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Nisan 23, 5769/April 17, 2009
Counting Of The Omer
Day 9 (At Sunset)
Today Is day 9 In The Omer
Today's Devotional is For Day 9 Friday Evening (Erev Shabbat)
The day goes from Sunset to Sunset.
The Omer is counted in the evening
Today is nine days
which are one week and two days in the Omer.
Hayom tish'ah yamim
shehaym shavuah echad ushnay yamim la-omer.
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Week 2 /Attribute 2 - Vigor/Discipline (Gevurah)
Sitting At The Feet Of Our Master Yeshua
Torah Portion-Annual Cycle
Shemini (Eighth)
Leviticus 9:1-11:47
2 Samuel 6:1-7:17
"Be Ye Holy"
This week, Shemini coincidentally comes after the conclusion of the Feast of Unleavened Bread which ended at Sundown Thursday. As we continue to count the Omer towards Shavuot it is a time to reflect on our standards of holiness vs YHVW/G-ds Standards of Holiness.
"For I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. And you shall not make yourselves unclean with any of the swarming things that swarm on the earth. For I am the Lord who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God; thus you shall be holy, for I am holy" (Leviticus 11:44-45).
"Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Yeshua the Messiah. As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written, 'You shall be holy, for I am holy'" (1 Peter 4:13-16).
Are we vigorously pursuing His Ways, His Holiness? Are we walking in the Discipline and admonition of YHVH by being obedient and forsaking the former way of life that we walked in? Or our we holding tightly to the traditions of men vs YHVW/G-ds Ways.
In Revelation 2 & 3 Yeshua is calling His Body to Repentance. Do some of these rebukes apply to us? Do we have ears to hear what He is saying or have we hardened our hearts to the truth of Yeshua Ha Mashiach.
Please read all of Revelation Chapters 2 & 3.
These same words He is speaking through His Ruach HaKodesh to the Believing Community today. As we look at these Communities that Yeshua loved, yet corrected & disciplined, do we see ourselves? Do we have ears to hear what He is saying?
During this time of counting the days until Shavuot let His Ruach HaKodesh do His work in your life. He is calling us to Repent! Notice He is speaking to Believers in the following verses. It is time to do some house cleaning. He is starting to seperate the wheat from the chaff.
People are crying out for Revival, what they need is to be Restored or Restoration back to His Ways and His Truth.
According to Websters Dictionary (the 1800 Version) restored means
RESTO'RED, pp. Returned; brought back; retrieved; recovered; cured; renewed; re-established.
The true Revival The Church has been crying out for is happening all around the World right under their noses but they can not see....It is a return to His Ways and His Truth, His Times and His Seasons, His Cycles of Righteousness, His Torah through His Son Our Messiah Yeshua! It is a return to our Hebraic Heritage In Messiah!
Restoration
RESTORA'TION, n. [L. restauro.]
1. The act of replacing in a former state.
2. Renewal; revival; re-establishment; 3. Recovery; renewal of health and soundness; as restoration from sickness or from insanity.
4. Recovery from a lapse or any bad state; as the restoration of man from apostasy.
5. In theology, universal restoration, the final recovery of all men from sin and alienation from God, to a state of happiness; universal salvation.
(All Scripture Quotes Are From The Complete Jewish Bible)
#1 To The Messianic Community In Ephesus
Rev 2:3 You are persevering, and you have suffered for my sake without growing weary.
Rev 2:4 But I have this against you: you have lost the love you had at first.
#2 To The Messianic Community In Smyrna
Rev 2:10 Don't be afraid of what you are about to suffer. Look, the Adversary is going to have some of you thrown in prison, in order to put you to the test; and you will face an ordeal for ten days. Remain faithful, even to the point of death; and I will give you life as your crown.
Rev 2:11 Those who have ears, let them hear what the Spirit is saying to the Messianic communities. He who wins the victory will not be hurt at all by the second death." '
#3 To The Messianic Community In Permagamom
Rev 2:14 Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: you have some people who hold to the teaching of Bil`am, who taught Balak to set a trap for the people of Isra'el, so that they would eat food that had been sacrificed to idols and commit sexual sin.
Rev 2:15 Likewise, you too have people who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
Rev 2:16 Therefore, turn from these sins. Otherwise, I will come to you very soon and make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
Rev 2:17 Those who have ears, let them hear what the Spirit is saying to the Messianic communities. To him winning the victory I will give some of the hidden man. I will also give him a white stone, on which is written a new name that nobody knows except the one receiving it." '
#4 To The Messianic Community In Thyatira
Rev 2:19 I know what you are doing, your love, trust, service and perseverance. And I know that you are doing more now than before.
Rev 2:20 But I have this against you: you continue to tolerate that Izevel woman, the one who claims to be a prophet, but is teaching and deceiving my servants to commit sexual sin and eat food that has been sacrificed to idols.
#5 To The Messianic Community In Sardis
Here is the message from the one who has the sevenfold Spirit of God and the seven stars: "I know what you are doing - you have a reputation for being alive, but in fact you are dead!
Rev 3:2 Wake up, and strengthen what remains, before it dies too! For I have found what you are doing incomplete in the sight of my God.
Rev 3:3 So remember what you received and heard, and obey it, and turn from your sin! For if you don't wake up, I will come like a thief; and you don't know at what moment I will come upon you.
#6 To The Messianic Community in Philadelphia
Rev 3:8 "I know what you are doing. Look, I have put in front of you an open door, and no one can shut it. I know that you have but little power, yet you have obeyed my message and have not disowned me.
Rev 3:10 Because you did obey my message about persevering, I will keep you from the time of trial coming upon the whole world to put the people living on earth to the test.
This is the type of Messianic Community Yeshua approved of! They loved Yeshua and obeyed His Torah! They persevered but did not compromise His Commandments! They did not deny the truth just so they could be excepted by the world or those who reject Messiah and His Torah. They held fast and kept the Torah and Faith In Yeshua. This is the Messianic Community that He promised "to keep from the time of trial coming upon the whole world" Selah!
Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments (Torah) of God and the faith of Yeshua.
#7 To The Messianic Community In Laodacia
Rev 3:15 "I know what you are doing: you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were either one or the other!
Rev 3:16 So, because you are lukewarm, neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of my mouth!
Rev 3:17 For you keep saying, 'I am rich, I have gotten rich, I don't need a thing!' You don't know that you are the one who is wretched, pitiable, poor, blind and naked!
To All Of His Children
Rev 3:19 As for me, I rebuke and discipline everyone I love; so exert yourselves, and turn from your sins!
Rev 3:20 Here, I'm standing at the door, knocking. If someone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he will eat with me.
Rev 3:21 I will let him who wins the victory sit with me on my throne, just as I myself also won the victory and sat down with my Father on his throne.
Rev 3:22 Those who have ears, let them hear what the Spirit is saying to the Messianic communities." ' "
Write down what the Ruach HaKodesh Is Saying To You Today, Repent where you need to repent an obey what He is telling you in His Word to do.
"First Fruits of Zion"
"The Torah is the textbook for training the believer in Messiah for life - as such it is the foundation upon which all of the teachings of the Brit Hadasha are built"
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Let us search our hearts as we prepare to recieve a refilling of His Ruach HaKodesh to prepare us for the times ahead. May Yeshua be glorified in all we say and do. Let us Walk In The Spirit Of The Torah Of Our Messiah
B'shem Yeshua HaMashiach
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Shalom In Yeshua
Scott & Deborah Brandt
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