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YHVH longs for interaction and shows us how we must approach Him. Through Torah, He reveals Himself to us. In the beginning, there was a limited knowledge base of how to approach YHVH; however, Adam and Eve did talk to Him in the garden and saw, first hand, how to initiate atonement for themselves. Throughout the centuries, we have progressive revelation to show us more and more about YHVH and His Word. There is no excuse that we could use that enables us to walk in lawlessness.
From the instant that Elohim breathed into man, there is a longing to belong to what is larger than any of us. It is a part of YHVH that left Himself in us and gives us life. That part is alive and longing to return to communion with the rightful owner. Due to the fall of man in the garden, a partition was placed, a veil or screen between us and our Maker. We can choose which ways to destroy this partition, and, in doing so, either hear the voice of Yah or be swayed by the voice of the earth, where the curse dwells. This curse is the toil in which we derive our own needs and the curse of continuously being bruised on the heel by the serpent.
However, when we look up, and we behold the voice of Creation, when we see past our physical needs and realize the sustenance of eternal life, we find that Voice calling out our names and calling forth provision on our behalf. If we can only look up to our Creator and not down to the dust. Our curse is to look to the dust from whence we came to find the deliverance of our souls through a life of sweat and toil. But the blessing of Life is by finding the Messiah, the seed from where all life came. That seed that resides in our hearts and minds and strength is the seed that calls out to YHVH, “I love you, for you are One YHVH!” We must be cut off from the flesh of the earth by the circumcision of our hearts so that we may hear the voice crying out for us. It is this circumcision that makes us different from the world as they cry out for their creator.
We have been chosen for this walk and the journey is not too difficult for us as spoken by Moses in Devarim 30. This separation is the setting apart of holiness that YHVH advocates for us by walking out His teachings and instructions. We must not think them insignificant, for by them we are walking out salvation with fear and trembling.
When we combine righteous living with the thoughts of the earth, we create our giants that we will eventually have to face down and destroy. Even in the days of Noach, man had decided the way in which he would reach spiritual enlightenment and superiority. These men were living for hundreds and hundreds of years. They were able to see the cause and affect for literally generations after them. We know that we can achieve better produce and healthier livestock by bringing together the biggest or the prettiest or the most tasteful offspring to produce even better offspring. How much more was man able to create the ultimate race with the combining of the traits that were most suited to be the best for living on the earth and searching out their own good. Being chosen as the tallest of men made for seeing around for the best portions first, and for being closer to heaven, at least closer than the other men. By seeking there own good, they could live even longer and be the strongest for survival. Yet, there own good was accounted as wickedness in the eyes of YHVH. It was there demise as they sought out what was good in there own eyes. There own good was a stench in the nostrils of Elohim and they were sentenced to death sooner than later.
Moreover, as the eyes of YHVH searched to and fro seeking a heart after Him, He found Noach and had grace upon Him. Grace unto life when all else would be destroyed. This grace was, indeed, most sufficient for Noach and his family for survival. In Noach was found favour. I pray that we could find that favor and be exempt from the punishment and wrath of a holy and jealous Elohim.
When we walk in our own desires and seek the likeness of the earth by walking in the flesh, we grieve the Spirit of Creation that has breathed in us life. We grieve the Spirit within us to the point of separation from that Spirit and transform ourselves back to the reality around us. We partake of a forbidden fruit and bear the consequences of isolation. All the friends and family in the world cannot make up the feeling of desperation and loneliness that we enter at the point of sin. We walk in a realm of unclean, whereas, we were walking in the realm of clean and holiness. It is proven that, even in our corruptible nature, YHVH hears our voices, sees our actions and even speaks to us. But this is the point of choice. We either choose life or we choose death. We choose to try again and walk at peace with YHVH or we choose to walk out of His presence. We choose to carry the very real seed of salvation and redemption in our hearts and minds or we choose to focus our attention back to the earth and to return there, devoid of life and redemption for all eternity.
Each of us has it within our power to make proper assessments and responses to each decision we have. We plan our ways and as we do so, YHVH establishes paths before us. Does it not make sense that if we plan lawlessness (lack of Torah) that we will have the life we love taken away from us and we will walk in perpetual blindness and live out a life of sin, where all the good works in the world do us no good at all? It is so much easier and better to walk in the Laws of YHVH that have been given to us, due to the fall, so that we can live for ever with the author of them. The Laws are not given for condemnation, but for life so that we would be called sons of Elohim. The grace of YHVH is to bring us back and show us the ways of righteousness. His grace is available to all of us to take hold of and be shown His righteousness for our sake. He shows us the way to call upon His name.
To man it was given the honor to name the beasts and to man they all made procession to be named. Likewise, we were given the name by Elohim, man. He knew our nature when He created us and allowed us to proceed back to Himself , or to process to the earth and be of its kind. Whether we acknowledge it or not, each will process back to the presence of Elohim for one last time. But, this will be a time of judgement, where grace will be acknowledged back to the Creator. This is walking out salvation. Grabbing hold of the grace and holding on for dear life. It is not the life of the earth, but the essence of Life, our Messiah, in whom we all have Life forever. Yeshua, our Messiah is the manifested grace of YHVH. He is the name that was pronounced by the mouth of YHVH that would bring redemption to each one that is willing to humble himself to that Name and no other. For this reason we can all say that His is the Name above all names. The importance of Elohim calling out our name is the same importance that He places on naming His Son as the second Adam. The second Adam has the ability to live without separation from the Creator; and, He has the ability to live within us, to make us one with Him so that we then live without separation from the Creator as well. Yeshua is our garden to dwell in and He cultivates the good fruit that is being born for our consumption. He alone is the Tree of Life that we must eat of in order to be satisfied.
Only by having the righteous seed within us are we able to trample down the enemy and crush the serpent’s head. We cannot do this without Him. The serpent knows the ways of Elohim, for he was created by Him as well. The serpent knows how to twist and manipulate Torah so that we do not understand the hidden Treasures. Yet, by the Spirit of life we are able to see past the partition and the scales are removed so that we are able to see what the earth is really created for and the matter thereof. Yeshua is the Rock of our salvation and He is the chief Cornerstone. Upon Him we must build our tabernacles to give praise back to the Creator. Upon this second Adam we must be crushed in the flesh so that His Spirit will live on in us forever. He is the Rock that is alive and will not perish. May we place our eyes only on Him and take them off the temporal rock and dust of the fleeting age that will only be dust when it is all over. Our hope must rest in the foundation of eternal dwelling in the garden of Life in our Messiah. For He is revealed in the beginning through the revelation of Torah for redemption. The redemptive acts of YHVH began, even with the curse, that we would crush the serpent’s head. We will do this through Him and Him alone.
Can you hear His voice? If you are made in His likeness, not of dust any longer, but of the breath of YHVH, then you are created as a helper for Him. A person to communicate the story of Life back to the Creator. |
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