So, let’s get back to the
engagement portrayed in the Spring Feasts. Once the Bride has sacrificed the
sinful flesh of her past life, eating leavened bread on the Chagigah/rehearsal
dinner. She then prepares her body through Mikveh (ritually cleansing her body).
Once she has properly prepared her body to cleanse of all sin, and offered her spotless
body to her husband as a living sacrifice, then the Bride and Groom celebrate
for 7 days on the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Unleavened bread is eaten
signifying the perfected body united with the Yahusha in marriage.
Now we come to the Festival of First
Fruits leading up to Shav’uot. Shav’uot is the day the wedding vows are spoken
and the Bride and Groom commit to marriage. Shav’uot is the celebration of the
wedding vows (the giving of the Law).
Shav'uot is the celebration of the engagement between The
Messiah and his Bride-to-be. The "rainbow" is a sign for Shav'uot (in
addition to a promise not to flood the Earth). What is a Rainbow? It is THE
sign of the covenant made on the mountain on Shav'uot! It is "The
Heavenly Engagement Ring"! We see below it is "written in the
Heavenly Tablets" i.e. The Heavenly Scroll:
Jubilee Chapter 6 ---- The Sign
of Shav’uot
1 And on the new moon of the third month (Shav’uot) he went forth from the ark, and built an
altar on 2 that mountain. And he made atonement for the earth, and took a kid (male goat/lamb) and made atonement by its blood for
all the guilt of the earth; for everything that had been on it had been
destroyed (through global Mikveh), save 3 those
that were in the ark with Noah…. 11 Yahuah Elohim (made
this oath to keep Shav’uot) for ever throughout all the generations of
the earth in this (the 3rd) month. On this
account He spake to thee that thou shouldst make a covenant (on Shav’uot) with the children of Israel in this
month upon the mountain with an oath (exactly like
what happened on Mt. Sinai in the Abrahamic Covenant)… 12 of the
covenant, which Yahuah made with them for ever. And this testimony is written
concerning you that you should observe it continually… 14 may be before Yahuah
our Elohim continually. And for this law there is no limit of days, for it is
for ever. They shall observe it throughout their generations, so that they may
continue supplicating on your behalf with blood before the altar; every day and
at the time of morning and evening they shall seek forgiveness on your behalf
perpetually before Yahuah that they may keep 15 it and not be rooted out. And
He gave to Noah and his sons a sign that there should not again 16 be a flood
on the earth. HE SET HIS RAINBOW IN THE CLOUDS FOR A SIGN OF THE ETERNAL
COVENANT OF SHAV'UOT that there 17 should not again be a flood on the earth
to destroy it all the days of the earth. For this reason it is ordained and
written on the heavenly tablets (The Heavenly Scroll),
that they should celebrate the feast of weeks in this 18 month once a year, to
renew the covenant every year.
First let me explain how Yahuah discloses vital aspects of His
Kingdom to mankind. In disclosing His plan of salvation written in The Heavenly
Scroll, then written on the Earthly Scroll, then finally written on the Fleshly
Scroll (our hearts), Yahuah follows a very specific pattern. We read of
this pattern in Isaiah 48:3:
Isaiah 48
3 I foretold the former things
long ago (written in the stars at creation),
My mouth (then) announced them (to My prophets) and then I made them known (through physical shadows so that we can understand them);
then suddenly I acted, and they came to pass (spiritually
in His Kingdom).
This is called the process of progressive revelation. The
plan was written in the stars at creation, then revealed through the mouth of His
Prophets, then established physically as a shadow to study and rehearse, then
finally transposed into the Kingdom of Yahuah.
With this process in mind, we are going to look at the
progressive revelation of the Law over time as it was transposed from the mind
of Yahuah, to oral tradition, to written in stone, and finally into the hearts
of His Sons. Shav’uot is the final fulfillment of the process whereby the
Law was progressively revealed over time and transposed from the mind of Yahuah
into the hearts of His Sons. Many of us believe (or have been taught)
that the Law came into existence 430 years AFTER the promise was made to
Abraham (as stated by Sha’ul in Galatians 3:17), as if the Law
did not exist before that time. We only celebrate the giving of the Law to
Moses on Shav’uot.
