Terumah

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“Heave offering”
The 19th Torah Portion Reading
7th reading in the Book of Exodus
Exodus 25:1 – 27:19
Isaiah 66:1-24
Matthew 12:46 – 13:58
Terumah

Terumah
The Shadows of the Messiah
Titles of Messiah
• The Temple - John 2:19-21
• The Holy Place - Exodus 25:8
• The Tabernacle - John 1:14
• The Menorah - Revelation 21:24
• The Altar - Hebrews 13:10

Proverbs 28:4 Those who forsake the Torah
praise the wicked,
but those who keep the Torah strive with them.
Pro 28:4 Silang nangagpapabaya sa kautusan
ay nagsisipuri sa masama:
nguni't ang nangagiingat ng kautusan ay
nangakikipagkaalit sa kanila.
GOOD VS EVIL
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OF MESSIAH THE LIVING TORAH CENTER

Hebrew vs Greek Mindset
- It is not the absence of Scripture in bible
believing churches,
- it is the absence of a correct way of reading
and then obeying Scripture.
-
If G-d's Word is immutable, and His standards absolute?
One word: Philosophy. That is, the philosophical or
rational approach to G-d's Word.
Beloved, philosophy begins with the question,
"What is truth?" and ends with the answer, "This is
truth to me." G-d's Word was not given to be
subjected to the exercise of philosophical argument.

“ It is entirely tolerable to
the Hebraic mind to accept
a paradox. To the non-
Hebraic mind, the paradox
is seen as blatant
contradiction, and is
summarily dismissed as
nonsense.”
– Bikurei Tziyon, issue 71, pg.29”

TORAH LEARNING NOT LIMITED
RELIGIOUS LIFE
TRANSCEND INTO THE REALM OF
THE SECULAR WORLD
EX: ISRAEL INVENTIONS AND
SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES

All torah learning is to be applied in daily activities and all spheres of our
human endeavors– from the the way we dress , pray to the way we treat
other people

Deu 22:5 "A woman shall not wear man's clothing,
nor shall a man put on a woman's clothing; for
whoever does these things is an abomination to the
LORD your God.
Apply TORAH LEARNING : wear decent clothes not
only on shabbat on regular days .at work or at shul.

Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no
vision, the people are unrestrained. But
blessed is he, the one keeping the
Torah.
Pro 29:18 Kung saan walang
pangitain, ang bayan ay sumasama:
nguni't siyang nagiingat ng kautusan
ay maligaya siya.
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Hebrew vs Greek Mindset
The mainstream traditional churches is only
slightly behind the decaying mainstream
denominations, because it stopped treating G-
d's Word as the absolute authority. Maybe it
never did.
-- In short, we have too many people talking
theology; and too few practicing and teaching
G-d's commands.

The Philosophy Test
Here is a quick test to see if the philosophical approach
has affected you.
- Truth needs to be understood in order to be obeyed.
- What you believe is more important than what you do.
- Knowledge is worth pursuing for its own sake.
- We must separate the sacred from the secular.
- Mundane things in life interfere with our spiritual focus.
- The primary purpose of education is to understand the
world around us and acquire correct ideas and right
thinking.
- Knowledge and right thinking feed the soul.
- The primary source of religious teaching should be
trained pastors or teachers.

It began in a Garden. A Serpent, and a Woman…
"And he [the Serpent] said to the woman, 'Has G-d
indeed said, "You shall not eat of every tree of the
garden"?'" (Genesis 3:1b)
That is a logical question. Think about it. G-d had
said in verse 16 and 17, "Of every tree of the
garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat."
* So the Serpent's query was logically correct. Ah,
but was it truth? No, it wasn't.
* G-d's instruction to the Man and the Woman was
to eat of any tree except the Tree of the Knowledge
of Good and Evil. The difference seems subtle, but
it is not.

In the next few verses, the Serpent
takes the Woman for a ride on the
philosophy train, and railroads her
right into the most logical answer to
his first question: "Has G-d indeed
said?". The logical answer of course
(to Eve), "Why no, He didn't really
mean what He said when He said
don't eat" – after all, misread 1Cor
6:13; 8:8; Rom 14:17, and this error
filled logic seems to make sense.

***The problem with our modern theologies that
approach G-d's Word with selective compliance is
that they are all based upon 3 false assumptions:
- G-d's instructions change as we (collectively) mature
spiritually.
- G-d's illogical (humanly speaking) instructions were
only valid until we figured out that they were merely
figurative instructions. In other words, they only
existed until what they illustrated was obvious –
or they were only metaphors (sound familiar?).
- Actually there is a third and even bigger false
assumption:
***We think we know it all, and know what G-d really
means.

Raise My Contribution
Exodus 25:1-2 Then the LORD spoke
to Moses, saying, "Tell the sons of
Israel to raise a contribution for Me;
from every man whose heart moves
him you shall raise My contribution."

Principles in Kingdom Building
1Sam 2:30 “ those who honor Me I will
honor, and those who despise Me will be
lightly esteemed.
David says “ I will build your House Adonai
God Responded “ your house/family I will build
forever?
B’ Resheet John 3:16 = G_D first is the Giver
Creator of all ***Mature believers has the heart
and good motive To build God’s kingdom here on
earth.

From Eden to Sinai
Exodus 25:8 Let them construct a
sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell
among them.

