23Parsha Pekudei -
Sh’mot 38 :21 – 40 :38
1 M’lakhim 7 :51-8 :21, 2nd Corint. 3:7-18
Daniel ben Ya’acov Israel
The “Parasha
Pekudei” is the last “parasha”
concerning the material for the building of the “Mishkan”, the Tabernacle and the Priest. It is also the last “parasha” from the book of Sh’mot (Exodus). It is amazing to me
that יהוה gave so much detail
concerning the Mishkan’s construction. Of course it was important in order that
Betzal’el, and Oholiab, were able to do according to what יהוה wanted. When we go to the
“sod” we will see that יהוה embedded something that will
be revealed centuries later when יהושע will
come. Sha’ul (Paul) says that the “veil” is removed only when we come to
Messiah יהושע (2nd
Cor.3:14-15). Much has been written throughout the centuries. When we read from
such “great scholars” according to Christian’s view, we are amazed of their
limited knowledge. Even going back to the great historian Josephus, who lived
in יהושע’s century
(His book on “War of the Jews” was published in the year 75 C .E), we can see that
Josephus didn’t spoke about “sod/mystery revelation”. Like a doctor he gave
great details from the literal text but never alluded to Messiah יהושע in the Torah. Today, we find in internet many “pretenders”,
so called “prophets” among Christians
or unfortunately even “messianic”
some of them like to be called “Rabi”.
I say and repeat again and again that the source of knowledge is the Torah and
no other place. Those pretending to understand or even to have received
“revelation” only in the “new
testament” are deceived.
Unfortunately I met many lovely brethren and sisters
in the body of Messiah who resist Torah’s study, and like to debate on
different points which can only be revealed through the Torah, even in the
“sod” of the Torah, not in the literal text.
One example from many is given by יהושע himself
when saying: “I am the light of the world” (Yochanan
8;12), he was referring to b’reshit/Genesis
1:14 but also to the Menorah in
the Mishkan /Tabernacle, which was to
burn day and night. If we take the literal text, we will only understand the
past way of our forefathers or the literal formation of the earth in the book
of b’reshit, and will miss the “sod”,
the mystery revealed in יהושע (not Jesus), when we follow him in the Torah.
יהושע says
to his “Talmidin” (disciples): “to you it has been given to know the
mysteries of the Kingdom of heaven….” (Matt 13:11).
The Greek word used for “mysteries” is Strong’s #G3466
“musterion”
which stand for the Hebrew word “sod”,
mystery, something hidden.
Read what the prophet Yeshayahu write:
Isa 28:9 whom
would He teach knowledge? And
whom would He make to understand the message? Those weaned from milk, those taken from the breasts!
Is not what Sha’ul
wrote: 1Co 3:2 I
fed you with milk and not
with solid food, for until now you were
not able to receive it (solid food), and even now you are still not able,
Heb 5:12 For indeed, although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need
someone to teach you again the first elements of the Words of Elohim. And you have become such as need milk and
not solid food.
The prophet Yeshayahu
write that only those weaned from the milk will be able to understand the
message, those taken from the breast! Are
you taken from the breast, are you feeding on strong meat, or are you still
drinking milk?
This is the question! I have seen many brethren
arguing, even quarrelling when speaking concerning scriptures or debating
concerning “understanding”, when they themselves are still themselves in need
of milk! In the natural we don’t become
adult in one day it takes years of growing process, learning with patience
until we become adults.
Do you think it is different in the spiritual? 1Co 13:11
When
I was a child, I spoke as a child
I thought as a child, I reasoned as a child. But when I became a man, I did away with childish matters.
Can you see the progress? Sha’ul was taught by Gamaliel a Pharisee and doctor of the Torah. Act 22:3 “I am indeed a
Yehuḏite, having been born in Tarsos of Kilikia, but brought up in this city at
the feet of Gamli’ĕl, having
been instructed according to the exactness of the Torah of our
fathers, being ardent for Elohim, as you all are today, Many years, Sha’ul learned the Torah sitting at Gamali’el’s feet!
Are you sitting at somebody’s feet to learn, or do you
want to make your own way? Look what Myriam (Mary) did:
Luk 10:39 and she had a sister called Mary, which
also sat at Yehoshua' feet, and
heard his word. ……..
We should humble ourselves, trusting Abba יהוה to send people across our
way to teach us until we are able to “fly alone”. Let us now go back to our weekly “parasha” and scrutinize the scripture
to see what we can found. Before we
start I have a question: Do you think the building of the Mishkahn/Tabernacle was a new thing that just came through יהוה’s mind? No remember it was shown to Moshe
on the Mount.
For the Children
of Israel it was new for they were on their journey to the Promise Land
Isa 42:8 I am YHWH: that is my name: and my glory
will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Isa 42:9 behold, the
former things are come to pass, and new
things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. Isa 46:10 declaring the end from the beginning, and from
ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall
stand, and I will do all my pleasure:..........
In the book of b’reshit
(Beginning) chapter one we find the creation of all things, hidden or
concealed, things which will be revealed at their right times or seasons. I
have explained in former parasha that
the Torah and even up to the brit Hachadsha (N.T) is a progressive
revelation a concealed message for the coming generations. The Mishkahn was something mystical for the Children of Israel who approached it in
the natural way (without faith):
Heb 3:17 but with whom was he grieved forty years? Was
it not with them that had sinned (transgressed the Torah), whose carcases fell
in the wilderness?Heb 3:18
and to
whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?Heb 3:19 So
we see that they could not enter in because
of unbelief.
So approaching the study of the Mishkahn/Tabernacle we should ask: What does יהוה want me to know or understand, what is the
meaning of all this material, why so much details? The carnal man, represented in the Torah by our forefathers unlike Moshe the Children of Israel were not preoccupied with the spiritual aspect
of the building of the Mishkahn or
even the service............
