Gen 40:1 And after these events it came to be that the cupbearer and the baker of the sovereign of Mitzrayim sinned against their master, the sovereign of Mitzrayim.
Gen 40:2 And Pharaoh was wroth with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
Gen 40:3 So he put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Yusĕph was a prisoner.
Gen 40:4 And the captain of the guard put Yusĕph in charge of them, and he served them. So they were in confinement for some time.
Gen 40:5 Then the cupbearer and the baker of the sovereign of Mitzrayim, who were confined in the prison, dreamed a dream, both of them, each man’s dream in one night and each man’s dream with its own interpretation.
Gen 40:6 And Yusĕph came in to them in the morning and looked at them and saw that they were sad.
Gen 40:7 And he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in confinement of his master’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”
Gen 40:8 And they said to him, “We each have dreamed a dream, and there is no one to interpret it.” And Yusĕph said to them…
Halu lelohiym pithruniym
“Do not interpretations belong to Mighty Ones?”
Part Two
Let’s continue our lesson in answer to our title question, “do not interpretations belong to Mighty Ones?” Ask yourselves a question, how do I view the bible? Below we shall take a look at several ways the Holy Scriptures should be viewed:
I. Historic – the basic narrative of the Holy Scripture teaches of the origins of creation, mankind & Yisrael;
a. Gen 2:4 These are the births of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that יהוה Elohiym made earth and heavens.
H8435
תּלדה תּולדה
tôledâh tôledâh
to-led-aw', to-led-aw'
From H3205; (plural only) descent, that is, family; (figuratively) history:
H3205
ילד
yâlad
yaw-lad'
A primitive root; to bear young; causatively to beget; medically to act as midwife; specifically to show lineage:
b. Gen 5:1 This is the book of the genealogy of Aḏam. In the day that Elohiym created man, He made him in the likeness of Elohiym.
c. Gen 11:27 And this is the genealogy of Teraḥ: Teraḥ brought forth Aḇram, Naḥor, and Haran. And Haran brought forth Lot…29 And Aḇram and Naḥor took wives: the name of Aḇram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Naḥor’s wife, Milkah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milkah and the father of Yiskah.
d. Gen 16:1-3 And Sarai, Aḇram’s wife, had borne him no child. And she had a Mitsrite female servant whose name was Haḡar. And Sarai said to Aḇram, “See, יהוה has kept me from bearing children. Please, go in to my female servant. It might be that I am built up by her.” And Aḇram listened to the voice of Sarai. And Sarai, Aḇram’s wife, took Haḡar her female servant, the Mitsrite, and gave her to her husband Aḇram to be his wife, after Aḇram had dwelt ten years in the land of Kenaʽan…15 And Haḡar bore Aḇram a son, and Aḇram called the name of his son, whom Haḡar bore, Yishmaʽĕl.
e. Gen 21:1-3 And יהוה visited Sarah as He had said, and יהוה did for Sarah as He had spoken. So Sarah conceived and bore Aḇraham a son in his old age, at the appointed time of which Elohiym had spoken to him. And Aḇraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Yitzḥaq.
II. Poetic – the basic narrative of the Holy Scripture is often written in a style more concentrated & powerful than ordinary speech;
a. Ps 22:1 My Ěl, My Ěl, why have You forsaken Me – Far from saving Me, far from the words of My groaning?
b. Ps 110:1 יהוה said to my Master, “Sit at My right hand, Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
III. Instructional – the basic narrative of the Holy Scripture is written to educate mankind of morality, differentiating between right & wrong, as well as special directions to build & establish a relationship with the Most High.
a. Gen 1:26-28 And Elohiym said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the livestock, and over all the earth and over all the creeping creatures that creep on the earth.” And Elohiym created the man in His image, in the image of Elohiym He created him – male and female He created them. And Elohiym blessed them, and Elohiym said to them, “Bear fruit and increase, and fill the earth and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over all creatures moving on the earth.”
b. Gen 2:24 For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
c. Gen 2:1-3 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their array. And on the seventh day Elohiym completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. And Elohiym blessed the seventh day and set it apart, because on it He rested from all His work which Elohiym in creating had made.
d. Ex 20:8-11 “Remember the Sabbath day, to set it apart. “Six days you labor, and shall do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of יהוה your Mighty One. You do not do any work – you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. “For in six days יהוה made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore יהוה blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart.
e. Gen 7:1-3 And יהוה said to Noaḥ, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation. “Of all the clean beasts take with you seven pairs, a male and his female; and of the beasts that are unclean two, a male and his female; and of birds of the heavens seven pairs, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth.
f. Lev 11:46, 47 ‘This is the Turah of the beasts and the birds and every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth, to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living creature that is eaten and the living creature that is not eaten.’ ”
g. Deut 25:4 “Do not muzzle an ox while it is threshing.