In Exodus 25, the Almighty prepared to restore His
relationship with humanity. He desired to dwell
among human beings and have fellowship with
them as He did with Adam in the garden. The
whole purpose of the redemption of Israel was
that God might dwell among them: "I brought
them out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell
among them; I am the LORD their God" (Exodus
29:46).
In that regard, the LORD's objective for the redemption
was not merely the liberation of Israel but the
reunification of His Divine Presence with human
beings. The exodus from Egypt, the revelation at
Sinai, and the building of the Sanctuary were all steps
toward repairing the damage of the sin of Adam

The LORD asked the children of Israel to
contribute toward the construction of a
Sanctuary in which He could dwell in
their midst. He gave Moses a list of items
that people could contribute toward the
Sanctuary. Likewise, in the Messianic
Era, the LORD will instruct the Messiah
to lead His people in the construction of
a Sanctuary in Zion where He will once
more dwell in the midst of His people.

Raise My Contribution – Divine Partnership

Prov 3:5-10 Trust in the LORD with all your heart And
do not lean on your own understanding. (6) In all your
ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths
straight. (7) Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the
LORD and turn away from evil. (8) It will be healing to
your body And refreshment to your bones. (9) Honor
the LORD from your wealth And from the first of all your
produce; (10) So your barns will be filled with plenty
And your vats will overflow with new wine.
GIVE THE BEST OF YOU TO ADONAI
SHEMA : LOVE GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART SOUL
AND RESOURCES.
ABILITIES/TALENTS/ -- GIVE BACK TO G_D
THE LORD GIVETH THE LORD TAKETH AWAY….

Sanctuary and Tabernacle
Kadash = to sanctify
Kadosh = holy
Mikdash = holy place
(sanctuary)

shachan = to dwell
Shechinah = Dwelling Presence
mishkan = dwelling place
(tabernacle)

The Hebrew words translated as ‘statutes’ and
‘ordinances’ are very specific and very familiar to
readers of the Hebrew “Old” Testament.
In no way do the original Hebrew words reflect the
Christian understanding of “following the leading
of the Holy Spirit.”
* These words very specifically refer to the hoq
(statutes), mišpat (regulations), and mitzvot
(commandments) in the Tanakh (Old Testament).
Eze 36:26 "Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a
new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone
from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
Eze 36:27 "I will put My Spirit within you and cause
you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to
observe My ordinances.
Eze 36:28 "You will live in the land that I gave to your
forefathers; so you will be My people, and I will be your God.31

But even the idea of Torah being
instructions or directions, or more
specifically, instructives or directives,
can be viewed in a negative light. The
same is also true with law. It can be
viewed as “rules and regulations,” or,
*** it can be viewed as constitution: the
ruling precepts of a national
government.
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Eph 2:10 For we are His workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus/Yeshua for good
works, which God prepared beforehand
so that we would walk in them.
[9] ‘Good works’ in the Hebraic context
always refers to the works commanded in
the Torah.
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Is the written Torah a set of ideal laws or a
constitution for a people?
- Is it a collection of timeless principles or time-
bound laws for an actual people?
- Is it social legislation or a set of ethical ideals?
Many people want Torah to be something it is not.
Many want Torah not to have commandments about
owning slaves, taking war brides, and executing non-
believers. But many people need to learn to see
what is in Torah theologically, with eyes for the way
Torah does reveal God’s ideal ways, as a scroll
bringing real people from human evil on a trajectory
toward perfect justice. 34

[6] The Constitution is only a statement of goals;
thus, without the nation’s accompanying
specific rules and regulations based on the
Constitution’s principles, the Constitution would
be merely a great philosophical idea, with no
basis in reality.
*** Without the Torah mitzvot, the Ten
Commandments can be more accurately
called the Ten Great Suggestions, and they have
little genuine power to affect our lives, because
everyone ends up ‘interpreting’ them according
to their own standards.
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Torah As Constitution
Why is the Torah referred to as the Law in the Renewed
Covenant/New Testament?
In the Greek Scriptures, the word nomos (nomoß)[3]was
used to communicate the idea of torah.
- Nomos is a term which in its strictest sense means
“law,” but not always Biblical Instruction.
- It can also be representative of extra-Biblical Jewish
Talmudic rulings, Greek or Roman civil code, and can
be indicative of laws of nature that govern the
universe.
- Nomos can also be used in speaking of spiritual laws,
more clearly defined as spiritual constants (i.e., the
law of sin and death, the law of the spirit of life).
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We bring this important point out because in
Ephesians 2:12 the Apostle Paul writes the non-
Jews (who we believe to be Ephraimites) that
they were “at that season separate from Messiah,
alienated from the commonwealth of Yisrael, and
strangers to the covenants of promise, having no
hope and without God in the world.”
- The Complete Jewish Bible translates this
admonition as “You were estranged from the
national life of Isra’el” and *
- the Power New Testament by William J.
Morford says “you were at that
time…alienated from the state of Israel.” *
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The Greek noun translated as commonwealth,
national life, or state,
is politeia (politeia)[4] and is of extreme
interest.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions politeia means
“the administration of civil affairs, a state or
commonwealth, citizenship, the rights of a
citizen.”[5]
*** A proper historical understanding
of politeia may unlock the key as to
why torah was rendered as nomos in the
Septuagint.
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Ancient Greece was made up of various city-states,
each one known as a polis (poliß),[7] a related term
to politiea. Each polis had an official known as
anomothetes (nomoqethß) or a
“lawgiver,”[8] whose job it was to transcribe and
enforce the nomos or “law” of that city-
state.[9] This “law” or nomos would not be “rules
and regulations,” but rather the statutes that
would govern the city and thus establish an
identity for the people. It would essentially be
their constitution.
W.E. Vine tells us “nomos became the established
name for law as decreed by a state and set up as
the standard for the administration of justice.”[10]
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But even the idea of Torah being instructions or
directions, or more specifically, instructives or
directives, can be viewed in a negative light. The
same is also true with law. It can be viewed as
“rules and regulations,” or,
*** it can be viewed as constitution: the ruling
precepts of a national government.
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It seems that it was never the intention of the
Septuagint rabbis to render torah as nomos so as to
imply that the Torah of Yahweh should be looked
upon as “rules and regulations.”
Rather, it was probably their intention, as given in
the historical example, that Torah should be looked
upon as the constitutional “law” of the people of
Israel—something to be looked at in a very positive
sense. *** The Torah or constitution of Israel
provides us with a national identity that separates
us from the heathen of this world. The Torah on a
very broad scope provides law and order for the
society that Yahweh wants. 41

