Messiah in Yom HaBikkurim Chapter 95
Sign #5, Miracles #24 and #25. Yeshua & Keifa walk on water/Boat teleported from sea to shore
- The Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Miracles of Messiah
- Seven Hebrew Signs
- Summary of Fifth Sign: Yeshua & Keifa walk on the waters of the Sea of Galilee
- The Storm came just as the Sun went down
- “It is I. Do not be afraid!”
- Fifth Corporate Miracle: Yeshua teleports boat to Kefar Nachum
- This was the Eleventh Miracle that occurred at Kefar Nachum
- “Rabbi, when did you get here (ahead of us) at Kefar Nachum?”
The Fifth Sign and Twenty-fourth & Twenty-fifth Miracles of Messiah:
Mattai 14:22-33
{Classical & Mishnaic Hebrew}
וַיָּאֶץ יֵשׁוּעַ בְּתַלְמִידָיו לָרֶדֶת בָּאֳנִיָּה לַעֲבֹר לְפָנָיו אֶל־עֵבֶר הַיָּם עַד אֲשֶׁר־יְשַׁלַּח אֶת־הָעָם׃ וַיְשַׁלַּח אֶת־הָעָם וַיַּעַל הָהָרָה בָּדָד לְהִתְפַּלֵּל וַיְהִי־עֶרֶב וְהוּא לְבַדּוֹ שָׁמָּה׃ וְהָאֳנִיָּה בָאָה עַד חֲצִי הַיָּם וְהַגַּלִּים יִטְרְפֻהָ כִּי הָרוּחַ לְנֶגְדָּהּ׃ וַיְהִי בְּאַשְׁמֹרֶת הָרְבִיעִית וַיָּבֹא אֲלֵיהֶם יֵשׁוּעַ וְהוּא מְהַלֵּךְ עַל־פְּנֵי הַיָּם׃ וְהַתַּלְמִידִים רָאוּ אוֹתוֹ מְהַלֵּךְ עַל־פְּנֵי הַיָּם וַיִּבָּהֲלוּ וַיֹּאמְרוּ מַרְאֵה־רוּחַ הוּא וַיִּצְעֲקוּ מִפָּחַד׃ וַיְמַהֵר יֵשׁוּעַ וַיְדַבֵּר אֲלֵיהֶם לֵאמֹר חִזְקוּ כִּי־אֲנִי הוּא אַל־תִּירָאוּ׃ וַיַּעַן פֶּטְרוֹס וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אִם־אַתָּה הוּא אֲדֹנִי צַוֵּה־נָא וְאָבֹא אֵלֶיךָ עַל־הַמָּיִם׃ וַיֹּאמֶר בּוֹא וַיֵּרֶד פֶּטְרוֹס מִן־הָאֳנִיָּה וַיְהַלֵּךְ עַל־פְּנֵי הַמַּיִם לָבוֹא אֶל־יֵשׁוּעַ׃ וַיְהִי כִּרְאֹתוֹ אֶת־הָרוּחַ כִּי חֲזָקָה הִיא וַיִּירָא וַיָּחֶל לִטְבֹּעַ וַיִּצְעַק וַיֹּאמַר אֲדֹנִי הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי׃ וַיְמַהֵר יֵשׁוּעַ וַיִּשְׁלַח אֶת־יָדוֹ וַיַּחֲזֶק־בּוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו קְטֹן אֱמוּנָה מַה־לְּךָ כִּי חָלַק לִבֶּךָ׃ הֵם עָלוּ אֶל־הָאֳנִיָּה וְהָרוּחַ שָׁכָכָה׃ וְאַנְשֵׁי הָאֳנִיָּה נִגְּשׁוּ וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּ־לוֹ וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֲבָל בֶּן־אֱלֹהִים אָתָּה׃
{Modern Hebrew}
מִיָּד הֵאִיץ בְּתַלְמִידָיו לְהִכָּנֵס לַסִּירָה וּלְהַקְדִּים אוֹתוֹ בַּנְּסִיעָה אֶל עֵבֶר הַיָּם עַד שֶׁהוּא יְשַׁלֵּחַ אֶת הֲמוֹן הָעָם. הוּא שִׁלַּח אֶת הָעָם וְעָלָה לָהָר לְבַדּוֹ כְּדֵי לְהִתְפַּלֵּל. לְעֵת עֶרֶב הָיָה שָׁם לְבַדּוֹ. בֵּינְתַיִם הִגִּיעָה הַסִּירָה לְמֶרְחַק כַּמָּה מִילִין מִן הַחוֹף כְּשֶׁהִיא מִטַּלְטֶלֶת עַל הַגַּלִּים וְהָרוּחַ נוֹשֶׁבֶת נֶגְדָּהּ. וְהִנֵּה בְּאַשְׁמֹרֶת הַלַּיְלָה הָרְבִיעִית בָּא אֲלֵיהֶם יֵשׁוּעַ וְהוּא מְהַלֵּךְ עַל פְּנֵי הַיָּם. כְּשֶׁרָאוּהוּ הַתַּלְמִידִים מְהַלֵּךְ עַל פְּנֵי הַיָּם נִבְהֲלוּ. אָמְרוּ: רוּחַ רְפָאִים הִיא”, וְהֵחֵלּוּ לִצְעֹק מִפַּחַד. מִיָּד דִבֵּר אֲלֵיהֶם יֵשׁוּעַ וְאָמַר: חִזְקוּ, אֲנִי הוּא. אַל תִּפְחֲדוּ. הֵשִׁיב כֵּיפָא וְאָמַר אֵלָיו: אֲדוֹנִי, אִם אַתָּה הוּא, צַוֵּנִי לָבוֹא אֵלֶיךָ עַל פְּנֵי הַמַּיִם. אָמַר יֵשׁוּעַ: בּוֹא! כֵּיפָא יָרַד מִן הַסִּירָה וְהָלַךְ עַל פְּנֵי הַמַּיִם לִקְרַאת יֵשׁוּעַ. אוּלָם כְּשֶׁרָאָה אֶת הָרוּחַ הַסּוֹעֶרֶת פָּחַד וְהֵחֵל לִשְׁקֹעַ. הוּא צָעַק: אֲדוֹנִי, הַצֵּל אוֹתִי! מִיָּד הוֹשִׁיט יֵשׁוּעַ אֶת יָדוֹ, הֶחֱזִיק בּוֹ וְאָמַר לוֹ: קְטַן אֱמוּנָה, מַדּוּעַ עָלָה סָפֵק בְּלִבְּךָ? בַּעֲלוֹתָם לַסִּירָה פָּסְקָה הָרוּחַ, וְהָאֲנָשִׁים שֶׁהָיוּ בַּסִּירָה הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לוֹ בְּאָמְרָם: בֶּאֱמֶת בֶּן־הָאֱלֹהִים אַתָּה. פ
מיד האיץ בתלמידיו להכנס לסירה ולהקדים אותו בנסיעה אל עבר הים עד שהוא ישלח את המון העם. הוא שלח את העם ועלה להר לבדו כדי להתפלל. לעת ערב היה שם לבדו. בינתים הגיעה הסירה למרחק כמה מילין מן החוף כשהיא מטלטלת על הגלים והרוח נושבת נגדה. והנה באשמרת הלילה הרביעית בא אליהם ישוע והוא מהלך על פני הים. כשראוהו התלמידים מהלך על פני הים נבהלו. אמרו: רוח רפאים היא, והחלו לצעק מפחד. מיד דבר אליהם ישוע ואמר: חזקו, אני הוא. אל תפחדו. השיב כיפא ואמר אליו: אדוני, אם אתה הוא, צוני לבוא אליך על פני המים. אמר ישוע: בוא! כיפא ירד מן הסירה והלך על פני המים לקראת ישוע. אולם כשראה את הרוח הסוערת פחד והחל לשקע. הוא צעק: אדוני, הצל אותי! מיד הושיט ישוע את ידו, החזיק בו ואמר לו: קטן אמונה, מדוע עלה ספק בלבך? בעלותם לסירה פסקה הרוח, והאנשים שהיו בסירה השתחוו לו באמרם: באמת בן-האלוהים אתה. פ
Then Yeshua urged his talmadim to go down into the boat to cross ahead of (precede) him to the other side of the sea, until he had sent away the people. He sent his people away and went up the mountain alone to pray. It was evening, and he was there alone. Now the boat had come halfway across the sea [a few miles from shore], and the waves were tearing it apart, for there was a wind against it. During the fourth watch, Yeshua came to them, walking on the surface of the water. His talmidim saw him walking on the surface of the sea and were terrified. They said, “It is the appearance of a spirit!” and they cried out in fright. Yeshua immediately called to them, “Be strong, for it is I. Do not fear!” Keifa [Petros] answered and said to him, “If it is you, Master, please command and I will come to you on the water.” He said, “Come!” and Keifa went down from the boat and walked on the surface of the water to come to Yeshua. When he saw that the wind was strong, he became afraid and began to sink, and he cried out and said, “Master save me!” Yeshua immediately reached out his hand, took hold of him, and said to him, “Small one in faith, why is your heart divided?” They went up into the boat, and the wind stopped. Then the men in the boat approached and bowed down to him and said, “Surely you are *ben Ha-Elohim!”
