I AM The Door
- Posted on FebamSun, 05 Feb 2017 10:46:01 -06002017-02-05T10:46:01-06:0010 17, 2016
- in Bible, Bo, God, Hebrew, Messiah, Pesach, Study, Torah, Yeshua
- by Hallelujah Girl
From the beginning, when the Holy One placed Adam in the Garden He instructed him, or gave him commandments. With these directives Adam and Eve had a connection with HaShem in that Holy place. However, when the Adversary got his way and caused Adam and Eve to break the command given in Genesis 2:16-17, this newly created man lost his connection with the Holy One. Adam and Eve were ordered out of the Garden of Eden and a “door”, a Cherubim and the flame of the ever turning sword, were placed there.
The Torah sites 613 “commandments” or mitzvah given, some positive, some negative, some just for men, and some just for women. These are our connections to the Holy One. We may not always like them, but we were created to live by G-d’s way, not our own. This week in the Portion Bo, the Children of Israel are given instruction in preparing for the Passover. During the plage of the firstborn each family was to slaughter the Pesach (Passover) offering, take a bundle of hyssop and dip it into the blood that was in the basin and apply it to the lintel and doorposts of their houses.
HaShem will pass through to smite Egypt, and He will see the blood that is on the lintel and the two doorposts; and HaShem will pass over the entrance and He will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses to smite. ~Exodus 12:23.
So why the door? The Holy One is the Creator of All things, I’m pretty sure He knows who is within every household. He doesn’t need blood on a doorpost to recognize who is inside. Our western dictionaries define the word door as a movable, usually solid barrier for opening and closing an entranceway commonly turning on hinges or sliding in grooves.
The Hebrew word pethach, פתח, (pronounced peh-thakh) is defined doorway, opening, or entrance. This word comes from the verb root pathach (pronounced paw-takh) meaning appear, break forth, draw out, let go free, engrave, loose self, be, and to open wide. The first we see pathach in scripture is in Genesis 7:11, “…all the water sources of the great deep burst open, and the windows of heaven were opened (pathach).” The three Hebrew letters of the word pathach form a picture as well. The peh (פ) represents a mouth or an opening, the tav (ת) signifies a mark or sign, and the chet (ח) illustrates a dividing wall, separating the outside from the inside.
The door is more than just a barrier, it serves a purpose. It can be a sign or monument to the opening that protects you from the Adversary such as when Holy One tells Cain in Genesis 4:7, “…but if you do not improve yourself, sin rests at the door. It’s desire is toward you, but you can conquer it.” 1Peter 5:8 also warns, “Stay alert! Watch out! Your Adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, searching for someone to devour.” The door also is used to mark a slave by taking an awl and putting it through his ear to the door (Deuteronomy 15:17). What a beautiful statement of love, for we were all once slaves and this action signals that real freedom lies in the submission to the words of Torah.
Openings such as the mouth, eyes, and ears must bear some sort of marker for they are portals to “behold wonders from Your Torah” says Psalm 119:18. We are also commanded (another “connection” opportunity) to affix the mezuzah to our doorposts as a sign that this house serves The Holy One. (Deuteronomy 6:4-9, 11:20).
Applying the blood on the lintel and the doorposts in Exodus 12:23 is a sign of Deliverance! The family that dwells here is submissive and ready to serve the Holy One. The blood of the Passover Lamb covers the souls within this place.
It is time my friends to check our own openings. Are your own doors inviting, and is your dwelling place in order? Are we listening and obeying both inside and outside our own homes to what the Holy One is saying? Even after painful circumcision, Abraham sat at the door of his tent waiting to serve anyone who passed by (Genesis 18:1). Are you connected? If not, it’s time to break forth! After all, Yeshua states in John10:7 & 9 that He is the door.
“Behold I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with me.” -Revelation 3:20.
Shalom, Happy Day,
Hallelujah Girl
Bo (Come/Go)
Torah: Exodus 10:1-13:16
Haftarah: Jeremiah 46:13-28
Gospel: Mark 3:7-19
Tags: #ReadYourBible #ItsAllAboutYeshua #TorahIsTruth, Hebrew, Jesus, Passover, Yeshua