{"id":2577,"date":"2013-10-16T22:35:53","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T22:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=2577"},"modified":"2018-09-23T19:13:06","modified_gmt":"2018-09-23T19:13:06","slug":"tehillim-psalms-27-part-2-the-lord-who-is-the-light-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/tehillim-psalms-27-part-2-the-lord-who-is-the-light-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Tehillim \/ Psalms 27, Part 2, The Lord Who is the Light of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"_idContainer000\" class=\"Basic-Text-Frame\">\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> This week\u2019s study is from <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-5\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 27:1-14,<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> David opens saying <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3 | \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 | \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05d6 \u05d7\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b6\u05e4\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05d3:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread? (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> What does David mean by <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthe Lord is his light?\u201d <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">He goes on to say that <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d1 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b9\u05d1 \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9 | \u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05b6\u05d0\u05b1\u05db\u05b9\u05dc \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e9\u05b8\u05b9\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e6\u05b8\u05e8\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b9\u05d9\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b5\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d5\u05b0\u05e0\u05b8\u05e4\u05b8\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc: \u05d2 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05b6\u05d4 \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9 | \u05de\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05b6\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05d9\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05e7\u05d5\u05bc\u05dd \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05dc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d6\u05b9\u05d0\u05ea \u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d8\u05b5\u05d7\u05b7:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">27:2 When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell. 27:3 Though a host encamp against me, My heart will not fear; Though war arise against me, In spite of this I shall be confident. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> David\u2019s confidence is in the Lord protecting and Saving (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) him from his enemies. He believes the Lord will cause his enemies to stumble and fall and that the size of the armies that come against him does not cause him to fear because the Lord is with him. David says <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\"> \u05d3 \u05d0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b7\u05ea | \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d0\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b5\u05ea-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc \u05d0\u05b2\u05d1\u05b7\u05e7\u05bc\u05b5\u05e9\u05c1 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b5\u05d9\u05ea-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d9\u05b0\u05de\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d7\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05d6\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b9\u05e2\u05b7\u05dd-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05e7\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b8\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9:<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> 27:4 One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord And to meditate in His temple. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> David requests to dwell in the house of the Lord all of his days, how did the Lord accomplish this in his life? He goes on to say <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d4 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 | \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e1\u05bb\u05db\u05bc\u05b9\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e8\u05b8\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e8\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e1\u05b5\u05ea\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b8\u05d4\u05b3\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e6\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05b9\u05de\u05b0\u05de\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9: \u05d5 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b8\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05dd \u05e8\u05b9\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d0\u05b9\u05d9\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05d9 \u05e1\u05b0\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05d6\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05d4\u05b3\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d6\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05d7\u05b5\u05d9 \u05ea\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05d6\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4: \u05d6 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e2-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e7\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b6\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05e0\u05bc\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e0\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9: <\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">27:5 For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; In the secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock. 27:6 And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me, And I will offer in His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord. 27:7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice, And be gracious to me and answer me. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> David concludes saying <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d3\u05bc\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05bc\u05e0\u05b0\u05d7\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b7\u05d7 \u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05df \u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d9: \u05d9\u05d1 \u05d0\u05b7\u05dc-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b6\u05e4\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1 \u05e6\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05d9 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e7\u05b8\u05de\u05d5\u05bc-\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b5\u05d3\u05b5\u05d9-\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e7\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d5\u05b4\u05d9\u05e4\u05b5\u05d7\u05b7 \u05d7\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05e1: \u05d9\u05d2 \u05dc\u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b5\u05d0 \u05d4\u05b6\u05d0\u05b1\u05de\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d8\u05d5\u05bc\u05d1-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05d7\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd: \u05d9\u05d3 \u05e7\u05b7\u05d5\u05bc\u05b5\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d7\u05b2\u05d6\u05b7\u05e7 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05de\u05b5\u05e5 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e7\u05b7\u05d5\u05bc\u05b5\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">27:11 Teach me Your way, O Lord, And lead me in a level path Because of my foes. 27:12 Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as breathe out violence. 27:13 I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living. 27:14 Wait for the Lord; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-6\"> \u05e2\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea Hebrew \u05d0\u05e8\u05de\u05d9 Aramaic \u03b5\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2 Greek<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"table001\" class=\"Basic-Table TableOverride-1\">\n<colgroup>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-1\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-2\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-3\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"Basic-Table _idGenTableRowColumn-4\">\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-1\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left-\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text CharOverride-7\">\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05ea\u05d4\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05db\u05d6<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left-\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text CharOverride-8\">\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3 | \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 | \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05d6 \u05d7\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b6\u05e4\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05d3: \u05d1 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b9\u05d1 \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9 | \u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05b6\u05d0\u05b1\u05db\u05b9\u05dc \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e9\u05b8\u05b9\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e6\u05b8\u05e8\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b9\u05d9\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b5\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d5\u05b0\u05e0\u05b8\u05e4\u05b8\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc: \u05d2 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05b6\u05d4 \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9 | \u05de\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05b6\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05d9\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05e7\u05d5\u05bc\u05dd \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05dc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d6\u05b9\u05d0\u05ea \u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d8\u05b5\u05d7\u05b7: \u05d3 \u05d0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b7\u05ea | \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d0\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b5\u05ea-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc \u05d0\u05b2\u05d1\u05b7\u05e7\u05bc\u05b5\u05e9\u05c1 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b5\u05d9\u05ea-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d9\u05b0\u05de\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d7\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05d6\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b9\u05e2\u05b7\u05dd-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05e7\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b8\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-2\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-3\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"CharOverride-6\">\u05e1\u05dd\u05e8 \u05d8\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05db\u05d6<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-3\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"CharOverride-9\">\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05de\u05d9\u05de\u05e8\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d9\u05d9\u05d9 \u05e0\u05d4\u05d5\u05e8\u05d9 \u05d5\u05e4\u05d5\u05e8\u05e7\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05de\u05df \u05d0\u05d3\u05d7\u05dc \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05e2\u05d5\u05e9\u05e0\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d7\u05d9\u05d9 \u05de\u05de\u05df \u05d0\u05d3\u05d7\u05dc \u05d0\u05d3\u05dc\u05d5\u05d7\u05c3 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\u1f41 \u03b8\u03b5\u1f78\u03c2 \u1f41 \u03c3\u03c9\u03c4\u03ae\u03c1 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 27:10 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f41 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u03ae\u03c1 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f21 \u03bc\u03ae\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f10\u03b3\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03ad\u03bb\u03b9\u03c0\u03cc\u03bd \u03bc\u03b5 \u1f41 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03ba\u03cd\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03b5\u03bb\u03ac\u03b2\u03b5\u03c4\u03cc \u03bc\u03b5 27:11 \u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03bf\u03b8\u03ad\u03c4\u03b7\u03c3\u03cc\u03bd \u03bc\u03b5 \u03ba\u03cd\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5 \u03c4\u1fc7 \u1f41\u03b4\u1ff7 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f41\u03b4\u03ae\u03b3\u03b7\u03c3\u03cc\u03bd \u03bc\u03b5 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03b2\u1ff3 \u03b5\u1f50\u03b8\u03b5\u03af\u1fb3 \u1f15\u03bd\u03b5\u03ba\u03b1 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f10\u03c7\u03b8\u03c1\u1ff6\u03bd \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 27:12 \u03bc\u1f74 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03b4\u1ff7\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u1f70\u03c2 \u03b8\u03bb\u03b9\u03b2\u03cc\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03bc\u03b5 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f10\u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03ad\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03c3\u03ac\u03bd \u03bc\u03bf\u03b9 \u03bc\u03ac\u03c1\u03c4\u03c5\u03c1\u03b5\u03c2 \u1f04\u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c8\u03b5\u03cd\u03c3\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf \u1f21 \u1f00\u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u03af\u03b1 \u1f11\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u1fc7 27:13 \u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03cd\u03c9 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f30\u03b4\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bd \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03b8\u1f70 \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u03af\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f10\u03bd \u03b3\u1fc7 \u03b6\u03ce\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd 27:14 \u1f51\u03c0\u03cc\u03bc\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03ba\u03cd\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u1f00\u03bd\u03b4\u03c1\u03af\u03b6\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03ba\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9\u03bf\u03cd\u03c3\u03b8\u03c9 \u1f21 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b4\u03af\u03b1 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f51\u03c0\u03cc\u03bc\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03ba\u03cd\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> In <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-5\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 27,<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> David opens in verse one saying <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3 | \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 | \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05d6 \u05d7\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b6\u05e4\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05d3:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread? (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> What does David mean by <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthe Lord is his light?\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> If we perform a simple search for the key words <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201clight,\u201d \u201cLord,\u201d \u201cGod,\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> and various combinations of those words in the Scriptures, the results will produce more than 100 search results. We will select a few of these verses to discuss and try to understand how the Lord is a light to David, let\u2019s begin with what the Torah has to say about <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201clight.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The first reference to <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthe light\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) is found in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Bereshit \/ Genesis 1:3-5<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><a id=\"_idIndexMarker000\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">Bereshit \/ Genesis 1:3-5<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">1:3 Then God said, \u2018Let there be light\u2019; and there was light. 1:4 God saw that <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">the light<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. 1:5 God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. (NASB) <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d2 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9-\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9-\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8: \u05d3 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05d8\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b5\u05dc \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05d9\u05df \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b5\u05d9\u05df \u05d4\u05b7\u05d7\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05da\u05b0: \u05d4 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd | \u05dc\u05b8\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05e7\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b8\u05d9\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9-\u05e2\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05d1 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9-\u05d1\u05b9\u05e7\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b6\u05d7\u05b8\u05d3:<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"table002\" class=\"Basic-Table TableOverride-1\">\n<colgroup>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-3\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-3\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-3\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"Basic-Table _idGenTableRowColumn-6\">\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-7\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-2\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"CharOverride-11\" lang=\"en-US\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 27<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"CharOverride-2\">27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread? 27:2 When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell. 27:3 Though a host encamp against me, My heart will not fear; Though war arise against me, In spite of this I shall be confident. 27:4 One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord And to meditate in His temple. 27:5 For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; In the secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock. 27:6 And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me, And I will offer in His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord. 27:7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice, And be gracious to me and answer me. 27:8 When You said, \u2018Seek My face,\u2019 my heart said to You, \u2018Your face, O Lord, I shall seek.\u2019 27:9 Do not hide Your face from me, Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not abandon me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation! 27:10 For my father and my mother have forsaken me, But the Lord will take me up. 27:11 Teach me Your way, O Lord, And lead me in a level path Because of my foes. 27:12 Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as breathe out violence. 27:13 I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living. 27:14 Wait for the Lord; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-7\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-2\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"CharOverride-11\" lang=\"en-US\">Toviyah \/ Psalms Chapter 27<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-2\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"CharOverride-2\">27:1 Of David. The Lord is my light and my redemption; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; whom shall I fear? 27:2 Whenever evildoers come near to me to destroy my flesh, my oppressors and my foes \u2013 they have stumbled and fallen. 27:3 If an army of the wicked encamps against me, my heart will not fear; if battle rises against me, in this I place my hope. 27:4 One thing I have sought from the presence of the Lord; that thing I will continue to seek: that I should dwell in the sanctuary of the Lord all the days of my life, to see the pleasantness of the Lord and to inquire in his temple. 27:5 For he will hide me in his shadow in the day of evil, he will conceal me in the hiding place of his tabernacle, in a mighty fortress he will raise me up. 27:6 And now my head will be lifted up over my enemies round about; and I will slaughter acceptable sacrifices in his tabernacle; I will sing praise and be glad in the presence of the Lord. 27:7 Receive, O Lord, my prayer when I call, and have mercy on me and pity me. 27:8 To you my heart said, \u201cSeek my face\u201d; your countenance, O Lord, I will seek. 27:9 Do not remove your presence from me; do not turn in anger to your servant; you have been my help; do not exile me and do not abandon me, O God my redemption. 27:10 Because my father (abba) and my mother have abandoned me, but the Lord will gather me in. 27:11 Teach me, O Lord, your ways, and lead me by a straight path because of my psalm. 27:12 Do not hand me over to the will of my oppressors, for the false witnesses have risen against me, and those who speak rapacity. 27:13 Had I not believed I would look on the goodness of the Lord in the land of eternal life! 27:14 Hope in the Lord; strengthen and fortify your heart; and hope in the Lord. (EMC)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-7\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-2\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"CharOverride-11\">Psalmoi \/ Psalms 27<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-2\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-2\" lang=\"en-US\">A Psalm of David, before he was anointed. 27:1 The Lord is my light and my Saviour; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the defender of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 27:2 When evil-doers drew nigh against me to eat up my flesh, my persecutors and mine enemies, they fainted and fell. 27:3 Though an army should set itself in array against me, my heart shall not be afraid: though war should rise up against me, in this am I confident. 27:4 One thing have I asked of the Lord, this will I earnestly seek: that I should dwell in the house of the Lord, all the days of my life, that I should behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and survey his temple. 27:5 For in the day of mine afflictions he hid me in his tabernacle: he sheltered me in the secret of his tabernacle; he set me up on a rock. 27:6 And now, behold, he has lifted up mine head over mine enemies: I went round and offered in his tabernacle the sacrifice of joy; I will sing even sing psalms to the Lord. 27:7 Hear, O Lord, my voice which I have uttered aloud: pity me, and hearken to me. 27:8 My heart said to thee, I have diligently sought thy face: thy face, O Lord, I will seek. 27:9 Turn not thy face away from me, turn not thou away from thy servant in anger: be thou my helper, forsake me not; and, O God my Saviour, overlook me not. 27:10 For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord has taken me to himself. 27:11 Teach me, O Lord, in thy way, and guide me in a right path, because of mine enemies. 27:12 Deliver me not over to the desire of them that afflict me; for unjust witnesses have risen up against me, and injustice has lied within herself. 27:13 I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. 27:14 Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and let thy heart be strengthened: yea wait on the Lord. (LXX)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Other references in the Torah to light are found in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 10:23, 13:21, and 25:37<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><a id=\"_idIndexMarker001\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">Shemot \/ Exodus 10:23 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">10:23 They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the sons of Israel had light in their dwellings. (NASB) <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05db\u05d2 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d0\u05b8\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05e7\u05b8\u05de\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05de\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05ea \u05d9\u05b8\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b0\u05db\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05d4\u05b8\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05dd:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><a id=\"_idIndexMarker002\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">Shemot \/ Exodus 13:21 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">13:21 The Lord was going before them in a pillar of cloud by day to lead them on the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night. (NASB) <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05db\u05d0 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b9\u05dc\u05b5\u05da\u05b0 \u05dc\u05b4\u05e4\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05de\u05b8\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc\u05d3 \u05e2\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05df \u05dc\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05d7\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05dd \u05d4\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc\u05d3 \u05d0\u05b5\u05e9\u05c1 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b8\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd \u05dc\u05b8\u05dc\u05b6\u05db\u05b6\u05ea \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05de\u05b8\u05dd \u05d5\u05b8\u05dc\u05b8\u05d9\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><a id=\"_idIndexMarker003\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">Shemot \/ Exodus 25:37 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">25:37 \u2018Then you shall make its lamps seven in number; and they shall mount its lamps so as to shed light on the space in front of it. (NASB) <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05dc\u05d6 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05e9\u05b4\u05b9\u05d9\u05ea\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05e0\u05b5\u05e8\u05b9\u05ea\u05b6\u05d9\u05d4\u05b8 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b6\u05e2\u05b1\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05e0\u05b5\u05e8\u05b9\u05ea\u05b6\u05d9\u05d4\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b5\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05e2\u05b5\u05d1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b6\u05d9\u05d4\u05b8:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><a id=\"_idIndexMarker004\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 24:2 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">24:2 \u2018Command the sons of Israel that they bring to you clear oil from beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually. (NASB)<\/span> <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d1 \u05e6\u05b7\u05d5 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05d7\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05de\u05b6\u05df \u05d6\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05ea \u05d6\u05b8\u05da\u05b0 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea \u05dc\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05b9\u05ea \u05e0\u05b5\u05e8 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 10:23<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> states during the plague of darkness over Egypt, God gave the children of Israel light in their dwellings. The Scripture literally states that no man was able to see his brother and that of the children of Israel, God gave them light <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cin their dwellings\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05dd<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Does this suggest that the Lord enabled them to kindle a flame in their homes but were unable to see from one home to the next? Did the Lord suppress the Egyptians ability to kindle a flame in their dwellings? If this was the case, the Egyptians would have had to grope around in the dark for everything, to find food, water, to goto the bathroom, etc. Having light within, in the dwelling place is a very personal and intimate description of the Lord\u2019s work to provide for His people. