{"id":366,"date":"2012-08-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/pesamob\/the-covenant-is-the-only-prescribed-way-to-form-a-relationship-with-god-and-since-we-are-born-estranged-from-it-as-outsiders-for-us-to-come-to-know-yahowah-personally-this-relationship-which\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T07:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T07:40:16","slug":"the-covenant-is-the-only-prescribed-way-to-form-a-relationship-with-god-and-since-we-are-born-estranged-from-it-as-outsiders-for-us-to-come-to-know-yahowah-personally-this-relationship-which","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/pesamob\/the-covenant-is-the-only-prescribed-way-to-form-a-relationship-with-god-and-since-we-are-born-estranged-from-it-as-outsiders-for-us-to-come-to-know-yahowah-personally-this-relationship-which\/","title":{"rendered":"The Covenant is the only prescribed way to form a relationship with God. And since we are born estranged from it, as outsiders, for us to come to know Yahowah personally, this relationship which was broken and severed as a direct result of mankind\u2019s \u201c\u2018awon \u2013 perverse corruptions\u201d of the Covenant, must be restored and reestablished"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Covenant is the only prescribed way to form a relationship with God. And since we are born estranged from it, as outsiders, for us to come to know Yahowah personally, this relationship which was broken and severed as a direct result of mankind\u2019s \u201c\u2018awon<\/em> \u2013 perverse corruptions\u201d of the Covenant, must be restored and reestablished. And that is what \u201ckaphar<\/em> \u2013 reconciliation\u201d seeks to achieve.<\/p>\n

If you were to open your favorite lexicon to kaphar<\/em>, the first thing you would probably read would be \u201cto make atonement.\u201d But that is a religious term, meaning \u201cto make reparation to atone for sin,\u201d and \u201cin Christian belief, the reconciliation between God and people brought about by the death of Jesus Christ.\u201d So while \u201creparation\u201d in the sense of \u201cproviding compensation for damages so as to amend issues which have arisen between parties,\u201d and \u201creconciliation\u201d in the sense of \u201crepairing a damaged relationship\u201d are accurate renditions of kaphar<\/em>, the religious baggage associated with \u201catonement\u201d is a significant problem. In Judaism, \u201cto make reparation to atone for sin\u201d has been interpreted to mean \u201cafflict yourself\u201d \u2013 which is the antithesis of the intended purpose. Worse, the Ma\u2019aseyah Yahowsha\u2019 is \u201cJesus Christ,\u201d kaphar<\/em> does not point to Passover, God cannot die, and death isn\u2019t the means to reconcile any relationship, much less the Covenant. So, for us to have any hope of understanding this or any message, we have to step out of the minefield of religious terminology.<\/p>\n

The reason that I favor \u201creconciliation\u201d over other potential definitions of kaphar<\/em> is because God\u2019s stated purpose is to reconcile our relationship with Him. His interest is in \u201cmaking amends\u201d so as to restore and renew the Covenant. So while kaphar<\/em> has been afforded salvation overtones, \u201cpardoning us through the payment of a ransom,\u201d \u201cremoving our guilt,\u201d and \u201cforgiving us,\u201d are benefits derived from Passover and Unleavened Bread, not from Yowm Kippurym<\/em>. In other words, any definition of kaphar which goes beyond \u201creconciliation\u201d to \u201csalvation\u201d is an extrapolation which upends the proper order of things.<\/p>\n

Yahowah is primarily focused on encouraging us to participate in the Covenant. And since we have so egregiously concealed and corrupted its purpose, its conditions, and its benefits, for anyone to engage in a relationship with Yah, there must be reconciliation. The religious, however, are focused instead in promoting salvation \u2013 something Christians claim comes before a relationship can be formed with God. From their perspective, since there are no preconditions to participating in the relationship, since the Towrah\u2019s instructions are no longer valid, there is nothing to reconcile relationally. They just want to be saved.<\/p>\n

