Much credit and thanks to Henry Blackaby and Claude King who taught me the
first principles of Experiencing Elohim when I was just 16 years old. I purposely did not comment on every verse in
this study. Many verses are given as
examples so as to let the readers think critically concerning the context of
the author’s usage. Shalom, shalom!
From "the Scriptures" we can know how Yahweh Elohim has consistently communicated to His people and how His people can know His voice and experience Him in Spirit and Truth.
1.
YAHWEH ELOHIM IS ALWAYS WORKING
“But יהושע answered them, “My Father works until now, and I work.” Yahonan 5:17
“Therefore יהושע responded and said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son is able to do none at all by Himself, but only that which He sees the Father doing, because whatever He does, the Son also likewise does.” Yahonan 5:19
Yahweh Elohim was already working in the days of our father Abraham to redeem for Himself a people.
“And I put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed. He shall crush your head, and you shall crush His heel.” Bereshith / Genesis 3:15
“But the promises were spoken to Aḇraham, and to his Seed. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “And to your Seed,” who is Messiah. Galatians 3:16
“Knowing that you were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your fathers, not with what is corruptible, silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Messiah, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, foreknown, indeed, before the foundation of the world, but manifested in these last times for your sakes.” 1Kepha / Peter 1:18-20
Yahweh Elohim was also working in the days of Mosheh to redeem for Himself a people.
Shemoth / Exodus 2:23-25 “And it came to be after these many days that the sovereign of Mitsrayim died. And the children of Yisra’ĕl groaned because of the slavery, and they cried out. And their cry came up to Elohim because of the slavery. V.24 And Elohim heard their groaning, and Elohim remembered His covenant with Aḇraham, with Yitsḥaq, and with Ya’aqoḇ. V.25 And Elohim looked on the children of Yisra’ĕl, and Elohim knew!”
2. YHWH SPEAKS & INVITES US TO JOIN HIM IN WHAT HE IS DOING
“The doorkeeper opens for him, and the sheep hear his voice. And he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. “And when he has brought out his own sheep, he goes before them. And the sheep follow him, because they know his voice. “And they shall by no means follow a stranger, but shall flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.” Yahonan 10:3-5
Yahonan 15:5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who stays in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit. Because without Me you are able to do naught!”
“And יהוה said to Aḇram, “Go yourself out of your land, from your relatives and from your father’s house, to a land which I show you. “And I shall make you a great nation, and bless you and make your name great, and you shall be a blessing!” Bereshith / Genesis 12:1-2
Shemoth / Exodus 3:1-4 “And Mosheh was shepherding the flock of Yithro his father-in-law, the priest of Miḏyan. And he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to Ḥorĕḇ, the mountain of Elohim. And the Messenger of יהוה appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. And he looked and saw the bush burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed. And Mosheh said, “Let me turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn.” And יהוה saw that he turned aside to see, and Elohim called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Mosheh! Mosheh!” And he said, “Here I am.”
HOW DOES YAHWEH ELOHIM SPEAK TO HIS PEOPLE?
1. YAHWEH SPEAKS BY HIS WORD ~
“And we have the prophetic word made more certain, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture came to be of one’s own interpretation, for prophecy never came by the desire of man, but men of Elohim spoke, being moved by the Set-apart Spirit.” 2Kepha / Peter 1:19-21
Yeshayahu / Isaiah 8:20 “To the Torah and to the witness! If they do not speak according to this Word, it is because they have no daybreak.”
Debarim / Deuteronomy 4:2 “Do not add to the Word which I command you, and do not take away from it, so as to guard the commands of יהוה your Elohim which I am commanding you.”
1Shemuel / Samuel 3:7 “Now Shemu’ĕl did not yet know יהוה, and the word of יהוה was not yet revealed to him.”
Bereshith / Genesis 18:1-5 “And יהוה appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamrĕ, while he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. So he lifted his eyes and looked, and saw three men standing opposite him. And when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground, and said, “יהוה, if I have now found favour in Your eyes, please do not pass Your servant by.
“Please let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. “And let me bring a piece of bread and refresh your hearts, and then go on, for this is why you have come to your servant.” And they said, “Do as you have said.”
