RECOGNITION

2. RECOGNITION THE MESSIANIC PROPHECY BIBLE PROJECT http://www.messianicbible.com HEAR O ISRAEL www.hearoisrael.org SHEEPFOLD GLEANINGS WRITTEN BY JULIE PARKER www.sheepfoldgleanings.com MESSIANIC ISRAEL ALLIANCE http://www.messianicisrael.com AZAMRA TORAH FOR OUR TIME – RABBI AVRAHAM GREENBAUM http://www.azamra.org

3. B’RESHITH “In the Beginning” TORAH: Genesis 1:1-6:8 HAFTORAH: Isaiah 42:5–43:10 B’RIT CHADASHAH: John 1:1–16; Colossians 1:14–17; Hebrews 1:1–3; 11:1–6;  Revelation 2:7; Revelation 21:1–6, 22:1–5, 14; Revelation 21:23; 22:5; Romans 5:12–21; 1 Corinthians 15:35–58; Matthew 19:4–6; Ephesians 5:21–33; 1 Timothy 2:11–15 All references: The Scripture 1998+ unless otherwise noted

4. ORIGINS The book of Genesis is a book about origins: The origin of the heavens and the earth, The origin of mankind, The origin of Sabbath, and The origins of a special relationship between יהוהand a particular people called Israel. The opening chapters of Genesisserve as a backdrop for the rest of the Bible as we understand that mankind, the pinnacle of Creation who was created to enjoy a unique relationship with יהוה, will soon fall short of his intended responsibility. Despite the fall of mankind, the gracious Father gives us the “rest of the story” as we plough through the entirety of Scripture to understand the restoration process of which the Almighty is entirely in control of: ...Indeed I have spoken it, I also bring it to pass. I have planned it, I also do it. (Isaiah 46:11)

5. CHAOS The Torah, which was written by Moses, is also called (1) the Pentateuch, and (2) the "Law of Moses", or the "Book of Moses", in the New Testament. It was written around 1440 B.C. and includes the period of Adam to Joseph, a time span of approximately 2400 years. The chaos of the world revealed in this Genesis passage is a picture of the unregenerate spirit and darkened soul of fallen man, who is thus, apart from יהוה 's mercy and salvation, also:  Without order, existing in ruin/confusion and needing restoration and Torah structure/form,  Without life, dead in trespasses/sin,  Without light, cloaked in darkness, and devoid of His Torah/truth, and; Without hope, living apart fromיהוה 's covenant and helplessly dominated/driven by the power of his fallen, sinful nature. Ephesians 2:1; 2:12; 4:18.

6. 4 LEVELS OF TORAH STUDY The Torah is divided into four levels of teaching. P’shat Level - The P’shat level is the plain sense of the text. What does it actually say. Every word, phrase, and thought has a meaning, there is no word that is redundant or idle. Even if it appears to be, it is not. It is filled with meaning for us to learn. Drash Level - The Drash level is where truth and principle are presented. Truth can only be truth if it is confirmed. Confirmation as we know must come in the form of evidence and evidence must be at least two or three witnesses. Remez Level - The Remez level is the underlying theme or story that is told while speaking of other things. It is how prophecy is laid into the story of history. This level shows the plan for יהושע’s redemption and restoration. Sod Level - The Sod level is the mysterious and coded level. This involves the understanding of numbers along with the meaning associated with certain numerical values. For example, the number 1 represents "Echad" or Oneness, “2" represents struggle, division or witness, etc. This level also involves the meanings of names

7. SEED BOOK Genesis has been called the "seed book" of Scripture because it is the source of revelation/truth and redemption doctrine that courses and develops through the entire Bible, finding consummation in Revelation. Example: It establishes the doctrine of salvation and the promise of the coming Redeemer. In the Old Testament that promise and the picture of the Redeemer is developed in the books of history, Psalms, and the prophets. In the Gospels the promised Redeemer is presented to Israel. In the Book of Acts the truth of the Redeemer and salvation by faith is propagated in the power of the Holy Spirit to Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the world, as prophesied. The Book of Revelation reveals the consummation of redemption, and the restoration of all things, through Messiah, as promised in Genesis.

8. BOOK OF BEGINNINGS In Genesis we observe that man will turn to יהוהonly after he--by failure, defeat, feebleness, breakdown, stalemate, rout, destruction, and/or other typical human afflictions and unfavorable conditions - has recognized his weakness and insufficiency and need. Correspondingly, this book also provides great hope for every circumstance, condition of failure, weakness, and defeat of people/man as it is met with the grace and salvation of יהוה. Therefore, the opening lines are applicable to the earth, but also apply to the human condition:  The need and nature of the essential, indispensible redemption economy due to the fall of mankind into sin [Gen.3] The entire corruption of the human race [Gen. 6], as made apparent through man's expulsion from Eden, sin's expansion into every family and institution, the judgment of the Flood, and further evidenced later in the Babel narrative [Gen.11].