Chapter
28. The “Parasha”
start with the sum of all what was brought to build the Tabernacle. Tabernacle
is in Hebrew the word “Mishkan” Strong’s #H4908 written
mem (40), shin(300), caph(20), nun( final 700), total: 1060 which is :
10X10X10+10X6 , quite interesting, Ten been the number for the sum of all
number and six the number of man. Ten is also the number representing the
highest that man can reach on earth to reach divine purpose (e.g. Ten
comandments)
It seems that the Tabernacle is revealed in the
Gematria as the place of divine appointment between man (6) and divine (10). The “Mishkan”
is a residence, habitation, dwelling place.
It is interesting to see how Elohim
(G-d) once again wrap up truth in His word. We know that יהוה will dwell in a habitation
build not with the hands of man: Eph 2:21 in whom all the building, being joined
together, grows into a set-apart Dwelling
Place Temple Temple
The “Mishkan”,
the tabernacle is called the “place of
witness”, have we ever asked, what is, or are the “witness”, or witness of
what? Are the materials, instruments listed in this chapter and the previewed
chapters, the witness, if yes the question should be: Witness of what? Moshe write the “Mishkan”, dwelling place, Tabernacle of the witness! Could it be that the witness is pointing to
the coming Messiah and the Assembly,
centuries later, in order to “witness”
for the generation of this time that there was no coincidence in the work
commanded by יהוה? If
we recall our past study, it is clear that the Miskhan, the material and utensils pointed to Messiah יהושע and the “Kehilat”, the Assembly, the House
of Ya’acov, Israel. Remember the
word of the prophet Yeshayahu: Isa 46:9 “Remember the
former events of old, for I am
Ěl, and there is no one else – Elohim, and there is no one like Me, Isa 46:10 declaring the end from the
beginning, and from of old that which has not yet been done, saying, ‘My
counsel does stand, and all My delight I do,’
The Tabernacle was build for the Levites. Today those following Adon
יהושע are
also called “Priest” after the
priesthood of Melkitzedek (King of
Righteousness), the first group under Moshe
serving the flesh with animals sacrifices, the second following Messiah יהושע after the Ruach with spiritual sacrifices (Rom. 12:1, 1st Kefa 2:9, Rev.
5:10) Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore,
brethren, by the mercies of YHWH, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto YHWH, which is
your reasonable service. 1Pe 2:9
but ye
are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar
people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of
darkness into his marvellous light: Rev 5:10 and hast made us unto our Elohim kings and
priests: and we shall reign on the earth..............
You may think that you are not living like Kings but you are, because it is written
and we can start to be Priest and
learn how to be sanctified in our daily life. Many things are still concealed to
the world and will be revealed on the right season. On this day people will see
that you are Kings. Priests
were in charge of teaching Torah to
the people of Elohim:
Deu 33:8 and of
Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou
didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of
Meribah;
Deu 33:9
who said
unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he
acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy
word, and kept thy covenant. Deu 33:10
They shall teach Jacob thy judgments,
and Israel Israel
21……….by
the hand of Ithamar, Strong’s #H385 meaning: coast of palm tree.
Now to understand the metaphor we read: Psa 92:12 The righteous one flourishes like a palm
tree, He grows like a cedar in Leḇanon.
We see that the righteous are compared to palm tree.
22.
…..and Betzal’el….son of Uhr of the tribe of Yehuda, Betzal’el:Strong’s # H1212 written
bet(2), tzade(90), lamed(30), alep(1), (153) meaning “in the image of El” or Shadow of El.
There are two points, the first is the name itself: the “shadow of El” or “in the
image of El” and secondly the gematria used by Yochanan in the book of Yochanan 21:11, which demonstrate once
again that the disciples were well taught in the “sod” interpretation of the Torah.
Christianity
rejects all this aspect of interpretation. We should always remember who is the
greatest part of Christianity namely? Rebellious Ephraim:...
Hos
7:8 “Ephrayim mixes
himself among the people Ephrayim has become a cake unturned.
Hos 13:12 “The crookedness of Ephrayim is bound up
(stored up), his sin is hidden.
Don’t be frustrated, we almost all come from Christianity turning back to our roots! Betzal’El,
(in the image of El): This was not hidden from Sha’ul who understood the “sod”
interpretation as we read in Heb. 1:3,
Coloss. 1:15, 2nd Cor.4:4.and
many others places There is no doubt at all, Sha’ul had seen in the Torah
that the one called “Betzal”El” was
foreshadowing the coming Messiah who will
build Elohim’ spiritual Temple, you
and me, the body of Messiah.
There is no doubt that Elohim was pointing to יהושע by
choosing Betzal’El to build the Mishkan, the dwelling place.
In Yochanan
21:11, it is after יהושע’s
resurrection, now the disciples are ready to receive the Ruach HaQodesh (Set apart Spirit) and do the work assigned unto
them by יהושע. The 153 fishes represent the fishes which
are a picture of the righteous believers who will “fall” into the “net” of the
disciples (read the midrash on 153 fishes). Remember b’reshit 48:16 where the
Hebrew text read:”…..and let them as
fishes do increase into a multitude in the midst of the earth”. The net is a euphemism for the Torah
(Habakk.1:14-15) which was not broken, the Torah was accepted. We compare with Luke 5:5-6”…………….and when they had this done they caught a great multitude of
fish, and their net break.”....
Here Ephraim is compared to birds:
Hos 7:12 “When they go I spread My net (Torah) over them,
I bring them down like the birds of the heavens, I chastise them as their
congregation has heard. ............
23…..and
with him Aholiab son of Ahishamach of the tribe of Dan…..
