1. Messiah’s Ascension and His rule at the Present Time
2. The Ten days of Multiplied Grace correspond to the Ten days of Judgment
3. Exemption from going through the Time of Testing
4. Discerning the Sounds of the Shofar
5. Blessed be the King of the Universe
6. Called and Held together for Service of God
7. Everything done decently and in Good Military Order:
8. Moses and the Forty-two Movements of the Spirit
9. Messiah and the Forty-Two Movements of the Spirit

Messiah’s Ascension and His rule at the Present Time:

Habbikurim to Firstfruits: The Messiah ben Yosef died in our place as a sacrifice for our sins and rose again from the earth as the means by which we might receive the gift of eternal life. He is like the planting of the seed (singular) that dies in the ground sufficient to yield multiplied new life (seeds plural). Messiah is our humble, barley firstfruits wave offering to God. Firstfruits is the day we begin counting the Omer (עֹמֶר) that leads us after fifty days to Shavuot (חַג הַשָׁבוּעוֹת-the Feast of Weeks).

Messiah’s Life begins in Humility and ends in Glory: Shavuot is a celebration of the Golden Grain. It is a celebration of the beginning of the glorious wheat harvest. The new life of the Messiah begins in humility and ends in glory. The wheat harvest at Shavuot prophetically speaks of glorification. It testifies to the Glorified Messiah who after forty days—from His resurrection—ascended into heaven and is now at the right hand of HaGedullah Bamaron (הַגְּדֻלָּה בַּמְרוֹמִים), the “Majesty on High.”

Father’s Gift of the Spirit: It is in this ascended state that the Messiah sent the gift of the Father down from the heavenly Mount Zion to the Jerusalem that is here on earth. This descending of the gift of the Father, the gift of the Spirit of Grace (רוּחַ הַחֶסֶד), occurred on the fiftieth day from Messiah’s resurrection from the dead (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8).

Ten Days After Messiah’s Ascension: Ten days after Messiah ascended far above all the heavens to sit as our Advocate (מֵלִיץ) at the right hand of the heavenly Father, the gift of the Spirit of the Holy One was given to Israel (cf. “Messiah in Shavuot“).

The Ten days of Multiplied Grace correspond to the Ten days of Judgment:

10 Day Preparation for Yom Kippur and Shavuot Correspond:  The (spring) ten day period of preparation for Shavuot corresponds to the (fall) ten day preparation for Yom Kippur. The two festivals of Yom Kippur and Shavuot are the culmination of our hope for both cleansing of sin and purification (atonement), and our receiving the gift of Ruach Elohim Chayim (רוּחַ אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים), the “Spirit of the Living God.”

Our observance of Yamim Noraim occurs in the fall from Yom Teruah to Yom Kippur (Tishri 1-10). This is the time when Adonai sits on His throne as HaShofet (The Judge) and with His holy ones reviews the books to see if you and I merit our names being written in the Book of Life.

Fall 40 Day Vindication corresponds to Spring 40 Day Vindication. The Forty period that immediately precedes Messiah’s ascension into heaven also corresponds to this special time of vindication or judgment (Elul 1-Tishri 10). Similarly, there is a forty day period of time that prepares us for the Ascension of Messiah (Nisan 16-Iyyar 25). 

Our Legal Advocate : Melitz echad who “pleads our case” (לנו מליץ לפני האב) before the heavenly Father. On the fortieth day after Messiah’s resurrection from the dead, the Messiah ascended into heaven. After his ascension into heaven Adonai Avinu made him our legal advocate. Once the Messiah sat down at the right hand of God he was able to formally request that we be cleared of all formal charges against us and that we be allowed (Israel) to receive the gift of the indwelling Presence of the Holy Spirit.

Remnant Of Israel: Our Righteous Father in heaven approved Messiah’s request so that Ten days after Messiah’s ascension into heaven the Gift of the Father of the indwelling Presence of the Spirit of the Holy One was received by a remnant of 120 men in Israel on Shavuot.