We fail to celebrate the reality that Yahuah’s Holiness
defined by His Law is eternal! Our celebration on Shav’uot should go further
than simply the “giving of the Law in written form to Moses”. I want to clearly
address this issue, because the righteousness of Yahuah (defined by HHis Law) did not “come about” with Moses, it
was simply written down, or transposed, from orally being passed down to
written in stone in the Mosaic Covenant. Shav’uot is the literal fulfillment of
transposition from written in stone to written on our hearts! Sha’ul was not saying the Law was introduced 430 years
later, he was saying the written law in detail was introduced in stone. As
a Torah expert, the Apostle Sha’ul knew Noah celebrated Shav’uot and
demonstrated knowledge of the Law (as I pointed out earlier in the book of Jubilee
Chapter 6). Sha’ul was well aware that Abraham was given the law in all
its aspects orally:
Gen 26:5 – Abrahamic Covenant where the Law was given orally
5 Because that Abraham obeyed My voice (oral transposition), and kept My charge, My commandments,
My ordained times, and My laws.
So we see the Law given orally in The Abrahamic Covenant. What
we haven’t been taught is that the Law is eternal and has always existed even
back to Adam! The Apostle Sha’ul clearly teaches that all the way back to Adam
the Law was alive and active… all of it. Yahuah (through progressive
revelation over time) had not yet fully communicated His Holy Law to man
orally. The Law existed first in the mind of Yahuah. The entire Holy Law was
still active at the creation of man, and the penalty for disobedience (which
is DEATH) was imputed or charged to every man who violated
any part of it. The fact that death existed from Adam to Moses, is proof the
entire Law of Yahuah was eternally active.
Let’s look at what Sha’ul says in Romans 5:12-14, and that
many died for various offenses not related to what Adam did, was proof that the
Holy Law of Yahuah was a complex set of Laws and eternally valid and active.
Mankind (at the time of Adam) simply was not completely aware of what the
Law contained. But Yahuah's Holiness was the same at the time of Adam, as it
was at the time of Abraham, Moses, David, Yahusha, and you and I today. And
that Holiness is defined by his holy law. The Apostle Sha’ul addresses the reality of the Law from
Adam to Moses. First let me just show the verse in question:
Romans 5:12-14
12 Therefore,
just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in
this way death came to all people, because all sinned—13 To be sure, sin was in the world before the
law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is
no law. 14 Nevertheless, death
reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not
sin by breaking a command, as Adam did.
What does all that mean? What is Sha’ul really saying? Let me
break it down in context to clearly demonstrate what Sha’ul is talking about,
and we will see that the entire Law existed first in the mind of Yahuah and
slowly transposed over time to man orally:
Romans
5
12 Therefore, just as through one
man sin (sin is disobedience to The Law 1 John
3:4) entered the world (Adam
disobeyed Yahuah’s commands bringing sin into the world), and
death through sin (the Law of Sin and You Die),
and thus death spread to all men (as death is the
penalty of sin which is breaking the Law.), because all man sinned. 13 To be sure, sin (breaking
the Law) was in the world before the (written)
law was given (to Moses), but sin (breaking the Law) is not charged against anyone’s
account where there is no law. (so
the fact that sin was in the world before the written law is proof the Law
existed all the way back to Adam because death is the penalty of breaking the
law)
NOTE: Keep all
of Sha’ul’s writings in context; Sha’ul is proving that because there was
transgression since Adam that the Law was alive and active. Because if the Law
did not exist, there would be no transgressions and no death.
Romans 4:15 - Because
the law works wrath (death for disobedience): for where there is
not Law there is no transgressions
Continuing with Romans
5…
(so Sha’ul is saying there must have been the Law at
the time of Adam because there was transgression…) 14 Nevertheless (now Sha’ul
says death is the proof of the Law), death reigned from the time
of Adam to the time of Moses, (and DEATH is the
penalty of “sin” or breaking the Law. So transgression and death is PROOF the
Law existed from Adam to Moses) even over those who did not sin by
breaking a command, as did Adam (The Law was a lot
more complex than anyone knew because people were dying for all types of sin
not just “eating the apple”).
