Monthly Archives: January 2023

Who Is Yeshua?

January 27, 2023Living Kingdomfirstborn son, inheritance, kinsman, Redeemer, Son of God, Yehovah, Yeshuanancyryall

Yeshua is everything to us: our salvation, our hope, our future, to name a few. It is important to get to know Him as well as possible. We can do this by interacting with Him and also by reading the Bible. It is the word of Yehovah and Yeshua is the living Word of Yehovah. This series, entitled “Who Is Yeshua?” will consist of twenty-one articles. Each article will explore a different section of the Bible to discover different titles and roles of Yeshua and our response to each role. In the nineteenth article in the series, Yeshua is Yehovah’s Son.

For to which of the angels did He ever say, “You are My Son, Today I have begotten You”? And again,“I will be a Father to Him And He shall be a Son to Me”? (Heb 1:5)

In order to understand who Yeshua is, we must first understand who His Father is. Yehovah is our Creator (Neh 9:6; Ps 139:14), our Provider (Ps 34:10, 81:10), our Rescuer (Ps 34:19, 37:4), our Protector (Nah 1:7, Ps 118:6-7), our Healer (Ps 147:3, Jam 5:15), our Teacher (2 Tim 3:16, Ps 32:8), our Redeemer (Gen 22:13-14, Ps 19:14) and so much more. Yehovah’s ways are excellent (Ps 18:30, Is 26:7-8). He is the source of wisdom (Prov 2:6, 1 Cor 1:25) and righteousness (Ps 48:10, Is 45:21). Yehovah is King forever over all creation (1 Chron 16:31, Ps 45:6, Ps 103:19).

How do we know that Yeshua is Yehovah’s Son? The angel Gabriel announced it to Yeshua’s mother, Miryam, twice (Luke 1:32, 35). “…therefore the child to be bornwill be called holy—the Son of God” (Luke 1:35). The prophet, John the Baptist testified that Yeshua is the Son of Yehovah. “And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God” (John 1:34). His followers declared that Yeshua is Yehovah’s Son. “And those in the boat worshipped him, saying, ‘Truly you are the Son of God’” (Matt 14:33). “He said to them, ‘But who do you say I am?’ Simon Peter replied, ‘You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God’” (Matt 16:15-16i). Yeshua identified Himself as the Son of Yehovah (John 10:36; 11:4, 16:28, Matt 27:43). On at least two occasions, the Father publicly proclaimed that Yeshua is His Son (Matt 3:16-17, Matt 17:5). There are many instances recorded in the Gospels of Yeshua healing and teaching.

Yeshua demonstrates that He is his Father’s Son by His actions. Yeshua worked with His Father and the Holy Spirit to create the heavens and the earth (John 1:3, Col 1:16). Yeshua provided wine at a wedding (John 2: 1-12) and food to the crowds (Matt 14:13-21). Yeshua is our Rescuer (Matt 1:21, Heb 7:25) and Protector (John 10:28, 17:12). Yeshua has paid the debt for our sins and has redeemed us (1 Cor 7:23, Eph 1:7). Yeshua’s ways are His Father’s ways (John 5:19-20, 6:38). Yeshua is the source of all wisdom (Col 2:3, 1 Cor 1:30). Yeshua is our righteousness (2 Cor 5:21, Rom 5:19). Yeshua will reign as our King (Heb 1:8; Col 1:13).

Although Yeshua is eternal and is equal to the Father, when He came to earth as a human He became the firstborn of both the Father and His mother. A firstborn son in ancient Near East times was considered the strongest of His siblings. He had authority over his younger siblings. When his father died, the firstborn son was expected to take care of his mother and his unmarried sisters and became the head and spiritual leader over his family. The firstborn son was also entitled to a double portion of the inheritance.

Although our Father is eternal and will never die, Yeshua is not replacing His Father but is acting in His Father’s stead. Yeshua has assumed responsibility for those of us who welcome Him as our Lord and Redeemer. We are considered His younger siblings. We have the privilege and blessing of having a truly righteous Brother who teaches us, protects us and loves us.

In ancient times a man could redeem his relatives who had been sold into slavery. He could also buy back property that had been sold. Yeshua is our Kinsman Redeemer. Through the fall of Adam and Eve we became slaves of hasatan. Yeshua has purchased our freedom not with money but with His own blood. Just as Abram recovered Lot, his family and all that had been stolen by the enemy, Yeshua has rescued us and recovered all that has been lost or stolen from us (Gen 14:14-16, Heb 2:14-15, Acts 3:21). Yeshua’s sacrifice and resurrection as the Son of Yehovah ensure our eternal life in the Kingdom of Heaven!