Aholiab,
Strong’s # H171 meaning: Tent of his
father. Tent in the sense of dwelling from
# H168 Ohel meaning: covering, dwelling place,
tabernacle. It is note worthy to see
that Aholiab is from the tribe of Dan of whom it is written in b’reshit
49:16.Dan shall judge his people as one
of the tribe of Israel
Dan:Strong’s #H1835 דּן dân dawn From
H1777; judge; Dan,
one of the sons of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory;
likewise a place in Palestine colonized by them: - Dan.....
So if we look carefully at Betzal’el (Shadow or Image of El) and to Aholiab (Tent of his Father) from the tribe of Dan (Judge) we see the shadow of the One coming Messiah יהושע .
Heb
1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express
image of his person, and
upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged
our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; Joh
5:22 for the Father
judgeth no man, but hath committed
all judgment unto the Son:
Act 17:31 because he hath appointed a day, in the
which he will judge the world in
righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath
given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
No doubt that Betzal’el
and Aholiab were shadows of the
appointed builder of the spiritual Temple
Concerning the tribe of Dan it is taught in the orthodox Yehudin’s (Jews)
tradition that the anti-messiah will come out of the tribe of Dan. This his learned from the book of
Judges 14:5-18 where according to the saying of the ancients, the lion is a
metaphor for Yehuda and the bees on
the flag for the tribe of Dan. Dan
according to tradition will attend to avenge himself on his brother Yehuda by trying to overthrow his power
which is in the hand of Messiah יהושע, the
Lion of the tribe of Yehuda
(Rev.5:5). Nevertheless at the end, all the children of Ya’acov are reunited in
Messiah as it is shown in Yechezk’El chapter 48. .......
Verses
24-29.: Here again we need to remind of what we have learned concerning the
“shekel” in order to understand. Today it is hard to understand what a half
shekel represents so we read and do not know. So let me show you how much it
represents today from:
“The people
that History forgot” chapter 9 “Associates
for Scriptural Knowledge” (ASK)....."We [Romans] have given you leave to gather up that
tribute which is paid to God [the
Temple tax], with such other gifts that are dedicated to him: nor
have we called those that carried these donations to account, nor prohibited
them; till at length you became richer than we ourselves, even when you were
our enemies."Josephus, Wars,
VI.6,2 ……..This
tribute was the annual half-shekel
payment for the upkeep of the Temple Temple treasury in Jerusalem Temple Temple Temple in Jerusalem Temple
If we take today’s wage (2009) we have a day wage for may
be 8 US$ per hour, so let say that it represent 8 hours work and so a daily
wage of 64 US$. A half “shekel” represents two days work or almost 130US$. I go into these details, so that we can
imagine what was done in the tabernacle......
Keil and
Delitzsch give us following details: Of the
silver, all that is mentioned a talent
contained 3000 shekels. A hundred talents of this were used for casting 96
sockets for the 48 boards, and 4 sockets for the 4 pillars of the inner court,
- one talent therefore for each socket, - and the 1775 shekels for the hooks of
the pillars that sustained the curtains, for silvering their capitals, and “for
binding the pillars,” i.e., for making the silver connecting rods for the
pillars of the court (Exo_27:10-11;
Exo_38:10.)......
Gold, verse 24, 29 Talents and 730 Shekels which is
according to Keil and Delitzsch: 29
Talents = 29 X 3000 = 83 000 + 730= 83 700
Shekels.
This mean, without considering the value of Gold or
silver and copper and taking all material with the same value only considering
the wage for two days work....83 700 Shekels X 260US$ (1/2 Shekel equal 130US$)
...21 762 000 US US US $=
106 305 500 US
This is the value יהוה was
considering when asking the children of Israel
People may think that’s not possible. Read what Keil
and Delitzsch write in their commentary:
If
this quantity of the precious metals may possibly strike some readers as very
large, and was in fact brought forward years ago as a reason for questioning
the historical credibility of our account of the building of the tabernacle, it
has been frequently urged, on the other hand, that it looks quite small, in
comparison with the quantities of gold and silver that have been found accumulated
in the East, in both ancient and modern times. According to the account before
us, the requisite amount of silver was raised by the comparatively small
payment of half a shekel, about fifteen pence, for every male Israelite of 20
years old and upwards. Now no tenable objection can be raised against the
payment of such a tribute, since we have no reason whatever for supposing the
Israelites to have been paupers (poor), notwithstanding the oppression which
they endured during the closing period of their stay in Egypt. They were
settled in the most fertile part of Egypt ;
and coined silver was current in western Asia
even in the time of the patriarchs (Gen_23:16). But with reference to the quantities of gold and
copper that were delivered, we need not point to the immense stores of gold and
other metals that were kept in the capitals of the Asiatic kingdoms of
antiquity, (Note: Thus, to mention
only one or two examples, the images in the temple
of Belus , at Babylon 34,000 lbs . of gold,
beside the golden vessels and 500,000 talents of silver, including the goblet
of Semiramis, which alone weighed 15 talents. Alexander the Great found
more than 40,000 talents of gold and silver and 9000 talents of coined gold in
the royal treasury at Susa Persepolis Asia
in gold and silver, see Bähr, Symbolik
i. pp. 258ff.)
This was the tribute brought by 603 550 men of twenty years old and more. The gemetria of the number is: 6+3+5+5= 19. ...The number nineteen is 10 + 9 is so: Ten
representing the sum of all number or man’s divine accomplishment in the
natural (earth), and nine for Judgment. Just to think about, how we can see
beautiful thoughts concealed in numbers. How much more did יהושע paid for all of us, can we
pay back? The answer is clearly NO! Today we may have millions of descendants
when counting only those who will enter the “promised land”!
There are many other interpretations in the gematria where we can see another aspect
of יהוה’s wisdom.