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 13:21<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> states that the Lord led the children of Israel by a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cto give them light\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> that they might travel by both day and night. In the midst of the night, a time when the wicked get up to sin, the Lord provides a light for His people to walk by so that they would not sin. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 25:37<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> states that they were to make a Menorah (lamp-stand) that had seven lamps that would show light in the space in front of it in the Tabernacle. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 24:2<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> states the menorah is to be kept burning continually before the Lord. According to these verses, we see the Lord is the one who creates light, he provides light for the children of Israel, in their dwellings and on the way (path) they should go. The Lord also gives light in the darkness. In addition to this, there is a command to keep the light burning in the Tabernacle, we might find a parallel to our lives that the Lord gives the light of His truth, but we also must walk in that light and truth according to God\u2019s Word. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> According to the Torah, within the holy place of the Tabernacle, the <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker005\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Menorah overshadowed the altar and the table of show-bread. The original instructions God gave to Moshe concerning the design and construction of the menorah is found in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 25:31-40<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">. The Menorah is translated as <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201clamp-stand\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> or <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201ccandle sticks\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> in most English translations. The Menorah was manufactured out of one piece of hammered pure gold (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 25:36<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05dc\u05d5 \u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05e4\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b9\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd \u05d5\u05bc\u05e7\u05b0\u05e0\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05dd \u05de\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b4\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05bc \u05db\u05bc\u05bb\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc \u05de\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b7\u05ea \u05d6\u05b8\u05d4\u05b8\u05d1 \u05d8\u05b8\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8:<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). The lamps were arranged to give light towards the front of the Menorah meaning that the candles pointed forward. The Menorah was constructed with seven branches, three on each side and one in the middle. The one piece of gold was hammered and worked so that all of the branches were formed being drawn from the central piece. During the Feast of Dedication (<\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker006\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Hanukah) each night one candle is lit beginning with the central candle that is used to light the other candles. It is also interesting when lighting the other candles we get a picture of the central candle <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-5\">\u201cbowing down\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> before the other candles giving them flame. The bowing down draws a parallel with Yeshua the Messiah bowing down taking on the role of a servant and laying his life down on our behalf. In this way the Menorah symbolizes the unique relationship between God and His people and symbolizes the light of life that God gives to His people. The menorah therefore is illustrative of God\u2019s divine light and is symbolic of the truth the Lord has revealed to His ekklesia in Yeshua according to the Torah of God where the seven candles represent the completeness of God\u2019s plan. Therefore, during the Feast of Dedication, the light expresses the fullness of truth and life that is found in Yeshua the Messiah (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">John 1:1-14<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) and being members of His body (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">2 Corinthians 12:12-27<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) we are also to show forth His light that is in us. The Feast of Dedication (<\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker007\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Hanukah) is a reminder that we remain committed to the truth God has revealed in the Messiah. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> According to the description of the construction of the menorah in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 25:37<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, we read the following, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05dc\u05d6 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05e9\u05b4\u05b9\u05d9\u05ea\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05e0\u05b5\u05e8\u05b9\u05ea\u05b6\u05d9\u05d4\u05b8 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b6\u05e2\u05b1\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05e0\u05b5\u05e8\u05b9\u05ea\u05b6\u05d9\u05d4\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b5\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05e2\u05b5\u05d1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b6\u05d9\u05d4\u05b8:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">25:37 \u2018Then you shall make its lamps seven in number; and they shall mount its lamps so as to shed light on the space in front of it. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The text literally says <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b5\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05e2\u05b5\u05d1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b6\u05d9\u05d4\u05b8:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthe light shall pass over the face\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> indicating that the candles or lamps are arranged to give light towards the front of the Menorah. The six candles point forward and concentrate the light in one direction. This suggests we are to look forward and not back on our life and past sins. The menorah was not meant simply for to give light over a very large space. The purpose of the design was to shine forth the light as a single source and not a diffuse light like that of an ordinary candle. This description suggests that the menorah was designed with a special meaning, something more than a purely physical practical purpose of giving light inside of the Holy Place in the Mishkhan (Tabernacle). In the Scriptures, there is another description of the Menorah found in the prophets, in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Zechariah 4:1-10<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-5\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text CharOverride-7\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d6\u05db\u05e8\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05d3 \u05e4\u05e1\u05d5\u05e7 \u05d0-\u05d9<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-5\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d0 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d1 \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05da\u05b0 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b9\u05d1\u05b5\u05e8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b0\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8\u05be\u05d9\u05b5\u05e2\u05b9\u05d5\u05e8 \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b8\u05ea\u05b9\u05bd\u05d5\u05c3 \u05d1 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05de\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e8\u05b9\u05d0\u05b6\u05d4 [\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05db] (\u05d5\u05b8\u05d0\u05b9\u05de\u05b7\u05e8 \u05e7) \u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05c0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05b5\u05d4 \u05de\u05b0\u05e0\u05b9\u05d5\u05e8\u05b7\u05ea \u05d6\u05b8\u05d4\u05b8\u05d1 \u05db\u05bc\u05bb\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc \u05d5\u05b0\u05d2\u05bb\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc\u05be\u05e8\u05b9\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc \u05d5\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e0\u05b5\u05e8\u05b9\u05ea\u05b6\u05d9\u05d4\u05b8 \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b6\u05d9\u05d4\u05b8 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05bd\u05d5\u05bc\u05e6\u05b8\u05e7\u05b9\u05d5\u05ea \u05dc\u05b7\u05e0\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8\u05b9\u05d5\u05ea \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc\u05be\u05e8\u05b9\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05bd\u05d4\u05bc\u05c3 \u05d2 \u05d5\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e0\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05d6\u05b5\u05d9\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b6\u05d9\u05d4\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05d7\u05b8\u05d3 \u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05d4\u05b7\u05d2\u05bc\u05bb\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05d7\u05b8\u05d3 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc\u05be\u05e9\u05c2\u05b0\u05de\u05b9\u05d0\u05dc\u05b8\u05bd\u05d4\u05bc\u05c3 \u05d3 \u05d5\u05b8\u05d0\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05df \u05d5\u05b8\u05bd\u05d0\u05b9\u05de\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc\u05be\u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05da\u05b0 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b9\u05d1\u05b5\u05e8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b5\u05d0\u05de\u05b9\u05e8 \u05de\u05b8\u05d4\u05be\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b2\u05d3\u05b9\u05e0\u05b4\u05bd\u05d9\u05c3 \u05d4 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05df \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05da\u05b0 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b9\u05d1\u05b5\u05e8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b2\u05dc\u05b9\u05d5\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8 \u05de\u05b8\u05d4\u05be\u05d4\u05b5\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b8\u05d0\u05b9\u05de\u05b7\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d0\u05b2\u05d3\u05b9\u05e0\u05b4\u05bd\u05d9\u05c3 \u05d5 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05df \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b5\u05d0\u05de\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d6\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d3\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05e8\u05be\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc\u05be\u05d6\u05b0\u05e8\u05bb\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d1\u05b6\u05dc \u05dc\u05b5\u05d0\u05de\u05b9\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d1\u05b0\u05d7\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05dc \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d1\u05b0\u05db\u05b9\u05d7\u05b7 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd\u05be\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e6\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05d0\u05b9\u05bd\u05d5\u05ea\u05c3 \u05d6 \u05de\u05b4\u05bd\u05d9\u05be\u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b7\u05bd\u05e8\u05be\u05d4\u05b7\u05d2\u05bc\u05b8\u05d3\u05b9\u05d5\u05dc \u05dc\u05b4\u05e4\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d6\u05b0\u05e8\u05bb\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d1\u05b6\u05dc \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05e6\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b6\u05d1\u05b6\u05df \u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b9\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d4 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05bb\u05d0\u05b9\u05d5\u05ea \u05d7\u05b5\u05df \u05d7\u05b5\u05df \u05dc\u05b8\u05bd\u05d4\u05bc\u05c3 \u05e4 \u05d7 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d3\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05e8\u05be\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b5\u05d0\u05de\u05b9\u05bd\u05e8\u05c3 \u05d8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d3\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d6\u05b0\u05e8\u05bb\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d1\u05b6\u05dc \u05d9\u05b4\u05e1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d3\u05d5\u05bc \u05d4\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05d6\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05e6\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05bd\u05d9\u05be\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e6\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05d0\u05b9\u05d5\u05ea \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05d7\u05b7\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b2\u05dc\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05bd\u05dd\u05c3 \u05d9 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05b7\u05d6 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d9\u05b9\u05d5\u05dd \u05e7\u05b0\u05d8\u05b7\u05e0\u05bc\u05b9\u05d5\u05ea \u05d5\u05b0\u05e9\u05c2\u05b8\u05de\u05b0\u05d7\u05d5\u05bc \u05d5\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b6\u05d1\u05b6\u05df \u05d4\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d9\u05b7\u05d3 \u05d6\u05b0\u05e8\u05bb\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d1\u05b6\u05dc \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4\u05be\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b5\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b9\u05d5\u05d8\u05b0\u05d8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05db\u05b8\u05dc\u05be\u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05bd\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><a id=\"_idIndexMarker008\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">Zechariah 4:1-10<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">4:1 Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and roused me, as a man who is awakened from his sleep. 4:2 He said to me, \u2018What do you see?\u2019 And I said, \u2018I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps on it with seven spouts belonging to each of the lamps which are on the top of it; 4:3 also two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left side.\u2019 4:4 Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me saying, \u2018What are these, my lord?\u2019 4:5 So the angel who was speaking with me answered and said to me, \u2018Do you not know what these are?\u2019 And I said, \u2018No, my lord.\u2019 4:6 Then he said to me, \u2018This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel saying, \u2018Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,\u2019 says the Lord of hosts. 4:7 \u2018What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring forth the top stone with shouts of \u2018Grace, grace to it!\u2019\u2019\u2018 4:8 Also the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 4:9 \u2018The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will finish it. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. 4:10 \u2018For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven will be glad when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel these are the eyes of the Lord which range to and fro throughout the earth.\u2019 (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Zechariah is speaking to the Angel and says <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05c0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05b5\u05d4 \u05de\u05b0\u05e0\u05b9\u05d5\u05e8\u05b7\u05ea \u05d6\u05b8\u05d4\u05b8\u05d1 \u05db\u05bc\u05bb\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc \u05d5\u05b0\u05d2\u05bb\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc\u05be\u05e8\u05b9\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc \u05d5\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e0\u05b5\u05e8\u05b9\u05ea\u05b6\u05d9\u05d4\u05b8 \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b6\u05d9\u05d4\u05b8 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05bd\u05d5\u05bc\u05e6\u05b8\u05e7\u05b9\u05d5\u05ea \u05dc\u05b7\u05e0\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8\u05b9\u05d5\u05ea \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc\u05be\u05e8\u05b9\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05bd\u05d4\u05bc\u05c3<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u2018I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps on it with seven spouts belonging to each of the lamps which are on the top of it. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> This description is different from the description given in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 25<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">. In Zechariah\u2019s description of the Menorah, he sees the lamp-stand with a bowl over top of it (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">4:2<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). There is a bowl with seven spouts that feed the Menorah lamps with olive oil. The visual description of the Menorah and the oil represents a type of God\u2019s Holy Spirit where the bowl is the supplier that represents the Lord. Zechariah identifies the seven lamps as <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4\u05be\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b5\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b9\u05d5\u05d8\u05b0\u05d8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05db\u05b8\u05dc\u05be\u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05bd\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthe eyes of the Lord ranging to and fro throughout the earth\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">4:10<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Notice a similar passage in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Revelation 5:6<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> that says \u039a\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b5\u1f36\u03b4\u03bf\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd \u03bc\u1f73\u03c3\u1ff3 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03c1\u1f79\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03c4\u03b5\u03c3\u03c3\u1f71\u03c1\u03c9\u03bd \u03b6\u1ff4\u03c9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03bd \u03bc\u1f73\u03c3\u1ff3 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03c0\u03c1\u03b5\u03c3\u03b2\u03c5\u03c4\u1f73\u03c1\u03c9\u03bd \u1f00\u03c1\u03bd\u1f77\u03bf\u03bd \u1f11\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03ba\u1f78\u03c2 \u1f61\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c3\u03c6\u03b1\u03b3\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd, \u1f14\u03c7\u03c9\u03bd \u03ba\u1f73\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1 \u1f11\u03c0\u03c4\u1f70 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f40\u03c6\u03b8\u03b1\u03bb\u03bc\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u1f11\u03c0\u03c4\u1f71, \u03bf\u1f35 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03c4\u1f70 [\u1f11\u03c0\u03c4\u1f70] \u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u1f7b\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f00\u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03bb\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c0\u1fb6\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03b3\u1fc6\u03bd. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cAnd I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (\u1f14\u03c7\u03c9\u03bd \u03ba\u1f73\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1 \u1f11\u03c0\u03c4\u1f70 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f40\u03c6\u03b8\u03b1\u03bb\u03bc\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u1f11\u03c0\u03c4\u1f71), <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Is there a parallel being drawn to the seven lamps on the Menorah with the Seven Spirits and the Eyes of the Lord? The apostle John also wrote in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Revelation 1:12-20<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> saying \u039a\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f73\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03b5\u03c8\u03b1 \u03b2\u03bb\u1f73\u03c0\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c6\u03c9\u03bd\u1f74\u03bd \u1f25\u03c4\u03b9\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bb\u1f71\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u2019 \u1f10\u03bc\u03bf\u1fe6: \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u1f73\u03c8\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f36\u03b4\u03bf\u03bd \u1f11\u03c0\u03c4\u1f70 \u03bb\u03c5\u03c7\u03bd\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c7\u03c1\u03c5\u03c3\u1fb6\u03c2, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">1:12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands;<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d9\u05d1 \u05d5\u05d0\u05e4\u05df \u05dc\u05e8\u05d0\u05d5\u05ea \u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05e7\u05d5\u05dc \u05d4\u05de\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8 \u05d0\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d5\u05d9\u05d4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05e4\u05e0\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d5\u05d0\u05e8\u05d0 \u05e9\u05d1\u05e2 <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text CharOverride-7\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05de\u05e0\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\"> \u05d6\u05d4\u05d1\u05c3<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) this is the <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker009\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Menorah described according to the Torah text. John goes on to say: \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03bd \u03bc\u1f73\u03c3\u1ff3 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03bb\u03c5\u03c7\u03bd\u03b9\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f45\u03bc\u03bf\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03c5\u1f31\u1f78\u03bd \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u1f7d\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5, \u1f10\u03bd\u03b4\u03b5\u03b4\u03c5\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u03c0\u03bf\u03b4\u1f75\u03c1\u03b7 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5\u03b6\u03c9\u03c3\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u03c0\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03b6\u1f7d\u03bd\u03b7\u03bd \u03c7\u03c1\u03c5\u03c3\u1fb6\u03bd: <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">1:13 and in the middle of the lampstands I saw one like a son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and girded across His chest with a golden sash.<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The Messiah stands at the center place of the Menorah. \u1f21 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03ba\u03b5\u03c6\u03b1\u03bb\u1f74 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b1\u1f31 \u03c4\u03c1\u1f77\u03c7\u03b5\u03c2 \u03bb\u03b5\u03c5\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f61\u03c2 \u1f14\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03bb\u03b5\u03c5\u03ba\u1f79\u03bd, \u1f61\u03c2 \u03c7\u03b9\u1f7d\u03bd, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f31 \u1f40\u03c6\u03b8\u03b1\u03bb\u03bc\u03bf\u1f76 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f61\u03c2 \u03c6\u03bb\u1f78\u03be \u03c0\u03c5\u03c1\u1f79\u03c2, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">1:14 His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire.<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f31 \u03c0\u1f79\u03b4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f45\u03bc\u03bf\u03b9\u03bf\u03b9 \u03c7\u03b1\u03bb\u03ba\u03bf\u03bb\u03b9\u03b2\u1f71\u03bd\u1ff3 \u1f61\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03bc\u1f77\u03bd\u1ff3 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c0\u03c5\u03c1\u03c9\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f21 \u03c6\u03c9\u03bd\u1f74 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f61\u03c2 \u03c6\u03c9\u03bd\u1f74 \u1f51\u03b4\u1f71\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u1ff6\u03bd, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">1:15 His feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters.<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f14\u03c7\u03c9\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc7 \u03b4\u03b5\u03be\u03b9\u1fb7 \u03c7\u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u1f76 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f00\u03c3\u03c4\u1f73\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2 \u1f11\u03c0\u03c4\u1f71, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c3\u03c4\u1f79\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1fe5\u03bf\u03bc\u03c6\u03b1\u1f77\u03b1 \u03b4\u1f77\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bc\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f40\u03be\u03b5\u1fd6\u03b1 \u1f10\u03ba\u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03b5\u03c5\u03bf\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03b7, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f21 \u1f44\u03c8\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f61\u03c2 \u1f41 \u1f25\u03bb\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c6\u03b1\u1f77\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc7 \u03b4\u03c5\u03bd\u1f71\u03bc\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">1:16 In His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was like the sun shining in its strength.