IV. Prophetic – the basic narrative of the Holy Scripture, historic, poetic & instructional, also has an underlying meaning; consider the following passage written by brother Shaul, which happens to be a very important ‘key’ to understanding the law & prophets:
Rom 7:14 For we know that the Turah is Spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin.
What does Brother Shaul mean when he states that “the Turah is spiritual?” Furthermore, what does prophetic mean?
H5016
נבוּאה
nebû'âh
neb-oo-aw'
From H5012; a prediction (spoken or written):
H5012
נבא
nâbâ'
naw-baw'
A primitive root; to prophesy, that is, speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse):
2Ti 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of Mighty One, and profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
2Ti 3:17 That the man of Mighty One may be perfect thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
G2315
θεόπνευστος
theopneustos
theh-op'-nyoo-stos
From G2316 and a presumed derivative of G4154; divinely breathed in:
2Pe 1:15 Moreover I will endeavor that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
2Pe 1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of Adonyu Yahushua Mashiyach, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
2Pe 1:17 For he received from Mighty One the Father honor and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
2Pe 1:18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
2Pe 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
2Pe 1:20 Knowing this first, THAT NO PROPHECY OF THE SCRIPTURE IS OF ANY PRIVATE INTERPRETATION.
2Pe 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of Mighty One spoke moved by the Holy Spirit.
1Co 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which Mighty One hath prepared for them that love him.
1Co 2:10 But Mighty One hath revealed unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of Mighty One.
1Co 2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of Mighty One knoweth no man, but the Spirit of Mighty One.
1Co 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of Mighty One; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of Mighty One.
1Co 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches; COMPARING SPIRITUAL THINGS WITH SPIRITUAL.
1Co 2:14 But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of Mighty One: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know, because they are spiritually discerned.
1Co 2:15 But he that is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
Many bible believers have failed to realize, neither do they understand, those things we learn historically, poetically and instructionally from the Holy Scripture, means more than what meets the eye. Let me quote a significant statement made by Rabbi Shimon: “Woe to the man who says that the [Turah] merely tells tales and ordinary matters…If this were so,we could compose, even nowadays, a [‘Turah’] dealing with ordinary matters, and an even better one than that…In fact, all the words of the [Turah] represent lofty themes and sublime mysteries.” Compare the writings of Brother Shaul with the teaching of Mashiyach Yahushua:
Joh 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.
At this time we will revisit several passages we have looked at to learn the underlying meanings, based upon revelation within the word itself.
a. Eph 5:22-33 Wives, subject yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Master. Because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Messiah is head of the assembly, and He is Savior of the body. But as the assembly is subject to Messiah, so also let the wives be to their own husbands in every respect. Husbands, love your wives, as Messiah also did love the assembly and gave Himself for it, in order to set it apart and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word, in order to present it to Himself a splendid assembly, not having spot or wrinkle or any of this sort, but that it might be set-apart and blameless. In this way husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but feeds and cherishes it, as also the Master does the assembly. Because we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. “For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” THIS MYSTERY IS GREAT, but I speak concerning Messiah and the assembly. However, you too, everyone, let each one love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she fears her husband.
b. Gal 4:22-26 FOR IT HAS BEEN WRITTEN that Aḇraham had two sons, one by a female servant, the other by a free woman. But he who was of the female servant was born according to the flesh, and he of the free woman through promise. This is allegorical, for these are the two covenants: one indeed from Mount Sinai which brings forth slavery, which is Haḡar, for this Haḡar is Mount Sinai in Araḇia, and corresponds to Yerushalayim which now is, and is in slavery with her children. But the Yerushalayim above is free, which is the mother of us all.
G238
ἀλληγορέω
allēgoreo
al-lay-gor-eh'-o
From G243 andἀγορέω agoreō
(to harangue (compare G58); to allegorize. (The Greek word itself.):
al[le[gory 7al$! gCr#c8
n.,
pl. -[ries 5ME allegorie < L allegoria < Gr allcgoria, description of one thing under the image of another < allos, other (see ELSE) + agoreuein, to speak in assembly < agora, AGORA16
1 a story in which people, things, and happenings have a hidden or symbolic meaning: allegories are used for teaching or explaining ideas, moral principles, etc.