In last week’s study, we read about God giving the Ten
Commandments to the children of Israel through His servant, Moshe
(Moses). (Exodus 14:31)
This portion of Scripture (Parasha) begins by describing a whole
system of civil legislation, such as the rights of persons, slaves and
servants, as well as laws concerning murder, personal injuries,
offenses against property, and moral offenses.
These ancient codes are still relevant today. The laws found here are
powerful and deep, and they remain a meaningful treasure in the
Word of God.
The spirit of lawlessness causes many people to resent rules and
regulations; however, without a standardized code of laws, chaos and
anarchy reigns, and the love of many grows cold. (Matthew 24:12)
In fact, the closer we move toward the end times, the more lawless
society seems to become, which is consistent with end-time prophecy.
“For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one
who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the
way.” (2 Thessalonians 2:7)
God is a God of peace and order. Laws are absolutely necessary to live
a righteous, loving and peaceful life.
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TORAH AS CONSTITUTION CONTN’.
Independence Day. It commemorates the time when our
nation threw off an oppressive regime that held us hostage
to a ruling authority that did what was right in his own eyes.
In place of that the founders of this nation set forth a
foundational document to guide us and set parameters, that
if we followed them, lived them, and defended them, we
would become more free. But the freedom that this
document provided was a selfless freedom built on
independence. But the independence that the document
provides is not a selfish one that makes independent of it!
We are to be subject to the Law of the Constitution of the
USA. This allows freedom to choose, but does not allow
anyone person to subject another to their own version of
the law. Being subjects of a governing document that
declares that all men are created equal, but governed by the
same law, makes an even playing field, where each person
has the right to work within the law to live the kind of free,
prosperous life that it was meant to pave the way for. 44

TORAH AS CONSTITUTION CONTN’.
The fragile clay pot is saying to the potter,
"Thanks for making me. I've got it from here.
You did a good job in beginning this world and
mankind, but now we have evolved beyond
how you told us to live. We don't need your
Law to govern us any longer." You won't hear
many put it in these words, but by their actions
they are saying just that. I am challenged by it.
How much of that mindset do I still have in me?
How much of my flesh is still keeping me in
bondage? 45

Romans Chapter 8. Paul says that the carnal
man, or the man who lives according the
dictates of the flesh, cannot submit to the
Torah of Yahweh.
- Independence apart from the Law is self
defined and and subject each individual and
the party that more closely fits his or her
agenda. We each have a version of the Law
that has become subject to our flesh, instead
of crucifying our flesh that we might submit to
His Torah..
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Matthew 5. Yeshua made it very clear. You (the
religious rulers and teacher of the various
factions) have heard it said, but I say to you...."
The progressives had progressively eroded His
Torah, making it subject to their own
interpretation. Yeshua came to remind them
that they needed to hear Him. He says in John
Chapter 12 that His Word will judge them in
the end. He made it clear that His Word was
the Word of the Father. There's nothing new
about it. He didn't come with a progressive
revelation. He came telling us that we need to
seek the ancient path of Torah; what He said.47

Matthew 15 and Mark 7. Yeshua said, "You
make the My Commandments (Torah) of no
effect by your tradition."
Those who profess to follow the God of the
Bible need to follow the Bible and allow Him to
speak as to what He meant by it. It's time to
lay aside our versions and eschew the
doctrines of men and follow His Doctrine. His
Torah is our founding document, if we are
citizens of His kingdom.
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—In Jewish thought the seven-day week is a prophetic picture
of a seven thousand year plan of redemption culminating
in the Messianic Age (or Era) during which the “Final
Redemption” occurs.
The first 6000 years, according to Jewish thought, is subdivided
into three periods:
*** the first two days or two thousand years are called the “Age
of Desolation”, days 3-4 are called the “Age of Torah” and the
last two days (days five and six) are called the “Age of Messiah”
(See Artscroll Beresheis 1(a), pp. 359) culminating in the Final
Redemption when the Israelite exiles will return to the land of
Israel and Messiah Ben David will assume rulership over the
earth and the Messianic Age will be established upon this earth
for 1000 years.
—In Jewish thought, the Final Redemption will occur on the first
day of the seventh month on the seventh day of the
week at the beginning of the seventh millennium

