What we’ve been dealing with in Proverbs is the other part of keeping covenant–the ‘why’ we do what He says to do (or not do). We know there is the “mechanical” part–the how, what, where, when, but we need to understand that the attitude of our heart works together with the mechanical to provide the “why” we are in covenant with Yahweh.

Is it necessary that you completely understand everything you have to do within this covenant?

How does being covenanted affect your health, finances, etc.?

What’s the first thing you should do before handing over your sovereignty to Yeshua?

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Visit the 8 Days of Prayer During the 8 Days of Hanukkah page. (Dec 7-15)

Go to our Prayer Wall and POST A PRAYER!

On November 29, 2023 the Jerusalem Prayer breakfast team was invited to the Knesset to host a time of prayer for Israel. Both Jews and Christians spoke prayers to lift up the nation of Israel during this time of war with Hamas. We have taken the 3-hour prayer breakfast and broken it out into eight short audio segments, so we can collectively offer up 8 days of prayer during the 8 days of Hanukkah.

To join in with us, please light a candle each evening and listen in to the prayer offered up. Please pray with us through the 8 days of Hanukkah! We will fight and win this war against darkness and evil through prayer! Join us as we light a candle each evening and pray to push back the darkness with the glorious light of the God of Israel!

Here is the prayer lineup:

Day 0: Thursday, Dec 7, Prayer from an IDF Soldier from Gaza, Chaim Malispen

Day 1: Friday, Dec 8, Prayer from Joel Rosenberg

Day 2: Saturday, Dec 9, Prayer from Rabbi Yehuda Glick

Day 3: Sunday, Dec 10, Prayer song through Violinist Maestro

Day 4: Monday, Dec 11, Prayer from Rabbi Chaim Eisen

Day 5: Tuesday, Dec 12, Prayer from the Nations Pt 1

Day 6: Wednesday Dec 13, Prayer from the Nations Pt 2

Day 7: Thursday, Dec 14, Prayer from the Nations Pt 3

Day 8: Friday, Dec 15, Prayer from Knesset member Natan Kahana

Visit the 8 Days of Prayer During the 8 Days of Hanukkah page.

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Maybe a better title would be The Circumcised Heart vs The Red One.

In last week's epsiode, we referenced the Jewish expectation of the Seven Shepherds during Chanukkah. It explains why Yeshua (salvation) was challenged specifically about his Messiahship during Chanukkah at the Temple:

Bare Your holy arm and hasten the end for salvation - Avenge the vengeance of Your servant's blood from the wicked nation. For the triumph is too long delayed for us, and there is no end to days of evil, repel the Red One in the nethermost shadow and establish for us the seven shepherds. 

The siddur explains the key players of the Chanukkah liturgy: "The Red One (Admon) refers to Esau/Edom, whose descendants brought the current exile. The seven shepherds of Micah 5:4 will conquer Israel’s oppressors.” (Scherman, p. 832) The Red One whose descendants brought the "current exile" is Rome. In Daniel's vision of the Beast, Rome's iron legs were mingled with clay in the feet and toes, representing the many beast "systems" that have now infected the nations of the world.

The Chanukkah prayer refers to the Seven Shepherds and Eight Princes prophecy of Micah, which gives us a glimpse of how the Kingdom of Heaven will one day defeat and repel the infected world systems. The central shepherd of the seven is thought to be David, and the eighth of the princes to be Messiah. (Micah 5:5)

Although Roman Christianity went to a solar calendar and began to observe "Christmas," they retained the date of the 25th (although it now fell in a solar "month" of December instead of Kislev). Their holiday still includes original Chanukkah symbology associated with prophecy and its institution as a second Sukkot: shepherds and sheep, the birth of a king, a prince of peace, a sukkah, a light to the nations, etc. as depicted in the Gospels. When King Messiah returns and re-calibrates the earth with its Scriptural calendar month, Chanukkah will not be so hard for them to understand. They've been awfully close to the Chanukkah prophecies of Messiah in the Books of Haggai and Micah all this time!

King Messiah will rule and reign during the Seventh Millennium, preparing the world for the Eighth Millennium, a period associated with "circumcision." A circumcised heart no longer struggles against the Spirit of its Creator and no longer desires to dominate the Creator with its own will. The Red One is simply the great world systems attempting to keep human pride over its Creator alive and dominating the rule of the world (or so it may seem).

The Feast of Trumpets (Rosh HaShanah) kicks off the fall season of feasts that includes Atonements and Sukkot. Sardis, which represents Rosh HaShanah in the Book of Revelation, literally means “Red Ones.” Enemies scatter when the Torah goes forth on Shabbat, and the Red Ones along with the Wicked One are scattered in winter, Chanukkah.

The other mention of “winter” in the Brit HaChadasha (New Testament) was the inquiry addressed to Yeshua in the Temple:

At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem; it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the portico of Solomon. The Jews then gathered around Him, and were saying to Him, ‘How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.’ 

King Solomon dedicated the First House, so it was no accident that Yeshua was questioned in the portico of Solomon. Are you the Prince of Peace? Are you the prophesied Eighth Prince King Messiah? “The Jews” ask Yeshua if he is the 8th Shepherd Prince desired at Chanukkah to deliver the Temple from the Romans, Edom, the Red One, The Wicked, the Abomination that Causes Desolation.

Parsha 'Vayishlach' (Genesis 32:4 thru chapter 36) begins with an encounter that been delayed at this point for two decades, when Yakov returns home, and has to deal with his brother Esau. Does he still want to kill him?

And who was it that he was wrestling with?

The Erev Shabbat reading begins there:

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And the Sabbath day midrash picks up there, and with the theme of a continuing struggle. Some elements of the 'rhyme' that is prophecy parallel that story, and others seem to be a bit 'counter-cyclical.' (Still, it IS interesting that Esau is Yakov's Big Brother!)

