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30/04/2025

JONAH's JEALOUSY

1. The people of Nineveh repented at the preaching of Jonah. Judgment upon the city was averted, and the prophet was angry with Elohiym for saving His enemies.

2. His anger stemmed from his pride that was pricked, because he had put his reputation on the line. He had openly predicted the fall of Nineveh in forty daysโ€”a message in which he, as an Israelite nationalist, took some delightโ€”and then his prophecy seemed to fail. No doubt this embarrassed Jonah, for to those who did not understand the ways of Elohiym, it made him appear to be a false prophet.

3. Prophecies are usually conditional, even if Scripture does not use the word if. Prophecies of judgment can be averted if the people repent, unless the situation has gone too far for judgment to be averted. For example, when King Jeroboam set up the golden calves shortly after the death of Solomon (1 Kings 12:28-30),
we read in 1 Kings 13:34,
34 ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™š๐™˜๐™–๐™ข๐™š ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™…๐™š๐™ง๐™ค๐™—๐™ค๐™–๐™ข, ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™™๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ค๐™›๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™–๐™˜๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™.

Again, we read in 1 Kings 14:15,

15 ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™”๐˜ผ๐™ƒ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™„๐™จ๐™ง๐™–๐™š๐™ก, ๐™–๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™จ๐™๐™–๐™ ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง; ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ƒ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™„๐™จ๐™ง๐™–๐™š๐™ก ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™ƒ๐™š ๐™œ๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™›๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™จ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข ๐™—๐™š๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™€๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ ๐™๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง, ๐™—๐™š๐™˜๐™–๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ข๐™–๐™™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐˜ผ๐™จ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ข, ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™”๐˜ผ๐™ƒ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™ง. 16 ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ƒ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ช๐™ฅ ๐™„๐™จ๐™ง๐™–๐™š๐™ก ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™˜๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™…๐™š๐™ง๐™ค๐™—๐™ค๐™–๐™ข, ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™–๐™™๐™š ๐™„๐™จ๐™ง๐™–๐™š๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ.

4. Yet even after 200 years, the prophet Isaiah understood that Israel could still avert disaster if they would repent, for he says in Isaiah 1:18-20,

18 โ€œ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ก๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ช๐™จ ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง,โ€ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ ๐™”๐˜ผ๐™ƒ, โ€œ๐™๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™จ ๐™จ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™ก๐™š๐™ฉ, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™—๐™š ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™–๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ; ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ž๐™ข๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™—๐™š ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก. 19 ๐™„๐™› ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™—๐™š๐™ฎ, ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™; 20 ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™› ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ง๐™š๐™›๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ง๐™š๐™—๐™š๐™ก, ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™—๐™š ๐™™๐™š๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™™.โ€ ๐™๐™ง๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฎ, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™”๐˜ผ๐™ƒ ๐™๐™–๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ ๐™š๐™ฃ.
Israel refused to obey the law of Elohiym, and so a short time later, the nation was destroyed by the Assyrians from the city of Nineveh.

5. A century later, when the time came for divine judgment to hit the city of Jerusalem and the nation of Judah, the prophet says in Jer. 7:3, 5, and 7,

3 ๐™๐™๐™ช๐™จ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ ๐™”๐˜ผ๐™ƒ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™จ, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™€๐™ก๐™ค๐™๐™ž๐™ฎ๐™ข ๐™ค๐™› ๐™„๐™จ๐™ง๐™–๐™š๐™ก, โ€œ๐˜ผ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™™๐™š๐™š๐™™๐™จ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™„ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ก๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™™๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™˜๐™šโ€ฆ 5 ๐™๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ž๐™› ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™™๐™š๐™š๐™™๐™จ, ๐™ž๐™› ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™—๐™ค๐™งโ€ฆ 7 ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™„ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ก๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™™๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™˜๐™š, ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™„ ๐™œ๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™›๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง.โ€

6. Nonetheless, soon afterward, Elohiym told the prophet to stop praying for Jerusalem and the people of Judah, because He would not answer such a prayer. The verdict had been rendered in the divine court. Jer. 7:14-16 says,

14 ๐™๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™š, ๐™„ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™™๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™ˆ๐™ฎ ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ข๐™š, ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™„ ๐™œ๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™›๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ, ๐™–๐™จ ๐™„ ๐™™๐™ž๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™Ž๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ค๐™. 15 ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™„ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™˜๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ˆ๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ, ๐™–๐™จ ๐™„ ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™—๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ, ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ค๐™›๐™›๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™€๐™ฅ๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™ข. 16 ๐˜ผ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช, ๐™™๐™ค ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™™๐™ค ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™ฉ ๐™ช๐™ฅ ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฎ๐™š๐™ง ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™™๐™ค ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™˜๐™š๐™™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ˆ๐™š; ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™„ ๐™™๐™ค ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ง ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช.

7. It appears that when the verdict is rendered in the divine court, they reach a point of no return. But even so, it is still possible to pray for lesser things within the context of the overall judgment. Jeremiah could not pray to spare the city and its temple, but he could pray that fewer people would die in the siege. Furthermore, we see from Jer. 27:12, 13 that if the people had submitted to the verdict, they could be given a wooden yoke, rather than an iron yoke.

