(This is Larry Huch's teaching with added notes from my own study and understanding. Monica)
We have let people tell us what the Bible says
instead of studying it for ourselves! WE ALL NEED TO STUDY IT!
Luke 4 Jesus is tempted of Satan and then the miracles of healing begin… There are no limits on GOD. But, we don’t understand that HE HAS NO LIMITS… we may say it with our lips... but we don’t know it in our hearts…
Study to show thyself approved unto GOD, rightly dividing the WORD of truth…2 Tim. 2:15
An example:
We are condemned by preaching, saying we are teaching the law when we teach the Torah, (the books of the law, the books of Moses~ Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy.) But, these same teachers, preachers will turn around and condemn you and say if you don’t tithe you are stealing from GOD. Sowing a seed is a Jewish teaching. This is the law and this is just one example.
We are not about teaching the law for the law's sake... The truth is we are not teaching the law… we are studying GOD… and seeking to get closer to HIM...
We need to study to find out what we are missing… study that our lives may be reflective of GOD in all areas.
When we study as a Christian, we usually study some main texts to help us along (Spurgeon and others). But, when we study Jewish Roots, we have other main texts to pull from, also. They all have merit, but we must first open the WORD and study it and then pay attention to those who have also studied and who have learned.
But there is a danger, some people get so caught up in the “others” that they don’t know the WORD. GOD will help you discern HIS WORD because you are seeking HIM. HE will lead you to others to help your search, but don’t stop studying the BIBLE. It is HIS WORD!
An example:
· In Jewish teaching, there is an offering of capirote (sorry I don't have the spelling, I guessed)… where a wife can sanctify her unsaved husband, and a parent can sanctify her children. There is scripture in the New Testament that connects with that… 1 Corinthians 7
· Sow the seed… reap the blessing GOD is raising up anointed people throughout Christiandom who are studying and seeking GOD. These will be able to reveal truth from scripture that has been overlooked in the past. When GOD's children begin to practice what they preach, the miracles will manifest around them. Hallelujah!
When we say we’re studying the Torah or Jewish Roots, religious people become offended. Its because they only know the surface of GOD. Most religious people know know what they have been taught, what they have been fed. They need to reach out and begin to feed themselves. (Think of the baby in the high chair that must depend upon someone to feed him/her. Christian, you are not a baby. Get your plate or go hungry and die of starvation spiritually!)
Another example can be found when we study “the hem of his garment”
- There are several levels of study in Hebrew. The first level is just to get the simple revelation from the text presented. Most people never leave this level.
- The next level is connection: A secret to study is when GOD connects two things and this is a mystery that HE wants to reveal to you. The woman with the issue of blood had it 12 years and the daughter of Jarius was 12 years old. This is a real connection and with it there are more mysteries to be revealed. Each connection reveals more of GOD to us.
- As you study further… you will enter into the next levels of study… the next levels of revelation… revelations from the old to the new testaments… revelations beyond scripture manifested in your life... your testament... your testimony...
Find the things that connect to reveal a mystery.
Find the mystery to get the miracle (blessing)…
Start at Luke 4:14~ JESUS taught on the Sabbath… read from Isiah~~. The spirit of the LORD is upon me
Start at Mark :1:21~ JESUS taught on the Sabbath… cast out demons, the enemy revealed the Holy one of GOD
Start at Mark 6:7~JESUS taught on the Sabbath… the religious questioned where did such wisdom come from
Start at Luke 4:36~ the demons came out and called him the CHRIST, the SON of GOD~ JESUS must preach for the purpose that was set…
Start at Matt.12:9~ JESUS teaching by example on the Sabbath… healed the withered hand
Start at John 5:1~ JESUS teaching by example on the Sabbath… healed the cripple…who is this man?
