HOLIDAY MESSAGE OF JESUS CHRIST !

Holliday Message of Jesus Christ 

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Shalom and Good Morning 

I wanted to be able to send a message of what this means this time of year as we spend time together and away from those we love, we work with and even with those we may not like. 

The interesting thing Holiday is rooted in two words HOLY and Day. These two particular words are rooted in the Old and new testaments of the bible. 

The word Holy is being defined as only something that belongs to GOD and our mission in life to submit ourselves to GOD of the Bible to set ourselves apart of everything that is not of GOD to be HOLY. 

1st Peter 1:16 - Because it is written, “You shall be holy (set apart), for I am holy.”

The word day is also rooted biblically in the book of Genesis when the night and day were first set apart calling day one, two, three, etc. It was Moses who first wrote the day was set apart and how God set each one day and night making the distinction between the two giving us a way to set apart time.

Genesis 1:15- And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Christmas is a fun and joyous time that all in the USA and around the world celebrate to give gifts, time off, be with family and friends, to come together and recharge from the cares of everyday life. 

I recall as my days in the active military, being far from home, and spending time with people whom I just met, over these days and times. 

At that Time, I only really acknowledged the Jewish Festivals and related Christmas as just another nice time, while enjoying good food and people around me, without any deeper meaning or understanding. 

There were times throughout the years, I was able to get home to be with family, as a single person, away in the military, and how I enjoyed coming home especially to Miami, Florida. Leaving the cold blustering weather of places like upstate New York and Alaska.  I even recall getting together with some of my former high school friends to go to the beach and play a very hard touch football game. 

Now the meaning of this time of year, has taken on a great deal of understanding. It is to enjoy life and what God has given and being thankful of all those past experiences, but also to bring Good News of what it all means to those who may not understand it and looking forward too. Especially in a time when the news of the day is full of political fighting and fears of a virus that is knocking at your door. 

Lately during these times of worries and fears, I always relate to the scriptures that seem to me to be foundational. That God himself allows rain to fall on both the righteous and the unrighteous equally. He allows us to experience both good and bad in the world equally for his divine purposes. It is to bring us closer to HIM, to be HOLY and set apart to HIM. 

As we submit ourselves to GOD and the Gift of his redemption through Jesus Christ, it is a reminder that HE also is jealous for us and set us apart from those who turn from HIM as well. As we acknowledge these things it is our job to bring this good news of redemption to those who have chosen a path of being lost so that we ALL may enjoy the Gift of Jesus Christ in one accord. 

ACTS 1:14 With one accord they all continued in prayer , along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus ,and with His Brothers.

The Gift of Jesus Christ is an easy gift as is free to all at any point in your life. It is to open your heart sincerely to HIM in your prayer to acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Asking for your sins to forgiven and to pray for help to placed on a path of righteousness that only God can give and lead us to. 

ISAIAH 9:6 - For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

I pray that all who has read this message to please share as you may like and if you need prayer, a bible, guidance, please feel free to contact me. I pray you discover this season of Holiday and Christmas in greater way this year. Amen!

Avodah
Jay 

The Rightous Path or the Hatred of YHVH

Shalom and Good morning 

Was thinking of you this morning when reading my scriptures . Today's scripture verse is simple :

Proverbs 14 verse 2

"Those who follow the right path ( Godly/ Biblical ) fear the Lord ; those who take the wrong path ( sinful ) despise Him ( God ) . 

This verse is simple and its because when you choose  on a daily moment to moment basis your choice is simple. Is it of God or not ? The scripture says when you Choose  the Godly path , you revear or fear God; when you don't, you hate God. It's that simple. It's black or white there is no grey area or line. It's one or the other . 

Do we choose to sin or not ?

You have to ask and be truthful with yourself because one day, you alone will have to give an account of your life before the King of Kings. There will be no excuses . 

Sin can be a huge one like sex before marriage or a small one like leaving work early when no one is looking and still getting paid . 

Today is a new day in the Messiah ( Jesus Christ's), his mercies are new, be Glad in them . Choose the king of life today ! Amen !

Avodah 

Jay 

Bible Truths

Shalom and Good Morning 

Some spiritual food for thought this morning .

Amid a very turbulent year this past year and the embarking of a new US Presidential administration , as people, who are called as followers of Yeshua,  its important to know some fundamental truths . 

Biblical truth number 1.