*These Yehudim (Jews) who were trained to be shlichim (emissaries) of Rabbeinu Yeshua worshiped the Spirit of God who indwells the Messiah. They did not worship Yeshua the man. For as Jews they knew that Yeshua (Jesus) was a man. He was not God. Nevertheless, the Messiah Yeshua is a very special man. He is a man – adam, anthropos, human – of a different kind. In all his life he never sinned. Not even once. Also, like father Adam who was without sin for a time while he lived in Gan Eden, the Messiah is ben Ha-Elohim—a son of God. However, unlike the first Adam and ourselves the Messiah (the last Adam) has never sinned. For this reason the Messiah ben haElohim ben ha’Adam has always been indwelt with a full measure of the Spirit of God. Therefore to be in the physical presence of the Messiah the man is to be, at the same time, in the very Presence of the Indwelling Spirit of the Holy One—the Living God. For further explanation of this truth see “Messiah in Rosh HaShanah and Yom Teruah,” Chapter 24.
Markos 6:45-52
וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן הֵאִיץ בְּתַלְמִידָיו לָרֶדֶת בָּאֳנִיָּה וְלַעֲבוֹר לְפָנָיו אֶל־עֵבֶר הַיָּם אֶל־בֵּית צָיְדָה עַד־שַׁלְּחוֹ אֶת־הָעָם׃ וַיְהִי אַחַר שַׁלְּחוֹ אֹתָם וַיַּעַל הָהָרָה לְהִתְפַּלֵּל׃ וַיְהִי־עֶרֶב וְהָאֳנִיָּה בָאָה בְּתוֹךְ הַיָּם וְהוּא לְבַדּוֹ בַּיַּבָּשָׁה׃ וַיַּרְא אוֹתָם מִתְיַגְּעִים בְּשׁוּטָם כִּי הָרוּחַ לְנֶגְדָּם וַיְהִי כְּעֵת הָאַשְׁמֹרֶת הָרְבִיעִית וַיָּבֹא אֲלֵיהֶם מִתְהַלֵּךְ עַל־פְּנֵי הַיָּם וַיּוֹאֶל לַעֲבוֹר לִפְנֵיהֶם׃ וַיִּרְאוּ אֹתוֹ מִתְהַלֵּךְ עַל־פְּנֵי הַיָּם וַיֹּאמְרוּ מַרְאֵה־רוּחַ הוּא וַיִּצְעָקוּ׃ כִּי־כֻלָּם רָאוּהוּ וַיִּבָּהֵלוּ אָז דִבֶּר אִתָּם וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם חִזְקוּ כִּי־אֲנִי הוּא אַל־תִּירָאוּ׃ וַיֵּרֶד אֲלֵיהֶם בָּאֳנִיָּה וְהָרוּחַ שָׁכָכָה וַיִּשְּׁתּוֹמֵם לִבָּם עוֹד־יוֹתֵר וַיִּתְמָהוּ׃ כִּי לֹא הִשְׂכִּילוּ בִּדְבַר־כִּכְּרוֹת הַלָּחֶם מִפְּנֵי קְשִׁי לְבָבָם׃
