1. Messiah Heals a Paralyzed Man on Rosh HaShanah
2. The Master of Shabbat
3. Seven Signs of the Messiah ben Yosef (Suffering Messiah)
4. Final thoughts in Heaven before entering womb of Miryam
5. Head of New Perfect Adam (Redeemed Humanity) is Messiah
6. “Be Perfect as your heavenly Father is Perfect”
7. “Seeing” the Sign of the Akedah
8. Searching for Redemption in a Time of Testing
9. The Pool of Bethesda
10. Responding to the Movement of the Spirit of Holiness
11. “Thirty-eight years…” (the Sign)
12. The Paralyzed Man is a type of Modern Israel
13. Israel has been in a state of Spiritual Paralysis for a long time
14. “Do you want to be well?”

Messiah Heals a Paralyzed Man on Rosh HaShanah:

בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם, עַל־יַד שַׁעַר הַצֹּאן הָיְתָה בְּרֵכָה, שֶׁנִּקְרְאָה בֵּית חַסְדָּא, וּסְבִיבָהּ חָמֵשׁ אַכְסַדְרָאוֹת בַּעֲלוֹת עַמּוּדִים. בָּאַכְסַדְרָאוֹת הָאֵלֶּה שָׁכְבוּ הַרְבֵּה חוֹלִים וְעִוְרִים וּפִסְחִים וִיבֵשֵׁי אֵבָרִים. הָיָה שָׁם אִישׁ אֶחָד וְהוּא בְּחָלְיוֹ שְׁלוֹשִׁים וּשְׁמוֹנֶה שָׁנִים. יֵשׁוּעַ רָאָה אוֹתוֹ שׁוֹכֵב וְיָדַע כִּי זְמַן רַב הוּא חוֹלֶה. שָׁאַל אוֹתוֹ: “אַתָּה רוֹצֶה לִהְיוֹת בָּרִיא? הֵשִׁיב לוֹ הַחוֹלֶה: אֲדוֹנִי, אֵין אִתִּי אִישׁ שֶׁיָּטִיל אוֹתִי לַבְּרֵכָה בְּעֵת תְּנוּעַת הַמַּיִם. עַד שֶׁאֲנִי בָּא, אַחֵר יוֹרֵד לְפָנַי. אָמַר לוֹ יֵשׁוּעַ: קוּם, קַח אֶת מִשְׁכָּבְךָ וְהִתְהַלֵּךְ. מִיָּד נִרְפָּא, לָקַח אֶת מִשְׁכָּבוֹ וְהִתְהַלֵּךְ. אוֹתוֹ יוֹם הָיָה יוֹם שַׁבָּת. פ

[Yochanan] In Jerusalem, near Sha’ar HaTzon, there was a pool called Beit-Chesda, surrounded by five colonnaded porches. Many sick, blind, lame, and paralyzed people lay in these porches. There was a man there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. Yeshua saw him lying there and knew he had been sick for a long time. He asked him, “Do you want to be well?” The sick man replied, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred. By the time I get there, someone else has already stepped in before me.” Yeshua said to him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.” He was immediately healed; he picked up his mat and walked. That day was the Shabbat.

The Master of Shabbat:

Seven Miracles on Shabbat: In the four Jewish besorot (gospels) of Mattai, Markos, Lukas, and Yochanan the Messiah performs seven miracles on the day of Shabbat. In the 50 miracles of Messiah the 7 miracles of Shabbat are:

Sabbath Day Miracle #1:  Healing demon-possessed man.
Sabbath Day Miracle #2:  Healing Shimon’s mother-in-law.
Sabbath Day Miracle #3:  Healing withered hand of man.
Sabbath Day Miracle #4:  Healed man crippled for 38 years.
Sabbath Day Miracle #5:  Healing a man born blind.
Sabbath Day Miracle #6:  Healed woman of 18 year illness.
Sabbath Day Miracle #7:  Healing a man with edema.

The Messiah Yeshua is more than a prophet and and a healer: He is the Master of Shabbat (אדון השבת).