<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> \u039a\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b5 \u03b5\u1f36\u03b4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f79\u03bd, \u1f14\u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03b1 \u03c0\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u03c0\u1f79\u03b4\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f61\u03c2 \u03bd\u03b5\u03ba\u03c1\u1f79\u03c2: \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f14\u03b8\u03b7\u03ba\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03b4\u03b5\u03be\u03b9\u1f70\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f10\u03c0\u2019 \u1f10\u03bc\u1f72 \u03bb\u1f73\u03b3\u03c9\u03bd, \u039c\u1f74 \u03c6\u03bf\u03b2\u03bf\u1fe6: \u1f10\u03b3\u1f7d \u03b5\u1f30\u03bc\u03b9 \u1f41 \u03c0\u03c1\u1ff6\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f41 \u1f14\u03c3\u03c7\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">1:17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, \u2018Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last,<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f41 \u03b6\u1ff6\u03bd, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03b3\u03b5\u03bd\u1f79\u03bc\u03b7\u03bd \u03bd\u03b5\u03ba\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f30\u03b4\u03bf\u1f7a \u03b6\u1ff6\u03bd \u03b5\u1f30\u03bc\u03b9 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f30\u1ff6\u03bd\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03b1\u1f30\u1f7d\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f14\u03c7\u03c9 \u03c4\u1f70\u03c2 \u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03b1\u03bd\u1f71\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f05|\u03b4\u03bf\u03c5. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">1:18 and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> \u03b3\u03c1\u1f71\u03c8\u03bf\u03bd \u03bf\u1f56\u03bd \u1f03 \u03b5\u1f36\u03b4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f03 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c3\u1f76\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f03 \u03bc\u1f73\u03bb\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b3\u03b5\u03bd\u1f73\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u1f70 \u03c4\u03b1\u1fe6\u03c4\u03b1. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">1:19 \u2018Therefore write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after these things.<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> \u03c4\u1f78 \u03bc\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u1f75\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f11\u03c0\u03c4\u1f70 \u1f00\u03c3\u03c4\u1f73\u03c1\u03c9\u03bd \u03bf\u1f53\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f36\u03b4\u03b5\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b5\u03be\u03b9\u1fb6\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f70\u03c2 \u1f11\u03c0\u03c4\u1f70 \u03bb\u03c5\u03c7\u03bd\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f70\u03c2 \u03c7\u03c1\u03c5\u03c3\u1fb6\u03c2: \u03bf\u1f31 \u1f11\u03c0\u03c4\u1f70 \u1f00\u03c3\u03c4\u1f73\u03c1\u03b5\u03c2 \u1f04\u03b3\u03b3\u03b5\u03bb\u03bf\u03b9 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f11\u03c0\u03c4\u1f70 \u1f10\u03ba\u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u03b9\u1ff6\u03bd \u03b5\u1f30\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b1\u1f31 \u03bb\u03c5\u03c7\u03bd\u1f77\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u1f31 \u1f11\u03c0\u03c4\u1f70 \u1f11\u03c0\u03c4\u1f70 \u1f10\u03ba\u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u1f77\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c3\u1f77\u03bd. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">1:20 \u2018As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> John describes the <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cseven Ekklesion\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (\u1f11\u03c0\u03c4\u1f70 \u1f10\u03ba\u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u03b9\u1ff6\u03bd) to which Yeshua wrote the <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cseven letters\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> one to each Ekklesion is described in<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> Revelation 2-3<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, these lampstands on the Menorah represent the seven Ekklesion (\u1f11\u03c0\u03c4\u1f70 \u1f10\u03ba\u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u03b9\u1ff6\u03bd) of God. The <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker010\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Ekklesia (\u1f10\u03ba\u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u1f77\u03b1) is the biblical description of all believers who remain in Yeshua the Messiah. The members (you and I) of the Ekklesia are God\u2019s messengers to bear witness to the truth of God. The members of the ekklesia are lit on fire for God, dedicated and filled with His Holy Spirit (olive oil), and all of this is accomplished in the Messiah. There is a parallel here with the construction of the Menorah and a believer\u2019s life. This is most likely how David understood the Lord is his light and his salvation in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 27:1, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3 | \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 | \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05d6 \u05d7\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b6\u05e4\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05d3:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread? (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Yeshua also said in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Matthew 5:14<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> \u1f59\u03bc\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c6\u1ff6\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03ba\u1f79\u03c3\u03bc\u03bf\u03c5. \u03bf\u1f50 \u03b4\u1f7b\u03bd\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u1f79\u03bb\u03b9\u03c2 \u03ba\u03c1\u03c5\u03b2\u1fc6\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c9 \u1f44\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b5\u03b9\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03b7: <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u2018You are the light (\u03c6\u1ff6\u03c2) of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden;<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> \u03bf\u1f50\u03b4\u1f72 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03bb\u1f7b\u03c7\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u03b9\u03b8\u1f73\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u1f51\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03bc\u1f79\u03b4\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u2019 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03bb\u03c5\u03c7\u03bd\u1f77\u03b1\u03bd, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bb\u1f71\u03bc\u03c0\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c0\u1fb6\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc7 \u03bf\u1f30\u03ba\u1f77\u1fb3. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">5:15 \u2018nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> \u03bf\u1f55\u03c4\u03c9\u03c2 \u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03c8\u1f71\u03c4\u03c9 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c6\u1ff6\u03c2 \u1f51\u03bc\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f14\u03bc\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u1f7d\u03c0\u03c9\u03bd, \u1f45\u03c0\u03c9\u03c2 \u1f34\u03b4\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u1f51\u03bc\u1ff6\u03bd \u03c4\u1f70 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u1f70 \u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b4\u03bf\u03be\u1f71\u03c3\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u1f73\u03c1\u03b1 \u1f51\u03bc\u1ff6\u03bd \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f50\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">5:16 \u2018Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Yeshua tells us the light that is within us is set on a hill that goes out into the world. We should be speaking of the light of life (Yeshua the Messiah) to the lost daily. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The prophet Isaiah also wrote about the light saying the following about the light of God in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Isaiah 42 and 49:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><a id=\"_idIndexMarker011\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">Isaiah 42:6<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">42:6 \u2018I am the Lord, I have called you in righteousness, I will also hold you by the hand and watch over you, And I will appoint you as a covenant to the people, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">As a light to the nations<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">, (NASB) <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d5 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d1\u05b0\u05e6\u05b6\u05d3\u05b6\u05e7 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b0\u05d6\u05b5\u05e7 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05e6\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05bc\u05b6\u05e0\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea \u05e2\u05b8\u05dd \u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d2\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><a id=\"_idIndexMarker012\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">Isaiah 42:16<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">42:16 \u2018I will lead the blind by a way they do not know, In paths they do not know I will guide them. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">I will make darkness into light<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> before them And rugged places into plains. These are the things I will do, And I will not leave them undone.\u2019 (NASB) <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d8\u05d6 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b7\u05db\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b4\u05d5\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05e0\u05b0\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b7\u05d3\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05db\u05b5\u05dd \u05d0\u05b8\u05e9\u05b4\u05b9\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05b7\u05d7\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05da\u05b0 \u05dc\u05b4\u05e4\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd \u05dc\u05b8\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05b4\u05b9\u05d9\u05ea\u05b4\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05e2\u05b2\u05d6\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><a id=\"_idIndexMarker013\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">Isaiah 49:5-6<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">49:5 And now says the Lord, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, To bring Jacob back to Him, so that Israel might be gathered to Him (For I am honored in the sight of the Lord, And My God is My strength), 49:6 He says, \u2018It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved ones of Israel; <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">I will also make You a light of the nations So that My salvation may reach to the end of the earth.<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u2019 (NASB) <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 | \u05d0\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b9\u05e6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b6\u05d8\u05b6\u05df \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b6\u05d1\u05b6\u05d3 \u05dc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1\u05b5\u05d1 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b9\u05d1 \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 [\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9] \u05d9\u05b5\u05d0\u05b8\u05e1\u05b5\u05e3 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05d1\u05b5\u05d3 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b5\u05d0\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b8\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e2\u05bb\u05d6\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9: \u05d5 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05e0\u05b8\u05e7\u05b5\u05dc \u05de\u05b4\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b6\u05d1\u05b6\u05d3 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b8\u05e7\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05d8\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b9\u05d1 \u05d5\u05bc\u05e0\u05b0\u05e6\u05d9\u05bc\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9 [\u05d5\u05bc\u05e0\u05b0\u05e6\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9] \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05dc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d1 \u05d5\u05bc\u05e0\u05b0\u05ea\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d2\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05dc\u05b4\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b8\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b7\u05d3-\u05e7\u05b0\u05e6\u05b5\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Isaiah is speaking prophetically regarding the Lord and the servant of the Lord through whom he is going to appoint a covenant to the people that will function as a light to the nations. Therefore the covenant of God is also represented symbolically as the light of God which takes us full circle back to Bereshit \/ Genesis 1 when the Lord said <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cLet there be light\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> and there was <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201clight\u201d <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">before the sun, the moon, and the stars were created. Isaiah continues saying that the Lord will guide the blind by a way they do not know and in paths they do not know and he will make darkness into light before them. This again is suggestive of the Lord giving Isaiah a prophetic voice of the Lord desiring to call the nations and to walk in His ways saying He will make them to know and walk in paths they did not know. According to the Scriptures, the blind are those who do not know God\u2019s ways and darkness is paralleled to sin, wickedness, and to those who do not know the Lord. Note our text from <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 10:23<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> that states during the plague of darkness over Egypt, God gave the children of Israel light in their dwellings, literally stating that no man was able to see his brother and that of the children of Israel, God gave them light <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cin their dwellings\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05dd<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). The Egyptians had no light because they did not know God. The language Isaiah is using here states the Lord will lead and guide the nations in truth and in salvation (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Isaiah 49:6<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). We find a parallel to this at the end of the book of Revelation (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">21:10-11, 23-24, 22:5<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><a id=\"_idIndexMarker014\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">Revelation 21:10-11<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,having the glory of God.<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> Her <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">light<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal. <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-15\">10<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03c0\u1f75\u03bd\u03b5\u03b3\u03ba\u1f73\u03bd \u03bc\u03b5 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u1f7b\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u1f44\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bc\u1f73\u03b3\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f51\u03c8\u03b7\u03bb\u1f79\u03bd, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f14\u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03be\u1f73\u03bd \u03bc\u03bf\u03b9 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c0\u1f79\u03bb\u03b9\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f01\u03b3\u1f77\u03b1\u03bd \u1f38\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1\u03bb\u1f74\u03bc \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03b2\u03b1\u1f77\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03bf\u1f50\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f00\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6, <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-15\">11<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">\u1f14\u03c7\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03b4\u1f79\u03be\u03b1\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6: \u1f41 \u03c6\u03c9\u03c3\u03c4\u1f74\u03c1 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u1f45\u03bc\u03bf\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bb\u1f77\u03b8\u1ff3 \u03c4\u03b9\u03bc\u03b9\u03c9\u03c4\u1f71\u03c4\u1ff3, \u1f61\u03c2 \u03bb\u1f77\u03b8\u1ff3 \u1f30\u1f71\u03c3\u03c0\u03b9\u03b4\u03b9 \u03ba\u03c1\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u1f77\u03b6\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><a id=\"_idIndexMarker015\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">Revelation 21:23-24<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">21:23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. 21:24 <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">The nations will walk by its light<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-15\">23<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f21 \u03c0\u1f79\u03bb\u03b9\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f50 \u03c7\u03c1\u03b5\u1f77\u03b1\u03bd \u1f14\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f21\u03bb\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03bf\u1f50\u03b4\u1f72 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c3\u03b5\u03bb\u1f75\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2, \u1f35\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c6\u03b1\u1f77\u03bd\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc7, \u1f21 \u03b3\u1f70\u03c1 \u03b4\u1f79\u03be\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f10\u03c6\u1f7d\u03c4\u03b9\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f75\u03bd, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f41 \u03bb\u1f7b\u03c7\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78 \u1f00\u03c1\u03bd\u1f77\u03bf\u03bd. <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-15\">24<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u1f75\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f14\u03b8\u03bd\u03b7 \u03b4\u03b9\u1f70 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-7\">\u03c6\u03c9\u03c4\u1f78\u03c2<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2: \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f31 \u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03bb\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c6\u1f73\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03b4\u1f79\u03be\u03b1\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f75\u03bd<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><a id=\"_idIndexMarker016\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">Revelation 22:5<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">There will be no more night. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">. And they will reign forever and ever. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-16\">5<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-17\">\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bd\u03c5\u03be \u03bf\u03c5\u03ba \u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b5\u03ba\u03b5\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c7\u03c1\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd \u03bf\u03c5\u03ba \u03b5\u03c7\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03bb\u03c5\u03c7\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-7\">\u03c6\u03c9\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-17\"> \u03b7\u03bb\u03b9\u03bf\u03c5 \u03bf\u03c4\u03b9 \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bf \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c6\u03c9\u03c4\u03b9\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03bb\u03b5\u03c5\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03b1\u03b9\u03c9\u03bd\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03b1\u03b9\u03c9\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Again here in Revelation the light of the holy city Jerusalem is very precious and is paralleled to precious stones, the nations will walk by the light of the Lamb who is Yeshua the Messiah, and the significance of this light that is given from God is so great that the sun and moon will no longer be needed because the Lord will give the people light. In addition to this, in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Mishley \/ Proverbs 20:27<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, King Solomon wrote <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">20:27 The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord, Searching all the innermost parts of his being. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The spirit within us is a light that God uses to search our hearts, or as Solomon said to search all the innermost parts of our being. David stating the Lord is his salvation and whom should he fear suggests his understanding is that the Lord is good to those who walk in righteousness, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 27:1, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3 | \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 | \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05d6 \u05d7\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b6\u05e4\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05d3:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread? (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The Lord gives His truth in and according to the Scriptures and He has provided salvation by His messiah and we do not fear anyone for God is with us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> David continues saying <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d1 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b9\u05d1 \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9 | \u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05b6\u05d0\u05b1\u05db\u05b9\u05dc \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e9\u05b8\u05b9\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e6\u05b8\u05e8\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b9\u05d9\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b5\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d5\u05b0\u05e0\u05b8\u05e4\u05b8\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc: \u05d2 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05b6\u05d4 \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9 | \u05de\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05b6\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05d9\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05e7\u05d5\u05bc\u05dd \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05dc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d6\u05b9\u05d0\u05ea \u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d8\u05b5\u05d7\u05b7:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">27:2 When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell. 27:3 Though a host encamp against me, My heart will not fear; Though war arise against me, In spite of this I shall be confident. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The Aramaic Targum states <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d1 \u05db\u05d3 \u05d9\u05ea\u05e7\u05e8\u05d1\u05d5\u05df \u05d9\u05e7\u05e8\u05d1\u05d5\u05df \u05e2\u05dc\u05d9 \u05de\u05d1\u05d0\u05e9\u05d9\u05df \u05dc\u05d2\u05de\u05e8\u05d0 \u05d9\u05ea \u05d1\u05e1\u05e8\u05d9 \u05de\u05e2\u05d9\u05e7\u05d9\u05d9 \u05d5\u05d1\u05e2\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d3\u05d1\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05df \u05d0\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05df \u05d0\u05d9\u05ea\u05e7\u05dc\u05d5 \u05d5\u05e0\u05e4\u05dc\u05d5\u05c3 \u05d2 \u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05ea\u05e9\u05e8\u05d9 \u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05d9 \u05de\u05e9\u05d9\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea \u05e8\u05e9\u05d9\u05e2\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05d3\u05d7\u05dc \u05dc\u05d1\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05ea\u05e7\u05d5\u05dd \u05e2\u05dc\u05d9 \u05e7\u05e8\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d1\u05d3\u05d0 \u05d0\u05e0\u05d0 \u05e1\u05d1\u05d9\u05e8 \u05de\u05ea\u05e8\u05d7\u05d9\u05e5\u05c3<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> 27:2 Whenever evildoers come near to me to destroy my flesh, my oppressors and my foes \u2013 they have stumbled and fallen. 27:3 If an army of the wicked encamps against me, my heart will not fear; if battle rises against me, in this I place my hope. (EMC)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> and the Septuagint states <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-15\">2<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">\u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff7 \u1f10\u03b3\u03b3\u03af\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u2019 \u1f10\u03bc\u1f72 \u03ba\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c6\u03b1\u03b3\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bd \u03c4\u1f70\u03c2 \u03c3\u03ac\u03c1\u03ba\u03b1\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03bf\u1f31 \u03b8\u03bb\u03af\u03b2\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03ad\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f31 \u1f10\u03c7\u03b8\u03c1\u03bf\u03af \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1f76 \u1f20\u03c3\u03b8\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f14\u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-15\">3<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">\u1f10\u1f70\u03bd \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03ac\u03be\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f10\u03c0\u2019 \u1f10\u03bc\u1f72 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b5\u03bc\u03b2\u03bf\u03bb\u03ae \u03bf\u1f50 \u03c6\u03bf\u03b2\u03b7\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f21 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b4\u03af\u03b1 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f10\u1f70\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u1fc7 \u1f10\u03c0\u2019 \u1f10\u03bc\u1f72 \u03c0\u03cc\u03bb\u03b5\u03bc\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u03b1\u03cd\u03c4\u1fc3 \u1f10\u03b3\u1f7c \u1f10\u03bb\u03c0\u03af\u03b6\u03c9<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> 27:2 When evil-doers drew nigh against me to eat up my flesh, my persecutors and mine enemies, they fainted and fell. 27:3 Though an army should set itself in array against me, my heart shall not be afraid: though war should rise up against me, in this am I confident. (LXX)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> There is no expansion on the Hebrew text in the Aramaic and Greek translations, the Lord is our salvation and our redemption, we have confidence in the Lord\u2019s protection and there is no fear of our enemies. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> David then states <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\"> \u05d3 \u05d0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b7\u05ea | \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d0\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b5\u05ea-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc \u05d0\u05b2\u05d1\u05b7\u05e7\u05bc\u05b5\u05e9\u05c1 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b5\u05d9\u05ea-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d9\u05b0\u05de\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d7\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05d6\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b9\u05e2\u05b7\u05dd-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05e7\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b8\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9:<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> 27:4 One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord And to meditate in His temple. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> David requests to dwell in the house of the Lord all of his days, how did the Lord accomplish this in David\u2019s life? As we walk in His ways, we will see His goodness and faithfulness. What takes place is when we walk in faith, we are put face-to-face having encounters with our Savior. Through the circumstances of David\u2019s life, he walked in God\u2019s ways and the Lord taught him to walk in His ways and gave him victory over his enemies. David asked the Lord to lead him and to help him and God was faithful, the Lord led him and protected him from his enemies. He goes on to say <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d4 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 | \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e1\u05bb\u05db\u05bc\u05b9\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e8\u05b8\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e8\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e1\u05b5\u05ea\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b8\u05d4\u05b3\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e6\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05b9\u05de\u05b0\u05de\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9: \u05d5 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b8\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05dd \u05e8\u05b9\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d0\u05b9\u05d9\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05d9 \u05e1\u05b0\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05d6\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05d4\u05b3\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d6\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05d7\u05b5\u05d9 \u05ea\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05d6\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4: \u05d6 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e2-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e7\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b6\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05e0\u05bc\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e0\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9: <\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">27:5 For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; In the secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock. 27:6 And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me, And I will offer in His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord. 27:7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice, And be gracious to me and answer me. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> David seeks the Lord\u2019s protection and he does so in the Tabernacle. The great lesson we learn of the tabernacle is that the Lord God came down to dwell among His people. According to the Torah, we find various accounts of God visiting men, these visitations are culminated in the Lord dwelling with men in the Tabernacle (Mishkhan) or Tent of Meeting (Ohel Moed). The Apostle John picks up on this thought and uses the word <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-5\">\u201ctabernacled\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d5\u05d4\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8 \u05e0\u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e9\u05e8 <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text CharOverride-7\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d5\u05d9\u05e9\u05db\u05df<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\"> \u05d1\u05ea\u05d5\u05db\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d5\u05e0\u05d7\u05d6\u05d4 \u05ea\u05e4\u05d0\u05e8\u05ea\u05d5 \u05db\u05ea\u05e4\u05d0\u05e8\u05ea \u05d1\u05df \u05d9\u05d7\u05d9\u05d3 \u05dc\u05d0\u05d1\u05d9\u05d5 \u05e8\u05d1 \u05d7\u05e1\u05d3 \u05d5\u05d0\u05de\u05ea\u05c3<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) to describe how the Word of God dwelled among men in the Messiah. The Tabernacle served as God\u2019s dwelling place for 500 years among the children of Israel; <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-5\">Shemot \/ Exodus 25:8<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> states <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cLet them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Up until the point of the giving of the Torah, this was an entirely new way of understanding God who revealed His desire for a relationship with man. We know in <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker017\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Parashat Bereshit that the Lord God walked in the garden with Adam (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Bereshit \/ Genesis 3:8<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). He visited the patriarchs and communicated His will to them, but He never lived on earth until the Tabernacle was built among His people who are redeemed and separated from the nations. In a similar way we can never worship until God dwells in us by His Holy Spirit. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Ephesians 2:22 <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">states that the Tabernacle was <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthe place of meeting\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 29:42-43<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). The Lord met with Moshe, Aaron, and the people and revealed Himself to them. In addition to this, the Tabernacle was not just a <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cplace of worship,\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> but it was also a <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cplace of witness.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> In <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Bamidbar \/ Numbers 17:7-8<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> the <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201ctent of meeting\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> is called <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthe tabernacle of witness.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d6 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05e7\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4\u05b5\u05dc \u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05b5\u05d3\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05de\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d0\u05b7\u05d4\u05b2\u05e8\u05b9\u05df \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05e4\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05d0\u05b9\u05d4\u05b6\u05dc \u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e2\u05b5\u05d3 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05b5\u05d4 \u05db\u05b4\u05e1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc \u05d4\u05b6\u05e2\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05df \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4: \u05d7 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b8\u05d1\u05b9\u05d0 \u05de\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05d4\u05b2\u05e8\u05b9\u05df \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b9\u05d4\u05b6\u05dc \u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e2\u05b5\u05d3:<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) The Tabernacle was a witness of the presence of God, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 40:33-34<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> states, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cThen a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The cloud functioned as a witness of the presence of God among His people.\u201d <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 40:38<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> states <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cThe cloud of the Lord was upon the Tabernacle by day and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all Israel, throughout all their journeys.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Would that not have been an amazing sight to see the Tabernacle burning with the presence of God? The Tabernacle also function as a witness of the purity of God. How this occurs is the words <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201ctabernacle\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d4\u05de\u05e9\u05db\u05df, \u05d0\u05d5\u05d4\u05dc-\u05de\u05d5\u05e2\u05d3<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) or <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201csanctuary\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05de\u05e7\u05d5\u05dd \u05e7\u05d3\u05d5\u05e9<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) carry with them the concept of holiness. Over thirty times in the book of <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> alone the word holy (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e7\u05d3\u05d5\u05e9<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) occurs in relation to the Tabernacle. The plate of pure gold that was attached to the breastplate worn by Aaron was inscribed <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cHoliness to the Lord.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The court of the Tabernacle was called <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthe holy place.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> According to <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 6:16-26<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, the first compartment of the Tabernacle was called <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthe holy place.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The innermost room that contained the Ark of the Covenant was called <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthe most holy place.\u201d <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">See (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 26:33-34<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) The Tabernacle was also known as a witness of the Protection of God. While the pillar of cloud and fire stood over the Tabernacle, nothing could touch or enter the Tabernacle or the people of God! At night as we read in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 40:38<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, the tabernacle itself burned with the presence of God. If our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit, should our lives not burn with the presence of God and a desire to share God\u2019s truth to others? The Tabernacle was also a witness of the Provision of God. The Tabernacle stood as God\u2019s promise of provision and protection for His people in the wilderness. Today we can claim these same promises of provision and protection as we walk in God\u2019s ways in His Messiah Yeshua.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> It is interesting that David says <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d5 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b8\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05dd \u05e8\u05b9\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d0\u05b9\u05d9\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05d9 \u05e1\u05b0\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05d6\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05d4\u05b3\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d6\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05d7\u05b5\u05d9 \u05ea\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05d6\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4: <\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">27:6 And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me, And I will offer in His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The word David uses here to describe shouts of joy is <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05ea\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">nf. shout, cry, blast, cheer, ovation, trumpet call<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) which is the word used for the trumpet call. The trumpet call is performed by the Shofar. In <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 81:1-4<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> we also read the Psalmist shouting for joy using the trumpet call of the shofar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal ParaOverride-6\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text CharOverride-7\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05ea\u05d4\u05d9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05e4\u05d0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal ParaOverride-6\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d1 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b5\u05d0\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e2\u05d5\u05bc\u05d6\u05bc\u05b5\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b5\u05d0\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b9\u05d1: \u05d2 \u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc-\u05d6\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05bc\u05ea\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc-\u05ea\u05b9\u05e3 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05e0\u05b8\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e2\u05b4\u05dd-\u05e0\u05b8\u05d1\u05b6\u05dc: \u05d3 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05b7\u05d7\u05b9\u05d3\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1 <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text CharOverride-7\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e4\u05b8\u05e8<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\"> \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05db\u05bc\u05b5\u05e1\u05b6\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d7\u05b7\u05d2\u05bc\u05b5\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc: \u05d4 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d7\u05b9\u05e7 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d8 \u05dc\u05b5\u05d0\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b9\u05d1:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal ParaOverride-7\"><a id=\"_idIndexMarker018\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 81:1-4<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal ParaOverride-7\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">81:1 Sing for joy to God our strength; Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob. 81:2 Raise a song, strike the timbrel, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp. 81:3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast day. 81:4 For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal ParaOverride-8\"><span class=\"CharOverride-18\"> The <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker019\"><\/a><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">Shofar (Ram\u2019s horn) is often used in warfare, for example, the Torah states in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Bamidbar \/ Numbers 10:9 \u2018When you go to war in your land against the adversary who attacks you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be remembered before the Lord your God, and be saved from your enemies. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\"> Therefore the Shofar may be used as an instrument of spiritual warfare. Are shouts of joy a form of spiritual warfare? Note the context within which David is speaking in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Palms 27:6. <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">The Ram\u2019s horn also brings to memory the ram caught in the thicken by its horns when Abraham was asked to sacrifice his son and God provided a ram at Mount Moriah (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Bereshit \/ Genesis 22:13<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">). The ram prepared by God is a picture of the substitutionary atonement that God prepared from the foundation of the world, His Son Yeshua, for the sins of the world. The first occurrence of the word love in the Torah (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Bereshit \/ Genesis 22:2<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">) refers to a father\u2019s love for his only son who was offered as a sacrifice, a foreshadowing of the message of the gospel (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">John 3:16<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">). There is a connection of the sacrificial redemption involving spiritual warfare between God and Satan (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Bereshit \/ Genesis 3:15<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">). As believers in Yeshua, the blast of the shofar represents the shout of God\u2019s victory over the power of sin and death. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal ParaOverride-8\"><span class=\"CharOverride-18\"> In the Scriptures the Shofar is first mentioned in <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Shemot \/ Exodus 19:16<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\"> when the Torah was first given to Israel during Shavuot (Feast of Weeks, Pentecost). The Scriptures say <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cSo it came about on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and lightning flashes and a thick cloud upon the mountain and a very loud trumpet sound, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.\u201d <\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cAnd as the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in thunder.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\"> The Shofar is also mentioned in connection with both Rosh Hashanah \/ Yom Teruah (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 23:24, Bamidbar \/ Numbers 29:1<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">) and Yom Kippur (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 25:9<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">). The shofar was also used to sound alarms for the camp of Israel (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Bamidbar \/ Numbers 10:5-6, Ezekiel 33:3<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">), to convene assemblies, to announce the new moon and the Jubilee Year, to herald messages, and to coronate kings. The shofar was also used when Joshua waged war against Jericho (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Joshua 6:4-20<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">) and during other military campaigns (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Judges 7:22<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">). When Israel engaged the enemy in battle, the priests and Levites would first prepare the way by sounding the Shofar (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">2 Chronicles 3:12, Nehemiah 4:14, Jeremiah 4:19, Amos 2:2, Zephaniah 1:6, etc<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">). <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal ParaOverride-8\"><span class=\"CharOverride-18\"> The Shofar was also used during worship at the Tabernacle and the Temple. It was sounded when the Ark of the covenant was returned to the camp (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">1 Samuel 4:5, 2 Samuel 6:15<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">) and was regularly used as an instrument of praise in the Temple (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">2 Chronicles 15:14, Tehillim \/ Psalms 47:6, 89:16, and 150:5<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">). Blowing the Shofar declares that the Lord God is the King of the universe as it says in <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 98:6 \u201cWith trumpets and the sound of the horn Shout joyfully before the King, the Lord.\u201d (NASB) <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\"> The Shofar also signals Israel\u2019s glorious, redemption during the Day of the Lord at the end of the age (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Isaiah 27:13 and Joel 2:1<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">). <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal ParaOverride-8\"><span class=\"CharOverride-18\"> Yeshua spoke of the Shofar blast from the angels who would gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other in <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Matthew 24:31<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">. At the sound of the great shofar Scripture says the dead will be raised and death itself will be swallowed up in victory (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">1 Corinthians 15:51-57<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">). The sound of the Shofar was also used as a call to repentance (<\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker020\"><\/a><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">Teshuvah). It suggests to say <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">\u201cSleeping ones! Awaken from your sleep! Slumbering ones! Awaken from your slumber! Examine your deeds. Remember your Creator and do Teshuvah.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\"> This idea is expressed elsewhere in the Scriptures (i.e. <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">John 11:11, Romans 13:11, 1 Thessalonians 5:6, Daniel 12:1-2, and Tehillim \/ Psalms 78:65<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">). The sound of the Shofar calls us to return to the Lord and seek His face. Since finding God is our greatest joy, King David wrote <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">\u201cHappy are the people who know teruah\u201d<\/span> <span class=\"CharOverride-19\">(the shofar blast)<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\"> (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 89:16, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d8\u05d6 \u05d0\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05b8\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b0\u05e2\u05b5\u05d9 \u05ea\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8-\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b5\u05db\u05d5\u05bc\u05df:<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">). <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal ParaOverride-8\"><span class=\"CharOverride-18\"> The word Shofar (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e9\u05d5\u05e4\u05e8<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">) comes from the root Shafar (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e9\u05e4\u05e8<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">) meaning <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">\u201cto beautify,\u201d<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\"> alluding to the beautification of our ways as we turn to God in repentance. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal ParaOverride-9\"><span class=\"CharOverride-20\">There are four primary types of Shofar blasts<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list ParaOverride-10\">Tekiah (<span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05ea\u05e7\u05d9\u05e2\u05d4<\/span>) A long single blast (the sound of the King\u2019s coronation).<\/li>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list ParaOverride-10\">Shevarim (<span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e9\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd<\/span>) Three short wail-like blasts (signifying repentance).<\/li>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list ParaOverride-10\">Teruah (<span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05ea\u05e8\u05d5\u05e2\u05d4<\/span>) Nin staccato blasts of alarm (to awaken the soul).<\/li>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list ParaOverride-10\">Takiah haGadol (<span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05ea\u05e7\u05d9\u05e2\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d2\u05d3\u05d5\u05dc<\/span>) A great long blast (for as long as you can blow).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"Normal ParaOverride-8\"><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">The sequence of every shofar blowing is a series of short blasts, and then a <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cLast Trump\u201d <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">the <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">\u201cTakiah haGadol\u201d<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\"> is held as long as possible. According to the Scriptures, there are three appointed <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">\u201cPilgrimage Feast Days\u201d<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\"> in a Year when the Shofar is blown, (i) Passover (Pesach) and Unleavened bread, (ii) Shavuot (Feast of weeks, Pentecost, First Fruits), and (iii) Succot (Feast of booths, Tabernacles). Additional references for the Shofar in the Scriptures are as follows, t<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">he shofar was used for the coronation of kings in Nissan (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">1 Kings 1:34,39<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">), Israel will be advised of the advent of the Messiah with the sound of the shofar (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Zechariah 9:14,16<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">), the ram\u2019s horn, the shofar, is a reminder of Abraham\u2019s sacrifice of Isaac and God\u2019s provision of a ram as a substitute (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Bereshit \/ Genesis 22:13<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">), the shofar was blown to announce the beginning of festivals (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Bamidbar \/ Numbers 10:10<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">), the blowing of the shofar is a signal for the call to repentance (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Isaiah 58:1<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">), the blowing of the shofar ushers in the day of the Lord (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Joel 2:1<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">), the blowing of the shofar is sounded at the rapture of the believers and the resurrection of the dead (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">1 Thessalonian 4:16<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">), John was taken up to Heaven in the Book of Revelation by the sound of the shofar (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Revelation 4:1<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">), Israel conquered in the battle of Jericho with the blast of the shofar (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Joshua 6:20<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">), the watchman who stood upon Jerusalem\u2019s walls blew the shofar (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Ezekiel 33:3-6<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">), the shofar is a reminder that G-d is sovereign (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Tehillim \/ Psalm 47:5<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">), the shofar was blown to signal the assembly of the Israelites during war (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Judges 3:27, 2 Samuel 20:1<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">), the Torah was given to Israel with the sound of the shofar at Mount Sinai (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Shemot \/ Exodus 19:19<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">), seven shofarim are sounded when God judges the earth during the tribulation (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Revelation 8-9<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">), the shofar will be blown at the time of the in-gathering of the exiles of Israel to their place (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Isaiah 27:13<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">), and the shofar was blown to announce the Jubilee year on the Day of Atonement (<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-19\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 25:9<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-18\">). Thus, the shofar (trumpet blast) has many uses throughout the Scriptures, and the most important being the significance of spiritual awakening. Therefore, when <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">David says <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d5 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b8\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05dd \u05e8\u05b9\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d0\u05b9\u05d9\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05d9 \u05e1\u05b0\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05d6\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05d4\u05b3\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d6\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05d7\u05b5\u05d9 \u05ea\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05d6\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4: <\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">27:6 And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me, And I will offer in His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> this words need to be taking with the understanding of shouts of joy like one who sounds <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05ea\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> the trumpet blast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> David concludes his Psalm saying <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d3\u05bc\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05bc\u05e0\u05b0\u05d7\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b7\u05d7 \u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05df \u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d9: \u05d9\u05d1 \u05d0\u05b7\u05dc-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b6\u05e4\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1 \u05e6\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05d9 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e7\u05b8\u05de\u05d5\u05bc-\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b5\u05d3\u05b5\u05d9-\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e7\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d5\u05b4\u05d9\u05e4\u05b5\u05d7\u05b7 \u05d7\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05e1: \u05d9\u05d2 \u05dc\u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b5\u05d0 \u05d4\u05b6\u05d0\u05b1\u05de\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d8\u05d5\u05bc\u05d1-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05d7\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd: \u05d9\u05d3 \u05e7\u05b7\u05d5\u05bc\u05b5\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d7\u05b2\u05d6\u05b7\u05e7 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05de\u05b5\u05e5 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e7\u05b7\u05d5\u05bc\u05b5\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">27:11 Teach me Your way, O Lord, And lead me in a level path Because of my foes. 27:12 Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as breathe out violence. 