19Parsha T’rumah -
Elevation offering -
Sh’mot
25 :1 – 27:19
1st M’lakhim 6:2 – 6:13, Mattityahu 5:33-37
Daniel ben Ya’acov Israel
At the end of this parasha
(Torah portion), you will find charts with pictures concerning the Mishkan and the Prophetic Tabernacles measurements. What we know today was
many times not known by our forefathers, even when they spoke of it, they
didn’t have the full revelation or understanding. It was יהוה’ intention in order to prevent
deception or discouragement: Daniel
was a great prophet and wise man who devoted his all life to serve יהוה
Dan 12:4 but thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased…………………Dan 12:8 and I heard,
but I (Daniel) understood not: then
said I, O my master, what shall be the end of these things? Dan 12:9 and
he said, go thy way, Daniel: for the
words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
The closer we are coming to the end, the more יהוה give us understanding to spiritual truth and words of
the scriptures which were sealed to former generations. The key of
understanding scriptures is two fold and we need to be aware of this to points:
1) Our
personal relationship to יהוה. This will bring the difference as we are going to see
in the today’s parasha. It is not
enough to be “Born again” as many Christians want to have it. Relationship
to יהוה is by following יהושע and keeping the Torah!
2) History: It
is necessary in order to avoid misinterpretation to make research concerning
the history and lifetime concerning the Apostles, prophets and conditions of
life. Man like Josephus a great Jew historian wrote many books that are
great help to discover the life condition of people in this time.
Like every week we will discover some truths which are
not visible in the plain text “p’shat”.
I was reading and listening to somebody this week that brought me to think. If
we go the way of the world which I will call the “standard way” we will in fact learn the “standard” of the scriptures, if we want to know more, we will have
to step into a way rejected by many for different reasons. The way I have
followed since the beginning of learning Torah
is one of the most controversial that brings even division among believers.
My choice was not to hurt or provoke anybody, but simply to follow the small
voice in me. ...I have in my computer
many dictionaries, commentaries and books from different sources: Christian
commentators: Barnes, Keil and Delitzsch,
Clarke, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Easton, Fausset and the list goes on with
Dictionaries, Strong, Brown Driver Briggs, Thayer.
They all have in
common to hold the plain text “p’shat”.
I have read from modern Messianic Leaders
that to go behind the plain text also calling Kabbalah “satanic”. I read from different Jewish sources different subjects and learn to make difference
between what is called the “sod” and
according to some “satanic”. “Sod” is a Hebrew word, used by יהוה in the scriptures, but also by יהושע to speak about “secret” or “mystery”, I give two
examples:
Psa
25:14 The secret (Hebrew: sod) of YHWH is with
them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
Mar 4:11 and he (יהושע) said unto them, unto you it is
given to know the mystery (Greek: musterion)
of the kingdom of
YHWH
What does יהושע means with: “unto them that are without”? יהושע was speaking to his disciples
who were yehudin (Jews) and had
returned to the Covenant by following
יהושע. At this time, both Kingdom, Yehudah and the House of Israel were divided and the Jews, those having returned from Babylon were living in Yerushalayim
and the surrounding, while those scattered from the House of Israel were living either in other parts of Israel for some of them, or in the Mediterranean coastlands areas.
Jas 1:1 James, a servant of YHWH and of the Master Yehoshua
the Messiah, to the twelve tribes which
are scattered abroad, greeting.
1Pe 1:1 Kepha, an
apostle of Yehoshua the Messiah, to the
strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and
Bithynia,......The strangers where
those from the House of Israel, not Christians as many want to have it.
History has given proof that Christianity
didn’t start before the End of the first century and was becoming official
in the fourth Century with Constantine. These
two verses (Psalm 25:14, Marc 4:11)
demonstrate that it was nothing strange to יהוה and to יהושע to speak from secret or mystery. If we look attentively when we read, we will see that many
times scriptures cannot be taken in
the plain text “p’shat”. The
disciples “talmidin” were used to
speak to their audience in parable and
in the “sod”. We have great account
with the book of Yochanan (John) and
many times in Sha’ul’s Epistles which
have been too often misinterpreted. You will see that most of the scholars,
will speak about their career path, many of them like to point to their Academic
titles: Dr., Ph………from such and such University or Bible school. Let us look at
the word Academic: Academic:
A) belonging
or relating to a place of learning, esp. a college,
university, or academy (Collins
dictionary’s definition)
B) relating to studies such as languages, philosophy, and pure science, rather
than applied, technical, or professional studies (Collins dictionary’s
definitions)
C) One holding the philosophy of Socrates and
Plato; a Platonist (Everest dictionary)
We
should mark some words witch are pure human thus earthly tradition: Philosophy, science, college, university. Socrates and Plato (4th century BCE) are well known
has forefathers of Greek philosophy! Many
times the Apostles spoke against
these teachers and opposed them because they tried to make people followers by philosophy of man and not according to
the Torah. Among them were the Stoics, the Epicureans, the Gnostics and
others groups like Ebionist, and the
Essenes who had many rules of purity and conditions for the new comers.
In contrast we can read what is written
concerning Kefa (Peter) and Yochanan:
Act 4:13 Now when they
(scribes and Pharisee) saw the boldness of Kepha and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men,
they marvelled; and they took
knowledge of them, that they had been with Yehoshua. ...
Unlearned: Thayer: G62 ἀγράμματος agrammatos. Thayer
Definition: 1) Illiterate, unlearned
Strong: From G1
(as negative particle) and G1121; unlettered, that is, illiterate: - unlearned. Ignorant:
Strong’s # G2399ἰδιώτης idiōtēs id-ee-o'-tace From G2398; a private person, that is, (by implication)
an ignoramus (compare “idiot”):
- ignorant, rude, unlearned.
Thayer: idiōtēs. Thayer Definition: In the NT, an unlearned, illiterate, man as opposed to the learned and educated:
one who is unskilled in any art.......
Remember Kefa was a fisher and thus wasn’t gone
to school, he was a simple man. The Pharisee
and scribes were amazed to see
that they were so bold in speaking that they had been with יהושע! Is it not beautiful? Today the world standard is Academic the more diplomas one has, the
greatest recognition and credit he receive from his fellows. You may say, I say
that because I don’t have any diploma or Dr Title! I have spent two years to
learn in a so called Bible school and
even graduate according to the rules
of the school, until in his mercy יהוה show me that this was not was He
intended for me. I forsook the way and turned to the Torah. As we just read, we don’t need to go to a special school or
to be taught after the precepts of men. Today we will see how we can come to a
real relationship with our Heavenly Father through a pure commitment to Messiah יהושע our Master. Please don’t worry about your scholarship
or your worldly knowledge because it
is of no help to get into intimacy with our Heavenly Father.
Our
weekly portion Parasha “T’rumah”, translated as “Elevation offering, heave offering, gift or
tribute”, but also as “contribution”.