Bereshith / Genesis18:9-10 “And they said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “See, in the tent.” And He said, “I shall certainly return to you according to the time of life, and see, Sarah your wife is to have a son!”
Shemoth / Exodus 6:1-8 “And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Now see what I do to Pharaoh, for with a strong hand he is going to let them go, and with a strong hand he is going to drive them out of his land.” And Elohim spoke to Mosheh and said to him, “I am יהוה. “And I appeared to Aḇraham, to Yitsḥaq, and to Yaʽaqoḇ, as Ěl Shaddai. And by My Name, יהוה, was I not known to them? “And I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Kena’an, the land of their sojournings, in which they have sojourned. “And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Yisra’ĕl whom the Mitsrites are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant. “Say, therefore, to the children of Yisra’ĕl, ‘I am יהוה, and I shall bring you out from under the burdens of the Mitsrites, and shall deliver you from their enslaving, and shall redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments, and shall take you as My people, and I shall be your Elohim. And you shall know that I am יהוה your Elohim who is bringing you out from under the burdens of the Mitsrites. ‘And I shall bring you into the land which I swore to give to Aḇraham, to Yitsḥaq, and to Ya’aqoḇ, to give it to you as an inheritance. I am יהוה.’”
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2. YAHWEH SPEAKS THROUGH OUR CIRCUMSTANCES ~
“The steps of a man are from יהוה; What does a man know about his own way?” Mishle / Proverbs 20:24
“A man’s heart plans his way, But יהוה establishes his steps.” Mishle / Proverbs 16:9
Ya ‘acob / James 4:13-14 “Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow, let us go to such and such a city, spend a year there, and trade, and make a profit,” when you do not know of tomorrow. For what is your life? For it is a vapour that appears for a little, and then disappears – instead of your saying, “If the Master desires, we shall live and do this or that.” But now you boast in your proud speeches. All such boasting is wicked.”
Bereshith / Genesis 13:14-17 “And after Lot had separated from him, יהוה said to Aḇram, “Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, for all the land which you see I shall give to you and your seed forever. “And I shall make your seed as the dust of the earth, so that, if a man could count the dust of the earth, then your seed also could be counted.
“Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.”
Shemoth / Exodus 4:14-16 “And the displeasure of יהוה burned against Mosheh, and He said, “Is not Aharon the Lĕwite your brother? I know that he speaks well. And see, he is also coming out to meet you.
And when he sees you, he shall be glad in his heart. And you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And I am with your mouth and with his mouth, and I shall teach you what to do. And he shall speak for you to the people. And it shall be that he shall be a mouth for you, and you shall be an elohim for him.”
Shemoth / Exodus 4:27-30 “And יהוה said to Aharon, “Go to meet Mosheh in the wilderness.” And he went and met him on the mountain of Elohim, and kissed him. Mosheh then told Aharon all the words of יהוה who had sent him, and all the signs which He had commanded him. And Mosheh went with Aharon and gathered together all the elders of the children of Yisra’ĕl. And Aharon spoke all the words which יהוה had spoken to Mosheh. Then he did the signs before the eyes of the people.”
3. YAHWEH SPEAKS BY HIS RUAH HA CHODESH (THE SET-APART SPIRIT) ~ THROUGH PRAYER, A STILL SMALL VOICE, & THROUGH DREAMS & VISIONS.
1Melakim / Kings 19:9-12 ~ “And there he went into a cave and spent the night there. And see, the word of יהוה came to him, and said to him, “What are you doing here, Ěliyahu?” And he said, “I have been very jealous for יהוה Elohim of hosts, for the children of Yisra’ĕl have forsaken Your covenant. They have thrown down Your altars, and they have slain Your prophets with the sword, and I am left, I alone, and they seek my life, to take it.” And He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before יהוה.” And see, יהוה passed by, and a great and strong wind tearing the mountains and breaking the rocks in pieces before יהוה – יהוה was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake – יהוה was not in the earthquake, and after the earthquake a fire – יהוה was not in the fire, and after the fire a still small voice.”