First we must remind ourselves that Gold demonstrate
purity and eternal life, the finished work of Messiah Twenty nine talents of
gold equal 22 + 7: Twenty two represents the letter from the
Hebrew Alphabet, twenty two letters from Alep to Tav, a euphemism of the
finished work of Messiah on earth
represented by the number seven (divine perfection on earth) Rev.4:4, Yeshayahu 41;4, 44:6, Rev.
1:8 (Hebr read Alep and Tav).
The gold was used for the inner work of the “Mishkan”, the heart and soul of man.
730 shekels: 10x10X7+5x6+730.
Ten
the sum of all number and man’s divine accomplishment in the natural (earth)......Seven the divine perfection on earth....Five the number for mercy and Torah....Six the number for man....
The
silver: hundred talent and 1775 Shekels……a “bekah for every
man……
Again the gematria open our
understanding of what יהוה want us to see.
Silver is a metaphor of the price to be paid by יהושע for our redemption (Sh’mot 30:11-16)....1775=10x10x10+7x10x11+5=1775........
Ten the
sum of all number and man’s divine accomplishment in the natural (earth)...........Seven the divine perfection on earth.
Eleven the
number of man imperfection, judgment, disorder or location of judgment: The
eleven plagues in Egypt.
Five
the number for Torah and grace or mercy in the “Tree of life”.
26-29.
for the sockets verse 27, and hooks for the pillars...Verse 26, a “bekah” for every man.
In Hebrew it is read: “a bekah for every head
(skull) (gulgoleth)”. Here we have the word “gulgoleth”. Gulgoleth is
the word we found in the book of Mattityahu:
Mat 27:33 and when they
came to a place called Golgotha ,
that is to say, Place of a Skull (head),
.......
Now we can see the “connection” between the verse 26
and the record in the book of Mattityahu
which is a proof according to Greg
Killian that the place where יהושע was
impaled was the Mount of Olive and no other place as pretended by Christianity. Because on this Mount of Olive, which is today at the East of the
former Temple , the “head” of the children of Israel
Gematria: 466= 10x10 x4+10x6+6.........
Ten:
Sum of all number representing Elohim
divine order and perfection and man’s divine accomplishment in the natural
(earth).........
Four:
Test and challenges.....
Six:
The number of man...When we know that the silver brought by the children of Israel
Six the number for man...
Three
the number for past, present and future, but also the number for resurrection
(physical and spiritual (Hoshea 6:2, Yochanan 2:20-21).....
19.One
the number for Elohim (D’varim 6:4).
Nine:
the number for Judgment. Ten: The divine number representing Elohim divine order and perfection, and
man’s divine accomplishment in the natural (earth).
29-31.
Brass a metal filled with impurity
(alloy) was used for the utensils in the inner court and represents the
unperfected work or unfinished work of man in need of purification.
29.
Seventy talents: 10 x 7 .....2400
Shekels: 2+4+0+0=6 or, 10x10x10x2+10x10 x
4.
Ten the
sum of all numbers representing Elohim
divine order and perfection, and man’s divine accomplishment in the natural
(earth). Two, the number for division (Ephraim
and Yehuda)....
Four
the number for signals a whole, a fullness, and a completion (Greg Killian),(see
Sh’mot/Ex.6:6-7 the four steps of redemption). It is noteworthy to see that the
last step number four (to be taken as Yehova’s
people see parasha Va’era, read Rev.21:2-3) will be accomplished when Messiah comes back. In the light of the gematria we can see the finished work of יהושע as Messiah the builder of יהוה’s Temple
Exo
38:21 These
were the appointments of the Dwelling Place (Mishkan), the Dwelling Place of
the Witness, which was appointed by the command of Mosheh, for the service of
the Lĕwites, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aharon the priest. Exo 38:22 and Betsal’ĕl son of Uri, son of Ḥur, of the tribe
of Yehuḏah, made all that יהוה had commanded
Mosheh. Exo 38:23 and with him: Oholiaḇ son of Aḥisamaḵ, of the tribe
of Dan, an engraver and designer, an embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet
material, and in fine linen. Exo 38:24 all the gold prepared for the
work, in all the work of the set-apart place – and it was the gold of the wave
offering – came to be twenty-nine
talents and seven hundred and thirty
sheqels, according to the sheqel of the set-apart place. Exo 38:25 and the silver from the ones
counted of the congregation was one
hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five sheqels,
according to the sheqel of the set-apart place: Exo 38:26 a beqa, half a sheqel for a head, according to the sheqel of the set-apart
place, for everyone passing over to those counted, from twenty years old and above, for six hundred and three
thousand, five hundred and fifty men.
Exo 38:27 and the hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the
set-apart place and the bases of the veil: one hundred sockets from the
hundred talents, a talent for each socket. Exo 38:28 and of the one thousand seven
hundred and seventy-five sheqels
he made hooks for the columns, and overlaid their tops, and made bands for
them. Exo 38:29 and the bronze
of the wave offering was seventy talents
and two thousand four hundred sheqels. Exo 38:30 and with it he made the sockets
for the door of the Tent of Meeting, and the bronze altar, and the bronze
grating for it, and all the utensils for the altar, Exo 38:31 and the sockets for the
courtyard all around, and the bases for the courtyard gate, and all the pegs
for the Dwelling Place, and all the pegs for the courtyard all around.
Chapter 39 - The garment of the High Priest:
Again the natural pointing to the spiritual: Aaron a shadow of Messiah
in the position of the High Priest (Hebr. 5:8-10, 5:1-5, 4:14-15)…Heb 5:8 though he were
a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;Heb 5:9 and
being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them
that obey him; Heb 5:10
Called of
YHWH a high priest after the order of
Melchisedec. Heb 4:14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Yehoshua
the Son of YHWH, let us hold fast our profession. Heb 4:15 for
we have not an high priest which
cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points
tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
The garment’ study will unveil many things Elohim has for us. Remember Sha’ul
says: “faith comes by hearing and hearing
by the word of Elohim” (Rom.10:17). He couldn’t speak of the so called “new
testament”, as it was not written at this time. Sha’ul used the Tanak
an acronym for Torah, Nevi’im (prophets) and Ketuvi’im (writings) .