Seven Signs of Messiah ben Yosef (Suffering Messiah):

Seven Signs: The Messiah Yeshua performed many miracles or signs which authenticated his messianic ministry.  The following Seven Signs were manifested so that we might believe that he is the Messiah ben haElohim and that by believing have life in his name.

The Ashrei-Man. Unlike the first Adam the Messiah is without sin. Our heavenly Father’s desire is that we one day be transformed into the likeness of his Beloved Son our Messiah so that one day all of us will become perfect in our obedience (love) and devotion to Him. For God nothing is impossible. He is miraculously making a new humanity out of the old one. 

New Creation Order: The first Adam was a living soul, but he failed, plunging the creation into frustration. The Messiah, as the Final Adam, is a life-giving Spirit. By rising from the dead, he became the Firstborn of the New Creation. This new order cannot fail because it is no longer anchored in the fragile choice of human clay, but in the indestructible life of Ha-Davar (The Word) himself.

The Firstfruits: The Messiah is the firstfruits of a new redeemed humanity that will be made perfect on the day of resurrection. This is why Messiah ben Yosef came into the world through a miracle birth, then died, and then was raised up from death to life in a glorious (immortal) body.

Sign #1: The First Sign, where the Messiah turned water into wine (האות הראשון, איפה המשיח בו הפך מים ליין);
Sign #2: Healing of the Nobleman’s Son (ריפוי בנו של איש הממשל);
Sign #3: Healing man crippled for38 years (ריפוי האיש שלא יכלו ללכת במשך 38 שנה);
Sign #4: Feeding of the 5,000 (המשיח מאכיל חמשת אלפים איש);
Sign #5: Walking on Water (הליכה על פני המים);
Sign #6: Healing man blind from birth (ריפוי עיוור מלידה);
Sign #7: Messiah Yeshua raises Lazarus from the dead (המשיח ישוע מקים לתחייה את אלעזר).

The New Adam: Each of the 7 Signs uniquely facilitates faith in the one studying them sufficient to believe that Messiah is no ordinary man. He is the new Adam ben hElohim. He is the first of many sons of glory, who like him (in the future) will miraculously be raised up as righteous ones on the day of their resurrection. Adonai our Father and our God shall raise up a new humanity out of the ashes of our old humanity through the redemptive ministry of His Messiah.

Final thoughts in Heaven before entering womb of Miryam:

Out of Eternity into Creation! The last thoughts of The Word (HaDavar) as He left heaven (eternity) and entered creation and became an infant (תינוק יהודי) in the womb of the Jewess Miryam (מרים לאם יהודיה) are found in Psalm 40. In the Septuagint translation of the Hebrew text below the word “body” (soma-σῶμα) is a Greek translation of the Hebrew word “ear” (ozen-אֹזֶן).

Like an “Ear” that only Obeys (Hears) God: : This means the Messiah is like an ear. He exists only to hear, understand, and obey the Spirit of God. He is the Perfect Adam who always obeys Adonai (the LORD). Therefore, he is the Beloved Son whom Adonai Avinu desires all of us to be:

זֶבַח וּמִנְחָה לֹֽא־חָפַצְתָּ אָזְנַיִם כָּרִיתָ לִּי עֹולָה וַחֲטָאָה לֹא שָׁאָֽלְתָּ׃ אָז אָמַרְתִּי הִנֵּה־בָאתִי בִּמְגִלַּת־סֵפֶר כָּתוּב עָלָֽי׃ לַֽעֲשֹֽׂות־רְצֹונְךָ אֱלֹהַי חָפָצְתִּי וְתֹורָתְךָ בְּתֹוךְ מֵעָֽי׃

Sacrifice (zevach-זֶבַח) and meal offering (mincha-מִנְחָה) You have not desired;
My ears (oznayim-אָזְנַיִם) You have opened (karita-כָּרִיתָ);
Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.
Then I said, “Behold, I come (hine’-vati’-הִנֵּה־בָאתִי);
In the scroll (megillah-מְגִלָּה) of the book (sefer-סֵפֶר ) it is written of me.
I delight to do Your will, O my Almighty One (Elohei-אֱלֹהַי);
Your Torah (Toratcha-תֹורָתְךָ) is in my heart” (innermost being, me’ah-מֵעֶה)

