YAHSHUA'S CHRISTMAS
THE BIRTH THAT CHANGED HUMAN "LIFE". HOW ARE YOU
DECORATING YOUR HOUSE/SOUL FOR CHRISTMAS?
This Bible study
about Christmas, about the birth of Yahshua, the Messiah and its
repercussion in humanity, is divided in different sections. First, you
will find a comparison chart where in one look you can see
the following fundamental information divided in three columns:
The history in the Bible and its parallelism with the history of Yahshua's life, then Yahshua of Nazareth’s life and its
parallelism with the history of man, “Yahshua’s Christmas”, and
the repercussion of the birth, life, death and resurrection of
Yahshua in the history of man. Finally, commented texts about
the birth of Yahshua and the situation lived in the western
countries where it is celebrated, whether in a Christian or
pagan way.
the BIblE HISTORY AND ITS paralelLism WITH THE history
OF YAHSHUA’S LIFE |
yahshua of nazaReth’s life and its parallelism with the
history of man. yahshua’s christmas |
the repercussion of the birth, life, death and
resurrection of yahshua in the history of man |
Creation. First Adam, living soul. Genesis 1 and 2. |
Yahshua is the last Adam,
quickening spirit.
1Corinthians 15:45. |
Pre-history. Man decides his life without
God. The faith in Jesus Christ reconciles us with the
Father. |
Noah’s ark saves those who believed from the judgment
of the flood. The Gospel is like the ark, the boat of
salvation. |
Yahshua is born according to the prophecy. From a virgin
(our soul) from the Holy Spirit and Joseph (our flesh)
from the house of David.
Matthew
1:18.
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Man is born again. Yahshua is born in our soul. Life
under the law of freedom and love of God. Those who
believe in Him are saved from judgement day.
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Babel tower. The different tongues (ethnos) confuse
humanity. |
Yahshua:
A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy
people Israel.
Luke 2:32. |
Man builds his society, religions and fails.
|
The queen of Sheba came to visit Solomon because she
heard about his wisdom. |
Yahshua is worshipped by the wise men who came to
Bethlehem from the east. Matthew 2. |
The wise from the World, kneel before the wisdom of the
Lord.
His Word. |
God calls Abraham, the Father of faith,
His friend. His descendants the 12 tribes of Israel. Joseph
is blessed in Egypt. |
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down
his life for his friends.
Yahshua the son, like Isaac, the promised son. The 12
apostles. |
The man who is friend of God. Jacob, seed of Abraham,
the people of God, the Church. We are persecuted and
blessed in the world. |
Moses was born to be the guide of the people of God, and
receives the Law in Sinai. |
Yahshua is born and fulfils the Law for us. Spiritual
law is the love of God. Bear ye one another’s burdens,
and so fulfil the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2. |
Man receives the Law of the Messiah, and the
Commandments for his moral. Yahshua is taken to be
registered, showing
us to fulfil laws in the World which are not against
God. |
His people leave Egypt to go to the promised land, but
will have to go through the test of the wilderness. |
Yahshua is taken to Egypt by his parents
because His
persecutors wanted to kill the King of Israel. Matthew
2:13. |
Man is called from the World. Return to Egypt so that we
can compare with the new mind how we use to live. We are
tested by God. |
Moses was instructed since he was a child in Egypt, afterwards it is
God who instructs him. As much as 613 commandments in
the Law of God.
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Yahshua before the priests at the age of 12. This is the
spiritual age in which the new disciple is not a child
anymore and comprehends matters of God.
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Man is interested in God, and goes to the priests
and pastors of his
religion to learn about Yahshua. Man goes deeper
into religion to study the doctrine and takes off
whichever points are wrong,
analyzing his church. What remains is what is really from God,
the rest is left out. |
Exit of the people of God from Egypt to celebrate the
first Passover in Egypt.
Exodus.
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Yahshua will become the Passover, the Messiah, the Lamb
of God that takes away the sin of the World. John 1:29. |
The result of the Passover of the Messiah is the
liberation of man from sin. |
Crossing the red sea (the blood of Yahshua) after the
entrance in the promised land. Fulfilment of the
promise. Already in Joshua.
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Yahshua is baptized by John the Baptist in Jordan
fulfilling all justice. Mark
1:9. |
Baptism of man, crossing to the other side of his life.