Start at Luke 13:10~ JESUS teaching on the Sabbath… healed the woman (infirmity) who was bent over and could not rise up
Start at Luke 14:1~ JESUS taught on the Sabbath… healed
Start at John 9:1~ JESUS taught on the Sabbath … healed the blind man
The connection is the Sabbath with JESUS teaching and healing on the Sabbath. The next level of study is for you to connect mysteries… then GOD will reveal miracles... HE will reveal them in scripture and then again in your life. Every miracle in the scriptures mentioned was done on the Sabbath. Why the Sabbath? In Judeaism, it is taught that the Sabbath is the day of miracles. Could there be any question then why JESUS chose the Sabbath to reveal HIMSELF and the miracles?
In the last days there will be a group of Gentiles whose eyes will be opened and they will be the children of miracles. Paul says there is a day of miracles~ the scriptures reveal that it is the seventh day, the Sabbath!
Look around… it is the last days…
In the last days… there will be a lawless generation… but with a group whose eyes are open to GOD...
The scriptures are written by inspiration of GOD. HE revealed HIMSELF by HIS WORD and it was written. HE revealed HIMSELF to HIS chosen leaders through voice and manifestation in order that they and we may understand. HE revealed HIMSELF sometimes through great trials. HE revealed HIMSELF through healing. HE revealed HIMSELF through angels and a talking donkey. HE revealed HIMSELF through HIS voice and HE revealed in ways we know nothing about but will know in the future.
GOD is omniponent (unlimited in authority and power),omniscience (knows everything there is to know), and omnipresent (everywhere at once). This is HE, who wants to reveal HIMSELF to us even now.
The church had us turn from our Jewish roots on purpose 1,700 years ago, but the church was unable to take this revelation from HIS children. The word says they have eyes but don’t see and ears that don’t hear. GOD was aware that elements in the church would be corrupt. HE would view the history as it happened, but HE also knew all things would happen. GOD was not surprised and is not surprised.
When we remember that GOD is FATHER, we can understand that sometimes HE does not just give us what we want. HE wants us to learn and sometimes the best learning takes place as we are encouraged to do, be and say as HE directs. HE is teaching us how to walk spiritually. HE is teaching us how to run spiritually. He is teaching us how to ride a bike spiritually. We can’t do these things spiritually unless we try to do them. HE does not magically make us do them, we must learn and HE is with us while we learn. HE has such an amazing grace!
Every week for those who seek HIM, there is a window of miracles. The scripture points out the day of the Sabbath. On those days it is recorded that the LORD healed. It was GOD’s supernatural time on the calendar. The miracle outpouring of GOD’s blessing is the Sabbath...the Sabbath is the open window.
This doesn’t mean you don’t pray, teach, preach, serve on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday… It doesn’t mean that miracles can’t happen on those days. It just means that the Sabbath is holy and with it more can happen! Remember scripture about the double blessing? Each day GOD created was blessed by HIM for man. But, the Sabbath, was blessed more. It’s GOD’s appointed time. We are to expect the supernatural on the Sabbath.
What if we had church on Friday (the Sabbath) and had a bigger crowd on Friday than on Sunday? GOD’s creation was completed in six days. Everything that was made was finished in six days. HE created all these things to bless man. So what did HE end on the seventh day? It was the menuha, it was the blessing! It was the blessing of peace, joy, victory, health, happiness, debt cancellation, etc. That is why we enter into the Sabbath (not rest as in sleep but) menuha (as in blessing).
The Sabbath is our Friday at sundown and goes through our Saturday at sundown. Friday is the time that the world goes partying. If we of faith are honoring the Sabbath, there is blessing...
When we celebrate Shabbat, we celebrate life and that life more abundantly.
Shabbat, in brief then is…
- Candles—are the light in the darkness—Be JESUS, be light in the world!
- Wine—is the symbol of joy—Refill it weekly on the Sabbath! (spiritual)
- Bread—is the symbol of the double portion—claim it on the Sabbath! (natural)~~Call those things which are not as though they are…
May GOD richly bless you... May you be filled with the joy of the LORD that you may be strengthened from day to day... May GOD give you the double portion in your journey on this earth... and May you be a blessing to others as GOD would have you to be...
Love and Prayers,
Monica
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