9. 7 WORDS (Genesis 1:1 HOT) בראשׁית ברא אלהים את השׁמים ואת הארץ׃ Bereshith begins with seven Hebrew words that translate – In the beginning, Elohim created the heavens and the earth. Since Hebrew reads from right to left, the first word of the Torah is Bereshith. This word is interpreted as “in the beginning”. Its root has more to do with the “head” or the “beginning” of something, rather than an association with “time” as יהוה is completely outside of time. Therefore the first word of the Torah is an expression of who יהוה is. (Genesis 1:2 HOT) והארץ היתה תהו ובהו וחשׁך על־פני תהום .... After seven perfect words that begin Bereshith, we now follow up with seven words of disaster The earth was unformed and void, darkness was on the face of the deep .. Something has happened to the earth as result of Lucifer being cast down: “You were in Ěḏen, the garden of Elohim. …“ Your heart was lifted up because of your loveliness, you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendour. I threw you to the earth, I laid you before sovereigns, to look at you. (Ezekiel 28:13-17)

10. IN THE BEGINNING In the beginning Elohim created the heavens and the earth. (Genesis 1:1) It should read: “In the beginning created Elohim (aleph-tav) the heavens and (aleph-tav) the earth.” The “aleph and tav” in both cases is not translated. But, in the very first word, we see a hint of the “Aleph and the Tav” (the Beginning and the End) spoken of in And He who was sitting on the throne said, “See, I make all matters new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and trustworthy.” And He said to me, “It is done! I am the ‘Aleph’ and the ‘Taw’, the Beginning and the End. To the one who thirsts I shall give of the fountain of the water of life without payment. “The one who overcomes shall inherit all this, and I shall be his Elohim and he shall be My son. (Revelation 21:5-7) This alludes to the fact that the universe was created in complete perfection, “from aleph to tav.”

11. B’RESHITH This very first word of Torah, “B’reshith” tells the story. The letter “beit” as a prefix here means “in”, “in the” or “in a”. The literal meaning of , “beit” is “house” or “dwelling”. The very first letter of Torah, יהוה draws us “in” the “dwelling”, “in” the “beginning”, “in” the “Word”. “Reish = beginning”, “aleph = Master”, “shin = El Shaddai”, “yud = hand” and “tav = mark or sign”. So, in this opening word “B’reshith” we read “In the beginning, the Master El Shaddai‟s Hand is our sign.” יהוה’s Hand is in our lives and in the world He created.Remember too, that we read in Deuteronomy 6:8, 11:18, Exodus 13:9 and 13:16 that the Word of יהוה shall be as a “sign on our hand” as well as “frontlets between our eyes”.

12. BEGINNING AND THE END Also the numeric value of the letters in “B’reshith” is 913 which equals “teetza’tav” or “the end” as read in Numbers 34, describing the “end” of the borders of Yisra’el. So, in the beginning, יהוה set the “end” of the borders of Yisra’el. For He did indeed declare the end as stated in Isaiah 46:9-10 “Remember the former events of old, for I am Ěl, and there is no one else – Elohim, and there is no one like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from of old that which has not yet been done, saying, ‘My counsel does stand, and all My delight I do,’ and for all that strong hand and all the great fearsome deeds which Mosheh did before the eyes of all Yisra’ĕl. (Deuteronomy 34:12) On the first word “Beit” or house, and the last word of the Torah “Israel” Rabbi Baal HaTurim, notes in his Torah commentary that the Hebrew letters of this word can be rearranged to spell the Hebrew word ba-yeetrosh meaning “first, chief or head of the house,” of Israel. (1 Cor 3:16; 6:19; Eph 2:19–21; Rev. 3:12 )

13. CREATOR OF CHAOS For thus said יהוה, Creator of the heavens, He is Elohim, Former of earth and its Maker, He established it, He did not create it to be empty, He formed it to be inhabited: “I am יהוה, and there is none else. (Isaiah 45:18) Isaiah also alludes to Satan as the one who caused the emptiness of the earth: “For you have said in your heart, ‘Let me go up to the heavens, let me raise my throne above the stars of Ěl, and let me sit in the mount of meeting on the sides of the north; let me go up above the heights of the clouds, let me be like the Most High.’ “But you are brought down to the grave, to the sides of the Pit. “Those who see you stare at you, and ponder over you, saying, ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook reigns, who made the world as a wilderness and destroyed its cities, who would not open the house of his prisoners?’ (Isaiah 14:13-17) Thus as we continue on in Bereshith, we will begin to read of the Creator bringing order back into the world. … And the Spirit of Elohim was moving on the face of the waters. (Genesis 1:2)