This Parasha brings us more in
the revelation יהוה want us to understand. We are going to scrutinize the parasha to try to enter the “sod” in order to understand the “mystery” of the text. Now יהוה command
Moshe to build the tabernacle and will give him the details of the
construction. Remember that when we
read the Torah, there are two aspects
to take in consideration:
A) The Plain
text: which relate to the Physical world to understand and
know the life of our forefathers and their struggles, challenges and mistakes.
B) The Spiritual
Text: Three others Levels including Remez, drash, sod.which are like layers which must be scrutinized
on their own before we can go deeper.
- Remez: Finding the hint pointing to something or someone in
the future (i.e. Messiah)
- Drash: Teaching in the text applying to us.
- Sod: The mystery which cannot be approached with the rational mind, but only by faith!
Tobiah from Yashanet gives a beautiful explanation how we can also see the
different steps: Within
the deeper levels of Torah study, we also see all three aspects of man taking
part:
The
physical part of man is associated with a Literal approach (p’shat) The
Allegorical view has to do with one's emotion (remez) The mind
is linked to the Metaphysical method (sod)Thus, man may show love of God; Emotionally, through prayer
and devotion Mentally, through study
of Torah Physically, by following
the Torah's commands and performing acts of kindness (Tzedakah) toward others
Metaphysical:
immaterial, supernatural apprehended by the mind and not the physical.
We
must be prepared when we decide to go this way we will be subject to critics
from others, even among those from our family
in Messiah. For those who know
me, they will have seen that it happened many times during meetings or Shabbot. This is not surprising, for
many of us come from Christianity and
are molded by many doctrines of men deeply keyed up by years of false teaching.
The only way to change is by the renewing of our mind through Torah learning (Romans 12:2).
This Pattern of the Mishkahn (Tabernacle) will establish an overall plan for salvation
of יהוה’s children.
This pattern is both, collective, for the all House of Ya’acov, and also individual, for “every man that giveth it willingly with his heart” (KJV).
Further
we are going to try to get the connection between four points:
●Tabernacle
●Temple
● יהושע
●Assembly
This is what is about; the Assembly in יהושע. This pattern starts in this parash (Torah portion) and will be completed in the last book of
Revelation, as we will see throughout the studies. Our inner man is a container which can be filled
either with water (Torah) or with the
things of the world the first brings life, the second, death. The renewing of the inner man is not a
natural process, although it is יהוה’s will for each of us, it will
be different for each of us, depending how we will “contribute” and bring our “T’rumah” (Offering, Elevation,
Contribution). Remember the parable of the Sower (Luke 8:5, 8:11), where יהושע explains
the seed falling in different ground, but let us starts and sees: The word T’rumah
is here used pointing to a willing heart first to bring “contribution” or make “heave
offering” or “tribute” for the
construction of the tabernacle. Strong’s
gives us following explanation:
#H8641 תּרמה תּרוּמה terûmâh ter-oo-maw', written Tav,resh, vav,mem,he. (The second form used in Deu_12:11); from H7311; a present (as offered up), especially in sacrifice or as tribute: - gift, heave offering ([shoulder]),
oblation, offered (-ing). Deu 12:11 “And it shall be, that unto the place which יהוה your Elohim chooses to make His
Name dwell there, there you are to bring all that I command you: your burnt
offerings, and your offerings, and your tithes, and the contributions* of your hand, and all your choice offerings
which you vow to יהוה. ….. *
Translated “heave offering” in the KJV.
H7311 rûm room
A
primitive root; to be high
actively to rise or raise (in various applications,
literally or figuratively): - bring up,
exalt (self), extol, give, go up,
haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up
on, make on, set up on, too) high (-er, one), hold up, levy, lift (-er) up,
(be) lofty, (X a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), + presumptuously, (be) promote
(-ion), proud, set up, tall (-er),
take (away, off, up), breed worms...... In D’varim
12:11; Moshe speak no more from the Tabernacle, but from “the place which יהוה your Elohim chooses to make His
Name dwell there” This place as we know is the
Temple in Yerushalayim (Jerusalem). We
have there moved from the Tabernacle to the Temple Set-apart Place Temple Temple Dwelling
Place Temple Dwelling Place Temple My Elohim
Final
revelation:
Rev 21:22 and I saw no Dwelling Place Temple )
in it, for יהוה Ěl Shaddai is its Dwelling Place Temple
The mishkan (Tabernacle) is directly
connected to the wilderness, which is a picture of the spiritual place we are
going through in our life, also called “the
wilderness of life”. The mishkan is
not a fixed place, but will move every time the Children of Israel will move during the forty years in the
wilderness. Tabernacle or Tent is
used to describe the body:
2Pe 1:14 Knowing that
shortly I (Kefa) must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Master Yehoshua
the Messiah hath shewed me. T
he Greek word used for “tabernacle” is: Strong’s #G 4638 Σκήνωμα skēnōma skay'-no-mah From G4637; an encampment,
that is, (figuratively) the Temple
1a) of the temple as God’s habitation .
1b) of the tabernacle of the
covenant.
1c) metaphorically of the
human body as the dwelling of the soul..........
It
is also used by Sha’ul:
2Co 5:1 For we know
that if our earthly house of this
tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of Elohim, a house not made
with hands, eternal in the heavens.....
Do you doubt that the Apostles understood that the Tabernacle in the wilderness was a
picture of our earthly body? It is very interesting when we read in the Book of Revelation:
Rev 21:3 and I heard a
great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the
tabernacle of YHWH is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall
be his people, and YHWH himself shall be with them, and be their Elohim........
.Here
the word for Tabernacle is: G4633 Σκηνή
skēnē skay-nay'. Apparently akin to G4632 and G4639;
a tent or cloth hut
(literally or figuratively): - habitation,
tabernacle.
We see the
direct connection with the Greek word used for the human tabernacle derived from the Tabernacle (Mishkahn) in the wilderness. Here in the Book of Revelation, the loop is
complete, יהוה is among His people! This
is the pattern of understanding concerning the “T’rumah“, “contribution, heave offering, gift….” The key is in the
sentence: “every
man that giveth it willingly with his
heart” (KJV). Nothing is by force, but by faith, for faith is the
substance of things, we hope for, the evidence of things we don’t see
(Hebr.11:1). How can be willing in our
heart?