THE FINAL REDEMPTION IS TO OCCUR AT THE BEGINNING OF AND
DURING THE MESSIANIC AGE OR MILLENNIUM
The concept of the Messianic Age in Hebraic thought encompasses
the concept of the First and Final Redemptions which are two
separate events. The First Redemption occurred when the Israelites
left Egypt or spiritually when the Believer leaves spiritual Egypt at the
time of their salvation. By contrast, the Final Redemption occurred
when the Israelites entered the Promised Land which spiritually and
prophetically corresponds to the Believer being resurrected at the end
of the age and receiving their spiritual inheritance, i.e. glorified bodies
and rulership with Messiah in the Messianic Age for 1000 years)
(Messiah Vol. 2, pp. 186, 191-192). (1st & greater exodus from egypt/world)
The Final Redemption is a Jewish rabbinic concept that is sprinkled
through out rabbinic writings. It is an event (or series of events) that
occurs at the end of the age prior to the return of Messiah (Yeshua)
ben (son of) David and at the beginning of the Messianic Age
(Millennium). The Jewish sages teach, based on their understanding
of the Hebrew Scriptures, that the following notable events are to
occur in conjunction with the Final Redemption:

—The Millennium is the fulfillment of all
prophecies/promises for the people of Israel
(including the “church”.
* Many see the Millennium as the place where the righteous
Israelites (i.e. Jews) will reign with Messiah while the
Believers are reigning spiritually in heaven. ( but Kingdom)
- The Jews have a physical inheritance/kingdom
- while the Believers have a spiritual inheritance and
kingdom.
- For those who believe this way the Millennium is a
symbolic metaphor for heaven.
—For those who believe that the Millennium is merely a
symbolic metaphor, the 70 or so Scriptures in the Tanakh
dealing with the Messianic Age are assigned to the “church”
— a form of spiritualization of the peshat or plain meaning
of these prophecies and a form of replacement theology.
Much of this confusion stems from not knowing who is Israel
as opposed to the tribe of Judah. 55

-People will live to a very old age: Isa. 65:20. in the Millenium
Isa 65:20 "No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a
few days, Or an old man who does not live out his days; For the
youth will die at the age of one hundred And the one who does
not reach the age of one hundred Will be thought accursed.
Isa 65:21 "They will build houses and inhabit them; They will
also plant vineyards and eat their fruit. Isa 65:22 "They will not
build and another inhabit, They will not plant and another eat;
For as the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, And
My chosen ones will wear out the work of their hands. Isa 65:23
"They will not labor in vain, Or bear children for calamity; For
they are the offspring of those blessed by the LORD, And their
offsprings/descendants with them.
Isa 65:20 Hindi na magkakaroon mula ngayon ng sanggol na
mamamatay, o ng matanda man na hindi nalubos ang kaniyang
mga kaarawan; sapagka't ang bata ay mamamatay na may isang
daang taong gulang, at ang makasalanan na may isang daang taon
ang gulang ay susumpain. 56

MYTH : ON MARRIAGE During the Milennial Years
Mattityahu/Matthew 22:23-3223 The same day came to Him the Tzadukim
(Saducees), who say that there is no resurrection, and asked Him, 24 Saying,
Master, Moshe said, If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry
his wife, and raise up zera (seed) for his brother.
25 Now there were among us seven brothers: and the first, when he had
married a wife, he died and, having no children, left his wife to his brother:
26 Likewise the second also, and the third, all the way to
the seventh. 27 And last of all, the woman died also. 28 Therefore in the
resurrection whose wife shall she befrom the seven? For they all had her
as a wife.29 Yahushua answered and said to them, You are led astray,not
knowing the Keetvay HaKadosh (Scriptures as a Whole in plural form),nor the
power of YHWH.30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor
aregiven in marriage, but are as the heavenly malachim (angels) ofYHWH
in the shamayim (heavens).31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead,
have you not read that which was spoken to you by Eloah, saying,32 I am the
Eloah of Avraham, and the Eloah of Yitzchak, and the Eloah of Yaakov? Eloah
is not the Eloah of the dead, but of the living.

Yeshua answers them precisely according to their question.
They asked about in the resurrection. They did not ask about
after the resurrection.
To verify that they asked the wrong question, Yeshua says
their asking only touched the resurrection of the dead.
What can malachim/angels do that we cannot?
They can fly. In the resurrection, we fly and apparently fast.
*** Since they asked about “in the resurrection”, how long
does “in the resurrection” last?
Qorintyah Aleph / 1st Corinthians 15:50-55

1st Corinthians 15:50-55
50 Now this I say, Yisraelite brothers, that flesh and dahm
(blood)
cannot inherit the malchut (kingdom) of YHWH;
neither does corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Behold, I show you a sod (hidden mystical level) mystery;
We shall notall die, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a
moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last shofar: for the
shofar shall sound, and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this
corruptible must put onincorruption, and thismortal must put
on immortality.54 So when thiscorruptible shall have put on
incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on
immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is
written, Death isswallowed up in victory 55 O death, where is
your sting? O Sheol, where is your victory?