14. 5 WORDS OF REDEMPTION Brad Scott defines the Spirit as the “demonstrative, active presence of Elohim”. The first thing יהוה does is to cleanse the waters so that they in turn can cleanse the rest of the creation. From here on after, water becomes an important element for cleansing in judgment, purification, and salvation. So what the Torah has given us starting in 1:1 is: • Seven Hebrew words of perfection • Seven Hebrew words of chaos • Five Hebrew words of redemption ....(Genesis 1:2 HOT) ורוח אלהים מרחפת על־פני המים׃ We come to the very first words spoken by the Almighty: And Elohim said, “Let light come to be,” and light came to be. (Genesis 1:3)

15. יהושע “יהוה possessed me, The beginning of His way, As the first of His works of old. “I was set up ages ago, at the first, Before the earth ever was. “When there were no depths I was brought forth, When there were no springs heavy with water. (Proverbs 8:22-24) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Elohim, and the Word was Elohim. He was in the beginning with Elohim ... and we saw His esteem, esteem as of an only brought-forth of a father, complete in favour and truth. (John 1:1-2, 14) יהושע is the Light of the World, before יהושע there was chaos, in the dark. The Father first revealed the son to the World, then later to us and now we are to be His Light to the world.

16. AND ELOHIM SAID And Elohim said ... (Gen. 1:3). This phrase is repeated ten times in the narrative of creation. Every time His voice spoke and His word was sent forth there was an instantaneous response, and a new aspect/order of creation came forth. יהוה is still speaking and sending forth His word today to mankind, and those who listen, discern, and respond in faith will be changed from glory to glory.  And we all, as with unveiled face we see as in a mirror the esteem of יהוה, are being transformed into the same likeness from esteem to esteem, as from יהוה, the Spirit. (2 Corinthians 3:18) “See, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I shall come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. (Revelation 3:20) Biblical meaning of the number 10 is Testimony; Law and responsibility.

17. LIGHT …“Let light come to be,” and light came to be. (Genesis 1:3) The Hebrew word for light as used in Genesis 1:3–5 is spelled aleph-vav-resh. Yet the first time this same Hebrew word is used in verses 14 referring to the physical light of the sun, the word is spelled without the letter vav (i.e. aleph-resh). What we see here is a case of the complete or full spelling of a Hebrew word versus the incomplete or defective spelling. The Hebrew meaning of this is that the light that shone for the first three days of creation was a perfect and full light, while that which shone when the sun and moon were created was a less perfect or defective light. For Elohim, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts for the enlightening of the knowledge of the esteem of Elohim in the face of יהושע Messiah. (2 Corinthians 4:6 )

18. INDEPENDENT LIGHT The idea of light shining independently of the sun, appears to us again at the end of Revelation. In context, this is after the 1,000 year reign of Messiah: And night shall be no more, and they shall have no need of a lamp or the light of the sun, because יהוה Elohim shall give them light. And they shall reign forever and ever. (Revelation 22:5) This is also prophesied in Isaiah. “Violence (Hamas) shall no longer be heard in your land, neither wasting nor ruin within your borders. And you shall call your walls Deliverance (יהושע), and your gates Praise. “No longer is the sun your light by day, nor does the moon give light to you for brightness, but יהוה shall be to you an everlasting light, and your Elohim your comeliness. “No longer does your sun go down, nor your moon withdraw itself, for יהוה shall be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended. (Isaiah 60:18-20) In Hebrew, “the light” is et ha’or. The numerical value is 613, which equals the number of the commandments in the Torah!

19. WHERE IS THE LIGHT? Why was the original supernal light of Genesis chapter one hidden away and replaced by the sun, moon and stars? Rashi, the preeminent Jewish Torah commentator of the last one thousand years states: The Holy One, blessed be He, perceived that it was improper for [the wicked] to make use of the [primeval] light, so He hid it for the benefit of the righteous in the time to come . The great light of creation was the light of Torah. At first, the light was available to all, but God saw that few people are worthy of enjoying it, soHe clothed it in the Torah, and there it remains hidden. (emphasis added) The light is there, it is available. It awaits the diligent, indefatigable efforts of the righteous to unearth it from between the lines and letters and wisdom of the Torah. The righteous of the future—all ages of man—can find the light in Torah, for the Torah is its embodiment” (ArtScrollBereishis/Genesis Torah Commentary,pp. xxxi–xxxii).

