He Sees & He Cares!

Terumah – Contribution

Every week, the Jews read a portion from the Torah. Each portion is called a parashah or parashat. The whole Torah is read through in one Jewish year. They also read from the Haftarah which is a reading from the prophets. Messianic Jews also add a reading from the Apostolic Writings or B’rit Hadashah/New Covenant.

Although the Jews are agreed as to the Torah portion, there are some differences as to what is read by some groups for the Haftarah. There is no particular schedule of B’rit Hadashah readings.

This week’s portion/parashat is Terumah. Here are some links that shed some light on Terumah.

Hebrew4Christians Terumah

The Mercy Seat

Up and Down the Mountain

More on the Mishkan

Sanctuary of the Heart

FFOZ Terumah

G-d Bless America???

There are many people who claim the following verse from the Bible for America:

…if my people, who belong to me, humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, and repudiate their sinful practices, then I will respond from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. (2Ch 7:14 NET)

They don’t pay attention to the context. It is G-d talking to Israel. Israel is “my people”. No other nation can make that claim.

In Ezekiel, G-d talks about what He will do to other nations in the following passage. Just prior to this passage and right afterward He is talking about Israel, but here it is about other nations…nations like America. Pay close attention to what He says here:

“Son of man, suppose a country sins against me by being unfaithful, and I stretch out my hand against it, cut off its bread supply, cause famine to come on it, and kill both people and animals. Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would save only their own lives by their righteousness, declares the sovereign LORD. “Suppose I were to send wild animals through the land and kill its children, leaving it desolate, without travelers due to the wild animals. Even if these three men were in it, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign LORD, they could not save their own sons or daughters; they would save only their own lives, and the land would become desolate. “Or suppose I were to bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through the land,’ and I were to kill both people and animals. Even if these three men were in it, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign LORD, they could not save their own sons or daughters — they would save only their own lives. “Or suppose I were to send a plague into that land, and pour out my rage on it with bloodshed, killing both people and animals. Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign LORD, they could not save their own son or daughter; they would save only their own lives by their righteousness. (Eze 14:13-20 NET)

G-d will not ignore a nation who truly repents, but He does NOT promise to save a nation for the sake of the righteous few. He promises to save only the righteous few as He judges the nation.

These are sobering words. The righteous in America (and other countries, too) had better be prepared for what is ahead because it isn’t going to be pretty. I believe we are already under judgment and I see NO indication that our nation is repenting of its ways. We just seem to be going farther and farther away from G-d and deeper and deeper into evil and darkness.

Pray, people! America (and many other countries) desperately need to repent. The people of Yeshua’s body need to stop playing games and get serious. They need to stop listening to teachers who mishandle the word of G-d and tickle their ears with what they want to hear instead of with what they NEED to hear!

Pray for our nation and for the good teachers who are sounding the “shofar” call. Repent! Repent! Repent!

For more on this insidious false teaching go here.

Never Forget the Horror!!

Please look at as many photos and pages of the blog linked below as you can. Read the notes and quotes. View the photos. Watch the videos. Meet the heroes and heroines. Meet the victims. Meet the brave ones. Meet the monsters. And weep.

Please do not tell me that you can see those and not cry and grieve over what happened. Do not tell me that you can see these photos and then say that it did not happen. Do not tell me that you are willing to ignore the threats against the Jews from her enemies…the ones who want to wipe all Jews and Israel from the map!

For, if you can tell me that, then you are deader in your soul than the all the bodies of the victims of the Holocaust put together.

Look at them all…if you dare.

The Holocaust

The Holocaust Archives

I hate to even show some these few out of respect for the people in them. However, it is out of respect (and love) for them that I MUST show them. We must NOT FORGET what happened. We MUST NOT ALLOW it to happen AGAIN!

Do these images disturb you? They SHOULD! Look at them…and weep for the women and children…for the men…for all those who were murdered…for all those who were beaten…for all those who were experimented upon…for all the lost childhoods…the lost adulthoods…the lost lives.

