Listen Up!
- Posted on MarpmFri, 04 Mar 2016 17:45:32 -06002016-03-04T17:45:32-06:0005 17, 2016
- in Bible, God, Messiah, Torah, vayakehel, Yeshua
- by Hallelujah Girl
Assemble and give ear!
And Moshe assembled kol Adat Bnei Yisrael, and said unto them, These are the Devarim (Words) which HaShem hath commanded, that ye should do them.
Shemot (Exodus) 35:1
The opening sentence in this week’s portion vayakhel. We know Moses is standing there with the second set of tablets and he has just come down from the very Presence of G-d! And what is the first thing from his mouth? Here it is! Get ready! ~”Work is to be done for six days, but the seventh day is a holy day of rest to Hashem. Whoever does any work then will die.” Exodus 35:2. Immediately after the reminder of keeping this Appointed, Holy, Set-apart day known as Shabbat (Sabbath), Moses begins with the further instructions for the building of the Mishkan (the Tabernacle). Everything HaShem does has order, consider the connections between the Mishkan and Shabbat.
Exodus 25:8, HaShem tells Moses, “Have them make a Sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them. Sanctuary comes from the word kodesh (קדש), meaning Holy, apartness, sacredness! Look at how Shabbat is referred to in Exodus 25:2 again, do you see what I see? …the Seventh day is a holy day just as the Sanctuary is a holy place.
💙 This Tabernacle came with blueprints that were shown to Moses from Heaven by HaShem! So does Shabbat mirror eternity in Heaven.
❤ The tabernacle has an outline and borders, Shabbat has a beginning and end time.
In the tabernacle the priests will tend the menorah, it is customary to light the shabbat candles to open the appointed day.
💜 The bread of presence can be compared to the challah bread that is blessed and shared each Shabbat.
💛 The altar in the tabernacle can be compared to the Shabbat dinner table where prayers, praises, and family togetherness are very customary to Shabbat.
💟 The priest of the Tabernacle can be compared to the Father of the family at the head, the one leading.
💚 The Presence of G-d was to dwell in the Sanctuary, just as His Presence dwells on the Sabbath!
There has been much debate over what is considered work on Shabbat. Yeshua battled this to in His day. Remember when he made the ointment for the blind man on Shabbat and the leaders got all bent out of shape? Now the day was Shabbat when Yeshua made the mud and opened the man’s eyes. So again the Pharisees were asking him how he received his sight. He responded, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see!” So some of the Pharisees began saying, “This man isn’t from God, because He doesn’t keep Shabbat!” But others were saying, “How can a sinner perform such signs?” So there was a split among them.
~John 9:14-16. In Exodus 35:2, what do you think G-d meant by “work”? ~Rule of thumb~find the Hebrew word and see where it appears first in scripture.~ The Hebrew word for work here is melekah, (מלכה) meaning work or occupation. This stems from the root malak, meaning angel or messenger. But the first time melekah is used in scripture is Genesis 2:2: God completed—on the seventh day—His work that He made, and He ceased—on the seventh day—from all His work that He made.
From all G-d’s creative work of production, He Rested! He rested from imposing His Will. Shouldn’t our Shabbat be the same. Shabbat should be a rest for us as well, it should look different than the other six days. Shabbat was made to disconnect from the business, drama, and our creative works, and reconnect with the One and Only thing that matters. Not my will, but His Will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven!
It is obvious that Shabbat is for His People! Look back at Exodus 35:1, Moses assembled ALL KOL ADAT BNEI YISRA’ĔL! Kol: (כל) meaning all, the whole. From the verb root, kalal (כלל) pronounced kaw-lalw, meaning to complete, perfect. Adat: (עדה) pronounced ay-daw, meaning congregation, comes from the Hebrew word yaad (יעד), pronounced yaw-ad, meaning to make an appointment, agreed to meet, set. We have a Holy Appointment that we are expected to keep. The words HaShem spoke we are to asah! [Should do them: asah (עשה) pronounced aw-saw, meaning to accomplish, become, bear, advance.]
This Shabbat may you gather together with The One who makes you complete. He has made an appointment with you and He will be there! He is never late and He never misses! His Perfect Love is to accomplish a Sanctuary bearing Holiness! To complete His Bride!
Shalom,
💗 Hallelujah Girl
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