27:13 I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living. 27:14 Wait for the Lord; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The Aramaic Targum states <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d0\u05dc\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05d0\u05d5\u05e8\u05d7\u05ea\u05da \u05d5\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d1\u05d4\u05d9\u05dc\u05db\u05ea\u05d0 \u05ea\u05e8\u05d9\u05e6\u05d0 \u05de\u05d8\u05d5\u05dc \u05ea\u05d5\u05e9\u05d1\u05d7\u05d9 \u05d9\u05d9\u05d9\u05c3 \u05d9\u05d1 \u05dc\u05d0 \u05ea\u05de\u05e1\u05e8\u05d9\u05e0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d1\u05e8\u05e2\u05d5\u05ea \u05de\u05e2\u05d9\u05e7\u05d9 \u05d0\u05e8\u05d5\u05dd \u05e7\u05de\u05d5 \u05e2\u05dc\u05d9 \u05e1\u05d4\u05d3\u05d9 \u05e9\u05d9\u05e7\u05e8\u05d0 \u05d5\u05de\u05de\u05dc\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d7\u05d8\u05d5\u05e4\u05d0\u05c3 \u05d9\u05d2 \u05d0\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d3\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d9\u05de\u05e0\u05d9\u05ea \u05dc\u05de\u05d7\u05de\u05d9 \u05d1\u05d8\u05d5\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d0\u05e8\u05e2\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d7\u05d9\u05d9 \u05e2\u05dc\u05de\u05d0\u05c3 \u05d9\u05d3 \u05e1\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05e2\u05dc \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05ea\u05e7\u05d5\u05e3 \u05ea\u05e7\u05d9\u05e3 \u05d5\u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05d1\u05da \u05d5\u05e1\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05e2\u05dc \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4\u05c3<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> 7:11 Teach me, O Lord, your ways, and lead me by a straight path because of my psalm. 27:12 Do not hand me over to the will of my oppressors, for the false witnesses have risen against me, and those who speak rapacity. 27:13 Had I not believed I would look on the goodness of the Lord in the land of eternal life! 27:14 Hope in the Lord; strengthen and fortify your heart; and hope in the Lord. (EMC) <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">The Septuagint (Greek) translation also states 27:11 \u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03bf\u03b8\u03ad\u03c4\u03b7\u03c3\u03cc\u03bd \u03bc\u03b5 \u03ba\u03cd\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5 \u03c4\u1fc7 \u1f41\u03b4\u1ff7 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f41\u03b4\u03ae\u03b3\u03b7\u03c3\u03cc\u03bd \u03bc\u03b5 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03b2\u1ff3 \u03b5\u1f50\u03b8\u03b5\u03af\u1fb3 \u1f15\u03bd\u03b5\u03ba\u03b1 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f10\u03c7\u03b8\u03c1\u1ff6\u03bd \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 27:12 \u03bc\u1f74 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03b4\u1ff7\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u1f70\u03c2 \u03b8\u03bb\u03b9\u03b2\u03cc\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03bc\u03b5 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f10\u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03ad\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03c3\u03ac\u03bd \u03bc\u03bf\u03b9 \u03bc\u03ac\u03c1\u03c4\u03c5\u03c1\u03b5\u03c2 \u1f04\u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c8\u03b5\u03cd\u03c3\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf \u1f21 \u1f00\u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u03af\u03b1 \u1f11\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u1fc7 27:13 \u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03cd\u03c9 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f30\u03b4\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bd \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03b8\u1f70 \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u03af\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f10\u03bd \u03b3\u1fc7 \u03b6\u03ce\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd 27:14 \u1f51\u03c0\u03cc\u03bc\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03ba\u03cd\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u1f00\u03bd\u03b4\u03c1\u03af\u03b6\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03ba\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9\u03bf\u03cd\u03c3\u03b8\u03c9 \u1f21 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b4\u03af\u03b1 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f51\u03c0\u03cc\u03bc\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03ba\u03cd\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">27:11 Teach me, O Lord, in thy way, and guide me in a right path, because of mine enemies. 27:12 Deliver me not over to the desire of them that afflict me; for unjust witnesses have risen up against me, and injustice has lied within herself. 27:13 I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. 27:14 Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and let thy heart be strengthened: yea wait on the Lord. (LXX)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The translations are in agreement, David is asking the Lord to teach him His ways and to guide him in the path of righteousness because of his enemies. Why does David ask God to teach him His ways and to guide him because of his enemies? Does David say this because when living in unrighteousness the Lord will deliver His children over to their enemies for the purpose of drawing them back to repentance and seeking the face of God? Does the Lord work the same way today, if we were to live in unrighteousness, would the Lord deliver us into the hands of our enemies?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> In the Apostolic Writings, Yeshua acknowledged that He is the light saying \u1f18\u03b3\u1f7d \u03b5\u1f30\u03bc\u03b9 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c6\u1ff6\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03ba\u1f79\u03c3\u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cI am the light of the world\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">John 8:12<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">. He also said \u03b5\u1f36\u03c0\u03b5\u03bd \u03bf\u1f56\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u1f41 \u1f38\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c2, \u1f1c\u03c4\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b9\u03ba\u03c1\u1f78\u03bd \u03c7\u03c1\u1f79\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c6\u1ff6\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd \u1f51\u03bc\u1fd6\u03bd \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd. \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c4\u03b5 \u1f61\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c6\u1ff6\u03c2 \u1f14\u03c7\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5, \u1f35\u03bd\u03b1 \u03bc\u1f74 \u03c3\u03ba\u03bf\u03c4\u1f77\u03b1 \u1f51\u03bc\u1fb6\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03bb\u1f71\u03b2\u1fc3: \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f41 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc7 \u03c3\u03ba\u03bf\u03c4\u1f77\u1fb3 \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u03bf\u1f36\u03b4\u03b5\u03bd \u03c0\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f51\u03c0\u1f71\u03b3\u03b5\u03b9. \u1f61\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c6\u1ff6\u03c2 \u1f14\u03c7\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5, \u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u1f7b\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c6\u1ff6\u03c2, \u1f35\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c5\u1f31\u03bf\u1f76 \u03c6\u03c9\u03c4\u1f78\u03c2 \u03b3\u1f73\u03bd\u03b7\u03c3\u03b8\u03b5. \u03a4\u03b1\u1fe6\u03c4\u03b1 \u1f10\u03bb\u1f71\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd \u1f38\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c2, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03c0\u03b5\u03bb\u03b8\u1f7c\u03bd \u1f10\u03ba\u03c1\u1f7b\u03b2\u03b7 \u1f00\u03c0\u2019 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cA little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you, he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">John 12:35-36<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). As the light of the world, Yeshua brought the truth of God into the world in the very way that David is asking (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 27:11<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) revealing to us the meaning of the Torah. Yeshua has made atonement for us and provides us for the continual presence of God in our lives by the Holy Spirit, he washes us clean and makes us righteous before our Father in heaven. The light of this world is God\u2019s Messiah Yeshua, His light points us in the forward direction and leads us in the straight and narrow path that God wants for us to travel upon by the power of the Spirit. This was the purpose and design of the Messiah\u2019s work, in order for scripture to be fulfilled in our lives, in order for us to obtain salvation and atonement before God, we must place our faith in Yeshua with the understanding of the eating and drinking of His flesh (\u03c3\u03ac\u03c1\u03ba\u03b1) and blood (\u03b1\u1f35\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2) Hebraically, the Lord is incorporating the work that He has done into our lives, the atonement that He has brought for us in Yeshua the Messiah. All of Scripture leads us to understand that we are to be a light unto the world for the Glory of God. Is this why David said <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d3\u05bc\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05bc\u05e0\u05b0\u05d7\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b7\u05d7 \u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05df \u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d9:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">27:11 Teach me Your way, O Lord, And lead me in a level path Because of my foes. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, in order to be a light to the world? Yeshua\u2019s words are the words of our Father in Heaven (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">John 7:16<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Yeshua declared that He came down from heaven to do the will of the Father (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">John 6:38<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). In addition to this, Yeshua said in<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> John 8:28 <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">\u03b5\u1f36\u03c0\u03b5\u03bd \u03bf\u1f56\u03bd [\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2] \u1f41 \u1f38\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c2, \u039f\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u1f51\u03c8\u1f7d\u03c3\u03b7\u03c4\u03b5 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03c5\u1f31\u1f78\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u1f7d\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5, \u03c4\u1f79\u03c4\u03b5 \u03b3\u03bd\u1f7d\u03c3\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b5 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f10\u03b3\u1f7d \u03b5\u1f30\u03bc\u03b9, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03c0\u2019 \u1f10\u03bc\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u1ff6 \u03bf\u1f50\u03b4\u1f73\u03bd, \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u1f7c\u03c2 \u1f10\u03b4\u1f77\u03b4\u03b1\u03be\u1f73\u03bd \u03bc\u03b5 \u1f41 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u1f74\u03c1 \u03c4\u03b1\u1fe6\u03c4\u03b1 \u03bb\u03b1\u03bb\u1ff6. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cI do nothing of myself but as My Father taught me, I speak these things.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Yeshua says \u1f10\u03b4\u1f77\u03b4\u03b1\u03be\u1f73\u03bd \u03bc\u03b5 \u1f41 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u1f74\u03c1 \u03c4\u03b1\u1fe6\u03c4\u03b1 \u03bb\u03b1\u03bb\u1ff6 that He is here <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cto teach what the Father speaks.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The light that is spoken of was not meant simply for to give light us alone we are to go out into the world to shine forth the light of God\u2019s mercy and salvation. Yeshua not only guides the way, but He teaches what the Father speaks (\u1f10\u03b4\u1f77\u03b4\u03b1\u03be\u1f73\u03bd \u03bc\u03b5 \u1f41 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u1f74\u03c1 \u03c4\u03b1\u1fe6\u03c4\u03b1 \u03bb\u03b1\u03bb\u1ff6) and incorporates the will of God into our lives by our faith in his broken body (\u03c3\u03ac\u03c1\u03ba\u03b1) and shed blood (\u03b1\u1f35\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2). <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker021\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Menorah symbolizes the unique relationship between God and His people. It is illustrative of God\u2019s divine light and is symbolic of the Ecclesia (\u1f10\u03ba\u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u1f77\u03b1) and Yeshua in the Torah of God. The Menorah expresses the fullness of the light that is found in Yeshua (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">John 1:1-14<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Being in the Messiah (Christ, \u03a7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u1f78\u03c2) as members of His body (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">2 Corinthians 12:12-27<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) we also show forth His light that is in us according to <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Matthew 5<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">. God\u2019s command to the people <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05e6\u05b7\u05d5\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 | \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05d7\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05de\u05b6\u05df \u05d6\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05ea \u05d6\u05b8\u05da\u05b0 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea \u05dc\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05b9\u05ea \u05e0\u05b5\u05e8 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">(Shemot \/ Exodus 27:20) <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">to bring oil for the lamp to burn illustrates our commitment to uphold the Light of God in Yeshua to the nations just like David is asking the Lord to guide and to teach him in His ways because of our enemies; to shine forth the light that has been given to us by faith in Yeshua the Messiah. In addition to this, the Menorah was made from one piece of pure gold. The source of our strength, spiritual power, and the light of truth today is Yeshua Himself. The oil of God\u2019s Spirit must flow from Him and into us, which is the Holy Spirit. In Revelation the Scriptures suggest the Sheva Menorot (seven lampstands) are symbolic of the Ecclesia (\u1f10\u03ba\u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u1f77\u03b1), and so as the branches of the Menorah, we too must undergo trials, tests, sufferings, and beatings in this life, just as the branches were beaten and drawn from the central trunk of pure gold as described in the book of <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">. This is the way God molds and forms us to be conformed unto the likeness of His son for His glory. The apostle Paul wrote in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Acts 14:22 <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">\u1f10\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u1f77\u03b6\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f70\u03c2 \u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u1f70\u03c2 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03bc\u03b1\u03b8\u03b7\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd, \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bc\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc7 \u03c0\u1f77\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03b9, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u03b4\u03b9\u1f70 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u1ff6\u03bd \u03b8\u03bb\u1f77\u03c8\u03b5\u03c9\u03bd \u03b4\u03b5\u1fd6 \u1f21\u03bc\u1fb6\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c3\u03b5\u03bb\u03b8\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bd \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03bb\u03b5\u1f77\u03b1\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cWe must through much tribulation enter the kingdom of God,\u201d <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">and David wrote in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 34:19<\/span> <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05db \u05e8\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05e8\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05e6\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e7 \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b4\u05db\u05bc\u05bb\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u05dd \u05d9\u05b7\u05e6\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cMany are the afflictions of the righteous; but the LORD delivereth him out of them all\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> and in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 119:67<\/span> <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e2\u05d6 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d1\u05b9\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e8\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05d7\u05b0\u05d9\u05b6\u05d4 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05ea\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05ea\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05bb\u05e2\u05b8\u05d9:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cBefore I was afflicted, I went astray, but now I keep your Word\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> indicating that being afflicted is indeed the way God brings us back to keep His Word. With what we know about the meaning of the light and the Menorah, is it surprising what Yeshua said in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Matthew 12:35<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> \u1f41 \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03b8\u1f78\u03c2 \u1f04\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03b8\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03c5\u03c1\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f10\u03ba\u03b2\u1f71\u03bb\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9 \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03b8\u1f71, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f41 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bd\u03b7\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u1f04\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bd\u03b7\u03c1\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03c5\u03c1\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f10\u03ba\u03b2\u1f71\u03bb\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bd\u03b7\u03c1\u1f71. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> 12:36 \u03bb\u1f73\u03b3\u03c9 \u03b4\u1f72 \u1f51\u03bc\u1fd6\u03bd \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u03c0\u1fb6\u03bd \u1fe5\u1fc6\u03bc\u03b1 \u1f00\u03c1\u03b3\u1f78\u03bd \u1f43 \u03bb\u03b1\u03bb\u1f75\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03bf\u1f31 \u1f04\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9 \u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03b4\u1f7d\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u1f76 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03bb\u1f79\u03b3\u03bf\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd \u1f21\u03bc\u1f73\u03c1\u1fb3 \u03ba\u03c1\u1f77\u03c3\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2: <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. (KJV)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The apostle Peter also wrote it this way, in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">1 Peter 2:20<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> \u03c0\u03bf\u1fd6\u03bf\u03bd \u03b3\u1f70\u03c1 \u03ba\u03bb\u1f73\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f30 \u1f01\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u1f71\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03ba\u03bf\u03bb\u03b1\u03c6\u03b9\u03b6\u1f79\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9 \u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c4\u03b5; \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u2019 \u03b5\u1f30 \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03b8\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u1f71\u03c3\u03c7\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c4\u03b5, \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf \u03c7\u1f71\u03c1\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u1f70 \u03b8\u03b5\u1ff7. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God.<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> 2:21 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf \u03b3\u1f70\u03c1 \u1f10\u03ba\u03bb\u1f75\u03b8\u03b7\u03c4\u03b5, \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03a7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u1f78\u03c2 \u1f14\u03c0\u03b1\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd \u1f51\u03c0\u1f72\u03c1 \u1f51\u03bc\u1ff6\u03bd, \u1f51\u03bc\u1fd6\u03bd \u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03b9\u03bc\u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd \u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03bc\u1f78\u03bd \u1f35\u03bd\u03b1 \u1f10\u03c0\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5\u03b8\u1f75\u03c3\u03b7\u03c4\u03b5 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u1f34\u03c7\u03bd\u03b5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6: <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> illustrating that we are to shine forth the light of Christ in our lives to the world and to expect suffering if we follow in Christ\u2019s footsteps. This may be the reason David said what he did with regard to asking the Lord to teach him His ways and the right \/ correct path because of his enemies and then goes on to request not to be delivered to his enemies. This is the meaning of <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201ccounting the cost\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> of following Christ. The beginning of these things occur when we incorporate into our lives the finished work of Yeshua the Messiah and receive salvation before God. What a wonderful design God has created in the illustration of the <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201clight\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> and in the establishment of the atoning sacrifice. Ask yourself these questions (i) <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cHave I truly believed in Yeshua incorporating the Work He accomplished into my life?\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (ii) <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cHas my life been typified by this description we find in the Scriptures?\u201d (iii) \u201cHave I asked the Lord to teach me His ways?\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (iv) <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cDoes my life shine forth the light Yeshua has given me, and am I standing on a mountain-top as described in Matthew 5?\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> If the answers to these questions are anything less than YES 100% then it is time to re-evaluate or renew your faith and get back onto the narrow path God has established for our lives. Let\u2019s pray! <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"CharOverride-21\">Rabbinic Commentary<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"CharOverride-22\"> The Rabbinic Commentary (Midrash) on <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-23\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 2<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-24\">7<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-22\"> has <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-25\">7<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-22\"> parts. Reading through th<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-25\">e<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-22\"> Midrash we will be looking at Parts <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-25\">1, 2, 4, and 6<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-22\">. Let\u2019s begin by outlining <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-23\">Midrash Tehillim Chapter 2<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-24\">7<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-23\">, Parts <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-24\">1<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-23\">, 2, 4, and <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-24\">6<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-23\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-1\"><span class=\"CharOverride-26\">Outline of Midrash Tehillim Chapter 27, Parts 1, 2, 4, and 6<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"CharOverride-21\">Part <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-27\">1<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-11\">The Midrash introduces the Psalm with the <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span> (Dibur Hamathil) saying <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cThe Lord is my light and my salvation; whom will I fear? (Tehillim \/ Psalms 27:1).