The Gift of Eternal Life: Israel received the gift of eternal life on Shavuot (Year 3790). For to receive the gift of the permanent indwelling Presence of the Spirit of Holy One is to receive the gift of—-eternal life. This gift of Avinu Shebashamayim has been available to all Israel for almost two millennia. All that is required is to do Teshuvah, believe in His Divine Redemption, and ask for the gift of the Indwelling Presence of the Spirit of the Holy One.

Return of the Spirit to the Temple of our Hearts: This is a request that the Spirit of God return to us so that He might once again permanently live in the Temple of our hearts and bodies as He once did at the beginning of our human race, in the age of our innocence.

Exemption from going through the Time of Testing (Yamim Noraim):

Mystery of Nehemiah Chapter Eight: We strongly encourage you to carefully study Nehemiah Chapter Eight. This prophetic narrative starts at Tishri 1, goes to Tishri 2 (וּבַיּ֣וֹם הַשֵּׁנִ֡י) and then immediately skips all the way to Tishri 15-21 (Sukkot) and Tishri 22 (Shemini Atzeret).

No Intermediate Days and Yom Kippur: In Nehemiah chapter eight there is no reference whatsoever to the seven intermediate days of (Tishri 3-9) or even to the most holy day of our Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur (Tishri 10). As we study this mystery (סוֹד) progression of events in 8:9-18 of the account of Nechemyah ben Chakalyah (נְחֶמְיָ֖ה בֶּן־חֲכַלְיָ֑ה) we see four main events. The four main prophetic events in the “comfort” (נְחֶמְיָ֖ה) and consolation (נָחַם) of Nechemyah are:

Discovery of the Torah: The discovery of the Torah and our people hearing, understanding, and obeying the Word of Adonai (ה’דְּבַר־).

Command to Celebrate Sukkot:  The command for our people to celebrate Sukkot: “Go out to the hills, and bring olive branches and wild olive branches myrtle branches, palm branches and branches of other leafy trees, to make booths.”

The Celebration of Sukkot: “So the people [obeyed] went out and brought them and made booths for themselves, each on his roof, and in their courts and in the courts of the house of God, and in the square at the Water Gate and in the square at the Gate of Ephraim (“Doubly Fruitful”).

The Celebration of Shemini Atzeret;  After the people who had returned from captivity celebrated the festival of Sukkot for seven days—it was a time of great rejoicing like there had not ever been, before or since—they (we) then entered into the time of the eighth day; the day of extended assembly (שמיני עצרת-Shemini Atzeret) beyond the seventh day; which is the day when we shall always be with our Messiah, the Lord and our Father Adonai (the LORD).

וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ כָֽל־הַקָּהָל הַשָּׁבִים מִן־הַשְּׁבִי סֻכֹּות וַיֵּשְׁבוּ בַסֻּכֹּות כִּי לֹֽא־עָשׂוּ מִימֵי יֵשׁוּעַ בִּן־נוּן כֵּן בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל עַד הַיֹּום הַהוּא וַתְּהִי שִׂמְחָה גְּדֹולָה מְאֹֽד׃ וַיִּקְרָא בְּסֵפֶר תֹּורַת הָאֱלֹהִים יֹום בְּיֹום מִן־הַיֹּום הָֽרִאשֹׁון עַד הַיֹּום הָאַחֲרֹון וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־חָג שִׁבְעַת יָמִים וּבַיֹּום הַשְּׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת כַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃

A New Generation of Israel: The mystery (סוֹד-sod) of Nechemyah (Comforter) and  Ezra (Helper) reveals to us that in the (near) future a New Generation of Israel all rediscover and accurately understand the supernatural prophetic meaning(s) of the Torah of Adonai. Even now there is a “remnant” of Israel who will be exempt in the (near) future Ten days of testing during Yamim Noraim; the “10 Days of Awe.”

Transported to the Messianic Age: Nor will this remnant of Yehudim even be required to observe the fast of Yom Kippur. Why? Because they won’t be here. Where will they be? They will have supernaturally gone directly from the time of Rosh Hashanah into celebrating the first Sukkot in the messianic age; after the Messiah ben David returns from heaven and establishes God’s Kingdom on earth.

Time Of Israel’s Greatest Rejoicing, Ever! It will be for this remnant of modern Israel (these Yehudim) as if we had completely skipped over the most somber days of the Jewish calendar and immediately entered into the most joyful days of Sukkot; which in the messianic age will be the time of Israel’s greatest rejoicing, ever!