Greek Septuagint: θυσίαν καὶ προσφορὰν οὐκ ἠθέλησας, σῶμα δὲ κατηρτίσω μοι· ὁλοκαυτώματα καὶ περὶ ἁμαρτίας οὐκ ἐζήτησας.  τότε εἶπον· ἰδοὺ ἥκω, ἐν κεφαλίδι βιβλίου γέγραπται περὶ ἐμοῦ· τοῦ ποιῆσαι τὸ θέλημά σου, ὁ Θεός μου, ἐβουλήθην καὶ τὸν νόμον σου ἐν μέσῳ τῆς κοιλίας μου.

“His Body”: In holy love of the heavenly Father Messiah made His whole body to function like an ear. Yeshua’s body has always solely existed to hear, understand and obey (לִשְׁמוֹעַ-to hear) all of the will of Adonai the Father (שָׁמַע-shama, heard).

The Son Adonai Desires: Messiah is the Son Adonai desires all of us to be. HaShem (the NAME) is not pleased with a race of Adam that substitutes laws for love and perpetual sacrifices for sin in the place of perpetual acts of righteousness.

Perpetual Sacrifices vs. True Piety: Animal sacrifices under the Mosaic Covenant were inherently temporary; they could cover or defer sin but could not eliminate the human impulse to sin. God’s true desire is not an endless cycle of blood sacrifices, but a lifestyle of active righteousness.

End to Sin”: Instead of sacrifices for sin, Adonai wants a permanent “end to sin.” God’s ultimate desire is not a better system for managing human failure, but the complete perfection of human nature through His Messiah. If redeemed humankind (the First Adam) is made to be like Messiah (the Final Adam) there will no longer be a need for sacrifice. Why? Because the New Man (New Adam) who is destined to be transformed into Messiah’s likeness will always obey Adonai Avinu.

The Ultimate Result: When redeemed human beings are fully conformed to the image of the Messiah ben Yosef ben David, their internal desires align perfectly with Adonai’s will. If redeemed humanity is made incapable of sinning because we have been fundamentally recreated to be like His Messiah, the entire mechanism of sacrifice becomes obsolete. We cannot offer a sacrifice for a debt that no longer exists.

Love Over Law: God (Adonai) values a relationship rooted in love and genuine righteousness far above the mechanical obedience to legal codes. Adonai Avinu is not satisfied when humanity uses religious laws as a loophole to avoid genuine relationship. Throughout the Hebrew Scriptures, God consistently declares that religious rituals or rule-following mean nothing if they are disconnected from a heart of love, justice, and mercy.

Our Royal Destiny: Redeemed humanity’s destiny is to individually and corporately become a Perfect Man; a New Son of Ha-Elohim who never ceases to love (hear, understand, and obey) our heavenly Father.

Head of the New Perfect Adam (Redeemed Humanity) is Messiah:

Body of Final Adam: The Head of the Messiah is Adonai. We are the body of the Perfect Man. We are not yet perfect. However, on the day of our resurrection we will be perfect. The final messianic remedy for sin is:

There is no need for further sacrifice: If there is complete forgiveness now, followed by at our resurrection no more sin!”

HaAdam Ha-acharon: The heavenly Father does not desire the old fallen humanity that is forever going to be sinning. He is not happy with us making continuous sacrifices to Him because we are perpetually sinning. Our Righteous Father who dwells in heaven is not happy with the imperfect son (First Adam). He desires that we all be like His Perfect Son, the Final Adam.

Excuse for Unending Disobedience: The Tabernacle-Temple sacrifices were never meant to be permanent. The sacrifices were never meant to be an excuse for us to remain in a state of unending disobedience. So what does Abba our Father really want? He wants a perfect humanity. This is all that Adonai Eloheinu (the LORD our God) has ever wanted.

