Today’s readings – Sep 25:-
NEW TESTAMENT: Galatians 4
OLD TESTAMENT: Song of Solomon 6,7,8
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– Begin of daily reading for Sep 25 – Day 269
NEW TESTAMENT
Galatians 4
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God’s (Yahuah’s) Children Through Faith (continuation)
4 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all (he does not differ at all from a slave even though he is the [future owner and] master of all [the estate]);
2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God (Aluahim; Yahuah) sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
5 To redeem them that were under the law (Torah), that we might receive the adoption of sons.
6 And because ye (you) are sons, God (Aluahim; Yahuah) hath (has) sent forth the Spirit of his (Ruach of His) Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
7 Wherefore thou art (Therefore you are) no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God (Aluahim; Yahuah) through Christ (Mashich).
Paul’s Concern for the Galatians
8 Howbeit (Nevertheless) then, when ye knew not God (when you do not know Aluahim; Yahuah), ye (you) did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
9 But now, after that ye (you) have known God (Aluahim; Yahuah), or rather are known of God (Aluahim; Yahuah), how turn ye (you) again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye (you) desire again to be in bondage?
10 Ye (You) observe days, and months, and times, and years.
11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
(AMP Bible: 11 I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored [to the point of exhaustion] over you in vain.)
12 Brethren (Believers), I beseech (urge) you, be as I am; for I am as ye (you) are: ye (you) have not injured me at all.
13 Ye (You) know how through infirmity (weaknesses) of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.
14 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye (you) despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God (Aluahim; Yahuah), even as Christ Jesus (Mashiach Yahusha).
15 Where is then the blessedness ye spake (you spoke) of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye (you) would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth (So have I become your enemy by telling you the truth)?
17 They zealously affect you, but not well; yea (yes), they would exclude you, that ye (you) might affect them.
(AMP Bible: 17 These men [the Judaizers] eagerly seek you [to entrap you with honeyed words and attention, to win you over to their philosophy], not honorably [for their purpose is not honorable or worthy of consideration]. They want to isolate you [from us who oppose them] so that you will seek them.)
18 But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again (I am again in [the pains of] labor) until Christ be formed in (within) you,
20 I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
Abraham’s Two Children
21 Tell me, ye (you) that desire to be under the law, do ye (you) not hear the law?
22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth (brings forth) to bondage, which is Agar (Hagar).
(AMP Bible: 24 Now these facts are about to be used [by me] as an allegory [that is, I will illustrate by using them]: for these women can represent two covenants: one [covenant originated] from Mount Sinai [where the Law was given] that bears children [destined] for slavery; she is Hagar.)
25 For this Agar (Hagar) is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth (answers) to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou (you) barren that bearest (bear) not; break forth and cry, thou (you) that travailest (travail, labor) not: for the desolate hath (has) many more children than she which hath (has) an (a) husband.
28 Now we, brethren ([believing] brothers and sisters), as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit (Ruach), even so it is now.
30 Nevertheless what saith (says) the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
31 So then, brethren (fellow believers), we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
OLD TESTAMENT
Song of Solomon 6
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Young Women of Jerusalem
6 Whither is thy (your) beloved gone, O thou (you) fairest among women? whither is thy (your) beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee (you).
Young Woman
2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
3 I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth (feeds) among the lilies.
Young Man
4 Thou art (You are) beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
5 Turn away thine (your) eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy (your) hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
6 Thy (Your) teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth (bears) twins, and there is not one barren (unable to bear offspring) among them.
7 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy (your) temples within thy (your) locks.
8 There are threescore (60) queens, and fourscore (80) concubines, and virgins without number.
9 My dove, my undefiled (untainted) is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea (yes), the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
10 Who is she that looketh (looks) forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
Young Woman
11 I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished and the pomegranates budded.
12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.
Young Women of Jerusalem
13 Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee (you).
(NOTE: Shulamite (noun) = a person from ancient Shulam / Shunem, a small town in northern Israel)
Young Man
What will ye (you) see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.
Song of Solomon 7
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7 How beautiful are thy (your) feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy (your) thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.
2 Thy (Your) navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth (wants) not liquor: thy (your) belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
3 Thy (Your) two breasts are like two young roes that are twins (fawns, the twins of a gazelle).
4 Thy (Your) neck is as a tower of ivory; thine (your) eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy (your) nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh (looks) toward Damascus.
5 Thine (Your) head upon thee (you) is like Carmel, and the hair of thine (your) head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
6 How fair and how pleasant art thou (are you), O love, for delights!
7 This thy (your) stature (height) is like to a palm tree, and thy (your) breasts to clusters of grapes.
8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy (your) breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy (your) nose like apples;
9 And the roof of thy (your) mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth (goes) down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.
Young Woman
10 I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.
11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.
12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee (you) my loves.
(NOTE: vineyard (noun) = A plantation of grapevines, typically producing grapes used in winemaking)
13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee (you), O my beloved.