So, we see that the Law existed in the mind of Yahuah all
the way back to Adam, they simply were not aware of what all the Law required. Mankind
was still held to account for the Law from Adam to Moses as made evident by transgressions
and death. Death being the penalty of transgressing the Law reigned from Adam
to Moses, and therefore is proof The Law of Yahuah
is eternal both past and future.
Mankind was in the initial stages of progressive
disclosure. But rest assured, the Law still governed Yahuah’s Creation,
and death was still the penalty for violating it, and sin was still being
charged against EVERYONE who transgressed any part of His Holy Law. That is
what Sha’ul is saying. I needed to bring this to our attention because The
False Religion of Christianity teaches us that Sha’ul said the Law came
into existence 430 years after the Abrahamic Covenant. The false teachers point
us to
Galatians 3
17 The law,
introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously
established by Yahuah and thus do away with the
promise. 18 For if the inheritance
depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but Yahuah in His Grace gave it
to Abraham through a promise.
Well, “if” Sha’ul actually said what Christianity teaches
he said; he wasn’t much of a Pharisee, and expert in The Torah. Why? Because
not only did Sha’ul say the Law existed at creation in the mind of Yahuah (as
I have just shown), but Sha’ul knew Abraham was given the Law orally in
detail!
Gen 26:5
5 Because that Abraham obeyed My voice (Law orally given), and kept My charge, My
commandments, My ordinances, and My laws.
So, we see the entire Law was given to Abraham orally. Every
aspect of the Law; including the 10 commandments, the ordinances or ordained
times, and the laws such as ritual purity, sacrificial etc. So below, let me
put what Sha’ul said in Galatians back into context:
Galatians 3
17 The written law,
introduced 430 years later after the law was given orally, does not set aside
the covenant of promise previously established by Yahuah with Abraham and thus do away with the promise. 18 For if the inheritance depends on the Law,
then it no longer depends on the promise; but Yahuah in His Grace gave it to Abraham through a promise (not that the Law didn’t exist with Abraham; it is that the
inheritance was based on a promise. Sha’ul is simply confronting the Pharisees
contention that the promise was based on legalistic adherence to the Law).
You see, the Law went through a process of transposition
which means transfer of position. The Law actually existed, and was revealed
through progressive disclosure as it went through 4 states and 3 transfers of
position or transpositions over time. The Law existed first in the mind of
Yahuah (the first state) with Adam thru Abraham then was transposed
orally (second state) from Abraham to Moses and then was transposed to
written down (third state) from Moses to Yahusha, and finally the Law
was transposed to written on our hearts (the fourth state) as the vows were
renewed in the kingdom of Yahuah. So, the Law existed in 4 states (mind, oral, letter, and
intent) and transposed 3 times:
·
Abrahamic Covenant where it went from mind of Yahuah to given
orally
·
Mosaic Covenant where it went from orally given to the letter
written in stone
·
Yahushaic Covenant where it went from letter to Intent written on
our hearts
So let’s look a little closer at these 3 transfers of
position of The Law… as we come to an understanding of what Shav’uot truly is
celebrating.
Now we know the Law was alive and active all the way back to
Adam. We clearly see below the Law was communicated verbally to our forefathers
and defined the “terms and conditions” of every covenant long before the
covenant with Moses. Each covenant between Yahuah and His Sons are
literally marriage covenants and the Law defines the marriage vows.
As I stated in the Abrahamic Covenant The Law of Yahuah
was transposed from the Mind of Yahuah to our forefathers verbally as we read
below “Abraham obeyed My voice” and kept The Law of Yahuah:
Gen 26:5 – Abrahamic Covenant
5 Because that Abraham obeyed My voice (Yahuah communicated
the Law verbally transposing it from His Mind to oral tradition),
and kept My charge, My commandments, My ordained times, and My laws.
We see in Psalms that The Law of Yahuah
was passed down orally to Jacob through his father Isaac who received the Law
from Abraham who received it from Yahuah’s voice:
Ps 147
19 Yahuah showed His Word (the Law)
unto Jacob, His Statutes and His Judgments (the Law)
unto Israel.