מִיָּד אַחֲרֵי כֵן הֵאִיץ בְּתַלְמִידָיו לְהִכָּנֵס לַסִּירָה וּלְהַפְלִיג אֶל הַצַּד הַשֵּׁנִי, לְבֵית צַיְדָא, בְּעוֹד שֶׁהוּא יְשַׁלֵּחַ אֶת הֶהָמוֹן. אַחֲרֵי שֶׁנִּפְרַד מֵהֶם עָלָה לָהָר לְהִתְפַּלֵּל. לְעֵת עֶרֶב הָיְתָה הַסִּירָה בְּאֶמְצַע הַיָּם וְהוּא לְבַדּוֹ עַל הַיַּבָּשָׁה. רָאָה אוֹתָם מִתְיַגְּעִים בַּחֲתִירָה, כִּי הָרוּחַ נָשְׁבָה נֶגְדָּם, וּבָא אֲלֵיהֶם בְּעֵרֶךְ בָּאַשְׁמֹרֶת הָרְבִיעִית שֶׁל הַלַּיְלָה כְּשֶׁהוּא הוֹלֵךְ עַל פְּנֵי הַיָּם וְכַוָּנָתוֹ לַעֲבֹר לְיָדָם. כְּשֶׁרָאוּהוּ הוֹלֵךְ עַל פְּנֵי הַיָּם חָשְׁבוּ שֶׁהוּא רוּחַ רְפָאִים וְהֵחֵלּוּ לִצְעֹק, כִּי כֻּלָּם רָאוּ אוֹתוֹ וְנִבְהֲלוּ, אַךְ הוּא דִּבֵּר אִתָּם מִיָּד וְאָמַר לָהֶם: חִזְקוּ, זֶה אֲנִי. אַל תִּפְְחֲדוּ! הוּא בָּא אֲלֵיהֶם לְתוֹךְ הַסִּירָה וְהָרוּחַ פָּסְקָה. הֵם הִשְׁתּוֹמְמוּ עַד מְאֹד, כִּי לֹא לָמְדוּ דָּבָר מֵעִנְיַן כִּכְּרוֹת הַלֶּחֶם בִּגְלַל קֵהוּת לְבָבָם. פ
מיד אחרי כן האיץ בתלמידיו להכנס לסירה ולהפליג אל הצד השני, לבית צידא, בעוד שהוא ישלח את ההמון. אחרי שנפרד מהם עלה להר להתפלל. לעת ערב היתה הסירה באמצע הים והוא לבדו על היבשה. ראה אותם מתיגעים בחתירה, כי הרוח נשבה נגדם, ובא אליהם בערך באשמרת הרביעית של הלילה כשהוא הולך על פני הים וכונתו לעבר לידם. כשראוהו הולך על פני הים חשבו שהוא רוח רפאים והחלו לצעק, כי כלם ראו אותו ונבהלו, אך הוא דבר אתם מיד ואמר להם: חזקו, זה אני. אל תפחדו! הוא בא אליהם לתוך הסירה והרוח פסקה. הם השתוממו עד מאד, כי לא למדו דבר מענין ככרות הלחם בגלל קהות לבבם. פ
Immediately afterward, he urged his [Twelve] talmidim to get into the boat and sail to the other side, to Beit-Tzaidah, while he sent the crowd away. After parting from them, he went up the mountain to pray. By evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he was alone on land. He saw them struggling to row, for the wind was against them, and he came to them around the fourth watch of the night, walking on the water, intending to pass by them. When they saw him walking on the water, they thought he was a spirit (ghost) and began to cry out, for they all saw him and were terrified; but he spoke to them immediately, saying, “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid!” He stepped into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. They were utterly astonished, for they had learned nothing from the [previous] incident of the loaves due to the hardness of their hearts.