\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-11\">The <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta) <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cthe homiletic introduction\u201d<\/span> to the Midrash says <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-5\">These words are to be considered in the light of the verse And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his holy One for a flame (Isaiah 10:17).<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-11\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-9\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal) <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cthe parable,\u201d<\/span> goes on to explain the <span class=\"CharOverride-9\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta), the rabbis discuss the light and darkness making a contrast with the righteous and the wicked, the wisdom of the righteous and the stumbling nature of the wicked.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-11\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-9\">\u05e0\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (Nimshal) <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cexpansion on the parable\u201d <\/span>expands upon the <span class=\"CharOverride-9\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal) goes on to expand upon how one is to understand the differences between the light and darkness with respect to the righteous and the wicked.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-11\">The Concluding phrase says <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cAnd so David said, I will sing a Psalm concerning God\u2019s light, as is said A Psalm of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"CharOverride-21\">Part <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-27\">2<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-11\">The Midrash introduces the Psalm with the <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span> (Dibur Hamathil) saying <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cAnother comment on The Lord is my light and my salvation.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-11\">The <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta) <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cthe homiletic introduction\u201d<\/span> to the Midrash says <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-5\">These words are to be considered in the light of the verse Your words are to be considered in the light of the verse Your word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path (Tehillim \/ Psalms 119:105).<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-11\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-9\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal) <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cthe parable,\u201d<\/span> goes on to explain the <span class=\"CharOverride-9\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta), the rabbis discuss further the light and darkness making a contrast with the righteous and the wicked.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-11\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-9\">\u05e0\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (Nimshal) <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cexpansion on the parable\u201d <\/span>expands upon the <span class=\"CharOverride-9\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal) goes on to expand upon how one is to understand the differences between the light and darkness using examples from David\u2019s life and the Psalms.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-11\">The Concluding phrase says <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cAnd what brought about David\u2019s deliverance? It was the word of the Holy One blessed be He, which David fulfilled and which gave him light. Hence David said, Your word is a lamp unto my feet.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"CharOverride-21\">Part <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-27\">4<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-11\">The Midrash introduces the Psalm with the <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span> (Dibur Hamathil) saying <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cThe Rabbis interpreted the entire Psalm as referring to the New years day and to the Day of Atonement.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-11\">The <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta) <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cthe homiletic introduction\u201d<\/span> to the Midrash says <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-5\">The Lord is my light on New Year\u2019s Day; since this is the day of judgment, it is said He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your judgment as the noon day (Tehillim \/ Psalms 37:6).<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-11\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-9\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal) <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cthe parable,\u201d<\/span> goes on to explain the <span class=\"CharOverride-9\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta), the rabbis discuss how this psalm is interpreted to refer to Yom Kippur.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-11\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-9\">\u05e0\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (Nimshal) <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cexpansion on the parable\u201d <\/span>expands upon the <span class=\"CharOverride-9\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal) goes on to expand upon the idea that this psalm refers to Yom Kippur describing how God saves Israel when the wicked come upon them.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-11\">The Concluding phrase says <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cRabbi Levi said, The word \u201cthis\u201d refers to the body of ordinances concerning the Day of Atonement which You did inscribe for me in Your Torah, beginning with the verse, With this will Aaron come into the holy place (Vayikra \/ Leviticus 16:3).\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"CharOverride-21\">Part <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-27\">6<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-11\">The Midrash introduces the Psalm with the <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span> (Dibur Hamathil) saying <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cThe verse, For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His pavilion (Tehillim \/ Psalms 27:5) alludes to the day of the trouble with Batsheva.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-11\">The <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta) <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cthe homiletic introduction\u201d<\/span> to the Midrash says <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-5\">And now will my head be lifted up above my enemies round about me; and I will offer in His Tabernacle sacrifices with trumpet sound (Tehillim \/ Psalms 27:6).<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-11\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-9\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal) <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cthe parable,\u201d<\/span> goes on to explain the <span class=\"CharOverride-9\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta), the rabbis discuss way the Lord hides David in his tabernacle.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-11\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-9\">\u05e0\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (Nimshal) <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cexpansion on the parable\u201d <\/span>expands upon the <span class=\"CharOverride-9\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal) goes on to expand upon how the Lord hides David in his tabernacle by making references to the offering of burnt offerings upon the mountains and high places.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-11\">The Concluding phrase says <span class=\"CharOverride-5\">\u201cRabbi Abba son of Kahana commented, three sins were committed in Samuel\u2019s burnt offering, (i) it is written He will not flay the burnt offering (Vayikra \/ Leviticus 1:6), but Samuel\u2019s lamb was offered unflayed; (ii) it was too young to be brought for a burnt offering, for Scripture says, It will be seven days under the dam; but for the eighth day and onward it may be accepted for an offering (Vayikra \/ Leviticus 22:27), and Samuel\u2019s offering was not eight days old; (iii) Samuel was a Levite and not a priest.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Midrash Tehillim 27, Part 1 opens with the Dibur Hamathil (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) saying <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cThe Lord is my light and my salvation; whom will I fear? (Tehillim \/ Psalms 27:1).\u201d<\/span> <span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (Petihta) to the Midrash states <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cThese words are to be considered in the light of the verse And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his holy One for a flame (Isaiah 10:17).\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> How are we to understand the light of Israel will be a fire and his holy one a flame? The context of <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Isaiah 10<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> begins saying <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d1 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05d8\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05de\u05b4\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05d3\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b4\u05d2\u05b0\u05d6\u05b9\u05dc \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b7\u05d8 \u05e2\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d0\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05e0\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d9\u05b0\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d9\u05b8\u05d1\u05b9\u05d6\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc: \u05d2 \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b7\u05d4-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05b9\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e7\u05bb\u05d3\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b6\u05e8\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05e7 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d0 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05de\u05b4\u05d9 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc\u05e1\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b6\u05d6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05ea\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05d6\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b0\u05db\u05b6\u05dd:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">10:2 So as to deprive the needy of justice And rob the poor of My people of their rights, So that widows may be their spoil And that they may plunder the orphans. 10:3 Now what will you do in the day of punishment, And in the devastation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your wealth? (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Reading further in <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-5\">Isaiah 10<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, Isaiah is speaking of the king of Assyria and his arrogance before God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">Isaiah 10:12-19<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">10:12 So it will be that when the Lord has completed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, \u2018I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the pomp of his haughtiness.\u2019 10:13 For he has said, \u2018By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did this, For I have understanding; And I removed the boundaries of the peoples And plundered their treasures, And like a mighty man I brought down their inhabitants, 10:14 And my hand reached to the riches of the peoples like a nest, And as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth; And there was not one that flapped its wing or opened its beak or chirped.\u2019 10:15 Is the axe to boast itself over the one who chops with it? Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it? That would be like a club wielding those who lift it, Or like a rod lifting him who is not wood. 10:16 Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, will send a wasting disease among his stout warriors; And under his glory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame. 10:17 And the light of Israel will become a fire and his Holy One a flame, And it will burn and devour his thorns and his briars in a single day. 10:18 And He will destroy the glory of his forest and of his fruitful garden, both soul and body, And it will be as when a sick man wastes away. 10:19 And the rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in number That a child could write them down. 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\u05d5\u05b0\u05db\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05dc\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05de\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05b6\u05e4\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05d3-\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e9\u05b8\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05db\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b8\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05e1\u05b9\u05e1 \u05e0\u05b9\u05e1\u05b5\u05e1: \u05d9\u05d8 \u05d5\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8 \u05e2\u05b5\u05e5 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05b9 \u05de\u05b4\u05e1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b4\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05bc \u05d5\u05b0\u05e0\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b4\u05db\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b5\u05dd:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">The light and the salvation of God is placed in parallel with what the Lord is going to do to the king of Assyria. The Scriptures say <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">10:15 Is the axe to boast itself over the one who chops with it? Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it? That would be like a club wielding those who lift it, Or like a rod lifting him who is not wood. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> which is very similar to what the Apostle Paul wrote in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Romans 9:20 On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, \u2018Why did you make me like this,\u2019 will it? 9:21 Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use? (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> We are vessels that are used of God, it is not the other way around. The Scriptures tell us that we need to recognize all peoples on this earth are vessels of some kind. We are either a vessel that brings honor to the Lord, or we are a vessel that dishonors His name. Which kind of vessel do you want to be? Paul teaches us what the Lord expects from His children in his instructions to Timothy (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">2 Timothy 2:19-21<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), we are to apply his word, his instruction to our lives to help us become vessels that can be for His use. In the midrash, the rabbis say <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">In the world\u2019s use, when a man carries about the light of a lamp inside his house, can he say, Such and such a man who is my friend is free to use the light of the lamp, but such and such a man who is my foe is not free to use the light of the lamp? But the Holy One blessed be He, can limit the use of His light. Since He created the light, in the age to come the wicked will not be able to see by His light, as is said The light of the righteous rejoices; but the lamp of the wicked will be put out (Mishley \/ Proverbs 13:9). 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An enemy on the other hand would not be in the house and would not be able to use the light of the lamp freely. The rabbis go on to say that in the Olam Haba the Lord God will create the light and that the wicked will not be able to see by His light. It is interesting to note these parallels in the Apostolic Writings:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><a id=\"_idIndexMarker022\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">Revelation 21:22-24<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">21:22 I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 21:23 And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb. 21:24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><a id=\"_idIndexMarker023\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">Revelation 16:9-11<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">16:9 Men were scorched with fierce heat; and they blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues, and they did not repent so as to give Him glory. 16:10 Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain, 16:11 and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores; and they did not repent of their deeds. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><a id=\"_idIndexMarker024\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">Matthew 8:7-12<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">8:7 Jesus said to him, \u2018I will come and heal him.\u2019 8:8 But the centurion said, \u2018Lord, I am not worthy for You to come under my roof, but just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 8:9 \u2018For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, \u2018Go!\u2019 and he goes, and to another, \u2018Come!\u2019 and he comes, and to my slave, \u2018Do this!\u2019 and he does it \u2018 8:10 Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those who were following, \u2018Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith with anyone in Israel. 8:11 \u2018I say to you that many will come from east and west, and recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven; 8:12 but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.\u2019 (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-12\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-7\">Parable of the Talents <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><a id=\"_idIndexMarker025\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">Matthew 25:28-31<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">25:28 \u2018Therefore take away the talent from him, and give it to the one who has the ten talents.\u2019 25:29 \u2018For to everyone who has, more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away. 25:30 \u2018Throw out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 25:31 \u2018But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">What is interesting, in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Revelation 21:22-24<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, the Apostle John writes in the new heaven and earth there will be no temple for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. In addition to this, the city has no need of the sun or the moon to shine on it for the glory of God illuminates the city, the lamp of that city is the Lamb of God. He then says the nations will walk by its light and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. There is a parallel here with respect to <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Midrash Tehillim 27 Part 1<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, John speaks of the light of God that is available to those who are the Lord\u2019s. The rabbis give a parable of a man who carries a lamp inside of his house and he who is a friend is free to use the light whereas the enemy is not free to use the light. The rabbis use the proverb of King Solomon (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Mishley \/ Proverbs 13:9<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) to prove the parable that the lamp of the wicked will be put out. The Apostle John says in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Revelation 16:10<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-15\">10<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">\u039a\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f41 \u03c0\u1f73\u03bc\u03c0\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f10\u03be\u1f73\u03c7\u03b5\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c6\u03b9\u1f71\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03b8\u03c1\u1f79\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03b7\u03c1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5: \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03b3\u1f73\u03bd\u03b5\u03c4\u03bf \u1f21 \u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03bb\u03b5\u1f77\u03b1 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f10\u03c3\u03ba\u03bf\u03c4\u03c9\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03b7, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03bc\u03b1\u03c3\u1ff6\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf \u03c4\u1f70\u03c2 \u03b3\u03bb\u1f7d\u03c3\u03c3\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c0\u1f79\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5 <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">16:10 Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain, (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> when the angel poured out the fifth bowl the throne and the kingdom of the beast became dark. In addition to this, Yeshua the Messiah spoke of the sons of the kingdom as a reference to the children of Israel being cast into outer darkness because they did not have faith. In the parable of the Talents, Yeshua also said that the one who did not use the money that was given him was a worthless slave and is thrown into outer darkness, all of which is consistent with the rabbinic teaching on the light of God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">God replied, When the time of redemption comes and Jerusalem is rebuilt, I will make the light come, saying to Israel, Arise, shine, for the light is come (Isaiah 60:1). But as for the heathen nations of the earth, for them the light will be made into darkness, as is said, And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his sit and his samir in one day (Isaiah 10:17). Who are referred to in the phrase \u201chis sit\u201d and \u201chis samir?\u201d Those officials of the nations who maintained themselves in luxury. David said to God, show us light from that light, as is said The Lord is God, and let Him show us light (Tehillim \/ Psalms 118:27). God replied, As you live, I will make the light come to Israel and make a darkness come to the heathen nations of the earth, as Scripture says, Arise, shine, for your light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. For behold the darkness will cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you, and His glory will be seen upon you (Isaiah 60:1-2). (Midrash Tehillim 27, Part 1)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-13\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d5 \u05dc\u05db\u05e9\u05d9\u05d2\u05d9\u05e2 \u05d4\u05e7\u05e5 \u05d5\u05ea\u05d1\u05e0\u05d4 \u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05d1\u05d9\u05d0\u05d5, \u05e9\u05e0\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05e7\u05d5\u05de\u05d9 \u05d0\u05d5\u05e8\u05d9 \u05db\u05d9 \u05d1\u05d0 \u05d0\u05d5\u05e8\u05da (\u05d9\u05e9\u05e2\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e1 \u05d0), \u05d0\u05d1\u05dc \u05dc\u05d0\u05d5\u05de\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd \u05d4\u05d0\u05d5\u05e8 \u05e0\u05e2\u05e9\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d4\u05dd \u05dc\u05d7\u05d5\u05e9\u05da, \u05e9\u05e0\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d5\u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d0\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05dc\u05d0\u05e9 \u05d5\u05e7\u05d3\u05d5\u05e9\u05d5 \u05dc\u05dc\u05d4\u05d1\u05d4 [\u05d5\u05d1\u05e2\u05e8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d0\u05db\u05dc\u05d4 \u05e9\u05d9\u05ea\u05d5 \u05d5\u05e9\u05de\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5] (\u05e9\u05dd \u05d9\u05e9\u05e2\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5 \u05d9 \u05d9\u05d6), \u05de\u05d4\u05d5 \u05e9\u05d9\u05ea\u05d5 \u05d5\u05e9\u05de\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d5 \u05d4\u05de\u05e4\u05d5\u05e0\u05e7\u05d9\u05df \u05e9\u05d1\u05d4\u05df, \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d5 \u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d4\u05d0\u05e8 \u05dc\u05e0\u05d5 \u05de\u05d0\u05d5\u05ea\u05d5 \u05d4\u05d0\u05d5\u05e8, \u05e9\u05e0\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d0\u05dc \u05d4\u05f3 \u05d5\u05d9\u05d0\u05e8 \u05dc\u05e0\u05d5 (\u05ea\u05d4\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e7\u05d9\u05d7 \u05db\u05d6), \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d5 \u05d7\u05d9\u05d9\u05da \u05e9\u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05d1\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d0\u05d5\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05d5\u05d7\u05e9\u05da \u05dc\u05d0\u05d5\u05de\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd, \u05e9\u05e0\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05db\u05d9 \u05d4\u05e0\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d7\u05e9\u05da \u05d9\u05db\u05e1\u05d4 \u05d0\u05e8\u05e5 \u05d5\u05e2\u05e8\u05e4\u05dc \u05dc\u05d0\u05d5\u05de\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05da \u05d9\u05d6\u05e8\u05d7 \u05d4\u05f3 (\u05d9\u05e9\u05e2\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e1 \u05d1)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Thinking on the Scriptures, in some places the Scriptures say that the wicked will be cast into the lake of fire (i.e. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Mark 9:44-48, Revelation 21:8<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) and Yeshua says that the fire is not quenched and there is weeping and gnashing of teeth, whereas in other places in Scripture (shown above) the wicked are cast into outer darkness where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth. These appear to be the same place however a different description is given for the place the wicked are placed for eternity. Skeptics may suggest that the Bible is inconsistent or contradictory with regard to these descriptions of Hell. Is there darkness or is there fire? Scientifically speaking, can you think of any place or way in which both fire and darkness might coexist? There is in fact one place where both a flame (which might be described as the light of the wicked) and darkness do coexist. In astrophysics, science has proven the existence of black holes, if we think on this for a moment, the gravitational pull of a black hole is so great that light itself is incapable of escaping, and this would in fact be a scientific explanation for the case where both the flame (light of the wicked) and darkness are able to coexist. Therefore, the description of Hell containing both <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201couter darkness\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> and <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cwhere the fire is not quenched\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> is a description of a place that is fully within the realm of possibility Scientifically speaking. In <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Midrash Tehillim 27 Part 1,<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> the rabbis say <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">God replied, As you live, I will make the light come to Israel and make a darkness come to the heathen nations of the earth, as Scripture says, Arise, shine, for your light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. For behold the darkness will cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you, and His glory will be seen upon you (Isaiah 60:1-2).