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Luke 1:5 There was in the days of Herod, the
king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia:
and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. |
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1 Chronicles 24:1 Now these are the divisions of
the sons of Aaron … |
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1 Chronicles 24:5 Thus were they divided by lot
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1 Chronicles 24:10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth
to Abijah |
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Talmud:
Ta'anith 26a |
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The following are [the details concerning] the
Ma'amadoth …the earlier prophets instituted twenty-four Mishmaroth and each
Mishmar was represented [at the Temple] in Jerusalem by its own Ma'amad of
Priests, Levites and Israelites. |
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The priests were divided into twenty-four
divisions with each division serving in the Temple for one full week every
half year. The division was sub-divided into six families or groups and
each group was in service on one day in the week. |
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Priests from each of the twenty-four districts
of Israel served during the Biblical feasts. |
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The course of Abijah served in the 10th
week of the year |
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Luke 1:9 According to the custom of the priest's
office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the
Lord. |
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Luke 1:11 And there appeared unto him an angel of
the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. |
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The amidah (standing prayer) are 18 benedictions
which are prayed three times a day in traditional Judaism. Two of these
prayers are for the end of the exile of Jacob and the coming of King
Messiah. |
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The coming of King Messiah is associated with
the coming of Elijah who precedes King Messiah. |
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Matthew 17:10 And his disciples asked him,
saying, Why then say the scribes that Elijah must first come? |
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Matthew 17:11 And Yeshua answered and said unto
them Elijah truly shall first come and restore all things. |
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Matthew 17:12 But I say unto you, That Elijah is
come already and they knew him not but have done unto him whatsoever they
listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. |
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Matthew 17:13 Then the disciples understood that
he spake unto them of John the Baptist. |
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Luke 1:13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not,
Zacharias: for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elisabeth shall bear
thee a son and you shall call his name John. |
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Luke 1:17 And he shall go before him in the spirit
and power of Elijah … |
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Malachi 4:4 Remember ye the Torah of Moses my
servant which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel with the
statutes and judgments. |
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Malachi 4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the
prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: |
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Spiritually,
the four cups of Passover teach us about our personal salvation in Messiah.
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The cup of sanctification |
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The cup of afflication and deliverance |
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The cup of redemption |
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The cup of His coming kingdom |
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The
cup of Elijah is not drunk but it is poured out. The cup of Elijah reminds
us that before Messiah will return that Elijah will precede His coming. |
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During Hallel, a cup is poured for Elijah.
Traditionally, the children go to the door to look for the coming of Elijah. |
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Psalm 115-118 are recited. Then, the great
Hallel (Psalm 136) is recited. |
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Next, we drink the fourth cup. The fourth cup is
known as the ‘cup of His coming or the cup of the kingdom’. |
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Finally, a song is sung known as ‘Ha Gadya”. |
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Luke 1:23 And it came to pass, that, as soon as
the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own
house. |
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Luke 1:24 And after those days his wife
Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months … |
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Luke 1:57 Now Elisabeth's full time came that
she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son. |
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Luke 1:62 And they made signs to his father, how
he would have him called. |
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Luke 1:63 And he asked for a writing table, and
wrote, saying, His name is John … |
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Allowing for the laws of separation (Leviticus 15:19,
24-25) after going back to the house (Luke 1:23) then going forward 9
months (Sivan [10th week] + 2 weeks + 9 months) puts the birth
of Yochanan the Immerser around Passover (Aviv 14). |
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Genesis 21:1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he
had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. |
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Genesis 21:2 For Sarah conceived and bare
Abraham a son in his old age at the set time of which God had spoken to
him. |
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Genesis 21:3 And Abraham called the name of his
son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. |
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Genesis 21:6 And Sarah said, God has made me to
laugh so that all that hear will laugh with me. |
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Genesis 50:24 And Joseph said unto his brethren,
I die: and God will surely visit you and bring you out of this land unto
the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. |
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Exodus 3:16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel
together and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of
Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited
you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt: |
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Exodus 4:31 And the people believed: and when
they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he
had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and
worshipped. |
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Luke 1:67 And his father Zacharias was filled
with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying, |
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Luke 1:68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for
he has visited and redeemed his people, |
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Luke 1:70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy
prophets, which have been since the world began: |
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Luke 1:71 That we should be saved from our
enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; |
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Luke 1:72 To perform the mercy promised to our
fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; |
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Luke 1:73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham |
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Jeremiah 23:1 Woe be unto the pastors that
destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD. |
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Jeremiah 23:2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God
of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my
flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will
visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD. |
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Luke 7:13 And when the Lord saw her, he had
compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. |
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Luke 7:14 And he came and touched the bier: and
they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. |
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Luke 7:15 And he that was dead sat up, and began
to speak. And he delivered him to his mother. |
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Luke 7:16 And there came a fear on all: and they
glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That
God hath visited his people. |
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Luke 19:41 And when he was come near, he beheld
the city, and wept over it, |
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Luke 19:42 Saying, If you had known, even thou,
at least in this your day, the things which belong unto your peace! but now
they are hid from your eyes. |
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Luke 19:43 For the days shall come upon you that
your enemies shall cast a trench about you and compass you round and keep
you in on every side, |
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Luke 19:44 And shall lay you even with the
ground and your children within you; and they shall not leave in you one
stone upon another; because you knew not the time of your visitation. |
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Luke 22:15 And he said unto them, With desire I
have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: |
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1 Corinthians 5:7 Purge out therefore the old
leaven that ye may be a new lump as ye are unleavened. For even Messiah our
passover is sacrificed for us: |
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Zecharias, the father of Yochanon the Immerser,
was a Levitical priest who was selected to go to the Temple to perform his
priestly duties. |
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While burning incense, he prayed the Amidah (18
benedictions) which includes a prayer for the ingathering of the exiles and
the coming of the Messiah. Associated with this is the coming of Elijah who
precedes the coming of the Messiah |
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The angel Gabriel told Zecharias that he would have
a son who was to be named, Yochanon, who would be of the spirit and power
of Elijah |
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Yochanon the Immerser was born at Passover. |
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During Passover, a cup is placed for Elijah
which symbolizes the coming of Elijah during the Passover season. |
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Passover is linked with redemption. Redemption
is associated with the God of Israel ‘visiting’ His people. |
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7)
Passover takes place during Aviv / Nissan which is known as the month
of redemption. Yeshua the redeemer of Israel died at Passover. |
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Matthew 3:1 In those days came Yochanon the Immerser
preaching in the wilderness of Judea |
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Matthew 3:2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom
of heaven is at hand. |
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Matthew
4:17 From that time Yeshua began to preach and to say Repent: for the kingdom
of heaven is at hand. |
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Mark 1:14 Now after that John was put in prison Yeshua
came into Galilee preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God |
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Mark 1:15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and
the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye and believe the gospel. |
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Repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand |
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Repent and believe the Gospel |
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Acts 19:1 And it came to pass that while Apollos
was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to
Ephesus: and finding certain disciples |
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Acts 19:3 And he said unto them, Unto what then
were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism. |
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Acts 19:4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized
with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe
on him which should come after him, that is, on Messiah Yeshua. |
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Matthew 3:1 In those days came Yochanon the Immerser
preaching in the wilderness of Judea |
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Matthew 3:2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom
of heaven is at hand. |
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Matthew 3:3 For this is he that was spoken of by
the prophet Isaiah, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare
ye the way of the Lord make his paths straight. |
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Isaiah 58:1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy
voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression and the house
of Jacob their sins. |
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Ezekiel 18:30 Therefore I will judge you, O
house of Israel every one according to his ways says the Lord GOD. Repent
and turn yourselves from all your transgressions so iniquity shall not be
your ruin. |
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1 John 3:4 Whosoever commits sin transgresses
also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. |
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Psalm 25:8 Good and upright is the LORD:
therefore will he teach sinners in the way. |
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Psalm 119:1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way
who walk in the Torah of the LORD. |
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Psalm 119:9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse
his way? by taking heed thereto according to your word. |
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Psalm 119:10 With my whole heart have I sought
thee: O let me not wander from your commandments. |
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Matthew 3:1 In those days came Yochanon the Immerser
preaching in the wilderness of Judea |
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Matthew 3:2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom
of heaven is at hand. |
