Daily Bible Portion (Friday)
Daily Bible Portion – 6 of 7
"WHEN YOU TAKE"
(Weekly Reading>>Exodus 30:11-34:35, 1 Kings 18:20-39, 2 Corinthians 3:1-18)
How did the Levites know which people were unfaithful to Yahweh? In the book of Numbers ch. 5 describes the test of the unfaithful wife called the Law of Jealousy. The drink caused the unfaithful wife’s abdomen to swell and her thigh to waste away. If they were faithful, no harm would come to them by the drink. In Exodus 32, those who served Moses had no trouble seeing who was faithful and who was not faithful to Yahweh. The people killed that day had the extended abdomens and rotting thighs.
After this, Moses went before Yahweh and asked for forgiveness for those who were left. They were forgiven but the consequences for disobedience followed and a plague fell on the people. There was great tragedy in the camp that day as the Israelites realized they needed to be responsible for their choices and to remember their marriage vows before Yahweh.
Many of us do not realize that when we make reparation to Yahweh for disobedience we are forgiven but a consequence still follows. In the case of David and Bathsheba, even though David repented, they lost their firstborn son (2 Samuel 12:1-19).
As believers we need to take responsibility for the vows we make before Yahweh. Breaking them brings curses upon us. To have an understanding of the statutes (positive commands) and the ordinances (negative commands) in the Covenant will prevent plagues and curses from having legal status over our lives. This is why we are studying the terms of the Covenant today. These rulings are taught in the first five books of the Bible and witnessed in the New Testament/ Brit Chadasha through all the testimonies. These declarations are applicable to this very day (Deuteronomy 28).
The Tent of Meeting
(Exodus 33:7-11)
After the incident of the golden calf, Moses spent time with Yahweh continuing to learn and record all he had learned about the Bride’s Marriage Covenant/ketubah . He sought Yahweh in the Tent of Meeting/talet (The tabernacle/ mishkan was not built yet). “So Yahweh spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend ” (Exodus 33:11). The personification of Yahweh is Yeshua, who communed with Moses under His prayer shawl/tallit/covering, the Tent of Meeting.
When Moses approached the tent/talet , the people would rise and stand at the entrance to their tents/talets. The cloud of Yahweh’s Presence came down as Moses entered the tent. When the people saw this, they began to develop a reverence for Yahweh and worshiped along with Moses.
Moses and the Glory of YHVH
(Exodus 33:12-23)
In these Scriptures we are shown the conversation Moses had with Yeshua. The intimacies we witness here are for us today and have the potential of being just as powerful. May we enter in just as Moses did and just as often.
We were told earlier about the angel who would go with them (Exodus 23:20; 33:2). Moses said to Yahweh, “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people.’ But you have not let me know whom you will send with me” (Exodus 33:12). Yahweh declared in response,
What or who is His Presence ? It is a theophany, or pre-appearance of Messiah Yeshua before the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us as the promised and expected Messiah of Israel.
With this, Moses said, “Now show me your glory.” Yahweh then revealed to Moses he would be taken to a place near Him and placed on a rock. When Yahweh’s glory passes by, Moses would be put into a cleft of the rock and be covered by Yahweh’s hand. Once Yahweh passed by, His hand would be removed and Moses would be able to see His back. We are told Yahweh is Spirit. If this is true, how could Moses see His back, unless he saw Yeshua? The expression cleft in the Rock is a reference to the word of Yahweh - Torah. The word made flesh is Yeshua. Moses saw Yeshua’s pierced side (clef in the rock) and scarred hands (Exodus 33:20; John 1:1; 14).
