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 #5: Elim (means "ram, strong, stag, Terebinths, trees, strength, God's strong angels") - Numbers 33:9-10
· Elim
is the place of strengthening after the trial of Marah… It was the fifth camp, five is the number (in
Hebrew) of Spirit of Yahweh bringing a window of insight”.
· Elim
was the place of 12 springs of water and 70 palm trees.
· Elim
was the place of “rest for the soul”.
o Exodus
15:27
§ “wells”
in this verse is translated from the Hebrew word “ayin” which is also the name
of the 16th letter of the alephbet… [ Ayin is the number 70 in Hebrew… Ayin is translated “eye” or “sight”.
§ At
Elim (an oasis) “eye” and “sight” are centered on “water”.
· Elim
contains a message hidden in the number 70…
70 palms… “ayin” (wells) is
70… So the 70 is shared twice (two
witnesses)…
o Proverbs
20:12 – Sight and hearing are gifts from Yahweh.
o 1
Kings 11:6 – Solomon did evil in the sight of Yahweh (sight is connected with
Judgment); Zechariah 4:10 (Yahweh’s Vision for Judgment is “sevened” (complete,
perfect, entire).
o Psalm
18:27 – gives a proud/rebellious kind of “seeing” that is really blindness –
and is ultimately destroyed.
o Jeremiah
5:21 – a lack of spiritual understanding and discernment is blindness
(spiritually)
o Ephesians
1:18-19 – “The eyes
of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of
his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the
saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who
believe, according to the working of his mighty power.”
When we
see with the eyes of Faith, we recognize that Yahweh is my reality, not my
circumstances! You have not heard the end of the matter (which is your REAL
reality) until Yahweh Speaks.
·
Psalm 1:1-3 – We are blessed when we delight in the Law of Yahweh and meditate
upon it day and night… Then we are like
a tree by the water… we flourish in the
desert. Meditation upon Yahweh’s Law is what builds faith.
o Psalm 92:12-13 – the Righteous flourish, not
because of their circumstances (the desert, the desolate place where no water
is… yet Yahweh provides water even in such a place as that) but because they
have roots that tap the Water.
·
There
were 70 in the House of Israel which went into Egypt (prior to the enslavement,
in the time of Joseph) – Exodus 1:5
The 70 comprised the 12 (tribes)… at Israel’s inception. Those who, like Jacob, prevail with Yahweh, go Home.
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Called to Canaan (3 book set, by Danette Davis and Shauna Manfredine)
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