Second Transposition of the Law
The Law was transposed from oral to written down in the
Mosaic Covenant
In the Mosaic Covenant, The Law was transposed from oral
tradition to written in stone. Let me clearly establish that the Commandments
of Yahuah are eternal
to Israel (His Chosen Sons) - the bloodline of Abraham/Isaac/Jacob. They are
for "all time" (eternal past, present, and future), they are an
everlasting covenant, forever.
Deut.
4
39 Acknowledge and
take to heart this day that Yahuah is God in heaven above and on the Earth below.
There is no other. 40
Keep His decrees and commands, which I am
giving you today, so that it may go well with
you and your children after you
(perpetual no end) and that you may live long (eternal life
- physical to spiritual parallel) in the land Yahuah your
God gives you (The Promised Land - Kingdom of Yahuah - physical
to spiritual parallel)
for all time (eternal
permanent
ordinances).
Isaiah declares that it is the disobedience to The
Laws of Yahuah, the violation of these statutes, and the
breaking of the EVERLASTING
covenant (which is The Sabbath Covenant), the Earth is defiled and falls
under a curse and is utterly destroyed at the end.
Isaiah 24 - Yahuah’s Devastation of the Earth
1 See, Yahuah is going to lay
waste the Earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its
inhabitants….. 3 The Earth will be
completely laid waste and totally plundered. Yahuah has spoken this word. 4 The Earth dries up and withers, the world
languishes and withers, the heavens languish with the Earth. 5 The Earth is defiled by its people; they
have disobeyed the laws of Yahuah, violated the statutes (the ordained times) and broken the everlasting
covenant (The Sabbath). 6 Therefore (because
we have abolished His Law and changed His Sabbath to Sunday) a curse
consumes the Earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore Earth’s
inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left.
I don’t know about you, but as for me and My house… we will
study His Law and keep His Ordained Times. I, for one, want to enter His
Kingdom and be one of the “very few left” after Yahuah purges the Earth of
those who deny his Law. I don’t want to be told “depart from me you law
breaker” by Yahusha and I don’t want to be rounded up and kicked out of the kingdom
for disobedience!
Matthew 13:41
The Son of Man will send His Angels, and they
will gather out of His Kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers
When you understand that the Law is the governing
constitution of The Kingdom of Yahuah and literally
the marriage vows of His covenants, you realize only those who have it
“written on their hearts” will be qualified to govern. If you truly love Yahuah,
that love is demonstrated by keeping His Law:
1 John 5:3
In fact, this is love for Yahuah: to keep His
Commands out of love. And His Commands are not burdensome to you.
Only those with a “heart for His Law” (circumcision) and
lovingly keep the marriage vows will be found trustworthy of eternal life. Yahuah
simply will not put up with a bunch of lawless unfaithful eternal beings
running around trying to govern the Universe in unrighteousness! Those who
abolish the Law (Law breakers) will not make it past the “gatekeeper”
Yahusha. They will be told “depart from me, I know you not, you who practice
disobedience to the Law”.
Third Transposition of The Law
The Law was transposed from written to spiritual
intent in The Yahushaic Covenant
Once the Law was gradually introduced to man over time
orally from Adam thru Abraham, then written in stone in detail in the Mosaic
Covenant, it was then transposed to spiritual intent in The Yahushaic
Covenant. Sha’ul was well aware of this fact:
Hebrews 10:16 – Sha’ul quotes Jeremiah 31
This is the covenant I will make with them
after that time, says Yahuah. I will put My laws in their hearts, and I will
write them on their minds. (Yahuah will circumcise
our hearts!)
Yahusha’s primary mission was to fulfill (transpose) The
Law of Yahuah, especially as it related to the Spring
Feasts of Passover/Unleavened Bread/First Fruits/Shavuot.
Matthew 5
17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish
the Law (Torah) or the Prophets; I have
not come to abolish them but to bring them to their fullest (bring them to intent through transposition).
