Basis for our Studies this Year:
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 Foods Yahweh has Given Mankind to Eat (in Torah) all Reveal Powerful Spiritual Truths...
The second diet was “the plants of the field” – after the Fall
Spiritual Meaning in the Recipe for the Sanctuary Bread
· We are represented as the dough (1 Corinthians 5:6-8)
o Leaven is an agent that is powerful (a small amount transforms the dough) – there is sinful leaven “hypocrisy” and “wickedness”. There is also righteous leaven, called the “leaven of the Kingdom”.
· John 6:51 - Yahshua is the Living Bread from Heaven, which is symbolized by the manna… Manna like the fruit in the first diet is provided from Heaven.
In the Sanctuary (Wilderness Tabernacle) 12 loaves of the Bread of Presence were placed – which were baked and eaten on the Sabbath.
· Matthew 12:5 - “Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the Sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are blameless?”
Shewbread is His Face shining upon – His Presence in the Bread
· The shewbread is an acceptable sacrifice “made by fire”, which means it is accepted (because it is eaten, not burned)… But sheen is the letter of the acceptable Sacrifice, which is both fire and teeth in meaning.
Israel are the loaves of bread – in the Sanctuary – which are the acceptable offering.
· Romans 12:1 “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of Yahweh, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”
Ingredients in the Bread of Presence:
Meaning in the wheat:
o Sifting is like beating out chaff, letting the wind blow out that which isn’t good
o Ten is the yod, which signifies the “Works of Yahweh” and His “Ten Commandments”
o The wheat is accepted through the “Works of Yahweh” and through obedience to His Torah (Abel’s obedient offering was accepted, while Cain’s “I’ll-worship-You-as-I-please-offering” was not accepted).
o In the parable of the wheat and tares we see two kinds of people, two sides: wheat (saved) and tares (lost)… every person is on one side or the other… These sides are emblemized in the two Trees from Eden.
o Wheat is connected, in Hebrew, with the Tree of Life. It also represents the Word of Yahweh… At Creation, Yah spoke the world into existence… The basic units of speech are the proto-Canaanite letters – There are 22 letters… The Hebrew word for wheat has the numeric value of 22 (חטה = 22)… This spiritually indicates that all Truth in the letters is present in wheat.
§ So, in Hebrew thought, these twenty-two letters (and meanings) are the building blocks of reality – like the periodic table of spiritual elements…
§ Notably also, because wheat is a symbol of eternal life, carrying within the word the secret of Creation by the Word (value of 22), Hebrew connects wheat with the Tree of Life from the Garden of Eden
§ Conversely, tares are associated with the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
o 12 is the number of the Kingdom of Yahweh – 12 loaves for 12 tribes… 12 star families conveying the Plan of Redemption (in symbolic representation of the tribes – Genesis 49)… There are 12 loaves of wheat bread – representing the people who are partakers of Life (through Salvation, they have access to the Tree of Life).
· Meaning in the measurement of the wheat: 2/10 of an ephah
o 2 = bet = House of Yahweh / Temple / Sheepfold / the number of Yahshua, Who was the Living Temple… The bread by having the 2 (out of 10 parts) is Israel…
o 10 = yod = Works of Yahweh, His Law (10 Commandments)…
o The proportions of the wheat – which indicates the Saved – underscore the meaning and identity of who is Saved, in other words, they identify Israel, as follows:
§ 2 – Israel are those who are part of the Body (Temple) of Christ – He is their Messiah
§ 10 – Israel are those who do the works of Yahweh – obedience to keep the Commandments
§ Revelation 12:17 “And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the Commandments of God, and have the testimony of Yahshua Christ (they have the testimony that Yahshua IS Messiah).”
§ Revelation 14:12 “Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Yahshua.”
Ingredients in the Bread of Presence: #2 – salt – Leviticus 2:13
· Matthew 5:13 “Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.”
o Yahweh’s people (Israel, represented in the wheat bread) are called “the salt of the earth”.
o Salt is preservative – meat that cured with salt does not spoil.
o Yahweh’s people are to a holy influence, signified by the salt. And when the salt is present, there is hope for those who are steeped in wickedness and deception to be brought to righteousness –
§ This is demonstrated in the story of Sodom and Gomorrah
§ If 10 righteous had been in those wicked cities, that would been enough salt to save the cities – literally – preservative
§ Salt represents the godly witness and influence of the righteous life… The influence is represented in the “taste” called the “savor”… “Taste and see that Yahweh is good…”
Ingredients in the Bread of Presence: #3 – 1/3 of an hin of olive oil – Numbers 15:6
· Numbers 15:6 “Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil.”
· Olive oil represents the quiet and transforming Presence of the Spirit… Israel is likened to an olive tree.
· Israel are those who are indwelt by the Spirit of Yahweh.
1/3
meaning…
· One - is the Aleph – a – this letter represents the Father.
Revelation tells us that we will be sealed in the Father’s Name. Those who are
sealed are under the Dominion of Yahweh – Aleph is the Power / Dominion of the
Heavenly Father.
o
We are all called
to be “kings and priests” under Yahweh…
Kings (under Him) take back the dominion – “Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will
be done…”
· Three – is the Gimel - G – Gimel signifies the Elijah Message
(preparing the Way of Messiah), its also the number of Covenant (Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob)… Israel are partakers of the Covenant with Abraham.
Ingredients
in the Bread of Presence: #4 – Water, sufficient to moisten the dough and knead it.
· Water is another representation of
the Spirit of Yahweh, manifested in His Word of Truth…
o
Ephesians 5:26-27 “That
He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the
Word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having
spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without
blemish.”
o
Those who are baptized and have put
on Christ (the Word) – are Abraham’s Seed – Baptized is born of water.
The third
diet was “clean meats” – after the Flood
Genesis 9:3-4 – “Every moving
thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given
you all things. But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood
thereof, shall ye not eat.”
- Leviticus 11 –
definition of “clean meats”
- Deuteronomy 14 –
definition of “clean meats”
- We may not eat the
blood…
- Every
Statute on a topic helps you understand details… the Passover Lamb…
- The
Passover Lamb is slaughtered by slitting the throat of animal and the
blood is drained…
- After
this is done, is there still some blood in the meat? Yes!
- The
Passover Lamb, which is properly bled, but still contains some blood, is
then roasted whole…
- There
is some blood in the animal after proper slaughtering, and being roasted
whole.
- This
detailed example helps us understand what it means to not eat the blood
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- The
animal is to be slaughtered in a way that drains the blood.
- There
will still be some blood in the meat – and eating it does not break
Torah.