This is an excellent time to ask forgiveness for your sins and invite Yeshua (Jesus) to be Lord of your life. When we commit sin, we incur a debt that none of us can ever pay on our own. It cannot be paid with earthly currency or even with great sacrifice on our part. This debt can only be paid for by the blood of Yeshua which has already been shed for us. This is the greatest gift to ever be offered. Don’t miss out. After you have accepted Yeshua as your Lord and Savior, ask for baptism in the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will be your constant companion and Counselor and will equip you for Kingdom living.

Who Is Yeshua?

January 20, 2023Living Kingdomholy spirit, judge, King, leader, promised king, prophet, ruler, thronenancyryall

Yeshua is everything to us: our salvation, our hope, our future, to name a few. It is important to get to know Him as well as possible. We can do this by interacting with Him and also by reading the Bible. It is the word of Yehovah and Yeshua is the living Word of Yehovah. This series, entitled “Who Is Yeshua?” will consist of twenty-one articles. Each article will explore a different section of the Bible to discover different titles and roles of Yeshua and our response to each role. In the eighteenth article in the series, Yeshua is the Promised King.

While the Israelites wandered in the wilderness for forty years, they were governed by Moses who took his orders directly from Yehovah (Ex 3). Yehovah was King and ruler over the people. Moses passed on the commands of Yehovah and Moses judged the people according to the law he had received from Yehovah (Ex 19:25).

When Moses died, Joshua took over the role of leader and judge, still guided by Yehovah (Num 27:18-23). After the Israelites were settled in the Promised Land, they were governed by a series of judges (Judges 2:18-19). The Israelites began clamoring for a king because the other nations had kings to rule over them (1 Sam 8:4-9). The Israelites had forgotten two things: they already had a King and His name was Yehovah and they were not to strive to be like the other nations but were to be set apart. For you are a people holy [set apart] to [Yehovah] your God. [Yehovah] your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be His people, His treasured possession (Deut 7:6).

In order to interact with Yehovah, the Israelites had to operate in the spiritual realm because Yehovah is a Spirit. Most of the Israelites were not ready to deal in the spiritual realm; thus, the need for prophets and judges who were guided by the Holy Spirit. Above all, you must realize that no prophecy in Scripture ever came from the prophet’s own understanding,or from human initiative. No, those prophets were moved by the Holy Spirit, and they spoke from God (2 Pet 20-21). [Yehovah] replied, “Take Joshua, son of Nun, who has the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him. Present him to Eleazar the priest before the whole community, and publicly commission him to lead the people (Num 27:18-21).

As we read in Scripture, the judges did not always obey the voice of Yehovah. The people recognized that there was a problem, but dealt with the problem in the physical realm. The human judges weren’t working out, so the Israelites clamored for a human king. Why did they forget that Yehovah was their King? They were relating more to the human leader than to Yehovah. Having a human king did not resolve the problem, but in many ways exacerbated the difficulties. In 1 and 2 Kings, we see that most of the kings were actually leading the people away from Yehovah to follow false gods.

Yeshua is not only our perfect Lamb, our Deliverer, and our Resurrection, but He is Yehovah’s gracious answer to humankind’s clamor for a human king who will always obey Yehovah. Yeshua is both the only begotten son of Yehovah as well as a human like us! He is the promise that Yehovah gave through Moses. [Yehovah] your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him. For this is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God nor see this great fire anymore, or we will die” (Deut 18:15). Yeshua is Yehovah, but He is also a human with whom we can relate.

Yeshua will return to the earth one day to reign as the promised King. “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, … (Matt 25:31-46). Those of us who belong to Yeshua yearn for Him to come soon. Blessed is He who comes in the name of Yehovah (Matt 23:39)!

Who Is Yeshua?

January 12, 2023Living Kingdomimmortal, judge, kingdom, life, mortal, reign, resurrectionnancyryall

Yeshua is everything to us: our salvation, our hope, our future, to name a few. It is important to get to know Him as well as possible. We can do this by interacting with Him and also by reading the Bible. It is the word of Yehovah and Yeshua is the living Word of Yehovah. This series, entitled “Who Is Yeshua?” will consist of twenty-one articles. Each article will explore a different section of the Bible to discover different titles and roles of Yeshua and our response to each role. In the seventeenth article in the series, Yeshua is the Resurrection.

Yeshua said to her, “I AM the Resurrection and the Life! Whoever puts his trust in me will live, even if he dies; (John 11:2).

As Yeshua’s apostles spread the good news of the Kingdom, they emphasized the significance of Yeshua’s resurrection. The apostles testified powerfully to the resurrection of [Yeshua], and God’s great blessing was upon them all (Acts 4:33). In fact, Sha’ul (Paul) claims in his letter to the Romans that Yeshua’s resurrection proves that He is the Son of Yehovah. It concerns his Son — he is descended from David physically; he was powerfully demonstrated to be Son of God spiritually, set apart by his having been resurrected from the dead; he is Yeshua the Messiah, our Lord (Rom 1:3-4).