“But this is what was spoken by the prophet Yo’ĕl: ‘And it shall be in the last days, says Elohim, that I shall pour out of My Spirit on all flesh. And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams, and also on My male servants and on My female servants I shall pour out My Spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy.” Acts 2:16-18
Acts 8:29 “And the set-apart Spirit said to Philip, “Go near and join him in that chariot.”
Acts 10:19 “And as Kĕpha was thinking about the vision, the set-apart Spirit said to him, “See, three men seek you.”
Bereshith / Genesis 15:1-3 “After these events the word of יהוה came to Aḇram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Aḇram. I am your shield, your reward is exceedingly great.” And Aḇram said, “Master יהוה, what would You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliʽezer of Damascus?” And Aḇram said, “See, You have given me no seed, and see, one born in my house is my heir!”
Bereshith / Genesis 15:12-16 “And it came to be, when the sun was going down, and a deep sleep fell upon Aḇram, that see, a frightening great darkness fell upon him. And He said to Aḇram, “Know for certain that your seed are to be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them, and they shall afflict them four hundred years. “But the nation whom they serve I am going to judge, and afterward let them come out with great possessions. “Now as for you, you are to go to your fathers in peace, you are to be buried at a good old age. “Then, in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the crookedness of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
4. YAHWEH SPEAKS THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE ~
“And having found taught ones, we remained there seven days. And they told Sha’ul through the Spirit not to go up to Yahrushalayim.” Acts 21:4
Bereshith / Genesis 12:4-5 “So Abram departed, as Yahweh had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.”
Bereshith / Genesis14:18-20 “And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high Elohim. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high Elohim, possessor of Heaven and earth: And blessed be the most high Elohim, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.”
3. YAHWEH ELOHIM ALWAYS CONFIRMS HIS WORD
“And יהוה appeared to Aḇram and said, “To your seed I give this land.” And he built there an altar to יהוה, who had appeared to him.” Bereshith / Genesis 12:7, 13:14-16, 14:18-20, 15:1-5, 8-21, 17:1-21, 18:9-18, 22:15-18
Yahweh confirmed His Word a multitude of times to Moses His Servant and His people Yisrael. Shemoth / Exodus 3 – Debarim / Deuteronomy
Yahweh confirmed His Word to Shaul as recorded in Acts 21:10-11
“And as we were staying many days, a certain prophet named Ḥaḡaḇ came down from Yahuḏah, and having come to us, he took the girdle of Sha’ul, bound his own hands and feet, and said, “Thus says the Set-apart Spirit, ‘Thus shall the Yahuḏim at Yahrushalayim bind the man who owns this girdle, and deliver him into the hands of the gentiles.’ ”
4. WE WILL INEVITABLY EXPERIENCE A CRISIS OF BELIEF
“And a scarcity of food came to be in the land, and Aḇram went down to Mitsrayim to dwell there, for the scarcity of food was severe in the land. And it came to be, when he was close to entering Mitsrayim, that he said to Sarai his wife,“See, I know that you are a fair woman to look at. “And it shall be, when the Mitsrites see you, that they shall say, ‘This is his wife.’ And they shall kill me, but let you live. “Please say you are my sister, so that it shall be well with me for your sake, and my life be spared because of you.” Bereshith / Genesis 12:10-13,16,20
Shemoth / Exodus 3:11 “And Mosheh said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Yisrael out of Egypt?”
Shemoth 4:1 “And Mosheh answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, Yahweh hath not appeared unto thee.”
Shemoth 4:10 “And Mosheh said to יהוה, “O יהוה, I am not a man of words, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.”
Shemoth 4:13 “But he said, “O יהוה, please send by the hand of him whom You would send.”
Shemoth 4:24-26 “And it came to be on the way, in the lodging place, that יהוה met him and sought to kill him. And Tsipporah took a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son and threw it at Mosheh’s feet, and said, “You are indeed a bridegroom of blood to me!” So He let him go. Then she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.”
Shemoth 5:22-23 “And Mosheh returned to יהוה and said, “יהוה, why have You done evil to this people? Why did You send me? “For ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your Name, he has done evil to this people. And You have not delivered Your people at all.”