20. LIGHT AND TORAH Baal HaTurimstates in his Torah commentary regarding Genesis 1:3: And [Elohim] said, “Let there be light” (1:3), contains the letter aleph four times, corresponding to four thousand years, (two thousand years) of Torah and (two thousand) years of [Messiah], for they are the years of light” (ArtScrollBaalHaTurim Chumash, vol. 1, p. 9). The Baal HaTurim states in his commentary on Genesis 1:4 that: The gematria [the numerical values of the Hebrew letters] of this phrase [the light/ aleph-tav ha-ohr] is equal to that of b’Torah (bet-tav-vav-resh-hey, in the Torah), and comes to a total of 613 (the number of mitzvot [commandments] in the Torah).” [On the phrase,] “That the light was good”, he writes, “The final letters of these words (bet-yud-resh-tav),[can be rearranged to spell] covenant … (p. 11). Between verses 3 and 5 of Genesis 1 the word light is used 5 times in its complete spelling. In Hebraic thought, five is the number of the books of the Torah (Genesis through Deuteronomy) or grace.

21. FIRST DAY – PSEUDO JUBILEE Pseudo Jubilee 2:2-3 … For on the first day He created the heavens which are above and the earth and the waters and all the spirits which serve before him -the angels of the presence, and the angels of sanctification, and the angels [of the spirit of fire and the angels] of the spirit of the winds, and the angels of the spirit of the clouds, and of darkness, and of snow and of hail and of hoar frost, and the angels of the voices and of the thunder and of the lightning, and the angels of the spirits of cold and of heat, and of winter and of spring and of autumn and of summer and of all the spirits of his creatures which are in the heavens and on the earth, (He created) the abysses and the darkness, eventide (and night), and the light, dawn and day, which He hath prepared in the knowledge of his heart. And thereupon we saw His works, and praised Him, and lauded before Him on account of all His works; for seven great works did He create on the first day.

22. CREATION OF SKY And Elohim said, “Let an expanse come to be in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” And Elohim made the expanse, and separated the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse. And it came to be so. And Elohim called the expanse ‘heavens.’ And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, the second day. (Genesis 1:6-8) Pseudo Jubilee 2:4 And on the second day He created the firmament in the midst of the waters, and the waters were divided on that day -half of them went up above and half of them went down below the firmament (that was) in the midst over the face of the whole earth. And this was the only work (God) created In the account of Creation there was water above heaven and water below (Genesis 1:1, 6-8). The water above would come down during the great flood and for the first time there would be rain approximately 1500 years later.

23. THIRD DAY – PSEUDO JUBILEE Pseudo Jubilee 2:5-8 … And on the third day He commanded the waters to pass from off the face of the whole earth into one place, and the dry land to appear. And the waters did so as He commanded them, and they retired from off the face of the earth into one place outside of this firmament, and the dry land appeared. And on that day He created for them all the seas according to their separate gathering-places, and all the rivers, and the gatherings of the waters in the mountains and on all the earth, and all the lakes, and all the dew of the earth, and the seed which is sown, and all sprouting things, and fruit-bearing trees, and trees of the wood, and the garden of Eden, in Eden and all . These four great works God created on the third day.

24. CREATION OF THE HEAVENS And Elohim said, “Let lights come to be in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and appointed times, and for days and years, and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth.” And it came to be so. And Elohim made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, and the stars. And Elohim set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And Elohim saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:14-18) The etymology of the word “sign” means “to communicate something”. The Sabbath is called a “sign”: “And you, speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘My Sabbaths you are to guard, by all means, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, to know that I, יהוה, am setting you apart. (Exodus 31:13)

25. HIS WAY The Creator has given us a way of marking time HIS way. Man has come up with other calendars, but with the knowledge that He has given us in His Word, we can figure out the seasons (moedim). Seasons are “set feast times” or “appointments” with our Creator: “Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, and say to them, ‘The appointed times of יהוה, which you are to proclaim as set-apart gatherings, My appointed times, are these:(Leviticus 23:2) Therefore, the sun and the moon become reminders and the source of the signals that will determine the dates that יהוה has chosen to meet with us. The root of the word for “seasons” associates this time with betrothal! As the bride of Messiah, important “date” to keep. !!