Body of Adonai’s Strength: Avinu Shebashamayim has given us the Perfect Adam who is the body of His Strength, His Strong Right Arm who will deliver us from a state of perpetual imperfection (bad hearing, bad eyesight, and a bad heart).

“Be Perfect as your heavenly Father is Perfect”:

לכן היו שלמים, כמו שאביכם שבשמים שלם הוא.פ

You shall be perfect (complete) as your heavenly Father is perfect (complete).

Divine Proof of the Promise: The work of the Messiah and the Spirit of Holy One is to one day make us perfect like our Father in heaven. Be perfect (שְׁלֵמִים-shelamim, complete, whole) as your heavenly Father is perfect (shalem-שָׁלֵם). We will be made perfect on the day of our resurrection. This is the ultimate promise to the fathers of Israel and the prophets. This is our blessed hope. Messiah is the first fruits (Divine proof) of this promise.

אכן הוא אשר הכל למענו והכל על-ידיו יאה היה לו, בהביאו בנים רבים לכבוד, להשלים על-ידי סבל את מכונן ישועתם.פ

By the Hand (Spirit) of Adonai: For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing (עַל־יָדָיו-by His Hand) many sons to glory (בָּנִים רַבִּים לְכָבוֹד), to make perfect by His Hand (לְהַשְׁלִים עַל־יְדֵי) the Author (מְכוֹנֵן-Founder) of their Salvation (יְשׁוּעָתָם) through sufferings.

Fulfillment of the Shemah: One day we will finally not just mouth out the words of the Shemah. We will become the fulfillment of the Shemah. We will all change in the twinkling of an eye. The righteous dead who hoped in Messiah will rise first. Then we who are still alive will be taken up together to the Messiah (translated, caught up alive into heaven as were Enoch and Elijah).

Many “Sons of Glory”: So we will become the sons of glory our Father in heaven has always desired us to be. We will be a new eternal unity of God with man. Adonai will be the Head and His sons of glory will forever be His body. May the Holy One be praised forever, and ever, Amen.

We will for all eternity see, hear, understand, and obey the Holy One who we love.”

Sarah, the Mother of us all: Messiah did not come to earth just to atone for our sins. He came to earth to make a way for AmIsrael to one day be perfect as Abba Father is perfect. Messiah came so that one day the children (AmIsrael) of the barren woman (Sarah-שָׂרָה) might be born from above, born by the power of the Jerusalem above that is the “mother of us all”.

Born from “above”: When AmIsrael believes in the power of the Jerusalem above then the prophecy of Isaiah will be fulfilled: Then “the children of the barren woman (Sarah) will be more than the children of (Hagar-הָגָר) the slave woman. Then and only then will Messiah ben David return from heaven and the whole world come under the blessed rule of Adonai our Father.

The Gift of the New Heart: We all are first born naturally in a state of slavery to sin. This is so whether we are a Jew or Gentile. It does not matter what lineage you possess. We are all first born in Egypt as “slaves.” However, when we receive the Living Torah (the indwelling Presence of the Spirit of the Holy One) of the Perfect Man we receive not only forgiveness and the liberty it brings, we receive more than a new citizenship in heaven, we receive the blessed gift of the New Heart (לֵב חָדָשׁ).

Changed from Inside-Out: This gift of the New Heart changes us from the Inside-Out. The New Heart is our guarantee that one day we will walk no more in the flesh as slaves born by the Egyptian woman Hagar (Egypt represents this World): we will walk in the Spirit as heirs, free citizens of the kingdom of heaven who are the children of the Elah Shemaiya (God of Heaven) and heirs of an immeasurably great destiny.

New Adam, New Heart: What is the destiny of the New Adam with a New Heart? After the day of resurrection we will become many sons of glory (consider the meaning of the Hebrew name Thomas (תְּאוֹמִים-from-taám, double-תָּאַם) which is “Twin;” we will be made like Messiah who is the perfect, flawless Image of the Father.