2 the presenting of ideas by means of such stories
3 any symbol or emblem
c. 1 Cor 9:9, 10 FOR IT HAS BEEN WRITTEN in the Turah of Mosheh, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Is it about oxen Elohiym is concerned? Or does He say it because of us all? For this was written because of us that he who ploughs should plough in expectation, and the thresher in expectation of sharing.
d. Mt 22:41-46 And when the Pharisees were gathered together, יהושע asked them, saying, “What do you think concerning the Messiah? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “of Dauḏ.” He said to them, “Then how does Dauḏ in the Spirit call Him ‘Master,’ saying, said to my Master, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool of Your feet”’? “If Daud calls Him ‘Master,’ how is He his son?” And no one was able to answer Him a word, and from that day on no one was bold to ask Him anymore questions.
e. Mt 27:46 And about the ninth hour יהושע cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Ěliy, Ěliy, lemah sheḇaqtani?” that is, “My Mighty One, My Mighty One, why have You forsaken Me?”
f. Acts 10:9-16 … Kĕpha went up on the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour. And he became hungry and wished to eat. But while they were preparing, he fell into a trance, and he saw the heaven opened and a certain vessel like a great sheet bound at the four corners, descending to him and let down to the earth, in which were all kinds of four footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping, and the birds of the heaven. And a voice came to him, “Rise up, Kepha, slay and eat.” But Kepha said, “not at all Master! Because I have never eaten whatever is common or unclean.” And a voice came to him again the second time, “What Mighty One has cleansed you do not consider common.” And this took place three times, and the vessel was taken back into heaven…26-28 But Kĕpha raised him up, saying, “Stand up, I myself am also a man.” And talking with him, he went in and found many who had come together. And he said to them, “You know that a Yahuḏiy man is not allowed to associate with, or go to one of another race. But Elohiym has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
These are but a few examples revealed in the Holy Scripture that substantiate the underlying meanings to some of the narrative we have read within its pages
a. This passage teaches us that when man and woman (Adam and Chauah) were created and the marital bond was formed, it foreshadowed the relationship between Mashiyach Yahushua and the assembly;
b. Sarah and Hagar were also symbolic of the two covenants that would be made with Yisrael;
c. From this we learn that the oxen symbolized those given charge to bring forth the Word of the Most High to believers;
d. From this passage Mashiyach Yahushua alludes to Mashiyach being more than just an average man, due to Daud calling Him Adonay;
e. When Daud penned this psalm, it foreshadowed the words which would be cried by Mashiyach Yahushua when He was executed;
f. We learn from Kepha (Peter) that the unclean animals were symbolic of mankind.
But what else is there? If interpretations belong to the Most High, how are these interpretations manifest?
Joh 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
Luk 24:25 And He said to them, “O thoughtless ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
Luk 24:26 “Was it not necessary for the Messiah to suffer these and to enter into His esteem?”
Luk 24:27 And beginning at Mosheh and all the Prophets, He was explaining to them in all the Scriptures the matters concerning Himself.
Luk 24:44 And He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all have to be filled that were written in the Turah of Mosheh and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.”
The interpretation of the Word of the Most High can be found within the Word itself; question is, how? Ponder this question until our next lesson is posted; where does knowledge, understanding and wisdom originate? He that has an ear, let him hear!
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Halu lelohiym pithruniym
Gen 40:1 And after these events it came to be that the cupbearer and the baker of the sovereign of Mitzrayim sinned against their master, the sovereign of Mitzrayim.
Gen 40:2 And Pharaoh was wroth with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
Gen 40:3 So he put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Yusĕph was a prisoner.
Gen 40:4 And the captain of the guard put Yusĕph in charge of them, and he served them. So they were in confinement for some time.
Gen 40:5 Then the cupbearer and the baker of the sovereign of Mitzrayim, who were confined in the prison, dreamed a dream, both of them, each man’s dream in one night and each man’s dream with its own interpretation.
Gen 40:6 And Yusĕph came in to them in the morning and looked at them and saw that they were sad.
Gen 40:7 And he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in confinement of his master’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”
Gen 40:8 And they said to him, “We each have dreamed a dream, and there is no one to interpret it.” And Yusĕph said to them…
Halu lelohiym pithruniym
“Do not interpretations belong to Mighty Ones?”
Part Two
Let’s continue our lesson in answer to our title question, “do not interpretations belong to Mighty Ones?” Ask yourselves a question, how do I view the bible? Below we shall take a look at several ways the Holy Scriptures should be viewed:
I. Historic – the basic narrative of the Holy Scripture teaches of the origins of creation, mankind & Yisrael;
a. Gen 2:4 These are the births of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that יהוה Elohiym made earth and heavens.