Shemoth 6:12 “And Mosheh spoke before יהוה, saying, “The children of Yisra’ĕl have not listened to me, and why would Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?”
5. WHAT WE DO NEXT REVEALS WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE TRUE ABOUT YAHWEH - ELOHIM.
“And Aḇram went up from Mitsrayim into the South, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him. And Aḇram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. And he went on his journey from the South as far as Bĕyth Ěl, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bĕyth Ěl and Ai, to the place of the altar which he had made there at first. And there Aḇram called on the Name of יהוה.” Bereshith / Genesis 13:1-4
Shemoth / Exodus 4:18 “Then Mosheh went and returned to Yithro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Mitsrayim to see whether they are still alive.” And Yithro said to Mosheh, “Go in peace.”
Shemoth 4:28-31 “Mosheh then told Aharon all the words of יהוה who had sent him, and all the signs which He had commanded him. And Mosheh went with Aharon and gathered together all the elders of the children of Yisra’ĕl. And Aharon spoke all the words which יהוה had spoken to Mosheh. Then he did the signs before the eyes of the people. And the people believed. And they heard that יהוה had visited the children of Yisra’ĕl and that He had looked on their affliction, and they bowed their heads and did obeisance.”
Shemoth 5:1 “And afterwards Mosheh and Aharon went in and said to Pharaoh, “Thus said יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, ‘Let My people go, so that they keep a festival to Me in the wilderness.’ ”
6. WE MUST MAKE THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMMENT TO JOIN
YAHWEH IN WHAT HE IS ALREADY DOING
“And after Lot had separated from him, יהוה said to Aḇram, “Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, for all the land which you see I shall give to you and your seed forever. “And I shall make your seed as the dust of the earth, so that, if a man could count the dust of the earth, then your seed also could be counted. “Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.” So Aḇram moved his tent, and went and dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamrĕ, which are in Heḇron, and built an altar there to יהוה.” Bereshith / Genesis 13:14-18
Bereshith 17:23-27 “And Aḇraham took Yishma’ĕl his son, and all those born in his house and all those bought with his silver, every male among the men of Aḇraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that same day, as Elohim told him. And Aḇraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. And Yishma’ĕl his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. Aḇraham and his son Yishma’ĕl were circumcised that same day. And all the men of his house, born in the house or bought with silver from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.”
“So also belief, if it does not have works, is in itself dead. But someone might say, “You have belief, and I have works.” Show me your belief without your works, and I shall show you my belief by my works.” “You believe that Elohim is one. You do well. The demons also believe – and shudder! But do you wish to know, O foolish man, that the belief without the works is dead? Was not Aḇraham our father declared right by works when he offered Yitsḥaq his son on the altar? Do you see that the belief was working with his works, and by the works the belief was perfected?” Ya ‘acob / James 2:17-22
7. WE EXPERIENCE YAHWEH ELOHIM IN A NEW REVELATION AND INTIMACY WE HAVE NEVER KNOWN BEFORE.
Bereshith / Genesis 15:1 “After these things the word of Yahweh came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.”
Bereshith 17:1 “And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty Elohim; walk before me, and be thou perfect.”
Bereshith 17:5 “Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.”
Bereshith 17:9-14 “And Elohim said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.”
Bereshith 18:1 “And Yahweh appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;”
Bereshith 18:2-5” And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, And said, My Master, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.”
Bereshith 22:14 “And Abraham called the name of that place Yahwehyireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of Yahweh it shall be seen.”
Shemoth / Exodus 33:11 “And Yahweh spake unto Mosheh face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.”
Shemoth 34:5-8 “And Yahweh descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of Yahweh. And Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, Yahweh, Yahweh Elohim, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. And Mosheh made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.”
And the Scripture was filled which says, “Aḇraham believed Elohim, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.” And he was called, “Elohim’s friend.” Ya ‘acob / James 2:23
“You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.” Yahonan 15:13
All Scriptures were quoted from the “KJV” or “The Scriptures”. Both translations used the received texts as their manuscript authority.
Robert McDuffie ~ Mizmore / Psalm 119:18
EXPERIENCING YAHWEH ELOHIM
From "the Scriptures" we can know how Yahweh Elohim has consistently communicated to His people and how His people can know His voice and experience Him in Spirit and Truth.