Baptism is signing a contract with God accepting His
forgiveness without our works or even the Law.
|
40 days and nights lasted the flood, 40 years in the
wilderness stayed the people of Israel, to test those who
were
really His people. |
40 days in the wilderness to beat temptation from the
kingdoms of this World. Matthew 4.
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Man passes the tests of faith. The
wilderness. Loneliness
before God, meditation and prayer, preparation and
determination for the new life. The last chance from
God: Jonas to the king: in 40 days (Nineveh, us) it will
be destroyed.
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Prophets of God sent to the kings. Moses, Samuel,
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Zechariah, Malachi…
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Yahshua, the Master, the beatitudes. Matthew 5. His ministry
begins, parables that open the mind of man. |
Man gives testimony of his new life with God. He begins
the study of His Word. Battles with our family, with our
friends of the world, etc, Evangelists to the world and
the church. |
...And all the nations of the Earth shall be blessed in
him. Abraham. Genesis 18:18. |
Yahshua and the Samaritan, God shows no
partiality for
people, but we must come out of our tradition and be
born again. |
Preaching to every man in the world, to those whose
souls are from the different religions of the world.
Yahshua is the Way. |
Jordan is opened for the ark of covenant to cross it.
Joshua 4:7. The new covenant is Yahshua who walks on
the sea. |
Yahshua walks on the sea. John 6:16. Quietens the great
wind. He is Lord of all creation. And the World was made
by Him.. John 1:9. |
The disciple of Yahshua does not sink in the
world thanks to his faith in Yahshua, although we do sometimes, but
Yahshua is by our side to give us His hand. |
The priesthood order, the instauration of sacrifices for
sin. Leviticus. |
Yahshua is the high priest, interceding with
His own
life in sacrifice. John
10:17. |
Man is made a priest like our master, for love
to our
neighbour. |
Elijah resurrects the son of the widow. 1Kings 17:17. |
Yahshua does miracles. The water in wine, multiplies the
bread, healings and resurrections. Quietens the great
wind. Genesareth. Matthew 14:34. |
Man receives blessings from God in the name of Yahshua.
Incredible things and experiences that God gives us, and
provides through any of us. |
Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
Exodus 23:14. If you only celebrate them to fulfill,
they are iniquity, says Isaiah 1:13. |
Yahshua comes to the Jewish feasts, weddings tabernacles,
Passover, Shabat... These are the real feasts of God,
not what Christianity celebrates nowadays. |
Man must understand the spiritual meaning
of the Scriptures by
studying them. Saturday (Shabbat) is spiritual. |
Gideon prays for a sign to obey God. 150 Psalms of king
David. |
Yahshua teaches: The Lord's prayer… let your will be
done… and His continuous worship of the Father. Matthew
6:9. |
Man is the temple of the Holy Spirit once he receives
Yahshua, praises God in his heart and prays for His
people. Asks God in the name of Yahshua. |
But the just shall live by his faith. Habakkuk 2:4. |
Yahshua said unto him: Simon …you are “Petros” and on
this "petra", I shall build my church. Matthew 16:18. |
Man is the church, as Simon is converted in Peter, petra
or stone of faith in the Messiah, and receives revelation
from the Father. |
The patriarchs and the prophets are in the presence of
God. |
The transfiguration of Yahshua. Matthew 17. |
Born again man lives in the presence of God in Yahshua. |
…for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light… …they
shall inherit the land for ever… …that I may be
glorified. A little one shall become a thousand and a
small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in
his time. Isaiah 60:20. |
Yahshua blesses the children. Suffer little children,
and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the
kingdom of heaven. Matthew 19:13. |
Children have not yet been programmed by religions that
oppose to Yahshua. This is how we must be. |
Appointment of king David and the rest of the kings of
Israel. |
Triumphant entrance in Jerusalem, Yahshua is the King of
kings. Mark 11:21. |
Man accepts that God reigns in his life. The kingdom of
God is amongst us. |
Solomon and Herod the Great; construction of the temple
of Herod just for the coming of the Messiah. Destroyed in
the year 70 a.D. by the roman general Titus, till today… |
My house shall be called a house of
prayer for all nations…
Jeremiah 7:11,
but ye have made it a den of
thieves.
Mark 11:17.
