Introduction to The Hebraic biography of Y'shua

(Tina Meador) #1

Prophets and Y‘shua were sent to provoke us to love His ways through repentance (Ezek 4:16, Acts 3:19), to
establish YHWH's Holy precepts in our hearts (Jer 31:33, Mark 4:14), to redeem us from a ―perverse and
crooked generation" (Deut 32:5, Luke 12:45), and to bring us back to the Holy land of Israel (Zech 14:17,
Matt 10:6).


Y‘shua said, ―There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and
Jacob, and all the Prophets, in the kingdom of Elohim, and you yourselves thrust out" (Luke 13:28). If we
continue to disregard the words of the Prophets and make "lies our refuge", there will be weeping when we
see the Prophets – but then it will be too late. The grace that "man" preached about is gone; but the
unbending, uncompromising stares of the Prophets will be a horrible sight as Y‘shua says, ―I never knew
you. Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity" (Luke 13:27). ―How can ye escape the damnation of hell?"
(Matt 23:33).


Daniel prayed with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes for himself and his people. As I read this prayer, I realised
that this plea for YHWH's mercy must also be our plea. It cannot be prayed in prideful arrogance, but with the
humble, submissive attitude of the Prophet. Can we make Daniel's prayer our prayer – or have we killed yet
another Prophet of YHWH? Come let us listen, and then agree with Daniel as he prays:


"O YHWH, the great and dreadful Elohim, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love Him, and to
them that keep His commandments; We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly,
and have rebelled, even by departing from Thy precepts and from thy judgments: Neither have we
hearkened unto Thy servants the Prophets, which spake in Thy Name to our kings, our princes, and our
fathers, and to all the people of the land. O YHWH, righteousness belongeth unto Thee, but unto us
confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all
Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither Thou hast driven them, because of
their trespass that they have trespassed against Thee. O YHWH, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our
kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against Thee. To YHWH our Elohim
belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against Him; Neither have we obeyed the voice
of YHWH our Elohim, to walk in His Laws, which He set before us by His servants the Prophets. Yea, all
Israel have transgressed Thy Law, even by departing, that they might not obey Thy voice; therefore the
curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the Law of Moses the servant of Elohim, because we
have sinned against Him. And He hath confirmed His words, which He spake against us, and against our
judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as
hath been done upon Jerusalem. As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made
we not our prayer before YHWH our Elohim, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand Thy truth.
Therefore hath YHWH watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for YHWH our Elohim is righteous in all
His works which He doeth: for we obeyed not His voice. And now, O YHWH our Elohim, that hast brought
Thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and hast gotten Thee renown, as at this day; we
have sinned, we have done wickedly. O YHWH, according to all Thy righteousness, I beseech Thee, let
Thine anger and Thy fury be turned away from Thy city Jerusalem, Thy holy mountain: because for our sins,
and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Thy people are become a reproach to all that are about
us. Now therefore, O our Elohim, hear the prayer of Thy servant, and his supplications, and cause Thy face
to shine upon Thy sanctuary that is desolate, for YHWH's sake. O my Elohim, incline Thine ear, and hear;
open Thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by Thy name: for we do not
present our supplications before Thee for our righteousness, but for Thy great mercies. O YHWH, hear; O
YHWH, forgive; O YHWH, hearken and do; defer not, for Thine own sake, O my Elohim: for Thy city and Thy
people are called by Thy Name‖ (Dan 9:4-19)


23:35-36 Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar

―(35) That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel
unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. (36)
Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.‖


Here is one of those cases that causes a problem for those who insist that the "New Testament" texts, as we
have them, are absolutely free from any scribal error. According to 2 Chron 24:20-21, it was another
Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada that was slain as such, not Zacharias the son of Barchias. (See the
comments on this verse in the, Jewish New Testament Commentary, by David Stern, for possible reasons
for this error.)


Others say Abel and Zechariah (son of Barachias – Zech 1:1) in the Hebrew Tenach (OT), the first and last
men to be murdered?

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