Resurrection on Rosh HaShanah and Yom Teruah: Therefore, we now know on what festival day (of Israel) the righteous followers of Messiah—who have died after his resurrection—will be resurrected. The day of resurrection and ascension for the righteous ones who are counted among the Assembly of the Messiah will be on a future (yet) unknown day of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Teruah (Tishri 1-2).

Discerning the Sounds of the Shofar:

In Numbers 10:7, two notes are specifically differentiated. In this passage we read:

וּבְהַקְהִיל אֶת־הַקָּהָל תִּתְקְעוּ וְלֹא תָרִֽיעוּ׃

“But when the assembly is to be gathered, you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm.”

Different Notes (Signals), Different Meanings: In Numbers it has been determined that the sound of tekiah is accorded a different note than teruah. For each Shofar sound possesses a different meaning for the purpose of giving signals.

Hear and Understand God’s Word: Tekiah (תקיעה) is the signal for gathering together around Moses, study. How does one gather around Moses? You meditate on God’s Torah. You study God’s Word.

Obey God’s Word in Action:  Teruah (תרועה) is the signal to strike camp, application, “acting” on the Word of Adonai. Going forward to do the ministry of Adonai our Father.

Hearing, Understanding and Obeying: Teruah/Tekiah: The Torah describes the breaking up signal as a “combination” of teruah and tekiah. The teruah is introduced by a tekiah and concluded by one. The assembling signal–forsake not the “assembling” of yourselves–is differentiated from the breaking up signal by the tekiah being blown without a following teruah; without a return to worship and to the study of the D’var HaShem (Word of God).

Blessed be the King of the Universe:

The Baal Tokea: On Yom Teruah the blower of the Shofar, the Baal Tokea, is required to promise, “I am prepared to fulfill Adonai’s commandment to blow the Shofar as it is prescribed in the Torah, ‘a day of blowing unto you.'” The blower of the Shofar then pronounces the following two blessings:

.ברוך אתה ה ‘ אלוהינו מלך העולם, אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו לשמוע קול שופר

Blessing #1.  “Baruch ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha-olam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav, v’tzivanu lishmo’a kol shofar.”

Translated: “Blessed are You, Adonai our God, King of the universe, Who sanctifies us His commandments and commands us to hear the sound of the Shofar.”

.ברוך אתה ה’ אלוהינו מלך העולם, שהחינו וקימנו והגענו לזמן הזה

Blessing #2.  Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu, melekh ha’olam, she’heheyanu v’kiy’manu v’higi’anu la’z’man ha’ze

Translated:  “Blessed are You, Adonai our God, King of the universe, Who has kept us alive, sustained us, and enabled us to reach this season.”

100 Tekiyot, 300 Sounds: During the prayers on each of the two days of Rosh Hashanah Adonai’s people blow one-hundred Tekiyot. These 100 Tekiyot contain three-hundred different sounds. The Tekiah is one, the Shevarim is three and the Teruah is nine. There are ten different sets of Tekiyot. Each set contains:

Four: Tekiah, Shevarim, Teruah, Tekiah.
Three: Tekiah, Shevarim, Tekiah.
Three: Tekiah, Teruah, Tekiah.
(A total of Ten sets of Tekiyot in all.)

The Ten Commandments: There are Ten of these “sets” throughout the prayers. These ten sets are associated with the 10 Commandments and the 10 Lampstands in Solomon’s Temple.

The Fruit of Light: The Ten Lamstands give forth the Fruit of Light (1, 2) of all Adonai’s Torah:

The Fruit of Goodness: All goodness (כל טוב),
The Fruit of Righteousness: All righteousness (כל הצדקה,) and
The Fruit of Truth: All truth (כל האמת).

Each of these sets contains:

Six: Tekiyot
Six: Shevarim
Eighteen: Teruot

Three Hundred Sounds per Day: Therefore, thirty sounds times ten sets equals a total of three-hundred sounds that the Shofar makes throughout each day.