Not one stone shall
be left upon another. |
Man is the temple of the Holy Spirit and his soul must
be built just for the coming of the Messiah. Repent…
“Change of mind”. |
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life;
and he that winneth souls is wise. Proverbs 11:30. |
Yahshua curses the fig tree. Matthew 21:18. |
The man who gives no spiritual fruits and just follows
religion, dries. |
Prophecies of Daniel and Zechariah... |
Matthew 24. |
Revelation. |
Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will
cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall
live...Ezekiel 37:5. |
Yahshua washes our feet. John 13. |
A man of God must wash his brethren’s feet if they sin, and
let his be washed not to lose salvation. |
Continuous efforts of prophets for the
re-instauration of the Law of God and praise to the
Lord, whenever the people turn away from the Lord. |
Yahshua gives a new commandment: To love one
another. John 13:31.
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This way they will know that we are His disciples, if we
have love of God one to another. The greatest love is to
lay down one’s life for his “friends”. John 15:13. 1John
3:16. |
That year’s Passover was the last one that had expiatory
value. Yahshua is the eternal Lamb. |
Holy Supper. Mark 14:12. With His intimate, not in
multitude.
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Being body of Yahshua. Meet and take it in His memory.
We are the bread, His blood the wine. |
The persecution of the prophets of God. …Which of the
prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have
slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just
One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and
murderers: 53Who have received the law by the
disposition of angels, and have not kept. Acts 7:52. |
Yahshua cries in Gethsemane. John 17 and Mark 14:32. He
prays for us and drinks the cup of our sin. The arrest
of the Messiah.
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Church’s persecution. Today in the XXI century,
missioners of the Messiah are put in prison around the
World … drunken with the blood of the saints, and with
the blood of the martyrs of Yahshua. Revelation 17:6. |
Destruction of the temple, year 70 a.D. end of
sacrifices. |
Crucifixion of the Messiah. Death of the flesh in our
place, to beat death for the sins of man. Mark 15:21. |
Death of our old man. The end of the fight of our flesh
against the Spirit of God. Peter denies Yahshua; before
such a persecution; what about us??? |
Conversion of the Jews to Yahshua.
. |
Resurrection of the Messiah and His 2nd coming. Matthew
28. |
Man will no longer die for ever. Eternal life
together with
God. |
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet. Malachi:
4:5. |
Yahshua instructs us: …go and make disciples to all
nations… Mark 16:15. |
The man who is a disciple is not a mere believer; he’s a
soldier of the Messiah. |
Elijah was taken in the presence of Elisha. 2Kings 2:11. |
The ascension of the Messiah. Mark 16:19. Acts 1:9. |
The spirit of man is no longer on its own in his soul,
but in the presence of God. |
Elijah
shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and
the heart of the children to their fathers. |
Yahshua sends His promise: the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:4. |
The Church until the 2nd coming. The kingdom of God is
amongst us. |
The complete history of Yahshua is focused towards man, as “…For
our sakes, no doubt, this is written…”
and for us died the Messiah.
WESTERN CHRISTMAS
Although we celebrate it, Christmas isn’t a feast with Christian
origins; Yahshua never asked for his birth to be celebrated, but
His death. The primitive Church did not celebrate it either. Is
was in the IV century that the feast to god sun was already the
25th of December coinciding with the winter solstice, and to
substitute the celebrations of Roman and Greek and gods of other cultures
to the worship to God and the saints, which happened in times of
Constantine when he converted to Christianity.
When
we look at our house in Christmas and see it empty, with no
Christmas decoration, it is really our soul which is empty,
empty of worship to Yahshua, but we only decorate our houses -
our souls - in Christmas, when it should be all year round, so that
we worship every day.
In
the different Christmas decoration options, the most popular one
is the nativity, or the manger, which is an external sign that we are believers in
Yahshua, but using carved images which are idolatry and are
prohibited in the 2nd commandment; instead we should
tell our children about the birth of Yahshua every week of their
lives, and not use the easy way of the material manger, in the
place of the more real spiritual manger: our souls.
Then
as we go out to the streets we see the decorated trees and the
father Christmas, imported from several cultures, giving out
sweets, all the lighting, and we see how bright and shiny
paganism is, with
the marketing that fills our minds so that we covet the latest
in unnecessary presents, when what we should really do, is not
to accept the celebration of paganism mixed with the birth of
the Messiah.
