efei<\/p>\n
\u00a0As stated a moment ago, all of Scripture from beginning to end is based upon the simple notion that Yahowah wants to have a relationship with us and that He is willing to do everything necessary to facilitate it. This relationship is called a \u201ccovenant\u201d and it is based upon the Hebrew word, beryth<\/em>, meaning \u201crelationship, partnership, and marriage vow.\u201d Beryth<\/em> in turn is based upon beyth<\/em>, meaning \u201chousehold, home, and family.\u201d And while these are directly related concepts, they evolve as we turn the pages.<\/p>\n First, the relationship with Adam wasn\u2019t well-defined, yet through it we see the first hints of marriage and child-rearing. The terms of this initial covenant agreement focused on a simple choice: do this and be happy and live, or do that and die. The Word was spoken, not written.<\/p>\n Second, with Noah, there was only enough substance to the relationship to invoke trust. And still, nothing was documented in writing. However, we know that the builder of the ark knew Yahowah and revered Him. As a result, Yah spared Noah and his family. Furthermore, in this story, we have the first formal announcement of the covenant; one where God makes promises to Noah, and through him to us.<\/p>\n Third, Abraham became Yahowah\u2019s friend; one with whom God delineated a very specific agreement. He asked Abraham to leave the religious and political practices of Babylon, to walk with Him, to talk with Him, and to be honest and upright with Him. If Abraham did these things, Yahowah agreed to bless him in countless ways, from then and to immortality. The Covenant with Abraham, and through him with us, was affirmed when Abraham chose to trust Yahowah with that which was most dear to him\u2014his only son.<\/p>\n Fourth, with Ya\u2019aqob, who became Yisra\u2019el, the Covenant was enlarged and came to be based upon kinship. An individual relationship had grown to include twelve sons who in turn fathered many children. The friendly relationship had grown to include many children.<\/p>\n By the time we reach Moses, the Chosen People became a liberated nation with a homeland to call their own. Based upon the Towrah, the fifth evolution of the Covenant grew to include a substantial number of tenets\u2014all of which were committed to writing.<\/p>\n David\u2019s passionate love for Yahowah was very similar to Abraham\u2019s, but it was manifest in very different circumstances. Yisra\u2019el became a kingdom and the sixth expression of the covenant was now the dominant influence in the land. Through the judges, kings, and prophets, most everything Yahowah had to share with His people was documented for our benefit. The Word had become many words. And at this time, Yahowah considered His Covenant to be a marriage vow where Yisra\u2019el became His bride.<\/p>\n However, within a generation, Yisra\u2019el, like Christians after them, became unfaithful. They ignored and violated most every tenet of the Covenant\u2014from the Sabbath to the Feasts. As a direct result, Yahowah divorced Yisra\u2019el, and what was once an expanding and prosperous nation became the world\u2019s most notorious and perpetual victim. And yet even though the consequence of infidelity, of sun-god worship, had been clearly delineated in the text of the Towrah, and the resulting hardships had all been predicted and properly recorded, Jews became resentful and removed Yahowah from their lips and lives. They even went so far as to create their own religion; one based on their traditions and words rather than God\u2019s.<\/p>\n And this brings us to the seventh iteration of the Covenant\u2014an agreement which hasn\u2019t changed, but has grown. As always, the Covenant\u2019s renewal is designed to reestablish God\u2019s family. But this time, the familial covenant relationship is unambiguous and unwavering\u2014no longer subject to interpretation. And that is because God will place the gift of His Towrah inside of us so that we might come to know Him personally and perfectly, enabling us to live forever as His adopted children. It marks a time when the Word of God and the Family of God become one\u2014indivisible and inseparable. It is about spiritual rebirth based upon the promises contained in the Towrah.