26. FOURTH DAY – PSEUDO JUBILEE Pseudo Jubilee 2:8 -10 ..And on the fourth day He created the sun and the moon and the stars, and set them in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon all the earth, and to rule over the day and the night, and divide the light from the darkness. And God appointed the sun to be a great sign on the earth for days and for sabbaths and for months and for feasts and for years and for sabbaths of years and for jubilees and for all seasons of the years. And it divideth the light from the darkness [and] for prosperity, that all things may prosper which shoot and grow on the earth. These three kinds He made on the fourth day. These lights in the heavenly realm reflect יהושע’s glory for they declare His purpose from the beginning of time. יהוה gave man a way to read His calendar. By setting the lights in the sky He marked out His days, nights, feasts, months and years. Without the physical “lights” in the sky, understanding and following יהוה’s calendar would be impossible. Without His heavenly calendar we will miss His important moedim/ appointed times (feasts/dates) and the calling upon our lives.

27. CREATION OF LESSER LIGHTS On the fourth day of creation the sun, moon and the lesser lights were created. It was also in approximately the year four thousand, after the creation of the earth, that Messiah יהושע, the Sun of Righteousness (Mal 4:2) left his position of glory and of full and undiminished light and power in heaven and came to this earth, diminished himself (Phil 2:5–8) to be born into frail human form to become the Torah-Word of יהוה in the flesh after which he would return to his full and undiminished form to the Father of lights in heaven (Jas 1:17). There יהושע is adorned in garments of pure light (Ps 104:2) where he resides as an Everlasting Light (Isa 60:19–20), where he dwells in the light and glory of heaven (1 Tim 6:16), as the pure Light of truth (1 John 1:5), where his face radiates as the sun in its full strength (Rev 1:16). The moon generates none of its own light, but as the lesser light simply reflects the light of the greater light into the darkness of this world. Just as we called to reflect the light of the torah in times of darkness

28. FIFTH DAY – PSEUDO JUBILEE Pseudo Jubilee 2:11-13 And on the fifth day He created great sea monsters in the depths of the waters, for these were the first things of flesh that were created by his hands, the fish and everything that moves in the waters, and everything that flies, the birds and all their kind. And the sun rose above them to prosper (them), and above everything that was on the earth, everything that shoots out of the earth, and all fruit-bearing trees, and all flesh. These three kinds He created on the fifth day.

29. SIX DAY – PSEUDO JUBILEE Pseudo Jubilee 2:13-15 And on the sixth day He created all the animals of the earth, and all cattle, and everything that moves on the earth. And after all this He created man, a man and a woman created He them, and gave him dominion over all that is upon the earth, and in the seas, and over everything that flies, and over beasts and over cattle, and over everything that moves on the earth, and over the whole earth, and over all this He gave him dominion. And these four kinds He created on the sixth day. יהוה made a covenant with mankind in Genesis 1:26-28 and in Genesis 2:15-17. It is called the Covenant of Eden and is universal to all mankind. In this covenant, man was to multiply and fill the earth with descendants. He was to have dominion over the animals and manage the Garden. Man was not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (produces fruit of an earthly/sinful nature) but from the tree of life (produces fruit of the spirit/heavenly nature). The penalty of not obeying יהוה and His instructions that would give life was death (Waking in realm of death verses walking in the realm of life. Deut 28).

30. WHAT IMAGE? And Elohim said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, ...” (Genesis 1:26) What image is that? יהוה is the Tabernacle in the Wilderness. He is the Sacrifice and the Deliverer, the Lord of the Sabbath and the fullness of the appointed moedim/feast days. He is the author of the Commandments and guarantor of the Covenant. He is the Manna from heaven, the anointing oil, the Shofar blast, the Ark of the Covenant, the Balm of Gilead, the color in the rainbow, the Prince of Peace, the Door, the Yom Kippur offering, the wine and the bread, the face of יהוה, our sanctification. His is the Way, the Truth and the Life, the King of Kings.  He is compassion, kindness, joy, and so much more… He, (the Word, Torah,יהושע and the Light) is the author of all Creation. The names and images of יהוה are His characteristics; they illustrate what is to be our image. Man is made in these images; יהוה’s characteristics are our characteristics and our image. As we come into the fullness and learn to walk in His right ways, we transform into His likeness.

31. PLURALITY The words “in our image” portray the plurality of יהוה. The "our" reveals the multifaceted manifestation of the Incarnate, Omnipresent God. יהושע is the Word made Flesh, the Lamb of God, the Messiah and the Restorer of our soul who is found in His appointed Feasts. We are made in His image. These symbols are in us and are part of us if we are in Him and part of Him. Only human beings bear the image/likeness of יהוה. He has gifted us with the same wonderful range of capabilities as Himself. And יהוה Elohim formed the man out of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils breath of life. And the man became a living being. (Genesis 2:7) Man did not evolve from a monkey! Man was formed out of the dust of the earth. The design and pattern is by יהוה. יהוה breathed HIS own breath, THE breath (naphech - Strong’s #5301) of Life (chai) into Adam’s nostrils and man became a living soul (chainephesh - Strong’s #5315).