<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The light is paralleled with the glory of God and this is consistent with John\u2019s account in the book of Revelation in verses <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">21:22-24<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Midrash Tehillim 27, Part 1<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> concludes saying <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cWhat does one find Scripture saying of the time when the Egyptians were pursuing the children of Israel? And the pillar of cloud came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel, and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light (Shemot \/ Exodus 14:20). But if the pillar of cloud was there, how could darkness be there? Or if darkness was there, how could the pillar of could be there? Rabbi Hoshaia explained that the pillar of cloud had two faces, a face of light for the children of Israel and a face of darkness for the Egyptians. And so David said, I will sing a Psalm concerning God\u2019s light, as is said A Psalm of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation.\u201d <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">The rabbis discuss the difficulty of understanding how the pillar of light and the cloud of darkness could coexist at the same time before the Red Sea standing between Israel and the Egyptian army. It appears that this may be a source text from the Torah regarding how the Lord gives light to His people, the righteous, and the wicked remain in darkness. At this time, the Lord literally made a division between the light and darkness at the location of the Red Sea and separating the righteous from the unrighteous. The rabbis say that this is explained by the pillar having two faces (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e9\u05e0\u05d9 \u05e4\u05e8\u05e6\u05d5\u05e4\u05d9\u05df \u05d4\u05d9\u05d5, \u05e4\u05e8\u05e6\u05d5\u05e3 \u05e9\u05dc \u05d0\u05d5\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc, \u05d5\u05e4\u05e8\u05e6\u05d5\u05e3 \u05e9\u05dc \u05d7\u05e9\u05da \u05dc\u05de\u05e6\u05e8\u05d9\u05d9\u05dd<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) the word that is used here is <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e4\u05e8\u05e6\u05d5\u05e3<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> meaning <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cface or visage\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> the reference is to the countenance of God, the Lord literally appeared as a light to Israel and as darkness to Egypt. The text from <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 14:19-20<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> states <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d9\u05d8 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05e1\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2 \u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05da\u05b0 \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05b7\u05d4\u05b9\u05dc\u05b5\u05da\u05b0 \u05dc\u05b4\u05e4\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05de\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05b5\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b5\u05dc\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05e1\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2 \u05e2\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc\u05d3 \u05d4\u05b6\u05e2\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05df \u05de\u05b4\u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05de\u05b9\u05d3 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd: \u05db \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b8\u05d1\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05d9\u05df | \u05de\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05b5\u05d4 \u05de\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b5\u05d9\u05df \u05de\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05b5\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b6\u05e2\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05df \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05d7\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d4\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u05d9\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05e7\u05b8\u05e8\u05b7\u05d1 \u05d6\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05d6\u05b6\u05d4 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d4\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u05d9\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4:<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> saying that the angel of the Lord went before the camp of Israel and stood as a cloud between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel. And the cloud was darkness that appeared as night and they were not able to go from one to the other all night. David saw this and literally proclaims <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cThe Lord is my light and my salvation\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> this is exactly what occurred at the crossing of the Red Sea in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 14:13<\/span> <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d2 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05de\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05b8\u05dd \u05d0\u05b7\u05dc-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d4\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05d9\u05b7\u05e6\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc \u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b7\u05ea \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8-\u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05b9\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b8\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05d4\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b6\u05dd \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05de\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05d4\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05ea\u05b9\u05e1\u05b4\u05e4\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05dd \u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3 \u05e2\u05b7\u05d3-\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd:<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Moshe tells the people to stand fast and see the <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201csalvation of the Lord\u201d <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">(<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b7\u05ea \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Midrash Tehillim 27, Part 2<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> opens with the Dibut Hamathil (<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc) saying <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cAnother comment on The Lord is my light and my salvation.\u201d<\/span> <span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (Petihta) <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthe homiletic introduction\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> to the Midrash states <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cThese words are to be considered in the light of the verse Your word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path (Tehillim \/ Psalms 119:105).\u201d <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The rabbis reference <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 119:105<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> and David\u2019s words of the Word of God being a light for the way we should walk where the Lord is <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cmy light and my salvation.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The rabbis illustrate this in the following way:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">With whom may the wicked be compared? With a man who was walking in the middle of the night in the pitch darkness so that he came to a stone, he stumbled over it and when he came to a pit he fell into it. To such a man apply the words The way of the wicked is in darkness; they do not know over what they stumble (Mishley \/ Proverbs 4:19). And with whom may the righteous be compared? With a man who was walking in the way, but who had a lighted lamp in his hand, so that when he came to a stone, he took heed of it and did not stumble, and when he came to a pit, he took heed of it and did not fall into it. Even so, David said, When I was about to profane the Shabbat, the Torah gave light to me, for it says, Remember the Shabbat day to keep it holy (Shemot \/ Exodus 20:8). When I was about to commit adultery, the Torah gave light to me, for it says, Both the adulterer and the adulteress will surely be put to death (Vayikra \/ Leviticus 20:10). (Midrash Tehillim 27, Part 2)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-5\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05dc\u05de\u05d4 \u05d4\u05e8\u05e9\u05e2\u05d9\u05dd \u05d3\u05d5\u05de\u05d9\u05df, \u05dc\u05de\u05d9 \u05e9\u05de\u05d4\u05dc\u05da \u05d1\u05d0\u05d9\u05e9\u05d5\u05df \u05dc\u05d9\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d0\u05e4\u05d9\u05dc\u05d4, \u05d4\u05d2\u05d9\u05e2 \u05dc\u05d0\u05d1\u05df \u05d5\u05e0\u05db\u05e9\u05dc \u05d1\u05d4, \u05d4\u05d2\u05d9\u05e2 \u05dc\u05d2\u05d5\u05de\u05e5 \u05d5\u05e0\u05e4\u05dc \u05d1\u05d5, \u05d5\u05db\u05da \u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05d0\u05d5\u05de\u05e8 \u05d3\u05e8\u05da \u05e8\u05e9\u05e2\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05d0\u05e4\u05dc\u05d4 [\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05d3\u05e2\u05d5 \u05d1\u05de\u05d4 \u05d9\u05db\u05e9\u05dc\u05d5] (\u05de\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d3 \u05d9\u05d8), \u05d5\u05dc\u05de\u05d4 \u05d4\u05e6\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7\u05d9\u05dd \u05d3\u05d5\u05de\u05d9\u05df, \u05dc\u05de\u05d9 \u05e9\u05de\u05d4\u05dc\u05da \u05d1\u05d3\u05e8\u05da, \u05d5\u05d1\u05d9\u05d3\u05d5 \u05e0\u05e8 \u05d3\u05dc\u05d5\u05e7, \u05d4\u05d2\u05d9\u05e2 \u05dc\u05d0\u05d1\u05df \u05d5\u05e0\u05e9\u05de\u05e8 \u05de\u05de\u05e0\u05d4 \u05e9\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05db\u05e9\u05dc, \u05d4\u05d2\u05d9\u05e2 \u05dc\u05d2\u05d5\u05de\u05e5 \u05d5\u05e0\u05e9\u05de\u05e8 \u05e2\u05e6\u05de\u05d5 \u05e9\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05e4\u05d5\u05dc \u05dc\u05ea\u05d5\u05db\u05d5, \u05db\u05da \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d1\u05d0\u05ea\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d7\u05dc\u05dc \u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05e9\u05d1\u05ea, \u05d5\u05d4\u05d0\u05d9\u05e8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d9 \u05d4\u05ea\u05d5\u05e8\u05d4, \u05e9\u05e0\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d6\u05db\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d0\u05ea \u05d9\u05d5\u05dd \u05d4\u05e9\u05d1\u05ea (\u05e9\u05de\u05d5\u05ea \u05db \u05d7), \u05d1\u05d0\u05ea\u05d9 \u05dc\u05e0\u05d9\u05d0\u05d5\u05e3, \u05d4\u05ea\u05d5\u05e8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d0\u05d9\u05e8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d9, \u05e9\u05e0\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05de\u05d5\u05ea \u05d9\u05d5\u05de\u05ea \u05d4\u05e0\u05d5\u05d0\u05e3 \u05d5\u05d4\u05e0\u05d5\u05d0\u05e4\u05ea (\u05d5\u05d9\u05e7\u05e8\u05d0 \u05db \u05d9)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">They ask the question of to whom may the wicked be compared? A parallel is drawn to darkness and the one who walks in the middle of the night and stumbles and falls into a pit. A quote from <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Mishley \/ Proverbs 4:19 <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">is given which says <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d9\u05d8 \u05d3\u05bc\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05e8\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0\u05b2\u05e4\u05b5\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b4\u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">4:19 The way of the wicked is like darkness; They do not know over what they stumble. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Note the Hebrew text from Proverbs, it says <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthe path of the wicked is like darkness\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05bc\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05e8\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0\u05b2\u05e4\u05b5\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) and the word used here is <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d0\u05b2\u05e4\u05b5\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> and not the word <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d7\u05e9\u05da<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> meaning to <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cbe darkened\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> or made <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cdark.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The word used here is <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d0\u05b2\u05e4\u05b5\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> meaning <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cdarkness, gloom, dusk, nurk, haziness, gloominess, murkiness, obscurity, benightedness.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The way of the wicked is not made dark, it is dark and gloomy! Those who do not know the Lord God Almighty and His Son Yeshua the Messiah walk in darkness, they do not have the light of God to show the way. Their ways in and of themselves are dark and the Scripture says they do not even realize what their problem is (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">over what they stumble<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). These Scriptures reveal to us that we need to seek the Lord to enlighten our souls to the truth of His Word and His ways. Without the Lord\u2019s help in revealing the nature of our sin by conviction of the Holy Spirit, a person would not turn from their ways toward the Lord. On the other hand, the righteous are those who have a lamp in hand and are able to avoid the stone and the pit which causes one to stumble and fall into. The examples given are when <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">David said, When I was about to profane the Shabbat, the Torah gave light to me, for it says, Remember the Shabbat day to keep it holy (Shemot \/ Exodus 20:8). When I was about to commit adultery, the Torah gave light to me, for it says, Both the adulterer and the adulteress will surely be put to death (Vayikra \/ Leviticus 20:10).<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> David realized that if it was not for God\u2019s Word he would not have known what he should and should not do with regard to being pleasing to the Lord. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The rabbis continue saying <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cAnother comment on Your word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. If lamp, why light? If light, why lamp? But David meant this, When I begin with them, still they give forth light. But as I go deeper into Torah, then many gates of light open to me. Hence David speaks of a lamp which broadens into light. A different comment on Your word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. When did David speak this verse? When he was going into the valley of Pephaim, and yet would not go up into battle against the Philistines until he had inquired of the Urim and Thummim.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> What is interesting here is that they are continuing to discuss the light of God\u2019s Word being a lamp to our path and say <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cBut as I go deeper into Torah.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> What does it mean to <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cgo deeper into Torah?\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> They say by going deeper into Torah gates of light (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Sha\u2019are Orah<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) open to me? Is this a <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker026\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">kabbalistic concept? They continue with another comment on the word as a lamp to the feet and say that David did not go to battle with the Philistines until he had inquired of the Urim and the Thummim. What is the Urim and the Thummim according to the Torah? Something interesting to think about from the Masoretic text from <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker027\"><\/a><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Parashat Vezot Habracha. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><a id=\"_idIndexMarker028\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-14\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 33:7-9<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">33:7 And this regarding Judah; so he said, \u2018Hear, O Lord, the voice of Judah, And bring him to his people. With his hands he contended for them, And may You be a help against his adversaries.\u2019 33:8 Of Levi he said, \u2018Let Your Thummim and Your Urim belong to Your godly man, Whom You proved at Massah, With whom You contended at the waters of Meribah; 33:9 Who said of his father and his mother, \u2018I did not consider them\u2019; And he did not acknowledge his brothers, Nor did he regard his own sons, For they observed Your word, And kept Your covenant. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-5\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text CharOverride-7\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05d3\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05dc\u05d2<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-5\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d6 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d6\u05b9\u05d0\u05ea \u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d3\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b7\u05e8 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e2 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e7\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d3\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05e2\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05e8\u05b8\u05d1 \u05dc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b5\u05d6\u05b6\u05e8 \u05de\u05b4\u05e6\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05b6\u05d4: \u05d7 \u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b0\u05dc\u05b5\u05d5\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05e8 \u05ea\u05bc\u05bb\u05de\u05bc\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d7\u05b2\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05e0\u05b4\u05e1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05d1\u05b5\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05de\u05b5\u05d9 \u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05d1\u05b8\u05d4: \u05d8 \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b9\u05de\u05b5\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d0\u05b6\u05d7\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d4\u05b4\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05d5 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05e2 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05ea\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e0\u05b0\u05e6\u05b9\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Looking at <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 33:8<\/span> <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d7 \u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b0\u05dc\u05b5\u05d5\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05e8 \u05ea\u05bc\u05bb\u05de\u05bc\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d7\u05b2\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05e0\u05b4\u05e1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05d1\u05b5\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05de\u05b5\u05d9 \u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05d1\u05b8\u05d4:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">33:8 Of Levi he said, \u2018Let Your Thummim and Your Urim belong to Your godly man, Whom You proved at Massah, With whom You contended at the waters of Meribah; (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, it is interesting, the English translation states<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> \u201cLet Your Thummim and Your Urim belong to Your godly man\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> and these being tested at Massah and Meribah. Question: <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cwas it the <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker029\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Thummim and <\/span><a id=\"_idIndexMarker030\"><\/a><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Urim that were being tested or was it the godly men?\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Massah is one of the locations which the Torah identifies as having been traveled through by the Israelites, during the Exodus, although the list of visited locations in Sefer Bamidbar (book of Numbers) doesn\u2019t mention it, however, in the Book of Exodus, Massah is mentioned at the same time as Meribah, in a context which suggests that Massah is the same location as Meribah. (see <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 17, Bamidbar \/ Numbers 20 and 27, and Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 32<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). It is interesting to note that in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 32:51<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Moshe explains the significance of this location <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">32:51 because you broke faith with Me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, because you did not treat Me as holy in the midst of the sons of Israel. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The historical context of Massah and Meribah involves the people who complained for not having water and Moshe for not sanctifying (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">breaking faith<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) the name of the Lord in the midst of the sons of Israel. Back to <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 33:8<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, what is it about the Thummim and Urim that were being tested? The English translation leaves a lot of questions. Are <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cThummim\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> and <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cUrim\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> a good translation of the Hebrew text in light of the historical background on Massah and Meribah and the context of the Hebrew sentence (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">33:8<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">)? The first thing to observe is that Thummim and Urim are not the literal translations of the Hebrew words <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05ea\u05bc\u05bb\u05de\u05bc\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05b6\u05d9\u05da<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">. In addition to this, looking back to the first verse in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 26:1<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> we read David saying <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3 | \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e4\u05b0\u05d8\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05ea\u05bb\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05db\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d8\u05b7\u05d7\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d0\u05b6\u05de\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05d3:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">26:1 Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity (innocence), And I have trusted in the Lord without wavering. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Analyzing David\u2019s use of the word <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05ea\u05bc\u05bb\u05de\u05bc\u05b6\u05d9<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthumei\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> the word <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05ea\u05bc\u05bb\u05de\u05bc\u05b6\u05d9<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> means <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cintegrity\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> or <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cinnocence\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> and Hebrew lexicons (BDB) state that the word <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> means <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201clight\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> or <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cflame.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Therefore, when Moshe was speaking of the tribe of Levi (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 33:8<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) was he referring to the <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cinnocence and light\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> that are supposed to belong to godly men, and these were tested at the waters of Massah and Meribah? David\u2019s words from <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 26<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, and Parashat Achari Mot, Moshe said in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 33:13<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201c&#8230;Now if I have found favor in your eyes let me know your ways so that I might find favor in your eyes.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> What are the ways of God but to walk in innocence and truth (His light, Word, etc), the very thing that was tested at the waters of Massah and Meribah? The complaints of the people show they were not walking in innocence and truth. While in the wilderness, the Lord tested Israel and we learn that they were called to walk in innocence and truth. Today we are also called to walk in innocence and truth before the Lord God Almighty. The truth is the Lord sent His Messiah Yeshua to make atonement for our sins. It might be that David, rather than being confident and arrogant, he humbled himself in innocence and truth and consulted the Lord before going to battle with the Philistines. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Midrash Tehillim 27, Part 2<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> concludes saying <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cAnd what brought about David\u2019s deliverance? It was the word of the Holy One blessed be He, which David fulfilled and which gave him light. Hence David said, Your word is a lamp unto my feet.