<\/p>\n So now before we contemplate the introduction of this seventh and final iteration of the Covenant relationship, it\u2019s important to understand how the marriage vow previously delineated came to naught. And for that we turn to Hosea. There we discover the reasons behind the separation:<\/p>\n \u201cLet her [Yisra\u2019el] turn away from<\/strong>(suwr <\/em>\u2013 turn around, change direction, move on a different path, be removed from, forsake, reject, and abolish) illicit relationships with false deities<\/strong>(zenunym<\/em> \u2013 unfaithfulness, prostitution, adultery, and idolatry) from<\/strong>(min<\/em> \u2013 out of) her presence <\/strong>(paneh) <\/em>and the marks of unfaithfulness<\/strong> (na\u2019apuwpym<\/em> \u2013 signs of adultery and jewelry which indicates she is a whore and available for illicit service) from between her breasts.\u201d <\/strong>(Howsha\u2019<\/em> \/ Salvation \/ Hosea 2:2) In this passage, Yahowah is reaffirming that an unfaithful marriage which is not monogamous is symbolic of forming illicit relationships with false deities.<\/p>\n Then, explaining the spiritual message underlying His Instructions, Yahowah tells us that our infidelity affects our children, separating them from God. \u201cAnd I will not love <\/strong>(raham <\/em>\u2013 show affection for, have mercy on, demonstrate compassion to, or pity) her children <\/strong>(ben<\/em>); for they are the children of fornication <\/strong>(zenunym<\/em> \u2013 of prostitution, adultery, idolatry, and illicit relationships with false deities). For their mother wantonly committed adultery and idolatry<\/strong> (zanah<\/em> \u2013 was a harlot and a whore). She who conceived them made a serious mistake <\/strong>(bowsh<\/em> \u2013 did something wrong and lost hope by acting shamefully).\u2019\u201d <\/strong>(Howsha\u2019<\/em> \/ Salvation \/ Hosea 2:4-5) The children of those who are unfaithful, who are lost in their devotion to the Christian, Jewish, and Islamic god, are unknown to the only true God.<\/p>\n As a result, through the prophet Hosea, God said: \u201cMy people <\/strong>(\u2018am<\/em>) are destroyed and will perish<\/strong> (damah<\/em> \u2013 they have ceased to be effective and are cut off, they are in a ruinous state, separated and no longer engaged in the mission and will be wiped out, ceasing to exist) as a result of a<\/strong> lack of knowledge and corrupted information <\/strong>(bely da\u2019at<\/em> \u2013 ignorance and a failure to understand, a dearth of wisdom and a deficiency in awareness).<\/strong> Indeed,<\/strong> because you have rejected and avoided<\/strong> (ma\u2019as<\/em> \u2013 have limited your association with, despised, spurned, refused, disdained, and been adverse to, even scorned and loathed) understanding<\/strong> (da\u2019at<\/em> \u2013 knowledge, the acquisition of information with a focus on the application of discernment and judgment),<\/strong> I will also reject and avoid <\/strong>(ma\u2019as<\/em> \u2013 shun an association with, spurn, disdain, and be adverse to) you, so you shall be separated from serving as My ministers. And since<\/strong> you have ignored and forgotten <\/strong>(kasach<\/em> \u2013 have overlooked and are not mindful of the significance of, have responded inappropriately to and ceased to care about) Almighty God\u2019s <\/strong>(\u2018elohym<\/em>) Towrah<\/strong> (towrah<\/em> \u2013instructions, teaching, directions, and guidance), I will ignore, cease to care about, and forget <\/strong>(kasach<\/em> \u2013 become oblivious to) your children<\/strong> also. So then as <\/strong>(ken<\/em>) they became more numerous and influential <\/strong>(rabab<\/em> \u2013 when they exalted themselves [read: when Rabbis imposed Rabbinical Judaism]), they continued to sin against Me. Therefore I will substitute <\/strong>(mur<\/em> \u2013 exchange that which they possessed) their<\/strong> glory <\/strong>(kabowd<\/em> \u2013 splendor, honor, respect, status, wealth, value, abundance, power, and the reward of a special gift) for disgrace<\/strong> (qalown<\/em> \u2013 shame, ignominy, confusion, reproach, dishonor, insult, and scorn).\u201d <\/strong>(Howsha\u2019<\/em> \/ Salvation \/ Hosea 4:6-7)<\/p>\n No matter where you look, Yahowah\u2019s message is consistent. His glorious gift and special reward is for those who search His Word for answers. As for others, they are unknown to Him.<\/p>\n Therefore, the first step toward reestablishing a relationship with God requires us to acknowledge the fact that our religious infidelity, our ignorance and apathy, have separated us from Him. We must then come to recognize that Yahowah is ready, willing, and able to heal us and receive us so long as we rely exclusively upon the path He has provided. So in this profoundly important prophetic proclamation, we find that, at a time certain, Yisra\u2019el will be reconciled unto Yahowah.