“Seeing” the Sign of the Akedah:

וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָהָם אֱלֹהִים יִרְאֶה־לֹּו הַשֶּׂה לְעֹלָה בְּנִי וַיֵּלְכוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם יַחְדָּֽו׃

ויאמר אברהם אלהים יראה־לו השה לעלה בני וילכו שניהם יחדו׃

Avraham said, “God will provide (lit. see to it) for Himself the lamb (HaSeh) for the burnt offering, my son.” So the two of them walked on together.

Isaac a Type of the Messiah: Isaac is a type of the Messiah ben Yosef. Isaac died–prophetic role-play–the day God called father Abraham to sacrifice his son. After a three day journey father Abraham and his son climbed up Mount Moriah. Moriah is the same mountain that the Messiah ben Yosef was sacrificed. Thereafter, in the prophetic role-play Isaac was resurrected on the *third day (cf. Genesis 22).

*After his sacrifice at Moriah it took Isaac three days to return home.

The Sacrifice: This Binding of Isaac:, also known as The Binding (הָעֲקֵידָה) and the Akedah of Isaac, is a graphic prophetic picture of God’s sacrifice of His own Son, the second and last Adam ben Elohim. This once-in-eternity sacrifice occurred  two thousand years after Abraham’s symbolic sacrifice of Isaac. Without Yeshua ben Adam ben Elohim’s righteous sacrifice—the shedding of his blood there would be no forgiveness for sin for anyone. For it is a true statement:

Rightly so our heavenly Father requires that all of our sins be paid for.

The Warning: Adonai warned the first Adam that the just penalty for his disobedience would be death; spiritual and physical. The first Adam ben Elohim failed as a Kinsman-Redeemer. He sinned. He did not remain righteous and redeem his bride. Instead of being the redeemer of his wife he became her accuser.

Kinsman Redeemer: In stark contrast to the first Adam, the last Adam ben Ha-Elohim succeeded as a Kinsman-Redeemer (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8).

1). “Just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, so death spread to all humankind, for all have sinned.”
2). “I  [Adonai] have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.”
3).  “Death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of him who was to come.”
4). “The spiritual is not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.”
5). “If through the transgression of one man death reigned, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Yeshua the Messiah.”
6). “The first adam is dust from the earth; the second adam is from heaven.”
7). “And when all things are put under him, then the Son himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under him, that HaElohim may be all in all.”
8). “She will give birth to a son, and you will call his name Yeshua, for he will save his people from their sins.”

A New Creation Order: The last Adam paid the penalty for sin for all who believe on his name (trust in His Word). Messiah Yeshua is the Head of the New Creation Order. Rabbi Yeshua, the Messiah ben Yosef, died so that we who are his people might be forgiven of our sins and receive Avinu Shebashamayim’s gracious gift of eternal life.

Searching for Redemption in a Time of Testing:

 The Hidden and Concealed Day: The best time for searching for one’s redemption is always right now. It is never a good idea to put off and delay our need to do Teshuvah. Today is the day to return to the Holy One, and be reconciled to Him in faith and obedient love. It is best to be ready for the day and the hour no man knows (Yom HaKeseh).

“No One Knows the Day or the Hour”: Unlike all other major biblical festivals that take place in the middle of the lunar month when the moon is bright and full, Rosh Hashanah falls on the first day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei. Because it occurs precisely during a new moon, the crescent is virtually invisible or “hidden” in the night sky.

People Get Ready! In ancient Israel, the exact start of a new month could not be pre-calculated mathmatically; it relied entirely on the visual confirmation of two witnesses who sighted the first sliver of the new moon and reported it to the Sanhedrin.

This Hebrew phrase “no one knows the day or the hour” points directly to Rosh Hashanah as the future return of the Messiah ben Yosef in the clouds to take his followers into heaven.

The Pool of Bethesda:

House of Mercy and Grace: : What is the meaning of the Hebrew word “Beit-Chasda”? Bethesda (בֵּית־חַסְדָּא-Beit-Chasda) in Hebrew means, “House of Mercy” and “House of Grace.” When the mind is introduced in the same sentence to the terms “Sheep Gate,” “Pool of Water,” “House of Mercy,” and “House of Grace” it should not be that hard to intuit that the focus of this section of the Testimony of Messiah is about the “Sacrifice,” “Cleansing,” “Mercy” and the “Grace of Adonai.”