12 ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™„ ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™™๐™จ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™•๐™š๐™™๐™š๐™ ๐™ž๐™–๐™ ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™…๐™ช๐™™๐™–๐™, ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, โ€œ๐˜ฝ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™˜๐™ ๐™จ ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™—๐™ฎ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™š ๐™๐™ž๐™ข ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š! 13 ๐™’๐™๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™™๐™ž๐™š, ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š, ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™™, ๐™›๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š, ๐™–๐™จ ๐™”๐˜ผ๐™ƒ ๐™๐™–๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™—๐™ฎ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฃ?

8. In the next chapter, Jeremiah was called to walk around the city with a wooden yoke on his neck to send his message to the people. But the prophet Hananiah took it and broke it, prophesying that the power of Babylon would be broken within two years. So Jer. 28:13 gives a further verdict:
13 ๐™‚๐™ค ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™–๐™  ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™–๐™, ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, โ€œ๐™๐™๐™ช๐™จ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ ๐™”๐˜ผ๐™ƒ, โ€˜๐™”๐™ค๐™ช ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™—๐™ง๐™ค๐™ ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ค๐™™, ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ข๐™–๐™™๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฃโ€™.โ€
Throughout all of this, we see the mercy of Elohiym, for even after judgment is pronounced, it is possible to lessen its effects. We only have to know what verdicts Elohiym has already decreed, so that we do not try to reverse His just verdicts, as so many (in their ignorance) attempt to do.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐•๐ž๐ซ๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ
9. When the twelve spies gave their report about the land of Canaan, ten gave an evil report. The people believed the evil report, and so Elohiymโ€™s verdict was rendered in Num. 14:33-35. Israel was sentenced to remain in the wilderness for a full forty years. Some of the people then appeared to repent. Num. 14:40, 41 says,
40 ๐™„๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™ง๐™ค๐™จ๐™š ๐™ช๐™ฅ ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ง๐™ž๐™™๐™œ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ฎ, ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, โ€œ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™š; ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™š๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™, ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™œ๐™ค ๐™ช๐™ฅ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™”๐˜ผ๐™ƒ ๐™๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™จ๐™š๐™™.โ€ 41 ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™จ๐™š๐™จ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ž๐™™, โ€œ๐™’๐™๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™”๐˜ผ๐™ƒ, ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™˜๐™˜๐™š๐™š๐™™? The verdict has already been rendered. Their only option was to repent by submitting to His verdict. But in this case, they tried to use repentance as an excuse to overturn the verdict. It did not work, because the Amalekites โ€œstruck them and beat them down as far as Hormahโ€ (Num. 14:45).

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐•๐ž๐ซ๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐Š๐ข๐ง๐ 
10. When Israel demanded a king, Elohiym gave them Saul. Often Elohiym gives us our desires in order to show us that our desires are not good for us. Elohiym judged Israel by giving them Saul as their king. Once the verdict was rendered, the people were stuck with him for the next forty years. It was the same length of time that had been given to the Israelites in the wilderness.

11. Jonah 4:1, 2 says, 1. ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™…๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™˜๐™–๐™ข๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ฎ. 2 ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฎ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™”๐˜ผ๐™ƒ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ž๐™™, โ€œ๐™‹๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™š, ๐™”๐˜ผ๐™ƒ, ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™„ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ž๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™š ๐™„ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ฎ? ๐™๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™š, ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ง๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ, ๐™„ ๐™›๐™ก๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™จ๐™, ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™„ ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™๐™๐™ค๐™ช ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ž๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™€๐™ก๐™ค๐™๐™ž๐™ฎ๐™ข, ๐™จ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™ง ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™–๐™—๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค ๐™ง๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ก๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ.โ€
This is the first time we are told about Jonahโ€™s motive in trying to run from Elohiym . We learn that he took a ship toward Tarshish, not because he was afraid of the king of Nineveh, but because he was afraid that Elohiym might cancel judgment if the Ninevites repented. He knew Elohiym better than most of the people. In a time when the people thought Elohiym was a rather harsh tyrant, the prophet knew Him to be โ€œgracious and compassionate.โ€

12. Would that people today would have the same revelation of Elohiym's grace! But herein lies the problem. The people want to serve a harsh Elohiym, because they want Him to judge their enemies harshly. But they have no understanding, because if this were truly the nature of Elohiym, then He would also be harsh with Israel.

13. Generally, people want Elohiym to be loving with them, but harsh toward their enemies. The double standard seems good to them. But Elohiym is impartial in His judgments and in His grace. Because โ€œElohiym is loveโ€ (1 John 4:8), He is impartial in His love toward all. For this reason, He insists that we love our neighbor as ourselves (Lev. 19:18), and that we love foreigners as ourselves as well (Lev. 19:34).

14. Jonahโ€™s problem was not that he misunderstood the love of Elohiym, but that he did not share the same love for Nineveh that Elohiym had. Jonahโ€™s love was partial; Elohiymโ€™s was impartial. In fact, Jonah was so upset about this that he wanted to die. Jonah 4:3 says,
3 ๐™๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ, ๐™Š ๐™‡๐™ค๐™ง๐™™, ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ข๐™š, ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™™๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™—๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š.โ€

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐€๐›๐ซ๐š๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ 
15. Abraham was called to be a blessing to all the families of the earth (Gen. 12:3). People today are fond of quoting the first part of the verse, while forgetting the last half.
3 "๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™„ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™—๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค ๐™—๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค ๐™˜๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™„ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™˜๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ๐™š, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™จ๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™—๐™š ๐™—๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™š๐™™".

