BIBLE READING – Sep 26

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– Begin of daily reading for Sep 26 – Day 270

NEW TESTAMENT

5 Stand fast (Stand firm) therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ (Mashiach) hath (has) made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

² Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye (you) be circumcised, Christ (Mashiach) shall profit you nothing.

³ For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

⁴ Christ (Mashiach) is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye (you) are fallen from grace.

⁵ For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

⁶ For in Jesus Christ (Yahusha Mashiach) neither circumcision availeth (avails, helps) any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh (works) by love.

⁷ Ye (You) did run well; who did hinder you that ye (you) should not obey the truth?

⁸ This persuasion cometh (comes) not of him (Him) that calleth (calls) you.

⁹ A little leaven leaveneth (leavens, raises) the whole lump.

¹⁰ I have confidence in you through the Lord (Aḏon), that ye (you) will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth (troubles) you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.

¹¹ And I, brethren (brothers), if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased (stopped).

¹² I would they were even cut off which trouble you.

¹³ For, brethren (fellow believers), ye (you) have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

¹⁴ For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself (You shall love your neighbor as yourself).

¹⁵ But if ye (you) bite and devour (destroy) one another, take heed that ye (you) be not consumed one of another.

Walking in the Spirit

¹⁶ This I say then, Walk in the Spirit (Ruach), and ye (you) shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

¹⁷ For the flesh lusteth (lusts which is) against the Spirit (Ruach), and the Spirit (Ruach) against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye (you) cannot do the things that ye (you) would.

¹⁸ But if ye (you) be led of the Spirit, ye (you) are not under the law.

¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

(NOTE: adultery (noun) = Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not his or her spouse)

(NOTE: fornication (noun) = Sexual intercourse between people not married to each other)

(NOTE: lasciviousness (noun) = sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality)

²⁰ Idolatry (the worship of idols (false / dead / non-living gods), witchcraft, hatred, variance (contradiction), emulations (imitations), wrath (extreme anger, rage), strife (conflict/division), seditions (provocations, stimulations, motivations, incitements, instigations), heresies (blasphemies),

²¹ Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings (great enjoyments), and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God (Aluahim; Yahuah).

²² But the fruit of the Spirit (Ruach) is love, joy, peace, longsuffering (patience), gentleness, goodness, faith,

²³ Meekness (Humbleness), temperance (self-control): against such [things] there is no law.

²⁴ And they that are Christ’s (Mashiach’s) have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

²⁵ If we live in the Spirit (Ruach), let us also walk in the Spirit (Ruach).

²⁶ Let us not be desirous of vain glory (proud), provoking one another, envying one another.

OLD TESTAMENT

Isaiah 1
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1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

A Message for Rebellious Judah

² Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah) hath (has) spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

³ The ox knoweth (knows) his owner, and the ass (donkey) his master’s crib: but Israel doth (does) not know, my people doth (does) not consider.

⁴ Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity (sin), a seed (descendant) of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah), they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

⁵ Why should ye (you) be stricken any more? ye (you) will revolt (rebel) more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

⁶ From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying (smelly) sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified (healed) with ointment.

⁷ Your country is desolate (empty), your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate (empty), as overthrown by strangers.

⁸ And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged (surrounded by hostile or enemy forces) city.

(NOTE: vineyard (noun) = A plantation of grapevines, typically producing grapes used in winemaking)

⁹ Except the Lord (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah) of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant (small amount of those who remained), we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

¹⁰ Hear the word of the Lord (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah), ye (you) rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God (Aluahim; Yahuah), ye (you) people of Gomorrah.

¹¹ To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith (says) the Lord (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah): I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts (animals); and I delight not in the blood of bullocks (bulls), or of lambs, or of he (male) goats.

¹² When ye (you) come to appear before me, who hath (has) required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

¹³ Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity (sin), even the solemn meeting.

¹⁴ Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth (hates): they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

¹⁵ And when ye (you) spread forth your hands, I will hide mine (my) eyes from you: yea (yes), when ye (you) make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

¹⁶ Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine (my) eyes; cease (stop) to do evil;

¹⁷ Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed (burdened), judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

¹⁸ Come now, and let us reason together, saith (says) the Lord (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah): though your sins be as scarlet (bright red), they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

¹⁹ If ye (you) be willing and obedient, ye (you) shall eat the good of the land:

²⁰ But if ye (you) refuse and rebel, ye (you) shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah) hath (has) spoken it.

Unfaithful Jerusalem

²¹ How is the faithful city become an harlot (a prostitute)! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

²² Thy (Your) silver is become dross (debris), thy (your) wine mixed with water:

²³ Thy (Your) princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth (loves) gifts, and followeth (follows) after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth (does) the cause of the widow come unto them.