Kaphar<\/em> serves as the root of Yowm<\/em> Kippurym<\/em> \u2013 the Day of Reconciliations. This Miqra\u2019<\/em> serves as an invitation for us to approach God, and it denotes a time when the Covenant relationship between Yisra\u2019el and Yahuwdym will be renewed and restored.<\/p>\n

In this regard, there is a secondary connotation to kaphar<\/em> which begins to make sense when viewed in association with Yowm Kippurym<\/em> and with the work of the Ruwach Qodesh<\/em>. As I\u2019m sure you recall, on the Invitation to Meet God of Reconciliations, we are invited to approach the maternal manifestation of Yah\u2019s light \u2013 the Set-Apart Spirit, whose primary purpose is to \u201ckaphar<\/em> \u2013 cover us\u201d in a Garment of Light.<\/p>\n

In this way, kaphar<\/em> is similar to anoint, which also means \u201cto coat or cover.\u201d This correlation is significant because the work of Yah through the Ma\u2019aseyah on Pesach and Matsah enables Him to immerse us in the Spirit on Bikuwrym<\/em> and Shabuw\u2019ah<\/em>, ultimately reconciling the relationship on Kippurym<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The reason the Covenant relationship needs to be \u201ckaphar<\/em> \u2013 reconciled\u201d is because of mankind\u2019s \u201c\u2018awon<\/em> \u2013 perverse distortions and corruptions\u201d of it. \u2018Awon<\/em> speaks of \u201cbending and twisting\u201d Yahowah\u2019s Towrah<\/em> testimony, just like Satan did in the Garden. So since the terms and conditions of the relationship have been distorted, for us to participate in the Covenant, the \u2018awon<\/em> must be kaphar<\/em> with the beryth<\/em> as presented in the towrah<\/em>.<\/p>\n

And this leads to a rather profound thought. You see, upon Yahowah\u2019s return on Yowm Kippurym<\/em> we are told that the \u201cberyth<\/em> \u2013 covenant\u201d will be \u201cchodesh<\/em> \u2013 renewed, repaired, and restored\u201d with Yahuwdym and Yisra\u2019el when Yahowah places a copy of His \u201ctowrah<\/em> \u2013 guidance\u201d inside of us. By so doing, the terms and conditions of the Covenant will be eternally reconciled with Yahowah\u2019s teaching. On this day, God will \u201cprovide reconciliation for the wrongdoing caused by perverse distortions(wa la kaphar \u2018awon<\/em>).\u201d<\/p>\n

Moving on now to the fifth of seven prophetic promises offered in association with seven sevens, the family of God, and the set-apart city which serves as the source of our reconciliation, Yahowah, our Savior, said: to bring forth everlasting vindication and righteousness <\/strong>(wa la bow\u2019 tsedeq \u2018owlam<\/em>).\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n

Now that the relationship has been reconciled, Yahowah wants us to be together forever. So to make the relationship perfect and everlasting, He sees to it that we become \u201ctsedeq \u2018owlam<\/em> \u2013 vindicated, making us eternally righteous.\u201d<\/p>\n

So the order of things is unmistakable. Through the Towrah, Yahowah \u201csigned a document which sealed up the guilt associated with sin <\/strong>(wa la chatham chata\u2019ah<\/em>) to render sinners completely blameless <\/strong>(wa la tamam chata\u2019ah<\/em>).\u201d <\/strong>But since mankind has corrupted the Towrah\u2019s message, especially as it pertains to the Covenant, Yahowah \u201cprovided reconciliation for the wrongdoing promoted by these perverse distortions <\/strong>(wa la kaphar \u2018awon<\/em>).\u201d <\/strong>And then with the relationship reconciled, God made it possible for us to enjoy it forever when He \u201cbrought forth everlasting vindication and righteousness <\/strong>(wa la bow\u2019 tsedeq \u2018owlam<\/em>).\u201d <\/strong>It was time to make us perfect and eternal participants in the Covenant. And therefore, redemption would follow reconciliation.<\/p>\n