“But יהושע answered them, “My Father works until now, and I work.” Yahonan 5:17
“Therefore יהושע responded and said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son is able to do none at all by Himself, but only that which He sees the Father doing, because whatever He does, the Son also likewise does.” Yahonan 5:19
Yahweh Elohim was already working in the days of our father Abraham to redeem for Himself a people.
“And I put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed. He shall crush your head, and you shall crush His heel.” Bereshith / Genesis 3:15
“But the promises were spoken to Aḇraham, and to his Seed. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “And to your Seed,” who is Messiah. Galatians 3:16
“Knowing that you were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your fathers, not with what is corruptible, silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Messiah, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, foreknown, indeed, before the foundation of the world, but manifested in these last times for your sakes.” 1Kepha / Peter 1:18-20
Yahweh Elohim was also working in the days of Mosheh to redeem for Himself a people.
Shemoth / Exodus 2:23-25 “And it came to be after these many days that the sovereign of Mitsrayim died. And the children of Yisra’ĕl groaned because of the slavery, and they cried out. And their cry came up to Elohim because of the slavery. V.24 And Elohim heard their groaning, and Elohim remembered His covenant with Aḇraham, with Yitsḥaq, and with Ya’aqoḇ. V.25 And Elohim looked on the children of Yisra’ĕl, and Elohim knew!”
2. YHWH SPEAKS & INVITES US TO JOIN HIM IN WHAT HE IS DOING
“The doorkeeper opens for him, and the sheep hear his voice. And he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. “And when he has brought out his own sheep, he goes before them. And the sheep follow him, because they know his voice. “And they shall by no means follow a stranger, but shall flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.” Yahonan 10:3-5
Yahonan 15:5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who stays in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit. Because without Me you are able to do naught!”
“And יהוה said to Aḇram, “Go yourself out of your land, from your relatives and from your father’s house, to a land which I show you. “And I shall make you a great nation, and bless you and make your name great, and you shall be a blessing!” Bereshith / Genesis 12:1-2
Shemoth / Exodus 3:1-4 “And Mosheh was shepherding the flock of Yithro his father-in-law, the priest of Miḏyan. And he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to Ḥorĕḇ, the mountain of Elohim. And the Messenger of יהוה appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. And he looked and saw the bush burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed. And Mosheh said, “Let me turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn.” And יהוה saw that he turned aside to see, and Elohim called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Mosheh! Mosheh!” And he said, “Here I am.”
HOW DOES YAHWEH ELOHIM SPEAK TO HIS PEOPLE?
1. YAHWEH SPEAKS BY HIS WORD ~
“And we have the prophetic word made more certain, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture came to be of one’s own interpretation, for prophecy never came by the desire of man, but men of Elohim spoke, being moved by the Set-apart Spirit.” 2Kepha / Peter 1:19-21
Yeshayahu / Isaiah 8:20 “To the Torah and to the witness! If they do not speak according to this Word, it is because they have no daybreak.”
Debarim / Deuteronomy 4:2 “Do not add to the Word which I command you, and do not take away from it, so as to guard the commands of יהוה your Elohim which I am commanding you.”
1Shemuel / Samuel 3:7 “Now Shemu’ĕl did not yet know יהוה, and the word of יהוה was not yet revealed to him.”
Bereshith / Genesis 18:1-5 “And יהוה appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamrĕ, while he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. So he lifted his eyes and looked, and saw three men standing opposite him. And when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground, and said, “יהוה, if I have now found favour in Your eyes, please do not pass Your servant by.
“Please let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. “And let me bring a piece of bread and refresh your hearts, and then go on, for this is why you have come to your servant.” And they said, “Do as you have said.”
Bereshith / Genesis18:9-10 “And they said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “See, in the tent.” And He said, “I shall certainly return to you according to the time of life, and see, Sarah your wife is to have a son!”