         Regardless of your political view we are citizens of Gods kingdom first.

The bible tells us ( Psalm 2 )  that the kingdoms of this world will rage against God and his kingdom . It matters not how you feel of this election or who you voted for, they all become void under heaven when the time comes  of the return of Yeshua and His reign ( Revelation 22 / Isaiah 9).

Biblical truth number 2 

During this time frame of a pandemic and a tumultuous time we're living in ,with the riots and protests,  with all the manipulation going on in our government,  in our society, the fact remains , in the book of Isaiah  chapter 5 we are told that in the latter days the good will be called evil and evil will be called good. It should be no surprise to us. What this should do as we see laws change, the societal Norms of what is Wicked to be called good and the good things of what is righteous and godly to be called hate and Evil, these things should open our eyes and grow us closer to God. We should be spending more and more time  in God's word and prayer with God, Meditating about his precepts what he wants for our life and how we should be directed by him

Fundamental Truth 3

It's important to know and understand that we have been created for  a Godly purpose. It doesn't matter what you or believe or what you know , we have no control over the fact that we were created and one day we will have an end here in this world. (Genesis 1;27 / 6;3 )

So regardless of your concept of time ,it is short, precious and  invaluable. Each moment is new, we can't get it back, it's important to not waste time. ITS important to know and understand God's love, mercy AND grace. Especially when it comes to the time that we are given. Time moves on, we should too we should not dwell on the moment past, don't worry about the moment future, but be thankful for the moment present. Mathew 6fundamental truth 3So to summarize Solomon it's all vain without God. {PSALM 127}

            Fundamental Truth 4 

Just remember the world will hate you because because the world has hated him first. ( John 15 )

Just as the world has always hated the Jews first because they were the chosen people to bring forth the word of God. It is the same for the the Christ follower. A true follower of Christ will be A peculiar and set apart person for God and to be prepared,  for tomorrow is not promised, and  do not know the day and time of the rapture or physical death.

Last biblical Truth is the word Amen! (Hebrew word means " so be it  “ has no gender identification)

Avodah
Jay

Doors and No More Time To Waste

Revelation 3: 20 

 

    Behold I stand at the door. If anyone hears MY Voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him and he with me .

 

Shalom and Good day;

 

    I remember it well, It was  January 11^th, 2001, and I just lost my court case having to do with my children and the way visitation was set up. Up to this point, my children were living with me every other week and vice versa with their mother. I wanted to be able to have my children live with me as the custodial parent and of course my ex-wife wanted the same.

 

It was a long time coming and I am 100% positive, GOD while watching, didn’t like what was going on with our children. When I lost my petition to have the kids with me fulltime, I was deeply hurt. However, I also knew something needed to be changed and was deeply gratified that there was and is going to change for us all.

 

That same night I prayed and rededicated my heart over to Yeshua HaMoshiach (Jesus  Christ) . After praying and going to sleep, I had one of my most heaviest but short dreams I ever had. In the dream, a door that had been locked was opened. It was not only opened, but slammed opened and a huge rushing wind came inside. That was the end of the dream.

 

That dream or should I say the scripture brings to life the dream. My life has changed very much since that dream, and that day. Ever since that day, through all that has happened, I understand and Know Jesus Christ as The Rock I hold onto through it all. 

 

I pray that you give your heart over to Yeshua Hamoshiach and that you will see it will be the best decision ever made. The prayer can be as easy as  saying I give my life over to You God of the bible and the redemption of Jesus Christ for my sins, please come in, I turn my life over to you. Amen!

 

If you do it will be important to get a bible , get into a church or prayer group to help you on this path. If you need a bible and or direction please reach out to me  at torahsense777@gmail.com and I will provide you with a bible free and give you the needed direction.

 

Avodah 

Jay

Halloween Holiday or is it

1 John 4:1

Beloved, do not believe every spirit [speaking through a self-proclaimed prophet]; instead test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets and teachers have gone out into the world.

Shalom and Good Afternoon:

I just wanted to speak about the origins and understanding of the this time called halloween. I will put some links for your own study, that you can make your own mind up. However, I would like to make some points about this day from a perspective point of a bible based believer in God our father YHVH and through His Son Yeshua Hamoshiach our redemption and the Holy Spirit the Ruach Hakodesh. 