16. Peter, the Jewish nationalist, ignored the first part of this verse in Acts 3:25, 26, saying on the day of Pentecost (Feast Of Weeks),
25 "๐™„๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™๐™š๐™ฉ๐™จ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™€๐™ก๐™ค๐™๐™ž๐™ฎ๐™ข ๐™ข๐™–๐™™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™›๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ, ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐˜ผ๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™๐™–๐™ข, โ€œ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™จ๐™š๐™š๐™™ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™จ๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™—๐™š ๐™—๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™š๐™™.โ€ 26 "๐™๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™›๐™ž๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฉ, ๐™€๐™ก๐™ค๐™๐™ž๐™ฎ๐™ข ๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ช๐™ฅ ๐™ƒ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ƒ๐™ž๐™ข ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ".

17. The calling of Abraham, which YAHUSHA came to fulfill, was to bless all families of the earth. He blessed Judah FIRST, but not exclusively. Peter then defined what it means to be a blessing. To bless means to turn people from their wicked ways.

18. If Jonah had understood the calling of Abraham, he would have rejoiced at the opportunity to be a blessing to the people of Nineveh. One wonders what would have happened if Jonah had desired to fulfill the calling of Abraham. If he had stayed in Nineveh, he might have done more than cause the people to repent. He might have taught them the ways of Elohiym. He might have discipled them. He might have turned Assyria into Israelโ€™s friend!

๐‰๐จ๐ง๐š๐กโ€™๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐

19. But this is more than a story of narrow nationalism vs. Elohiym's interest in all nations. It is a prophecy of universal reconciliation, the conversion of Elohiymโ€™s enemies. It is also the story of believers who disagree with Elohiym's plan to save all mankind. So Jonah 4:4 says,
4. ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™”๐˜ผ๐™ƒ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ž๐™™, โ€œ๐˜ฟ๐™ค ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ฎ?โ€
To put it another way, Elohiym asks Jonah, โ€œIs your anger justifiable?โ€ Elohiym was really questioning Jonahโ€™s wisdom and love. It appears that Jonah did not answer. Jonah 4:5 says,
5 "๐™๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™…๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ž๐™ฉ. ๐™๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™–๐™™๐™š ๐™– ๐™จ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง [๐™จ๐™ช๐™ ๐™ ๐™–๐™, โ€œ๐™—๐™ค๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™โ€] ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™ž๐™ข๐™จ๐™š๐™ก๐™› ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™–๐™™๐™š ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ก ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™จ๐™š๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฉ".

20. Prophetically speaking, the prophet kept Sukkoth, the feast of booths, or Tabernacles. Elohiym then assisted him in this by appointing a plant to shade him from the sun. Jonah 4:6 says,
6 ๐™Ž๐™ค ๐™”๐˜ผ๐™ƒ ๐™€๐™ก๐™ค๐™๐™ž๐™ฎ๐™ข ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ [๐™ ๐™š๐™ ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ฃ, โ€œ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™™โ€], ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™ช๐™ฅ ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™…๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š ๐™– ๐™จ๐™๐™–๐™™๐™š ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™™๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™๐™ž๐™ข ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ. ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™…๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ.

21. This was no ordinary plant. The kekayon is the castor-oil plant. It is named from the root word kaya, โ€œto vomit.โ€ when we were young and our mom wanted to get rid of worms in our belly, we were given castor oil to combat worms and parasites. I do not think I ever took it without vomiting.

22. But why would Elohiym give such a plant to shade Jonah in his Sukkah? I believe that it was Elohiymโ€™s medicine to combat the spiritual worms in his belly (innermost being, or heart). All was not well in Jonahโ€™s heart, though he was a prophet and heard from Elohiym. To be angry at Elohiym for His mercy and grace is not a healthy condition.

23. This problem is emphasized further in Jonah 4:7, "๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™‚๐™ค๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™– ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข [๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ก๐™–] ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™™๐™–๐™ฌ๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™™".
Why would Elohiym bless Jonah with a shade plant and then appoint a worm to destroy it? Was it not to reveal Jonahโ€™s unhealthy spiritual condition, as well as the solution to the problem?

24. A towla is a worm, โ€œspecially one which springs from putrefaction,โ€ according to Geseniusโ€™ Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon. The root word is yala, โ€œto utter anything rashly.โ€ Obviously, Jonah was being warned not to be rash in his answer to Elohiymโ€™s question. At this point, Jonah had said nothing, but Elohiym already heard the words of his heart. A worm was also metaphorical for a despised or weak man. The same Lexicon also tells us that tola means โ€œscarlet.โ€ It is translated โ€œcrimsonโ€ in Isaiah 1:18, โ€œ.๐™๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ž๐™ข๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ [๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ก๐™–], ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™—๐™š ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ค๐™กโ€