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> This is how the Lord\u2019s deliverance works, we are to seek the Lord and His ways, according to His Word, and the Lord will be my light and my salvation. The credit goes to the Lord!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Midrash Tehillim 27, Part 4 <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">opens with the Dibur Hamathil (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) saying <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cThe Rabbis interpreted the entire Psalm as referring to the New years day and to the Day of Atonement.\u201d<\/span> <span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The say in the Petihta (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) that <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cThe Lord is my light on New Year\u2019s Day; since this is the day of judgment, it is said He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your judgment as the noon day (Tehillim \/ Psalms 37:6).\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Taking a fresh look at the entire Psalm, can this entire psalm be interpreted to refer to Rosh HaShannah and Yom Kippur? Let\u2019s outline <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 27<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-1\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-29\">Outline of Tehillim \/ Psalms 27<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list ParaOverride-10\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">The Lord is my light and my salvation (27:1), looking to the Lord for salvation and redemption.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list ParaOverride-10\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">The Lord delivers us from our enemies (27:2-3, 6, 12).<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list ParaOverride-10\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Seeking to dwell in the house of the Lord (27:4).<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list ParaOverride-10\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Singing praises to the Lord (27:6), offering sacrifices and asking the Lord to be gracious to us (27:7).<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list ParaOverride-10\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Seeking the face of God (27:8-10).<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list ParaOverride-10\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Teach me Your ways Lord (27:11), and be strong and encouraged in the Lord (27:13-14).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Does this Psalm outline the things that makes one think of the Moed Yom Kippur? The Day of Atonement is described in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 16<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, the text describes that Yom Kippur is observed on the 10<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-15\">th <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">day of the month of Tishri which concludes 10 days of repentance that began with Rosh Hashanah. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 16<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> describes the temple service and sacrificial ceremony the High Priest would perform on this day. Yom Kippur is marked by fasting and prayer to seek forgiveness before God and others. In the Torah, Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year and illustrates our need for repentance and forgiveness of sins before a Holy God. Judaism teaches that it was during the month of Elul the sin of the golden calf had occurred in Parashat Ki Tisa (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 32-33<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Following the sin of the golden calf, Moshe went up the Mountain of Sinai to receive the second set of Tablets on Rosh Chodesh Elul. On that day, the children of Israel sounded the shofar to remind themselves to stray no more after idol worship. In addition to this, the sound of the shofar strikes awe into one\u2019s heart and inspires us to return to the ways of God according to the Torah. The phrase <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cDay of Atonement\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> is written in Hebrew as \u201cYom Kippurim\u201d <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">(<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d4\u05b7\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05e4\u05bc\u05bb\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 23:27<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> and literally means <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cDay of the covering or atoning.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> This is the one time a year the High Priest was allowed to enter into the Holy of Holies, to call upon the Name of the Lord, and to offer blood upon the Kaporet (Mercy Seat). It is believed that on the 10<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-15\">th<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> of Tishri Moshe came down from the Mountain of Sinai bearing the second set of tablets following the forgiveness of Israel in their sin of Chet Ha\u2019egel (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">the golden calf<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). At this time the one man Moshe went before God to see if he could make atonement for the people for their sin in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 32:31-33<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, saying <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e9\u05bc\u05c2\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d7\u05b7\u05d8\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0\u05ea\u05b8\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05d0\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05df \u05de\u05b0\u05d7\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e0\u05b8\u05d0 \u05de\u05b4\u05e1\u05bc\u05b4\u05e4\u05b0\u05e8\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea\u05b8\u05d1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc saying \u05d0\u05dd \u05ea\u05d9\u05e9\u05d0<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> \u201cif you will carry, lift, bear, endure, or suffer\u201d<\/span> <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d7\u05b7\u05d8\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0\u05ea\u05b8\u05dd<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201ctheir sin.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Moshe was not certain if he could appease God following the great sin of the children of Israel at the foot of the mountain. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The month Tishri is the first month in the modern Jewish calendar and it corresponds to the seventh month in the biblical calendar. In the Torah, the Lord tells the nation of Israel that this is a day of affliction and self-denial (see <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 16:29-31, 23:27-32<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). In the Scriptures, the Lord provides a summary of instructions for Israel concerning the observance of Yom Kippur (see <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 23:26-32<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> and <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Bamidbar \/ Numbers 29:7-11<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). In ancient Israel, the observance of Yom Kippur centered around the Temple service. During this time, the High Priest woke up early for ritual purification and preparation of his heart for the holiday. After the initial preparation, the priest offered a bull as a sacrifice both for himself and his family (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 16:6<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). He then selected and consecrated two separate male goats. One goat is selected by lot as a sacrifice for God and the other to bear the sin of the people which would later be lead into the desert to die (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 16:7-10<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). The priest would take the blood of the bull which he had sacrificed as a sin offering for himself and his family, and placed it upon the altar before entering into the inner room of the temple to sprinkle the blood upon the Ark of the Covenant (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 16:11-14<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). The High Priest would sacrifice the goat selected by lot to die on behalf of the nation before entering into the Holy of Holies to sprinkle the goat\u2019s blood upon the Mercy Seat (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 16:15<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). The priest would then place some of the blood from the goat that was sacrificed onto the second goat. At this point the High Priest confessed the sins of the nation over the second goat and then the goat was lead into the wilderness to die (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 16:21-22<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). The removal of the goat from the camp symbolized the removal of sins from Israel. The essential lesson from the Temple sacrifice for this Holy Day is that God provided a means for atonement, the only method of atonement for sins is through the offering of a living sacrifice. The most significant aspect of this day is that this is the day one man would enter in before God and make atonement on behalf of an entire nation. Does this sound familiar? In our remembrance we have the freedom to observe this holy day and to celebrate the day in a way that draws attention to God\u2019s Messiah. The followers of Yeshua the Messiah recognize that atonement is available to God\u2019s people through the death and resurrection of Yeshua. The Lord God Almighty provided atonement in and through the sacrifice of His Messiah just like the offering of the living sacrifice that is illustrated in the Temple ritual. Therefore, for believers, Yom Kippur does not represent a time of apprehension and fear or of worrying about one\u2019s position before the Lord God; rather, we can with confidence recognize that our salvation is Yes and Amen in Yeshua. This was the time of the year the sin of the golden calf had occurred and Moshe went before God saying <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e9\u05bc\u05c2\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d7\u05b7\u05d8\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0\u05ea\u05b8\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05d0\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05df \u05de\u05b0\u05d7\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e0\u05b8\u05d0 \u05de\u05b4\u05e1\u05bc\u05b4\u05e4\u05b0\u05e8\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea\u05b8\u05d1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cif you will carry, lift, bear, endure, or suffer their sin,\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> not knowing what the Lord was going to do. Moshe also said <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05d0\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05df<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cand if not\u201d<\/span> <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05de\u05b0\u05d7\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e0\u05b8\u05d0 \u05de\u05b4\u05e1\u05bc\u05b4\u05e4\u05b0\u05e8\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea\u05b8\u05d1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cerase\/destroy me from your book that you have written.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Here Moshe was unsure about forgiveness without an living sacrifice; Moshe suggested that he might take their place. Today we don\u2019t have to be unsure and we don\u2019t have to give our own lives as an offering for atonement; the Lord did this for us, sending His only Son Yeshua to make atonement on our behalf. While studying <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 27, <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">all of the components of Yom Kippur appear to be present, seeking God, the sacrifices, being delivered from our enemies, the Lord not turning His head from us, singing praises to the Lord, salvation, learning God\u2019s ways, seeking God\u2019s face, etc. It is not surprising that the Rabbis say in the midrash that the entire Psalm refers to Yom Kippur. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Midrash Tehillim 27, Part 6 <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">opens with the Dibur Hamathil (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) saying <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cThe verse, For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His pavilion (Tehillim \/ Psalms 27:5) alludes to the day of the trouble with Batsheva.\u201d<\/span> <span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The homiletic introduction to the Midrash states <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cAnd now will my head be lifted up above my enemies round about me; and I will offer in His Tabernacle sacrifices with trumpet sound (Tehillim \/ Psalms 27:6).\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The rabbis say that David\u2019s request to be hidden in the Tabernacle was during the day of trouble with Batsheva and going on to <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 27:6<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, the rest of the midrash discusses the altar and various altars that were built according to the Tanach. Joshua building an altar on mount Ebal, a prophet is the one who is allowed to build an altar in a high place, and Elijah who offered sacrifices on mount Carmel, and Gideon who used his father\u2019s bullocks tearing down the altar his father had built to Asherah and building an altar and sacrificing the animals using the wood from the Asherah. As a result of this the rabbis say the following.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Rabbi Abba son of Kahana commented that in the offering of Gideon\u2019s bullocks seven sins were committed, (i) wood of an Asherah was used; (ii) hewn stones were used; (iii) one bullock was set aside for idolatry; (iv) the other bullock had, in fact, been worshiped already; (v) the sacrifice was offered at night (vi) by one who was not a priest, (vii) and on a high place, this being expressly forbidden. Nevertheless, because of the need of the hour, the offering was received. Proof concerning Gideon the son of Joash, yes, but what of Samuel? Scripture says, Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the Lord (1 Samuel 7:9). Rabbi Abba son of Kahana commented, three sins were committed in Samuel\u2019s burnt offering, (i) it is written He will not flay the burnt offering (Vayikra \/ Leviticus 1:6), but Samuel\u2019s lamb was offered unflayed; (ii) it was too young to be brought for a burnt offering, for Scripture says, It will be seven days under the dam; but for the eighth day and onward it may be accepted for an offering (Vayikra \/ Leviticus 22:27), and Samuel\u2019s offering was not eight days old; (iii) Samuel was a Levite and not a priest. (Midrash Tehillim 27, Part 6)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-13\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05e8\u05f3 (\u05d0\u05d7\u05d0) [\u05d0\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d1\u05e8 \u05db\u05d4\u05e0\u05d0] \u05e9\u05d1\u05e2 \u05e2\u05d1\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05e0\u05e2\u05e9\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e4\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05e9\u05dc \u05d2\u05d3\u05e2\u05d5\u05df, \u05d1\u05e2\u05e6\u05d9 \u05d0\u05e9\u05e8\u05d4, \u05d1\u05d0\u05d1\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd \u05e4\u05e1\u05d5\u05dc\u05d5\u05ea, \u05d5\u05e9\u05d5\u05e8 \u05e9\u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05de\u05d5\u05e7\u05e6\u05d4 \u05dc\u05e2\u05d1\u05d5\u05d3\u05d4 \u05d6\u05e8\u05d4, \u05d5\u05e9\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05e0\u05e2\u05d1\u05d3, \u05d5\u05e0\u05e7\u05e8\u05d1 \u05d1\u05dc\u05d9\u05dc\u05d4, \u05d5\u05d1\u05d6\u05e8, \u05d5\u05d0\u05d9\u05e1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d1\u05de\u05d4, \u05d5\u05d0\u05e2\u05e4\u05f4\u05db \u05dc\u05e6\u05d5\u05e8\u05da \u05e9\u05e2\u05d4 \u05e0\u05ea\u05e7\u05d1\u05dc, \u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05dc\u05d9 \u05d0\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d2\u05d3\u05e2\u05d5\u05df \u05d1\u05df \u05d9\u05d5\u05d0\u05e9, \u05e9\u05de\u05d5\u05d0\u05dc \u05de\u05e0\u05d9\u05d9\u05df, \u05ea\u05dc\u05de\u05d5\u05d3 \u05dc\u05d5\u05de\u05e8 \u05d5\u05d9\u05e7\u05d7 \u05e9\u05de\u05d5\u05d0\u05dc \u05d8\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d7\u05dc\u05d1 \u05d0\u05d7\u05d3 \u05d5\u05d9\u05e2\u05dc\u05d4\u05d5 \u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05d4 [\u05db\u05dc\u05d9\u05dc] \u05dc\u05d4\u05f3 (\u05e9\u05f4\u05d0 \u05e9\u05de\u05d5\u05d0\u05dc \u05d0\u05f3 \u05d6 \u05d8), \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05e8\u05f3 \u05d0\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d1\u05e8 \u05db\u05d4\u05e0\u05d0 \u05e9\u05dc\u05e9 \u05e2\u05d1\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05e0\u05e2\u05e9\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05ea\u05d5 \u05e9\u05dc \u05e9\u05de\u05d5\u05d0\u05dc, \u05db\u05ea\u05d9\u05d1 \u05d5\u05d4\u05e4\u05e9\u05d9\u05d8 \u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05d4 (\u05d5\u05d9\u05e7\u05e8\u05d0 \u05d0 \u05d5), \u05d5\u05d8\u05dc\u05d4 \u05e9\u05dc \u05e9\u05de\u05d5\u05d0\u05dc \u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05d5\u05e2\u05d5\u05e8\u05d5, \u05d5\u05de\u05d7\u05d5\u05e1\u05e8 \u05d6\u05de\u05df, \u05d5\u05d4\u05ea\u05d5\u05e8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05de\u05e8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e9\u05d1\u05e2\u05ea \u05d9\u05de\u05d9\u05dd \u05ea\u05d7\u05ea \u05d0\u05de\u05d5 \u05d5\u05de\u05d9\u05d5\u05dd \u05d4\u05e9\u05de\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d5\u05d4\u05dc\u05d0\u05d4 (\u05d5\u05d9\u05e7\u05e8\u05d0 \u05db\u05d1 \u05db\u05d6), \u05d5\u05d8\u05dc\u05d4 \u05e9\u05dc\u05d5 \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d1\u05df \u05e9\u05de\u05d5\u05e0\u05ea \u05d9\u05de\u05d9\u05dd, \u05d5\u05dc\u05d5\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e9\u05de\u05d5\u05d0\u05dc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">The rabbis say that during Gideon\u2019s offing he had committed seven sins. They say he used the wood of an Asherah, he used hewn stones, one of the bulls was set aside for idolatry, the other had been worshiped already, the sacrifice was offered at night, Gideon was not a priest, and that he offered the bull on a high place which is forbidden in the Torah (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 12:13<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). According to the Torah we have the following list of commands regarding (i) idolatry, idolaters, and idolatrous practices, (ii) the temple, the sanctuary, and sacred objects, and (iii) sacrifices and offerings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-1\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-6\">Idolatry, Idolaters and Idolatrous Practices<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list ParaOverride-15\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Not to use the ornament of any object of idolatrous worship (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 7:25<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Not to make use of an idol or its accessory objects, offerings, or libations (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 7:26<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Not to drink wine of idolaters (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 32:38<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Not to worship an idol in the way in which it is usually worshiped (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 20:5<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Not to bow down to an idol, even if that is not its mode of worship (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 20:5<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Not to prophesy in the name of an idol (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 23:13, Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 18:20<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Not to hearken to one who prophesies in the name of an idol (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 13:4<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Not to lead the children of Israel astray to idolatry (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 23:13<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Not to entice an Israelite to idolatry (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 13:12<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">To destroy idolatry and its appurtenances (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 12:2-3<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Not to love the enticer to idolatry (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 13:9<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Not to turn one\u2019s attention to idolatry (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 19:4<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Not to adopt the institutions of idolaters nor their customs (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 18:3 and 20:23<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Not to make use of the property of city that has been so led astray (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 13:18<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) <\/span>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-16\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-6\">The Temple, the Sanctuary and Sacred Objects<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Not to build an altar of hewn stone (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 20:22<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">To prepare the oil of anointment and anoint high Priest and kings with it (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 30:31<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) <\/span>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-16\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-6\">Sacrifices and Offerings<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Numbered-list\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">To sanctify the firstling of clean cattle and offer it up (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 13:2, Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 15:19<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-2\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">According to the Torah, one is not to use an object of idolatrous worship, however in the book of Judges chapter 6, Gideon cut down the Asherah pole and used the wood as firewood for the altar of God. Does the wood, because it was previously used for idol worship, become unqualified for starting a fire on the altar of the Lord? The Scriptures also say that the cattle must be sanctified (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">set aside<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) before offering it up. The bulls were originally set aside for idol worship, does this disqualify the bulls for the altar of the Lord? The Scriptures also state that the altar of the Lord is not to be built with hewn stone (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 20:22<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), the Scriptures do not specifically detail the kind of stone Gideon used so this may be an assumption of the rabbis that he used hewn stone. In addition to this, the rabbis reference Samuel and state that he committed three sins when he made the offering to the Lord in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">1 Samuel 7:9<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, saying that he offered the lamb unflayed, it was too young to be brought as an offering, and Samuel was a Levite and not a priest. What exactly are the rabbis trying to say regarding <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 27:5-6<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> which states <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">27:5 For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; In the secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock. 27:6 And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me, And I will offer in His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord. (NASB)?<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The rabbis say that it was because of the need of the hour that the sacrifice was accepted (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Midrash Tehillim 27, Part 6<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Did Gideon violate the command of God? It is interesting to note that it was the Lord God Almighty who told Gideon exactly what he is supposed to do regarding his father\u2019s idolatry. The midrash seems to be making a distinction between what is perceived to be a sin and what God has commanded. The reason for the distinction is to explain how these laws have been given for justice and for the sake of righteousness, to shape our character in how we live and follow God\u2019s Word. We are taught according to the Scriptures to practice justice and not to depend upon our own strength, we are to depend upon the Lord and what His Word tells us. Based upon the list of commands from the Torah, it does appear that Gideon violated a couple of the commands. An attempt is being made to bring these laws to human understanding, how could we be given these commands and then the Word of the Lord comes to Gideon telling him to sacrifice the bulls that were set apart for idol worship, use the wood that was set apart as an idol, and though it is not explicitly stated to make a offering to the Lord by day, Gideon does so at night because he feared his father\u2019s house for what he was about to do. Gideon acted in obedience to God\u2019s Word and he was successful. The Word of God requires obedience of us and this is what the Lord is looking for in our lives. The sin of disobedience to the Word of the Lord was what originally divided man and woman, estranging the man and the woman from each other in the accusations that were made laying blame on someone else. The wilderness journey was also a place for God to test His people and to help them to learn faith and obedience. As followers of Yeshua we have come to love and respect all of scripture (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">the Tanach and the Apostolic Writings<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). We are the sons and daughters of God who have been chosen to bear His name before the world. The midrash states that it was because of the \u201cneed of the hour\u201d that the offering was accepted. It may feel like the need of the hour gives us a valid reason to disobey God, however, this is not what the midrash is saying. Because of the need of the hour, Gideon and Samuel made haste to bring an offering according to the Word of the Lord. In this day and age, sin is greatly increasing and there is a need to carefully examine ourselves, our own lives, to see if we have any form of rebellion in our hearts toward the Lord? If there is, repent now and seek the Lord through Yeshua the Messiah immediately for the hour is near! Let\u2019s Pray!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Tehillim-27-Part1-and-2.pdf\">Tehillim 27-Part1-and-2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s study is from Tehillim \/ Psalms 27:1-14, David opens saying \u05d0 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3 | \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 | \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05d6 \u05d7\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b6\u05e4\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05d3: 27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread? 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