Deu 6:5 and thou shalt love YHWH thy Elohim with all
thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. ......Willing: Strong’s #H5068 נדב nâdab
naw-dab' written, nun,dalet,beth. A
primitive root; to impel; hence to
volunteer (as a soldier), to present
spontaneously: - offer freely,
be (give, make, offer self) willing
(-ly). Have you offered your life
willingly or by force, discuss the reason of your walk, what is the motivation
of your walk? See what Sha’ul writes to the believers in Rome
To present our body as a
living sacrifice to יהוה: In this place we must make a pause and ask ourselves if we
indeed present our body as a living
sacrifice everyday, not only during the Shabbat
but also during the week. It involves our all being, body, soul and spirit. To
take every thought into captivity
that lifted up itself against the knowledge of Elohim (Torah) and to bring into captivity to the obedience to Messiah יהושע (the Living Word) (2nd Corint.10:5)
Some translation writes: Casting down every imagination or reasoning………for taking every thought into captivity….. We
will see that the building of the Mishkahn
(Tabernacle) has to do with our life.
Sh’mot
25:3-7, give us first details of the material used for the
construction. There is an order in the materials and this is like the
tabernacle itself, no coincidence or hazard. This again will be discovered in
the “sod”;
3.…….gold, silver, bronze.
● Gold
is the most pure and most praised material made by purification through fire. Zec 13:9
“And I shall bring the third into fire,
and refine them as silver is refined, and try
them as gold is tried. They shall call on My Name1, and I shall
answer them. I shall say, ‘This is My people,’ while they say, ‘יהוה is my
Elohim.’ ”
Mal 3:3
“And He shall sit as a refiner and a
cleanser of silver. And He shall cleanse the sons of Lĕwi, and refine them as gold and silver, and
they shall belong to יהוה, bringing near an offering in
righteousness. Job 23:10
for He knows the way that I take. When He has tried me, I would come forth as gold.
Spiritual.:
1Co 3:12 and if
anyone builds on this foundation with gold,
silver, precious stones, wood, hay,
straw, 1Co
3:13 each one’s work
shall be revealed, for the day shall show it up, because it is revealed by fire*. and the fire shall
prove the work of each one, what sort it is. ................
*The fire here is life’s tribulations!
Rev 3:18 “I advise you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire,1
so that you become rich; and white garments, so that you become dressed, so
that the shame of your nakedness might not be shown; and anoint your eyes with
ointment, so that you see.
Rev 21:18
and the structure of its wall was jasper,
and the city was clean gold, like
clear glass.
● Silver: silver is
also a material won by fire. It represents the price paid for our redemption pointing
to the price paid by יהושע for our redemption....- As money payment:
Gen 20:16
and to Sarah he said, “See, I have given your brother a thousand pieces
of silver. See, it is to you a covering of eyes before all who are
with you and before all others, and you are cleared before everyone.”
Gen 23:15 “My master,
listen to me! The land is worth four
hundred sheqels of silver. What is that between you and me? So bury
your dead.”
- Yoseph a picture of יהושע is sold for silver: Gen 37:28
and men, Miḏyanite traders passed by, so
they pulled Yosĕph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Yishmaʽĕlites for twenty pieces of silver. and
they took Yosĕph to Mitsrayim. ...- Yob (Job) speaking of wisdom: Job 28:15 Gold is not given for it, nor is silver weighed out as its
price.
Silver a sign for
progress in believer’s life: Psa 66:10 for You, O Elohim, have proved us; You
have refined us as silver is refined......- To refine: Pro 17:3 a refining
pot is for silver and a furnace for gold, but יהוה tries the
hearts. - For the
House of Ya’acov, furnace equals “affliction”: Isa 48:10 “See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the
furnace of affliction......
- The
field bought for silver: Jer 32:9
“And I bought the field which was at
Anathoth from Ḥaname’ĕl, my uncle’s son, and weighed out to him the silver, seventeen sheqels of silver.
- Hoshea bought the adulteress, a picture of יהושע buying the House of Israel:
Hos 3:2 So I
bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver, and one and one-half
ḥomers of barley.
- The price for יהושע’s betrayal:Zec 11:12 and I said to them, “If it
is good in your eyes, give me my wages. And if not, refrain.” So they weighed out for my wages thirty
pieces of silver.
Zec 11:13
and יהוה said to me, “Throw it to the potter,” the splendid price at which I was valued by
them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the House
of יהוה for the potter. Zec 11:14 Then I cut in two my other
staff, Unity, to break the brotherhood
between Yehuḏah and Yisra’ĕl (Ephraïm).
Yehudah
Iscariot betrayal: Mat
26:14 Then one of the
twelve, called Yehuḏah from Qerioth, went to the chief priests, Mat 26:15 and said, “What would you give me to deliver Him to you?” And they counted out to him thirty pieces of
silver. (Compare Zech.11:12). Mat 27:3 Then Yehuḏah –
he who delivered Him up – having seen that He had been condemned, repented, returned the thirty pieces of silver to
the chief priests and to the elders, Mat 27:4 saying, “I have sinned in delivering up innocent
blood.” And they said, “What is that to us? You see to it!” .
Mat 27:5 and throwing
down the pieces of silver in the Dwelling
Place Temple
● Bronze: H5178 נחשׁת nechôsheth written: nun,chet,shin,tet. BDB Definition: 1) Copper, bronze 1a) copper (ore), bronze (as copper alloy) 1b) fetters (of copper or bronze) 1c) copper (as value) 2) lust,
harlotry
2a) meaning dubious Copper
alloy or copper ore: The particularity of this metal is very interesting, as it
is not pure as gold and silver, and it is easy to bend.
Let us see different places in the
scriptures where we can find “brass, copper, or bronze” Exo 26:11
“And you shall make fifty bronze hooks, and put the hooks into
the loops, and join the tent together,
and it shall be one. Exo 26:37 “And you shall make for the covering five
columns of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, their hooks of gold, and
you shall cast five sockets of bronze
for them. Exo 27:2 “And you shall make its horns on its four
corners, its horns are of the same. And you shall overlay it with bronze. Exo 27:3 “And you shall
make its pots to receive its ashes, and its shovels and its basins and its
forks and its fire holders. Make all its
utensils of bronze Exo 27:6 “And you shall make poles for the altar,
poles of acacia wood, and shall overlay
them with bronze. Exo 27:10 and its twenty columns and their twenty
sockets of bronze, the hooks of the columns and their bands of silver, Exo 27:11 and so for the north side in length, screens one hundred cubits long, with its twenty columns
and their twenty sockets of bronze,
and the hooks of the columns and their bands of silver. Exo 27:17 “All the columns around the courtyard have bands of silver, their hooks
silver and their sockets bronze.
Exo 30:18 “And you shall make a basin of bronze, with its
stand also of bronze, for washing. And you shall put it between the Tent of
Meeting and the altar, and shall put water in it.
