A Valuabe Hebrew Lesson - 'Eben - אבן

Deuteronomy 27:8 - And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this Torah very plainly.

The Hebrew word for stone here is אבן pronounced eh'-ben. What is the significance of that you ask? The word ‘eben (the transliteration) is really a compound word in the Hebrew language. How is that you might ask. Well, let’s take a look.

The word for father in Hebrew is אב and is pronounced ab.

The word for son in Hebrew is בן and is pronounced ben.

So keeping in mind that Hebrew is a language, which is always read from the left to the right, when we combine these two words, we come up with the compound word father-son or in Hebrew אבן.

Ok some might be asking what is the point of pointing that out. Well, here it is.

When we go to the verse of Psalms 118:22, which reads - The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner, we find in the Strong’s Concordance that the word for stone there is also ‘eben – the Hebrew word for father-son. So the father and son relationship of YHWH and Yeshua is that stone, which the church is built on – not Peter.

But then we must go back and reread Deuteronomy 27:8 again and now see what it says - And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this Torah very plainly, because the word for stones there again is 'eben or אֶבֶן.

So we now know that the father-son relationship, which the Messiah built His church on is that headstone, which has all the words of Torah written upon it.

Interesting, huh?

I think so!!

©2010 Kimberly Padilla, A.A. Religion

The Roots of the Hebrew Word Torah - תורה - And Their Different Meanings

The Root Word of Torah and Its Different Meanings
Yeshua = Jesus
YHWH = God

Yeshua is the Living Torah. The root word of Torah is yarah and means to shoot arrows where as Torah means to hit the target. So to keep Torah means like to hit the target with an arrow. Yarah also means to teach or to instruct. And also it is rain. It's all right here:

http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/Lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H3384&t=KJV

Look at Zechariah 9:14 - And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his Arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.

YHWH calls Yeshua His arrow. Like I said yarah is arrow and yarah is the root of the word Torah. Also like I said - yarah is rain. Yeshua is the former and latter rain. Hosea 6:3 and again yarah is the root word for Torah. There are two circumstances of Yeshua being Torah. He is the living Torah.

Now look at the word imrah. It means Torah.

http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H565&t=KJV

And in the Bible it is translated as the word word. Look at Psalms 119:162 for example - I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. David is saying that he rejoices in the Torah.

Read John 1:1 (In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God) again in a new light and doesn't it look different?

Look at Proverbs 6:23 - For the commandment is a lamp; and the Torah is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life. Now look at John 1:4 - In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

The law or Torah is light in Proverbs 6:23, yet in John 1:4 in Jesus is the light of men. See how it goes together and interprets each other? Makes you think doesn't it?

The Moral of the Account of Jacob's Labor with Laban

Has anyone ever noticed that when Jacob left Israel, after he had been blessed by Isaac, his father, but yet was in exile from his brother, Esau, that the sun was going down (Genesis 28:11 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep)? Even more intriguing, after he had worked for Laban for 20 years he was heading back to Israel, when he met and wrestled with the Lord, the Bible tells us that the sun was rising (Genesis 32:31- And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh).

So when he left Israel, the Bible is very clear to tell is that the sun set on him, and when he was re-entering Israel 20 years later, it rose upon him. Why is the Bible so specific to do that? It is because it signifies him leaving to go into the darkness and back into the light. Israel is more than a place. It is God's actual church - it is the olive tree, which believers are grafted into and unbelieving Israel was plucked from, but will be grafted in later when their veil is removed. This is understood in Galatians 6:16 - And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. Strong's concordance for Israel here, in the Greek, is number 2474 and describes it as "Christians, the Israel of God, for not all those who draw their bodily descent from Israel are true Israelites, i.e. are those whom God pronounces to be Israelites and has chosen to salvation."

By this we can know that this is a picture of going into darkness and back into the light. Even though Jacob had come out of Israel he had always been in darkness, because he had not followed God's will until he repented, much later after God sent him out of Israel for training. Jacob had a hard time in God's training, laboring those 20 years for Laban, but it was necessary because it is written in Revelation 3:19 - "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent." Jacob had to be rebuked and chastened in his life mistakes before he would repent.

It seems the moral of the account is that when we are in church, often times we think we are saved, but many times God must deal with our heart, rebuking, correcting and disciplining us until we can finally see the true light and what it really means to repent and live for Him.