People’s hearts is what God really cares for, and in Christmas
the majority are more receptive and compassioned, although less
every time, influenced by the spirit of
the material things instead of loving one another with love from
God, helping the poor also by
donating, something typical of Christmas when it should
actually be done every month, from our salaries.
Amongst others, an analysis of the history of the Christmas
tree, shows us the abominable reality. It’s the symbol of many
pagan cults, embodying the cult to spirits of the dead and gods;
it was used when a king died and had no sons, so to keep his
power over the people it was made believe that in the tree,
planted on the tomb, the dead would be alive in the tree.
Presents were brought and offerings, making the typical
decoration of nowadays mixing it with Christian icons, not very
holy as you can see.
Also in the tree, we find a symbol of ourselves, as in the
Bible, trees are compared with men; so we either give or not
spiritual fruits, like trees, and we decorate them with luxury
presents and shining lights, just like we do with ourselves, we
give cult to ourselves with so many material things that the
consumers' society
sells us, but of course this is for those who
can afford it, because today it’s hard to get to the end of the
month.
Jingle bells, Jingle bells… goes the Christmas song, places
decorated with little golden angles that remind us that God is
worshipped by the cherubim, and
…He
inhabits the praises of Israel. Psalm 22:3; cherubim like the
ones in the Jewish temple, at the entrance, on the walls, on the
curtains and in the holy places. Which reminds us that they also
exist, those beings that God created above us; may God bless
them so that the enemy does not deceive them.
So,
this year how will you decorate your soul, with worldly things
or with those from God?
Although it is not the date of the birth of the Messiah,
(September/October year 6 or 7 before Christ, according to the
experts in the subject), once more paganism mixing cults with
Constantine, maybe with good will of government politics to
increase power, but God cares for our hearts. Every day is
Christmas. Merry Christmas to all in the name of Him who was
born to die for us: Immanuel – Jesus Christ – Yahshua.
BEFORE
DEVELOPING THIS BIBLE STUDY, I WOULD LIKE THE READER TO FOCUS IN
THESE TWO TEXTS:
ISAIAH: CHAPTER 9
6For
unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:
and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name
shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The
mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of
Peace. 7Of the increase of his government
and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of
David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it
with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever.
This is one of the clearest texts in the Bible about the birth
and the nature of the Messiah. Yahshua, the Son of God, Yahweh.
LUKE: CHAPTER 2
8And
there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field,
keeping watch over their flock by night.
Today we could interpret this the following way: There were
people of God in the region who kept the good news of the
Messiah, to bless those people that learn with them, the things
of God. Today those same pastors are waiting for the coming of the
Messiah in the hearts of those to whom they preach.
9And,
lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the
Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. 10And
the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you
good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 11For
unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which
is Christ the Lord. 12And this shall be
a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling
clothes, lying in a manger. 13And suddenly there
was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising
God, and saying, 14Glory
to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
The day of great joy in the highest and on earth. This is what
must be celebrated in Christmas, even if the date does not
coincide with the real one; This is the message that we must
take to our neighbour so that God touches their hearts and for
the Glory of God.
15And
it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into
heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even
unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which
the Lord hath made known unto us. 16And they came
with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a
manger. 17And when they had seen it, they made
known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this
child. 18And all they that heard it
wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.
All those who hear the preached message are amazed.
19But
Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
Mary and any soul, when knowing the Messiah and from the
Messiah, wonder about Him who has been born in her heart.
20And
the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the
things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
THE
BIRTH OF THE MESSIAH: THE SON OF GOD IS BORN IN YOUR SOUL
BIBLE TEXT ABOUT THE LIFE OF YAHSHUA UNTIL
THE BEGINNING OF HIS MINISTRY, WITH SPIRITUAL COMMENTS.
