Reaching out with questions and concerns

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Permalink Reply by Allen on May 8, 2009 at 1:59pm

Shalom Ron,

Your concerns are shared by many. How close are we to the time of Machiach? How close are we to the time of the regathering of Yehudah & Yosef? Are those who have seen beyond the foolishness of selfishness, supposed to spread the tov news or yizrael (scatter seeds)? Is it time for Yoseph to join brother Yehudah in HaEretz? Great questions without firm answers.

This I do know: We are not to be like a lamp hidden under a basket. We are to let our light shine so that they see the tov works of our Elohim and seek Him also. Each of us is given talent(s) that are not be wasted. If we hide the talent fearing it would not produce more talent, we squander the gift(s) we have been given.

The fields are ripe for the harvest. We must do what we can to prepare the fields for reaping. I had written a short article a few weeks ago that was geared for the season we are in. I will post it here as I think it might have relevance....

The counting of the Omer, a time of Reaping.

Lev 23:15 ‘And from the morrow after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, you shall count for yourselves: seven completed Sabbaths. 16 ‘Until the morrow after the seventh Sabbath you count fifty days, then you shall bring a new grain offering to יהוה.

Joh 2:23 And when He was in Yerushalayim at the Passover, at the festival, many believed in his authority when they saw the signs which He was doing.

Yah’shua’s taught ones were immersing in Judah, they then left for Galil, passing through Shomeron, this is almost certainly the time between Chag HaMatzah & Shavuot. He speaks to his taught ones about the season they are in…

John 4:35 “Do you not say, ‘There are still four months, and the harvest comes’? See, I say to you, lift up your eyes and see the fields, for they are white for harvest – already! 36 “He who is reaping receives a reward, and gathers fruit for everlasting life, so that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping rejoice together. 37 “For in this the word is true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38 “I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labors.”

There are almost exactly four months between Shavuot and the Day of Atonement. And though the time of literal reaping is months away, Yah’shua teaches that this is a time of spiritual reaping. What are we to reap? That which we have not labored for. What is an example of this?

Mat 25:13 “Watch therefore, because you do not know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Aḏam is coming, 14 for it is like a man going from home, who called his own servants and delivered his possessions to them. 15 “And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability, and went from home. 16 “And he who received the five talents went and worked with them, and made another five talents. 17 “In the same way, he with the two, gained two more. 18 “But he who had received the one went away and dug in the ground, and hid the silver of his master. 19 “And after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. 20 “And he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents. See, I have gained five more talents besides them.’ 21 “And his master said to him, ‘Well done, tov and trustworthy servant. You were trustworthy over a little, I shall set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ 22 “Then he who had received two talents came and said, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents. See, I have gained two more talents besides them.’ 23 “His master said to him, ‘Well done, tov and trustworthy servant. You were trustworthy over a little, I shall set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ 24 “And the one who had received the one talent also came and said, ‘Master, I knew you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed, 25 and I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.’ 26 “And his master answering, said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed. 27 ‘Then you should have put my silver with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest. 28 ‘Therefore take away the talent from him, and give it to him who possesses ten talents. 29 ‘For to everyone who possesses, more shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him who does not possess, even what he possesses shall be taken away. 30 ‘And throw the worthless servant out into the outer darkness – there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Additional notes:

Comparing the count of 49 days to Shavuot and 49 years to the Jubilee:

Lev 25:8 ‘And you shall count seven Sabbaths of years for yourself, seven times seven years. And the time of the seven Sabbaths of years shall be to you forty-nine years. 9 ‘You shall then sound a ram’s horn to pass through on the tenth day of the seventh month, on the Day of Atonement cause a ram’s horn to pass through all your land. 10 ‘And you shall set the fiftieth year apart, and proclaim release throughout all the land to all its inhabitants, it is a Jubilee for you. And each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you return to his clan.

Yah'shua coming back to Yerushalyim at Shavuot?

Joh 5:1 After this there was a festival of the Yehuḏim, and יהושע went up to Yerushalayim. 2 And in Yerushalayim at the Sheep Gate there is a pool, which is called in Heḇrew, Bĕyth Zatha, having five porches. (SHAVUOT?)

Shabbat shalom,

Allen

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