25. So this was no ordinary worm. The Hebrew text calls it a towla, which is a worm from which crimson dye was extracted in ancient times. According to Henry Morris' book, Biblical Basis For Modern Science, page 73,
โ€œ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’†๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’†๐’• ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Ž ๐’”๐’‘๐’†๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’š ๐’•๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’“๐’•๐’‰ ๐’•๐’ ๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’๐’ˆ, ๐’”๐’‰๐’† ๐’˜๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’•๐’•๐’‚๐’„๐’‰ ๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’…๐’š ๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’•๐’“๐’–๐’๐’Œ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‚ ๐’•๐’“๐’†๐’†, ๐’‡๐’Š๐’™๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’†๐’๐’‡ ๐’”๐’ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’“๐’Ž๐’๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’†๐’๐’•๐’๐’š ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’”๐’‰๐’† ๐’˜๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’Š๐’. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’†๐’ˆ๐’ˆ๐’” ๐’…๐’†๐’‘๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’…๐’š ๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’–๐’” ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’•๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’–๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’‚๐’“๐’—๐’‚๐’† ๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’‰๐’‚๐’•๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’†๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Š๐’“ ๐’๐’˜๐’ ๐’๐’Š๐’‡๐’† ๐’„๐’š๐’„๐’๐’†. ๐‘จ๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Ž๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’…๐’Š๐’†๐’…, ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’“๐’Š๐’Ž๐’”๐’๐’ ๐’‡๐’๐’–๐’Š๐’… ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’…๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’“๐’๐’–๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’๐’๐’…. ๐‘ญ๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’…๐’†๐’‚๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’”๐’–๐’„๐’‰ ๐’‡๐’†๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’† ๐’”๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’†๐’• ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Ž๐’”, ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’†๐’“๐’„๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐’”๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’†๐’• ๐’…๐’š๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’’๐’–๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’†๐’™๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’†๐’….โ€
This tells us that the worm in the story of Jonah stained the booth with crimson as it gave its life to bring forth offspring. Is this not a perfect picture of Messiah, who gave His life to bring many sons into glory? Psalm 22:6 prophesies of YAHUSHA Messiah in His death on the stake, saying, "๐™„ ๐™–๐™ข ๐™– ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข [๐™ƒ๐™š๐™—.๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ก๐™–], ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ, ๐™– ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™™๐™š๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š". When YAHUSHA died, His blood stained the stake, even as the crimson from the worm stained the trunk of the gourd in Jonah's day.

26. Hence, Elohiym sent the vomit plant to show how Jonah was comfortable with his own vomit. Then He sent the crimson worm to show how the death of the Messiah was sent to heal his unhealthy condition. Unfortunately, the prophet had to revert back to Passover, so his Sukkoth was cancelled.
This suggests that those who disagree with Elohiym's plan to save His enemies are not yet eligible to keep the feast of Tabernacles.

27. Jonah 4:8 says, "๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ข๐™š ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ข๐™š ๐™ช๐™ฅ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™€๐™ก๐™ค๐™๐™ž๐™ฎ๐™ข ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ง๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™…๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™โ€™๐™จ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™˜๐™–๐™ข๐™š ๐™›๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™—๐™š๐™œ๐™œ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™™๐™ž๐™š, ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, '๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™—๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š'.โ€
An east wind signifies judgment from the eastโ€”perhaps from Nineveh itself, which was โ€œeast.โ€ It appears that Jonah was a type of Israel being judged for its bad attitude and for disagreeing with the divine plan to reconcile His enemies.

28. Even so, this scorching east wind, with the sun beating down on his head, did not make Jonah repent. Elohiym then asked about his anger over the plant in Jonah 4:9, Then Elohiym said to Jonah, โ€œ๐˜ฟ๐™ค ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃt?โ€ And he said, โ€œ๐˜ฟ๐™ค ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃt"

29. These are the last words of Jonah in the biblical account. It ends with no solution, suggesting that Israel, whom Jonah represented, would remain angry with Elohiym. It implies that Israel would have to be judged by the โ€œeast wind,โ€ that is, by Nineveh. He even prophesied that he would be โ€œangry even to death.โ€ So Israel as a nation was to die, and the people were to be scattered throughout the nations.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐„๐ฅ๐จ๐ก๐ข๐ฒ๐ฆ
30. Jonah 4:10, 11 concludes, 10 ๐™๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™”๐˜ผ๐™ƒ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ž๐™™, โ€œ๐™”๐™ค๐™ช ๐™๐™–๐™™ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™™๐™ž๐™™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ , ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™™๐™ž๐™™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ, ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ข๐™š ๐™ช๐™ฅ ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™๐™š๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ. 11 ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™„ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™‰๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ 120,000 ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค ๐™™๐™ค ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™™๐™ž๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™ง๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ก๐™š๐™›๐™ฉ ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™, ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ข๐™–๐™ก๐™จ?โ€
Verse 6 says that โ€œJonah was extremely happy about the plant,โ€ but not about the grace and mercy of Elohiym. We can view this in at least two ways. First, he was happy about the plant which formed his sukkah (i.e., the feast of Sukkoth). He had a desire to receive the glorified body through the feast of Tabernacles, but unfortunately, he was also happy wallowing in his own vomit.

