In Matt 12:30, Y‘shua is speaking in the context of His message of the Kingdom offer being rejected. The
legalistic Pharisees made a conscious decision to discard His claim that the authority behind the miracles
was YHWH‘s and not Satan‘s; even though they were being given a taste of what was one day to come in
full. Thus, they were willfully rejecting the work of the Holy Spirit (the Ruach haKodesh - through whom
Y‘shua's works were performed). They were therefore aligning themselves against Y‘shua and with the
kingdom of Satan in this grand spiritual battle.
All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven
―Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy
against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men‖. (Matt 12:31)
Part of receiving the Spirit of YHWH (Ruach HaKodesh) into your life comes with repentance, acknowledging
our sins, changing our ways, and beginning to walk in the ways of righteousness.
In the Encyclopedia Judaica listed under sin, we find over seventy word references; but only three major
categories for sin: the words "Het", "Pesha", and "Awon" (Avon).
"In the Tanach the word "Het" (Hata) is found 59 times. ― Hata" means to fail. The word "Pesha" is found 136
times. "Psh" means breach. This refers to breaking a covenant, a criminal law, to break peaceful relations
between two parties or as sinful behavior between man towards God. Then there is "Awah" which is found
17 times, or the root "Awon" - "To wrong", found 229 times, which infers "crookedness"; not upright in
conduct, dishonest, as swindler, a deceiver.
So, sin is an act or deed against YHWH and His Torah: (1) by failure, (2) the breaking of a covenant with
YHWH or fellow man, or (3) being crooked by cheating, swindling, dishonesty or being a deceiver in general.
We must repent for these transgressions. The same Encyclopedia Judaica describes repentance as such:
"Repentance is a prerequisite for divine forgiveness: God will not pardon man unconditionally but waits for
him to repent. In repentance, man must experience genuine remorse for the wrong he has committed and
then convert his penitential energy into concrete acts. Two sub-stages are discernable in the latter process:
first the negative one of ceasing to do evil and then the second, the positive step of doing good. It is a call to
return to God, or "t‘shuvah" (to return). The motion of turning (or returning) implies that sin is not an
ineradicable stain but a straying from the path, and that by the effort of turning, (a power God has given to all
men) the sinner can redirect his (or her) destiny‖.
The Great King of Israel, David, cried to YHWH Elohim for mercy and said,
(2) ‖Wash me completely from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
(3) For I know my transgressions; and my sin is ever before me.
(4) Against You, You only, I have sinned, and done evil in Your eyes; that You might be justified in Your
speaking and be clear when You judge.
(5) Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.
(6) Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden parts You teach me wisdom. (7)
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
(8) Cause me to hear joy and gladness; the bones You have crushed will rejoice.
(9) Hide Your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
(10) Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
(11) Do not cast me out from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
(12) Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit‖. (Psalm 51:2-12)
This is all a part of being born again. Changing our sinful ways and turning or returning to a righteous Elohim
with righteous deeds. First, we must acknowledge our sins; and second, repent and turn from our evil ways
and deeds. After that, going though the mikveh or water separates us from our past. Only then is new birth or
rebirth evident by our deeds and actions. Y‘shua related to Nicodemeus the same pattern:
(1) ‖There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
(2) The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come
from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
(3) Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he
cannot see the kingdom of God.