IN THE MILLENIAL KINGDOM 6001- 7000
-Crowds of people will flock to Jerusalem:
Zech. 2:1-4; Isa. 49:14.
-The temple will be rebuilt. Instructions to build
a new temple: Ezek. 40:1-49; 41:1-26; 42:1-20;
43:1-27; Zech.
6:15; Zech. 14:20-21; Hag. 2:6- 9; Zech. 6:12-15.
-The Messiah will be king over the whole world:
Zech. 6:9-13; Isa. 11:1- 5; Rev. 20:6; Rev. 5:9-10.
-The nations which do not want to serve the
HASHEM YAHWEH will be destroyed:
Isa. 60:12; Zech. 14:16-19; Isa 9:5-7.
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—In Jewish thought the seven-day week is a prophetic picture
of a seven thousand year plan of redemption culminating
in the Messianic Age (or Era) during which the “Final
Redemption” occurs. The first 6000 years,
according to Jewish thought, is subdivided into three periods:
the first two days or two thousand years are
called the “Age of Desolation”, days 3-4 are called the “Age of
Torah” and the last two days (days five and six)
are called the “Age of Messiah” (See Artscroll Beresheis 1(a),
pp. 359) culminating in the Final Redemption
when the Israelite exiles will return to the land of Israel and
Messiah Ben David will assume rulership over the
earth and the Messianic Age will be established upon this earth
for 1000 years.
—In Jewish thought, the Final Redemption will occur on the first
day of the seventh month on the seventh day of the
week at the beginning of the seventh millennium

THE FINAL REDEMPTION IS TO OCCUR AT THE BEGINNING OF AND
DURING THE MESSIANIC AGE OR MILLENNIUM
The concept of the Messianic Age in Hebraic thought encompasses
the concept of the First and Final Redemptions
which are two separate events. The First Redemption occurred when
the Israelites left Egypt or spiritually
when the Believer leaves spiritual Egypt at the time of their salvation.
By contrast, the Final Redemption occurred
when the Israelites entered the Promised Land which spiritually and
prophetically corresponds to the Believer being
resurrected at the end of the age and receiving their spiritual
inheritance, i.e. glorified bodies and rulership with
Messiah in the Messianic Age for 1000 years) (Messiah Vol. 2, pp. 186,
191-192).
The Final Redemption is a Jewish rabbinic concept that is sprinkled
through out rabbinic writings. It is an event
(or series of events) that occurs at the end of the age prior to the
return of Messiah (Yeshua) ben (son of) David and
at the beginning of the Messianic Age (Millennium). The Jewish sages

—The future King Messiah (Messiah Ben David) will not
only redeem the Jews from exile, but will restore the
observance of the Torah-commandments to its complete
state, which will only be possible when the Israelites are
living in the Land of Israel.
-- At this same time, “there will be an ingathering of the
dispersed remnant of Israel. This will make it possible for
the Davidic dynasty to be reinstated and for the
observance of the Torah and its mitsvot to be restored in
its totality ****
According to the Rambam in his Thirteen Principles of the
Jewish Faith the resurrection of the dead will occur just
after the coming of the Messiah and that the resurrection
of the dead is a key element of the Final Redemption (ibid.,
p. 59).
—The Jewish rabbis recognize that the ingathering of the exiles,
including the 10 tribes of the Northern Kingdom, will also return
and that the whole house of Israel will serve YHWH (Ezek. 20:32-

ETERNITY (OLAM HABA) THE COMING WORLD, THE AGE TO COME,
TO OCCUR AFTER THE MESSIANIC AGE OR MILLENNIUM
Here are some of the distinctive characteristics of the this period of
time that, for lack of a better term, we shall call eternity. This is a
distinct and separate age from that of the one thousand year long
Millennium. In YHWH’s seven annual Feast Days Sukkot or the Feast
of Tabernacles is a prophetic shadow-picture of the Millennium while
The Eighth Day or Shemini Atzeret represents the age occurring after
the close of the Millennium which we refer to as eternity.
Scripture gives us some characteristics of this age:
—A new creation at the end of the Millennium: Rev 21:3- 4;
—No sun and moon. YHWH will be the everlasting light. No more tears
or mourning: Isa 60:19-20;
—A heavenly Jerusalem descending to earth: Rev. 21
—New Jerusalem is approximately 1,200 hundred miles square: Rev
21:16
—A river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne
of Elohim and of the Lamb: Rev 22:1
—On either side of the river was the tree of life: Rev 22:2

ETERNITY (OLAM HABA) THE COMING WORLD, THE AGE TO COME,
TO OCCUR AFTER THE MESSIANIC AGE OR MILLENNIUM
—There is no physical temple. YHWH Elohim is the temple: Rev 21:22
—The streets are paved with translucent gold: Rev. 21:21
—The city walls contain twelve gates named after the twelve tribes of
Israel. There is no Gentile gate: Rev. 21:12
THE BOOK REVELATION EVENTS ARE CHRONOLOGICAL, NOT
CONTEMPORANEOUS
Some biblical expositors interpret the events in the book of Revelation to
be contemporaneous or that various seemly divers events that appear to
be written chronologically to be in fact different recitations of the same
event, but told from a different perspective with different details. For
example, some of these Bible teachers believe that the Seven Seals (Rev.
6-8:5), Seven Trumps (8:5-19) and Seven Last Plagues (Rev. 15-16) are all
the same event.
Additionally, some teach that the one thousand year millennium is
identical to Revelation’s description of the New
Heaven, the New Earth and New Jerusalem (Rev. 21-22).

