“Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, receive ye the Holy Spirit: Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.” John 20:19-23; Luke 24:36-43; 1 John 1:1-4
Yeshua’s disciples were assembled in a locked house on a Sunday they assumed that the Jews would be after them for being disciples of their now risen Messiah. The disciples who were Jews in the flesh have now become known as messianic believers. Why? They followed Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah of the Jews, the Son of Yahweh (the Lord) and KING of KINGS unto His death. The disciples believed they were being hated by their own ‘kind’ and was in need of some kind of reassurance that Yeshua had indeed raised from the grave. After Yeshua’s (Jesus) ascension Peter and the other disciple ran to the grave to find Yeshua not there so they return home because they truly did not understand all that Yeshua spoken to them concerning His resurrection from the dead. Read John 20:9-10
If you have not already noticed there is a pattern that have occurred throughout Old and New Testament that takes place when an angel of Yahweh or angel appears to a woman. I would learn from my teacher that the ministry follows the mother while the handing out of blessings and curses follows the father. Now, after much study it has been reveal to me in scripture that this is true. A Mother’s spiritual ministry can jump two or three generation ahead missing a daughter and falling onto a granddaughter these granddaughters are oftentimes raised by older and wiser grandparents. Jezebel ministry was of Baal worship this ministry also fell upon her daughter Athaliah.
The serpent (Satan) enticed Eve and Eve encouraged Adam to eat. How often does a woman grabs away a man attention from Yahweh’s work for some kind of desirous lust or gossip mayhem. “But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.” 1 Kings 21:25; Genesis 3:6,11,12,16,17 Maria (Mary) and Elizabeth was visited by an angel of the Lord both were chosen for the work of the ministry while Mary was Highly favor of Yahweh among all women. She was a handmaid of the Lord 24-26 years of age, the age of an unmarried prophetess, not a child. Mary would go on to deliver the purest (chaste, virgin) ministry that would ever be known to humankind.
There were three Mary’s who went to see Yeshua’s tomb according to the gospel a little before sunset but the most noted one was Mary Magdalene, and she was visited by two angels while weeping before Yeshua’s empty tomb. After the angels spoken to her, she went to PROCLAIM what was seen and heard to Yeshua’s disciples (Please note Magdalene’s ministry). Unsure of Mary’s claims on that Sunday evening they were huddle inside a house filled with uncertainty. Why would the disciple be afraid of their own kind these were the people they knew and grew up around all their lives, they knew how their kind could be. They were concern if the man they were following and seen the many miracles preformed was truly the SON of Yahweh, the Messiah of the Jews, and King of Kings.
Yeshua understood this experienced in His own ministry it is written, “…they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, save [except] in his own country, and in his own house. And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.” Matthew 13:57-58; Mark 6:1-6; Luke 2:39-40; Luke 4:16-30) It is your own KIND and in your own household that rejects you when you are walking in the Lord. You can go anywhere in this world and see that self-hatred is a greater experienced from those who look like you. Start a new job, you step in all infatuated and excited, right out of training and you desire to do a good job. Now someone who looks likes you sees you outperforming, and they tell you, “You are doing too much that is not how we do it.” Not I, but WE. Now you have to mentally choose between rejection from your co-workers or reject your faith that requires you to be a good worker.
Yeshua grew up with those of His own kind concerning walking in the flesh, and I believed he witness the ones who would make it their business to kick down the ant’s hill but would avoid the murder-hornets’ nest (Rome). The ones who felt as if Yahweh (the Lord) could not have given Him the gifts and talents he has. These are the ones you did not see your grinding in the pre-season and trying to figure out why you are blessed in your post-season. Christ was attacked by his kind those who say they were sons of Abraham, indeed in flesh, but not in the SPIRIT. Their belief system was built on the coattail of pride and status quo which are not woven into the fabrics of spiritual truth that could have set them FREE.
The Pharisees’ righteousness pointed to the foundational work of the adversary built on a physical foundation of touch, taste, smell, see and hear. The Pharisees like many today believed that somehow their accolades of success were their foundation to life’s ‘breath’. Yeshua shares, “…to those Jews which believed on him, if ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” -John 8:31-32 Christ the Son of God, is deemed to be crazy by the religious leaders and His own countrymen of His day, but nevertheless, they still made it their business to follow and interject their opinions about Yeshua’s (Jesus) everywhere He went, too publicly. The Pharisees look full on the outside, but inwardly they were spiritually hungry and thirsty on the inside their spiritual blindness was due to their own ambitions, they just could not understand that none stood righteously before Yahweh.