Dany\u2019el\u2019s heart must have leapt at the thought of \u201cbow\u2019<\/em> tsedeq<\/em> \u2018owlam <\/em>\u2013 bringing everlasting vindication and righteousness\u201dbecause it meant that this cure would be for all time. When Yahowah fulfilled this prophecy, mankind would be eternally freed from the consequence and penalty of sin. But more than that, this verse implies that we become fundamentally different than we are now\u2014our frail and mortal nature will be replaced by a sinless, immortal existence capable of walking in complete harmony with God.<\/p>\n

The sixth promise reveals that this prophecy was meant to be a comprehensive encapsulation of Yahowah\u2019s future plans relative to the relationship and our redemption. God said that it was \u201cto provide a personal seal and signature to revelation and to prophecy <\/strong>(wa la chatham chazown wa naby\u2019<\/em>).\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

This means that these predictions run through the full spectrum of time. The designation of seven sevens, therefore, represents Yah\u2019s ultimate promise, enabling us to return home, preparing us to live forever, making it possible for us to become His children.<\/p>\n

Yahowah\u2019s messenger was telling Dany\u2019el that everything he had foreseen would come to fruition as a result of studying the Towrah, Prophets, and Psalms, as well as everything that would be revealed through the handful of prophets within this window of time, would all serve the prime directive: to promote and sustain the Covenant. All of the bold predictions, the prototypes, the metaphors, and the dress rehearsals would materialize as promised \u2013 we have Yahowah\u2019s word on it, His signature.<\/p>\n

The only consistently accurate source of prophecy was affirming that everything He had predicted through the prophets would be set into motion within a period of 490 years. Although, to be totally precise, the audience is Dany\u2019el\u2019s people, and thus Yahuwdym and Yisra\u2019el, and also according to the next verse, God was addressing three groups of years with a considerable gap between the end of the 483rd<\/sup> year of His timeline and the start of 484th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Underscoring all of this, of course, is chatham<\/em>, which as we now know means \u201cto affix one\u2019s seal\u201d and \u201cto sign a document, verifying its authenticity.\u201d And as we also know, it means \u201cto seal and close up, making something secure.\u201d But that\u2019s not all. A chatham<\/em> is \u201ca model, a pattern, and a consistent template which is followed without variation.\u201d By using chatham<\/em>,Yahowah signed this sweeping prophecy, attaching His seal to it, He confirmed that had and would continue to follow a clearly defined formula \u2013 one modeled after the promise of sevens. Further, as a template, these seven statements establish a pattern something much larger, something that God would build from them, and something that we could use to evaluate and measure other things.<\/p>\n

Following chatham<\/em>, Gabry\u2019el told Dany\u2019el that Yahowah was placing His signature and mark on \u201cchazown wa naby\u2019<\/em> \u2013 revelation and prophecy.\u201d A chazown<\/em> is \u201ca communication from God.\u201d This type of \u201crevelation\u201d can be \u201cvisual\u201d and thus is called a \u201cvision,\u201d because chazown<\/em> is from chazah<\/em>, meaning \u201cto see and behold,\u201d and \u201cto perceive through that which is provided.\u201d But this is a bit misleading, in that most of Yahowah\u2019s revelations, especially His predictions through His prophets, come by way of the spoken word \u2013 His personal testimony. And so we ought not forget that by encouraging us to \u201cshamar<\/em> \u2013 observe\u201d His witness, Yahowah is telling us to use our sense of sight to visually examine His Word \u2013 just as Dany\u2019el had done.<\/p>\n

The final world in this clause is naby\u2019<\/em>. While it is usually used to identify a \u201cprophet,\u201d someone who \u201cconveys God\u2019s message,\u201d since it was singular in this case it is more accurately rendered \u201cprophecy \u2013 the foretelling of future events.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many have claimed to be prophets and to have proclaimed prophecy. The soothsayers and diviners of old, the priests in Egypt, the oracles of ancient Greece, the Mayans, Christianity\u2019s Paul, Islam\u2019s Muhammad, and Europe\u2019s Nostradamus, for example. But these wannabe prophets all share something: a failure to accurately and consistently predict much of anything. They were wrong more than they were right.<\/p>\n

