My Thoughts, Notes Today: Understanding The Scriptures

Discovering the Jewish Jesus, and understanding the old and new testaments.

There were 3 offerings to Yahwah (God).

1. Burnt Offering
2. Gift Offering
3. Peace Offering

Yeshua (Jesus) was the Mincha (Gift Offering)

The Gift offering was the Grain Offering, made up of fine flour, Oil, and Frankincense.

Flour symbolises substance, or Food, the Flesh.
Oil symbolises the "Oil of Gladness", the Holy Spirit.
Frankensense symbolizes "Prayer", or the beautiful smell or Glory of Yashua's Person.  Frankincense is the Peace with God.

What was the "Finger of God" in the scriptures? = He, God and Yeshua, helps us to understand the things of God in our own Languages about His Person, Words, Thoughts. God reveals Himself to Us, so that we can learn and understand Him. To have a relationship with someone, you want to get to know them. And they want to get to know you....or Us.

To me this means, words are important. Dictionaries are important to learn all the meanings of God's Words, Scriptures made into our own languages.  To me, I know God is a God of Love, Kindness, Mercy, and all Good.

The  Offerings were to be sprinkled with Salt. Salt is a preservative. It symbolizes the preservation of our relationship with God as our Friend and Spiritual Family.  It symbolizes preserving the truths, promises of God, and the covenant of God's friendship with us as well. He Loves Me and You, and He Wants Me and You. We are Friends. We are Family. God is our Family and Friend. We are God's Family and Friends.

What God doesn't want from us, or in the offerings, is "No Leaven" and "No Honey".  Leaven symbolises Sin, or the tampering of things. God doesn't want, for instance, the tampering of His Creations by mad scientists trying to join two different species together. To change His Creations, or making it live less longer, or to differ from it's life, or to make it suffer.

God is a God of Peace and Love, Mercy and Kindness. God is For Us. He is not against us. God loves the person, but hates any Sins. Jesus takes away the Sins, because we learn about God thru Jesus.

Sin is Tampering with God's Creations.

No Honey in the offering, for understanding, back in ancient times pagans used honey in thier offering to bribe their God's, or try to Bribe their God's.  Therefore, in this instance, God does not want humanity to try to force Him or Bribe Him. God also gives Humanity the freedom to choose for themselves. He also doesn't want us to be forced or Bribed to love Him. We freely really do Love God, and really Want Him as our God, Our Friend, Our Family.

Words and Dictionaries are important in our own languages. Look up words and the most peaceful meanings.

I Listened to Discovering The Jewish Jesus on TV.  http://www.discoveringthejewishjesus.com/  and these ideas are mostly from the Rabbi K. A. Schneider. I found it all interesting.

Psalms 136:1 (Chapter 126, verse 1)