Yeshua explains to them again, “…I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come. Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.” (John 8:21, 7:36) The Pharisees gives us a great understanding in how easily the flesh can get in our way when interpreting scriptures, Pharisees and others are not alone. After listening to Yeshua speak, they understood Him on the simplest plain of understanding it was how easy the mind relates to the five senses. In all that Yeshua had spoken they assumed He was speaking about suicide. These were students of Torah, Babylonian Talmud and etc., they should have known the Father and the Son, so Yeshua tells them. “I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, if ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.” John 8:38-39
Hearing people preaching and teaching scriptures unlearned and learned every day is important for any follower. The word hearing has been flipped by the world to mean hearing a sound, but in scripture it means to take a legal account of. Many today are just listening and not hearing the voice of the Lord [Yahweh]. I listen to ministers all day everyday, but as soon as hear them attacking the word of Yahweh I also understand that the father of the flesh has risen to attack the foundation of truth. If you do not have a relationship with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit you will miss those foundational attacks against our lively cornerstone.
This is how an Atheist, Darwinist, Evolutionist, mocker and Satan attacks the foundation it is written. “If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” Psalms 11:3, Isaiah 24:21 You cannot undue prophecy and those who are too smart to see it, cannot see it, so they do not teach it and if you cannot teach it, it is not wise to reject it. I do not care how long or how short of time you have been in the vineyard we all are subjected to the bright lights of this world that blinds you with an unclean spirit. I myself being in the unlearned category do not hide my rough drafts you all know my i’s may not always be dotted and my t’s are not always crossed, but this one thing I do know, that you can easily go through any of my writings and see that the heavens have time stamped in real-time and confirmed Yeshua’s work in me.
It baffles me when ministers who will teach mind concept teachings and just because they cannot see prophecy hidden in scripture in its full detail, they write it off or get unsettle because others can hear and see biblical text beyond just the physical plain of the five senses, we call it above average. You know how state test scores works you either fall in three area of skill level: below average, average or above average. In Yahweh’s vineyard it does not matter how long or what hour you come into HIS WILL we all will receive the same reward. Read Matthew 20:12
There are four plains of scriptural exegesis or scripture interpretations with the fifth plain being govern by the Holy Spirit.
- The Simple (grammar, historical, language, five senses) Here is where the gospel is preached on the simple plain for ALL both unlearned and learned to have an opportunity to receive the call of SALVATION.
- The Search (allegorical, educere (education to draw out), homiletical)
- The Hint (nugget, pearl or presupposition) inspired by the Spirit of Yahweh
- The Mystery or Messianic Prophecies embedded in all three plains to appeal to All minds Proverbs 30:4
- The Conformation (Fasting and Praying) waiting on revelation of scriptures revealed by the Holy Spirit
We cannot live off Hebrew 11:1 alone Yahweh (the Lord) has provided according to the Jewish calendar 5,783 years of testimony covering both the Old and New Testaments it is written. “…Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.” (Matthew 22:37, Deuteronomy 6:5) Therefore, there is three aspect of our being (heart, mind and soul) and all must ‘WORK TOGETHER’.
It was many years ago before I received confirmation recently that I believed that John writings told us about the Heart of Yeshua, Peter reflected on the Spirit of Christ, Paul spoken concerning the Mind of Christ and James written concerning the good works of the body (Church). Many hours working in a church environment spending years getting corresponding bible courses in the mail and attending a bible school for one year. But it was in 2019 when I was told I would need a KJV Hebrew and Greek Key Word Bible.
We know that Christ was blessed with wisdom from above because he was sent from the FATHER who is above all things, but our spiritual increase comes when we sincerely ask, seek and knock, we are reminded in this text. “Then said Jesus unto them, when ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.” John 8:28 I was speaking with a brother just the other day he enjoys learning from social media about everything; nevertheless, he could not see that social media is eating away at his rational thinking. There are adults in their early and late sixties complaining about a generation of kids being lost to video games and they themselves are buried under the discipleship training of Facebook, YouTube, Tic Tok and etc., getting the same dose, if not greater because they are adults and should know better.