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Matthew 3:3 For this is he that was spoken of by
the prophet Isaiah, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way of the Lord make his paths straight. |
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Psalm 119:35 Make me to go in the path of your
commandments; for therein do I delight. |
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Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp unto my feet
and a light unto my path. |
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Proverbs 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and
the Torah is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: |
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Matthew 3:1 In those days came Yochanon the Immerser
preaching in the wilderness of Judea |
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Matthew 3:2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom
of heaven is at hand. |
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Matthew 3:1 In those days came Yochanon the Immerser
preaching in the wilderness of Judea |
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Matthew 3:2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom
of heaven is at hand. |
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Matthew 3:3 For this is he that was spoken of by
the prophet Isaiah, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness … |
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Isaiah 40:1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people
says your God. |
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Isaiah 40:3 The voice of him that cries in the wilderness
Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for
our God. |
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Isaiah 40:10 Behold the Lord GOD will come with strong
hand and his arm shall rule for him: behold his reward is with him and his
work [ingathering of the exiles] before him. |
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Isaiah 40:11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd:
he shall gather the lambs with his arm and carry them in his bosom and shall
gently lead those that are with young. |
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Jeremiah 31:10 Hear the word of the LORD, O ye
nations, and declare it in the isles afar off and say, He that scattered
Israel will gather him and keep him as a shepherd doth his flock. |
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Jeremiah 31:13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in
the dance both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning
into joy and will comfort them and make them rejoice from their sorrow. |
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Jeremiah 31:16 Thus says the LORD; Refrain thy
voice from weeping and your eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded
says the LORD and they shall come again from the land of the enemy |
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Jeremiah 31:17 And there is hope in your end
says the LORD that your children shall come again to their own border. |
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The ministry message of Yochanon the Immerser
was ‘repent’ for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand |
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Repenting means that you decide to follow Torah
which is the ‘way of YHVH’ and His ‘path’ for our lives |
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The rabbis foresaw that Elijah would announce
the redemption to the house of Jacob |
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4) Yochanon
the Immerser announced that the ‘Kingdom is at hand’ which is the role of
the Messiah to gather the exiles of Israel and usher in the Messianic Era |
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5) The
‘voice of one crying in the wilderness’ from Isaiah 40 is associated with repenting
of your sins and comforting the exiles of Israel |
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Matthew 4:17 From that time Yeshua began to preach
and to say Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. |
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Matthew 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be your name. |
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Matthew 6:10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done
in earth as it is in heaven. |
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Psalm 40:8 I delight to do your will, O my God:
yea, your Torah is within my heart. |
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Acts 1:3 To whom also he showed himself alive
after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days
and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: |
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Acts 1:6 When they therefore were come together,
they asked of him, saying, Lord, will you at this time restore again the kingdom
to Israel? |
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Mark 1:14 Now after that John was put in prison Yeshua
came into Galilee preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God |
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Mark 1:15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and
the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye and believe the gospel. |
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Repent of your sins and accept Yeshua as the Messiah |
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The Torah is written upon your heart |
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Yeshua gathers the exiles of Israel |
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Matthew 4:12 Now when Yeshua had heard that John
was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee |
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Soncino Zohar, Shemoth, Section 2, Page 220a |
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Said R. Simeon: ‘At the time when the dead will
be awakened and be in readiness for the resurrection in the Holy Land,
legions upon legions will arise on the soil of Galilee, as it is there that
the Messiah is destined to reveal himself. |
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For that is the portion of Joseph, and it was
the first part of the Holy Land to be destroyed, and it was there that the exile
of Israel and their dispersion among the nations began, as Scripture says,
“but they are not grieved for the hurt of Joseph” (Amos 6:6). |
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2 Kings 15:29 In the days of Pekah king of
Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and
Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee,
all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria. |
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Isaiah 9:1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be
such as was in her vexation when at the first he lightly afflicted the land
of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously
afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan in Galilee of the nations. |
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Isaiah 9:2 The people that walked in darkness
have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death
[exile into the nations] upon them has the light shined. |
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Matthew 4:14 That it might be fulfilled which
was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, |
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Matthew 4:15 The land of Zebulon and the land of
Nephthali by the way of the sea beyond Jordan Galilee of the Gentiles |