And the haftorah passages from the single-chapter Book of Obadiah demonstrate that what YHVH says will ultimately befall Edom, who is Esau, hasn't happened yet; meaning that those elements of that struggle are still in-progress, too.

The night that Yakov spent in prayer, and wrestling with...someone...some 'ish', or man...has much to teach us.

How, exactly, did Yakov pray?

Why was he re-named, twice, and yet consistently STILL referred to throughout the Book but both his old, AND new, names?

And, of course, don't we still wrestle with whoever he did?

"Vayishlach: Lessons from a Wrestling Match"

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The combined two-part teaching is here:

This episode analyzes the music structures on 2 Babylonian Cuniform tablets, CBS 10996 & Nabnitu XXXII.  Breaking down each text and music structure with musical examples on a harp, Robert details the simple, yet genius construct of musical systems used by the ancient Assyrians and modern inceptions through the macro evolution of the Babylonian systems used in Maqam Islamic chanting and Synagogue cantors.  Links of both bocal styles are provided below.  

Mizrahi Synegogue chant

https://youtu.be/ulEoW5eCNOU

Islamic Maqam chant

https://youtu.be/nGKRZhEXauY

There is a lot of attention devoted to learning how to meditate. It is an important understanding. David tells us many times in the Psalms that He meditates, but what does David mean when he uses that word? I will use the music from the album "All Nature Sings" and the track "Thunder" as background for explaining my understanding of what David means by "Meditation." Clearly, David is not talking about emptying his mind to achieve an "out of body experience." David is talking about filling his mind with thoughts of his Heavenly Father and the careful instructions that He has written out for David to understand and have an abundant life. Much of David's meditation took place out in the natural world observing the wonders of God's creation. God's instructions are not "Laws" that severely hold over us to make us do things. No, He has given us careful instructions to assist us in navigating the twists and turns of life, His desire for giving us these instructions is to walk in joy and wonderful relationship. Let's get back to an accurate understanding of what God's "law" is really all about.

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Within the priestly line of Tzadok, there were several well-known priests, according to Nehemiah 11:11, which included such personalities such as Jeremiah the Prophet (Jeremiah 1:1) and Ezra the Priest/Scribe (Ezra 7:1-5).

Previously, I focused on the priestly line of Aaron and how it came to be established through his firstborn son, Eliezer, who passed on his elected authority to Pinchas, who then passed his authority on to Tzadok  (1 Chronicles 24:3 and Nehemiah 12:4) as he was the chosen priest for the House of Solomon, the Son of David. Further downline, according to Luke 1, Zecharias was chosen by lot to offer incense in the House of Yehovah. But remember, only those of the House of Tzadok were permitted for the job according to 1 Chronicles 23:13 and Numbers 4:16, and recall that Zecharias was called "righteous" and "blameless."

Zecharias and Elisheva brought a son into the world who was named Yochanan or John.  But why did the Angel Gabriel tell Zechariah to name his yet unborn child Yochanan or John? There appears to be a connection to the last known and legitimate high priest in the line of Aaron, dating to around 175 BCE. The priest was called in Greek Onias III, but according to the Scroll of Ben Sirach Chapter 50, Verse 1, his name in Hebrew was Yochanan HaCohen (“Yochanan the Priest”), corresponding to the abbreviated name "Honi."

In naming the child Yochanan or John, it connected the earthly Zadokite priesthood of John the Baptist to the last known and legitimate Zadokite priesthood of Yochanan (Onias III) just before the whole Zadokite line was removed from their Temple service about 50 years before the birth of Yeshua. Through John the Immerser, the nearly broken Zadokite priesthood of Earth was given legitimacy to the Melchizedek/Zadokite line of Heaven,  establishing an eternal connection to Melchizedek/Yeshua (Genesis 14:18) to Daniel 9:24.

Join us for Real Israel Talk Radio, Episode 138, and Part 25 in my series on the last Passover Week Chronology and Timeline of Yeshua.

Will all Gaza be like northern Gaza?  Is the goal to seize the Gaza Marine wealth of ___ and ___?  How might the Lord's hand in this war?  Did the C19 vaxxine do ANY good?  New studies from all over the world concerning excess mortality and morbidity paint a sobering picture of the past and a warning for the future.  Please join Steve and Bonnie for another chapter as the world prepares for the final battle for ownership of this teetering world.

Forced detention for unvaxxed: https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/new-ruling-allows-for-indefinite-detention-of-unvaccinated-at-governors-whim-facts-matter-5536821?utm_source=Goodevening&src_src=Goodevening&utm_campaign=gv-2023-11-28&src_cmp=gv-2023-11-28&utm_medium=email&est=po3qZD358WnnNhwVUE%2FiYHtvEQB55O2W8ZF%2FiLjS2MDmeW0DjyGt%2F7YFlXHrc1%2FnUhEKE2vo

No buyers for US Treasuries: https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/world/real-trouble-no-one-buying-us-treasuries

Boden says he’ll sign WHO Treaty, ceding US sovereignty: https://americanwirenews.com/lara-logan-warns-biden-looking-to-skirt-congress-sign-who-pandemic-treaty/?utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_source=Salesforce&utm_term=EMAIL&utm_content=Newsletter&utm_campaign=AW

Record number of bank closures: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/10/major-banks-close-3000-branches-nationwide-recent-50/

White lung, spraying, emanating from China - C19 replay?: 

Ray Harrison again joins the Marks Pitrone and Call to discuss Isaiah chapter 10.

And if it again sounds like some warnings that could come from the evening news, that's probably correct.

Mark and David welcome Dr. Jeff Prystupa to the forum, and he brings a background in both medicine and Scripture to the discussion of the important issue of the week, and the season.