First off , halloween is not a biblical defined term as Holy for which we get the Holy Spirit or in Hebrew the Ruach Hakodesh. We don't see any biblical terms of holy in regards of any celebration of the dead or spiritually dead.   

Holiday defined by merriam- webster dictionary is defined as by a day of being Holy. The word Holy is rooted in a biblical understanding of set apart for GOD the Father. 


https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/holy%20day


However , you will find plenty of people who practice witchcraft and other pagan forms of religious acts will define this time frame as a holiday for them and they are active, especially on this day. Please listen to the testimony of this woman who has her own you-tube channel that used to practice witchcraft and now is a follower of Yeshua ( Jesus). 

https://youtu.be/i7MUOuzBPlo 


You will find plenty of testimony on the web that this is their high time. The bible attests to the fact there are false spirits and to test them. The spiritual world is a real thing and we are in a war as solider for God the Father in Yeshua Hamoshiach ( Jesus Christ). 

Pastor David Platt gives a sermon about how real the spiritual world is and call our attention to scripture 2 kings 6. He also tells us in his preaching lately that more and more Christians are looking like the world and it is hard for people to tell us apart from the world. What message are we sending the world about our faith? What message are we teaching our children and about our faith ? Please listen to the audio below  

https://www.mcleanbible.org/sermons/waging-spiritual-war

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Kings+6&version=NIV

As followers of Yeshua Hamoshiach , we are called to be holy and set apart from the world . Yes we are in the world but we are not of it. I look at it this way, a house divided can not stand. I can not celebrate what is of God and Holy and then water down what is not holy and not of God. there is no gray line . 

There is common sense though , dressing up as little princess and getting candy can have its benefits of fun. However, to acknowledge this on a day that has no connotation for a HOLY GOD and only celebrates the complete opposite of the Love of Christ . Its like celebrating someone having cancer or someone being murdered; or enjoying the things that would cause harm, pain, disease, strife, hate and violence.


The thought is if we water down its true meaning of halloween and go ahead and celebrate the day can we move on in our relationship for Christ and the answer is yes. However there is no kingdom advances in it . It celebrates anything and everything that represents what Christ is not. It represents hate , death ,  immorality , lusts and everything that is not of the kingdom of GOD. 

For me and my house I will follow and celebrate what is of the Lord. Love , purity, humbleness, self control , long suffering and the shalom that only God can gives and the world does not understand.

I don't want to give Satan an open invitation to walk into the door of my temple and home.If anything use this day for pray, praise, fellowship and worship. Break bread with one another and hand out food to someone who is need and teach your children to do the same. Jesus said if you do this for the least of these you do this to me!


God takes his Holliness very seriously. As followers of Christ we should too. We shouldnt bash those who walk in blindness of the dark but to put our hand to those who are in the dark to lead them to the light. Even if it seems like a small thing. 

Just because we are followers of Christ doesn't mean we are to be oblivious to things of God either. Jesus said he came to fulfill the law not abolish it. That means we are to walk in the light as He is in the Light.  It also means without the Giving of the Torah ( Law /Old Testament) there would not be the Gospels ( New Testament ). The Torah had to be given so that it could be fulfilled.  This doesn't mean we can do what we want and the way we want it and just take our salvation lightly. Our salvation comes with fear ( reverence)  with trembling before GOD. Our acts of Faith has a far reaching effect on many things we cannot see.

https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H6944&t=KJV 


https://www.bibleinfo.com/en/questions/it-wrong-celebrate-halloween 

Some food for though and your spiritual bread of growth .

 AMEN ( and so it is )

AVODAH
Jay Grebin 

L ' Shanah Tovah / Happy New ( Head of the ) Year !

Leviticus 23:24-25 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)

²⁴ “Tell the people of Isra’el, ‘In the seventh month, the first of the month is to be for you a day of complete rest for remembering, a holy convocation announced with blasts on the shofar. ²⁵ Do not do any kind of ordinary work, and bring an offering made by fire to Adonai.’”

Numbers 29:1-2 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)

29 “‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you are to have a holy convocation; do not do any kind of ordinary work; it is a day of blowing the shofar for you. ² Prepare a burnt offering to make a fragrant aroma for Adonai — one young bull, one ram and seven male lambs in their first year and without defect —

Shalom and Good Morning:

I wanted to say Happy New Year (Head of the Year) to all of you and share some thought and resources for the High Holidays that we are entering.