“Having five porticoes.” The pool  of the House of Mercy and Grace was likely used for ceremonial water cleansing used in association with the Jerusalem Temple. Archaeology has confirmed the pool’s existence; including that its construction included “five porticoes.” As stated many times before in the Scriptures the number five is symbolic of Divine “grace” and favor. There are five witnesses who give testimony in the actual Proceedings of the Heavenly Court regarding the Messiah Yeshua ben Yosef ben David.

Portico 1.  The witness of the Prophet Yochanan Ben Zechariah.
Portico 2.  The witness of the miraculous works of the Messiah.
Portico 3.  The witness of the heavenly Father Himself.
Portico 4.  The witness of the Tanakh.
Portico 5.  The witness of Moses.

Responding to the Movement of the Spirit of Holiness:

שָׁמָּה שָׁכְבוּ חוֹלִים וְעִוְרִים וּפִסְחִים וִיבֵשֵׁי־כֹחַ לָרֹב (וְהֵמָּה מְיַחֲלִים לִתְנוּעַת הַמָּיִם׃ כִּי מַלְאָךְ יָרַד בְּמוֹעֲדוֹ אֶל־הַבְּרֵכָה וַיַּרְעֵשׁ אֶת־מֵימֶיהָ וְהָיָה הַיֹּרֵד רִאשׁוֹן אֶל־תּוֹכָהּ אַחֲרֵי הִתְגֹּעֲשׁוּ הַמַּיִם הוּא נִרְפָּא מִכָּל־מַחֲלָה אֲשֶׁר דָּבְקָה בּוֹ)׃

“In these [two connected pools of water] lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, and withered, waiting for the moving of the waters; for an angel of God went down at certain seasons into the pool and stirred up the water; whoever then first, after the stirring up of the water, stepped in was made well from whatever disease with which he was afflicted.”

A Movement of the Spirit: The central Torah meaning here is very specific. Running (“stirred up”) water is an indication of a ‘movement’ of the Spirit of the Holy One. In this case there was a belief that an Angel of Adonai would at certain times cause the waters to move, so that some unfortunate disabled or diseased person might be miraculously healed.

Inspiration and Hope for All: We expect this occasional symbolic gesture was meant to inspire faith in the whole assembly of the “sick, blind, lame, and withered” (etc.); not just the person who was miraculously healed. This charitable, gracious act was a demonstration of the exceptional healing powers of God. We know from the Word of God that God manifested many miracles in Israel to increase the faith of His people.

These Bethesda miracles were in no way dependent on faith.

Help at Any Time or Place: Faith was not required. Only opportunity and personal initiative were required. To us the event was no more than a benevolent “sample” (an advertisement) of what could possibly be obtained at any time (not just during “certain seasons”) and at any place (not just the pool at Bethesda).

Faith that Keeps Growing: These occasional miracles did not require faith but they did build faith. As the people experienced the miracles their faith would grow. These works of God were meant to stir up faith in His people (the people of Israel). Therefore, it should be said: Better than dependence on fate is the exercise of faith.

Take some Personal Initiative: If only we who are in a state of distress and need would exercise an abiding faith in God. Then there would be no need for us to futilely and fatalistically be waiting around for that very impersonal, highly unlikely, once in a lifetime miracle that we so blindly seem to believe will eventually “just come our way.”

“Thirty-eight years…” (the Sign):

וְשָׁם אִישׁ אֶחָד וְהוּא בְחָלְיוֹ שְׁלשִׁים וּשְׁמֹנֶה שָׁנָה׃

“A man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.”

In what one place in the Tanakh is the term “38 years” used? Answer: See Deuteronomy 2:14.