32. NEFESH יהוה made Adam as a hybrid of spirit and flesh. Man possesses two souls—a “divine” soul and an “animal” soul. The animal soul is the human life-force which animates the flesh. The animal soul provides our mortal vitality, our sense of self and sentience. The common biblical Hebrew word for soul is nefesh, (נפש), but nefesh is seldom used to refer to the immortal, spiritual element of the divine soul. Nefesh refers to a person’s psyche, the “self” and the “personality.” The mystics describe the nefesh as a man’s thought, speech, and action. Even animals have a nefesh. Its inclination and appetites are carnal, material, and selfish, therefore, its influence over man leads us toward selfishness, lust, greed, and sin. Despite this, the animal soul is not evil, for it also comes from יהוה. The animal soul can be harnessed and brought under the influence of the divine soul and into the service of יהוה.

33. NESHAMAH The Hebrew word for “breath” in Genesis 2:7 is neshamah (נשמה). The same word is commonly used in Judaism to refer to the divine soul. The neshamah entered Adam as the “breath of life” יהוה breathed into him. The divine soul is the source of our innate thirst for יהוה. The apostles refer to it as the “spirit” (not to be confused with the Spirit of יהוה, or the Holy Spirit). According to apostolic theology, this spirit within man is dead until it is quickened by salvation and brought to life and communion with the Ruach To enter a human being, the neshamah must leave its abode in the heavens and inhabit an earthly body. Then the nefesh (personality) and neshamah (divine soul) bind together, but remain distinct. At death, the nefesh perishes with the body, but the neshamah returns to its source: and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to Elohim who gave it. (Ecclesiastes 12:7)

34. CHARACTERIZATION OF MAN The characterization of man being made in the “image of Elohim” gives him the privilege of being the symbol of Yah’s presence on earth. Man himself is not divine, but his existence bears witness to the activity of the Creator in the life of the world. יהושע, however, is THE LIGHT of the world. He is not only the symbol of Yah’s presence, He IS the presence: What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life: And the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and announce to you that everlasting life which was with the Father and was manifested to us. (1 John 1:1-2)

35. SEVENTH DAY – PSEUDO JUBILEE Pseudo Jubilee 2:17 -27 …And He gave us a great sign, the Sabbath day, that we should work six days, but keep Sabbath on the seventh day from all work. And all the angels of the presence, and all the angels of sanctification, these two great classes -He hath bidden us to keep the Sabbath with Him in heaven and on earth. And He said unto us: 'Behold, I will separate unto Myself a people from among all the peoples, and these shall keep the Sabbath day, and I will sanctify them unto Myself as My people, and will bless them; as I have sanctified the Sabbath day and do sanctify (it) unto Myself, even so will I bless them, and they shall be My people and I will be their God. And I have chosen the seed of Jacob from amongst all that I have seen, and have written him down as My first-born son, and have sanctified him unto Myself for ever and ever; and I will teach them the Sabbath day, that they may keep Sabbath thereon from all work.‘ ..And He caused His commands to ascend as a sweet savour acceptable before Him all the days … And whoever profanes it shall surely die, and whoever does thereon any work shall surely die eternally ..

36. 7 DAYS Therefore יהושע spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall by no means walk in darkness, but possess the light of life.” (John 8:12) Each day of Creation holds a key to יהוה’s purpose and plan for our lives throughout Scripture. The seven days of Creation relate to a seven thousand year period of time, as each day is as a thousand years with יהוה (Psalm 90:4; 2 Peter 3:8); this is the Seven Thousand Year Plan for man. Life revolves around the number seven as it relates to Creation. (Genesis 1:1-2:3) Seven means: to be full or satisfied, have enough of. Thus יהוה rested on the seventh day, as what He had created was "perfect, full, and complete". The seventh day is the Sabbath, a rest for all mankind. It is universal and ancient beyond memory or record in its observance by the nations at all times. Those who observe the Sabbath enter into an eternal Sabbath-rest in the future. So there remains a Sabbath-keeping for the people of Elohim. (Hebrews 4:9)

37. BLESSED DAY FOR ISREALITES And on the seventh day Elohim completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. And Elohim blessed the seventh day and set it apart, because on it He rested from all His work which Elohim in creating had made. (Genesis 2:2-3) This day is unique from the other six days. No creative work occurred on this day. It is the only day blessed and set apart (made holy). It is significant that the first use of holiness relates to time. This blessing belongs to no other day. The institution of the Shabbat is not specifically found in these verses. What we find is that the Sabbath will become a distinctively Israelite ordinance, a sign of the eternal covenant between יהוה and Israel. So it becomes very important for you to determine “who” Israel is, since the Sabbath has been given to Israel.