In fulfillment of Yahweh’s word to Moses, he was invited back up the mountain to be in His Presence. Moses brought two chiseled stone tablets for Yahweh to rewrite His Covenant on. As Moses approached, Yahweh came down in the cloud and stood there with him . He said to Moses,
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"WHEN YOU TAKE"
(Weekly Reading>>Exodus 30:11-34:35, 1 Kings 18:20-39, 2 Corinthians 3:1-18)
How did the Levites know which people were unfaithful to Yahweh? In the book of Numbers ch. 5 describes the test of the unfaithful wife called the Law of Jealousy. The drink caused the unfaithful wife’s abdomen to swell and her thigh to waste away. If they were faithful, no harm would come to them by the drink. In Exodus 32, those who served Moses had no trouble seeing who was faithful and who was not faithful to Yahweh. The people killed that day had the extended abdomens and rotting thighs.
After this, Moses went before Yahweh and asked for forgiveness for those who were left. They were forgiven but the consequences for disobedience followed and a plague fell on the people. There was great tragedy in the camp that day as the Israelites realized they needed to be responsible for their choices and to remember their marriage vows before Yahweh.
Many of us do not realize that when we make reparation to Yahweh for disobedience we are forgiven but a consequence still follows. In the case of David and Bathsheba, even though David repented, they lost their firstborn son (2 Samuel 12:1-19).
As believers we need to take responsibility for the vows we make before Yahweh. Breaking them brings curses upon us. To have an understanding of the statutes (positive commands) and the ordinances (negative commands) in the Covenant will prevent plagues and curses from having legal status over our lives. This is why we are studying the terms of the Covenant today. These rulings are taught in the first five books of the Bible and witnessed in the New Testament/ Brit Chadasha through all the testimonies. These declarations are applicable to this very day (Deuteronomy 28).
The Tent of Meeting
(Exodus 33:7-11)
After the incident of the golden calf, Moses spent time with Yahweh continuing to learn and record all he had learned about the Bride’s Marriage Covenant/ketubah . He sought Yahweh in the Tent of Meeting/talet (The tabernacle/ mishkan was not built yet). “So Yahweh spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend ” (Exodus 33:11). The personification of Yahweh is Yeshua, who communed with Moses under His prayer shawl/tallit/covering, the Tent of Meeting.
When Moses approached the tent/talet , the people would rise and stand at the entrance to their tents/talets. The cloud of Yahweh’s Presence came down as Moses entered the tent. When the people saw this, they began to develop a reverence for Yahweh and worshiped along with Moses.
Moses and the Glory of YHVH
(Exodus 33:12-23)
In these Scriptures we are shown the conversation Moses had with Yeshua. The intimacies we witness here are for us today and have the potential of being just as powerful. May we enter in just as Moses did and just as often.
We were told earlier about the angel who would go with them (Exodus 23:20; 33:2). Moses said to Yahweh, “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people.’ But you have not let me know whom you will send with me” (Exodus 33:12). Yahweh declared in response,
“My Presence [Yeshua] will go with them, and give them rest (Shabbat)” (Exodus 33:14).
What or who is His Presence ? It is a theophany, or pre-appearance of Messiah Yeshua before the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us as the promised and expected Messiah of Israel.
With this, Moses said, “Now show me your glory.” Yahweh then revealed to Moses he would be taken to a place near Him and placed on a rock. When Yahweh’s glory passes by, Moses would be put into a cleft of the rock and be covered by Yahweh’s hand. Once Yahweh passed by, His hand would be removed and Moses would be able to see His back. We are told Yahweh is Spirit. If this is true, how could Moses see His back, unless he saw Yeshua? The expression cleft in the Rock is a reference to the word of Yahweh - Torah. The word made flesh is Yeshua. Moses saw Yeshua’s pierced side (clef in the rock) and scarred hands (Exodus 33:20; John 1:1; 14).
In fulfillment of Yahweh’s word to Moses, he was invited back up the mountain to be in His Presence. Moses brought two chiseled stone tablets for Yahweh to rewrite His Covenant on. As Moses approached, Yahweh came down in the cloud and stood there with him . He said to Moses,
“Yahweh, Yahweh, El [God], compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in loving kindness and truth; who keeps loving kindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations” (Exodus 34:5-7; Exodus 20:5).
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