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Prophet Pearls

10/30/2014

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A few years ago, the quintessential "odd couple" produced a series of programs called Torah Pearls. The two men are Keith Johnson and Nehemia Gordon. Keith, a black Methodist minister and former chaplain for the Minnesota Vikings, has had more than a decade of being led by the Holy Spirit into the Hebraic mindset of first century believers. His journey has been facilitated by a young Karaite priest named Nehemia Gordon.

Jew and Gentile together.

Since first recording the Torah Pearls programs, much has happened and the plan to continue the haftorah portions of the prophets was put on hold. Timing is everything and Prophet Pearls is now being produced. I share this because I was blessed to be able to sponsor one of the programs and was invited to share insight on the portion of my choice. I picked Toldot and haftorah Malachi 1:1-2:7.  See below:



Prophecy is interesting in that it can relate consequences that will take place due to obedience or disobedience. Although, it is usually specific to a given circumstance, the words are timeless and so cross time barriers and can have many fulfillments because it is Truth spoken. These short few verses are loaded with a ton of application for today.

I listened to Torah Pearls on the Torah portion. I was intrigued by the current ‘Jewish’ understanding of Edomite that Nehemia shared. He said that when this term is used, it is a euphemism for ‘christians’. Taken with what else is known, it seems this is not so much a specific nationality as it is a mindset toward YHVH - one that despises Him or disregards Him. 

I was particularly struck by verse 4:
 4Though Edom says, “We have been beaten down, but we will return and build up the ruins” . . .”

This is also quoted in Isaiah 9:9-11. Immediately after and during the years following 9/11, American politicians arrogantly spoke these words, not realizing these words were the cause of judgement because they were rising up against what God was doing to curb the rebellion and disobedience of the people. 

The last half of the verse echos other passages that let us know it is YHVH who is in charge and He will do what He will do: thus says the LORD of hosts, “They may build, but I will tear down; and men will call them the wicked territory, and the people toward whom the LORD is indignant forever.”

Ecclestiastes 3 says there is a time to every purpose (Hebrew: desire, pleasure) under heaven. Ecclesiastes goes on to define these “desirable” things: dying, uprooting, killing, tearing down, weeping, mourning, giving up, throwing away, tearing apart, hating, war. 

Mercy always precedes judgement. HE will do these things when necessary to bring us back, to humble us, to restore right relationship with Him. How many opportunities did Pharaoh have to repent? Esau/Edom took no thought of the spiritual blessing and “did it my way” choosing instead to satisfy the physical/flesh. He had the same opportunities Jacob had to serve The God of Abraham and Isaac, but made selfish and arrogant decisions. Later he sought repentance with tears, but it wasn’t there. 

The physical hardening of the heart is a slow process that many don’t even know is happening until it stops you in your tracks. Spiritual hardening of the heart is like that. To disregard the merciful intervention of YHVH by stating in pride and arrogance that I will rebuild the tower of Babel bigger and better and with even stronger material is to spit in the face of the Almighty and we had better watch out because there may come a time when repentance may not be found!

National repentance begins with individual repentance. How can the people be led correctly when the priests are in error?

For many months, I have heard the Father say: all that can be shaken will be shaken so that what cannot be shaken will remain. What needs shaken out of my life that is not in line with Torah? What is Abba tearing down that has no business being rebuilt? Can I ‘see’ His hand and trust He knows best? 



Hear Prophet Pearls and Torah Pearls at the following links:

http://bfainternational.com/  
http://www.nehemiaswall.com/prophet-pearls-noach-isaiah-541-555               
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Waiting

10/27/2014

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The last few weeks have been action packed, exhilarating, trying, exhausting, incredible. The fall feasts were wonderful as always, but in a new way. Isn’t that how it is? Each step we take brings new revelation and experience to light. The Father has been very busy facilitating deliverance and restoration via the ministry He does through Healing Wings. Prayers of long standing are beginning to be answered - His timing. 

I want to share something about prayers and timing. One of my sons left home for a time before he graduated high school. It was his desire to not have contact with us - his parents. During this time, I would spend hours on my face in my walk-in closet (this was also my prayer closet :)) praying for him very specifically, crying out for his return. Weeks went by and then months went by and seemingly nothing. They say divorce is worse than death because usually it is a choice to leave vs. being taken away. This felt like that. My own child chose to leave and he was old enough to go, but it wasn’t time yet and my heart was broken. 

One day the phone rang and it was my son saying he wanted to come home. One prayer answered. After he returned, we spent many nights talking into the wee hours. He shared many things that God had showed him or that he had learned while away and I just sat in awe of our God and how my specific prayers had been answered so specifically. 

Often after that, when I would get discouraged about not seeing results, Abba would bring to my mind how He worked and answered behind the scene, so to speak, in this instance with my son.

Impatience is not a virtue. 

The word most often translated “wait” in the sense of waiting on the Lord is the Hebrew qavah. Qavah means (1) “to bind together” (like the twisting of strands together in a rope), (2) “look patiently,” (3) “tarry or wait,” and (4) “hope, expect, look eagerly.”

The second most frequently used word translated “wait” is yachal. Yachal means “to wait,” or “hope, wait expectantly,” and is so translated in our English Bibles. The KJV sometimes translates yachal as “trust” as in Isaiah 51:5, but the NASB has “wait expectantly” and the NIV “wait in hope.”

A third word sometimes translated “wait” is damam. Damam means “to be dumb, grow silent, be still,” but it is sometimes translated “wait, tarry, rest” as in  Psa. 62:5 KJV.

A fourth word for waiting is chakah, “to wait, tarry,” or “long for” (see: Ps. 33:20; 106:13; Isa. 30:18).

Generally, the word means allowing time to pass for benefit. We, as a society, are not inclined to wait. Waiting makes us grumpy and irritable. The flesh wants instant gratification. How often have you looked for the shortest line at the grocery store only to find the person at the end of the really long line you avoided is now checking out while you are still waiting? 

My sister told the story of a time she took a dirt road to avoid a crowded main road. She had to stop at a sign and wait for farm equipment to  s l o w l y  move across the intersection. She was fuming by the time it had all passed. Farther down the road, she came upon an accident that had just happened at another intersection. She was struck by the fact that this could have been her had she not had to wait five minutes. Was this providence, or YHVH’s intervention, or just coincidence? 

All things work together for good . . . But the Scripture doesn’t stop there. 

All things work together for good to those who love YHVH and are called according to His purpose. Can we purpose to exercise the spiritual fruit of patience and wait, tarry, hope, expect, look eagerly, rest, long for, and trust that which is His perfect will in His perfect timing? There is the alternative . . . which most of us know all to well.

Father, I purpose to come into alignment with Your will, Your, plan, Your timing. 

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