Brass: Webster definition: Brass
BR'ASS, n. 1. An alloy of copper and zink, of a yellow
colour; usually containing about one
third of its weight of zink, but the proportions are variable. The best
brass is made by cementation of calamine or the oxyd of zink with granulated
copper.....Brass is not pure in its composition, an indication of
importance in our reading to understand the use in the tabernacle study. -
Brass a curse for disobedience to the Torah: Deu 28:23 “And your
heavens which are over your head shall
be bronze, and the earth which is under you iron....- Samson bound with brass: Jdg 16:21 So the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down
to Azzah, and bound him with bronze
shackles. And he became a grinder in the prison. Goliath a giant wearing brass: 1Sa 17:5 and a bronze helmet was on his head, and he
was armed with a scaled armour, and the weight of the coat was five thousand sheqels of bronze, 1Sa 17:6 and bronze
shin guards on his legs and a bronze
spear between his shoulders......Saul’s helmet was made of bronze:
1Sa 17:38 and Sha’ul dressed Dawiḏ with his garments,
and he put a bronze helmet on his
head, and put a coat of armour on him.........David refused to go fight with Saul’s armour . 1Sa 17:39 and Dawiḏ girded his sword over his garments, and began to go, but he
had not tried them. Then Dawiḏ said to Sha’ul, “I am not able to go with
these, for I have not tried them.”
So Dawiḏ took them off. ..... - Yeshayahu (Isaiah) speaking of the house
of Ya’acov: Isa 48:4 “Because I (יהוה) knew that you were hard, and
your neck was an iron sinew, and your
forehead bronze, The promise of change: Isa 60:17
“Instead
of bronze I bring gold, and instead of iron I bring silver, and bronze
instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. And I shall make your officers
peace, and your magistrates righteousness. Jer 52:17 and the Chaldeans broke the bronze columns
that were in the House of יהוה, and the stands and the bronze Sea
that were in the House of יהוה, and brought all their bronze to Baḇel. Jer 52:18 They also took
away the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the
ladles, and all the bronze ustensils
with which they served, ..........
Yapeth’s
(Noach’son) descendants trade with impurity: Eze 27:13
“Yawan, Tuḇal, and Mesheḵ were your
traders. They exchanged slaves and
objects of bronze for your merchandise. Rev 1:13 and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Aḏam, dressed in a robe down to the feet and girded
about the chest with a golden band. Rev 1:14 And His head and hair were white as white wool, as
snow, and His eyes as a flame of fire, Rev 1:15
and His feet like burnished brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His
voice as the sound of many waters.....
Here the burnished
brass is an alloy of silver and copper which make it . Srong’s
G5474 Greek chalkalibanon khal-kol-ib'-an-on
Neuter
of a compound of G5475 and G3030 (in the implied mean of whiteness or brilliancy);
burnished copper, an alloy
of copper (or gold) and silver having a brilliant lustre: - fine brass. Brass is part of the Great Whore Babylon’s
merchandise:
Rev 18:12 merchandise of gold and silver, and
precious stone and pearls, and fine linen and purple, and silk and scarlet, and
all citron wood, and every object of ivory, and every object of most precious
wood and bronze and iron and marble,
We have now won understanding concerning the material which will be
used in the tabernacle’s construction. It
is followed by other materials with different colours displaying also divine
interpretation, all at the end pointing to יהושע and his
body, the Assembly! Let us see what we will find ten different items or colours.
1.Blue.
2.Purple
3.Scarlet
4.Fine
linen
5.Goats’ hair
6.Ram’s skin dyed red
7.Fine
leather (badger skin)
8.Acacia wood (shittim wood)
9.Oil
for light, spices and for the anointing
10.Shoham
stones and others Stones.....................We shall be very careful in the
construction and position of items: We have five different groups. :
1.
Gold, silver and brass
2. Blue, scarlet, purple, fine linen;
Goats’ hair
3. Rams’ skin dyed
red, and badger skin and shittim (Acacia) wood
4. Oil, spices, and sweet incenses
5. Onyx stone and stones for the Ephod and Breast plate.........
So we
have found: - Three divine materials. - Ten
divine items or colours
- Five
groups.........Total is eighteen (18). 6 X 3: Six is
the number of man.
Three is the number pointing to: Past, present and future, and to
redemption (Hoshea 6:2).
Ten is the number for the sum of all
number, or finality of matters, the highest that man can reach on earth
(e.g.Ten Commandments).
Five is the
number for Torah or what is
established by divine decrees.
These are
the Foundation for the tabernacle, Temple
Rom 16:25 and to Him who is able to establish you
according to my Good News and the preaching of יהושע Messiah,
according to the revelation of the secret(mystery)
which was kept silent since times of
old,
Eph 3:4 in reading this, then, you are able to
understand my insight into the secret of
Messiah,
Eph 3:5
which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations (the
forefathers under the old covenant), as it has now been revealed by the Spirit
to His set-apart emissaries and prophets:
The
word “secret” used here is Strong’s
#G3466 mustērion moos-tay'-ree-on. From a derivative of μύω
muō (to shut the mouth); a secret
or “mystery” (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation
into religious rites): - mystery. Mystery = Hebrew “sod” Sha’ul
makes the connection between assembly
(Tabernacle, Temple
Eph 5:28
in this way husbands ought to love their
own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. Eph 5:29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but feeds and
cherishes it, as also the Master does the assembly. Eph 5:30 because we are members
of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. Eph 5:31 “For this cause a man shall leave his father and
mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” Eph 5:32 Tthis
secret (mystery/sod) is great, but I speak concerning Messiah and the assembly.
.......... Now that we have the foundation, we are going to try to
understand the construction of the tabernacle and see how it applies to our
life in Messiah. (see the prophetic
Tabernacle measurement at the end of the parasha). Please take special notice that the
Tabernacle will be build from inside,
outside and not the other way round. This is crucial in our understanding of
this “mystery”. This was a mystery
because it was not revealed before Messiah
came. Our forefathers couldn’t understand what יהוה was
doing, apart from the divine service. Remember Sha’ul says: the letter kills…… This is why outside Messiah יהושע we cannot have full revelation of the Torah which is the food “faith” of those
who walk in it. Faith outside the Torah is a manipulation, and a false belief
which brings destruction. Messiah is the “Word
made flesh” if you will the Torah becoming
alive in the person of Messiah (Yochanan
1:14, Yeshayahu 55:10-11).
Sh’mot 10-22. The construction of the Ark
As for the colours I will give following explanation: -Blue; This is the colour of the “shamayin” the heavens
Purple represent the colour of kingship..........
Jdg 8:26 and the weight of the gold rings that he requested was one thousand
seven hundred pieces of gold – besides the crescent ornaments, and the
pendants, and purple robes which
were on the sovereigns of Miḏyan,
and besides the chains that were around their camels’ neck.
Joh 19:2 and the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns and placed it on His head,
and they put a purple robe on Him, Joh 19:3 and came to Him and said, “Greetings, Sovereign (King) of the Yehuḏim!” And
they slapped Him in the face. ...
-Scarlet, the colour of sins. Isa 1:18 “Come now, and let us reason together,” says יהוה. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall
be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool. -Fine linen, the colour for righteousness
Rev 19:8 and to her it was given to be dressed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteousness of the set-apart ones. -Goat’s
hair and rams’ skin dyed red and badgers’ skin ……..