Yochanan 6:15-21
וַיֵּדַע יֵשׁוּעַ כִּי־יָבֹאוּ וְיִתְפְּשׂוֹּ בוֹ לְהַמְלִיכוֹ וַיִּמָּלֵט עוֹד הַפַּעַם אֶל־הָהָר הוּא לְבַדּוֹ׃ וַיְהִי בָעֶרֶב וַיֵּרְדוּ תַלְמִידָיו אֶל־הַיָּם וַיָּבֹאוּ בָאֳנִיָּה וַיַּעַבְרוּ אֶל־עֵבֶר הַיָּם אֶל־כְּפַר־נַחוּם׃ וַיְכַס אֹתָם הַחשֶׁךְ וְיֵשׁוּעַ לֹא־בָא אֲלֵיהֶם׃ וַיִּסָּעֵר הַיָּם כִּי־רוּחַ גְּדוֹלָה הָיָתָה׃ וְהֵם חָתְרוּ בְּמִשּׁוֹטֵיהֶם כְּעֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ אוֹ שְׁלשִׁים רִיס וַיִּרְאוּ אֶת־יֵשׁוּעַ מְהַלֵּךְ עַל־הַיָּם הָלוֹךְ וְקָרֵב אֶל־הָאֳנִיָּה וַיִּירָאוּ׃ וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם אֲנִי הוּא אַל־תִּירָאוּ׃ וַיּוֹאִילוּ לָקַחַת אֹתוֹ אֶל־תּוֹךְ הָאֳנִיָּה וּכְרֶגַע הִגִּיעָה הָאֳנִיָּה לָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר הֵם הֹלְכִים שָׁמָּה׃
כְּשֶׁהִבְחִין יֵשׁוּעַ שֶׁהֵם עוֹמְדִים לָבוֹא וְלִתְפֹּס אוֹתוֹ כְּדֵי לְהַמְלִיכוֹ, יָצָא שׁוּב אֶל הָהָר הוּא לְבַדּוֹ. לְעֵת עֶרֶב יָרְדוּ תַּלְמִידָיו אֶל הַיָּם וְנִכְנְסוּ לְסִירָה כְּדֵי לַעֲבֹר אֶת הַיָּם אֶל כְּפַר נַחוּם. הַחֹשֶׁךְ כְּבָר יָרַד וְיֵשׁוּעַ עוֹד לֹא בָּא אֲלֵיהֶם. אוֹתָהּ שָׁעָה נָשְׁבָה רוּחַ חֲזָקָה וְהַיָּם הֵחֵל לִסְעֹר. לְאַחַר שֶׁחָתְרוּ כַּחֲמִשָּׁה קִילוֹמֶטְרִים, רָאוּ אֶת יֵשׁוּעַ הוֹלֵךְ עַל הַיָּם וּמִתְקָרֵב אֶל הַסִּירָה. פַּחַד נָפַל עֲלֵיהֶם, אַךְ הוּא אָמַר לָהֶם: אֲנִי הוּא, אַל תִּפְחֲדוּ. אָז חָפְצוּ לְקַבֵּל אוֹתוֹ לַסִּירָה וּלְפֶתַע הָיְתָה הַסִּירָה בַּחוֹף אֲשֶׁר הִפְלִיגוּ אֵלָיו. פ
כשהבחין ישוע שהם עומדים לבוא ולתפס אותו כדי להמליכו, יצא שוב אל ההר הוא לבדו. לעת ערב ירדו תלמידיו אל הים ונכנסו לסירה כדי לעבר את הים אל כפר נחום. החשך כבר ירד וישוע עוד לא בא אליהם. אותה שעה נשבה רוח חזקה והים החל לסער. לאחר שחתרו כחמשה קילומטרים, ראו את ישוע הולך על הים ומתקרב אל הסירה. פחד נפל עליהם, אך הוא אמר להם: אני הוא, אל תפחדו. אז חפצו לקבל אותו לסירה ולפתע היתה הסירה בחוף אשר הפליגו אליו. פ
When Yeshua realized they were about to come and seize him to make him king [Melekh Israel], he withdrew again to the mountain by himself. At evening, his talmidim went down to the sea and got into a boat to cross over to Kefar Nachum. Darkness had already fallen, and Yeshua had not yet come to them. A strong wind began to blow, and the sea grew rough. After rowing about twenty-five or thirty ris they saw Yeshua walking on the water, approaching the boat. They were terrified, but he said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.” Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the *shore toward which they had been sailing.
*25-30 ris (plural risim) is about five kilometers or 3-4 miles. The Hebrew term ris (ריס) is the Talmudic adaptation of the Greek and Roman measurement of a stadium (plural stadia). The northern part of the sea is roughly 5-7 miles wide, tapering narrower towards the upper inlet of the Jordan river compared to its maximum width of 8 miles (13 kilometers) further south.
The 5th Sign of the 7 Signs of Messiah:
A Hebrew sign (אוֹת-ot) is a unique kind of miracle (נֵס) and wonder (פֶּלֶא). It is a coded communication, a special message. There are seven special coded messages that are embedded in the 50 recorded miracles of the Messiah (cf. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7). These recorded 7 signs and 50 miracles are only a small providential sample of the innumerable number of signs, wonders, and miracles that the Messiah performed. As it is written (Yochanan 21:25):
.יש עוד מעשים רבים אחרים שעשה ישוע, ואלו נכתבו במפרט חושבני שהעולם עצמו לא היה יכול להכיל את הספרים הנכתבים
“There are many other deeds that Yeshua did, and had these been written in detail I think that the world itself could not have contained the books.”
