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GRACE
Mat
23:23 Woe
unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise
and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law,
judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the
other undone.
(KJV)
Mat
23:23 Oy
to you, Sofrim and Perushim, tzevuim, for you give maasros (tithe) of mint and
dill and cumin, and you have neglected the matters of the Torah of
greater consequence: mishpat, chesed, and emunah. These things
it was necessary to do and those [others] not to neglect.
(OJB)
How many folk can you name that would start a bible study on
faith or mercy or grace
or any other supossed New
Testament only concept and even consider going to Beresheit or
Shemot or Vayikra????
Joh
5:46 For
had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
Joh 5:47
But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
Yeshua being the very embodiment of GRACE
and Moshe’ being the greatest prophet of the Messiah we can readily see that
Torah’s teaching on GRACE will be very important
for us to grasp!!!!
If we neglect, disregard, and especially throw
out Moses’s teaching about mercy
or faith or grace or discernment or
any other supposed new testament only concept,
we will wind up not believing Him!!! (an evil heart of unbelief)
We
will ultimately wind up believing self or something self has concocted and will
ultimately depart from the living God through unbelief!!!
Glory
be Roy, I thought there wasn’t any grace in the Old Testament, the Torah!!!!
First mention in Torah is……
Gen
6:7 And
the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the
earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air;
for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Gen
6:8 But
Noah found grace(@j khane)
in the eyes of the LORD.
@j khane
kindness, favor
(hmmm, whose kindness and favor)
j
To enclose private Absolute
value=8
@
Quickening life
Absolute value =50
In
Hebrew, each letter possesses a numerical value. Gematria is the calculation of
the numerical equivalence of letters, words, or phrases, and, on that basis,
gaining, insight into interrelation of different concepts
The assumption behind this technique is that
numerical equivalence is not coincidental. Since the world was created
through God's "speech," each letter represents a different
creative force. Thus, the numerical equivalence of two words reveals an internal
connection between the creative potentials of each one.
There are four ways to calculate equivalence of
individual letters:
Absolute value,
(in Hebrew: mispar hechrachi) also known as Normative value:
Each letter is given the value of its accepted
numerical equivalent alef (the first letter) equals 1, beit (the
second letter) equals 2, and so on. The tenth letter, yud is
numerically equivalent to 10, and successive letters equal 20, 30, 40, and so
on. The letter kuf near the end of the alphabet, equals 100; and the last
letter, tav equals 400.
In this reckoning, the letters chaf sofiet
(final chaf), mem sofiet, nun sofiet, pei sofiet, and tzadik sofiet
which are the "final forms" of the letters chaf, mem, nun, pei,and
tzadik, used when these letters conclude a word, generally are given the
same numerical equivalent of the standard form of the letter. However, sometimes
the final is considered.
Doing the numbers first……
8= a new beginning,a result
of YHWH Gods
kindness and graciousness to us
50= deliverance and freedom,
a result of YHWH Gods kindness and graciousness to us
8+50=58
5+8=13 Whoaaa Nelly,
surely not the number 13 associated with grace!!!!
13= Rebellion
(maybe an evil heart of unbelief)
Lets look at Noah’s case
THE INDICMENT
Gen
6:5 And
GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that
every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Gen
6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth,
and it grieved him at his heart.
Gen 6:7
And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face
of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the
air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Gen 6:8
But Noah found grace in
the eyes of the LORD.
Was YHWH God showing favoritism by extending grace only to
Noah???
Lets get some more N.T. commentary…..
Rom
2:4 Or perhaps you despise the riches of his
kindness, forbearance and patience; because you don't realize that God's
kindness is intended to lead you to turn from your sins.
Rom
2:5 But by your stubbornness, by your unrepentant
heart, you are storing up anger for yourself on the Day of Anger, when God's
righteous judgment will be revealed; (CJB)
Had YHWH God been kind, forbearing and patient
with those other than Noah.
Up until the time God gave the indictment and during the time
Noah was building the Ark, would you say Noah was sinlessly perfect???
Absolutely not!!!!
So hows comes does Noah find grace
(favor, kindness, help in time of need) in the eyes of YHWH God??
Lets look at some commentary from the Brit Chadassah, (new
testament) about Noah….
Heb
11:7 By
faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear,
prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world,
and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Even though not perfect, Noah believed YHWH God and obeyed
God
extended kindness and graciousness to Noah to help him build the ark and
understand how he should conduct himself during a time of unbelievable judgment
because Noah believed what YHWH God had said about bringing
judgment and destroying mankind!!!!!
(hmmmm….wonder what everyone else was believing??????)
Remember, every man believes something!!!
Maybe what their grandpappys had said was the way it
was……..
Maybe what those of esteem amongst them was saying the way it
was………
Maybe what they thought their horoscopes were telling them
the way it was going to be…
It’s obvious they were believing everything except what God
had said!!!!!
Because of their evil hearts of unbelief, they did not think
it of any concern to prepare for Gods judgment, because in their minds, “IT
WASN’T GTOING TO HAPPEN”!!!!
Grace was extended to Noah because He believed what God had
said as is evidenced by his actions. (his was not an evil unbelieving heart but
a believing heart)
At
this juncture in our examination of grace we become acutely aware of the
importance
it is to us that we know what God says, not
what our grandpappys say, not what those we esteem say, not what a denomination
says, or anyone else, but what does YHWH God say.
Here is why I believe the number 13 occurs in the reducing of
the number 58 to finally arrive at the number 4
(4=
the messiah)
YHWH God’s mercy and kindness and forebearance and grace
should lead us to love and follow him, if we don’t love and follow Him his
grace is the indictment against us!!!!!
Heb
3:12 Take
heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in
departing (13= rebellion) from the living God.
God’s grace is vitally connected to what God says
The grace of God is not Him giving us the right to do as we
please, but it is His giving us help to walk in His teaching and instruction.
Physical possessions are not the measuring line of Gods
grace….
What is the measuring line we should use?
A love of the truth
A loving heart
A joyous heart
A peaceful spirit
A humble spirit
A servant’s attitude toward our fellow man
A spirit of self-control
Now that we are beginning to get a grip on grace, lets look
at some more commentary in the Brit Chadassah (n.t.)
1Pe 5:5
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of
you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God
resisteth the proud, and giveth grace
to the humble.
What does this verse immediately tell us about Noah??? (Think
of all the ridicule he endured)
Heb 12:15
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace
of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up
trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
What if Noah had failed of the grace
of God, would he have started the ark and then when the hard
labor of building the ark became a reality would he have stopped????
If in Noah’s eyes grace was Gods giving him the right to do
what he wanted to or some kind of unmerited favor would he even have started the
enormously laborious task of building the ark???
Noah was fully convinced that what God had promised to do, He
would and could do.
2Co
6:1 We
then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that
ye receive not the grace
of God in vain.
In the account of Noah, who received of the graciousness of
God in vain, was it not those who did not believe God through Noah’s warnings
and consequentially His grace became their indictment????
Rom 1:5
through whom we have received grace
and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among
all the Gentiles, for His name's sake, (NASB)
As demonstrated through Noah, Gods grace was to help Noah
obey YHWH God….
Heb 12:28
Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace,
whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear
How did YHWH Gods grace help Noah to serve, with reverence
and Godly fear…..
Let’s end with a sharp reminder
Jud
1:4 For
there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this
condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace
of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and
our Lord Jesus Christ.
Mat
24:37 But
as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Mat
24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were
eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah
entered into the ark,
Mat 24:39
And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also
the coming of the Son of man be.
What will mankind be doing?????
Abusing Gods Grace!!!!!