H8435
תּלדה תּולדה
tôledâh tôledâh
to-led-aw', to-led-aw'
From H3205; (plural only) descent, that is, family; (figuratively) history:
H3205
ילד
yâlad
yaw-lad'
A primitive root; to bear young; causatively to beget; medically to act as midwife; specifically to show lineage:
b. Gen 5:1 This is the book of the genealogy of Aḏam. In the day that Elohiym created man, He made him in the likeness of Elohiym.
c. Gen 11:27 And this is the genealogy of Teraḥ: Teraḥ brought forth Aḇram, Naḥor, and Haran. And Haran brought forth Lot…29 And Aḇram and Naḥor took wives: the name of Aḇram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Naḥor’s wife, Milkah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milkah and the father of Yiskah.
d. Gen 16:1-3 And Sarai, Aḇram’s wife, had borne him no child. And she had a Mitsrite female servant whose name was Haḡar. And Sarai said to Aḇram, “See, יהוה has kept me from bearing children. Please, go in to my female servant. It might be that I am built up by her.” And Aḇram listened to the voice of Sarai. And Sarai, Aḇram’s wife, took Haḡar her female servant, the Mitsrite, and gave her to her husband Aḇram to be his wife, after Aḇram had dwelt ten years in the land of Kenaʽan…15 And Haḡar bore Aḇram a son, and Aḇram called the name of his son, whom Haḡar bore, Yishmaʽĕl.
e. Gen 21:1-3 And יהוה visited Sarah as He had said, and יהוה did for Sarah as He had spoken. So Sarah conceived and bore Aḇraham a son in his old age, at the appointed time of which Elohiym had spoken to him. And Aḇraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Yitzḥaq.
II. Poetic – the basic narrative of the Holy Scripture is often written in a style more concentrated & powerful than ordinary speech;
a. Ps 22:1 My Ěl, My Ěl, why have You forsaken Me – Far from saving Me, far from the words of My groaning?
b. Ps 110:1 יהוה said to my Master, “Sit at My right hand, Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
III. Instructional – the basic narrative of the Holy Scripture is written to educate mankind of morality, differentiating between right & wrong, as well as special directions to build & establish a relationship with the Most High.
a. Gen 1:26-28 And Elohiym said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the livestock, and over all the earth and over all the creeping creatures that creep on the earth.” And Elohiym created the man in His image, in the image of Elohiym He created him – male and female He created them. And Elohiym blessed them, and Elohiym said to them, “Bear fruit and increase, and fill the earth and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over all creatures moving on the earth.”
b. Gen 2:24 For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
c. Gen 2:1-3 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their array. And on the seventh day Elohiym completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. And Elohiym blessed the seventh day and set it apart, because on it He rested from all His work which Elohiym in creating had made.
d. Ex 20:8-11 “Remember the Sabbath day, to set it apart. “Six days you labor, and shall do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of יהוה your Mighty One. You do not do any work – you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. “For in six days יהוה made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore יהוה blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart.
e. Gen 7:1-3 And יהוה said to Noaḥ, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation. “Of all the clean beasts take with you seven pairs, a male and his female; and of the beasts that are unclean two, a male and his female; and of birds of the heavens seven pairs, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth.
f. Lev 11:46, 47 ‘This is the Turah of the beasts and the birds and every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth, to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living creature that is eaten and the living creature that is not eaten.’ ”
g. Deut 25:4 “Do not muzzle an ox while it is threshing.
IV. Prophetic – the basic narrative of the Holy Scripture, historic, poetic & instructional, also has an underlying meaning; consider the following passage written by brother Shaul, which happens to be a very important ‘key’ to understanding the law & prophets:
Rom 7:14 For we know that the Turah is Spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin.
What does Brother Shaul mean when he states that “the Turah is spiritual?” Furthermore, what does prophetic mean?
H5016
נבוּאה
nebû'âh
neb-oo-aw'
From H5012; a prediction (spoken or written):
H5012
נבא
nâbâ'
naw-baw'
A primitive root; to prophesy, that is, speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse):
2Ti 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of Mighty One, and profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
2Ti 3:17 That the man of Mighty One may be perfect thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
G2315
θεόπνευστος
theopneustos
theh-op'-nyoo-stos
From G2316 and a presumed derivative of G4154; divinely breathed in:
2Pe 1:15 Moreover I will endeavor that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
2Pe 1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of Adonyu Yahushua Mashiyach, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
2Pe 1:17 For he received from Mighty One the Father honor and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
2Pe 1:18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
2Pe 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
2Pe 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
2Pe 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of Mighty One spoke moved by the Holy Spirit.