WHAT IS THE KINGDOM OF ELOHIM?
YESHUA’S TEACHINGS ABOUT THE KINGDOM OF ELOHIM IN LIGHT
OF HEBRAIC THOUGHT OF THE FIRST CENTURY
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When John said that the Word became flesh
and "dwelt" among us, he alluded to the
Tabernacle imagery. In fact, a literal translation
of John 1:14 might read, ''And the Word became
flesh, and did tabernacle among us." Much as the
Shechinah of God descended upon the
Tabernacle in the wilderness to dwell among
men, so too, the eternal Word (Logos Memra) of
God descended to tabernacle among us in the
body of Yeshua.

Yeshua as Tabernacle
The same Hebrew words which we translate as,
"Let them construct a sanctuary, Messiah
fulfills this passage literally. While He was among
us in the flesh, the physical body of Yeshua
created a perfect sanctuary for God to dwell
among His people. This is why Yeshua spoke
of Himself as the Temple of God. He warned,
"Destroy this Temple, and in three days I will raise
it up again" (John 2:19).
His body was a spiritual Temple, the holy dwelling
place of God: "He was speaking of the temple of
His body" John 2:21 ).

2 Corinthians 6: 16 For we are the temple of
the living God; just as God said [in Leviticus
26:12], "I will dwell in them and walk among
them; and I will be their God, and they shall
be my people."
l Corinthians 6:19 Do you not know that
your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who
is in you?

Because the body of Messiah corresponds
to the Temple, and because His disciples
are metaphorically called "His body,"
they are also collectively called the
Temple of the Holy Spirit.
- Paul repeatedly symbolized the
congregation of believers as the "Temple of
God“ with the Holy Spirit dwelling within:

John 4:21-23 An hour is coming when
neither in this mountain nor in
Jerusalem will you worship the Father
.... But an hour is corning, and now is,
when the true worshipers will worship
the Father in spirit and truth; for such
people the Father seeks to be His
worshipers.

In the world to come there will be no
Temple. Messiah Himself will be the
Temple in the New Jerusalem:
"I saw no temple in it, for the LORD
God the Almighty and the Lamb are its
temple" (Revelation 21:22).

The Mirror
Exodus 25:9
According to all
that I am going to
show you, as the
pattern of the
tabernacle and the
pattern of all its
furniture, just so
you shall construct
it.

The Mirror
Atop Mount Sinai the LORD showed Moses the
pattern for the Tabernacle and all its furnishings.
In some sort of vision-like state, Moses saw the
furnishings of God's eternal dwelling place in
heaven, the supernal Temple. God instructed him
to make a physical copy of it on earth.5
*** He told Moses to make it "according to all
that I am going to show (mareh) you." The
Hebrew verb mareh appears in the noun form as
marah which means "vision" or "mirror."

The Mirror
God showed Moses the eternal Temple in a vision
or, one might say, in a mirror. He instructed him to
replicate the vision in an earthly version.
*** Yeshua is the living Sanctuary through
whom God took up dwelling on earth, abiding
in the midst of His people. He is the mishkan
(the dwelling place of God) and the mikdash (the
holy place of God).
*** What better way for God to dwell among
men than to make a man His dwelling?

A Copy and a Shadow
Hebrews 8:4-5 4 For if he were on earth, he
should not be a priest, seeing that there are
priests that offer gifts according to the law:
5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of
heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of
God when he was about to make the tabernacle:
for, See, saith he, that thou make all things
according to the pattern shewed to thee in the
mount.

A Copy and a Shadow
Jewish tradition explains that the LORD revealed
to Moses the supernal, heavenly Temple, the
eternal dwelling place of God: "The Holy One,
blessed is He, desired to have a dwelling place
below, just as He has one above.', The LORD told
Moses to make an earthly replica, "a copy and
shadow of the heavenly“ (Hebrews 8:4):
Exodus 25:40 And look that thou make them
after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the
mount.

Temple in the New Testament
The Bible regards the Temple as God's
house on earth. The biblical narratives
unfold in and around the Sanctuary, both
the Tabernacle and the Temple.
Leviticus 26:2 Ye shall keep my Sabbaths, and
reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

The Torah devotes more ink to describing the
Sanctuary, the priesthood, the sacrificial
services, and the Levitical rites than it does to
any other subject. The Torah, the Prophets, and
the Writings all revere the Temple as holy and
precious, and they elevate it as a central concern
of both Israel and the LORD.
***The LORD has tied the fate of the nation to
the Temple. When the Temple falls, the people
go into exile. When the LORD redeems His
people, the Temple is rebuilt. The destruction of
the Temple brings the greatest national tragedy
possible, and the prophets look toward its
ultimate rebuilding.