That is not the case with Yahowah. His predictions always come true. And that is because God isn\u2019t actually predicting anything. He is instead reporting what He has already witnessed. He has seen our future and is simply telling us about it. And in some cases, He has actively engaged and participated in things which have yet to transpire from our perspective stuck in the ordinary flow of time. These particular prophecies all bear His mark because He, Himself, has and will play the starring role.<\/p>\n

In fact, the seventh of the seven prophetic promises explain how God would participate. Gabry\u2019el, a \u201cmal\u2019ak<\/em> \u2013 messenger\u201d sent by Yahowah, told Dany\u2019el: \u201cand to anoint the Most Set-Apart <\/strong>(wa la mashach qodesh qodesh<\/em>).\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mashah<\/em> conveys the idea of \u201cdedicating a person or object for service, setting it apart through the process of anointing.\u201d To \u201canoint\u201d is nothing more than \u201ccovering the person or object with a symbolic liquid\u201d \u2013 usually \u201coil or water.\u201d This can be applied in a variety of ways, from \u201cspreading to smearing, from rubbing to painting, from immersing to pouring.\u201d<\/p>\n

In this case, Yahowah prepared Yahowsha\u2019 for the work He would accomplish by anointing and thus immersing and covering Him in the \u201cRuwach Qodesh<\/em> \u2013 Set-Apart Spirit.\u201d In this way, He became \u201cQodesh Qodesh<\/em> \u2013 Set-Apart Set-Apart.\u201d You see, Yahowsha\u2019 is a diminished corporeal manifestation of Yahowah\u2019s Spiritual nature set-apart from God to reveal and affirm the Towrah. So when Yahowah was \u201cmashach<\/em> \u2013 anointed, immersed, and covered\u201d in Yahowah\u2019s \u201cqodesh<\/em> \u2013 Set-Apart\u201d Spirit, He became \u201cQodesh Qodesh<\/em> \u2013 the Most Set-Apart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Olive oil was the purest source of light in the ancient world. Light represents Yahowah\u2019s timeless nature, His energy, and the enlightenment He provides. Therefore, to be anointed in oil is to be covered in Yahowah\u2019s Spirit of Light. And so this symbolism suggests that the Anointed will manifest Yahowah\u2019s nature to enlighten us.<\/p>\n

Olive oil was also rubbed on wounds to promote healing, a metaphor for salvation. It was an important part of a healthy diet, consistent with the nurturing nature of the Set-Apart Spirit. And olive oil was used symbolically throughout the Miqra\u2019ey<\/em> harvests. It poured over fine grain, representing saved souls, and either sent aloft by way of a wave offering or fire. This provided a visual picture of what happens to us when we are anointed by the Set-Apart Spirit.<\/p>\n

But let us not forget the other symbolic liquid \u2013 water. As the catalyst for life and the universal solvent, being immersed in water is indicative of souls being cleansed so that they might live.<\/p>\n

Many people believe that the Hebrew title \u201cMashiach,\u201d which has been transliterated \u201cMessiah,\u201d is derived from mashach<\/em>. Personally, I do not concur.<\/p>\n

So where is no question that Yahowsha\u2019 was \u201cmashach<\/em> \u2013 anointed, immersed, and covered\u201d in Yahowah\u2019s \u201cRuwach Qodesh<\/em> \u2013 Set-Apart Spirit,\u201d I am convinced that a title as important as this one would have included a reference to the source of the anointing: Yahowah. And with \u201cMashiach,\u201d there is no association with Yahowah\u2019s name.<\/p>\n

If this section of Dany\u2019el were extant among the Dead Sea Scrolls my supposition could be easily proven or refuted depending upon what was written. But it is not there. None of the eight scrolls found in the caves above Qumran provide any witness to the text between Dany\u2019el 7:18 and 10:4. And unfortunately, the two passages with references to this title, Dany\u2019el 9:25 and 9:26, are right in the midst of this void. That means that the oldest manuscript attesting to the Rabbinical Mashiach is an 11th<\/sup> century Masoretic text \u2013 a document scribed by individuals devoted to the notion of disassociating all things Yahowsha\u2019 from Yahowah.<\/p>\n