The Tabernacle was overlaid with three kind of skin,
the outside one was the “badger” skin
some say it was a kind of antelope, other say a fish like Tuna or dolphin. It
was for sure a clean animal as animal sacrificed were a picture of the final
sacrifice which is Messiah יהושע.
The rams’ skin dyed red, the colour of our sins Shittim
wood also say to be Acacia a kind of
wood with scourging thorn, pointing
to the sacrifice יהושע will endure for us. In Fact the Acacia is a kind of
wood with thorn. The Hebrew word “shittah”,
“shittyim”, comes from the root word:
shôṭêṭ sho-tate' Active participle of an otherwise unused root
meaning (properly to pierce;
but only as a denominative from H7752)
to flog; a goad: - scourge.
With that in mind we can read: Joh 19:1
Then, therefore, Pilate took יהושע and flogged Him
The oil. The threefold meaning of Oil; 1.
To give light, thus pointing to יהושע who is
the light of the world coming from the anointing of the Father. יהושע say: You are the light of the world (Matt. 5:14) יהושע is the true light.(Yochanan 1:9) Pointing to those who will follow יהושע Messiah:
Eph 5:8 For you were
once darkness,1 but now you are light in the Master. Walk
as children of light
2.To
be mixed for the anointing oil 3. for the sweet incenses, which point
to the prayers of the Qadosh ones (Set
Apart ones) going before the throne of Elohim.
Rev 8:3 And another
messenger came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer, and much incense was given to him, that he should offer it with the prayers
of all the set-apart ones upon the golden altar which was before the throne. Rev 8:4 and the
smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the set-apart ones, went up
before Elohim from the hand of the messenger. ..... The shoham stone on the on the shoulder, and
the precious stones on the breast plate: The High Priest garment was made in
two parts, back and front, joined together on the priest garment; may be a hint
to the separation of the two houses. The
precious stones were twelve and each was engraved with the name of Ya’acov’ son. The breast plate also
called “Breastplate of judgment” was upon the heart of the High Priest
Exo 28:29 and Aaron shall bearthe names of the
children of Israel
Righteousness as a breastplate: Isa 59:17 and He put on righteousness
as a breastplate, and a helmet of deliverance on His head. And He put
on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped Himself with ardour as a
mantle.
Eph 6:14 Stand, then, having girded your waist with truth, and
having put on the breastplate of
righteousness,
Sh’mot
25:8. יהוה reveal
His intention: You make me a dwelling place and I will dwell among you! It has
been always the desire of Elohim to
be with His children. 2Co 6:16 and what union has the Dwelling Place
(Temple) of Elohim with idols? For you are a Dwelling Place (Temple) of the
living Elohim, as Elohim has said, “I
shall dwell in them and walk among them, and I shall be their Elohim, and
they shall be My people.”
Rev 21:3 and I heard a
loud voice from the heaven saying, “See,
the Booth of Elohim is with men, and He shall dwell with them, and they shall
be His people, and Elohim Himself shall be with them and be their Elohim.............. It was יהוה’s desire revealed from the beginning, that one day he will
dwell among His children. Today we know that we are this Temple
1Co 15:24 then the end, when He (Messiah) delivers up the
reign to Elohim the Father, when He has brought to naught all rule and all
authority and power.1Co 15:28
and when all are made subject to Him (Yehowah),
then the Son Himself shall also be subject to Him (יהוה) who put all under Him (Yehoshua), in order that Elohim be all in all.
Verse 9. The
tabernacle, called in Hebrew “miskkahn”
is also used for habitation (Yochanan
1:14…… and dwelt among us or tabernacle among us. Kefa speaking of his own
body call it also a “tabernacle” or “tent” .
2Pe 1:13 But I think it
is right, as long as I am in this tent(tabernacle),
to stir you up by a reminder, 2Pe 1:14
knowing that the putting off of my tent (tabernacle KJV) is soon, even
as our Master יהושע Messiah made clear to me. ………..
We
are now going to look at the different item used and building the tabernacle,
and their relations to יהושע Messiah
and the Assembly.
The Ark. Which
is the starting point, inside toward outside. Verse 9 indicate that Moshe will build a Tabernacle which is a replicate of the one in heaven, later been
the temple. The Temple is reserved, for the time
when the Children of Israel Ark Ark
Mercy seat in Hebrew is the word: Strongs #H3727 כּפּרת kappôreth
kap-po'-reth
From H3722;
a lid (used only of the cover of the sacred Ark
A primitive root; to
cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel: - appease, make
(an) atonement, cleanse, disannul, forgive, be merciful, pacify, pardon, to
pitch, purge (away), put off, (make) reconcile (-liation). If you remember we saw the word “kaphar” the first time in the parasha “Noach”, when Noach was commanded to build the ark and
to “pitch” (kapher in Hebrew) inside
and outside.
The place of atonement or of expiation for sin . The Ark
Job 17:4 for You have hidden their heart from
understanding, therefore You do not exalt them.
Psa 4:4 Tremble,
and do not sin. Speak within your heart
on your bed, and be still. Selah.
Psa 10:6 He has said in his heart, “I shall not
be moved; From generation to generation, never be in evil!”
Psa 10:17 יהוה, You have heard the desire of the
lowly ones; You prepare their heart;
You incline Your ear,
Psa 15:2 He who
walks blamelessly, and does righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart
Psa 17:3 You have
examined my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me – You
find I have not schemed; My mouth would not transgress.Psa 19:8 The orders (statutes) of יהוה are straight, rejoicing the heart; the command of יהוה is clear, enlightening the eyes; Psa 19:14 Let the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart be
pleasing before You, O יהוה, my rock and my redeemer.
Psa 119:11 I have treasured up Your word in my heart,
that I might not sin against You.
Jer 17:9 “The heart is
crooked above all, and desperately sick who shall know it? Jer 17:10 “I, יהוה, search the
heart I try the kidneys, and give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his deeds.
Eze 11:19 “And I shall
give them one heart, and put a new spirit within you. And I shall take the
stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh,
Mat 5:8 “Blessed are the clean in heart,1 because they shall see
Elohim.
Mat 6:21 “For where your treasure is, there your heart
shall be also. Mat 12:35 “The
good man brings forth what is good from
the good treasures of his heart, and the wicked man brings forth what is
wicked from the wicked treasure.
Rom 10:9 That if you confess with
your mouth the Master יהושע and believe in your heart that Elohim
has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.
1Jn 3:21 Beloved ones, if
our heart does not condemn us, we have boldness toward Elohim.
We see the heart is the centre of man’s life, decision, this where the true
shall be. In Hebrew thoughts the heart
is the seat of decision and the kidney the seat of emotions:
Jer 17:10 “I, יהוה, search the
heart, I try the kidneys, and give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his deeds. …..
