sabbath setting (Gen. 3:8). Walking with God emphasizes a close relationship, a sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings that make two one (Amo. 3:3). The oneness describes the Sabbath rest, the purpose and fulfillment of why God created humans in His image. The last blog showed that…
Blog 111: The Sanctuary of Shabbat Shabbaton
YHWH called the Day of Atonements “Shabbat Shabbaton,” signifying intensity and entirety (H7677, Lev. 16:31; 23:32). Translated as “complete rest” or “solemn rest,” it occurs eleven times in the Torah, referring to the weekly Sabbath (Exo. 16:23; 31:15; 35:2, Lev. 23:3), Yom Teruah (Lev. 23:24), the first day of Sukkot (Lev. 23:39), the Eighth Day (Lev. 23:39), and…
Blog 110: Yom haKippurim in Leviticus 23
On the middle day of creation week, day four, YHWH configured the sun, moon, and stars in their relation to the earth, setting in motion the weekly and annual Sabbath festal (mo’ed) cycle of appointed times (Gen. 1:14), times to meet with God in rejoicing and rest. Things of the highest significance are often centrally placed, and the…
Blog 109: Atonements and Jonah
The Book of Jonah was traditionally read on the day of Atonements,1 the day picturing the cosmic purification of the land and humanity, restoring heaven and earth to Edenic conditions. Yeshua gave Israel’s rulers a sign that He had the right to cleanse the temple, the small-scale of Eden.
But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks…
Blog 108: Atonements and the Jubilee Trumpet
Following the Feasts of YHWH timeline and understanding its artistic chiastic format, we see Pentecost is the consummation of Passover, and Shavuot’s memorial finds expression in Yom Teruah, forming the Pentecost/Trumpets dual center, the focal turning point of creation. The jubilee trumpet blown on the Day of Atonements is the consummation of…
Blog 107: Moses, the Tablets, and Atonements
On the day Adam and Eve sinned, they were expelled from the garden heights of Eden and banished from God’s holy Presence. Not listening to the voice of their Creator, God’s images became contaminated, crossing the boundary into the realm of death. Their choice of obeying the voice of evil severed them from the Source of Life. Alive yet…