31. He was selfish, in that he was more interested in his own comfort than in the welfare of Nineveh. He loved Israel, but not Assyria. This disqualified him and destroyed his dreams of fulfilling Tabernacles. He still needed to go back to Passover and learn the real scope of the work that YAHUSHA was yet to do on the Stake for the sin of the world (1 John 2:2).
We cannot be angry with Elohiym and still be in agreement with Him. Tabernacles is about agreement, and it is for true believers, not for those whose hearts are bitter.

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08/04/2025

๐“๐‡๐„ ๐’๐‚๐€๐‘๐‹๐„๐“ ๐’๐“๐‘๐ˆ๐๐†

๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™„๐™จ ๐™Š๐™ช๐™ง ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ง ๐™”๐™–๐™๐™ช๐™จ๐™๐™– ๐™ˆ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™–๐™'๐™จ ๐™’๐™ค๐™ง๐™  ๐™Š๐™› ๐™๐™š๐™™๐™š๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™‹๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™„๐™ฃ ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‡๐™–๐™ฌ ๐™Š๐™› ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐˜พ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™‡๐™š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ?

Leviticus 14:1-9
(1) Two Birds - One to be slain, another to be let go alive.
(2) Two Plants - Cedar wood & hyssop.
(3) Scarlet String - Representing a worm from which men extracted red dye.

The two birds represent our Savior's first and second coming. At His first coming, He was slain on the tree to take away the sins of the world. At His second coming, He will be coming to give live to His own who believe in Him.

The two plants symbolized all men from the highest to the lowest, for in those days cedar wood was said to represent royalty, while hyssop was the most humble. In other words, mortality has afflicted all men equally , regardless of their situation in life. Hence, all men are healed and cleansed in the same manner.

The scarlet string (tola) is also the scarlet worm, known scientifically as the "coccus ilicis" (Henry Morris. Biblical Basis for Modern Science, Baker Book House, 1985, p.73) states as follows "When the female of the scarlet worm species was ready to give birth to her young, she would attach her body to the trunk of a tree, fixing herself so firmly and permanently that she would never leave again. The eggs deposited beneath her body were thus protected until the larvae were hatched and able to enter their own life cycle. As the mother died, the crimson fluid stained her body and the surrounding wood. From the dead bodies of such scarlet worms, the commercial scarlet dyes of antiquity were extracted. What a picture this gives of Messiah, dying on the tree, shedding his precious blood that He might 'bring many sons unto glory' (Heb. 2:10)"

He died for us, that we might live through Him. Psa 22:6 describes such a worm and gives us this picture of Messiah - which says "I am a worm .... despised of the people"

Therefore, the scarlet string represents Messiah, who shed His blood on the tree for the remission of sin and who died that we might have life.

These pages are pictured from "The Faith"  magazine of Oct - Dec 2023.It shows clearly how Sabbath keepers had been so c...
14/03/2025

These pages are pictured from "The Faith" magazine of Oct - Dec 2023.

It shows clearly how Sabbath keepers had been so confused because of the Gregorian weekly calendar which gives no regard to the moon cycles - Gen. 1:14, Ps. 89:37

20/02/2025

๐Œ๐„๐’๐’๐ˆ๐€๐‡ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐’ ๐“๐‡๐‘๐Ž๐”๐†๐‡ ๐˜๐”๐ƒ๐€๐‡ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐˜๐Ž๐’๐„๐๐‡

We know from the genealogical record in the first chapter of Mathew that Yahusha was born of the tribe of Yudah and specifically of the house of David. He came the first time of this particular lineage in order to be eligible to receive the sceptre to rule the earth. Virtually all believers know this. What is not generally understood is that Messiah must come the second time as Yoseph in order to secure His birthright.
In order to understand how the types, shadows, and prophecies are fulfilled in these two sons of Yacob, Yudah and Yoseph, we must understand what their prophetic identities are. We find this in Genesis 48 and 49 where Yacob blessed his sons and bestows upon them their prophetic roles.

Yudah was to provide the kingly line of rightful rulers of the earth (Genesis 49:8-11). The dominion had been entrusted to Adam (Gen 1:26) who passed the authority down to the next generation as a kingly birthright. The birthright was passed to Noah and then to Shem. Shem outlived Abraham in the city of Salem (Yahrushalem), which he built and ruled under the title of Melchizedek. After his death, the right of rulership passed to Isaac, Isaac passed the birthright blessing to Yacob, thinking he was giving it to Esau.