The seat of the most hidden emotions and
feelings,(Keil and Delitzsch). The
Ark Israel
Compare:
1Co
7:37 But he who
stands steadfast in his heart (ark), having no necessity, and has authority over his own desire, and
has so decided in his heart (place
of decision) to guard his own.
Luk 6:45 “The good man brings forth what is good out
of the good treasure of his heart,
and the wicked man brings forth what is wicked out of the wicked treasure of
his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart his mouth speak.
23-30.
Still in the Holy place, the table
and the showbread: In Number of 12
(Vayyiqra 24:6), the loaves represent the twelve tribes of Israel
The crown verse 25 represents the
Kingship and authority of יהוה. The instruments, dishes, spoon, bowls and others set on the table
are all made of pure gold, as they will be used by the High priest in the inner
place. 31-39.The candlestick called “Menorah” written mem, nun, vav, resh,
he, as a gametria from 40+50+6+200+5=301 = 3+0+1=4. For new begin, test and
trials: The study of the Menorah in the “sod” level brings a deep understanding
of Messiah and the Assembly. First of all the Menorah is made of pure gold
to demonstrate the purity “i.e. without
sin”.
31.Of beaten work shall the
candle stick be made. Only through suffering (beaten Yeshayahu/ Isaiah.53) Messiah
will bring the true light to the world.……
the
lampstand is made of beaten work. Its base and its shaft, its cups, its
ornamental knobs and blossoms are from it, One piece all are formed out of
the same piece of gold. Once again when we discover the spiritual menorah we understand the beauty of this
candle stick.
32…… six branches shall come out of its sides……..
For better
understanding let us look the picture of the Menorah:
We can see the central part and on each sides the
three branches. Six in all
representing man, six been the number of man. One in the middle for יהוה (D’varim
6:4).The Menorah is a picture of Messiah יהושע and the Assembly made of man who have received the light
from Messiah, and built together by
the Torah, having the character of Elohim
embedded in the mystical Menorah . The ornamental knobs and blossoms are from
the almond tree (verse 33). The particularity of this fruits is that it is the
first tree to blossom heralding the end of the winter, pointing to the spring
time. Winter is a sleeping season for
the nature, also a spiritual sign of human condition. Remember that when Yehovah commanded the priest to put
their rods together, only Aaron’s rod blossom! The seven lamps on the top represent the
seven “sefirot” (see the tree of life) or attributs of Elohim, bringing light
to the world through Messiah יהושע. The Menorah is a perfect representation of the “tree of life”.
Joh 9:5 “While I am in
the world, I am the light of the world.”
Joh
8:12 Therefore יהושע spoke to
them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall by no means walk in darkness, but possess the light of life.”Joh 1:4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. Isa 49:6 and He says, “Shall it be a small matter for You to be My Servant to raise up the tribes of Yaʽaqoḇ, and to
bring back the preserved ones of Yisra’ĕl? And I shall give You as a light to the nations, to be My
deliverance to the ends of the earth!”
.............
I found some interesting information, I think from Martin
Barrow, Prophetic
Tabernacle measurements (see at the end of the Parsha the prophetic meaning):
Outer Court
"300 cubits/ 450' perimeter or 5000 square cubit/ 11,250 square
feet … Width + length + height= 1500 cubits …..My explanation: 1500 years before the first advent of Messiah to raise up the Kehilat (Assembly)
Inner Court or Holy Place. 60
cubits / 90' perimeter or 200 square cubit/ 300 square feet
Width + length + height= 2000 cubits ………….My
explanation:2000 years between the first and second advent of Messiah to “purify the Set Apart Ones” throughout the last days. Holy of Holies or Most Holy Place. 40
cubits / 60' perimeter or 100 square cubits / 150 square feet… Width + length +
height= 1000 cubits .
My explanation:The
One thousand years, reign of Messiah
Yehoshua with the Call Ones during the Millenium. The reason is that only
the priest had access to the Most Holy
Place……..
Exo 25:1 and יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, Exo 25:2 “Speak to the children of
Yisra’ĕl, that they take up a contribution for Me. From everyone whose heart
moves him you shall take up My contribution. Exo 25:3 “And this is the contribution which
you take up from them: gold, and silver, and bronze, Exo 25:4 and blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, Exo 25:5 and rams’ skins dyed red, and
fine leather, and acacia wood, Exo 25:6 oil for the light, spices for
the anointing oil and for the sweet incense, Exo 25:7 shoham stones, and stones to be
set in the shoulder garment and in the breastplate. Exo 25:8 “And they shall make Me a
Set-apart Place, and I shall dwell in their midst. Exo 25:9 “According to all that I show
you – the pattern of the Dwelling Place and the pattern of all its furnishings
– make it exactly so. Exo 25:10 “And they shall make an ark of
acacia wood two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit
and a half high. Exo 25:11 “And you shall overlay it with
clean gold, inside and outside you shall overlay it. And you shall make on it a
moulding of gold all around. Exo 25:12 “And you shall cast four rings
of gold for it, and put them in its four corners, two rings on one side, and
two rings on the other side. Exo 25:13 “And you shall make poles of
acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, Exo 25:14 and shall put the poles into the
rings on the sides of the ark, to lift up the ark by them. Exo 25:15 “The poles are in the rings of
the ark, they are not taken from it. Exo 25:16 “And into the ark you shall put
the Witness which I give you. Exo 25:17 “And you shall make a lid of
atonement of clean gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half
wide. Exo 25:18 “And you shall make two keruḇim of gold, make them of
beaten work, at the two ends of the lid of atonement.
Exo 25:19 “And make one keruḇ at one end,
and the other keruḇ at the other end. Make the keruḇim from the lid of
atonement, at its two ends.
Exo 25:20 “And the keruḇim shall be
spreading out their wings above, covering the lid of atonement with their
wings, with their faces toward each other, the faces of the keruḇim turned toward the lid of atonement.
Exo 25:21 “And you shall put the lid of
atonement on top of the ark, and put into the ark the Witness which I give you.
Exo 25:22 “And I shall meet with you
there, and from above the lid of atonement, from between the two keruḇim which
are on the ark of the Witness, I shall speak to you all that which I command
you concerning the children of Yisra’ĕl.
Exo 25:23 “And you shall make a table of
acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
Exo 25:24 “And you shall overlay it with
clean gold, and shall make a moulding of gold all around,
Exo 25:25 and shall make for it a rim of a
handbreadth all around, and shall make a gold moulding for the rim all around.
Exo 25:26 “And you shall make for it four
rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners that are at its four legs.
Exo 25:27 “The rings are close to the rim,
as holders for the poles to lift the table.
Exo 25:28 “And you shall make the poles of
acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be lifted with
them.
Exo 25:29 “And you shall make its dishes,
and its ladles, and its jars, and its bowls for pouring. Make them of clean
gold.