1Co 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which Mighty One hath prepared for them that love him.
1Co 2:10 But Mighty One hath revealed unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of Mighty One.
1Co 2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of Mighty One knoweth no man, but the Spirit of Mighty One.
1Co 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of Mighty One; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of Mighty One.
1Co 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
1Co 2:14 But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of Mighty One: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know, because they are spiritually discerned.
1Co 2:15 But he that is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
Many bible believers have failed to realize, neither do they understand, those things we learn historically, poetically and instructionally from the Holy Scripture, means more than what meets the eye. Let me quote a significant statement made by Rabbi Shimon: “Woe to the man who says that the [Turah] merely tells tales and ordinary matters…If this were so,we could compose, even nowadays, a [‘Turah’] dealing with ordinary matters, and an even better one than that…In fact, all the words of the [Turah] represent lofty themes and sublime mysteries.” Compare the writings of Brother Shaul with the teaching of Mashiyach Yahushua:
Joh 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.
At this time we will revisit several passages we have looked at to learn the underlying meanings, based upon revelation within the word itself.
a. Eph 5:22-33 Wives, subject yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Master. Because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Messiah is head of the assembly, and He is Savior of the body. But as the assembly is subject to Messiah, so also let the wives be to their own husbands in every respect. Husbands, love your wives, as Messiah also did love the assembly and gave Himself for it, in order to set it apart and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word, in order to present it to Himself a splendid assembly, not having spot or wrinkle or any of this sort, but that it might be set-apart and blameless. In this way husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but feeds and cherishes it, as also the Master does the assembly. Because we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. “For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Messiah and the assembly. However, you too, everyone, let each one love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she fears her husband.
b. Gal 4:22-26 For it has been written that Aḇraham had two sons, one by a female servant, the other by a free woman. But he who was of the female servant was born according to the flesh, and he of the free woman through promise. This is allegorical, for these are the two covenants: one indeed from Mount Sinai which brings forth slavery, which is Haḡar, for this Haḡar is Mount Sinai in Araḇia, and corresponds to Yerushalayim which now is, and is in slavery with her children. But the Yerushalayim above is free, which is the mother of us all.
G238
ἀλληγορέω
allēgoreo
al-lay-gor-eh'-o
From G243 andἀγορέω agoreō
(to harangue (compare G58); to allegorize. (The Greek word itself.):
al[le[gory 7al$! gCr#c8
n.,
pl. -[ries 5ME allegorie < L allegoria < Gr allcgoria, description of one thing under the image of another < allos, other (see ELSE) + agoreuein, to speak in assembly < agora, AGORA16
1 a story in which people, things, and happenings have a hidden or symbolic meaning: allegories are used for teaching or explaining ideas, moral principles, etc.
2 the presenting of ideas by means of such stories
3 any symbol or emblem
c. 1 Cor 9:9, 10 For it has been written in the Turah of Mosheh, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Is it about oxen Elohiym is concerned? Or does He say it because of us all? For this was written because of us that he who ploughs should plough in expectation, and the thresher in expectation of sharing.
d. Mt 22:41-46 And when the Pharisees were gathered together, יהושע asked them, saying, “What do you think concerning the Messiah? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “of Dauḏ.” He said to them, “Then how does Dauḏ in the Spirit call Him ‘Master,’ saying, efei said to my Master, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool of Your feet”’? “If Daud calls Him ‘Master,’ how is He his son?” And no one was able to answer Him a word, and from that day on no one was bold to ask Him anymore questions.
e. Mt 27:46 And about the ninth hour יהושע cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Ěliy, Ěliy, lemah sheḇaqtani?” that is, “My Mighty One, My Mighty One, why have You forsaken Me?”