MATTHEW: CHAPTER 1
First of all we will take a look at the genealogy of Yahshua
only to come to a conclusion about a hidden clue, you may go
directly to the comment on these first paragraphs and then
review it if you need to:
1The
book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the
son of Abraham. 2Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat
Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; 3And
Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom;
and Esrom begat Aram; 4And Aram begat Aminadab; and
Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; 5And
Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and
Obed begat Jesse; 6And Jesse begat David the king;
and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the
wife of Urias; 7And Solomon begat Roboam; and
Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; 8And Asa begat
Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;
9And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and
Achaz begat Ezekias; 10And Ezekias begat Manasses;
and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias; 11And
Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they
were carried away to Babylon:
12And
after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel;
and Salathiel begat Zorobabel; 13And Zorobabel begat
Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor; 14And
Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;
15And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan;
and Matthan begat Jacob; 16And Jacob begat Joseph the
husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
17So all
the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations;
and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen
generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ
are fourteen generations.
14
GENERATIONS + 14 GENERATIONS + 14 GENERATIONS = 14+14+14, ó 14 x
3 = 42. Plus the generation of the sons of God since the passion
of the Messiah 43 generations, or months, or times.
43 months x 30 days
= 1290 days.
Blessed who waits 1335 days.
To find out where
all this takes us to, read the following prophecy of Daniel,
then we carry on with the text:
THE
END OF TIME: PROPHECY OF
Daniel
BIBLE TEXT
DANIEL: CHAPTER
12
11And from
the time that the daily sacrifice shall
be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate
set up, there shall be a thousand two
hundred and ninety days. 12Blessed is he
that waiteth, and cometh to the
thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
Blessed and holy is him who awaits with faith for the coming of
the time of the Messiah and believes in Him.
13But
go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand
in thy lot at the end of the days.
1290
- 1335 = 45
days is one and a half months; which represents one time (one
month) and half time (half month) this is 45 days.
Prophetically, it comes from the Bible text:
times, time and half.
Seeking for this in the Bible prophetic clock we find the
fulfilment in the crucifixion of the Messiah and the rent of the
veil in the temple, and also with the destruction of the temple
in the year 70 a.D. when the sacrifice is taken and the worship
because there is no temple; half time of history of humanity,
that may be explained in two ways:
45 days is 1.5 months, which is 1.5 as half of 3, and 3 is: the
Messiah resurrected the third day, which lets us understand that
the third day, or time, the same as in the third literal day,
the Messiah resurrected, means that the third day of humanity
alter the Messiah, the kingdom of God will come.
The other way is that the time of humanity is 7 days, like
creation, seven days, half of seven is 3.5, which is explained as
follows and what we call the similarity of prophetic times:
The week is 7 days, at half of the week means half of the
history of Bible time and of the spiritual history of humanity,
because humanity will live 7 days of 7 times, which is: Time:
the time of humanity. Times: the time of the Jews from Abraham
to 2000 and the time of the Gentiles from 2000. Half, is the
middle of those two times, which in the history of man is how we
divide it: history before Christ and history after Christ,
because the Messiah came in the half or midst of time:
In the midst of
the week
(of time) he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to
cease: Daniel
9:27.
Because Passover is the Messiah. Both prophetic texts
take us to the same conclusion, the prophecy was fulfilled in
Yahshua, and the prophecy of Daniel corresponds with the
genealogy of Matthew and with real history.
MATTHEW
CONTINUATION ON CHAPTER 1
BIRTH OF YAHSHUA CALLED THE MESSIAH
18Now
the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother
Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was
found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Virgin Mary symbolises every soul in which the Messiah is
fathered by the Spirit. She, any of us, does not consider
herself worthy. This fathering does not come from Joseph as he
represents our flesh, because Yahshua is born in us by faith not
by works from the flesh, our moral, or our efforts of justice.
19Then
Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make
her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.
Joseph, our flesh, normally does not use the mind or soul, for
the things of God, but to rationalize and to explain in a
scientific way how things work. Therefore he wanted to leave
Mary secretly, because he did not have the mind of Yahshua. It’s
necessary to be born again to accept to deny oneself.
20But
while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord
appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David,
fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is
conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. 21And she
shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for
he shall save his people from their sins.
Don’t be afraid of receiving Yahshua in your soul, for He is
EMMANUEL, God with us. This is how it is prophesized that the
Messiah would be born from a virgin. Isaiah 7:14.
22Now
all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was
spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 23Behold,
a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son,
and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being
interpreted is, God with us.
24Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the
angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
25And knew her not till she had brought forth her
firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
First of all what calls our attention is the name of the son of
Joseph and Mary, the angel says Emmanuel, which is God with us,
and when He is born is called Yahshua, which is the Salvation of
God, but salvation, who is it for? For us, which means that
Yahshua’s name in reality was: God our Saviour; this is what
this child who came to the world was. Yah-Shua, like Yah-Weh.
