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News and commentary for Monday, 21 August, 2023.

Joel's Fast, Daniel's Prayer & Jeremiah's Warning

The sixth month we are now in is also known as the month of Elul. The time period of 40 days leading up to Yom Kippur which includes the entire month of Elul is known as the "40 Days of Repentance".  Should we consider a fast and serious time of repentance during this 40 days leading up to Yom Kippur?  A look at Joel's end time call to fasting and repentance, Daniel's prayer of repentance and Jeremiah's warning in part 2. Links: https://www.hiswordheals.com WE ARE OFFERING OUR PHYSICAL 'HIS WORD HEALS!' SCRIPTURE CDs FOR FREE!  We are just asking for $3 per CD to cover shipping via Media Mail or $8 if you would like it sooner via Priority Mail (while supplies last).  On todays program we will be playing the 'Fear Not', 'Strength' & 'Psalms 91 Warfare' tracks for you to enjoy.  We pray that His Words speaks to you in a special healing and uplifting way today.  You can also always get a free MP3 download of the entire CD FOR FREE on our website at www.HisWordHeals.com .  Click on the 'Books & CD' link and choose the Free Download link below the CD. All our videos available FREE at www.HisWordHeals.com  "Revelation Signs - 80 Years if Due to Strength" which is a two hour very detailed look at Revelation & the coming Signs in the Heavens with tons of supporting Scripture passages.  You can also watch the intro video on just the upcoming signs in the heavens as they relate to our theory of the generation that will not pass before these things come to pass being the "80 years if due to strenth" generation of Psalms 90.  This intro video is called "Revelation Signs - Teach Us to Number our Days"PLEASE LIKE OUR VIDEO ON YOUTUBE AND SHARE IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.  PLEASE JOIN WITH US IN SOUNDING THE SHOFAR. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE HEBREW NATION PODCAST &/OR OUR HIS WORD HEALS! BLOG POST EMAIL NOTIFICATION LIST SO YOU DON'T MISS ANY OF OUR FUTURE PROGRAMS, THEN IF YOU ARE BLESSED BY WHAT YOU HEAR, PLEASE ALSO DONATE BY CLICKING THE DONATE BUTTON ON THIS HEBREW NATION RADIO WEBSITE. You can also visit our website at www.hiswordheals.com FOR A FREE KINDLE DOWNLOAD OF THE BOOK ‘IF GOD CAN HEAL HIS PEOPLE, WHY IS THE CHURCH SO SICK?’ AS WELL AS A FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD of our CD called ‘HIS WORD HEALS!’  This CD is one hour of HEALING and other SCRIPTURES SET TO MUSIC CD (including ‘Praise’, ‘Healing’, ‘Psalms 91’, ‘Fear Not’ & ‘Strength’ scriptures).

Ya'akov - An Inductive Study of the Book of James - Session 18- Faith Without Works is Dead

Ya'akov - An Inductive Study of the Book of James - Session 17 - Relation of Faith and Action - 3

Ya'akov - An Inductive Study of the Book of James - Session 16 - The Relation of Faith and Action 2

As he said he would, Rabbi Steve Berkson spends a bit more time teaching on Deuteronomy 4:9. He points out the emphasis placed on the exhortation to “guard yourself” lest you forget the words your eyes have seen. How does one “see the words”?

The second part of Deu 4:9 instructs the reader to make those words known to your children and grandchildren. How do we do that today?

Are you having trouble in your Torah observance? Rabbi Steve tells you what the number one cause.

Deu 4:16-19 talks about guarding yourself so that you don’t create idols for yourself. What is this talking about? Is it wrong to have collectibles? Is it wrong for someone who likes hunting to use decoys or put trophies on the wall?

Then comes MTOI’s favorite chapter, Deuteronomy 8! Here, Rabbi Steve addresses the question of some, “How much of the law and commandments are we really supposed to obey?” (Hint: verses 1 and 3 hold the key)

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The Greater Exodus will have its own challenges, but is Perfect Attendance possible? If we see it as the presence of every chosen one, then Scripture indicates yes, it is more than possible, but promised. Our working text is Song of Songs Chapter Four:

Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep which have come up from their washing, all of which bear twins, and not one among them has lost her young.

Translations will vary. Some will say “all of them perfect” or “not one of them is missing.”