<\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s start walking <\/strong>(halak<\/em> \u2013 let\u2019s move away from this place) and<\/strong> (wa<\/em>) let us return to<\/strong> (suwb \u2018el<\/em> \u2013 turn around, change our attitude and perspective and be restored, let\u2019s reestablish our relationship with) Yahowah <\/strong>(hwhy). For indeed <\/strong>(ky<\/em>), He <\/strong>(huw\u2019<\/em>) has torn us <\/strong>(taraph<\/em> \u2013 expelled us, chased us away, and banished us), <\/strong>but He will heal us <\/strong>(rapha<\/em> \u2013 promote restoration, cure our diseased and injured state, thoroughly mend and completely repair us, and make us whole). He has stricken us <\/strong>(nakah<\/em> \u2013 smitten and inflicted us, subjugated and chastised us, sent judgment upon us to punish us), but <\/strong>(wa<\/em>) He will heal and repair us <\/strong>(rapa\u2019<\/em> \u2013 promote restoration so that we might mend the relationship and recover). He has stricken us<\/strong> (nakah<\/em> \u2013 destroyed us),<\/strong> but<\/strong> (wa<\/em>) He will<\/strong> wrap Himself around us <\/strong>(chabash<\/em> \u2013 heal us by bandaging our wounds, wrapping clothing around us, binding us to Him to lead and encourage us, speaking words which hearten and enliven our feelings and attitudes). After <\/strong>(min<\/em> \u2013 from this time and event in) two days <\/strong>(yowm<\/em>), He will revive us <\/strong>(chayah <\/em>\u2013 restore us to life and keep us alive, save us, spare, sustain, and preserve our lives, heal us so we can live forever).<\/strong> In <\/strong>(ba<\/em>) the third day, He will raise us up, establishing us upright <\/strong>(quwm<\/em> \u2013 He will accomplish what is required to confirm and fulfill His promises to restore and support us) and we shall live <\/strong>(chayah <\/em>\u2013 be restored to life, our lives saved, sustained, and preserved forever) in His presence <\/strong>(la paneh<\/em>).\u201d <\/strong>(Howsha\u2019<\/em> \/ Salvation \/ Hosea 6:1-2)<\/p>\n Through His prophet Hosea, Yahowah has told us that the Towrah provides the information which is required for us to know Him. In these words, God has issued an essential warning, telling us that mankind (as a result of Paul, Akiba, and Muhammad) would come to ignore His Towrah, effectively executing our own children, sacrificing them to human religious schemes. Then, in spite of our ignorance and infidelity, Yahowah promised to do what was required to heal us, curing and restoring those willing to change their thinking, those willing to turn away from religion, so that they could return to Him. One aspect of this promise was fulfilled by Yahowsha\u2019 in 33 CE, seven-hundred years after Hosea scribed these prophetic words on a parchment scroll. It was then over the course of two days that Yahowsha\u2019, by fulfilling Passover and Unleavened Bread, facilitated the means to restoration and life, so that on the third day, represented by FirstFruits, those who comprise Yisra\u2019el could stand with God.<\/p>\n Equally profound, there is a second aspect of this promise I don\u2019t want you to miss. As you know, most people, especially the adherents of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, remain oblivious of what the Ma\u2019aseyah accomplished on these three days. So in particular, the lives of those who comprise Yisra\u2019el wouldn\u2019t actually be renewed until Yahowsha\u2019s return on the Day of Reconciliations, and that would not occur for another \u201ctwo days,\u201d which speaks of \u201ctwo thousand years.\u201d<\/p>\n The final fulfillment then of this prophecy isn\u2019t in Year 4000 Yah (33 CE), but is instead two thousand years later in Year 6000 Yah (2033). It is only then that Yisra\u2019el is \u201cchayah<\/em> \u2013 restored to life\u201d with Yahowah. And so it is then that on the next day, or one thousand years, that Yisra\u2019el is able to \u201cquwm<\/em> \u2013 stand with and be established by\u201d God during the millennial celebration of the Shabat.<\/p>\n Hosea 6:1-2 therefore declares that \u201ctwo days\u201d after God heals mankind, or two-thousand years from 33 CE, He would \u201crestore\u201d those Yahuwdym willing to change their attitude toward Him. This reconciliation will occur as promised on Yowm Kippurym<\/em>, the Day of Reconciliations, in 2033. And as a result, at the beginning of the \u201cthird day\u201d after \u201crepairing us,\u201d and as a result of what He has done, we will be able to \u201clive forever in His presence.\u201d God is thereby predicting the one-thousand year celebration of Sukah<\/em> which will commence on the Called-Out Assembly of Shelters in the fall of 2033, five days after His glorious return.