In Yeshua time disciples were called ‘talmid’ not to be confused with the word Talmud. A disciple or talmid when chosen would leave EVERYTHING immediately behind to follow their teachers as a sincere apprentice, disciple or pupil and their lives would revolve around their teachers and in order to follow one they must deny themselves we have two examples of this illustration of sincere discipleship from scripture.
“And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.” And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.” (Matthew 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20; Luke 5:1-11)
When Elisha a man of great substance a plowboy received his spiritual adoption to follow the prophet, Elijah. It is written that Elisha took two of his oxen out of 12, two oxen make a yoke of oxen 2 x 12 = 24 oxen, and Elisha slew them with the instruments of the oxen and gave unto the people for a farewell banquet it was a proper renunciation (rejecting something you enjoyed) to follow his spiritual appointment. 1 Kings 19:21 Elisha’s fleshly desires died on that same day. How many today who confess the Christ can honestly say they are not carrying around bags of the past, that they have truly rejected their past even if it was good?
Yeshua visited His Disciples twice because Thomas was not there the first time to be bless. There is nothing like peace that comes from the Messiah when you learn how to pray, wait and trust on HIM. Christ’s disciples were anxious about the multitude they believed they stood against them. When Yeshua manifested Himself before His disciples in a lock house. He did not knock, nor did He walk in, the messiah just appeared out of nowhere unto them and said peace be unto you which translates “Shalom aleikhem!”
Yeshua, shows His disciples His physical wounds during a spiritual appearance now they are overly excited Christ tells His disciples a second time peace be unto you! I believe they were like a gold miner who just found a gold nugget jumping up and down like a teen whose parent(s) just gave them a new car. So, Yeshua confirms their ministry as Apostles or Ambassadors of His ministry by telling them the Father sent me, and I send you and then He breathed on them. What was the significancy of Christ breathing on the disciples? The presence of Yahweh’s spirit was upon them now restoring what Satan stole in the Garden of Eden our relationship with the Father through the blood of Yeshua (Jesus). Now, the breath of divine inspiration, spiritual intellect has seal them in the blood of the Lamb and no one can pluck them out of His Father’s hand.
Now, this may be hard for many to believe in the flesh but put yourself in the disciples’ shoes who believed unto their deaths and under many sufferings during their time. There is not one writing that I have come across that mention any anguish during those great hours of persecution. All believers went willingly, and Rome could not understand this either. It is written in most if not all historical documents concerning John, that he was place in a hot boiling pot of oil and removed because it was not effective, he was then taken out and sent to Patmos where he died of natural causes.
Christ was on the cross for a maximum time allowed for Roman crucifying and the only thing he cried, “Father way have you forsaken me.” This may have been due to Yahweh being a consuming fire and He could not look upon His SON covered in our SINS of unbelief. Stephen who was filled by the Holy Spirit while being stone was heard asking Yahweh to forgive his attackers. Hearing that the Children of Yahweh beheld in hostile environments being tortured and gun down while their attackers get on social media and parade ill-will doings.
But what Yahweh sees are His faithful servants who remained in their faith holden onto Christ unto their very last breath. What a joy to know there are still true witnesses for the ministry of the gospel. However, there are many who are waiting on the rapture sitting in high seats believing they will be first thru the ‘heavenly’ gate. Yahweh forbids, America is the only place in the whole world where one can truly here the Gospel without much reproach for it is written “For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so, shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For wheresoever the carcasses is, there will the eagles be gathered together.” Yahweh has already made room for the Messianic Gospel; the gospel of good news that must be preached to all nations from the roof tops of America, then the end will come.
I happen to see a small tree cut down by yesterday’s storm that swept crossed Georgia late evening. Trees were down and limbs broken throughout Georgia, but this tree was in a place where people would gather to worship their god(s) and build a alter with bricks. The carcasses in the scripture above point to false accusers, poor teachers and dead worship. The eagle is symbolic to AMERICA. Eagle also represent fowls which are unclean birds one translations says vultures. In my county they just seemly to appear out of thin air gathered around carcasses. I can only imagine how many will appear on that great Day of the Lord.
“And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore, every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire.” Matthew 3:10
