Daily Bible Portion (Thursday)
Daily Bible Portion – 5 of 7
"INFECTED ONES"
(Weekly Reading>>Leviticus 14:1-15:33, 2 Kings 7:3-20, Hebrews 13:4, Matthew 9:20-26, Luke 17:1-37)
In Matthew 8, Jesus, the living water, healed a unclean person who was living outside the camp. Jesus instructed him to complete his cleansing by following the Law of Moses and apply the ritual application of His teaching and instructions. This would have involved immersing in water, anointing with oil and then approach the priest with a freewill offering. Following this course of action completed the cleansing and healing process. The man was truly set free indeed.
Born again is a Hebrew expression used when a person immersed into the baptism pool, (the water of cleansing) for status change. When one rose out of the water they shouted "born again!" signifying that change had been made from the unclean realms to the clean realms.
This man in Mark 1 did not obey Jesus, but ran and told everyone the news. Was his healing completed? Did it last?
Applying Torah principles works for us, not against us. Believers should desire to walk in the ways of Torah, as they keep and guide us. Yes, we are cleansed by His blood and saved; however, remember His instructions are not for salvation purposes but for consecration, holiness and redemption. These instructions are for believers who came to Jesus for healing. We all know believers who are still blind, lame, and deaf or have died early. If we learn to apply Torah in our lives and share this with others who may have innocently touched the realm of death, would the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers be cleansed, the deaf hear, and the dead will be raised to life?
Believers who have left or not known His principles and the life given at Mount Sinai through Moses are what Scripture calls the poor, blind and lame. Unfortunately in many churches and synagogues Moses is no longer taught each week. This is why many are sick and dying among us. They are even leaving assemblies backslidden in all their ways (1 Corinthians 11: 27-30). Can we imagine not using the Torah when Jesus is the Incarnate Torah? If we reject Torah, do we not reject Him?
It is time to revive the instruction booklet (Mosaic Covenant – the Gospel) and apply it in our daily lives thereby fulfilling the Abrahamic Covenant and taking hold of our full inheritance and redemption (Galatians 3:16). This is called the raising of David's fallen tent/covenant – the restoration of the House of David. Following the Life-giving Spirit of Jesus and His Word, the true Gospel given to Abraham and Moses is the only way to restore David's Covenant. It cannot be restored through man's religious rhetoric or leaven, which brings us back under bondage. Paul warns us not to listen to such teachings or we will be cursed.
Note: What does it mean to "believe"? When we understand "unbelief" then and only then we can understand what it means to "believe". (Heb 3:12,19, Heb 4:6,11, Rom 11:20,23)
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"INFECTED ONES"
(Weekly Reading>>Leviticus 14:1-15:33, 2 Kings 7:3-20, Hebrews 13:4, Matthew 9:20-26, Luke 17:1-37)
In Matthew 8, Jesus, the living water, healed a unclean person who was living outside the camp. Jesus instructed him to complete his cleansing by following the Law of Moses and apply the ritual application of His teaching and instructions. This would have involved immersing in water, anointing with oil and then approach the priest with a freewill offering. Following this course of action completed the cleansing and healing process. The man was truly set free indeed.
Born again is a Hebrew expression used when a person immersed into the baptism pool, (the water of cleansing) for status change. When one rose out of the water they shouted "born again!" signifying that change had been made from the unclean realms to the clean realms.
Mark 1:40-45 Jesus heals a man with leprosy and cautions him to not tell anyone, saying to him, "But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifice that Moses commanded for your cleansing [status change], as a testimony to them."
This man in Mark 1 did not obey Jesus, but ran and told everyone the news. Was his healing completed? Did it last?
Applying Torah principles works for us, not against us. Believers should desire to walk in the ways of Torah, as they keep and guide us. Yes, we are cleansed by His blood and saved; however, remember His instructions are not for salvation purposes but for consecration, holiness and redemption. These instructions are for believers who came to Jesus for healing. We all know believers who are still blind, lame, and deaf or have died early. If we learn to apply Torah in our lives and share this with others who may have innocently touched the realm of death, would the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers be cleansed, the deaf hear, and the dead will be raised to life?
Believers who have left or not known His principles and the life given at Mount Sinai through Moses are what Scripture calls the poor, blind and lame. Unfortunately in many churches and synagogues Moses is no longer taught each week. This is why many are sick and dying among us. They are even leaving assemblies backslidden in all their ways (1 Corinthians 11: 27-30). Can we imagine not using the Torah when Jesus is the Incarnate Torah? If we reject Torah, do we not reject Him?
Luke 14:13-14 "But when you give a banquet [Yahweh's feast days], invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind [believers who have lost their way], and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."
Luke 14:16-24 "A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests [believers who hear the principles but do not walk in them]. At the time of the [wedding] banquet he sent his servant [Holy Spirit] to tell those who had been invited, 'Come, for everything is now ready'. But they all alike [believers who heard but rejected His instructions] began to make excuses. The first said, 'I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.' Another said, 'I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I'm on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.' Still another said, 'I just got married, so I can't come.' The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.' [believers who had lost their way] 'Sir, the servant said, 'what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.' "Then the master told his servant, 'Go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come in, so that my house will be full. I tell you, not one of those men who were invited [earlier – believers who knew His principles but rejected them] will get a taste of my banquet [wedding].'"
Hebrews 6:4-6 "It is impossible for those [believers] who have once been enlightened [known the instructions], who have tasted the heavenly gift [walked in the promises and blessings], who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, if they fall away [if they reject them], to be brought back to repentance, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace."
It is time to revive the instruction booklet (Mosaic Covenant – the Gospel) and apply it in our daily lives thereby fulfilling the Abrahamic Covenant and taking hold of our full inheritance and redemption (Galatians 3:16). This is called the raising of David's fallen tent/covenant – the restoration of the House of David. Following the Life-giving Spirit of Jesus and His Word, the true Gospel given to Abraham and Moses is the only way to restore David's Covenant. It cannot be restored through man's religious rhetoric or leaven, which brings us back under bondage. Paul warns us not to listen to such teachings or we will be cursed.
Galatians 3:8 "And the Scripture [Jesus], foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles [Nations] by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, 'In you all the nations shall be blessed.'"
John 5:46-47 "For if you believed[obeyed] Moses, you would believe[obey] Me [Jesus]; for he [Moses] wrote about Me. But if you do not believe[obey] his writings, how will you believe[obey] My words?"
John 5:46-47 "For if you believed[obeyed] Moses, you would believe[obey] Me [Jesus]; for he [Moses] wrote about Me. But if you do not believe[obey] his writings, how will you believe[obey] My words?"
Note: What does it mean to "believe"? When we understand "unbelief" then and only then we can understand what it means to "believe". (Heb 3:12,19, Heb 4:6,11, Rom 11:20,23)
Galatians 1:6-8 "I [Paul] marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him [Jesus] who called you in the grace [gospel] of Christ/Messiah, to a different gospel, which [there] is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ/Messiah. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel [other than the one Jesus peached in the Torah, the five books of Moses] to you [other] than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed."
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