The word “faith”
in Hebrew is the word Strong’s # H530 emunah
and is only one time translated with “faith” in Habbakuk 2:4 “the just shall live by his faith”. It is found many
times translated as “faithful” and the more accurate translation is “trust”, to “stand firm”. The Greek word
for “faith” is Strong’s # G4102 “pistis”
used 237 times and the # G4103 “pisto” used 53 times and the #G4102 “pistis” to be persuaded; conviction (of religious truth).
#G4103 pistos:
Trustworthy, trustful, believe.
We see that there is a direct connection between the
word translated as “faith” and the word of Elohim
according to Sha’ul: “faith comes by
hearing (sh’mah) by hearing (to trust,
stand firm, to believe) and hearing by the word (Torah) of Elohim. The
office of the High Priest was to come before Elohim on behalf of the Children of Israel (carnal man). 1-2.
We find the same colors as the one used in the building of the Set apart place.
All with gold, verse 2 which demonstrate that the High Priest will also go into
the Set apart place. 3. They did beat the gold…….
This is a picture of what will be done with Messiah (Yeshayahu 53:5). Isa
53:5 but he was
wounded for our transgressions, he was
bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and
with his stripes we are healed.
4-7.
The ephod came upon the shoulder. The Hebrew word for “onyx” is Strong’s #H7718
Shoham with the gematria 905. (10x10x9+5)…..Ten
the sum of all numbers….Nine Judgments….Five Torah and mercy
The names of the children of Israel
Jer 31:35 Thus said יהוה, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the laws (Chuqah)* of the moon and the stars for a light by night,
who stirs up the sea, and its waves roar – יהוה of hosts is His Name:
* Chuqah חקּה
Feminine of H2706, and meaning substantially the same:
- appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute. H2706 chôq khoke From H2710; an enactment;
hence an appointment (of
time, space, quantity, labor or usage): - appointed, bound, commandment,
convenient, custom, decree (-d), due, law, measure, X necessary, ordinance
(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.
….Appointment:
Gen 1:14 and Elohim said, Let there be lights in the
firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for
signs, and for seasons
(moed/appointment), and for days, and years: In Hebrew
the word “choq” means: something
which cannot be grasp by the rational mind! The moon is not only a “planet” but it is a sign for all Children of Israel to determine, month,
feast and seasons.
Jer 31:36 “If these laws vanish from before Me,” declares יהוה, “then the seed of Yisra’ĕl shall also cease from being a
nation before Me forever.” Jer 31:37 Thus said יהוה, “If the heavens above could be measured, and
the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I would also cast off all
the seed of Yisra’ĕl for all that they have done,” declares יהוה.
8-14. The breastplate was to bear
the name of the children of Israel
Rev
21:12 and having a
great and high wall, having twelve
gates, and at the gates twelve messengers, and names written on them, which are those
of the twelve tribes of the children of Yisra’ĕl: 15-21.All was made of gold with
chains (verse 15), rings (verse 19), to hold together the breastplate, and the
ephod. The reason was that they “might
not be loosed from the ephod” (verse 21): The
spiritual aspect: The word for ring is
the Hebrew word “Tabat” from the word
“Taba”, a seal as sunk into wax a
signet. I want also to expound the idea
behind the “heart of the High Priest”: For
many the heart is the muscle pumping the blood, in a wide sense it is also
consider by Christians the place
where you “receive Jesus”, but what
does the Torah says? Gen 6:5 and Elohim saw
that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart
was only evil continually.
The heart is the place of “imagination of the thoughts”! Not the brain but the heart!
Jer 17:9 the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Jer 17:10 I YHWH search the heart (imaginations and
thoughts), I try the reins, even
to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his
doings.
The prophet Yrmeyahu
speak the same as Moshe
concerning the heart. Knowing this we can see that the Ephod on the “heart of the
High Priest” has a deeper meaning pointing
to what Yehoshua Messiah will do
centuries later when entering the heavenly Temple.
Num
23:19 “Ěl is not a
man, to lie; nor a son of man, to repent! Has He said, and would He not do it;
or spoken, and would not confirm it? יהוה has made a promise to Abraham, Itzak, and Ya’acov and
will accomplish what he has said, so that His name will be glorified over the
all earth. HalleluYah! It is very sad that Christians by rejecting the Torah
for a “fake” liberty miss all what Elohim
want us to have “blessing and shalom” from above. How can you build your “emunah”, trust outside the Torah.
24-27.
Pomegranate: Strong’s # H7416 “rimmown, or “rimmon”. The
Pomegranate is a fruit red inside with many small seed (like the children of Israel
32-43.
All was done as יהוה has
commanded (read Yochanan 14:15,21,23, 15:10, 1st Yochan.5:3)......