Years later, when Yacob (Israel) was near death, he blessed his sons. In this blessing, he separated the kingly line from the birthright and gave Yudah the right to rule. We see in the passage Gen 49:9 โ€œYudah is a lionโ€™s whelp,โ€ฆhe lies down as a lion, and as a lion, who dares rouse him up?โ€ A few verses later (Gen. 49:22-26) we read โ€œYoseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a springโ€ฆmay they be on the head of Yoseph, and on the crown of the head of the one distinguished among his brothers". In truth, Yacob was giving Joseph the birthright. This fact is plainly stated in 1 Chronicle 5:1 and 2 โ€œ๐‘ต๐’๐’˜ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’๐’๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘น๐’†๐’–๐’ƒ๐’†๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’Š๐’“๐’”๐’•๐’ƒ๐’๐’“๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’€๐’Š๐’”๐’“๐’‚๐’†๐’ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‰๐’† ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’Š๐’“๐’”๐’•-๐’ƒ๐’๐’“๐’, ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’„๐’‚๐’–๐’”๐’† ๐’‰๐’† ๐’…๐’†๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’‡๐’‚๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“โ€™๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’…, ๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’“๐’•๐’‰๐’“๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’ ๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’๐’๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’€๐’๐’”๐’†๐’‘๐’‰ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’€๐’Š๐’”๐’“๐’‚๐’†๐’; โ€ฆ ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’ˆ๐’‰ ๐’€๐’–๐’…๐’‚๐’‰ ๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’—๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’๐’“๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’”, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’‰๐’Š๐’Ž ๐’„๐’‚๐’Ž๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’†๐’“; ๐’š๐’†๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’“๐’•๐’‰๐’“๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’€๐’๐’”๐’†๐’‘๐’‰โ€
Joseph was given the birthright, which embodied the kingdom of Elohym itself. But Yudah was given the sceptre, which meant that the kingly line culminating with Yahusha Messiah would come from him. He was called a lion. Yacob prophesized over Yudah the death work and rulership to be fulfilled in Yahusha, the lion of the Tribe of Yudah.
Yahusha came the first time to fulfill the prophesies dealing with the House of Yudah. He was born in Bethlehem of Yudea, the City of David. The Davidic line was of Yudah, the line called to bring forth the Messiah. Yahusha came as the son of David to secure His throne-rights, so that He would be eligible to rule over the House of Yisrael.

But the lion had to die to receive the rulership. Gen 49:10-11 pictures Yudah as a lion in a crouching position and covered with blood. This is a prophetic picture of the Lion of the Tribe of Yudah, the Messiah by birth, who earned His throne through death and resurrection.
Next we shall see Sampsonโ€™s Riddleโ€™ as the Dead Lion Brings Honey;

๐“๐‡๐„ ๐ƒ๐„๐€๐ƒ ๐‹๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐๐†๐’ ๐‡๐Ž๐๐„๐˜ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐š๐ก ๐€๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐˜๐ฎ๐๐š๐ก.
Judges 14:5-17 tells the story of Samsonโ€™s riddle about the dead lion and the event that followed.
Some scholars of scriptural prophecy say that the seven days (in verse 12) in the story is about the Feast of Unleavened Bread and are a reference to Passover, which is the first day of the unleavened Bread. The answer to the riddle is what concerns us here. The dead lion that has the honey coming forth from its dead body is the riddle of Salvation โ€“ the Promised Land, a land flowing with milk and honey, which becomes available through the death of the lion, Yahusha Messiah. Yahusha came, died at Passover and out of him comes honey.
The promise of transfiguration is contained in the riddle as well. if the Philistines could solve the riddle of salvation, they would get new garments. If they failed, they would give Samson garments.
The promise of transformation is established by Yahusha (the lionโ€™s) first (death) work, even though it is not fulfilled until the time of the second work (coming). The riddle of the Passover is: How is a man saved? How does one obtain the change of garments (the garments of Salvation, or transfiguration)?

The philistine (carnal mind) at Samson's feast obtained the answer to the riddle, but they learned it in an unlawful way.t hey threatened the woman and her fatherโ€™s house with fire. Thus they paid a price for their unlawful actions. They got their garments, but samson took it out of their hides, so to speak.
The philistine will receive salvation, but be saved so as by fire (1 Cor 3:15) we need to seek the answer to the riddle in a lawful way, by asking Elohym, not by threatening with fire.

The riddle prophesies of the death of the true lion, Yahusha Messiah, out of whom comes the honey of justification and salvation in Elohymโ€™s kingdom. It was imperative that He was born of that particular lineage in His first appearance in order to become the lawful king and the Prime inheritor of the earth as given to Adam. In His second appearance, He will be manifested as the antitype of Yoseph so that He may lawfully lay claim to the Birthright โ€“ the Kingdom itself.

Next we shall see the prophesy of Sonship in Yosephโ€™s story when he was sold into slavery.

If you are in Nigeria, please look at the sign of the First Sabbath in the month of Adah in the sky this Wednesday eveni...
05/02/2025

If you are in Nigeria, please look at the sign of the First Sabbath in the month of Adah in the sky this Wednesday evening; signifying the begining of the Sabbath which will last till tomorrow by this time.
Shalom.

20/01/2025

๐‘ถ๐‘ผ๐‘น ๐‘บ๐‘จ๐‘ฝ๐‘ฐ๐‘ถ๐‘น ๐‘ท๐‘ฐ๐‘ช๐‘ป๐‘ผ๐‘น๐‘ฌ๐‘ซ ๐‘ฐ๐‘ต ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ณ๐‘จ๐‘พ ๐‘ถ๐‘ญ

Leprosy and Mortality

Moses says in (Deuteronomy 24:8, 9)
"Be careful against an infection of leprosy, that you diligently observe and do according to all that the Levitical priests shall teach you; as I have commanded them, so you shall be careful to do. 9 Remember what YAH your Elohiym did to Miriam on the way as you came out of Egypt".

The laws regarding leprosy are recorded fully in Leviticus 13 and 14. They are too extensive for Moses to explain here in my humble opinion; so he instructs Yisrael just to follow the priestly instructions.