Exo 25:30 “And you shall put the showbread
on the table before Me, continually. Exo 25:31 “And you shall make a lampstand
of clean gold – the lampstand is made of beaten work. Its base and its shaft,
its cups, its ornamental knobs and blossoms are from it, Exo 25:32 and six branches shall come out
of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three
branches of the lampstand out of the other side; Exo 25:33 three cups made like almond
flowers on one branch, with ornamental knob and blossom, and three cups made
like almond flowers on the other branch, with ornamental knob and blossom – so
for the six branches coming out of the lampstand. Exo 25:34 “And on the lampstand itself are
four cups made like almond flowers, with ornamental knob and blossom, Exo 25:35 and a knob under the first two
branches of the same, and a knob under the second two branches of the same, and
a knob under the third two branches of the same, according to the six branches
coming out of the lampstand. Exo 25:36 “Their knobs and their branches
are of the same – all of it one beaten work of clean gold. Exo 25:37 “And you shall make seven lamps
for it, and they shall mount its lamps so that they give light in front of it. Exo 25:38 “And its snuffers and their
trays are of clean gold. Exo 25:39 “It is made of a talent of clean
gold, with all these utensils. Exo 25:40 “So see, and do according to the
pattern which was shown to you on the mountain.
Chapter 26.: Remember
in the Torah of Moshe there is no
mention of chapter and verses! Curtains
of fine linen. Representation of purity (Rev.19:8). The Tabernacle is a microcosm of יהוה’s Kingdom in the wilderness. All what is outside the Tabernacle
represent the world system, inside the Tabernacle
יהוה’s Kingdom. If we keep this in mind, we will have a better
understanding in our study. Later we will have confirmation of this statement.
3.
Five curtains couple
together. Five is the number for the Torah. The Five books are couple together
and inseparable. 4 Loops of blue. Blue represent the colour of heaven! 7. Curtains of goats’ hair. Ya’acov Nathan ben Alas in his explanation tells us that the goat skin
point to Yom Kippur. Read Vayyiqra
chapter 16, the Day of Atonement, further we see eleven curtains. Eleven been
the number for judgment .
14.…and
thou shall make a covering for the tent of rams’ skin dyed red, and a covering
above of badge’s skin. Again Ya’acov
Nathan explains that the badger skin was unattractive pointing to Yeshayahu (Isaiah) who wrote concerning
the coming Messiah:
Isa 53:2 for He grew up
before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or splendour that we should
look upon Him, nor appearance that
we should desire Him –The
Rams’ skin died red compare with:
Isa 1:18 “Come now, and
let us reason together,” says יהוה. “Though
your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they
shall be as wool.
1Pe 1:18 knowing that you were redeemed from your
futile way of life inherited from your fathers, not with what is corruptible,
silver or gold, 1Pe 1:19
but with the precious blood of Messiah,
as of a lamb unblemished and spotless,
Rev 13:8
and all those dwelling on the earth,
whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the slain Lamb, from
the foundation of the world shall worship him.
The inner most covering formed the ceiling of the
Mishkahn, it was embroiled with Cherubins.
mentioned in: B’reshit 3:24, Philip.2:10,
Rev. 5:11,14. They represent the very place of the throne’s room and
Elohim’s presence of what is called the earthly tabernacle.
15. and thou shall make boards for the tabernacle of
shittim wood (acacia) standing up…. 19.
and make forty sockets of silver under
the twenty boards, two sockets under each of the boards for its two tenons
Can you see what Elohim
is telling Moshe? Two sockets
under each boards! Now we can read
following:
Eze 37:16 “And you, son
of man, take a stick for yourself and write on it, ‘For Yehuḏah and for the
children of Yisra’ĕl, his companions.’ Then take another stick and write on it,
‘For Yosĕph, the stick of Ephrayim, and
for all the house of Yisra’ĕl, his companions.’ Eze 37:17 “Then bring them together for yourself into one
stick, and they shall become one in your
hand. Eze 37:22 “And I
shall make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Yisra’ĕl. And
one sovereign shall be sovereign over them all, and let them no longer be two nations, and let them no longer be
divided into two reigns.
The boards represent Israel ,
the House of Ya’acov, Yehudah and the
House of Israel
Eph 2:19 So then you are
no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow
citizens with the set-apart ones and members
of the household of Elohim, Eph
2:20 having been built upon the
foundation of the emissaries and prophets, יהושע Messiah
Himself being chief corner-stone, Eph 2:21 in whom all the building, being joined together, grows into a set-apart Dwelling Place
For the
inner part of the Tabernacle, the boards are fixed in sockets of silver and the
boards shall be overlaid with gold (verse 29). This represents the believers
who have been redeemed by the blood of the lamb and are undefiled. The covering
of gold represents the change of nature, from mortal to eternal. They are the
true Temple of Elohim
31-37….
“And you shall make a veil
of blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine woven linen, the work of a skilled workman, made with
keruḇim.
All the elements point to the divine: blue for heaven,
purple and scarlet and fine linen for the work of Messiah in the building of the Holy place.
33. “And you shall hang the veil from the hooks,
and shall bring the ark of the Witness there, behind the veil. And the veil shall make a separation for
you between the Set-apart and the Most
Set-apart Place
Wit this in mind we can read:
Matt.27:51.
and see, the veil of the Dwelling
Place Temple
Heb
9:1 Now the first covenant indeed had regulations of
worship and the earthly set-apart
place.(tabernacle) Heb 9:2
for a Tent was prepared: the first
part, in which was the lampstand (Menorah), and the table, and the showbread, which is called the Set-apart Place Set-apart
Place
The most Qadosh place in the mystical represents:
The world of Beriah,
the Throne’s room of Elohim (Rev.8:2)
but also the heart of man. 35.
The table outside the veil in the Qadosh
place representing the world of Yetzirah
(formation) or the soul of man with the Menorah and the table. One toward
the south, representing the side of “grace” and “mercy” (see the Tree of life)
and the north side the place of judgment where the twelve tribes are
represented by the twelve loaves of bread with leaven.
Jer 6:1 “O children of Binyamin, gather yourselves
to flee out of the midst of Yerushalayim! Blow the ram’s horn (Shofar) in
Teqowa, and set up a signal-fire in
Bĕyth Hakkerem, for evil has been seen
from the north, and great destruction. Jer 4:6 “Lift up the
banner toward Tsiyon. Be strong, do not stand still! For I am bringing evil from the north, and great destruction.”
36-37…..“And you shall make a covering for the door of the Tent, of blue
and purple and scarlet material, and fine woven linen…..37.“And you shall make for the
covering five columns of acacia wood,
and overlay them with gold, their hooks
of gold, and you shall cast five
sockets of bronze for them. .........The five pillars represent the five
books of the Torah. To enter the Qadosh
(Set Apart Place) where, only priest were called to enter. The requirement was to
be pure and undefiled, to walk in the Torah, as the Levites were Torah teachers. Today Christianity boast itself with big words about their “call” as
“priest”, but reject the instrument of priesthood, the Torah!. Pride comes before the fall (Prov.16:18,25)..............