Exo 39:1 and of the blue and purple and scarlet material they made woven garments, to
do service in the set-apart place. And they made the set-apart garments which
were for Aharon, as יהוה had commanded Mosheh. Exo 39:2 and he made the shoulder garment
of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet material,
and of fine woven linen. Exo 39:3 and they beat out sheets of gold
and cut it into threads, to work it in with the blue and purple and scarlet material, and the fine linen, the
work of a skilled workman. Exo 39:4 they made shoulder pieces for it
to join it, it was joined at its two edges. Exo 39:5 and the embroidered band of his
shoulder garment that was on it was of the same work of gold, and blue and
purple and scarlet material,
and of fine woven linen, as יהוה had commanded Mosheh. Exo 39:6 and they made the shoham stones,
set in plated work of gold, engraved as
signets are engraved, according to
the names of the sons of Yisra’ĕl. Exo 39:7 and he put them on the shoulders
of the shoulder garment, stones of
remembrance for the sons of Yisra’ĕl,
as יהוה had commanded Mosheh. Exo 39:8 and he made the breastplate, a
work of a skilled workman, like the work of the shoulder garment, of gold, of
blue and purple and scarlet material,
and of fine woven linen. Exo 39:9 It was square, they made the
breastplate double, its length a span, its width a span, doubled. Exo 39:10 and they filled it with four rows of stones: a row of ruby, a
topaz, and an emerald was the first row; Exo 39:11 and the second row a turquoise, a
sapphire, and a diamond; Exo 39:12 and the third row a jacinth, an
agate, and an amethyst; Exo 39:13 and the fourth row a beryl, a
shoham, and jasper – set in plated work of gold in their settings. Exo 39:14 and the stones were according to the names of the sons of Yisra’ĕl,
twelve according to their names, engraved like a signet, each one with its own
name according to the twelve tribes. Exo 39:15 and they made braided chains of
corded work for the breastplate at the ends, of clean gold. Exo 39:16 and they made two settings of
gold and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the
breastplate. Exo 39:17 and they put the two cords of
gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.
Exo 39:18 and the two ends of the two
cords they fastened in the two settings, and put them on the shoulder pieces of
the shoulder garment in the front. Exo 39:19 and they made two rings of gold
and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which was
on the inward side of the shoulder garment. Exo 39:20 and they made two gold rings and
put them on the two shoulder pieces, underneath the shoulder garment, on the
front of it, close to its seam above the embroidered band of the shoulder
garment. Exo 39:21 and they bound the breastplate by means of its rings to
the rings of the shoulder garment with a blue cord, so that it would be above
the embroidered band of the shoulder garment, and that the breastplate would
not come loose from the shoulder garment, as יהוה had commanded Mosheh. Exo 39:22 and he made the robe of the
shoulder garment of woven work, all of blue. Exo 39:23 and the opening of the robe was
in the middle, like the opening in a scaled armour, with a woven binding all
around the opening, so that it would not tear. Exo 39:24 and they made on the hem of the
robe pomegranates of blue and purple
and scarlet material, twined. Exo 39:25 and they made bells of clean
gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates on the hem of the robe all
around between the pomegranates: Exo 39:26 a bell and a pomegranate, a bell
and a pomegranate, all around the hem of the robe, for the service, as יהוה had commanded Mosheh. Exo 39:27 and they made the long shirt of fine linen, the work
of a weaver, for Aharon and his sons, Exo 39:28 and a turban of fine linen, and the turban ornaments of fine linen, and short trousers of fine woven linen, Exo 39:29 and a girdle of fine woven linen with blue and purple and scarlet material, the work of an embroiderer,
as יהוה had commanded Mosheh. Exo 39:30 and they made the plate of the
set-apart sign of dedication of clean gold, and wrote on it an inscription like
the engraving of a signet: SET-APARTNESS
TO יהוה. Exo 39:31 and they put on it a blue cord,
to fasten it above on the turban, as יהוה had commanded Mosheh. Exo 39:32 and all the work of the Dwelling
Place of the Tent of Meeting was completed. And the children of Yisra’ĕl did
according to all that יהוה had commanded Mosheh, so they
did. Exo 39:33 and they brought the Dwelling Place to Mosheh, the tent
and all its furnishings, its hooks, its boards, its bars, and its columns, and
its sockets, Exo 39:34 and the covering of rams’ skins
dyed red, and the covering of fine leather, and the veil of the covering, Exo 39:35 the ark of the Witness with its
poles, and the lid of atonement, Exo 39:36 the table, and all its utensils,
and the showbread, Exo 39:37 the clean lampstand with its
lamps, the lamps to be put in order, and all its utensils, and the oil for
light, Exo 39:38 and the altar of gold, and the anointing oil, and the
sweet incense, and the covering for the Tent door, Exo 39:39 the bronze altar and its bronze
grating, its poles, and all its utensils, the basin with its stand, Exo 39:40 the screens of the courtyard,
its columns and its sockets, the covering for the courtyard gate, its cords,
and its pegs, and all the utensils for the service of the Dwelling Place, for
the Tent of Meeting, Exo 39:41 the woven garments, to do
service in the set-apart place: the set-apart garments for Aharon the priest,
and his sons’ garments, to serve as priests. Exo 39:42 according to all that יהוה had commanded Mosheh, so the
children of Yisra’ĕl did all the work. Exo 39:43 and Mosheh looked over all the work and saw they did it as יהוה had commanded, so they had done. And Mosheh
blessed them.
Chapter
40: With this
chapter we will close the book of Sh’mot
which records the deliverance from Mitzrayim
(Egypt ) and prepared the
children of Israel Kingdom of Elohim
We are born of the flesh before we can be born of the Ruach “born from above”. The life is
from inside, from the heart which is pictured in the Qadosh place where the ark (heart) is to be found. 12-16.
Like the Mishkan, Aharon and his sons shall be sanctified
in order to pass the door of the Mishkan....
12…….and
wash them with water (read verse 31) and
Eph
5:26 in order to set
it apart and cleanse it with the washing
of water by the Word (Torah).
Washing, natural or spiritual is made with “water”.
The water is a euphemism for the word of Elohim: 1Co 6:11 and such were
some of you. But you were washed
(baptism and acceptance of the Torah), but you were set apart, but you were
declared right in the Name of the Master יהושע and by the Spirit of our Elohim. Heb 10:22 let us draw
near with a true heart in completeness of belief, having our hearts sprinkled
from a wicked conscience and our bodies
washed with clean water (Torah).Eze 36:25 “And I
shall sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean – from all your
filthiness and from all your idols I cleanse you.