Called and Held together for Service to God:

God’s Sustained Power to “Hold” Us Together: The word Tekiah means to bring something energetically into something else; to thrust into, to plunge into, or to ram something home. The Shofar as a wind instrument sounds a sustained unbroken note produced by a prolonged blowing of air into the Shofar. Tekiah is the “calling note.” This speaks of our heavenly Father’s gracious ministry through the Holy Spirit that enlists and “holds” together all of us who receive His forgiveness and who accept His righteous rule over all of the heavens and the earth.

God’s Ability to Equip and Motivate Us to Action! The word Teruah means to break. It designates a broken note interrupted by shorter or longer quavers (שברים-shevarim). It is the note that signals a breaking up, bustling, or sped-up activity.

The Serving Note: Teruah is the “serving note.” It is the serving note of the Spirit of the Holy One’s gracious ministry that calls His people to minister to the needs of each other and their neighbors; and not for each person selfishly and immaturely to seek his or her own self-interest alone.

The Roeh Israel: A combining of the tekiah and teruah notes is a signal by Roeh Israel, the Shepherd of Israel, for the people to decamp and move on to the next place that has been ordained by the Holy One of Israel. The combined signal works as follows:

Signal #1.  The tekiah calls the people to attention to Moses; a type here of the Messiah Yeshua. If no teruah follows then the people are to hurry to the Messiah to receive God’s orders.

Signal #2.  However if the teruah follows immediately after the tekiah this military signal informs us at once that we are to immediately strike our tents and break up camp. In ancient times this command “readied” the assembly to do whatever assignment God’s Spirit next directed them to do.

וּלְפִי הֵעָלֹת הֶֽעָנָן מֵעַל הָאֹהֶל וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן יִסְעוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וּבִמְקֹום אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁכָּן־שָׁם הֶֽעָנָן שָׁם יַחֲנוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Whenever the Cloud (הֶֽעָנָן) was lifted from over the tent, afterward the sons of Israel would then set out; and in the place where the Cloud settled down, there the sons of Israel would camp.

Move Forward to where God Directs: Thereafter, the “final” tekiah called the assembled people to move forward to where the Almighty directed them to go, and to do whatever was in His revealed sovereign plan according to all that His holy servant might say (prophecy) to them.

Yochanan Markos: The generous use of the word “immediately” in the besorah of Yochanan (יוֹחָנָן), surnamed Markos ( מקבים, מַקֶבֶת), should be noted. It is used forty-two times. This frequent use of the term ‘immediately’ is an obvious reference (signal) to the mighty works of the Spirit that issuea out of the Shofar of Elohim.

Wonderfully so this number of forty-two (six times seven) represents the symbol of the perfection of Adam (Humankind). Forty-two is the exact number of encampments made by our people from the time we left Egypt to the day we entered the Promised Land (cf. Numbers 33 and Joshua 3).

Everything done decently and in Good Military Order:

ואם השופר תשמיע קול בלתי ברור, מי יתכונן לקרב?פ

“If the shofar sounds in an unclear sound , who will prepare for battle?”

Order #1.  The Tkiah is a military “summons” (calling) for believers to prepare to hear, understand and obey (shema) Adonai’s orders for each and every day.

Order #2.  The Teruah is the “implementing” order to break away from anything that might divert believers from giving themselves completely over to doing the will of Adonai Tseva’ot–The Adonai of Armies.

Order #3.  The Tekiah that follows the teruah directs all who believe to “immediately” comply with whatever implementing direction the God of Israel orders.

Moses and the Forty-two Movements of God’s Spirit:

Moses Led Us through the Wilderness: When our ancestors would follow the Shekinah Glory Cloud by day and the Pillar of Fire by night Moshe would lead us by his shouting out through the Shofar his alternating commands. Five of these commands were: one, for the assembly of the people to stop when the Glory Cloud stopped; two, to make camp; three, to break camp: four, to form up; and five, when the Glory Cloud was on the move – Moshe ordered our people to be on the move.

Immediate, Rapid Response to God’s Commands: The Hebrew words make straight (ישר), swiftly (מהר), immediately (מיד-at once), quickly (עד מהרה), at that moment (באותו רגע), and in a moment (רגע) are used here and throughout the entire Hebrew Scriptures.

