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The first parable in the bible gives us the most foundational truth we can have concerning our saviour Yeshua our Messiah. This parable is found in Judges Chapter 9, and the parable was given on Mount Gerizim. The parable is centred on the thornbush, bramble, or “Atad” in Hebrew. This picture of the Atad with Mount Gerizim in the background I took myself.
The Menorah (seven-branched lamp-stand) represents Jews who follow Yeshua (Jesus) and the fish signifies Gentiles who follow Yeshua. Listen to discover from which scripture the early church developed the symbol and what is its prophetic meaning
(ESV) That which is already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven (away.
Ecclesiastes 3:15
correct translation
God seeks out the connections (the past present and future)
Holy, holy, holy
is the Lord God Almighty,’
who was, and is, and is to come.
Revelation 4:8
And spare my people—this is my request. For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated. If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves,
Esther 7:3-4
Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
Genesis 37:26
“And 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.
Romans 15:4
“Whatever things were written before were written for our instruction.”
1 Corinthians 10:11
“All these happened to those (Israelites) as examples, and it was written for our warning.”
In the teaching which will follow this introduction, we will study one of these things that are set as examples to help us…the situation of the golden calf, related in Exodus 32.
This sin angered YHVH so much He was prepared to destroy His people, Israel!
We will explore the events that led to the building of the golden calf and what that actually represented to Israel at that time.
If this Golden Calf issue is given to us as a warning, an encouragement and a helpful ‘visual aid’, then we need to see what it represents for us today.
• Is it possible to make a golden calf in our life?
• Is there a spiritual parallel in our walk with Yeshua today?
• Is there a foundational principle in our faith we often forget?This forgotten principle results in provoking God’s anger and rendering us ineffective and fruitless.
If any follower of Yeshua has built a spiritual golden calf in their lives, the result is ‘broken tablets’ of Law!
Under the new covenant, there is a promise that He writes His Law on our hearts but how is it that it’s not always apparently manifest in some believers’ lives?
• Is it evidence of a spiritual ‘Golden Calf’, causing a broken covenant (broken tablets of Law)?
• Paul’s entire letter to the Hebrews was an encouragement not to break the covenant!
The meaning of “the ten commandments”, in Hebrew, is
“the tablets of the covenant” or “the tablets of the testimony”.
• Is it possible to call not applying the ‘forgotten’ principle, mentioned above, “breaking the covenant”?
• Is it possible to break the new covenant through a type of golden calf worship today?
These are provocative questions which need answers through deep study of the Word.
Listen to this audio teaching and see just how the lessons of the Golden Calf example are applicable today.
Palm Sunday, Yeshua our Messiah (the Christ or anointed one) did not ride into Jerusalem proudly on a horse. He came mounted upon a little donkey, even a small colt. No earthly king would do this. Yeshua came not to fight or to compete, but to be a meek King.
This meek king comes first of all not to be enthroned as King but to cleanse the temple, (cleanse our hearts).
Psalms 31:24 NIV
Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all you who hope in the Lord.
Correct translation………
Be strong, and He will make your heart stronger, all you who hope in YHWH
Does the book of Esther have a prophetic fulfillment in our day? The Jews will survive, but the question is will you be part of it?
Are the words Mordechai spoke to Esther relevant to you today?
“If you remain silent, you and your father’s family will perish.” Esther 4:14
Esther proclaimed a fast of three days of fasting night and day without food or water.
Mordechai’s famous words to Esther;” If you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish.” Esther 4:14
One way or another the Jews will survive, the question is to Esther, will you be part of it?
The Jewish feast of Purim is a prophetic blueprint of the overcoming Church in the last days of this present age that brings salvation to the Jewish people.
This Church has a crucial role in the transition of the current Church Age to the purposed time when the Kingdom of Israel rules as a head.
Esther, A prophetic picture of the church in the last generation
Esther, a type of the Bride of the Lamb interceding for Israel
Esther, The Talmud compares Mordechai to Joseph