Reading: Exo 26:1-37 “And make the Dwelling Place
Chapter 27. 1-19.an altar
of acacia wood………….with horns on its four corners……….overlaid with bronze. The
four horns represent the four corners of the earth where the Children of Israel will be scattered
later by Elohim, because of their
rebellion.
Isa 11:12 and He shall raise a banner for the nations,
and gather the outcasts of Yisra’ĕl,
and assemble the dispersed of Yehuḏah
from the four corners of the earth.
Eze 17:21 and all his fugitives with all his bands
fall by the sword, and those who are left be scattered to every wind.(four winds) And you shall know that I, יהוה, have
spoken.”
1Pe 1:1 Kĕpha, an emissary of יהושע Messiah, to
the chosen, strangers of the dispersion
in Pontos , Galatia ,
Kappadokia, Asia , and Bithunia,
Jas 1:1 Yaʽaqoḇ, a servant of Elohim and of the Master יהושע Messiah, to the twelve tribes who are in the dispersion: Greetings……………
Staves
for the altar….. Shitim wood overlaid
with brass.
Brass represents imperfection and impurity, as we have seen before
that this metal is a composite and not pure.
When we come to Messiah יהושע, we are accepted as we are,
imperfect with many impurities, we stand in the court of the tabernacle. Here the sockets are made of brass (verse10)
and the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver, representing the
price יהושע paid for
us, also verse 11, the side of Judgment on the north side.
16……the gate of the courtyard a covering twenty
cubits long, of blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver………and their
sockets of brass (verse7).
19. All the vessels of the tabernacle
used in the court are now made of brass. We see here the court is a place for
those having access to the tabernacle through the priest and are like the brass
imperfect or unclean, having no access further to the Qadosh place. Yehoshua
explains how we can enter the Qadosh
place:
Joh 14:6 יהושע said to him, “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life.
No one comes to the Father except through Me. Three steps: The way, the
True, The life. All this steps are in the Tabernacle. יהושע is
also called the “door”, three curtains to reach the Most Qadosh Place!
Joh 10:7 יהושע therefore said to them again,
“Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door
of the sheep.
The door is the entrance of the Tabernacle! This doors
represent the way to enter eternal life. There is no other way.
1.The
outside gate, bringing the Children of
Israel (carnal man) with their imperfection, to wash themselves from impurity
in the inner court with the priest using brass instruments. This is a picture
of believers today, like you and me who enter the Kingdom and are washed by the
word, becoming priest to serve in the Qadosh
place by keeping the Torah, beholding
the glory of Elohim through Messiah יהושע, to enter eternal life.
No Torah! No
entrance in the Qadosh place! This is
amazing how people reject the truth, the Torah
and boast to serve “G-d”! The teaching
of the Roman Catholic Church entered
the world under Constantine
The Mishkahn
represent the true assembly of Ya’acov
household, redeemed by the blood of the lamb .
Reading:
Exo 27:1-19 “And you shall make an altar of acacia wood,
five cubits long and five cubits wide – the altar is square – and its height
three cubits.
Before going to the Haftorah I want to add concerning the Mishkahn, we will see in the coming parasha that the Children of
Israel will camp outside and all
around the Mishkahn four tribes on
each side. This is very important to understand as it represents the Children of Israel scattered in the four
winds, the four corners of the earth. The Inner Court
When we enter the Qadosh
Place it is the place we find the Menorah
(Lamp stand) and the Showbread with
the twelve loaves. This place is only for those who walk in the light of the Torah having recognized that they belong to the House of Ya’acov (twelve loaves). Only these
group has access through Messiah יהוה to
the Father (Most Qadosh Place
Remember
it’s not enough to say to everybody that we have Elohim’s Ruach (Spirit) in us:
Act
5:32 and we are his
witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Spirit, whom Elohim hath
given to them that obey him. To obey Elohim requires from us: Denial
of self, abnegation, humility and Love
for יהוה for יהושע and for those from the House of Ya’acov.
1Jn 2:6 He that saith he abideth in him (יהושע) ought himself also so to walk,
even as he walked.
Haftorah
In the Haftorah, King Sh’lomoh (Salomon) follow the same pattern as it was with the Miskahn.in the wilderness. He was
commanded of יהוה to build the Temple Israel are in the Promise Land Temple Israel Most
Qadosh Place
1Ki 6:2
and the house which Sovereign Shelomoh built for יהוה was sixty
cubits long, and twenty wide, and thirty cubits high. 1Ki 6:3 and the porch at the front of
the hĕḵal of the House was twenty cubits long, according to the breadth of the
House, and its width ten cubits, from the front of the House. 1Ki 6:4 and he made for the House
windows with narrowed frames. 1Ki 6:5 and against the wall of the
House he built rooms all around, against
the walls of the House, all around the hĕḵal and the Speaking Place. Thus he
made side rooms all around. 1Ki 6:6 The lowest side room was five
cubits wide, and the middle one was six cubits wide, and the third one was
seven cubits wide; for he made narrow ledges around the outside of the House,
so as not to lay hold on the walls of the House. 1Ki 6:7 and the House, when it was being
built, was built with finished stone made ready beforehand, so that no hammer
or chisel or any iron tool was heard in the House while it was being built. 1Ki 6:8 The doorway for the middle side
room was on the right side of the House. And they went up by stairs to the
middle side rooms, and from the middle to the third. 1Ki 6:9 So he built the House and
completed it, and he panelled the House with beams and boards of cedar. 1Ki 6:10 and he built the side rooms of
the structure against all the House, each five cubits high, and they were
fastened to the House with cedar beams.
1Ki 6:11 and the word of יהוה came to Shelomoh, saying, 1Ki 6:12 “This House which you are
building – if you walk in My laws, and do My right-rulings, and shall guard all
My commands and walk in them, then I shall confirm My word with you, which I
spoke to your father Dawiḏ, 1Ki 6:13 and shall dwell in the midst of
the children of Yisra’ĕl, and not forsake My people Yisra’ĕl.”
Mat 5:33
“Again, you heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear
falsely, but shall perform your oaths to יהוה.’ Mat 5:34 “But I say to you, do not swear
at all, neither by the heaven, because it is Elohim’s throne; Mat 5:35 nor by the earth, for it is His
footstool; nor by Yerushalayim, for it is the city of the great Sovereign; Mat 5:36 nor swear by your head, because
you are not able to make one hair white or black.
Mat 5:37 “But let your word ‘Yea’ be ‘Yea,’ and your ‘No’ be
‘No.’ And what goes beyond these is from the wicked one………………
Pictures from the Tabernacle:
