OMER 40

“Today is forty days which are five weeks and five days of the Omer.”

Theme of the Week: Yesod - Intimacy

Theme of the Day: Hod - Glory

Overall Theme: The Glory of His Intimacy

Today is a busy day in the count of the Omer. During the Journey in the Wilderness, Yitro (Jethro), Moses’ Father-in-Law visits and gives Moses life changing advice that has left its mark on Judaism ever since and this was the establishment of Judges:

Exodus 18:17-24 And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone. Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God: And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee. If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace. So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.

It is also said to be the day of Moses’ 40 day fast and lastly this day also commemorates Yeshua’s ascension into Heaven after His resurrection.

Matthew 28:16-20 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Acts 1:1-11 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

All of which gives one a taste of the Glory of His Intimacy. When YHWH speaks through others and you listen, know it’s from G-d and do it. When you fast in order to deny your flesh, clear your head to see, feel and know Him more. When you stick around to see some godly person depart and drink in their last words, all of which you experience His Intimacy in a Glorious, unforgettable way. That is forever life changing and we see that in all 3 Scriptural examples. Even the Traditional Psalm we read today lets us taste this theme:

Psalm 99

 ¹The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
 ²The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.
 ³Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.
 ⁴The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
 ⁵Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.
 ⁶Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
 ⁷He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
 ⁸Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
 ⁹Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.

“Abba YHWH Elohim, please move me and put me in such a place to where I am able to experience Your life changing Intimacy in a Glorious way, so I may better serve You and others. In Yeshua’s Name I pray, Ameyn.”

Omer 37-38

“Today is the thirty-seven days, which are five weeks and two days of the Omer.”

Theme of the Week: Yesod - Intimacy

Theme of the Day: Gevurah – Severity and Strength

Overall Theme: The Severity and Strength of His Intimacy

Revelation 4

 ¹After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
 ²And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
 ³And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
 ⁴And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
 ⁵And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
 ⁶And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
 ⁷And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
 ⁸And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
 ⁹And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
 ¹⁰The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
 ¹¹Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

Revelation 7

 ⁹After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
 ¹⁰And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
 ¹¹And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
 ¹²Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
 ¹³And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
 ¹⁴And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
 ¹⁵Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
 ¹⁶They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
 ¹⁷For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

Two things fit this overall theme to a “T” and that is praise and worship. When we totally let go of our paranoid, “who’s watching me” inhibitions and lose ourselves praising Him, we begin to receive Strength through the high of Intimacy we get when we worship.

We as believers are likened to a bride, right? And when a married couple have passionate sex, it’s called “making love.” Feelings of Intimacy are there and afterwards you feel closer, the bonds of your relationship is strengthened and you feel an inner, personal strength like you can take on the world. This is similar to what happens when we are intimate with HaShem though our acts of praise and worship, and this is what our traditional text of the Psalms is all about:

Psalm 95

 ¹O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
 ²Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
 ³For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
 ⁴In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.
 ⁵The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
 ⁶O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
 ⁷For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,

“Oh Mighty and Majestic Elohim, the Lover of my soul, I pray you would help and enable me to fall more madly, deeply and passionately in love with You. I want to know You and in the Hebrew the word to Know implies intimacy. I want to be like a giddy, love sick school girl who wants to be with you 24-7. I love you Adonai! In Yeshua’s Name I pray, Ameyn.”

“Today is thirty-eight days, which are five weeks and three days of the Omer.”

Theme of the Week: Yesod - Intimacy

Theme of the Day: Tefreit - Beauty

Overall Theme: The Beauty of His Intimacy

The Traditional Psalm to read is Psalm 96, but I would like to focus on verses 6-7:

Psalm 96

 ¹O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
 ²Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.
 ³Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.
 ⁴For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
 ⁵For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
 ⁶Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
 ⁷Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
 ⁸Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.
 ⁹O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
 ¹⁰Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
 ¹¹Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.
 ¹²Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
 ¹³Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

Just as sex between a husband and a wife is a holy intimate and strengthening act, because it is holy it is NOT dirty or smutty, but beautiful; just like praise and worship is beautiful.

We often use the word beautiful as an esthetic term of an object or thing.  But here the word is used as an act, as an event.

Today also commemorates the beautiful victory Israel had against Amelek because of the strength gained from the intimate experience of YHWH providing water from the rock.

Exodus 12:8-16 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's passover. For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.

Another beautiful and Intimate act is when we love our fellow man by helping him carry a load.

Gal. 6:2-3 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

“Indeed YHWH, We have a Beautifully Intimate thing going on here, help me to further submit to You and therefore deepen and strengthen that Beautiful and Intimate bond. In Yeshua’s Name, Ameyn.”

OMER 39

“Today is thirty-nine days which are five weeks and four days of the Omer.”

Theme of the Week: Yesod - Intimacy

Theme of the Day: Netzach - Victory

Overall Theme: The Victory of His Intimacy

When you are madly in love and are intimate with the Creator, G-d not only rules the world but your heart as well and therefore we have victory over sin.

The Traditional Psalm to read is Psalm 98:

Psalm 98

 ¹O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
 ²The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
 ³He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
 ⁴Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
 ⁵Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
 ⁶With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.
 ⁷Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
 ⁸Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
 ⁹Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

“Abba YHWH Elohim, I praise You and thank You for the victory I have in my life because of my Intimate relationship with You. In Messiah Yeshua’s Name I pray, Ameyn.”

DO NOT BE FOOLED!!!

Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us… Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also… These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you… Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.  – I John 2:18-19, 22-23, 26 4:1-3

In the beginning was the Word (Yeshua the Messiah), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1

I and my Father are one. – John 10:30

That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;  And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. – Philippians  2:10-11

This passage is applicable today in regards the Orthodox Jew and Karite moles that have slipped in among us unawares and has seduced and led away the best among us. And I certainly do not want to be in the shoes of them who let such folk in and knew all along who they were and their intentions.

The anti-messiah(s) are not who we think they are, they are not evil men one can spot because they have a widow’s peak, dark pointy eyebrows, and a maniacal grin on their face or have the laugh of a mad scientist. Anti can mean against, but more often means “another.” So these anti-messiahs are another messiah, someone or something that has replaced THE MESSIAH YESHUA. Such things as another man who is not divine or another religion or claiming messiah be not a man but an age.

If we do not stand on the Tanak (Old Testament) and on the writings of Rebbe Messiah Yeshua’s Tamlidim (Disciples) then we are as good as seduced (I Jn. 2:26) by such wolves in sheep’s clothing (Matt. 7:5)