וְהַיָּמִ֞ים אֲשֶׁר־הָלַ֣כְנוּ ׀ מִקָּדֵ֣שׁ בַּרְנֵ֗עַ עַ֤ד אֲשֶׁר־עָבַ֨רְנוּ֙ אֶת־נַ֣חַל זֶ֔רֶד שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנֶ֖ה שָׁנָ֑ה עַד־תֹּ֨ם כָּל־הַדּ֜וֹר אַנְשֵׁ֤י הַמִּלְחָמָה֙ מִקֶּ֣רֶב הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה ׃

“And the time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the Brook Zered was thirty-eight years—until the entire generation of the men of war had perished from the midst of the camp.

The Term 38 Years appears only Once: This reference to thirty-eight years of time is interesting. The term thirty eight years is only used one time in the entire Tanakh.  [Please also note the term is only used once in the Brit HaChadasha.]  What acts of disobedience and slander did our ancestors commit toward God that resulted in their judgment? The disobedience of Israel had to do with our ancestors refusing to enter the Land of Canaan to militarily engage the wicked inhabitants who were fierce warriors. The slander of God was two-fold in this episode of corporate rebellion and cowardice (cf. Numbers: chapters13 and 14).

False accusation #1.  The people of Israel complained that God had led them out of Egypt only to have them destroyed while they engaged in battle with the Canaanites (1, 2).

False accusation #2.   The people of Israel accused God of the evil of even wanting the children to be “taken as plunder” by the Canaanites so that they would once again live as slaves. (1, 2)

Am Israel Provoked God to Wrath: No doubt it was the second false accusation that most moved the Holy One to wrath. As a result of our ancestors’ false accusations against Adonai our God He sentenced all of the adults of Israel to wander around the desert for thirty-eight years; until every last one of the adults died. Only those *persons who were children and very young adults (under the age of twenty) at the time of the rebellion and slander of God were allowed to enter the the Promised Land (38 years later).

*There were two exceptions to God’s judgment: (two older adults) Joshua & Caleb were allowed to enter into the Promised Land.

The Paralyzed Man is a type of Modern Israel:

“So it came about when all the men of war had finally perished from among the people…the people set out from their tents to cross the Jordan…Now the people came up from the Jordan (into the Promised Land] on the tenth of the first month” (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).

Israel’s Present Situation: It took 38 years of added time (40 years total) wandering around in the wilderness before the people of Israel could enter the Promised Land. Similarly, it took 38 years of time for this paralyzed man to receive healing.

Not depending on Faith but Fate: The paralyzed man is a type of Modern Israel and like the paralyzed man modern Israel is presently living in a state of hoping for a miracle healing that is not based upon faith but on fate.

The God Who is our Supernatural Deliverer: In ancient times the God of Israel supernaturally delivered our people through signs, wonders, and miracles. Our ancestors were unable to deliver themselves through their own resources and initiative. Today Israel is surrounded by a gentile world that hates . Israel and its people. Without faith in God we rely on the help of our Jewish and evangelical Christian friends in America and their government we cannot protect our nation or our people. However, if we really true faith in God we would not need any help from others.

What will Israel do when America ceases to be Israel’s Friend? Modern Israel’s survival is dependent on help coming from somewhere other than outside its own resources. We have been waiting for help and as God would have it America, at present, is our greatest friend and ally. But what will Israel do if the people of America cease to be our friend and ally? May it never be. But what if Israel was left all alone; would we survive? The miracle of Modern Israel is completely a work of God’s Grace.

Israel has been in a state of Spiritual Paralysis for a long time:

וַיַּרְא אֹתוֹ יֵשׁוּעַ שֹׁכֵב וַיֵּדַע כִּי אָרְכוּ־לוֹ יְמֵי חָלְיוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו הֲתַחְפֹּץ לְהֵרָפֵא׃ וַיַּעַן הַחוֹלֶה אֲדֹנִי אֵין־אִישׁ אִתִּי לְהַשְׁלִיכֵנִי אֶל־הַבְּרֵכָה בְּהֵרָעֵשׁ הַמַּיִם וּבְטֶרֶם אָבֹא וְיָרַד אַחֵר לְפָנָי׃ וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו יֵשׁוּעַ קוּם שָׂא אֶת־מִשְׁכָּבְךָ וְהִתְהַלֵּךְ׃ וּכְרֶגַע שָׁב הָאִישׁ לְאֵיתָנוֹ וַיִּשָּׂא אֶת־מִשְׁכָּבוֹ וַיִּתְהַלָּךְ וְהַיּוֹם הַהוּא יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת׃