There are other roots of the name of God, in the Tetragramathon
YHWH which are also valid.
The Lord also makes us aware of His plans using dreams. But Joseph did
not know Mary; which means he did not have marital relationship
with her until Yahshua was born; this means that man does not
know the Lord until the seed of the Gospel gives fruit in our
mind, and that fruit is Yahshua.
CHAPTER 2
THE VISIT OF THE WISE MEN
1Now
when Jesus was born in
Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod
The Messiah
comes to the World in the middle of the kingdom of Satan over
men. Identically, the same happens in every man nowadays.
the
king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
2Saying, Where is he that is born King of the
Jews? For we have seen his star in the east, and are come to
worship him.
Those who have a wise spirit, and also those who have in them
powers from high places, come to worship Him who is the King of
the spirits. This also means that the wise of the World will
recognize in us the wisdom of God, which is superior to
human wisdom.
3When
Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and
all Jerusalem with him.
The devil is troubled as he sees how his time is
coming to an end in a
soul where the Messiah has been born. And all Jerusalem with
him, means all men of religion in the world, who know that with
their works they may not justify themselves before God, that the
day of the Lord has come.
4And
when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the
people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be
born. 5And they said unto him, In
Bethlehem of Judea:
for thus it is written by the prophet:
The birth of the Messiah was prophesized in the Bible, and the
Jews knew it and know it. Indeed, they are hard-hearted not
receiving
Yahshua, although today there are many Messianic Jewish who have
received the Messiah, also known as the Christ.
6And thou
Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, art not the least among the
princes of Judah: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that
shall rule my people Israel.
7Then Herod, when he had secretly called the wise
men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
8And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and
search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found
him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
9When they had heard the king, they departed; and,
lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till
it came and stood over where the young child was. 10When
they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
11And when they were come into the house, they saw the
young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped
him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented
unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
The wise men are a
symbol of those from the world that seek for the truth in God,
and that with their knowledge, sometimes even entering in dark
practices and other abominations, realize that the One in front
of all creation is God of all spirits. Therefore these men come
to worship honour and glorify God in His Son Yahshua, sent for
the salvation of the world. They offer the most precious for a
king: gold, that represents spiritual richness, their own deep
experiences in their heart; incense: their prayer to come to
know God, and myrrh: the bitterness of their lives without God.
A bit to do with what our Lord would experience, gold which is
the richness of a King, in this case the King of kings, incense:
His ministry of High Priest on intercession for love to man, and
the bitterness of myrrh in those souls that hate Him for being
full of goodness and spiritual love, souls of those who will be
lost and the suffering of His passion, …
they gave Him wine
mingled with myrrh to drink. Mark
15:23.
12And
being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to
Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
KILLING OF THE CHILDREN
13And
when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth
to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child
and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I
bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to
destroy him. 14When he arose, he took the young
child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
Now Joseph, a soul that indeed has Yahshua in him, as he has
accepted him in the heart; takes the child and the mother,
meaning that he carries the child in his soul Mary, and the child is
the Messiah. He is instructed by the Lord to go to Egypt, in
other words, to carry on living in the world, like any one, to
learn to rely in the Lord who will teach him and will give him
wisdom, signs and knowledge, for his life by God and to be light
for others, bringing to others Him who is the Light of the
World.
That we shall not leave alone others who still
don’t believe, and if we do, we are hating them and the Messiah
precisely does not want us to stop contact with those who are
dead to the Spirit. Because the devil seeks ways to make us hate
those who still don’t have faith. This is the opposite of the
behaviour of the Messiah who mixes with the sinners to save
them, without sinning, and giving the example to follow.
15And
was there until the death of Herod: that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet,
saying, Out of Egypt have I
called my son. 16Then
Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was
exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that
were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years
old and under, according to the time which he had diligently
enquired of the wise men. 17Then was fulfilled
that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, 18In
Ramah was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and
great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not
be comforted, because they are not. 19But when
Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a
dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20Saying, arise, and
take the young child and his mother, and go into the
land of Israel:
for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.