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Matthew 4:16 The people [Ten Tribes] which sat in
darkness [didn’t follow Torah] saw great light [the Messiah]; and to them
which sat in the region and shadow of death [exile] light is sprung up [redemption]. |
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2584 Kapernaoum
• of Hebrew origin,
Capernaum |
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1) a flourishing city of Galilee situated on the
western shore of the Sea of Galilee |
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Matthew 4:13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt
in Capernaum <2584> which is upon the sea coast in the borders of Zabulon
and Nephthalim: |
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Jeremiah 31:10 Hear the word of the LORD, O ye
nations, and declare it in the isles afar off and say, He that scattered
Israel will gather him and keep him as a shepherd doth his flock. |
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Jeremiah 31:13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in
the dance both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning
into joy and will comfort them and make them rejoice from their sorrow. |
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Jeremiah 31:16 Thus says the LORD; Refrain thy
voice from weeping and your eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded
says the LORD and they shall come again from the land of the enemy |
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Jeremiah 31:17 And there is hope in your end
says the LORD that your children shall come again to their own border. |
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Jeremiah 16:15 But, The LORD lives that brought
up the children of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands
whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land
that I gave unto their fathers. |
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Jeremiah 16:16 Behold, I will send for many
fishers says the LORD and they shall fish them … |
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Mark 1:17 And Yeshua said unto them Come ye
after me and I will make you to become fishers of men. |
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Matthew 4:18 And Yeshua 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. |
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Matthew 4:19 And he said unto them, Follow me
and I will make you fishers of men. |
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Genesis 48:16 The Angel which redeemed me from
all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of
my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow <01711> into a
multitude in the midst of the earth. |
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Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in
our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish <01710>
of the sea … |
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1710 hg"D' dagah {daw-gaw'} 1) fish |
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1711 hg;D' dagah {daw-gaw'} 1) (Qal) to
multiply, increase |
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Matthew 4:19 And he said unto them, Follow me
and I will make you fishers of men. |
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Mark 1:14 Now after that John was put in prison Yeshua
came into Galilee preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God |
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Mark 1:15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and
the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye and believe the gospel. |
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Yeshua linked ‘Repent and believe the Gospel’
with His ministry in the Galilee to call ‘fishermen’ whose calling would be
to go to the exiles of Israel and proclaim the Messiahship of Yeshua to
them |
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In the Galilee, Yeshua ministered in Capernaum
which means the ‘village of comfort’ which is an allusion to ‘comforting’
the exiles of Israel through the process of ingathering the exiles of
Israel and Yeshua ruling during the Messianic Era. |
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The Northern Kingdom was exiled from the Galilee
area. Yeshua’s ministry in the Galilee was focused on bringing restoration
to them. |
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Matthew 11:1 And it came to pass, when Yeshua had
made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach
and to preach in their cities. |
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Matthew 11:2 Now when John had heard in the
prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples |
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Matthew 11:3 And said unto him, Are you he that should
come [Messiah] or do we look for another [Messiah]? |
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Matthew 11:4 Yeshua answered and said unto them,
Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see: |
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Matthew 11:5 The blind receive their sight, and
the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised
up and the poor have the gospel preached to them. |
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Matthew 11:6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall
not be offended in me. |
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1) The
blind (exiles of Israel) receive their sight (believe in Yeshua and follow
Torah) |
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The lame (exiles of Israel) walk (follow Torah) |
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The lepers (exiles of Israel) are cleansed (sins
are forgiven) |
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The deaf (exiles of Israel) hear (believe that
Yeshua is the Messiah and follow Torah) |
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The dead (exiles of Israel) are raised up (ingatheirng
of the exiles) |
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The poor (exiles of Israel) have the gospel
preached to them. |
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Yeshua gathers the exiles of Israel |
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Luke 4:16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had
been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath
day and stood up for to read. |
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Luke 4:17 And there was delivered unto him the
book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book, he found the
place where it was written |
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Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me
to heal the brokenhearted to preach deliverance to the captives, and
recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised |
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Luke 4:19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. |
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John 11:49 And one of them, named Caiaphas being
the high priest that same year said unto them, Ye know nothing at all |
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John 11:50 Nor consider that it is expedient for
us that one man should die for the people and that the whole nation perish
not. |
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John 11:51 And this spake he not of himself: but
being high priest that year, he prophesied that Yeshua should die [suffering
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John 11:52 And not for that nation only but that
also he should gather together in one [Ephraim and Judah] the children of God
that were scattered abroad. |
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