יֵשׁוּעַ רָאָה אוֹתוֹ שׁוֹכֵב וְיָדַע כִּי זְמַן רַב הוּא חוֹלֶה. שָׁאַל אוֹתוֹ: “אַתָּה רוֹצֶה לִהְיוֹת בָּרִיא? הֵשִׁיב לוֹ הַחוֹלֶה: אֲדוֹנִי, אֵין אִתִּי אִישׁ שֶׁיָּטִיל אוֹתִי לַבְּרֵכָה בְּעֵת תְּנוּעַת הַמַּיִם. עַד שֶׁאֲנִי בָּא, אַחֵר יוֹרֵד לְפָנַי. אָמַר לוֹ יֵשׁוּעַ: קוּם, קַח אֶת מִשְׁכָּבְךָ וְהִתְהַלֵּךְ. מִיָּד נִרְפָּא, לָקַח אֶת מִשְׁכָּבוֹ וְהִתְהַלֵּךְ. אוֹתוֹ יוֹם הָיָה יוֹם שַׁבָּת. פ

When Yeshua saw him lying there, and knew that he had already been a long time in that condition, he said to him, “Do you want to be well?” The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” Yeshua said to him, “Get up, pick up your pallet and walk.” And immediately the man became well, and took up his pallet and began to walk. And it was the Shabbat on that day.”

A New Generation of Israel: Therefore, we would say that “When the Messiah (from heaven) saw his people of (Modern) Israel lying there, and knew that this his people had been a long time in that condition, he said to us (a new generation of Israel), “Do you want to be well?”

Now Is Ready to Exercize True Faith in God: After the old disobedient generation of Israel died in the wilderness what did the new generation of Israel do? The new generation said to him, “Master, we have no man (strong enough) to put us into the pool of God’s mercy (chesed-חֶסֶד) and grace (chen-חֵן). 

The Strong Man is Here and the Time has Come: Now Israel’s Messiah is saying to the new generation of Israel:  “Get up, pick up your pallet and walk!” Then, at the word of Messiah, the power of God will instantly indwell us as a believing body, and so very soon all Israel will begin to walk in the power of the Spirit of Adonai our God!

“Do you want to be well?”

  כִּי בֶּן־הָאָדָם הוּא גַּם־אֲדוֹן הַשַׁבָּת׃

שֶׁהֲרֵי בֶּן־הָאָדָם הוּא אֲדוֹן הַשַּׁבָּת.פ

For the Son of Man (Ben Ha-Adam) is the Master of Shabbat!

“Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”

One of the great tragedies and ironies of human history is that since the first appearance of Messiah ben Yosef the Gentiles have been more receptive than we Jews to secure for themselves the physical and spiritual healing and blessing that is freely available from the healing waters (pool) of God’s loving-kindness. Why is this so? Answer: The existing state of Judaism is one of spiritual paralysis.

Others are stepping into the Pool before Me: Believing Gentiles thus far are stepping into the pool of the five witnesses (cf. *5 porticoes above) before us Jews. Historically this has been due to long ago our ancestors’ religious leaders telling us the falsehood that the Master of the Sabbath has not yet come. Therefore, we have yet to believe in the Beit-Chasda of God.

*In the Scriptures the number five is symbolic of God’s mercy and grace.

?אתה רוצה להיות בריא

Now is the Time to Enter God’s Mercy: Just say yes! As  a nation and as a people Am Israel is way overdue to enter God’s House of Mercy and His House of Grace. According to the words of our prophets and the Messiah ben Yosef we believe that now is the time when once again our heavenly Father is saying to the youth of His Israel and His people: “Do you want to be well?”

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