Once king Herod died, who represents Satan, which means, when
the devil stops tempting a soul of a just converted to Yahshua,
the same as he tempted the Messiah, is when he receives the
instructions to go to Israel, which symbolizes to be part of the
people of God: those who have received Yahshua, the Son of God,
the Messiah. We will see Jerusalem as a city where the Messiah
will be preached by Messianic Jews, because the Jews are
beginning to recognize Yahshua as the promised Messiah,
according to the prophecy of Romans 11.
21And
he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into
the land of Israel. 22But when he heard that
Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he
was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of
God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
23And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth:
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets,
He shall be called a Nazarene.
CHAPTER 3
1In
those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the
wilderness of Judaea, 2And saying,
Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Here is John, any one who preaches the Gospel, the good news:
Fear God and give Him Glory, because He saves His people by
sending the Messiah. Repent: change your mind for the Messiah’s.
3For
this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah,
saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye
the way of the Lord,
In our daily lives we cry in the wilderness when we preach the
Gospel of the Lord, but when someone receives the Messiah, then
we realise that God is still waiting with patience for those who
open the door of their hearts to know the Truth, which is in the
Messiah.
make his
paths straight. 4And the same John had his raiment of
camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his
meat was locusts and wild honey
The dress of those who preach is hair or camel coverage; the
camel carries the presents to look for Isaac's wife, when
the servant of Abraham, who symbolizes any one who looks for a
wife for Isaac the symbol of the Messiah, who is the promised
son, then the camels or angels come with us sent by Abraham,
symbol of the Father, as army of God for the battle against the
enemy who opposes to the ministry of finding a wife or soul for
the Son of God. God covers us with angel’s dress; He makes of us
the sent one, to find those souls who will be His. After you,
brother, have read this: would you want God to send you and his
army so they can help you finding the wife (those who believe
and become disciples) for the Messiah?
5Then
went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region
round about Jordan, 6And were baptized of him in
Jordan, confessing their sins.
Then Jerusalem, those who are from God, listen to the Word of God
from the mouth of those anointed to bring the message of the
Holy Spirit.
7But
when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his
baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers,
To be part of the generation of vipers, means to be part of the
fruit of the tree that God prohibited in Eden, whose fruit is to
rely on the code of the knowledge of good and evil, which makes
the moral with which to rule your life without asking nor sharing
it with God; that is precisely the target of the serpent, or
Satan, or viper, her generations are those who feel justified by
their morals and religions or maybe by the Law of God, which was
given to teach us that we are sinners and unable to be friends
of God, free from a moral or conscience that accuses us when we
fail. Thank God that Yahshua is our lawyer. He has already paid
for us. To keep in the moral of God, we have the commandments of
the Law of God, and sharing our feelings with Him. The golden
serpent that Moses carried is the Law of God with which to
condemn those who want to live justifying themselves saying they
are trying to fulfil it instead of walking in love to their
neighbours and to God.
who
hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
8Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
9And think not to say within yourselves, We have
Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of
these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 10And
now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees:
therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn
down, and cast into the fire.
Produce fruits worth of those who have changed their minds. Be
the salt of the earth and the light of the world, because you
carry the Messiah, because you are temple of the Holy Spirit.
11I
indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that
cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy
to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with
fire: 12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will
thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the
garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Anyone who preaches to you and baptizes you in waters of
repentance, brings you the seed that makes the Messiah be born
in your souls, but He is the one who will baptize you with the
Holy Spirit, He will immerse you in His Spirit until the Messiah
is formed in you, and the fire that will burn everything that is
not His, to clean our soul from unclean spirits and make in it a
worthy house for the Messiah to reign.
baptism of yahshua
13Then
cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of
him. 14But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be
baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? 15And Jesus
answering said unto him, suffer it to
be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.
Then he suffered him. 16And Jesus, when he was
baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the
heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God
descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17And
lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in
whom I am well pleased.
Then the Messiah within us takes us to be baptized by that
brother who has brought us the good news: that God loves us and
saves us in the Messiah. Once we have a personal relation with
God is when we receive the baptism in the Messiah and feel how
the Holy Spirit guides us to all the Truth, and the Father
confirms that He in who we have believed, Is His beloved Son in
whom He is well pleased.
CHAPTER 4
Temptation OF YAHSHUA
1Then
was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted
of the devil.
