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---Sharing our Lord and Saviour Yahushua, Yeshua the Messiah to the World!—
Please Note: On this site we prefer to use the
actual Name of our loving Heavenly Father as it was written in the Hebrew and
thus you will note that we will use the four letter “Memorial Name”
of 
- YHVH, which is pronounced as YaHVaH or YaHWaH,
also we will use our Heavenly Father’s title, which is “Elohim” rather
than “God.” We need to remember that “Elohim” (God) is
NOT a name but an attribute, a title! In addition we also love to use the
actual/real Name of our beloved “Messiah” in Greek written as “Christos”,
but His loving Name is 
- “Yahushua” or “Yeshua” in short,
for this is our Saviours original Hebrew Name as given to Him in Lukas - Luke
1:31. This was the only Name ever used when He was on the earth by His family,
disciples and His followers for hundreds of years thereafter. However, it was
changed to a foreign name by that new Church, that later became known as
“the greater
The
three levels of learning & understanding of the blessed Word of
When we read and study the blessed Scriptures, the Word of YHVH Elohim (The LORD God) as a believer in Yahushua (Yeshua) the Messiah, we should keep following three steps always in mind for they are a valuable guide and it will certainly provide us with guidance and illuminate the sheer beauty and the fullness of YHVH’s most blessed Word.
1. Who was YHVH Elohim, blessed be His Holy Name speaking to?
2. When was it said?
3. How was His Word understood at the time it was spoken/given?
I do believe that these three points are most relevant to our understanding of 1. What the Almighty is saying at the time – 2. As well as what it means to us today - and 3. Especially to you and me right now!
Shalom - Peace be with you, in Yahushua THE Messiah!
Elder
& Teacher; Reuben ben Gershom.
“Scriptural Truths” & “Ha Davar Word Studies.”
We know that the rainbow is very beautiful and this occurs when it rains and a natural phenomenon of rays of sunlight pass through water droplets that suspended in the atmosphere. To form the rainbow clear crystal-like droplets refract the light unleashing the spectrum of colours it contains and displaying them in an arc across the misty skies. However we should not forget why there is a rainbow, for it was given to us as a very special sign, and we must not forget its meaning!
“‘I establish my covenant with
you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again
will there be a flood to destroy the earth.’ And Elohim (God) said,
‘This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and
every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: I have
set My Rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between
Me and the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow
appears in the clouds, I will remember My covenant
between Me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the
waters become a flood to destroy all life. Whenever the rainbow appears in the
clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between Elohim and
all living creatures of every kind on the earth.’ So Elohim said to
Noach, ‘This is the sign of the covenant I have established between Me and all life on the earth.’” Bereshis -
Genesis 9:11-17.
Obviously before the Great Flood of Noach this natural occurrence of the rainbow did not occur because, simply there was never any rain. Yet, we know that there were streams and rivers, and there was moisture in the air, or the “firmament,” all of which supplied the needs of the earth at that time.
But, there was something about the interaction between the moisture in the earth’s atmosphere and the light emanating from the sun that failed to produce a rainbow. It was only after the Flood that the dynamics that created a rainbow were set in place by the Almighty as a sign of His newly-formed covenant with people and all His creation.
The spiritual and the physical are two faces of the same reality. This change in the physical nature of the interaction between water and light reflects a deeper, spiritual difference between the pre and post-Flood worlds, and the resultant difference in Elohim's manner of dealing with a corrupted world.
Contrary
Differences
An examination of the scriptures account of the first twenty generations of history reveals two primary differences between the world before the Flood and the post-Flood era.
The pre-Flood generations enjoyed extremely
long lives, as we find people living into their 8th, 9th and 10th centuries,
such as
Following the Flood, we see a steady decline in the human lifespan. Within ten generations, we see that Avraham as being old at the age of 100.
The second difference is one that seems at
odds with, and even contradictory to, the first: after the Flood, the world
gained a kind of stability it did not enjoy in the pre-Flood era. Before the
Flood, the world's very existence was contingent upon its moral state. When
humanity disintegrated into corruption and violence, Elohim said to
“The end of all flesh is come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them;
behold, I shall destroy them and the earth.” Bereshis - Genesis 6:13.
Following the Flood, Elohim vowed:
I will not again curse the earth because of man .... neither will I again smite
everything living, as I have done. For all days of the earth, (the seasons for)
seed time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall
not cease.” Bereshis - Genesis 8:21-22.
No longer would the cycles of life and nature totter on the verge of extinction whenever man strays from his Elohim. The post Flood world is a world whose existence is assured, a world that is desired by its Creator regardless of its present state of conformity to His will.
And the guarantor of this assurance, the symbol of this new stability was the rainbow.