²⁴ Therefore saith (says) the Lord (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah), the Lord (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah) of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries (my enemies), and avenge me of mine (my) enemies:

²⁵ And I will turn my hand upon thee (you), and purely purge away thy (your) dross, and take away all thy (your) tin:

²⁶ And I will restore thy (your) judges as at the first, and thy (your) counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt (you shall) be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

²⁷ Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.

²⁸ And the destruction of the transgressors (offenders) and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah)shall be consumed.

²⁹ For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye (you) have desired, and ye (you) shall be confounded for the gardens that ye (you) have chosen.

³⁰ For ye (you) shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth (fades), and as a garden that hath (has) no water.

³¹ And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

Isaiah 2
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The LORD’S (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah) Future Reign

2 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

² And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s (Yahuah’s) house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

³ And many people shall go and say, Come ye (you), and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah), to the house of the God (Aluahim; Yahuah) of Jacob; and he (He) will teach us of his (His) ways, and we will walk in his (His) paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah) from Jerusalem.

⁴ And he (He) shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

A Warning of Judgment

⁵ O house of Jacob, come ye (you), and let us walk in the light of the Lord (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah).

⁶ Therefore thou hast (you have) forsaken thy (your) people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers (fortune tellers) like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.

⁷ Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:

⁸ Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:

⁹ And the mean man boweth (bows) down, and the great man humbleth (humbles) himself: therefore forgive them not.

¹⁰ Enter into the rock, and hide thee (you) in the dust, for fear of the Lord (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah), and for the glory of his majesty.

¹¹ The lofty (arrogant) looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness (snobbishness) of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah) alone shall be exalted in that day.

¹² For the day of the Lord (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah) of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty (arrogant), and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

¹³ And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,

¹⁴ And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,

¹⁵ And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,

¹⁶ And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

¹⁷ And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness (snobbishness) of men shall be made low: and the Lord (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah) alone shall be exalted in that day.

¹⁸ And the idols he shall utterly abolish (completely vanish (be abolished)).

¹⁹ And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah), and for the glory of his (His) majesty, when he ariseth (He arises) to shake terribly the earth.

²⁰ In that day a man shall cast (throw) his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

²¹ To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah), and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth (He arises) to shake terribly the earth.

²² Cease ye (Stop you) from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?

– End of daily reading for Sep 26 – Day 270

> 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): Isaiah

BOOK OVERVIEW (Old Testament): Isaiah (66 Chapters) (Original language: Hebrew)

Timeline: Between 739 and 681 B.C.

Author: Isaiah

Objective / Purpose: This book was written for Prophet Isaiah to announce a message of repentance. At that time, he was called to prophesy to the Kingdom of Judah.

Audience / Attendees / Spectators / Listeners: The people of Judah and Jerusalem.

> TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING TOPICS OVERVIEW:-

NEW TESTAMENT:-

Galatians 5:-
1) Freedom in Christ (Mashiach)
2) Walking in the Spirit

OLD TESTAMENT:-

Isaiah 1:-
1) A Message for Rebellious Judah
2) Unfaithful Jerusalem

Isaiah 2:-
1) The LORD’S Future Reign
2) A Warning of Judgment

> TODAY’S READING TOPICS (New Testament): Galatians 5: 1) Freedom in Christ (Mashiach) 2) Walking in the Spirit 

> TODAY’S READING TOPICS (Old Testament): Isaiah 1,2: 1) A Message for Rebellious Judah 2) Unfaithful Jerusalem 3) The LORD’S Future Reign 4) A Warning of Judgment 

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DIAGRAMS

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FOOTNOTES

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)

adultery (noun) meaning in the Bible

(NOTE: adultery (noun) = Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not his or her spouse)

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)

Elohim / Aluahim (noun) meaning in the Bible

(NOTE: Elohim / Aluahim (noun) = אֱלהִים (H430) God, gods, divine beings, judges)

fornication (noun) meaning in the Bible

(NOTE: fornication (noun) = Sexual intercourse between people not married to each other)

lasciviousness (noun) meaning in the Bible

(NOTE: lasciviousness (noun) = sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality)

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)

vineyard (noun) meaning in the Bible

(NOTE: vineyard (noun) = A plantation of grapevines, typically producing grapes used in winemaking)

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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:-

YHWH meaning in the Bible

(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)

In Hebrew text:-

𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH in Ancient Hebrew alphabets) 

          OR

יהוה (YHWH in Modern Hebrew alphabets without Niqqud / Nikud / Hebrew Vowels) 

          OR

יַהְוֶה (YHWH in Modern Hebrew alphabets with Niqqud / Nikud / Hebrew Vowels)

IMPORTANT NOTE: Hebrew text is read from LEFT to RIGHT:-

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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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