Then man is taken by the Holy Spirit to the
wilderness to
experience the loneliness that is felt in the world once he has
chosen to follow the Messiah instead of the world, which is
God's enemy. In the same way the people of the Israel were
taken to the wilderness to be tested by God, many left Him, but
other believed.
2And
when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward
He was hungry. 3And when the tempter came to him, he
said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be
made bread.
Command that these who are living stones, in other words, those
who are your fruit, those who hear the Word of God from you, are
made bread; I mention this for the pastors and religious leaders
who feed themselves from the power they execute over those
seeking God, instead of feeding from every word that proceeds
out of the mouth of God.
4But
he answered and said, It is written,
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Man will not live only by seeing children of God being born, but
from his direct relationship with God. Here the Messiah confirms
the comment of the previous paragraph.
5Then
the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a
pinnacle of the temple, 6And saith unto him, If thou
be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written,
He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their
hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy
foot against a stone. 7Jesus said unto him,
It is written again, Thou shalt not
tempt the Lord thy God. 8Again, the devil
taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him
all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 9And
saith unto him, All these things will I
give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
This is confirmation that the god of this World is Satan,
because man gave him his power, because man wanted to begin the
journey of life with his mind, without God and disobeying Him.
All kingdoms of the world are of Satan, but Yahshua following
His objective does not accept and follows His way to the cross,
which brings to us victory over death. Now all kingdoms are
legitimately His, without worshipping His and our enemy, who
wanted his own king, who is Yahshua, to worship him. Victory is
from the King of kings, Yahshua, and ours in Him, because we
will be in His throne to His request, and which we are given.
10Then
saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence,
Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy
God, and him only shalt thou serve. 11Then
the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered
unto him.
If we rebuke Satan and fight against him, he surrenders, but he
is allowed to test us, for us to decide freely which side we are
on.
YAHSHUA BEGINS HIS MINISTRY
12Now
when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed
into Galilee; 13And leaving Nazareth, he came and
dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders
of Zabulon and Nephthalim: 14That it might be
fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying,
15The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the
way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
A reminder that the Gentiles are those who are not Jews in the flesh, in
other words, the rest of humanity. Because God is just and loves
all men.
16The
people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which
sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
17From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say,
Repent: for the kingdom
of heaven is at hand .
Once someone has been tested in his faith, and since the moment
that person begins to walk with Yahshua in His yoke, one is
considered elder in the faith. From this moment, one with
Yahshua, begins the ministry of ambassador of the Gospel, in the
places where one lives.
18And
Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon
called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the
sea: for they were fishers. 19And he saith unto them,
Follow me, and
I will make you fishers of men.
Yes, let’s imitate our Master and therefore invite others to
become People of God or fishers of men, so they also announce
the Gospel, and those who are People of God will come to
Yahshua.
20And
they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
They, leaving the networks of the World, followed Him.
21And
going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son
of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their
father, mending their nets; and he called them. 22And
they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed
him. 23And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in
their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom,
and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of
disease among the people. 24And his fame went
throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people
that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those
which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic,
and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. 25And
there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and
from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from
beyond Jordan.
From here the Lord is in deep fight in His ministry of
intercession.
THIS IS THE LAST
TEXT THAT WE WILL STUDY.
THE BEST
DESCRIPTION OF WHO HE WAS, WHO HE IS TODAY, AND THE REPERCUSSION
OF THE COMING OF THE SON OF GOD TO THE WORLD:
JOHN’S GOSPEL
CHAPTER 1
1In the
beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2The same was in the beginning with God. 3All
things were made by him; and without him was not any thing
made that was made. 4In him was life; and
the life was the light of men. 5And the light
shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not…
…9That was the true Light, which lighteth every
man that cometh into the world. 10He was in the
world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him
not. 11He came unto his own, and his own received him
not. 12But as many as received him, to them
gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them
that believe on his name: 13Which were born,
not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will
of man, but of God. 14And the Word was made
flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the
glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and
truth.
Yahshua, Jesus Christ, existed before creation because it was
Him who created the Universe and the heavens, the eternal
region. Man exists in the mind of God before creation, each of
us in particular, because God loves us all. It’s Christmas, God
loves you, open your heart so that the Son of God is born in
you. This is the best present…
Is
it Christmas in your soul? Hallellu-Yah!
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