Shemoth / Exodus 6:1-8 “And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Now see what I do to Pharaoh, for with a strong hand he is going to let them go, and with a strong hand he is going to drive them out of his land.” And Elohim spoke to Mosheh and said to him, “I am יהוה. “And I appeared to Aḇraham, to Yitsḥaq, and to Yaʽaqoḇ, as Ěl Shaddai. And by My Name, יהוה, was I not known to them? “And I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Kena’an, the land of their sojournings, in which they have sojourned. “And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Yisra’ĕl whom the Mitsrites are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant. “Say, therefore, to the children of Yisra’ĕl, ‘I am יהוה, and I shall bring you out from under the burdens of the Mitsrites, and shall deliver you from their enslaving, and shall redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments, and shall take you as My people, and I shall be your Elohim. And you shall know that I am יהוה your Elohim who is bringing you out from under the burdens of the Mitsrites. ‘And I shall bring you into the land which I swore to give to Aḇraham, to Yitsḥaq, and to Ya’aqoḇ, to give it to you as an inheritance. I am יהוה.’”
Note:
The Messenger of Yahweh that appeared to Abraham and Mosheh was also know by
the Hebrew word “Memra”, literally the “Word of Yahweh”. This same Memra is the Logos in the Greek
text of Yahonan 1:1.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Elohim, and the Word was Elohim.”
The subject of Yahoshua as the Word of Yahweh and the Messenger of Yahweh is
covered in great depth and detail in the blog I have posted here.“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Elohim, and the Word was Elohim.”
http://robertarthurmcduffie.blogspot.com/2012/02/angel-messenger-of-yahweh.html
2. YAHWEH SPEAKS THROUGH OUR CIRCUMSTANCES ~
“The steps of a man are from יהוה; What does a man know about his own way?” Mishle / Proverbs 20:24
“A man’s heart plans his way, But יהוה establishes his steps.” Mishle / Proverbs 16:9
Ya ‘acob / James 4:13-14 “Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow, let us go to such and such a city, spend a year there, and trade, and make a profit,” when you do not know of tomorrow. For what is your life? For it is a vapour that appears for a little, and then disappears – instead of your saying, “If the Master desires, we shall live and do this or that.” But now you boast in your proud speeches. All such boasting is wicked.”
Bereshith / Genesis 13:14-17 “And after Lot had separated from him, יהוה said to Aḇram, “Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, for all the land which you see I shall give to you and your seed forever. “And I shall make your seed as the dust of the earth, so that, if a man could count the dust of the earth, then your seed also could be counted.
“Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.”
Shemoth / Exodus 4:14-16 “And the displeasure of יהוה burned against Mosheh, and He said, “Is not Aharon the Lĕwite your brother? I know that he speaks well. And see, he is also coming out to meet you.
And when he sees you, he shall be glad in his heart. And you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And I am with your mouth and with his mouth, and I shall teach you what to do. And he shall speak for you to the people. And it shall be that he shall be a mouth for you, and you shall be an elohim for him.”
Shemoth / Exodus 4:27-30 “And יהוה said to Aharon, “Go to meet Mosheh in the wilderness.” And he went and met him on the mountain of Elohim, and kissed him. Mosheh then told Aharon all the words of יהוה who had sent him, and all the signs which He had commanded him. And Mosheh went with Aharon and gathered together all the elders of the children of Yisra’ĕl. And Aharon spoke all the words which יהוה had spoken to Mosheh. Then he did the signs before the eyes of the people.”
3. YAHWEH SPEAKS BY HIS RUAH HA CHODESH (THE SET-APART SPIRIT) ~ THROUGH PRAYER, A STILL SMALL VOICE, & THROUGH DREAMS & VISIONS.
1Melakim / Kings 19:9-12 ~ “And there he went into a cave and spent the night there. And see, the word of יהוה came to him, and said to him, “What are you doing here, Ěliyahu?” And he said, “I have been very jealous for יהוה Elohim of hosts, for the children of Yisra’ĕl have forsaken Your covenant. They have thrown down Your altars, and they have slain Your prophets with the sword, and I am left, I alone, and they seek my life, to take it.” And He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before יהוה.” And see, יהוה passed by, and a great and strong wind tearing the mountains and breaking the rocks in pieces before יהוה – יהוה was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake – יהוה was not in the earthquake, and after the earthquake a fire – יהוה was not in the fire, and after the fire a still small voice.”