In the Messianic Era, the Temple will be rebuilt,
and the
nations will stream to it. It will be called a house
of prayer for all nations.
***In view of the priority and spiritual significance
that the Bible and the Jewish people assign to the
Temple, why does Christian teaching generally
disregard the Temple? At best, Christian teaching
ignores the Temple. At worst, Christian teaching
depicts the Temple as obsolete, carnal, and
replaced by a spiritual temple in Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:16-17 16 Know ye not
that ye are the temple of God, and
that the Spirit of God dwelleth in
you? 17 If any man defile the temple
of God, him shall God destroy; for
the temple of God is holy, which
temple ye are.

The New Testament does speak of the
believers as a temple of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus said that God desires worshippers
who worship in Spirit and truth. Christian
teachers understand the New Testament
to say that Christ replaced the priesthood
by becoming our high priest. He replaced
the sacrifices by becoming our sacrifice
for sin. ( nx slide)

He replaced the Temple by making His followers
(the church) into a spiritual temple which
supersedes the physical Temple. When Christ
died, the veil of the Temple tore, indicating the
abrogation of the Temple and the cessation of the
sacrifices. Christian theologians derive all these
interpretations from their reading of the New
Testament, *** but the New Testament writers
never intended to imply the cancellation of the
literal Temple or the Levitical priesthood. On
the contrary, our Master revered the Temple
as His Father's house.

Messiah and the Third Temple
Ezekiel 37:27-28 27 My tabernacle also
shall be with them: yea, I will be their
God, and they shall be my people. 28 And
the heathen shall know that I the LORD
do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary
shall be in the midst of them for
evermore.

Messiah and the Third Temple
In the Bible and in Jewish thought, exile consists
of two factors: the Jewish people driven from
the land, scattered among the nations, and
the destruction of the Temple.
- The mystics teach a direct correlation between
the dispersion and the destruction of the Temple.
*** God's Shechinah, which dwells within the
Temple, accompanies Israel into exile.
***In this regard, redemption requires two
primary events: The ingathering of the Jewish
people and the rebuilding of the Temple.

Third Temple
A Classic Debate
The rabbis all agree
that the Temple will be
restored in the
Messianic Era, but
they disagree over how
this come about.

Third Temple - A Classic Debate
Maimonides states that the Messiah Himself will build
the Temple, just as Moses oversaw the construction of
the Tabernacle.
Rashi, on the other hand, transmits another opinion
about the future Temple. He teaches that the Temple
will be built by God Himself, and it will descend to
Jerusalem from heaven.
According to Rambam's opinion, Israel will build the
Temple under the command of King Messiah, a
new Temple "made with hands" (Hebrews 9:24).

The Ark of the Covenant
Exodus 25:10 They shall construct
an ark of acacia wood two and a
half cubits long, and one and a half
cubits wide, and one and a half
cubits high.

The LORD instructed Moses to
construct the holy ark of the covenant
as His throne. The holy of holies,
where the ark stood, became the
throne room of God on earth. Angels
surround the throne of God in
heaven. Likewise, two golden
cherubim flanked the top of the ark
where God is enthroned.

Yeshua, the One on whom
God's Spirit rests, may be
likened to the throne of God on
earth, the living ark of the
covenant. The ark was made of
acacia wood overlaid with gold.
Gold symbolizes royalty and
divinity.

The Tabernacle is compared to a human
body by way of analogy:
In this analogy, the holy ark
corresponds to the heart because it
contains the tablets of the Torah.
***According to the better promises of the
New Covenant, the Spirit of God will
ultimately write His Torah, not on tablets
of stone, but on human hearts.*** As the
first to enter into the New Covenant, the
Messiah exemplifies that idea in that the
Torah of God was written upon His heart.

Jer 31:31 Behold, the days come, says
YAHWEH, that I will cut a new
covenant with the house of Israel and
with the house of Judah,
Jer 31:33 But this shall be the covenant
that I will cut with the house of Israel:
After those days, declares YAHWEH,
I will put My Torah in their inward
parts, and I will write it on their
hearts; and I will be their Elohim, and
they shall be My people.

The Mercy Seat
Exodus 25: 17 You shall make a
mercy seat of pure gold, two and
a half cubits long and one and a
half cubits wide.

The Mercy Seat
A golden lid ornamented with two
cherubim covered the ark. The Hebrew
word for the ark's lid, kapporet is
related to the word for atonement,
kapar .
- The high priest sprinkled the kapporet
with the blood of the sin offerings on
the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur).

The Mercy Seat
The New American Standard version
combines the atoning concept with
the enthrontment concept and
translates kapporet as "mercy seat."
*** Yeshua is our atonement
covering. By the application of His
blood to the "throne of grace“ in
heaven, we find mercy and
atonement

The Table of the Bread
Exodus 25:30 You shall set the
bread of the Presence on the table
before Me at all times.

Inside the Tabernacle stood the table
of the lechem haPanim i.e., the
bread of the face. In its context here,
the word panim (face) should be read
as the equivalent of the English word
"presence." The Torah refers to the
area inside the Sanctuary, in front of
the holy of holies, as the "face of the
LORD" or the "presence of the LORD.“

The table of the bread of the presence
invokes Messiah as the bread of life, the
bread continually in the presence of God.
- The twelve loaves represent the twelve tribes
of Israel. In the same way, Messiah, the
quintessential Israelite, represents all Israel
before God. What is more, He is destined to
rule over the twelve tribes of Israel.
*Just as the bread is broken and eaten by the
priesthood of Israel, Yeshua gives Himself for
the spiritual sustenance of God's people.