38. 7th DAY “And you, speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘My Sabbaths you are to guard, by all means, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, to know that I, יהוה, am setting you apart. ‘And you shall guard the Sabbath, for it is set-apart to you. ... ‘And the children of Yisra’ĕl shall guard the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant. (Exodus 31:13-16) The appointed feasts are, dictated by the phases of the moon, when יהוה has chosen to meet with us. Also, the Hebrew days, months, and years are all determined by the phases of the moon and the movement of the sun. But the 7th day Sabbath stands alone. It is entirely independent of the movement of celestial bodies, as we simply continually count to seven. It is unparalleled, as a day that is a sign between the Almighty Creator and His chosen. It is the Sabbath that is credited with being that which preserved the Jews as a people while in exile, whereas the other tribes all lost their Israelite identity when they assimilated into the nations.

39. RABBINICAL THOUGHT The seven days of creation correspond to the seven thousand years that man will be upon this earth. They break this seven thousand years into four subsections, namely: The Age of Desolation (from Adam to before Abraham). The second two-thousand-year period is called The Age of Torah on account of the fact of Abraham’s calling, the establishment of the nation of Israel and the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. The third period is called the Age of Messiah roughly corresponding to the two thousand years lasting from the birth of יהושע to the year A.D. 2000. After this comes the last or seventh day, which corresponds to the Messianic Era/Age (i.e. Millennium) (See ArtSrollBereishis / Genesis Torah Commentary, vol. 1a, p. 359 and the above quote and Soncino Talmud—AvodahZarah 9aand Sanhedrin 97a,b).

40. 22 KINDS Pseudo Jubilee 2:15-24 And there were altogether two and twenty kinds … There (were) two and twenty heads of mankind from Adam to Jacob, and two and twenty kinds of work were made until the seventh day; this is blessed and holy; and the former also is blessed and holy; and this one serves with that one for sanctification and blessing. And to this (Jacob and his seed) it was granted that they should always be the blessed and holy ones of the first testimony; and this one serves with that one for sanctification and blessing. The pattern of creation is fulfilled throughout the patriarchs and their generations. When all is said and done everything will be blessed and holy. Biblical meaning of the number 22 is light

41. ELOHIM These are the births of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that יהוה Elohim made earth and heavens. (Genesis 2:4) Although the Almighty has many names and descriptions, two are primary – Elohim and יהוה Elohim is a noun which refers to the Creator who is also the judge over His creation. It appears over 2,600 times in the Hebrew Scriptures and is normally translated as “God”. The sages see “Elohim” as describing divine justice and “יהוה” as divine compassion. In the 11th century, Judah Halevi taught that the word “El” was a title generally used by pagans to signify a god (El is singular), i.e., a force of nature (the sun, the storm, the earth, the sea, etc). The “Elohim” (plural) of the Hebrew Scriptures is the totality of all powers. He is King and Judge over all.

42. יהוה “יהוה”, by contrast, is not just a noun but a name. Where “Elohim” refers to the Almighty as the totality of all powers, “יהוה” is “the One who speaks to us” and “the One with whom we have relationship”.יהוה appears nearly 7,000 times throughout the Bible, usually translated as “LORD”. Whereas we see “Elohim” in the marvels of creation, we encounter “יהוה” when we are given insights and revelations. Names have other meanings, which are often determined by the letters which make up the word: יהוה Yud (י) – hand – symbolizes power and strength: Hey (ה)– to reveal, grace. There are two hey’s in the Almighty’s Name. Grace is revealed the first time in the form of salvation (e.g. Noah received grace), and the second time in the form of restoration. We can also parallel this with the first and second comings of יהושע. Vav (ו)– nail

43. יהושע So how does the name of יהושע fit into all this? Elohim, therefore, has highly exalted Him and given Him the Name which is above every name, that at the Name of יהושע every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and every tongue should confess that יהושע Messiah is Master, to the esteem of Elohim the Father. (Philippians 2:9-11) In these Philippians verses, Paul is quoting from Isaiah. In Isaiah it is יהוה who alone is to be bowed down to in worship and confession. But Paul applies this statement directly to יהושע. Therefore the implication is clear. יהושע is the Messiah, and He is יהוה! “... Who has announced this from of old? Who has declared it from that time? Is it not I, יהוה? And there is no mighty one besides Me, a righteous Ěl and a Saviour, there is none besides Me. “Turn to Me and be saved, all you ends of the earth! For I am Ěl, and there is none else. “I have sworn by Myself, a word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, so that to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue swear. (Isaiah 45:21-23)