f. Acts 10:9-16 … Kĕpha went up on the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour. And he became hungry and wished to eat. But while they were preparing, he fell into a trance, and he saw the heaven opened and a certain vessel like a great sheet bound at the four corners, descending to him and let down to the earth, in which were all kinds of four footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping, and the birds of the heaven. And a voice came to him, “Rise up, Kepha, slay and eat.” But Kepha said, “not at all Master! Because I have never eaten whatever is common or unclean.” And a voice came to him again the second time, “What Mighty One has cleansed you do not consider common.” And this took place three times, and the vessel was taken back into heaven…26-28 But Kĕpha raised him up, saying, “Stand up, I myself am also a man.” And talking with him, he went in and found many who had come together. And he said to them, “You know that a Yahuḏiy man is not allowed to associate with, or go to one of another race. But Elohiym has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
These are but a few examples revealed in the Holy Scripture that substantiate the underlying meanings to some of the narrative we have read within its pages
a. This passage teaches us that when man and woman (Adam and Chauah) were created and the marital bond was formed, it foreshadowed the relationship between Mashiyach Yahushua and the assembly;
b. Sarah and Hagar were also symbolic of the two covenants that would be made with Yisrael;
c. From this we learn that the oxen symbolized those given charge to bring forth the Word of the Most High to believers;
d. From this passage Mashiyach Yahushua alludes to Mashiyach being more than just an average man, due to Daud calling Him Adonay;
e. When Daud penned this psalm, it foreshadowed the words which would be cried by Mashiyach Yahushua when He was executed;
f. We learn from Kepha (Peter) that the unclean animals were symbolic of mankind.
But what else is there? If interpretations belong to the Most High, how are these interpretations manifest?
Joh 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
Luk 24:25 And He said to them, “O thoughtless ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
Luk 24:26 “Was it not necessary for the Messiah to suffer these and to enter into His esteem?”
Luk 24:27 And beginning at Mosheh and all the Prophets, He was explaining to them in all the Scriptures the matters concerning Himself.
Luk 24:44 And He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all have to be filled that were written in the Turah of Mosheh and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.”
The interpretation of the Word of the Most High can be found within the Word itself; question is, how? Ponder this question until our next lesson is posted; where does knowledge, understanding and wisdom originate? He that has an ear, let him hear!
Gen 40:2 And Pharaoh was wroth with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
Gen 40:3 So he put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Yusĕph was a prisoner.
Gen 40:4 And the captain of the guard put Yusĕph in charge of them, and he served them. So they were in confinement for some time.
Gen 40:5 Then the cupbearer and the baker of the sovereign of Mitzrayim, who were confined in the prison, dreamed a dream, both of them, each man’s dream in one night and each man’s dream with its own interpretation.
Gen 40:6 And Yusĕph came in to them in the morning and looked at them and saw that they were sad.
Gen 40:7 And he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in confinement of his master’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”
Gen 40:8 And they said to him, “We each have dreamed a dream, and there is no one to interpret it.” And Yusĕph said to them…
Halu lelohiym pithruniym
“Do not interpretations belong to Mighty Ones?”
Part Two
Let’s continue our lesson in answer to our title question, “do not interpretations belong to Mighty Ones?” Ask yourselves a question, how do I view the bible? Below we shall take a look at several ways the Holy Scriptures should be viewed:
I. Historic – the basic narrative of the Holy Scripture teaches of the origins of creation, mankind & Yisrael;
a. Gen 2:4 These are the births of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that יהוה Elohiym made earth and heavens.
H8435
תּלדה תּולדה
tôledâh tôledâh
to-led-aw', to-led-aw'
From H3205; (plural only) descent, that is, family; (figuratively) history:
H3205
ילד
yâlad
yaw-lad'
A primitive root; to bear young; causatively to beget; medically to act as midwife; specifically to show lineage:
b. Gen 5:1 This is the book of the genealogy of Aḏam. In the day that Elohiym created man, He made him in the likeness of Elohiym.
c. Gen 11:27 And this is the genealogy of Teraḥ: Teraḥ brought forth Aḇram, Naḥor, and Haran. And Haran brought forth Lot…29 And Aḇram and Naḥor took wives: the name of Aḇram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Naḥor’s wife, Milkah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milkah and the father of Yiskah.
d. Gen 16:1-3 And Sarai, Aḇram’s wife, had borne him no child. And she had a Mitsrite female servant whose name was Haḡar. And Sarai said to Aḇram, “See, יהוה has kept me from bearing children. Please, go in to my female servant. It might be that I am built up by her.” And Aḇram listened to the voice of Sarai. And Sarai, Aḇram’s wife, took Haḡar her female servant, the Mitsrite, and gave her to her husband Aḇram to be his wife, after Aḇram had dwelt ten years in the land of Kenaʽan…15 And Haḡar bore Aḇram a son, and Aḇram called the name of his son, whom Haḡar bore, Yishmaʽĕl.
e. Gen 21:1-3 And יהוה visited Sarah as He had said, and יהוה did for Sarah as He had spoken. So Sarah conceived and bore Aḇraham a son in his old age, at the appointed time of which Elohiym had spoken to him. And Aḇraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Yitzḥaq.
