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 #4: Marah ("bitterness", "t0 be rebellious", "to quarrel, "to be in defiance") - Numbers 33:8
At Marah, Israel had been three days without a water
source… Now they were thirsty and the
water at Marah turns out to be big disappointment. The water is “bitter”.
Israel responds to the bitter water with bitterness against “Moses”, but that’s
really against Yahweh. They are suffering and uncomfortable… But they aren’t handling it with Grace.
Instead of getting upset, complaining and becoming bitter against Yahweh when suffering comes upon us, we need to understand that suffering is part of the Journey! Suffering is something
that Yahweh uses to get Egypt out of us.
· 2 Corinthians 1:5-7 – “For as the sufferings of Christ
abound in us, so our Consolation also aboundeth by Christ. And whether we
be afflicted, it is for your Consolation and Salvation, which is
effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or
whether we be comforted, it is for your Consolation and Salvation. And
our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the
sufferings, so shall ye be also of the Consolation.”
· 1 Peter 4:12-16 – “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial
which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers
of Christ's sufferings: that, when His glory shall be revealed, ye may be
glad also with exceeding joy...But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as
a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. Yet if any
man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on
this behalf.”
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Hebrews 12:1-5 – chastening is part of sonship
in Yahweh
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Malachi 3:2-3 –
· Deuteronomy 8:2 – “And thou shalt remember all the
way which Yahweh thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to
humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart,
whether thou wouldest keep His Commandments, or no.”
Moses is shown a tree branch to put in the water at Marah
that turns the bitter water to sweet and potable…
In the context of this story, Yahweh chooses to reveal
Himself to Israel as the Healer: Exodus 15:25-26
The BRANCH is Messiah (there are five BRANCH prophecies)… These prophesies define Messiah. Israel can
only be healed of their bitter rebellion through the BRANCH.
Water represents spirit…
So, Living Water represents the Holy Spirit… but poisonous water or noxious water is of
the enemy. Spirits of darkness produce the fruit of rebellion and complaint…
Ephesians 4:31 – “Let all bitterness, and wrath… be put away
from you…”
Hebrews 12:15 – “Looking diligently lest… any root of
bitterness spring up.”
Book Links
Called to Canaan (3 book set, by Danette Davis and Shauna Manfredine)
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