“But this is what was spoken by the prophet Yo’ĕl: ‘And it shall be in the last days, says Elohim, that I shall pour out of My Spirit on all flesh. And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams, and also on My male servants and on My female servants I shall pour out My Spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy.” Acts 2:16-18
Acts 8:29 “And the set-apart Spirit said to Philip, “Go near and join him in that chariot.”
Acts 10:19 “And as Kĕpha was thinking about the vision, the set-apart Spirit said to him, “See, three men seek you.”
Bereshith / Genesis 15:1-3 “After these events the word of יהוה came to Aḇram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Aḇram. I am your shield, your reward is exceedingly great.” And Aḇram said, “Master יהוה, what would You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliʽezer of Damascus?” And Aḇram said, “See, You have given me no seed, and see, one born in my house is my heir!”
Bereshith / Genesis 15:12-16 “And it came to be, when the sun was going down, and a deep sleep fell upon Aḇram, that see, a frightening great darkness fell upon him. And He said to Aḇram, “Know for certain that your seed are to be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them, and they shall afflict them four hundred years. “But the nation whom they serve I am going to judge, and afterward let them come out with great possessions. “Now as for you, you are to go to your fathers in peace, you are to be buried at a good old age. “Then, in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the crookedness of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
4. YAHWEH SPEAKS THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE ~
“And having found taught ones, we remained there seven days. And they told Sha’ul through the Spirit not to go up to Yahrushalayim.” Acts 21:4
Bereshith / Genesis 12:4-5 “So Abram departed, as Yahweh had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.”
Bereshith / Genesis14:18-20 “And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high Elohim. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high Elohim, possessor of Heaven and earth: And blessed be the most high Elohim, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.”
3. YAHWEH ELOHIM ALWAYS CONFIRMS HIS WORD
“And יהוה appeared to Aḇram and said, “To your seed I give this land.” And he built there an altar to יהוה, who had appeared to him.” Bereshith / Genesis 12:7, 13:14-16, 14:18-20, 15:1-5, 8-21, 17:1-21, 18:9-18, 22:15-18
Yahweh confirmed His Word a multitude of times to Moses His Servant and His people Yisrael. Shemoth / Exodus 3 – Debarim / Deuteronomy
Yahweh confirmed His Word to Shaul as recorded in Acts 21:10-11
“And as we were staying many days, a certain prophet named Ḥaḡaḇ came down from Yahuḏah, and having come to us, he took the girdle of Sha’ul, bound his own hands and feet, and said, “Thus says the Set-apart Spirit, ‘Thus shall the Yahuḏim at Yahrushalayim bind the man who owns this girdle, and deliver him into the hands of the gentiles.’ ”
4. WE WILL INEVITABLY EXPERIENCE A CRISIS OF BELIEF
“And a scarcity of food came to be in the land, and Aḇram went down to Mitsrayim to dwell there, for the scarcity of food was severe in the land. And it came to be, when he was close to entering Mitsrayim, that he said to Sarai his wife,“See, I know that you are a fair woman to look at. “And it shall be, when the Mitsrites see you, that they shall say, ‘This is his wife.’ And they shall kill me, but let you live. “Please say you are my sister, so that it shall be well with me for your sake, and my life be spared because of you.” Bereshith / Genesis 12:10-13,16,20
Shemoth / Exodus 3:11 “And Mosheh said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Yisrael out of Egypt?”
Shemoth 4:1 “And Mosheh answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, Yahweh hath not appeared unto thee.”
Shemoth 4:10 “And Mosheh said to יהוה, “O יהוה, I am not a man of words, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.”
Shemoth 4:13 “But he said, “O יהוה, please send by the hand of him whom You would send.”
Shemoth 4:24-26 “And it came to be on the way, in the lodging place, that יהוה met him and sought to kill him. And Tsipporah took a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son and threw it at Mosheh’s feet, and said, “You are indeed a bridegroom of blood to me!” So He let him go. Then she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.”
Shemoth 5:22-23 “And Mosheh returned to יהוה and said, “יהוה, why have You done evil to this people? Why did You send me? “For ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your Name, he has done evil to this people. And You have not delivered Your people at all.”