There are 265 different names, titles, and words in the Torah, Prophets, and Psalms bearing Yahowah\u2019s signature. Collectively, the names alone appear over ten thousand times in the Tanakh. And one of those names is Ma\u2019aseyah, which was written twenty-three times in five different books. By comparison, apart from the unattested citations in Dany\u2019el, Mashiach is found nowhere else in Scripture. Moreover, the purpose of Yahowsha\u2019, especially as described in this, the prophecy which introduces the title, is to do the Work of Yah, which is what the combination of ma\u2019aseh<\/em> and Yah means.<\/p>\n

If you are more comfortable with the English transliteration of the Greek \u201cChristos\u201d as \u201cChrist,\u201d you may want to reconsider. It is a Hebrew title, not a Greek title, so transliterating the Greek, even if it was \u201cChristos\u201d would be stupid. Worse, the Greek title is not written out anywhere on any of the seventy first- through third-century manuscripts which comprise the \u201cChristian New Testament.\u201d Divine Placeholders were universally deployed instead. Moreover, the oldest witnesses attest to the fact that the Greek placeholders were based upon Chrestus, not Christos, with the former being synonymous with Ma\u2019aseyah and the later meaning \u201cdrugged and whitewashed.\u201d And worst of all, since \u201cChrist\u201d is now universally deployed as if it were \u201cJesus\u2019s\u201d last name, the fact that it further disassociates Yahowsha\u2019 from Yahowah is something which should be avoided.<\/p>\n

This error wasn\u2019t per chance. The Roman Catholic Church, begun by Constantine, as well as it\u2019s Orthodox and Protestant derivatives, was fiercely anti-Semitic. They didn\u2019t want their \u201csavior\u201d tainted with Jewish bloodlines or especially, the \u201cJewish God.\u201d While all things \u201cChrist and Christian\u201d ought to have been \u201cMa\u2019aseyah \u2013 the Work of Yah,\u201d instead, men substituted contrivances like Jesus for Yahowsha\u2019, Christ for Ma\u2019aseyah, Lord for Yahowah, Rome for Jerusalem, Latin for Hebrew, Sunday for the Sabbath, Easter for Passover, Christmas for Tabernacles, Easter for Passover, and religion for relationship. Dressed in sun-god apparel, it is little wonder the Yahuwdym don\u2019t recognize this religious aberration and caricature of the Scriptural promise. How about you? Do you provide lip service to the Jesus Christ of men or do you seek to know Yahowah through the work and words of Yahowsha\u2019, the Ma\u2019aseyah, the Anointed Implement Doing the Work of Yah?<\/p>\n

Now that we have concluded our in-depth review of the preamble of this extraordinary prophecy, let\u2019s consider the three statements and seven prophetic promises once again\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cSeventy sevens <\/strong>(shabuwa\u2019 shib\u2019iym<\/em>) are determined and decreed <\/strong>(chathak<\/em>) for your people <\/strong>(\u2018al \u2018am<\/em>) and for your set-apart city <\/strong>(wa \u2018al \u2018iyr qodesh<\/em>) to bring an end to rebellion <\/strong>(la kalah pesha\u2019<\/em>), to sign a document which seals up the guilt associated with sin <\/strong>(wa la chatham chata\u2019ah<\/em>), to completely perfect sinners<\/strong> (wa la tamam chata\u2019ah<\/em>), to provide reconciliation for the wrongdoing caused by perverse distortions <\/strong>(wa la kaphar \u2018awon<\/em>),<\/strong> to bring forth everlasting vindication and righteousness <\/strong>(wa la bow\u2019 tsedeq \u2018owlam<\/em>), to provide a personal seal and signature to revelation and to prophecy <\/strong>(wa la chatham chazown wa naby\u2019<\/em>), and to anoint the Most Set-Apart <\/strong>(wa la mashach qodesh qodesh<\/em>).\u201d <\/strong>(Dany\u2019el \/ God Judges and Vindicates \/ Daniel 9:24)<\/p>\n

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