The power of God’s indwelling presence is witnessed in today’s 24th miracle of Yeshua and Keifa walking on the water. We consider the Messiah assisting Keifa (Peter) to walk on water, and in his calming the storm as all part of one miracle. Additionally we believe the instantaneous transport of the boat with the tannaim from sea to shore is part of the Fifth Sign. One sign composed of two miracles: with the former miracle located at the Sea of Galilee; and the latter miracle being completed at Kefar Nachum. This explains why we are presenting both the 24th and 25th miracles together in the same chapter—as a single 5th Sign.
The Seven Signs of Messiah:
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.
Messiah is the Ashrei-Man. Unlike the first Adam ben haElohim, the Messiah is without sin.
Adonai Eloheinu’s desire is that we one day be transformed into the likeness of his Beloved Son the Messiah so that one day all of His children will become perfect in their obedience (love) and devotion to Him. For Adonai nothing is impossible. He is miraculously making a new humanity out of the old one. This New Creation is a work of grace. Our Creator unilaterally is doing the entire work Himself of transforming Man from being sinful to being righteous solely through His own power, strength, and virtue.
The Messiah is the Firstfruits of a new redeemed humanity that will be made perfect on the day of resurrection.
This is why Messiah had to come into the world through a miracle birth, then die, and then be raised up from death to life in a glorious (immortal) body. Man has free-will but the Creator will get what He wants anyway: a new humanity (a New Adam) and a new creation that will be so perfect that not even the taint of remembering that sin and evil ever existed at all will be remembered.
Part I: The Seven Signs of Messiah (שבעת האותות המשיח):
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 for 38 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).
These Seven Signs were manifested in particular settings as a means of connecting all of the institutions and festivals of Israel to their obvious messianic meanings. Also these 7 Signs are connected to the 7 ‘I Am’ Sayings, the 49 Meshalim(Parables), and the 49 Miracles of the Messiah (cf. following chapters).
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.
The meaning of the 5th Sign: “It is I. Do not be afraid!”
The clause ‘It is I’ is literally “I am” (אני) “he” (הוא) possesses strong spiritual intent. In Greek it is phrased “I am” or “I exist,” ego eimi (ἐγώ εἰμι). This is a profound statement of absolute and continuous existence; as is testified to in the Besorah of Yochanan (8:58) when Yeshua says:
“.ב לָהֶם יֵשׁוּעַ: “אָמֵן אָמֵן אֲנִי אוֹמֵר לָכֶם, בְּטֶרֶם הֱיוֹת אַבְרָהָם, אֲנִי הוּא
Yeshua said to them: “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”
In this setting God is displaying His power over creation and by His Messiah’s perfect submission to Him he is directly speaking through His Messiah, His Son, to the His . This means:
The fullness of God (EL-Beit-El) dwells bodily in His Messiah.
The Messiah Yeshua is the one and only perfect man (Beit-El). A man of a different kind. All of God’s deity dwells bodily in M’shico Yeshua because this second Adam ben HaElohim (Son of God) has never thought or behaved differently than God the Father has desired of him. The unity of the Father and the Son has never been broken. Yeshua has fulfilled all of the Torah of God. He is the Mystery of God who only does the will of God throughout all eternity. Therefore God the Father says of him:
“This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. Hear, understand, and obey him!”
The 25th is the Eleventh of 12 Miracles that occurred at Kefar Nachum:
The miracle of transporting the boat to shore is the eleventh of twelve recorded miracles that occur at the Messiah’s hometown of Kefar Nachum (כפר נחום); the Village of [God’s] Comfort, Consolation, and the giving of [His] Rest (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12). This Eleventh Miracle of Kefar Nachum is unique from the other eleven miracles for it involves the Messiah instantaneously transporting his Twelve disciples and their boat from the middle of the Sea of Galilee to the shore of Kefar Nachum (Capernaum).
This is also the Fifth Corporate Miracle:
There are Twelve recorded corporate miracles of the Messiah (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12). The number Twelve is a symbol of the “governance” of the nation of Israel and its people.
From the sea (the world) to the beach (Israel):
The next day, the morning and afternoon following the Storm, the dismissed crowd that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other small boat there at Beit-Tzaida except one and that Yeshua had not entered with his disciples into the boat but that his disciples had gone away alone. There came other small boats from near to the place where they ate the bread after the Messiah had given thanks.
So early in the morning when the crowd saw that Yeshua was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the small boats and came to his hometown Kefar Nachum seeking Rabbi Yeshua. When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, ‘Rabbi, when did you get here?’”