44. FORMATION OF MAN And יהוה Elohim formed the man (ADAM) out of dust (AFAR) from the ground (ADAMAH) , and breathed (NAPACH) into his nostrils breath of life (NESHMAT CHAYIN). And the man (ADAM) became a living being (NEPHESH CHAYAH). (Genesis 2:7) The Torah is always specific with the information that it provides us with. Notice that we are given the formula for the making of “man” (adam). Man was made from “ground” (adamah) and the “breath of life” (neshmatchayim. Thus man is both physical (ground) and spiritual (breath of life). It is interesting that Adam/man is named after his earthly component (adamah). Although he was created in the image of Elohim, it seems to imply that his primary ingredient is physical.

45. EARTH AND MAN And יהוה saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And יהוה was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. And יהוה said, “I am going to wipe off man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping creature and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.” (Genesis 6:5-7) The connection between “Adam/man” and “adamah/earth” in the above portion of scripture. The “Adam/adamah” association is a theme that runs like a thread throughout Torah and acts as a barometer for sin in the Almighty’s creation. The first barometer we is the sin of “Adam” which is followed up by a “curse to the ground”: And to the man He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘Do not eat of it’: “Cursed is the ground because of you, in toil you are to eat of it all the days of your life, and the ground shall bring forth thorns and thistles for you, and you shall eat the plants of the field. (Genesis 3:17-18)

46. THE CURSE Before sin, “Adam” could simply pick fruits from the trees of the “ground”. After sin, he must labour in a land filled with “thorns and thistles.” Not only that, but he is exiled from the Garden to till the “ground from which he was taken.” Note: Adam was NOT formed from the soil of the Garden of Eden. We see that “Adam”is in conflict with the very “ground” that he was formed from. It is interesting that this conflict between “Adam” and the “adamah” exists only during Adam’s life. After his death, he returns to dust illustrating a kind of earthly restoration: “By the sweat of your face you are to eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are, and to dust you return.” (Genesis 3:19)

47. EAST AND ANCIENT but a mist went up from the earth and watered the entire surface of the ground. And יהוה Elohim formed the man out of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils breath of life. And the man became a living being. And יהוה Elohim planted a garden in Ěḏen, to the east, and there He put the man whom He had formed. (Genesis 2:6-8) The garden seems to be a smaller part of a location known as Eden. Man is formed outside of the garden and placed into it by יהוה Elohim. The word for “eastward” is miqadem whose root means “ancient”. “Ancient” can be defined as the “establishment of truths from the very beginning”. Thus we see that the garden was planted with His truth. There are a couple of verses where we find this concept of “ancient” or “east”.

48. TRUTHS FROM BEGINNING declaring the end from the beginning, and from of old that which has not yet been done, saying, ‘My counsel does stand, and all My delight I do,’ (Isaiah 46:10) From the beginning - compare with first word of the Torah From of old (Latter end) - idiom for the end of days, thus we can learn from the “beginning” what will happen in the end Ancient times – Etymological root word means “initial source” All of Yah’s ways come from the east All of man’s ways come from the west Counsel - Psalm 33:11 The counsel of יהוה stands forever, the plans of His heart to all generations. The word for “tree” comes from the verbal root for “counsel”. It literally means “that which supports”. In the garden were two trees: One with the counsel of life, and one with the counsel of death.

49. TRUTHS FROM BEGINNING “But you, BĕythLeḥemEphrathah, you who are little among the clans of Yehuḏah, out of you shall come forth to Me the One to become Ruler in Yisra’ĕl. And His comings forth are of old, from everlasting.” (Micah 5:2) And when Messiah comes, His appearance will be as lightning from the east to the west: “For as the lightning comes from the east and shines to the west, so also shall the coming of the Son of Aḏam be. (Matthew 24:27)

50. TREES IN THE MIDDLE And out of the ground יהוה Elohim made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, with the tree of life in the midst of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. .. And יהוה Elohim took the man and put him in the garden of Ěḏen to work it and to guard it. And יהוה Elohim commanded the man, saying, “Eat of every tree of the garden, but do not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for in the day that you eat of it you shall certainly die.” (Genesis 2:9-17) Man is commanded to eat from the Tree of Life. יהוה’s life is only given to mankind through the Tree of Life. His likeness or nature is called the Fruit of the Spirit. יהושע gave Himself for us. Only life,  יהוה’s Life, is in the Tree of Life. “I am the living bread which came down out of the heaven. ..“This is the bread which came down out of the heaven, not as your fathers ate the manna and died. He who eats this bread shall live forever.” (John 6:51-58)