©2010 Kimberly Padilla, A.A. Religion

What was Yeshua's Favorite Day to Heal?

Yeshua was always accused by the Pharisees for healing on the Sabbath, saying that it was blasphemy against the Most High God. What was the reason, which Yeshua did seem to do most of His healing on the Sabbath?

It was His favorite day, because it demonstrates that when we enter His Sabbath or Rest - eternal life with Him (Hebrews 3 and 4) that there will be no more sickness or pain. :)

©2010 Kimberly Padilla, A.A. Religion

The Ark of the Covenant is a Type of Human Heart

1.Deuteronomy 31:26 - Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

2. Jeremiah 31:33 - But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

3. Romans 5:12 - Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another.

So, putting this all together, we can see that the Ark of the Covenant was a typology of the human heart, because YHWH had Moses put the Torah in the Ark of the Covenant, compared to He put the Torah in our hearts. The Torah in the Ark of the Covenant was to bear witness against humans, compared to the conscience bearing witness against humans, as a result of the Torah being written in their hearts. In addition:

4. Leviticus 16:2 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.

5. Ephesians 3:16-17 - That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love; May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height.

So, also in common, the Ark of the Covenant and the human heart both provide a place of residency for YHWH.

And,

6. Hebrews 9:4 - Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant.

Aaron's rod stood for the Messiah. Both the Greek (rhabdos) and the Hebrew word (matteh) describe a rod as a branch, and Jesus (Yeshua) is THE BRANCH. Jeremiah 31:15 - In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.

The manna stood for THE BREAD OF LIFE, which is Messiah. John 6:33 - For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. John 6:48 - I am that bread of life.

And being that the Torah was placed in the Ark of the Covenant, we know that Yeshua is also the Living Torah, as He is the Word. John 1:14 - And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

So, in conclusion, the Ark of the Covenant is a picture of the human heart. The Ark of the Covenant contained manna, a rod and the Torah. Man's heart also contains the same, in that each represent the Messiah.

Amazing huh?

©2010 Kimberly Padilla, A.A. Religion

Why is Satan Often Portrayed as a Goat?

When one deceives it is by an underhanded account. Underhanded also means hidden, because the truth is under the hand and the lie/deception is face up.

There are two accounts of people using a goat to deceive in the Bible.

1. Genesis 38:14- 20 - And she (Tamar) put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face. And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me? And he said, I will send thee a kid (young male goat) from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.

2. Genesis 27:9 - 14 - Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth: And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.

So the goat becomes a symbol of deception in the Bible. Revelation 12:9 says, "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."

©2010 Kimberly Padilla, A.A. Religion

Why the Missing Vav in Generations?

The Vav, Messiah, and New Creation
When God first created the “generations” of the heavens and the earth, the word toldot (תולדות) is used (Gen. 2:4). This refers to created order before the sin and fall of Adam and Eve. After the fall of Adam, however, the word is spelled differently in the Hebrew text, with a missing letter Vav (i.e., as תלדות). Thereafter, each time the phrase, “these are the generations of” occurs in the Scriptures (a formulaic way of enumerating the generations of the heads of families), the word is spelled “defectively,” with the missing Vav (ו). The Vav was “lost.” However, when we come to Ruth 4:18 the phrase: 'These are the generations of Perez' is spelled with the missing Vav restored (i.e., as תולדות). In all of Scripture, the only two places where we see the restored spelling is in Genesis 2:4 and Ruth 4:18, which leads to the question as to what connection there might be between the creation of the heavens and the earth, the fall of mankind, and the creation of the family line of Perez?

The name “Perez” (פרץ) means “breach” (from paratz, meaning “to break through”). God was going to “break through” the families of mankind in order to restore creation back to its original intent. The letter Vav represents man, and the very first Vav in the Torah is associated with the “first and last man” as seen in Genesis 1:1:

The Restored Vav is a picture of the Mashiach who would would descend from the “generations” of the line of Perez. The genealogy of the descendants of Perez indicated that the promised abolition of death through the work of his descendant the Messiah was drawing near. Just as the original Vav was lost through the first Adam and his sin, so the Vav is restored the obedience of the “Second Adam,” the Mashiach Yeshua.

1 Corinthians 14:5 - And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Grammar/Unit_One/Aleph-Bet/Vav/vav.html

 

©2010 Kimberly Padilla, A.A. Religion