Tending the Temple Daily

  Years ago Yah showed me that I had some things wrong. I had the wrong understanding on some things, which affected my understanding of other things. Some of the skewed notions I had came from teachers who also misunderstood, some came from me not doing the research, some came from traditions handed down to me.  I'll share with you and maybe I can give some insight, or prompt someone to do the research themselves.   Did you know that Judaism is not taught from the Old Testament? Jews do not lean upon the Holy Scriptures: Genesis thru Malachi. They learn from books called the Talmud which contains Gemara and the Mishnah. These are books containing what is referred to as the Oral Traditions/law. The practice of holding Talmud over OT Scriptures began around 200 years before Yahusha/ Jesus was born after the Maccabean Revolt. The priests who were installed into Temple after the Maccabean war were not of the Levitical line of Zadok as commanded by Yahuah. (Numbers 20:24...

  “Again, you heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to יהוה.’But I say to you, do not swear [vainly] at all, neither by the heaven, because it is Elohim’s throne; nor by the earth, for it is His footstool nor by Yerushalayim, for it is the city of the great Sovereign; nor swear by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black. “But let your word ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ And what goes beyond these is from the wicked one. (Matt 5:33-37) Integrity in our speech. Have you ever paid close attention to the speech of yourself and others looking for the ways we emphasize, exaggerate, and highlight what is being said? So many times we are adding an element of dishonesty to the conversation when we employ these tactics to express the ideas we are communicating.  Years ago Yah showed this to me.  I do try to be honest and not exaggerate when conveying a message, but it's something we are...

  Two things required to grow in faith are reverent fear and humility. What is reverent fear? It is a deep respect and awe of The Most High Elohim. Not to be equated with being terrified of something evil, but more like a dread of displeasing or disappointing Yah. Ok, now,  what is humility? Humility is being humble in your view of yourself.  Not thinking too highly of yourself,  not being prideful or arrogant.  To understand that you are the created, not the Creator.  Job was a humble man but he also received a lesson in humility. In Job 38, Yah responds to Job's queries regarding the trials Job had endured. Job didn't understand why he had gone thru so much loss when he viewed himself as one who walked the narrow path and wasn't deserving of the difficulties and losses in which he had experienced.   Iyoḇ (Job) 38:2 TS2009 [2] “Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Iyoḇ (Job) 38:4 TS2009 [4] Where were you when I laid the ...

  The Fall Holy Feasts are coming up soon. I'm super excited for the Feast of Tabernacles aka Sukkot. We have our reservations for Lebanon Missouri, I'm planning our menu,  making blackout curtains for my Sukkah(travel trailer) and looking inward to the condition of my heart.  Before we get to the blessed celebration of Sukkot we must go thru Feast of Trumpets, Ten Days of Awe, and Yom Kippur(Day of Atonement). These Feasts are to purify us, weed out the tares, bring about great repentance and lead us into the Bridal Feast of the Lamb (Sukkot).  This has been a crazy year so far,  and I have no doubt it will get crazier before the election and after.  As I mull over my heart,  what wounds and conflicts my heart has encountered, I want to see into the nooks and crannies. Gotta make sure the Light reaches every area.  No holding onto grudges, no self pitty or self preservation, no worry and doubt, no darkness. To be clean and free from all that bagg...

Sin, such a vague word. If you ask 20 people "what is sin?", you may get 20 different answers. In church we are taught DO NOT SIN. But seldom do we get a definition for sin, even though the New Testament Scriptures give a finite definition: 1 John 3:4 KJV[4] Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. Doesn't seem so vague there. Let's look deeper.   If it looks like Greek, it is. That word for sin is #266. Let's see what that means.   https://biblehub.com/thayers/266.htm We can see from a deep search that sin is: missing the mark, an error. The mark being the law. Ok now what constitutes "the law" here?  The word for lawlessness here is #458 anomia, from #459 anomos. https://biblehub.com/strongs/greek/459.htm Do you see it? Without law, particularly the "Jewish" law? You are lawless when you transgress the "Jewish" law...the Torah given by Yahuah.   At this point you will hear from Bi...

  I love when I see the Hand of Yah. What does that mean? When I look around and clearly see how Yah has orchestrated the situation.  How He answers prayers, many times before I even know I need His help.  This leaves me with a heart filled with gratitude.  All I can say is,  "thank you ". Now to continue that heart of gratitude when I cannot clearly see the Hand of Yah. To know He is still working even when I can't see Him.  To hold to a sense of expectation, eagerly watching and waiting for His Hand to move.  Giving thanks in the storm, and for the storm. The trials of life, the thrashing of the storm,  can sure divert our focus away from the Truth of Yah's plan for our lives. "All things work together for the good for those who love YHWH and are called according to His purpose" (Romans 8:28). I just gotta love Yah and abide in walking out this faith. Then everything will work for my good. That's the promise,  that's what I hold on to....