II. Poetic – the basic narrative of the Holy Scripture is often written in a style more concentrated & powerful than ordinary speech;
a. Ps 22:1 My Ěl, My Ěl, why have You forsaken Me – Far from saving Me, far from the words of My groaning?
b. Ps 110:1 יהוה said to my Master, “Sit at My right hand, Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
III. Instructional – the basic narrative of the Holy Scripture is written to educate mankind of morality, differentiating between right & wrong, as well as special directions to build & establish a relationship with the Most High.
a. Gen 1:26-28 And Elohiym said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the livestock, and over all the earth and over all the creeping creatures that creep on the earth.” And Elohiym created the man in His image, in the image of Elohiym He created him – male and female He created them. And Elohiym blessed them, and Elohiym said to them, “Bear fruit and increase, and fill the earth and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over all creatures moving on the earth.”
b. Gen 2:24 For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
c. Gen 2:1-3 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their array. And on the seventh day Elohiym completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. And Elohiym blessed the seventh day and set it apart, because on it He rested from all His work which Elohiym in creating had made.
d. Ex 20:8-11 “Remember the Sabbath day, to set it apart. “Six days you labor, and shall do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of יהוה your Mighty One. You do not do any work – you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. “For in six days יהוה made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore יהוה blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart.
e. Gen 7:1-3 And יהוה said to Noaḥ, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation. “Of all the clean beasts take with you seven pairs, a male and his female; and of the beasts that are unclean two, a male and his female; and of birds of the heavens seven pairs, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth.
f. Lev 11:46, 47 ‘This is the Turah of the beasts and the birds and every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth, to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living creature that is eaten and the living creature that is not eaten.’ ”
g. Deut 25:4 “Do not muzzle an ox while it is threshing.
IV. Prophetic – the basic narrative of the Holy Scripture, historic, poetic & instructional, also has an underlying meaning; consider the following passage written by brother Shaul, which happens to be a very important ‘key’ to understanding the law & prophets:
Rom 7:14 For we know that the Turah is Spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin.
What does Brother Shaul mean when he states that “the Turah is spiritual?” Furthermore, what does prophetic mean?
H5016
נבוּאה
nebû'âh
neb-oo-aw'
From H5012; a prediction (spoken or written):
H5012
נבא
nâbâ'
naw-baw'
A primitive root; to prophesy, that is, speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse):
2Ti 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of Mighty One, and profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
2Ti 3:17 That the man of Mighty One may be perfect thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
G2315
θεόπνευστος
theopneustos
theh-op'-nyoo-stos
From G2316 and a presumed derivative of G4154; divinely breathed in:
2Pe 1:15 Moreover I will endeavor that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
2Pe 1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of Adonyu Yahushua Mashiyach, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
2Pe 1:17 For he received from Mighty One the Father honor and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
2Pe 1:18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
2Pe 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
2Pe 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
2Pe 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of Mighty One spoke moved by the Holy Spirit.
1Co 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which Mighty One hath prepared for them that love him.
1Co 2:10 But Mighty One hath revealed unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of Mighty One.
1Co 2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of Mighty One knoweth no man, but the Spirit of Mighty One.
1Co 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of Mighty One; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of Mighty One.
1Co 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
1Co 2:14 But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of Mighty One: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know, because they are spiritually discerned.
1Co 2:15 But he that is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
Many bible believers have failed to realize, neither do they understand, those things we learn historically, poetically and instructionally from the Holy Scripture, means more than what meets the eye. Let me quote a significant statement made by Rabbi Shimon: “Woe to the man who says that the [Turah] merely tells tales and ordinary matters…If this were so,we could compose, even nowadays, a [‘Turah’] dealing with ordinary matters, and an even better one than that…In fact, all the words of the [Turah] represent lofty themes and sublime mysteries.” Compare the writings of Brother Shaul with the teaching of Mashiyach Yahushua:
Joh 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.