An
Opaque World
Before the Flood, man’s role in creation lay primarily in reacting to Elohim’s involvement in the world. The flow of divine vitality into the world was plentiful and uninhibited, enabling man to attain great material and spiritual heights, but these achievements were merely man’s acceptance of what was being bestowed upon him from above, rather than the fruits of his own initiative.
The pre Flood world was like a brilliant pupil who grasps the most profound teachings from his master, but who lacks the ability to conceive of a single original thought of his own. So once corrupted, once it had distanced itself from its Master and disavowed its relationship with Him, it lost the basis for its existence. When man ceased to respond, the world held no further use for the Creator.
After the Flood, Elohim imbued the world with a new potential, the potential to create. He granted it the ability to take what it receives from Above and develop it, extend it, and expand upon it. The world was now like a disciple who had been trained by his master to think on his own, to take the ideas which he has learned and apply them to new areas. Man was now able not only to absorb the divine input into his life but also to unleash its potential in new, unprecedented ways.
Such a world is in many ways is a weaker world than one that is wholly sustained by divine grace. It is more independent, and thus more subject to the limitations and mortality of the human state. Hence the shorter lifespan of the post Flood generations. But in the final analysis, such a world is more enduring: even when it loses sight of its origin and purpose, it retains the ability to rehabilitate itself and restore its relationship with its Creator. Because it possesses an independent potential for self renewal, it can always reawaken this potential, even after it has been suppressed and laid dormant for generations.
Rising Mist
The rainbow is the natural event that exemplifies the new post-Flood order. Moisture rises from the earth to form clouds and raindrops, which catch the light of the sun. A less refined substance would merely absorb the light; but the purity and translucency of these droplets allows them to focus and channel the rays they capture in such a way that reveals the many colours implicit within each ray of sunlight.
The pre Flood world lacked the rainbow. There was nothing in or about it that could rise from below to interact with and develop what it received from above. Such was its spiritual nature; as a result, the conditions for a physical rainbow also failed to develop, the mist it raised could only absorb, but not refract, the light of the sun.
Lacking a creative potential of its own, the pre Flood world was left without reason and right for existence when it ceased to receive the divine influence from above. Then came the Flood and the rains that destroyed a corrupted world also cleansed it and purified it, leaving in their wake a new world with a new nature, a world that rises to meet and transform what is bestowed upon it; a world with the translucency and refinement to develop the gifts it receives into new, unprecedented vistas of colour and light.
When this world goes astray, Elohim sees its
rainbow and the sight of it causes Him to cease from destroying it, for the
rainbow attests to the saving grace of
In order to save not
only
Faith in the Elohim the Creator:
“Have faith in Elohim," Yahushua
answered.” Markus - Mark 11:22.
“You are my witnesses," declares
YHVH (the LORD), "and My servant whom I have
chosen, so that you may know and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before
Me no god was formed, nor will there be one after Me.
I, even I, am YHVH, and apart from Me there is no
saviour.” Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 43:10-11.
Faith in His Word:
“Sanctify them by the truth; Your Word
is truth.” Yochannan -
“Show me Your ways, O YHVH, teach me Your paths; guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are Elohim my Saviour, my hope is in You constantly.” Tehillim (Psalm) 25:4-5.
Faith knowing that Yahushua
shed his blood
“for the remission of sins.” Mattityahu -
“The Elohim of our fathers raised
Yahushua from the dead.” Acts 5:30.
“… if you confess with your mouth,
that Yahushua is Lord," and believe in your heart that Elohim raised him
from the dead, you will be saved.” Romans 19:9.
Faith that YHVH Elohim rose Yahushua up from the grave:
“We believe that Yahushua died and rose
again” 1 Thessalonians 4:14.
“Yahushua the Messiah died, but more
than that, He was raised to life.” Romans 8:34.
“Repent, then, and turn to Elohim, so
that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from
Elohim.” Acts 3:19.
“Remember, therefore, what you have received
and heard; obey it and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a
thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.”
Revelations 3:3.
With that kind of faith combined with repentance all who believes in Yahushua THE Messiah are restored and cleansed from their sins! HalleluYAH.
Thank You YaHVaH Elohim for giving us the blessed Rain as well as the Rainbow Your Sign of Grace!
I pray that this short study on the rainbow has blessed you!
As you go and share the love, mercy, and forgiveness
that our beloved Messiah offers, may the Spirit of YaHVaH Elohim touch and
change them, that they may also receive the REWARD … FOR …
- Yahushua.
May YHVH Elohim bless and keep
you in the palm of His hand always, in Messiah Yahushua’s loving Name!
Ministry Elder/teacher:
UNITE MY HEART TO FEAR YOUR NAME!”
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