The Menorah and the
Light of the World
Exodus 25:31 Then you shall make
a menorah of pure gold. The
menorah and its base and its shaft
are to be made of harnmered work;
its cups, its bulbs and its flowers
shall be of one piece with it.

The Menorah and the
Light of the World
The light of the menorah corresponds
to Messiah. The menorah radiated light
in the presence of God. *** Messiah is
the light that radiates from the
presence of God, like the primeval light
of creation, as Scripture says in Daniel
2:22, ''And the light dwells with Him.“

The Menorah and the
Light of the World
The sages refer to the menorah as the
"light of the world." The Talmud also
calls the Temple the "light of the
world,“so as it says in Isaiah 2:2, "All
the nations will [become enlightened by]
it." Jerusalem is also "the light of the
world," as it says in Isaiah 60:3,

The Menorah and the
Light of the World
"Nations will come to your light, and kings
to the brightness of your rising." The
Torah is called the light of the world,23
as it says in Proverbs 6:23, "For the
commandment is a lamp and the teaching
is light." Messiah applies the same term to
himself. He says, "While I am in the
world, [ am the Light of the world." (John 9:5)

The Veil
Exodus 26:33 You shall hang up
the veil under the clasps, and shall
bring in the ark of the testimony
there within the veil; and the veil
shall serve for you as a partition
between the holy place and the holy
of holies.

The Veil
God commanded that a veil should
be made to separate the holy of
holies from the holy place.
**According to the Gospels, the veil
tore into two pieces when Yeshua
breathed His last upon the cross:
"And the veil of the temple was torn
in two from top to bottom“ (Mark 15:38).

The Veil
Bible teachers usually interpret the tearing
of the Temple veil as a sign of God's
displeasure with the people and the
Temple, but according to Hebrews
10:19-20, the veil symbolizes the
Messiah's body. He is the veil.
**As the life was rent from His body, the
curtain was rent with the result that we
might have access to the throne of glory in
the supernal Temple through Him.

Holy of Holies
Exodus 26:34 You shall
put the mercy seat on the
ark of the testimony in
the holy of holies.

Holy of Holies
As explained above, the holy of holies
represents the tree of life (immortality)
and Eden (paradise). The holy of holies
also corresponds to the throne room of
God. It teaches about God's sanctity and
accessibility. Though God dwelt in the
midst of His people, He still remained
holy, separate, and unapproachable
except by means of the blood of
atonement.

Holy of Holies
Yeshua is the living "image of
the invisible God" (Colossians
1:15). If the disciples of Yeshua
corporately comprise the Temple
of God, then Yeshua is the holy
of holies in our metaphorical
temple.

Holy of Holies
All Israel is holy, just as the whole
Tabernacle is called a holy place, but
the room in which God dwelt was holy
of holies.
*** One man among Israel acts as the holy
of holies because God dwells within Him
fully. The way into the holy of holies led
into the presence of God. Yeshua said, "No
one comes to the Father but through Me"
(John 14:6).

Holy of Holies
Col 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the
fulness of the Godhead bodily.
Col 2:10 And you are complete in
him, which is the head of all
principality and power: Col 2:11 In
whom also ye are circumcised with the
circumcision made without hands, in
putting off the body of the sins of the
flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

The Altar
Exodus 27: 1 And you shall
make the altar of acacia wood,
five cubits long and five cubits
wide; the altar shall be square,
and its height shall be three
cubits.

The Altar
The altar of burnt offering stood within
the Tabernacle courts, outside the
Sanctuary proper. The outer courtyard
offered common ground between Israel
and God. Even the layman could enter
the Sanctuary's outer courts as far the
altar of burnt offering. ** The altar
symbolized a touching point
between heaven and earth.

The Altar
This teaches about Messiah, the living
intersection between heaven and earth.
He is the common ground between God
and man. * The Bible speaks of the altar
metaphorically as "the table of God" and
of the sacrifices placed upon it as "food.“
Regarding the priesthood, Paul says, "Do
you not know that those who perform sacred
services eat the food of the temple, and
those who attend regularly to the altar have
their share from the altar?" (1 Cor 9:13).

The Altar
In the book of Hebrews, the writer of the
epistle reminds those Jewish believers
banned from participation in the Temple
services that they have "an altar from
which those who serve the tabernacle
have no right to eat" (Hebrews 13:10).
That altar is Messiah, and the food
offered upon it represents His body. The
blood splashed against it represents His
blood:

The Altar
"For My flesh is true food, and My blood is
true drink. He who eats My flesh and
drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him"
(John 6:55--56). In this regard, the altar
corresponds to Messiah's atonement on
Israel's behalf, for He became the sacrifice
on the supernal, heavenly altar, and by His
blood we are brought near to God.
By His merit we receive a place at the
table of God.

The Signature
God’s Desire to Dwell
with Man
Revelation 4:11
Thou art worthy, O
Lord, to receive glory
and honour and power:
for thou hast created all
things, and for thy
pleasure they are and
were created.

HAB/WLB 2008 / www.templeinstitute.org and the Ron Wyatt Institute
The Pot of Manna
Aaron’s Rod
that Budded
The
Tables of
Stone
Torah Scroll
Written by Moses

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