Ezekiel prophesied the same transposition of The Law in the
Renewed Covenant:
Ezekiel 36: 26, 27
I will give you a new heart (for My Law and write My Law on it Jeremiah 31)
and put a new spirit (of loving obedience)
in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone (legalistic
observance of the Law without love) and give you a (circumcised)
heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit in you and move you to follow My
decrees and be careful to keep My laws.
It is very important that we understand all 4 states
and the 3 transfers of position, because I am going to explain the true meaning
of Shav’uot in the Renewed Covenant.
We, on Shav’uot, should celebrate the progressive revelation
of the Law/Wedding Vows as Yahuah disclose them over time through covenants. We should look back at the physical shadow of Israel
bringing a Passover offering in Egypt, then Mikveh’d in the Red Sea crossing,
and finally circumcised on Shav’uot at the foot of Mt. Sinai. Setting the
example of Mikveh, circumcision, and offering. We should follow the example Yahusha set on Passover
demonstrating that Mikveh, circumcision, and offering is required to be joined
to Yahuah in covenant of marriage.
Shav’uot is the commitment to the wedding vows as Yahuah
circumcised the “hearts” of His Chosen Few on Shav’uot, pouring out His Spirit
within us, and writing the Law on our hearts. Shav’uot is literally the
inauguration of The Renewed Covenant or “the renewal of our wedding vows”. Yahuah promised that he would pour out His Blessing on the
descendants of Abraham in a future eternal covenant. Speaking of this renewed
covenant to come, Yahuah said through Isaiah, again, demonstrating Mikveh,
circumcision, and offering is The Way, the
Narrow Path to salvation:
Isaiah 44
3 For I
will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground (to Mikveh for forgiveness of sin and uncleanliness again we
see in the Renewed Covenant the importance of Mikveh);
Zechariah 13:1
“In that day (speaking
of the Renewed Covenant) there shall be a fountain (of Living Water) opened to the house of David and to
the inhabitants of Jerusalem (to Mikveh)
for sin and for uncleanness.” I will pour My Spirit upon your
offspring (and per Jeremiah 31 write My law on
their hearts circumcising our hearts so we see Mikveh and circumcision),
and My blessing (of eternal life) on
your descendants. 4 They shall spring up among the nations like
grass like willows by flowing streams. 5 This one will say, ‘I
am Yahuah’s,’ another
will call on the name of Jacob, and another will write/tattoo on his hand,
‘Yahuah’s,’ and
name himself by the name of Israel.”
We see Yahuah also “tattoos” on his hand our names. Later in
that same book of Isaiah:
Isaiah 49:16
See, I have engraved/tattooed you (your name) on the palms of My hands
Yahuah also promised (concerning this renewed covenant)
that we would be Mikveh’d, drawing Living Water from the wells of salvation (speaking
of the Yahushaic Covenant).
Isaiah
12
1 You will say in that day (that I renew My
vows): “I will give thanks to you, O Yahuah, for
though you were angry with me (for breaking your
vows and divorced me), your anger turned away (and you restored me as your Bride), that you
might comfort me. 2 “Behold, Yahuah is My salvation (this statement is
literally naming the Covenant of Yahusha by
name. Yahusha is a contraction of Yahuah Yasha and means “Yahuah is My
salvation”. So we can replace that longer form with the contraction and we get
… behold, Yahusha! Pointing us directly to our Messiah); I will trust, and
will not be afraid; for Yahuah My Elohim is My strength and My song, and he has become My
salvation (in the Yahushaic Covenant or “The
Salvation of Yahuah” covenant).” 3 (in that covenant) With joy you will draw Living
Water (and be Mikveh’d) from the
wells of salvation. 4 And you will say
in that day (that I renewed My vows and restored
you as a Bride for My son… which is Shav’uot): “Give thanks to
Yahuah, call upon His Name, make known His Deeds among the peoples, proclaim that His Name is exalted. 5 “Sing
praises to Yahuah, for He has done gloriously (and
fulfilled his promises); let this (renewed
wedding between the son and his new Bride) be made known in all the Earth
(preach the gospel to all nations). 6 Shout,
and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”
This is our declaration on Shav’uot! We celebrate, as
the marriage was renewed and the promises fulfilled to pour out His Spirit and
write the vows on our hearts. Shav’uot is the fulfillment where Yahuah
promised He would renew His Covenant Vows by writing them on our hearts.