<\/p>\n Collectively then, these insights are among the most important in Scripture relative to our salvation, especially as it relates to God\u2019s prophetic timeline. Yahowah has told us when He will return us to the \u201cgan \u2018eden <\/em>\u2013 the totally satisfying shelter which is conducive to life,\u201d as well as enlightening us so that we might come to be assured that He will grant us admission.<\/p>\n Now, from this perspective, let\u2019s consider the passage Yahowah used to describe the renewal of His Familial Covenant Relationship. For this revelation we must move forward in time to the prophet Jeremiah, properly known as Yirma\u2019yahuw<\/em>. There is reason to conclude that his name is based upon yari\u2019ah<\/em>, which means \u201cshelter or dwelling place,\u201d and thus conveys \u201cLiving Sheltered by Yah.\u201d Based upon the introduction to his book, some Hebrew lexicons suggest that the prefix means \u201cappointed by,\u201d in this case, Yahowah. But most suggest that yirma\u2019<\/em> is derived from ruwm<\/em>, meaning \u201cRise Up to Yah.\u201d Collectively then, I see the prophet\u2019s name as conveying: \u201cRise Up to Live in Yah\u2019s Shelter.\u201d<\/p>\n As we consider God\u2019s prophetic prediction regarding the renewal of His Covenant, please note that He ties His \u201cberyth<\/em> \u2013 covenant relationship and marriage vow\u201d to His \u201cbeyth<\/em> \u2013 home, family, and household\u201d in this verse. Also recognize that in this passage, Yahowah provides the same benefit to \u201c\u2019Yisra\u2019el<\/em> \u2013 those who strive with God\u201d and \u201cYahuwdym<\/em> \u2013 those who are related to Yah.\u201d But, there is no mention whatsoever of \u201cgowym<\/em> \u2013 people from different races and places\u201d in this, Scripture\u2019s most important proclamation on the future of the Covenant.<\/p>\n Additionally, I would encourage you to consider why God chose to convey His willingness to \u201ccreate\u201d a \u201cRenewed Covenant\u201d using karat<\/em>, a word which literally means \u201cto cut, especially in the sense of circumcision.\u201d I suspect that this is relevant because circumcision is the sign prescribed by the Towrah to acknowledge our desire to be included in God\u2019s family and to live with Him. This act served to set Yahowah\u2019s chosen people apart from all others\u2014a procedure which severs and separates the part of the male anatomy at the place responsible for the conception of new life.<\/p>\n With this introduction, let\u2019s reflect upon God\u2019s Word:<\/p>\n \u201cBehold<\/strong> (hineh \u2013 <\/em>look, listen, and pay close attention to what follows), days<\/strong> (yowmym<\/em> \u2013 times) are coming<\/strong> (bow\u2019<\/em> \u2013 will arrive and will return), prophetically declares<\/strong> (na\u2019um<\/em> \u2013 foretells, predicts, and reveals) Yahowah<\/strong> (efei \u2013 hwhy \u2013 Yahowah<\/em>), when <\/strong>(wa<\/em>) I will cut<\/strong> (karat<\/em> \u2013 I will create, completely establishing and totally stipulating, I will actually make by way of separation (qal stem affirms reality and perfect conjugation speaks of an act which is total, complete, and indivisible)) relationally with<\/strong> (\u2018eth \u2013 <\/em>as an eternal symbol on behalf of) the household<\/strong> and family<\/strong> (beyth<\/em> \u2013 the home) of Yisra\u2019el <\/strong>(yisra\u2019el<\/em> \u2013 those who strive and contend with, engage, persist, and endure with, are set free and are empowered by God) and relationally with<\/strong> (wa \u2018eth \u2013 <\/em>as an eternal symbol on behalf of) the household and family<\/strong> (beyth<\/em> \u2013 the home) of Yahuwdah<\/strong> (Yahuwdah<\/em> \u2013 Yah is Abundantly Sufficient, Of Yah, From Yah, and Those Who Are Related to Yah) a renewed and restored<\/strong> (chadash<\/em> \u2013 a renewing, restoring, repairing, and reaffirming) Family-Oriented Covenant Relationship<\/strong> (beryth<\/em> \u2013 nurturing and engaged relational agreement established on the foundation of beyth<\/em> \u2013 family and home, a mutually binding partnership promise, solemn oath, and active alliance, and a participatory pledge based upon a marriage vow which fosters and encourages).\u201d <\/strong>(Yirmayahuw<\/em> \/ Rise Up and Live in Yah\u2019s Shelter \/ Jeremiah 31:31) And in this way, Yahowah is saying that His Covenant \u201cis renewing,\u201d that it \u201cis restoring,\u201d and that it \u201cwill be affirmed,\u201d as it \u201cwill repair\u201d the relationship He has had with Yahuwdah and Yisra\u2019el.