Yeshua raised the widow’s son from the dead in Nain (Luke 7:11-17) and also raised his friend, Lazarus after three days (John 11:38:44). So, what is significant about Yeshua’s resurrection and how is it different from Lazarus being raised from the dead? Unlike the widow’s son and Lazarus who were brought back to life in their mortal bodies, Yeshua was raised into an immortal body, a body that cannot be harmed, that is incorruptible. What does that mean for us?

It means that the payment Yeshua made for our sin debt has been accepted by Yehovah (Rom 4:25). Our corruptible bodies will die but we need not fear for we will be raised into immortal bodies just like Yeshua. For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies (1 Cor 15:53).

It also means that Yeshua is alive and active in His body of believers. He is very involved with us, with our growth and formation as citizens of His kingdom. Even though He is seated at the right hand of the Father, Yeshua communicates with our spirit through His Spirit. Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing (Acts 2:33).

In this mortal body, we have pain, illness, and weakness, but in our new glorified bodies, we will have perfect health and power. Living in this mortal body is temporary, but living in an immortal body will be forever. So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body (1 Cor 15:42-44).

Yeshua is our resurrection; therefore, we have hope for the future beyond the death of our mortal bodies. According to His great mercy, He has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you… (1 Pet 1:3-4).

Yeshua’s resurrection means that He will someday return to the earth to judge, to rule and to reign in His Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven. The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead (Acts 17:30-31). Those who remain faithful to Yeshua while in their mortal bodies will reign with Him in their resurrected bodies. Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also, I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years (Rev 20:4-6). Revelation 1:5-6 states “and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.”

Who Is Yeshua?

January 6, 2023Living Kingdomanointed, authority, Father, holy spirit, King, oil, power, priest, prophet, right handnancyryall

Yeshua is everything to us: our salvation, our hope, our future, to name a few. It is important to get to know Him as well as possible. We can do this by interacting with Him and also by reading the Bible. It is the word of Yehovah and Yeshua is the living Word of Yehovah. This series, entitled “Who Is Yeshua?” will consist of twenty-one articles. Each article will explore a different section of the Bible to discover different titles and roles of Yeshua and our response to each role. In the sixteenth article in the series, Yeshua is haMashiach at Father’s Right Hand.

But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God (Heb 10:12).

What does it mean for us that Yeshua sits at the right hand of Yehovah? There are several aspects to consider in this verse. First of all, the word “Christ” comes from the Greek word Christos and it means anointed one. Mashiach is the Hebrew word for anointed one and Messiah is the English word for Mashiach. In Biblical times and, even sometimes today, an individual who was about to take on a role such as king, prophet or priest, was anointed with oil as a sign of his new designation. Yeshua is our King (John 18:36), Prophet (Deut 18:15) and High Priest (Heb 4:14-16); thus, it is fitting that He is referred to as haMashiach (the Anointed). The oil used for consecration is symbolic of the Holy Spirit. When Yehovah told a prophet such as Moses or Samuel to anoint someone with oil, it indicated that Yehovah was appointing and equipping that person with His Spirit for the new assignment (Ex 28:41; 1 Sam 16:13).

Was Yeshua anointed? Yes, more than once. In Luke 4:18, Yeshua tells that He was anointed. “The Spirit of Yehovah is upon Me, because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed…” It is possible that He was anointed by the astrologers who brought him gifts because myrrh was used to anoint kings and was also used for burial. Yeshua was anointed again before his death and burial. While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table…(Matthew 26:6–13).

Yehovah empowers us for our assignments from Him by pouring His Holy Spirit upon us. As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him (1 John 2:27).

Yeshua now sits on His throne at the right hand of Yehovah. Sitting at the right hand of a king is a symbol of authority. All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me (Matt 28:16). From His throne, Yeshua commissions us to “make disciples of all nations, immersing them in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit” (Matt 28:19). From His position at the right hand of His Father, Yeshua intercedes for us (Rom 8:34), serves as our High Priest (Heb 8:1, 4:14-16), mediates between His Father and us (1 Tim 2:5); and is our advocate in Heaven (1 John 2:1).

Yeshua also anoints and equips us with the Holy Spirit to carry out our assignments in the Kingdom. Now he is exalted to the place of highest honor in heaven, at God’s right hand. And the Father, as he had promised, gave him the Holy Spirit to pour out upon us, just as you see and hear today (Acts 2:33). As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him (1 John 2:27). As we carry out the tasks that Messiah Yeshua has assigned to each of us on earth, we are mandated to keep our focus on our Leader. So, if you have been raised with the Messiah, seek what is above, where the Messiah is, seated at the right hand of God (Col 3:1 HCSB).