To clean Elohim’s
people, it can only be through the sprinkling of spiritual water.
17-21.Moshe
rears up the “Mishkan” in its order
22-23, the table in the Tent in the north side with the 12 loaves of bread. The
twelve loaves of bread: a metaphor
for the 12 tribes of Israel
Jer
1:14 and יהוה said to me, “Out of the north evil is set loose on all
the inhabitants of the land.
Jer 1:15 “For look, I am calling all the
clans of the reigns of the north,” declares יהוה. “And they shall come and each one set his throne at the
entrance of the gates of Yerushalayim, against all its walls all around, and
against all the cities of Yehuḏah. Jer 1:16 “And I shall pronounce My judgments against them concerning all their evil,
because they have forsaken Me, burned
incense to other mighty ones, and bowed themselves to the works of their
own hands….Dan
11:13 “And the sovereign of the North shall return
and raise an army greater than the former*, and certainly come at the end of
some years with a great army and much supplies. The North of Israel is Turkey former Ottoman Empire who invaded the Land of Israel already once..Jer 10:22 See, it has come, the voice of a report, and
a great shaking out of the land of the
north, to make the cities of Yehuḏah a waste, a habitation of jackals. .....
24.
The south is the opposite from the north. We find here
the Menorah (Candlestick) which shall bring light. In the “Tree of life” south is the side of
mercy. The Menorah is also a picture
of Messiah who is the light of the
world (Yochan. 8:12). All the
branches of the Menorah are like the
“Tree of life” and its ten “sefirot”,
divine attributes. The Menorah was lighted to bring light
continually, so its is written :
1Jn 1:7 but if we walk
in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and
the blood of יהושע Messiah His
Son cleanses us from all sin.
The book of Revelation is full of symbol, especially
concerning the heavenly Temple
31….hand
and feet: Action and walk
32.
Read: Exo
30:19 “And Aharon and his sons shall wash from it
their hands and their feet. Exo 30:20
“When they go into the Tent of Meeting, or when they come near the altar to
attend, to burn an offering made by fire to יהוה, they wash with water,
lest they die. ……………
No man can come into Elohim’s presence without been washed. One more time we have to see
that the ritual here was a natural pointing to the spiritual. Sha’ul says that many in the world are
“dead” while still living! Can you see how the spiritual work in the life of יהושע’s disciples?
Today believers come before Elohim having been washed by the blood of יהושע and the word, which is the
Torah.
34.
The cloud covered the Tent of the congregation.
Cloud in Hebrew is Strong’s # H6051 “anan”,
meaning cloud as covering.
35. Moshe was not able to enter the
tent because the cloud abode……and the glory of יהוה filled the tabernacle.
Compare:
Heb
9:24 For Messiah has
not entered into a Set-apart Place
37-38.The
cloud represents the presence of Elohim
and the move of the Ruach HaQodesh
(Set Apart Spirit)…We close the second book of the Torah, Sh’mot which started with the coming out of Egypt
Exo 40:3 and shall put in it the ark of
the Witness, and screen the ark with the veil. Exo 40:4 “And you shall bring in the
table and arrange what belongs on it, and bring in the lampstand and light its
lamps. Exo 40:5 “And you shall set the altar of
gold for the incense before the ark of the Witness, and put up the covering of
the door to the Dwelling Place. Exo 40:6 “And you shall set the altar of
the burnt offering before the door of the Dwelling Place of the Tent of
Meeting, Exo 40:7 and shall set the basin between
the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and shall put water therein. Exo 40:8 “And you shall set up the
courtyard all around, and shall place the covering of the courtyard gate, Exo 40:9 and shall take the anointing
oil, and anoint the Dwelling Place and all that is in it, and shall set it and
all its utensils apart, and it shall be set-apart. Exo 40:10 “And you shall anoint the altar
of the burnt offering and all its utensils, and set the altar apart, and the
altar shall be most set-apart. Exo 40:11 “And you shall anoint the basin
and its stand, and set it apart. Exo 40:12 “And you shall bring Aharon and
his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water. Exo 40:13 “and you shall put the set-apart garments on Aharon, and anoint him and set him
apart to serve as priest to Me. Exo 40:14 “and you shall bring his sons
and put long shirts on them, Exo 40:15 and shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, and they shall serve as priests to Me. And
their anointing shall be for them an everlasting priesthood throughout their
generations.” Exo 40:16 and Mosheh did according to all
that יהוה had commanded him, so he did. Exo 40:17 and it came to be in the first month of the second year,
on the first day of the month, that
the Dwelling Place was raised up. Exo 40:18 and Mosheh raised up the Dwelling
Place and placed its sockets, and set up its boards, and put in its bars, and
raised up its columns, Exo 40:19 and spread the tent over the
Dwelling Place and put the covering of the tent on top of it, as יהוה had commanded Mosheh. Exo 40:20 and he took the Witness and put
it into the ark, and he put the poles through the rings of the ark, and put the
lid of atonement on top of the ark, Exo 40:21 and brought the ark into the
Dwelling Place, and placed the veil of the covering to screen off the ark of
the Witness, as יהוה had commanded Mosheh. Exo 40:22 and he put the table in the Tent of Meeting, on the north side of the
Dwelling Place, outside the veil, Exo 40:23 and set the bread in order upon
it before יהוה, as יהוה had commanded Mosheh. Exo 40:24 and he put the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the Dwelling Place,
Exo 40:25 and lit the lamps before יהוה, as יהוה had commanded Mosheh. Exo 40:26 and he put the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting in front of the veil, Exo 40:27 and burned sweet incense on it,
as יהוה had commanded Mosheh.
Exo 40:28 and he set up the covering to
the door of the Dwelling Place.