Healing and Cleansing L***rs:

Leprosy is a biblical type of mortality. Mortality is a slow death. Under Adam, life is the process of dying. Adamโ€™s sin infected us all with this fatal disease, rendering our very bodies unclean. The laws regarding leprosy not only define mortality and its effect upon us, but also shows us the path to the cure, so that we might come into immortality.

The main law revealing this is found in the first half of Leviticus 14, where we see the cleansing ceremony that a healed l***r was to undergo. Verses 2 and 3 read,
2 "This shall be the law of the l***r in the day of his cleansing. Now he shall be brought to the priest, 3 and the priest shall go out to the outside of the camp. Thus the priest shall look, and if the infection of leprosy has been healed in the l***rโ€ฆ"

The ceremony was to be done only if the l***r had already been divinely healed. In other words, if the l***r believed himself to be healed, he was to send word to the temple to send forth an inspector who could verify his healing. The l***r had to wait โ€œoutside of the camp,โ€ even if he were truly healed.
And so when Yahuaha healed the l***r, He did not tell them to bypass the ceremony. Matt. 8:4 says,
4 "And Yahusha said to him, โ€œSee that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest, and present the offering [two birds] that Moses commanded for a testimony [marturion, โ€œa witnessโ€] to them.โ€

Elohiym provided the healing, the l***r provided the first earthly witness, and the priest provided the double witness to establish his healing legally. In Luke 17:4, when Yahusha healed a band of ten l***rs, He again sent them to the temple for priestly inspection. In this case we learn that โ€œyour faith has made you wellโ€ (Luke 17:19).

In other words, faith is the basis of healing, but the function of the priest was to bear witness to that healing. If he indeed bore witness, then the ceremony proceeded. It was completed on the morning of the eighth day when he was fully cleansed. Only then was the ex-l***r able to come into fellowship with the kahal, that is, โ€œthe congregation.โ€

The initial ceremony (on the first day) is given in Lev. 14:4-7,
4 "then the priest shall give orders to take two live clean birds and cedar wood and a scarlet string [tola, โ€œscarlet wormโ€] and hyssop for the one who is to be cleansed. 5 The priest shall also give orders to slay the one bird in an earthenware vessel over running water. 6 As for the living bird, he shall take it, together with the cedar wood and the scarlet string and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was slain over the running water. 7 He shall then sprinkle seven times the one who is to be cleansed from the leprosy, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the live bird go free over the open field."

The healed l***r was required to provide
(1) the two birds,
(2) along with two plantsโ€”cedar wood and hyssopโ€”and
(3) a scarlet โ€œstringโ€ representing a worm from which men extracted red dye.

๐•Ž๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐”ป๐•  ๐•‹๐•™๐•–๐•ค๐•– ๐•‹๐•™๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜๐•ค โ„๐•–๐•ก๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ค๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ ๐•€๐•Ÿ ๐•‹๐•™๐•– ๐•Š๐•’๐•๐•ง๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐•†๐•— ๐•„๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•œ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐••?

The two plants symbolized all men from the highest to the lowest, for in those days cedar wood was said to represent royalty, while hyssop was the most humble. In other words, mortality has afflicted all men equally, regardless of their station in life. Hence, all men are healed and cleansed in the same manner.

The scarlet string (tola) is also the scarlet worm, known scientifically as the coccus ilicis. Of this we read from (Henry Morris Biblical Basis for Modern Science, Baker Book House, 1985, p.73)-
"When the female of the scarlet worm species was ready to give birth to her young, she would attach her body to the trunk of a tree, fixing herself so firmly and permanently that she would never leave again. The eggs deposited beneath her body were thus protected until the larvae were hatched and able to enter their own life cycle. As the mother died, the crimson fluid stained her body and the surrounding wood. From the dead bodies of such female scarlet worms, the commercial scarlet dyes of antiquity were extracted. -What a picture this gives of Messiah dying on the tree, shedding his precious blood that he might 'bring many sons unto glory' (Hbr 2:10)! He died for us, that we might live through him! Psa 22:6 describes such a worm and gives us this picture of Messiah . (cf. Isa 1:18)"

Thus, the scarlet string represents Messiah who shed His blood on the โ€œtreeโ€ for the remission of sin and who died that we might have life. Furthermore, because red dye was extracted from these worms and used to dye royal garments, this prophesies of royal position given to the sons of Elohiym, who are called to reign with Messiah. We may then connect this to the cedar wood, noting that the blood of Messiah has produced both citizens (hyssop) and rulers (cedar).

But what of the two birds?
The first bird was to be killed in an earthen vessel over running water, or, as the text reads, โ€œliving water.โ€ The second was to be released alive into the open field.
Both birds prophesy of Yahusha Messiah. The first prophesies of His first coming, for we know that He came the first time to die. He was dedicated to that death by John the Baptist, who ceremonially โ€œkilledโ€ Him through baptism โ€œover running water.โ€ The heavens were then opened, and the Spirit of Elohiym descended as the second doveโ€”the living bird.
The theme of death and life runs through the entire ceremony. The bird was killed over living water. The two birds themselves represented death and life. Likewise, in our own lives, we are to die daily, while yet being raised to newness of lifeโ€”all of which is pictured in the baptismal ceremony. Rom. 6:4 says,
4 "Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism unto death, in order that as Messiah was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.