Shemoth 6:12 “And Mosheh spoke before יהוה, saying, “The children of Yisra’ĕl have not listened to me, and why would Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?”
5. WHAT WE DO NEXT REVEALS WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE TRUE ABOUT YAHWEH - ELOHIM.
“And Aḇram went up from Mitsrayim into the South, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him. And Aḇram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. And he went on his journey from the South as far as Bĕyth Ěl, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bĕyth Ěl and Ai, to the place of the altar which he had made there at first. And there Aḇram called on the Name of יהוה.” Bereshith / Genesis 13:1-4
Shemoth / Exodus 4:18 “Then Mosheh went and returned to Yithro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Mitsrayim to see whether they are still alive.” And Yithro said to Mosheh, “Go in peace.”
Shemoth 4:28-31 “Mosheh then told Aharon all the words of יהוה who had sent him, and all the signs which He had commanded him. And Mosheh went with Aharon and gathered together all the elders of the children of Yisra’ĕl. And Aharon spoke all the words which יהוה had spoken to Mosheh. Then he did the signs before the eyes of the people. And the people believed. And they heard that יהוה had visited the children of Yisra’ĕl and that He had looked on their affliction, and they bowed their heads and did obeisance.”
Shemoth 5:1 “And afterwards Mosheh and Aharon went in and said to Pharaoh, “Thus said יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, ‘Let My people go, so that they keep a festival to Me in the wilderness.’ ”
6. WE MUST MAKE THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMMENT TO JOIN
YAHWEH IN WHAT HE IS ALREADY DOING
“And after Lot had separated from him, יהוה said to Aḇram, “Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, for all the land which you see I shall give to you and your seed forever. “And I shall make your seed as the dust of the earth, so that, if a man could count the dust of the earth, then your seed also could be counted. “Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.” So Aḇram moved his tent, and went and dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamrĕ, which are in Heḇron, and built an altar there to יהוה.” Bereshith / Genesis 13:14-18
Bereshith 17:23-27 “And Aḇraham took Yishma’ĕl his son, and all those born in his house and all those bought with his silver, every male among the men of Aḇraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that same day, as Elohim told him. And Aḇraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. And Yishma’ĕl his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. Aḇraham and his son Yishma’ĕl were circumcised that same day. And all the men of his house, born in the house or bought with silver from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.”
“So also belief, if it does not have works, is in itself dead. But someone might say, “You have belief, and I have works.” Show me your belief without your works, and I shall show you my belief by my works.” “You believe that Elohim is one. You do well. The demons also believe – and shudder! But do you wish to know, O foolish man, that the belief without the works is dead? Was not Aḇraham our father declared right by works when he offered Yitsḥaq his son on the altar? Do you see that the belief was working with his works, and by the works the belief was perfected?” Ya ‘acob / James 2:17-22
7. WE EXPERIENCE YAHWEH ELOHIM IN A NEW REVELATION AND INTIMACY WE HAVE NEVER KNOWN BEFORE.
Bereshith / Genesis 15:1 “After these things the word of Yahweh came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.”
Bereshith 17:1 “And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty Elohim; walk before me, and be thou perfect.”
Bereshith 17:5 “Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.”
Bereshith 17:9-14 “And Elohim said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.”
Bereshith 18:1 “And Yahweh appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;”
Bereshith 18:2-5” And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, And said, My Master, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.”
Bereshith 22:14 “And Abraham called the name of that place Yahwehyireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of Yahweh it shall be seen.”
Shemoth / Exodus 33:11 “And Yahweh spake unto Mosheh face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.”
Shemoth 34:5-8 “And Yahweh descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of Yahweh. And Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, Yahweh, Yahweh Elohim, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. And Mosheh made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.”
And the Scripture was filled which says, “Aḇraham believed Elohim, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.” And he was called, “Elohim’s friend.” Ya ‘acob / James 2:23
“You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.” Yahonan 15:13
All Scriptures were quoted from the “KJV” or “The Scriptures”. Both translations used the received texts as their manuscript authority.
Robert McDuffie ~ Mizmore / Psalm 119:18
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