(NOTE: mandrake (noun) = a Mediterranean plant of the nightshade family, with white or purple flowers and large yellow berries. It has a forked fleshy root that supposedly resembles the human form and was formerly widely used in medicine and magic, allegedly shrieking when pulled from the ground)
Song of Solomon 8
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Young Woman
8 O that thou wert (you were) as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee (you) without, I would kiss thee (you); yea (yes), I should not be despised.
2 I would lead thee (you), and bring thee (you) into my mother’s house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee (you) to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
3 His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye (you) stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
Young Women of Jerusalem
5 Who is this that cometh (comes) up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved?
Young Woman
I raised thee (you) up under the apple tree: there thy (your) mother brought thee (you) forth: there she brought thee (you) forth that bare thee (you).
6 Set me as a seal upon thine (your) heart, as a seal upon thine (your) arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath (has) a most vehement (intense) flame.
7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned (completely be despised, hated).
Young Woman’s Brothers
8 We have a little sister, and she hath (has) no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
9 If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose (enclose, surround) her with boards of cedar.
Young Woman
10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
(NOTE: Baalhamon / Baal Hammon (proper noun) = A major deity in ancient Carthage of North Africa. Known as the king of the gods, he was a weather deity who was thought to be in charge of the fertility of plants. An old man with curled ram’s horns and a beard was how he was portrayed)
12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou (you), O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
Young Man
13 Thou (You) that dwellest (dwell, live) in the gardens, the companions hearken (listen) to thy (your) voice: cause me to hear it.
Young Woman
14 Make haste (Hurry), my beloved, and be thou (you) like to a roe or to a young hart (gazelle or a young stag [taking me home]) upon the mountains of spices.
– End of daily reading for Sep 25 – Day 269
> COMMENCEMENT OF A NEW BOOK (New Testament): Nil
BOOK OVERVIEW (New Testament): 2 Corinthians (13 Chapters)
Timeline: Around A.D. 55
Author: The apostle Paul.
Objective / Purpose: The Apostle Paul wrote this book to encourage the believers at Corinth and to settle their differences and fortify their unity.
Audience / Attendees / Spectators / Listeners: The believers in the church at Corinth.
> COMMENCEMENT OF A NEW BOOK (Old Testament): Nil
BOOK OVERVIEW (Old Testament): The Song of Solomon (8 Chapters) (Original language: Hebrew)
Timeline: Around 965 B.C.
Author/s:-
Solomon
Objective / Purpose: This book was intended to extol the qualities of a man and woman’s married love as examples of God’s good creation. It educates wives and husbands to value one another.
Audience / Attendees / Spectators / Listeners: Israelites
> TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING TOPICS OVERVIEW:-
NEW TESTAMENT:-
Galatians 4:-
1) God’s (Yahuah’s) Children Through Faith (continuation)
2) Paul’s Concern for the Galatians
3) Abraham’s Two Children
OLD TESTAMENT:-
Song of Solomon 6,7,8: Narratives in these chapters are from:-
1) Young Woman
2) Young Women of Jerusalem
3) Young Man
4) Young Woman’s Brothers
> TODAY’S READING TOPICS (New Testament): Galatians 4: 1) God’s (Yahuah’s) Children Through Faith (continuation) 2) Paul’s Concern for the Galatians 3) Abraham’s Two Children
> TODAY’S READING TOPICS (Old Testament): Song of Solomon 6,7,8: Narratives in these chapters are from:-
1) Young Woman
2) Young Women of Jerusalem
3) Young Man
4) Young Woman’s Brothers
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Aḏon (title) meaning in the Bible
(NOTE: Aḏon (title) = אֲדוֹן (H113) = Lord / master / owner)
Adonai / Adonay (title) meaning in the Bible
(NOTE: Adonai / Adonay (title) = אֲדֹנָי (H136) – Pronunciation: ah-doe-NIGH = [My] Lord / Master)
Amen (adverb) meaning in the Bible
(NOTE: Amen (adverb) = אָמֵן (H543. Amen) An Abrahamic declaration of affirmation which is first found in the Hebrew Bible. It means truly/ verily)
Baalhamon / Baal Hammon (proper noun) meaning in the Bible
(NOTE: Baalhamon / Baal Hammon (proper noun) = A major deity in ancient Carthage of North Africa. Known as the king of the gods, he was a weather deity who was thought to be in charge of the fertility of plants. An old man with curled ram’s horns and a beard was how he was portrayed)
Elohim / Aluahim (noun) meaning in the Bible
(NOTE: Elohim / Aluahim (noun) = אֱלהִים (H430) God, gods, divine beings, judges)
mandrake (noun) meaning in the Bible
(NOTE: mandrake (noun) = a Mediterranean plant of the nightshade family, with white or purple flowers and large yellow berries. It has a forked fleshy root that supposedly resembles the human form and was formerly widely used in medicine and magic, allegedly shrieking when pulled from the ground)
shalom (interjection) meaning in the Bible
(NOTE: shalom (interjection) = שָׁלוֹם (H7965) = Peace, completeness, welfare, well-being, safety, prosperity. sed as a traditional Jewish greeting or farewell)
Shulamite (noun) meaning in the Bible
(NOTE: Shulamite (noun) = a person from ancient Shulam / Shunem, a small town in northern Israel)
vineyard (noun) meaning in the Bible
(NOTE: vineyard (noun) = A plantation of grapevines, typically producing grapes used in winemaking)
THE PROPER HEBREW NAME OF THE ALMIGHTY CREATOR
Isaiah 52:6 King James Version (KJV)
“Therefore MY PEOPLE SHALL KNOW MY NAME: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth (He who does) speak: behold, it is I.”
