RIVERS TO FIND MESHIBAT
Be encouraged as I sit here, I feel YHWY’s touch has come to minister to you through “gates of His River — opening to reveal a number 9 floating in the spirit realm. Galatians 5:22-23.
In the Bible, water often symbolizes cleansing, purification and renewal. It represents the Holy Spirit’s work to bring transformation in our life. Similarly, gates are used to control the flow of water suggesting our ability to access spiritual authority within each of us. In Psalm 24:7-10, the psalmist calls for the gates to be lifted up to welcome the King of Glory, a prophetic reference to the coming of the Messiah. While Isaiah 60:11 speaks of gates being open continually, symbolizing the perpetual access to God's presence and blessings.
The number 9 symbolizes divine completeness and finality. It is associated with the fruits of the Holy Spirit and marks Christ's death at the ninth hour, which represents the final sacrifice for sin. The number 9 is linked to the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit, which include: Love, Joy, Peace, Forbearance, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-control.
For today’s refreshments, let’s take a deep breathe to slow our busy thoughts to empty one’s self to form a picture ——of you sitting at the foot of Yashua.
Give yourself a little time to think about this picture …. before adding yourself at the river that is being opened to you.
John 7:38 says “whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water”.
Next, focus on visualizing an iron gate … The gates of the temple in Jerusalem held particular significance, representing the threshold between the secular and the sacred. Ezekiel's vision of the new temple includes detailed descriptions of its gates, emphasizing their role in the worship and holiness of God's people (Ezekiel 40:6-16). With this in mind, allow your mind to lift the gate’s latch and open it with the understanding that you are crossing the threshold into sacred waters. Letting every fiber within stand down to allow YHWY’s river to rush forth over your mind, body & soul.
In the beginning, my thoughts and reasoning would immediately begin arguing with my Self and no matter how much befuddling, the desire and the feelings of Self would intrude. However, I kept trying, I knew entering this gate would lead to new pathways of living.
Letting His river flow exposes areas not aligned with YHWY.
I want to urge you right now under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, to focus on these areas or hindrances…..as the come to mind, name them, get to know them and even tame these areas in your life.
Exposure leads to understanding ourselves and then we can stop striving. Once we stop analyzing & striving, we begin to trust and our faith increases. We begin to form a conscious unity to YHWY through the Holy Spirit. He comes to helps us develop our fruit [significance of number 9].
Today, I call this process contemplation but religion calls it meditation. No matter we call it, YHWY’s river comes to water every seed that He has sown within you to form a deeper connection. With time and practice your character changes by remembering to align with His Will. This is transfiguration in the making.
Even three of the four gospels Matthew, and Mark, and Luke record the transfiguration of Yashua as the moment when His divine nature “glory” was revealed.
For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light. Psalm 36:9
We must not forget, Yashua experienced a battle prior to His transfiguration. And things were becoming increasingly difficult for Him. There was a growing hostility in all directions pressing Him in, weighing heavily upon both His spirit and his ministry to making His ministry more and more difficult and more and more limited.
Meanwhile, have you discovered your true ministry?
The Greek word for ministry is διακονία (diakonia), which means service or personal service, relief or support. For the believer, 1248 /diakonÃa ("ministry") specifically refers to Spirit-empowered guided faith (4102 /pÃstis, "the Lord's in-birthed persuasion").
So all this time, you may have been seeking ways to birth a ministry as a follower of Christ when in truth your ministry is to “bring back the soul” in Hebrew it’s called “meshibat”. It’s the idea of bringing something back to its original state or condition and to be known as God’s House.
The Coming Glory of God’s House
On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying:2“Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak,a the high priest, and also to the remnant of the people. Ask them, 3‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not appear to you like nothing in comparison?’
4But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD.
Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest.
And be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD.
Work! For I am with you, declares the LORD of Hosts.
5This is the promise I made to you when you came out of Egypt.
And My Spirit remains among you; do not be afraid.”
6For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth,b the sea and the dry land. 7I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.8The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, declares the LORD of Hosts.9The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says the LORD of Hosts. And in this place I will provide peace, declares the LORD of Hosts.”
It is through our physical life that we are introduced to His spiritual kingdom through physical shadows, physical portraits, and physical rehearsals. Together, these physical training aids teach us of spiritual counterparts & truths. This is called teaching through physical to spiritual parallels. Then over an extended period of time (6,000 years ) YHWY gradually introduces each aspect of His kingdom little by little and establishes it in the physical. It reflects the transformative power of the Word of God in guiding us back to our true self and spiritual natural of constant connection to YHWY while living on earth. Hallelujah!
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