This “twins and pairs” passage of the Song of Songs is also seen by the sages as hinting to the missing daughters of Jacob, of whom there is only the brief mention in Genesis 37:35. Where did these daughters come from? Scripture is often so subtle when it reveals information about women in Scripture that the hint is often read over without notice. 

Although Scripture only names one daughter, Dinah, who is believed to have been a single birth, the sages believe that each son was born with a twin sister. Like Rachel, whose name means “ewe lamb,” she was thought to be a twin to Leah as Jacob was a twin to Esau.  Where did these daughters go? Why aren’t they mentioned in the descent to Egypt? Were they too attached to the Land of Israel to descend, preferring instead to remain? 

We have no answers, but we have a deliberately-placed hint, and in addition to its plain meaning, that not one sheep of the flock of Israel will be missing when they cross over the Jordan, we also have some insight as to Joel’s prophecy, quoted by Peter in Acts Two, that the latter days of prophecy will be characterized by a pouring-out of the Ruach HaKodesh on both sons AND daughters, male AND female servants. Not one will be missing when they come up from their washing. In fact, maybe they never were missing, just unseen.

The twinning aspect is seen in the 24 courses of the Temple service. This may explain much about Acts Two and Peter’s explanation of Yoel’s prophecy of “sons and daughters,” “male and female servants.” In the “House,” or Temple, the male AND female disciples were praying on Shavuot, commemorating the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, the “mountain of testimony” also from Chapter Four of the Song of Songs: “...your hair is like a flock of goats that have descended from Mount Gilead.”

The 24 courses were a twinning, or “perfection” of the twelve.  The 24 mishmarot priestly watches would each consume the sacrifices with their teeth: “Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep which have come up from their washing.”

Three times of year the 24 courses are equal, or ”perfect,” all in attendance. These times are Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot. While only those kohanim on duty would eat the sacrifices at other times, at the foot festivals they all were present to serve, so they shared equally. Every priest was part of the Perfect Attendance of the feasts. There were also the 24 watches of the Levites who served for a week on a rotating basis, functioning as gatekeepers and singers, along with other duties. The kohanim and Leviim were mishmarot who “watched over” the Israelites by seeing to the sacrifices and doing the work for Adonai’s atonement.

In addition to the kohanim and Leviim were the royal priesthood on duty. They served for a full month rather than a week, providing continuity during the changing of the Levitical and priestly courses, just as each tribe represents a month on the calendar. The royal priesthood provides year-round service. This royal priesthood ministered to the needs of Israel and the nations on behalf of the king, just as we do today. As the kohanim were to the tribes of Israel, so the tribes of Israel were to the nations.

The 24,000 men were sent from each tribe, one tribe per month,

Parsha "Shoftim" (Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9) begins with the word which means "judges," and proceeds to describe a set of instruction having to do with the "rule of law," and 'justice,' and concepts of what an honest, trustworthy judiciary looks like that is so foreign to us today it's no WONDER the Whore Church is happy that the "law has been done away with." The trouble is, when we read this parsha honestly, we can't help but realize why judgment SHOULD be close at hand.

The key verse in the first chapter is "Justice, JUSTICE, you shall pursue..." and what should strike us about that admonition is that we live in a world which does NOT! And the rest of it makes it clear why.

The Erev Shabbat reading and commentary of the entire parsha tells us why it matters.

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Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa begins the Sabbath midrash with an admission: reading this, and understanding what we were SUPPOSED to have - and to do - and comparing that with "justice you shall pervert," instead, as a satanic replacement for His Word, is infuriating.

It's been a long time coming, too.

To understand the root of that problem, we have to ask a question that is no longer even permitted:

What IS 'justice'? And Who decides, anyway?

And that is a big part of why we lost it.

"Shoftim: Can we 'judge'? What does that MEAN?"

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The combined two-part teaching is here:

David has a lot to say about the heart in the Psalms. The Hebrew understanding for the word "Lev" used for heart is not so much the anatomical organ that pumps the blood, but rather the central part of us that makes our decisions, expresses our emotions, and establishes our moral guide for our actions. One of the Psalms, #19 uses that word and I am using that Psalm to explore how that works out in our lives. A song we used to sing 50 years ago using the words of Psalm 19 still sticks with me and I share it in this episode. I pray you are blessed.

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The teachers examine Ezekiel chapter 43 and into 44.