And WEEP

PLEASE…DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN!!!

Why Urban, Educated Parents Are Turning to DIY Education

This is an interesting article I read a while back on how more and more people are choosing to educate their children at home…for a variety of reasons. I hope you find it as interesting as I did!

Why Urban, Educated Parents Are Turning to DIY Education

Shabbat Shalom – Judgments

Abba…as we enter Your holy Shabbat
we think of You
and of Your righteous judgments.

We think of all the rulings and judgments You so lovingly gave us
so that we would know
how to live with You
and how to live with others.

Abba, You call upon Your children to make righteous judgments…
not to condemn…
not to feel superior…
not to put people “in their place”…
but to love them…
to show them the truth…
to reach out and help them.

You want us to live in peace with others.
walking in the Shalom of Yeshua,
filled with Your Ruach,
arm in arm and heart to heart
with our spiritual siblings.

You call us to discern truth from lie…
the things of You from
the things of hasatan
and of our fleshly and selfish desires.

You call us to walk in uprightness,
avoiding evil
and walking in the Light.

May we live according to Your ways,
always obedient to Your teachings,
and always loving as You love.

May we feed the hungry,
clothe the naked,
house the homeless,
visit the sick and those in prison.

May we bring Your Ruach
to set captives free.

May we bring Your healing Shalom
and reach out with Your words
and Your arms of love.

May we love You with
all of our hearts,
all of our souls,
all of our minds,
and all of our strengths.

May we love our neighbor as ourselves.

May we love one another.

B’shem Yeshua

Not Knowing versus Refusing to See

There are those who truly do not understand the truth. They either have not been told or they have not yet reached a place of understanding it. They are not culpable for what they do not know or understand.

There are also those, however, who DO know the truth. They have understood it, yet they choose to feign ignorance in an attempt to salve their consciences as they walk away from it. While that might actually seem to “work” for a while, ultimately it will fail. Sooner or later they will have to face the truth. Only, instead of facing it for the first time and having an “aha” moment which allows them to embrace it, they will be facing it as someone who knew it and walked away. There will be guilt and condemnation, but it does not have to be that way.

While walking away from the truth is not a good thing and denying the truth is even worse, it is NOT irreversible. We have a heavenly Abba/Father who WANTS His creation to walk in truth. He WANTS us to come to Him. He WANTS us to be the bride of His Son Yeshua/Jesus. We can run to Him and ask forgiveness for walking away from the truth. We can run to Him and ask forgiveness for denying the truth to ourselves and others. We can accept the invitation to live as Yeshua’s bride. But we can only do that while we are yet alive. After death comes judgment. Then it will be too late.

There are many who enter into pacts or deals with the “devil” because they think it is just a game…a way to open a door to success in this life. But it isn’t just a game or door opener…it is real. You can scoff all you want, but hasatan takes all pacts and deals very seriously. So does our Creator. If you have made such a deal or pact, do not delay. Cry out to Yeshua to undo it right away.  It does not matter what kind of deal you have made with the “devil” or what kind of pact you have entered into or what kind of oath you have sworn. All can be undone by the power of Yeshua/Jesus who is greater than anything in this world. You do not know how much time you have. Death could be a heart attack away, or an accident away or even a murder away.

We know this world will eventually end. The same G-d who told us in advance about so many other things that have come true in detail has also told us that Messiah will return and will bring judgment with Him when He does. A study of prophecy shows that this will be fairly soon. We might have until that moment to change the course of our lives…but we might not. The end can come for any one of us at any time. Death waits for no one.

The scriptures tell us that each one of us has a certain number of days, but we don’t know exactly how many we will have. We could die next month, next week, tomorrow, tonight, in the next few minutes. We don’t know. Is it worth the gamble to decide to get things right with your Creator later? I don’t think so. Please don’t wait. Settle things now and then live your life with gratitude to the One who makes it all possible for you…the giver of all good gifts…the Creator.