“Rabbi, when did you get here (ahead of us) at Kefar Nachum?”
In the morning, while the Messiah and His disciples were in Kefar Nachum, the crowd of thousands of Yehudim who had been fed were still on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee. They saw the Messiah did not get into the boat which was there. But since he did not get into the boat, the crowd supposed that he had stayed in the area.
After some time in the morning had elapsed the crowd realized that the Messiah was no longer there. Some boats from the village of Tiberias had landed, so the people decided to use those fishing and merchant boats to seek the Messiah in the northern region of the Sea of Galilee.
When the people searching for Yeshua found him, they asked him, “Rabbi when did you get here?” This question introduces the Messiah’s next long discourse in Kefar Nachum (go back to Part 12 of the last miracle). However, the Salvation of Adonai (Yeshua) never did explain how or when he crossed the lake, for his walking on the water was a private sign (miracle) for only his closest (Twelve) disciples to know.
Kefitzat Haderech:
Kefitzat HaDerech (קְפִיצַת הַדֶּרֶךְ) is a Hebrew concept referring to miraculous teleportation or the supernatural compression of space and time. In this case the traveling servant of God transcends normal laws of time and space. While the phrase translates literally as “the jumping of the road,” it is widely interpreted as the “shortening of the way.” This kind of miracle does not actually speed up the traveler. Instead, it is believed that God compresses or folds the earth beneath His traveling servants. In this type of miracle:
It is not the traveling time that is shortened but rather the distance itself.
God’s servants are suspended above the boundaries of time and space, so that they can instantaneously move from one place to another. The scriptures record several instances of miraculous, instantaneous transportation powered by the Holy Spirit.
Philip the Evangelist (Acts of the Schlichim 8:39–40):
This is the most definitive and widely cited example of supernatural relocation in the Bible. The Context: Philip had just finished baptizing an Ethiopian eunuch on a desert road. The Event: As they came out of the water, the “Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away”. The eunuch never saw him again. The Destination: Philip instantly vanished and “appeared at Azotus” (Ashdod), an ancient city located roughly 30 miles away.
Yeshua and the Talmidim’s Boat (Yochanan 6:16–21): This miracle involves the instantaneous transit of both a group of people and a physical vessel. The Context: The disciples were rowing across the Sea of Galilee in a severe storm, struggling against heavy winds. Yeshua walked on the water out to meet them. The Event: According to the Besorah of Yochanan, as soon as the disciples willingly took Yeshua into the boat, “immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading”. The text and miraculous context emphasize an immediate arrival that bypassed the remaining miles of rowing. Yeshua’s Post-Resurrection Appearances (Luke 24, John 20): After his resurrection, the Messiah possessed a glorified, physical body that was no longer bound by natural material laws. Locked Rooms: On multiple occasions, the disciples gathered behind securely locked doors out of fear. The Manifestation: The Messiah suddenly “stood among them” without entering through a door or window. He also vanished just as instantly from their sight, such as during the dinner at Emmaus (Lukas 24:31). Elijah and the Prophets’ Expectations (1 Kings 18:12): The phenomenon of the Spirit physically moving prophets around was well-known among ancient Israelites. The Context: When Obadiah ran into the prophet Elijah, he was terrified to tell King Ahab he found him. The Belief: Obadiah directly stated, “I do not know where the Spirit of the Lord may carry you” the moment he left, fearing Elijah would supernaturally disappear before the king arrived. Look at Ezekiel. Teleportation is the act of instantly moving from one location to another without physically traveling the distance in between. (1 Thessalonians 4) What about the rapture? Is rapture teleportation? Transported through time? The word rapture means to be openly, quickly caught up or removed, as in, from above, by force. if Yeshua by the Spirit safely teleported himself and his twelve talmidim miles away, then can he do the same with any number of people—-at the same time? Answer: Yes! For God is all powerful and omnipresent—He is able to be present in one place and every other place at the same time—-Teleportation of an unlimited number of people would, therefore, definitely be within the ability of the Messiah of God—in the act of performing God’s will. The Assembly of Messiah is mentioned 19 times in the Unveiling in chapters 2 & 3, but in chapter 4 verse 1, it disappears. Where did it go? Why is it not seen again until chapter 19 when we find the Assembly returning with the Messiah from heaven to earth at the battle of Armageddon?