As young Jewish boy growing up in Miami, I never really grasped what it all meant. However, I did what I was told and went to Temple services, and to my Grandparents Home to have a celebration for Rosh Hashanah.

Passover and Rosh Hashanah were my favorite holidays to celebrate at Temple and my Grandparents. It always came with celebrations and plenty of good and sweet food. Of Course grandma’s home always had the best and plenty of it. That’s all it seem to me that it was that time of the year and this is what we did to follow our Jewish Tradition.

Today, I have grown to want to grow close to God and what He has for my Life. These Jewish Traditions have been like a light bulb being turned on for me. To know and study the actual meaning of the these high Holy Days Have grown Close to my Heart and Thankful to God to Have appointed these times for me to Per His Holy instruction  ( Torah )  and the Fulfillment of them that have come and TO Come in the Future through The Messiah of God’s Salvation ( Yeshua Ha-Moshiach / Jesus Christ ) .

I encourage you to take time during this appointed time to Reflect on this past year and ask God for Guidance on How to grow closer to Him and His Salvation for this next New Year. Take Time to Fast from the world and seek repentance from those sins that have caused you down fall and those sins that have caused you to hinder others. Ask Good to help you with your Heart on cleansing yourself what you might enjoy in this world that causes you to sin and to understand from those sins and to grow closer to Him.

My Son, who is my youngest Child Fasted with me last year and shared his own experience last Yom Kippur and explained that it was eye opening for him, that we as a people, overeat on a daily basis. That Might sound funny coming from a growing 14 year old however, it was powerful coming from him. God showed me this some years ago that we do overeat and become very much gluttonous here in the USA. He explained how it felt to be able to break his fast and that he was hungry but only could eat a small amount to satisfy his basic need. He at first wanted to eat everything but as he broke his fast he only ate just enough to fulfill need and felt sick to even think about eating anything more than that basic need.

It was great for me to see God Show him that especially during this time and season. I encourage you all to seek God all the time however use this special appointed time to Pray, Study, Rest , Celebrate, Fast , repent and Grow Closer to God and allow yourself through submission of your will  to Gods will and experience what God has for you. He loves you more than you can Lover yourself. Amen!

Please see the Links below for some resources to seek your own study.

Avodah

Jay Grebin

https://www.hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/Fall_Holidays/Rosh_Hashannah/Biblical/biblical.html

https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/dictionary/viewTopic.cfm?topic=ET0003728,IT0008934,NT0005003,BT0004295

https://www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/mhc/Lev/Lev_023.cfm?a=113024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFYARCqYt8k

https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/4112556/jewish/In-the-Search-for-Meaning-Where-Do-We-Look.htm#utm_medium=email&utm_source=1_chabad.org_magazine_en&utm_campaign=en&utm_content=content

https://www.chabad.org/multimedia/media_cdo/aid/4112548/jewish/9-Symbolic-Rosh-Hashanah-Foods.htm#utm_medium=email&utm_source=1_chabad.org_magazine_en&utm_campaign=en&utm_content=content

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4121519/jewish/12-Instances-of-Shofar-Blowing-in-Jewish-History.htm#utm_medium=email&utm_source=1_chabad.org_magazine_en&utm_campaign=en&utm_content=content

Breath of Life

Shalom:

Just wanted to drop a word on you take a moment to reflect how much G-D loves us.

The scripture is Genesis 2:7 KJV

 

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

 

In the Hebrew it reads

וַיִּיצֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָֽאָדָם עָפָר מִן־הָאֲדָמָה וַיִּפַּח בְּאַפָּיו נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים וַֽיְהִי הָֽאָדָם לְנֶפֶשׁ חַיָּֽה׃ 

After studying the original words spoken in the hebrew for this verse it brings to life what G-D wants you to know how much He loves you. It says it like this with original hebraic intensity.

YVHH ELOHIM (Creator Alpha Omega of all our needs and provision) formed man from dust of the ground ( pressed together ADA'M from the lowest material on the earth), and breathed into the nostrils the breath of life( breathed and imparted and pre-ordained G-d's living spirit of life of all the days of your life) and man (ADA'M or man became living or imparted life a new being).

So G-d pre-ordained your entire life from the beginning  of man and was his gift to us of life to fellowship with him eternally!

May this be a blessing to all of you

           Avodah ,

Jay