Basis for our Studies:
The Bible tells us that the “End (of the world) is declared from the “beginning” (Isaiah 46:10). Certainly, this means that the early Biblical record of human history bears End-time prophetic significance. But, it’s actually even more specific than that. The original Hebrew word translated as “beginning” in Isaiah 46:10 is תישאר (rê’shı̂yth). This is the root of Bereshith, which is the Hebrew name of the first Book of the Bible, “Genesis”. In other words, prophecies of the End of the World are found in the Book of Genesis.
The Torah is one of the five keys for unlocking End-time Prophecy… Prophecy is unlocked through the Statutes!
The Lessons and Tests of Israel in the Wilderness are Prophetic - for the Last Days
1 Corinthians 10:1-6 – The experiences, lessons and tests of Israel in the Wilderness are “examples” for us.
1 Corinthians 10:11 - “Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.”
What is being worked on in each Test/Lesson is ONE THING: Shema – Love Yahweh with all your heart, soul and might
· Deuteronomy 6:4-9 “Hear (shema: to hear intelligently, to pay attention, obey, be a witness and proclaim / live it for others to see), O Israel (those that bear the 42 letter Name): Yahweh our God is one (primary, solely God, supreme, first) Yahweh: And thou shalt love Yahweh thy God with all thine heart (emotions, innermost being), and with all thy soul (breath, will – choices), and with all thy might (strength). And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house (that’s our down-time of resting, at the end of day), and when thou walkest by the way (in the commute, travel time), and when thou liest down (when you first lay down and before you fall asleep at night), and when thou risest up (when you first wake up in the morning). And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes (we are sealed in the forehead and hand… the Shema is the Sealing). And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.”
Campsite #6: Yam Suph (means "reeds, despair, discouragement") - Numbers 33:10
Numbers 21:4 – the way in Yam Suph is difficult (reeds
indicate marsh…) (Jeremiah 49:21)
Jonah 2:5 – “weeds” are wrapped around Jonah’s head in his
belly of the whale, Sheol (hell) experience… so weeds (suph) are a Biblical
symbol for despondency.
Yam Suph was Israel’s 6th Campsite… Six is the Vav in Hebrew W.
The Vav is the asterism of the constellation Taleh, portraying the
Worthy Lamb (Passover Lamb) that was slain – Yahshua – through Whom we may be
saved (He’s the Bridge to Life)… And the
connection of Heaven with Earth through the Lamb is shown in the Vav.
The circumstances in Yam Suph are discouraging… But we are not to be discouraged. We are to
be connected with Heaven… In that
connection is a higher reality: Yahweh is our Reality, not our circumstances.
Faith comes by hearing – and hearing by the Word of Yahweh… So, the Elim eyes of faith are necessary for
victory over the “bog” of Yam Suph…
Campsite #7: Wilderness of Sin (means “thorn… it
is the name of the moon god which was worshipped in this region”) – Numbers
33:11
Seven in Hebrew is the Zayin, and it signifies the
completion and perfection of Yahweh. Creation was seven days…
Seven appears in human conception:
·
From conception to birth is 40 weeks, or 280
days
·
Eggs often hatch in multiples of 7 (potato bug –
7 days; canary – 14 days, chicken – 21 days… etc.)
Exodus 16:1-3 – Israel complained about the lack of food –
to such a degree that they actually said they’d rather die by Yahweh’s Hand
(Judgment Hand against sin) in Egypt – in order to keep its flesh pots… Than to
be delivered from Darkness and taken Home.
Sin is the name of the moon-god worshipped by the Edomites
and Midianites and pagan nations in this region…
The Midianites descend from Midian, who was the son of
Abraham, through Keturah (his wife after Sarah died)… (Genesis 25 mentions them)… The Midianites were the merchants who bought
Joseph (Genesis 37 & 39)… These people worshipped Yahweh amongst their many
gods – highest of which (in their thinking) is the moon god (Sin)… They are polytheistic… The sacred is blended with the profane.
In the story of Moses, he marries a woman (Zipporah) who is
the daughter of Jethro, a priest (Yahweh-priest) of Midian… So, in this people we have Yahweh-fearing
believers! They are not of Israel (literally), yet some among them faithfully
serve Yahweh… And Moses marries her,
showing that he understands she is of spiritual Israel. Moses in this marriage
demonstrates that Israel is bigger than DNA.
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Called to Canaan (3 book set, by Danette Davis and Shauna Manfredine)
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