The old Adamic man must die in order for the New Man to be raised up in his place. And yet baptism is seen in Leviticus 14 to be an earthly, priestly witness to the healing that has already taken place through faith. In this we see the role of baptism, not as the cause of our justification, but as its earthly witness, or โ€œtestimony.โ€ The priest was not called upon to baptize the l***r in order to heal him from his disease. In fact, the priest was not allowed to start the ceremony unless the l***r had already been healed. Therefore we should not think that baptism is to heal or to convert someone to the faith. It is rather a ceremony to confirm what the person declares or assumes.

Baptizing the Healed L***r

This brings us to the next element of the ceremony in Lev. 14:7, โ€œHe shall then sprinkle seven times the one who is to be cleansed from leprosy, and shall pronounce him clean.โ€ This is what Heb. 9:10 calls โ€œvarious washings,โ€ or more literally, โ€œbaptismsโ€ (baptismos). The various types of baptisms were instituted by Moses, not by John the Baptist. As a priest, John merely followed the law that had been prescribed by Moses. His distinction was primarily in the fact that he baptized at the Jordan, rather than at the laver in the temple, and that he applied it to all men as a baptism of repentance.
There is no need to argue for any particular mode of baptism, for we are content, knowing that we were โ€œhealedโ€ by faith prior to being โ€œcleansedโ€ by baptism. Even so, the ceremony in the law is instructive and prophetic. Its manner of application should be understood in order to gain insight into the move from mortal to immortal life.

The law in Lev. 14:7 prescribed that the ex-l***r should be sprinkled seven times with water. That was his baptism. He was not immersed in water. Hence, it is unlikely that John, as a priest, baptized anyone by immersion. The ex-l***rs were to be sprinkled, even as the first bird itself was to be killed โ€œover running water.โ€ Since the bird prophesied of Messiah, this tells us that Yahusha was baptized in accordance with the law. He stepped into the water, and John scooped water from the Jordan and poured or sprinkled Him seven times or immersed? seven times? maybe.

This is also referenced in the case of Naaman, the Syrian, who came to the prophet to be healed of leprosy. So we read in 2 Kings 5:10,
10 "And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, โ€œGo and wash [rachats] in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored to you and you shall be clean.โ€

The term rachats is a general term that does not tell us precisely how it was done. However, we know that the prophet was familiar with the law of l***rs, for he instructed Naaman according to the divine prescription in Leviticus 14. The law itself is more specific, telling us that the man was to be โ€œsprinkled seven times.โ€ Naaman himself was not well instructed in the law of Elohiym, so it is conceivable that he may have dipped himself in the Jordan.

We read in 2 Kings 5:14, โ€œhe went down and dipped [tabal] himself seven times in the Jordan.โ€
Naaman was healed on account of his faith, demonstrated by his obedience. While the mode is instructive, the crucial requirement for baptism is faith. Naamanโ€™s example is also a significant proof that baptism was practiced in the Old Testament as part of the law of l***rs.

Prophecies in the Law

Although an ex-l***r was pronounced clean on the first day of his cleansing, he was again pronounced clean on the eighth day (Leviticus 14:11). Was the l***r not cleansed the first day? This gets into the prophetic side of the law. Prophecy involves timing when it is fulfilled historically. The personal applications are more immediate, but the historic fulfillment requires time.
Cleansing requires a full seven days, not only for l***rs but also for those who touch a dead body (Num. 19:11). That law, too, prophesies of mankindโ€™s time of mortality. Prophetically speaking, this seven-day period suggests a 7,000 year cycle of history leading to the Great White Throne judgment at the beginning of the eighth โ€œday.โ€ The general resurrection of โ€œthe dead, the great and the smallโ€ ends death itself, for at that point even death (mortality) is eradicated, as it is cast into the lake of fire (Rev. 20:14).

There were also two birds used in the cleansing ceremony for l***rs. We have shown that the first bird prophesied of Messiah, who came the first time to die. The second bird, however, was not to be killed, but set free alive into the open field. Matthew 13:38 tells us that โ€œthe field is the world.โ€ Thus, He must be released into the world a second time in order to complete the divine plan. The second bird was to be dipped in the blood of the first before being released. And so, we read in Rev. 19:13, โ€œHe is clothed with a robe dipped in blood.โ€
This identifying mark in Messiah's second appearance is linked to Joseph (Gen. 37:31), whose robe was dipped in blood, and to the second bird in Lev. 14:7. Its link with Joseph speaks of the second work of Messiah, which is to secure Josephโ€™s Birthright. Its link with the second bird is to picture immortal life that has been secured through the death of the first bird. In other words, the Birthright which we are inheriting is immortality, and all other blessings flow from that single sourceโ€”the life of Elohiym manifested in us.

This is why Moses told Israel to be careful to observe the laws regarding the cleansing of l***rs. Those laws reveal the path to immortality that is prophesied in the law, showing that it takes two works of Messiah in us (death and life) to cleanse fully those who have been healed of mortality by their faith in Messiah.

On a historical level, it takes two comings of Messiah to cleanse the earth. At the Great White Throne, and at the beginning of the eighth โ€œday,โ€ every knee will bow, and every tongue will confess Him as The Almighty to the glory of Yah the Father (Phil. 2:10, 11).

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