Exo 40:29 and he put the altar of burnt offering before the door of the Dwelling Place of
the Tent of Meeting, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the grain
offering, as יהוה had commanded Mosheh. Exo 40:30 and he put the basin between the
Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water therein for washing. Exo 40:31 and Mosheh, and Aharon, and his
sons washed their hands and their feet with water from it, Exo 40:32 as they went into the Tent of
Meeting, and as they came near the altar. They would wash, as יהוה had commanded Mosheh. Exo 40:33 and he raised up the courtyard
all around the Dwelling Place and the altar, and placed the covering of the
courtyard gate. And Mosheh completed the work. Exo 40:34 and the cloud covered the Tent
of Meeting, and the esteem of יהוה filled the Dwelling Place. Exo 40:35 and Mosheh was not able to come
into the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud dwelt on it, and the esteem of יהוה filled the Dwelling Place. Exo 40:36 and when the cloud was taken up from above the Dwelling Place, the children
of Yisra’ĕl went onward in all their journeys.
Exo 40:37 but if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out till the day
that it was taken up. Exo 40:38 for the cloud of יהוה was on the
Dwelling Place by day, and fire was on it by night, before the eyes of all the
house of Yisra’ĕl, in all their journeys.
Haftorah
The Haftorah
brings us to the Temple Israel Temple
It is also a clue to the final coming, the fall feasts
in the seventh month pointing to the second coming of Messiah.
Another interesting point is the fact that the Tabernacle was ordained to Moshe the “savior” of the Children of Israel, while the Temple
is build by Sholomo King of Israel
1Ki
7:51 Thus all
the work which Sovereign Shelomoh had done for the House of יהוה was completed. And Shelomoh
brought in the set-apart items of his father Dawiḏ: the silver and the gold
and the utensils, and he put them in the treasuries of the House of יהוה…. 1Ki 8:1 Then Shelomoh assembled the elders of Yisra’ĕl and all the heads of the
tribes, the chief fathers of the children of Yisra’ĕl, to Sovereign Shelomoh in
Yerushalayim, to bring up the ark of the covenant of יהוה from the City of Dawiḏ (Yerushalayim), which is Tsiyon. 1Ki 8:2 and all the men of Yisra’ĕl
assembled to Sovereign Shelomoh at the
festival in the month of Ěythanim, which is the seventh month. 1Ki 8:3 and all the elders of Yisra’ĕl
came, and the priests took up the ark, 1Ki 8:4 and brought up the ark of יהוה, and the Tent
of Meeting, and all the set-apart utensils that were in the Tent. And the
priests and the Lĕwites brought them up,
1Ki 8:5 and Sovereign Shelomoh, and all
the congregation of Yisra’ĕl who had assembled with him, were with him before
the ark, slaughtering so many sheep and cattle, that they could not be counted
or numbered.
1Ki 8:6 and the priests brought in the
ark of the covenant of יהוה to its place, into the Speaking Place Most Set-apart Place land
of Mitsrayim
2Co.3:7
But if the administering of death in
letters*, engraved on stones (the two tablets), was esteemed, so that the
children of Yisra’ĕl were unable to look steadily at the face of Mosheh because
of the esteem of his face, which was passing away, 2Co 3:8 how much more esteemed shall the administering of the
Spirit not be? 2Co 3:9
for if the administering of condemnation had esteem, the administering of
righteousness exceeds much more in esteem.
2Co 3:10
for indeed what was made esteemed had no esteem in this respect, in view of the
esteem that excels.
2Co 3:11
for if that which is passing away was esteemed, much more that which remains in
esteem. 2Co
3:12 Having
then such expectation, we use much boldness of speech, 2Co 3:13 and not like Mosheh, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Yisra’ĕl should not
look steadily at the end of what was passing away.
2Co 3:14
But their minds were hardened, for
to this day, when the old covenant is being read, that same veil remains, not lifted, because in Messiah it is taken
away. 2Co
3:15 But to this day, when Mosheh is being read, a
veil lies on their heart. 2Co 3:16 and when one turns to the Master, the veil is taken
away. 2Co
3:17 Now יהוה is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of יהוה is, there is freedom. 2Co 3:18 and we all, as with unveiled
face we see as in a mirror the esteem of יהוה, are being
transformed into the same likeness from esteem to esteem, as from יהוה, the Spirit. ………….Verse
3:7 * we cannot be saved by keeping the Torah but by trusting Yehoshua whom Yehovah raised from the dead. The letter kills but the Ruach (Spirit) gives life! If we look for the word “faith” it appears only twice in the all Tanak, one time in D’varim 32:20 and in Habbakuk 2:4, while it appears many times in the Brit HaChadsha under the Greek word pistis: pistis pis'-tis From G3982; persuasion, that is, credence; moral conviction (of religious
truth, or the truthfulness of God
or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Messiah for salvation;
abstractly constancy in such profession; by extension the system of
religious (Gospel) truth itself: - assurance, belief, believe, faith,
fidelity…..G3982 peithō pi'-tho
A primary
verb; to convince (by argument, true or false); by analogy to pacify
or conciliate (by other fair means); reflexively or passively to assent
(to evidence or authority), to rely
(by inward certainty): - agree, assure, believe, have confidence, be (wax) content, make friend, obey, persuade, trust, yield……..
We see that the Hebrew word Emunah and the Greek word carry the same
idea of trusting. You will say what
do we have to trust? We put our trust in the Word of Yehovah, the Torah,
who became flesh in the person of Yehoshua.
This is why it is so important to learn the Torah
in order to learn to TRUST our heavenly Father.
Isa 55:10 for as the rain cometh down, and
the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and
maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to
the eater:
Isa 55:11 so shall my word (Torah)
be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please,
and it shall prosper in the thing
whereto I sent it.
May יהוה Elohim
and our Master יהושע be
with you as you walk in the light of the Torah.