The Meaning of the 42 Encampments: Bear in mind that each of the place names of the 42 encampments of Moses possess special spiritual meaning (Numbers 33). We will discuss this at a later time. Most of our Jewish scholars break the list of our ancestors’ encampments from Egypt to the Plains of Moab into three sections (Numbers 33):

List of 14 Movements: [The First Year] From Rameses, Egypt (departure) until they reached Rithmah. These fourteen stops all occurred during the first year of travel, before God decreed that the nation must wander for 40 years. Rithmah is traditionally identified as the place where the tragedy of the Spies took place, triggering the divine decree of wandering.

List of 20 Movements: [The Intervening 38 Years] From Rithmah until they arrived at Mount Hor. This is the core breakdown emphasized by Jewish scholars. Over a span of roughly 38 years, the nation only packed up and moved 20 times. This demonstrates that the Israelites spent years at a time settled in single locations rather than being forced into constant, grueling travel.

List of 8 Movements: [The Final 40th Year] From Mount Hor (where Aaron died) to the Plains of Moab. These final 8 encampments took place rapidly during the fortieth year as the new generation marched toward the border of the Promised Land.]

Messiah and the Forty-Two Movements of the Spirit:

Similar to Moses we read in the Besorah of (Yochanan) Markos that the Messiah ben Yosef was moved immediately, instantly by the Spirit of God forty-two times. Again the term “immediately” is used to indicate the swift, powerful movement of the Spirit of God working in the midst of His Messiah and Am Israel (עם ישראל).

List of 2 Movements: [The First Month] Rabbi Yeshua ben Yosef ben David’s messianic ministry begins with the Spirit of the Holy One descending upon Yeshua like a dove after he had been fully immersed (mikveh) under the water (tevilah). This was witnessed by the prophet Yochanan ben Zekaryah. [Elul 1, 3787] Immediately after the Spirit led him into the wilderness to be tempted for 40 days, being tempted by Satan. Reminiscent of Israel’s wandering in the desert for forty years.  Elul 1-Tishri 10, 3787]. 1, 2;

List of 32 Movements: [The Intervening 40 Months] Messiah ben Yosef’s public ministry begins [Tishri 11, 3787] with his powerful works and teachings in Galilee and his journey toward Jerusalem, focusing on  the revelation of God’s kingdom and his mission as the Suffering Servant. Through the life, words, and actions of Messiah the perfect, sovereign rule of God broke into human history. Instead of the kingdom being a distant, physical territory or an empire like Rome, the Suffering Servant revealed that God’s kingdom is the active presence and power of God.

This section of Messiah ben Yosef’s ministry begins after his 40 days of being tempted by Satan in the wilderness and concludes with his healing a boy who suffered from a demonically-induced inability to speak. This happened about five to six weeks [Adar 3790] before Messiah’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 , 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, *25, *26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34;

List of 8 Movements: [The Final 42nd Month] This section of Messiah ben Yosef ben David’s ministry begins outside Jericho. The miracle occurs as Yeshua and his talmidim are departing from the ancient city of Jericho. He heals the blind beggar Bartimaeus. Unlike others who are blind to his identity, Bartimaeus loudly hails him as the “Son of David,” As soon as Bartimaeus receives his sight Rabbi Yeshua resumes his journey up the road toward Jerusalem. This section ends with the Messiah ben Yosef being judged by the high priests Caiaphas, Annas and the Sanhedrin for crimes he did not commit. 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, *42.

Three of these forty two uses of the word “immediately” (*25, *26, *42) are (מיד) are used differently than the other thirty-nine uses. Their use is a “mystery.” The thirty-nine uses of the word immediately involve the affirmative active will of God. The three words that are a mystery involve the adverse permissive will of God. In fact note that the last use of the term immediately (*42) has to do with the innocent one, our Messiah, being judged for our (the guilty ones) transgressions; and therefore, being punished for our sins (cf. Isaiah 53).

Question: So regarding this mystery the question must be asked: Why was the righteous life of the Messiah of God “allowed” to be sacrificed for our transgressions?

Answer: The life of Messiah ben Yosef was voluntarily sacrificed as an atonement for our sins that we might be forgiven and reconciled to God.

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