Rejection

Isn't it interesting when we reject the truth we have nothing but lies to believe. Then we can not understand why everything is going wrong and become frustrated and curse G-d when G-d is Truth and it is Him we have rejected.

"Yeshua saith unto them, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." John 14:6   Yeshua is truth. Please do not reject Him.

Israel's Promise

G-d promised Israel a sign as to the coming of the Messiah. Isaiah 7:14 "There fore the L-RD himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel."  Only one event such as this took place in Israel.  The record is found in the New Covenant,  "And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from G-d unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.  And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the L-RD is with thee.  blessed art thou among women.  And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, ad cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.  And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with G-d.  And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name YESHUA.  He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the L-RD G-d shall give unto him the throne of his father David:  And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there shall be no end.  Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?  And the angel answered and said unto her,The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of G-d." Luke 1:26-35

We can rejoice and remember during this time of Year G-d keeps his promises.Messiah came the first time to redeem us back to The Father.  He will come again to set up his kingdom in Israel to rule and reign on earth  Have a blessed Nativity celebration

How much is your soul worth?

In Ezekiel 18:4 G-d speaks"Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die." The question the Messiah of Israel asks is"..what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"Mark 8:37. The answer is, there is nothing man can give to G-d to redeem his soul from hell. G-d provided Hs own sacrifice for man's sin through the shed blood of the Holy One of Israel, Yeshua the Messiah. Even though G-d took on the form of a human, He did not take on the fallen sin nature of man. As Isaiah explained when Messiah died, he died for the sins of me and you. He had no sin of His own. "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." So that is how much your soul is worth to G-d , the sacrifice of G-d's only begotten son, Yeshua the Messiah.

The soul that sinneth

G-d is speaking to Ezekiel in Ezekiel chapter 18:4 "Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die,"

In Leviticus 17:11 G-d tells how a soul can live. "For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul."

In Isaiah 53 G-d tells of his blood sacrifice that cleanses a soul from sin. "...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."Here is the whole chapter describing the Redeemer of Israel and the Redeemer of mankind.

"Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the L-RD revealed?  For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.  He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our  faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.  Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of G-d, and afflicted.  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.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the L-RD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.  He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.  He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.  And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.  Yet it pleased the L-RD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the L-RD shall prosper in his hand.
He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many, for he shall bear their iniquities.  Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors."

A Hanukkah Riddle for You

This riddle comes from Tenak in Proverbs 30:4  "Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name and what is his son's name, if  thou canst tell?"

Happy Hanukah

Please excuse my spelling. I know there is more than one way of spelling hanukah depending if your family comes from the Ashkenazim background or the Sephardi background. My phonics are not that great so this is how I spell it. Have a blessed remembrance of G-d's deliverance and take courage. He is the same G-d today that He was then.

The "Great Commandment"

"And thou shalt love the L-RD thy G-d with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." Deuteronomy 6:5

Love is the basis for the great commandment. The New Covenant tells us "Put on therefore, as the elect of G-d, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering: forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Messiah forgave you, so also do ye.And above all these things, put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness."

When we love G-d with all our heart, soul, and might we will love others.