At this time we will revisit several passages we have looked at to learn the underlying meanings, based upon revelation within the word itself.
a. Eph 5:22-33 Wives, subject yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Master. Because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Messiah is head of the assembly, and He is Savior of the body. But as the assembly is subject to Messiah, so also let the wives be to their own husbands in every respect. Husbands, love your wives, as Messiah also did love the assembly and gave Himself for it, in order to set it apart and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word, in order to present it to Himself a splendid assembly, not having spot or wrinkle or any of this sort, but that it might be set-apart and blameless. In this way husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but feeds and cherishes it, as also the Master does the assembly. Because we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. “For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Messiah and the assembly. However, you too, everyone, let each one love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she fears her husband.
b. Gal 4:22-26 For it has been written that Aḇraham had two sons, one by a female servant, the other by a free woman. But he who was of the female servant was born according to the flesh, and he of the free woman through promise. This is allegorical, for these are the two covenants: one indeed from Mount Sinai which brings forth slavery, which is Haḡar, for this Haḡar is Mount Sinai in Araḇia, and corresponds to Yerushalayim which now is, and is in slavery with her children. But the Yerushalayim above is free, which is the mother of us all.
G238
ἀλληγορέω
allēgoreo
al-lay-gor-eh'-o
From G243 andἀγορέω agoreō
(to harangue (compare G58); to allegorize. (The Greek word itself.):
al[le[gory 7al$! gCr#c8
n.,
pl. -[ries 5ME allegorie < L allegoria < Gr allcgoria, description of one thing under the image of another < allos, other (see ELSE) + agoreuein, to speak in assembly < agora, AGORA16
1 a story in which people, things, and happenings have a hidden or symbolic meaning: allegories are used for teaching or explaining ideas, moral principles, etc.
2 the presenting of ideas by means of such stories
3 any symbol or emblem
c. 1 Cor 9:9, 10 For it has been written in the Turah of Mosheh, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Is it about oxen Elohiym is concerned? Or does He say it because of us all? For this was written because of us that he who ploughs should plough in expectation, and the thresher in expectation of sharing.
d. Mt 22:41-46 And when the Pharisees were gathered together, יהושע asked them, saying, “What do you think concerning the Messiah? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “of Dauḏ.” He said to them, “Then how does Dauḏ in the Spirit call Him ‘Master,’ saying, efei said to my Master, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool of Your feet”’? “If Daud calls Him ‘Master,’ how is He his son?” And no one was able to answer Him a word, and from that day on no one was bold to ask Him anymore questions.
e. Mt 27:46 And about the ninth hour יהושע cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Ěliy, Ěliy, lemah sheḇaqtani?” that is, “My Mighty One, My Mighty One, why have You forsaken Me?”
f. Acts 10:9-16 … Kĕpha went up on the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour. And he became hungry and wished to eat. But while they were preparing, he fell into a trance, and he saw the heaven opened and a certain vessel like a great sheet bound at the four corners, descending to him and let down to the earth, in which were all kinds of four footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping, and the birds of the heaven. And a voice came to him, “Rise up, Kepha, slay and eat.” But Kepha said, “not at all Master! Because I have never eaten whatever is common or unclean.” And a voice came to him again the second time, “What Mighty One has cleansed you do not consider common.” And this took place three times, and the vessel was taken back into heaven…26-28 But Kĕpha raised him up, saying, “Stand up, I myself am also a man.” And talking with him, he went in and found many who had come together. And he said to them, “You know that a Yahuḏiy man is not allowed to associate with, or go to one of another race. But Elohiym has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
These are but a few examples revealed in the Holy Scripture that substantiate the underlying meanings to some of the narrative we have read within its pages
a. This passage teaches us that when man and woman (Adam and Chauah) were created and the marital bond was formed, it foreshadowed the relationship between Mashiyach Yahushua and the assembly;
b. Sarah and Hagar were also symbolic of the two covenants that would be made with Yisrael;
c. From this we learn that the oxen symbolized those given charge to bring forth the Word of the Most High to believers;
d. From this passage Mashiyach Yahushua alludes to Mashiyach being more than just an average man, due to Daud calling Him Adonay;
e. When Daud penned this psalm, it foreshadowed the words which would be cried by Mashiyach Yahushua when He was executed;
f. We learn from Kepha (Peter) that the unclean animals were symbolic of mankind.
But what else is there? If interpretations belong to the Most High, how are these interpretations manifest?
Joh 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
Luk 24:25 And He said to them, “O thoughtless ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
Luk 24:26 “Was it not necessary for the Messiah to suffer these and to enter into His esteem?”
Luk 24:27 And beginning at Mosheh and all the Prophets, He was explaining to them in all the Scriptures the matters concerning Himself.
Luk 24:44 And He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all have to be filled that were written in the Turah of Mosheh and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.”
The interpretation of the Word of the Most High can be found within the Word itself; question is, how? Ponder this question until our next lesson is posted; where does knowledge, understanding and wisdom originate? He that has an ear, let him hear!
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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