The word ‘God’ is a noun. It is not God’s actual name.
EXAMPLE: “He is my father. He drives me to school every morning. His name is Johnny Lim.”
EXPLAINED: The word ‘father’ here is a noun. It is not the actual / proper name. ‘Johnny Lim’ is the actual / proper name.
QUESTION: What is God’s actual / proper name?
ANSWER: God’s actual name is as follows:-
(NOTE: YHWH (proper noun) = 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 the proper name of the God of Israel. יְהוָֹה (H3068) in tetragrammaton: יְהוָֹה (H3068) יְ (yod) ה (he) וָֹ (uau / waw) ה (he)
IMPORTANT NOTE: Hebrew text is read from LEFT to RIGHT:-
THE ORGINAL HEBREW NAME OF THE MESSIAH
In Hebrew: מָשִׁיחַ (H4899) = Mashiach (Hebrew) = Messiah (English) / Anointed One (the Savior who saves the sinners for those who believe in Him)
FULL NAME in Hebrew text with ‘The’: יְהוֹשׁעַ הַמָשִׁיחַ = Yahusha Ha-Mashiach = Yahusha The Anointed One.
Christos > Χριστός (Greek) transliterated into Christ (English) which means Anointed One
NOTES:-
1. SPELLING VERSION #1:-
Yeshua יֵשׁוּעַ (H3442 = He will save) is a shortened form of Yehoshooah / Yahushua יְהוֹשׁוּעַ (H3091 = God / Yah saves). EXAMPLE #1: Mike is a shortened form of Michael. EXAMPLE #2: Josh is a shortened form of Joshua.
2. SPELLING VERSION #2:-
Yehoshooah as spelt in this manner depicts Joshua יְהוֹשׁוּעַ (H3091 = yeh-ho-SHOO-ah) adds Hosea, יְהוֹשׁוּעַ (H1954 = deliver / salvation). Therefore, Yehoshooah / Yahushua means God is Salvation God / Yah saves.
3. SPELLING VERSION #3:-
Yahushua as spelt in this manner depicts that the Messiah came in the name of His Father, Yah יה / יָהּ (H3050) as in John 5:43).
4. SPELLING VERSION #4:-
Yahusha (יְהוֹשׁעַ) as spelt in this manner depicts that the Messiah came in the name of His Father and according to the original ancient Hebrew text spelling and pronunciation.
Yah יָהּ (H3050), + וָֹ (u) + שַׁ Sh + ע A = Yahusha (יְהוֹשׁעַ) which means Yahuah (God) saves (H3091) (NOTE: Hebrew text is read from left to right). See the diagram below:-
יְהוֹשׁעַ (H3091 = God / Yahuah saves)
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John 5:38 King James Version (KJV)
And ye (you) have not his (His) word abiding in you: for whom he hath (He / Yahuah has) sent, him ye (Him you) believe not.
1 John 5:2 King James Version (KJV)
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his (His) commandments.
James 1:22 King James Version (KJV)
But be ye (you) doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Galatians 6:7 King James Version (KJV)
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth (sows / puts in / plants / spreads), that shall he also reap (harvest / attain / get).
Galatians 6:3 King James Version (KJV)
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth (deceives, is deceiving) himself.
1 Corinthians 15:33 King James Version (KJV)
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Colossians 2:8 King James Version (KJV)
Beware lest any man (Beware, otherwise others may) spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit (deception), after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ (following the elementary principles of this world, rather than following [the truth—the teachings of] Mashiach).
1 Thessalonians 5:11 King James Version (KJV)
“Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye (you) do.”
Hebrews 3:13 King James Version (KJV)
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Matthew 10:8 King James Version (KJV)
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye (you) have received, freely give.
Romans 10:9 King James Version (KJV)
That if thou shalt (you shall) confess with thy (your) mouth the Lord Jesus (Aḏon Yahusha), and shalt (shall) believe in thine (your) heart that God hath (Yahuah has) raised him (Him) from the dead, thou shalt (you shall) be saved.
John 3:3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Jesus (Yahusha) answered him, “I assure you and most solemnly (seriously) say to you, unless a person is born again [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified], he cannot [ever] see and experience the kingdom of God (Yahuah).”
Isaiah 52:6 King James Version (KJV)
“Therefore MY PEOPLE SHALL KNOW MY NAME: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth (He who does) speak: behold, it is I.”
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