Speaking of this renewed covenant:
Jeremiah 31
31 “The days
are coming,” declares Yahuah,
“when I will make a renewed marriage covenant with the people of
Israel and with
the people of Judah (chose a new Bride
called Remnant Israel). 32 It will not
be like the marriage covenant I made with their ancestors (the Bride
and Groom will be different) when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt,
because they (the old Bride) broke My
marriage covenant, though I was a husband to them,” declares Yahuah. 33 (How is it different?) “This is the renewed
marriage covenant I will make with the (remnant)
people of Israel (the New Bride) after that time,” declares Yahuah. “I will (circumcise them by) putting My law in their minds and write it on their
hearts (instead of written in stone). I
will be their God (Father), and they will be My people
(children).
Yahuah promised to pour out His Spirit of Holiness and cause
us to keep His vows and obey His commandments as Shav’uot is also the
fulfillment of that promise.
Ezekiel 36
22“Therefore say to the Israelites, ‘This is
what the sovereign Yahuah says: It is not for your sake, people of Israel, that
I am going to do these things, but for the sake of My holy name, which you have
profaned among the nations where you have gone (as
you forgot My name through Ba’al worship). 23 I will show the Holiness
of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have
profaned among them (changing My name to The LORD).
Then the nations will know that I am Yahuah, declares the Sovereign King, when
I am proved holy through you before their eyes. 24“ ‘For I will take you (a New Bride) out of the nations (a remnant); I will gather you from all the
countries and bring you back into your own land. 25 I will (prepare you as a Bride for My son by) sprinkle
clean water on you (to Mikveh you clean of your sin),
and you will be clean (without sin before me);
I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols (through Mikveh). 26 I will give you a new
circumcised
heart and put a new spirit of loving obedience in you; I will remove from you
your (rebellious) heart of stone and
give you a (soft) heart of flesh. 27 And
I will put My Spirit of Holiness in you and move you to renew My vows (with My son), follow My decrees (as your Father) and be careful to keep My laws.
Shav’uot is the fulfillment of the prophecies in Jeremiah
and Isaiah and Ezekiel. So Shav’uot is the celebration of the beginning of the
Renewed Covenant and the literal fulfillment of Yahuah’s promises to renew His Vows
and restore His Bride. And it is the final transposition of the Law to
“intent”.
So Shav’uot is more than just “the giving of The Torah
to Moses”, more than just “the outpouring of the Spirit of Holiness”… Shav’uot
is literally where the wedding vows were renewed as the New Bride of the Messiah!
As I stated earlier, Yahuah has a very well defined pattern
whereby he progressively discloses his truths to humanity. Let’s look as Yahuah
proclaimed through Isaiah:
Isaiah 48 – I’ll put this in
context of revelation of the Law/marriage vows
3 I foretold the former things
long ago (written in the stars at creation),
My mouth announced (My vows orally to Abraham)
and I made them known (written in stone to Moses);
then suddenly I acted, and they came to pass (written
on our hearts with Yahusha on Shav’uot).
So, let us celebrate Shav’uot as The Marriage Covenant was
renewed on this Holy Day celebration and the former things prophesied in the
heavens, that were announced orally to Abraham, then made known in stone to
Moses, and then written on our hearts with Yahusha has been fulfilled! Shav’uot is one of 3 major pilgrimages and Chagigah or
remembrance meals. It is when Israel would Mikveh themselves before coming into
the presence of Yahuah as a Bride prepares herself to meet her husband at the
appointed time to renew the wedding vows. Shav'uot is the celebration of the Law or marriage vows. The
final transposition of the Law to intent. Shav'uot is the celebration of the
inauguration of The Renewed Covenant! Shav’uot is the fulfillment of promises
spoken of in Jeremiah 31 and Ezekiel 26 where Yahuah would bring His Law to its
final state in the kingdom of Yahuah.