<\/p>\n While this rendering of the 31st<\/sup> verse of Yirmayahuw<\/em> is accurate, it isn\u2019t necessarily the conclusion you would come to if you casually looked up chadash<\/em> in a favored lexicon. Strong\u2019s, for example, presents S2319 chadash<\/em> (\u05d7\u05b8\u05d3\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1) as \u201cnew,\u201d and then claims that it was translated \u201cnew\u201d 48 times [in the King James Version for which their concordance was created]. But look closely. The initial Strong\u2019s entry regarding this word reveals that it is \u201cFrom S2318 chadash<\/em> (\u05d7\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1),\u201d which they define as \u201cto renew, to make anew, and to repair.\u201d But even that is somewhat misleading because it is actually the same word as is chodesh<\/em> (\u05d7\u05b9\u05d3\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1), which is translated \u201cmonth\u201d 254 times according to Strong\u2019s. Therefore, the same three letters can be used to convey a verb, an adjective, and a noun\u2014something which is quite common in Hebrew, as well as most ancient languages.<\/p>\n While there is no textual distinction between these three forms of chadash<\/em> in the Divine Writ, the Masoretes created one\u2014and it is that variation which has caused modern lexicons to make three words out of one. I share this with you because the verbal definition, which in the case of chadash\/hadas<\/em>, is \u201cto renew, to repair, to restore, and to reaffirm,\u201d should have prevailed. In fact, it is from the root meaning of \u201cchadash<\/em> \u2013 renewal and restoration\u201d that chodesh\/hodes<\/em> became \u201cmonth,\u201d as the light reflected from the moon\u2019s surface was \u201crenewed and restored.\u201d<\/p>\n That is not to say, however, that the adjective, chadash<\/em>, cannot be translated \u201cnew.\u201d It can when the context dictates. But if there are two equally viable options, as there are in Yirmayahuw<\/em> \/ Jeremiah 31:31, we should choose the form which is consistent with the verbal root. And that becomes especially important if the other option would have God contradicting Himself.<\/p>\n As further affirmation of \u201crenewed and restored\u201d being an appropriate translation of chadash<\/em> in this context, we find that within the prophetic writings of Yirmayahuw<\/em> and Yasha\u2019yahuw<\/em>, each time Yahowah inspired either man to scribe chadash<\/em>, by rendering it \u201crenewed\u201d or especially \u201crestored,\u201d we achieve a substantially more enlightening result than translating this word \u201cnew.\u201d<\/p>\n As further evidence that this \u201cCovenant\u201d will be \u201crenewed and restored, even affirmed and repaired,\u201d as opposed to being \u201cnew,\u201d we consistently find that chodesh<\/em> depicts the renewal of the moon\u2019s reflected light, designating the start of a month. This reestablishing connotation is affirmed in Isaiah 61:4, where the \u201cruins of former cities were chadash<\/em> \u2013 rebuilt.\u201d In 2 Chronicles 24:12, the king had \u201cmasons and carpenters chadash<\/em> \u2013 repair the house of Yahowah.\u201d And in 2 Chronicles 15:8, we find that after \u201cthe prophet courageously cast aside the abominable idols from the land of Yahuwdah,\u201d he had the \u201caltar of Yahowah chadash<\/em> \u2013 renewed and restored.\u201d Then in 1 Samuel 11:14, we discover: \u201cShamow\u2019el said to the people, \u2018Let\u2019s start walking and return to Gilgal and chadash<\/em> \u2013 renew the kingdom there.\u2019\u201d Lamentations 5:21 is especially relevant in this specific context: \u201cTurn us to You, Yahowah, and we shall return. Renew our days as of old.\u201d<\/p>\n And while we could continue to reinforce the fact that chadash<\/em> means \u201crenew,\u201d as opposed to \u201cnew,\u201d especially with regard to the Covenant, let\u2019s consider two final passages, both from the Psalms. The first is from Psalm 51: 10. It asks of Yah: \u201cCreate in me a clean heart, O God, and chadash<\/em> \u2013 renew the right spirit within me.\u201d The second, Psalm 104:30, says: \u201cYou send forth Your Ruwach\/Spirit to create us and You chadash<\/em> \u2013 renew the presence of the land.\u201d<\/p>\n Therefore, we can now say with complete confidence that Yahowah has promised to Renew His Covenant with Yisra\u2019el (those who engage and endure with God) and with Yahuwdah (those who are related to Yah and thus relate to Yah). 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