Daily Bible Portion (Monday)
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"YOU SHALL COMMAND"
(Weekly Reading>>Exodus 27:20-30:10, Ezekiel 43:10-27, Romans 12:1-13:14)[/B]
Sons of Fresh Oil
(The Parable of the Ten Virgins / Believers in the End Times)
In the above Scripture, oil is a reference to what is produced by a believer’s thoughts, heart, walk and lifestyle as relates to obedience in Yeshua’s commandments. Five is a reference to the five books of Moses ( Yeshua’s Gospel/Torah John 5:46-47). The five wise virgins(hearing and doing) represent believers with an adequate supply of oil, or those who live in accordance with the testimony/Covenant of Moses and walk after the Spirit of Yeshua obeying His Word. The five unwise virgins(hearing but not doing) represent believers who lack enough oil in their walk or who, over time, neglected to appropriate Yeshua’s words into their hearts and lifestyles. It is a commandment to keep the oil in the lamp burning perpetually. Yeshua is the only oil that produces the light for the menorah. Torah and the commandments on their own cannot produce oil therefore there will be a lack of light. Only when Yeshua and Torah come together in our hearts will the oil yield the flow needed to produce the light for that day(John 14:23-24; Psalm 119:105; Proverbs 6:23).
Sleep is a reference to spiritual slumber that is having the principles/Torah but not appropriating them into the lifestyle or walk, thus Scripture references them as one who is sleeping. We are reminded that the Bride is to be watchful and to keep her lamp burning continually. The decorations on the lampstand/ menorah in the tabernacle were fashioned after the almond blossom. The word for almond in Hebrew shares the exact same spelling as its verbal root, shaqad, which means watchful or sleepless. Thus to keep our menorah burning oil continuously reminds us we are to remain active in His word and not be found sleeping so our lamp does not go out (Isaiah 56:10).
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"YOU SHALL COMMAND"
(Weekly Reading>>Exodus 27:20-30:10, Ezekiel 43:10-27, Romans 12:1-13:14)[/B]
Sons of Fresh Oil
(The Parable of the Ten Virgins / Believers in the End Times)
Matthew 25:1-10 “Then the kingdom of heaven [the Messianic term of Yahweh in the flesh, Yeshua; as well as a term for the Messianic/millennial Era also known as the 7000th year, which we are in today] shall be likened to ten virgins [references to the ten lost tribes of Israel returning to walk in the ways of Yeshua and thirdly to the whole House of Israel] who took their lamps [symbol for looking into the Word of Yahweh], and went out to meet the bridegroom [their Messiah]. Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. [Wise represents believers walking in the principles of their Marriage Covenant given at Mount Sinai. The foolish/unwise represent those who claim to know His ways but not walking faithfully after them or honoring their Marriage Covenant]. Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.”
In the above Scripture, oil is a reference to what is produced by a believer’s thoughts, heart, walk and lifestyle as relates to obedience in Yeshua’s commandments. Five is a reference to the five books of Moses ( Yeshua’s Gospel/Torah John 5:46-47). The five wise virgins(hearing and doing) represent believers with an adequate supply of oil, or those who live in accordance with the testimony/Covenant of Moses and walk after the Spirit of Yeshua obeying His Word. The five unwise virgins(hearing but not doing) represent believers who lack enough oil in their walk or who, over time, neglected to appropriate Yeshua’s words into their hearts and lifestyles. It is a commandment to keep the oil in the lamp burning perpetually. Yeshua is the only oil that produces the light for the menorah. Torah and the commandments on their own cannot produce oil therefore there will be a lack of light. Only when Yeshua and Torah come together in our hearts will the oil yield the flow needed to produce the light for that day(John 14:23-24; Psalm 119:105; Proverbs 6:23).
Zechariah 4:11-14 “Then I answered and said to him, ‘What are these two olive trees - at the right of the lampstand/ menorah and at its left?’ And I further answered and said to him, ‘What are these two olive branches that drip into the receptacles of the two gold pipes from which the golden oil drains?’ Then he answered me and said, ‘Do you not know what these are?’ And I said, ‘No, my lord.’ So he said, ‘These are the two anointed ones [ House of Israel and the House of Judah], who stand beside the Lord of the whole earth’” (Jeremiah 31:31-33; Hebrews 8:8-10).
“Now while the bridegroom was delaying [Just as Moses delayed to return from Mt. Sinai, preparing a place for the bride], all the virgins got drowsy and began to sleep” (Matthew 25:5).
Sleep is a reference to spiritual slumber that is having the principles/Torah but not appropriating them into the lifestyle or walk, thus Scripture references them as one who is sleeping. We are reminded that the Bride is to be watchful and to keep her lamp burning continually. The decorations on the lampstand/ menorah in the tabernacle were fashioned after the almond blossom. The word for almond in Hebrew shares the exact same spelling as its verbal root, shaqad, which means watchful or sleepless. Thus to keep our menorah burning oil continuously reminds us we are to remain active in His word and not be found sleeping so our lamp does not go out (Isaiah 56:10).
“And at midnight a cry was heard [reference to the sound the trumpet makes when proclaiming an announcement. In this parable the trumpet was used to proclaim the sighting of the New Moon at the beginning of the seventh month but primarily to announce the Feast of Blowing Trumpets/Yom Teruah, which falls on the first day of the seventh month. It is this Feast that declares…] ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!’ [On this Feast of Blowing/Yom Teruah the doors open to allow the Bride and Groom to enter] Then all those virgins [believers] arose, and trimmed their lamps [menorahs]. And the foolish [hear but disobey] said to the wise [those who hear and obey], ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ But the wise answered, saying, ‘No,lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ And while they [foolish] went to buy [oil], the bridegroom came, and those [wise] who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut. [The doors close on the next feast ten days later called the feast of Atonement/Yom Kippur – the Bride’s wedding day] Afterward the other virgins [unwise believers] came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you’” (Matthew 25:6-12).
Proverbs 13:9 “The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.”
Luke 13:25-28 “When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open for us,’ and He will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know you, where you are from,’ then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets. But He will say, I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity[lawlessness]. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out.’”
Matthew 7:22-23 " Many will say to Me in that day, "Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' And then I will declare to them, "I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!"
Revelation 22:12-15 “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. I am the Alpha [ Aleph] and the Omega [ Tov], the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last. Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.”
Luke 13:25-28 “When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open for us,’ and He will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know you, where you are from,’ then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets. But He will say, I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity[lawlessness]. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out.’”
Matthew 7:22-23 " Many will say to Me in that day, "Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' And then I will declare to them, "I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!"
Revelation 22:12-15 “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. I am the Alpha [ Aleph] and the Omega [ Tov], the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last. Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.”
Psalm 51:10-12 “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me by Your generous Spirit.”
Isaiah 62:1 “For Zion's sake I will not hold My peace, And for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, Until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, And her salvation as a lamp that burns.”
Isaiah 62:1 “For Zion's sake I will not hold My peace, And for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, Until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, And her salvation as a lamp that burns.”
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