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Shalom! Holy Scriptures

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and Israel is a

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ministry designed to share with

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the Jewish people the

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good news of the Lord

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Jesus Yeshua the Messiah

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and to instruct Christians on

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the Jewish roots of

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their faith. And now, teaching

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God's word from a

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Hebrew messianic perspective, here is

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Gideon Levitam. The

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study of Hebrews chapter

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2 Well that's what happened when

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Yeshua came to this world and died for us

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on the tree. He opened

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the door, he became the leader,

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the pioneer as it

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says here so he can

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bring many sons unto glory in

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other words he became a man

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he finished the work on the

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tree he suffered and he paid

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for the penalties of sin

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and sins and then

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he became our captain

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of salvation you know

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that you and I have a

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captain we have a pioneer We

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have a leader of

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our salvation. He is the

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one that have gone

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before us I Remember I don't

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know if you remember the

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story that happened years ago about

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I think it is a

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1973 if I'm correct They kidnapped

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a whole plane a

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France plane where there were many Israeli

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and Jewish people on that plane The

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plane was kidnapped and had been taken

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by the Palestinian and had been taken

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all the way to Uganda. And

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in order for this plane

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to be brought back and those

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Hebrews, those Jewish people that have

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been captured there to be brought

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back to the land of Israel,

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somebody had to go and to

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bring about some special event there.

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It was one of the greatest

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missions that Israel have ever done.

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And I remember I was there,

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I mean my wife and I

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were in the bus in Jerusalem

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riding from one area to another

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area when the news came. Nobody

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in the world knew

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that Israel sent a few

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planes all the way to

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Uganda. And

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when the plane landed in

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Uganda very late at night.

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The military, the Israeli army,

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in a second way went

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into the airport. There

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were all these Jewish people, about

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300 -400 of them, have been

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held there by the terrorists. And

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beloved, do you know what happened? The

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Israeli military burst

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into this airport and

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killed all the

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terrorists there and have taken

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all these Israelis who were

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captured there and quickly, immediately

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brought them into the planes

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and then they took them

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off and they brought them

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back to Israel. But

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do you know what happened? The

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leader of this group

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of military was the

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one that got shot

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and died in this

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special event. He

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lost his life. Somebody shot

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him and killed him. His

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name was Yonatan Yoni. In

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fact, his brother

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is Netanyahu, Benjamin

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Netanyahu. But

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the leader have lost his

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life in order for

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others to benefit and be

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set free. This

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is just a feeble illustration of

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what happened when our Blessed Lord

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Jesus came to this world. If

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he's going to lead the company

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of people to become sons and

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daughters of the Father, many sons

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unto glory, what he

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had to do, he had to

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become the captain, the

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leader, the pioneer

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of our salvation in

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order to bring many

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sons unto glory. And

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he paid a penalty for

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us on the tree. He

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became the captain of our

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salvation. Do you know that

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you and I could never

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bring salvation to ourselves? The

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benefit that you and I

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receive from the Lord Jesus

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becoming a man, God becoming

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a man in the person

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of Yeshua is that he

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became the captain of our

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salvation. And it says

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here that to make the

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captain of their salvation perfect

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through sufferings. Now what does

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that mean? Wasn't he perfect

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when he first entered into

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this world? Why does he

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use the word to make

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him perfect? He

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doesn't mean here that

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Yeshua was not perfect.

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He was definitely 100 %

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sinless without any sin.

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but this in connection,

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this word perfect is

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in connection with his

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savorhood. What does that

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mean? Is that

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he knows every problem

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that you and I

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have. What would

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happen if the Lord Jesus the

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Messiah would come on a

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Monday morning to this world, will

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die on a Wednesday and will

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go to heaven the next after

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three days rising from among the

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dead on the first day of

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the week. What would

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happen? Would he understand

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what you and I going through

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in our life here in this

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world? Would he understand the

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sin that the world is

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under? Would he understand every issue

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here in this world? He

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would never understand it the

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way that he understand it

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by living here in this

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world for 33 years. He

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lived here in this

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world for 33 years

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and he became the

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captain of our salvation.

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He became perfect through the suffering

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that he experienced here every

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day of his life. You

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know the suffering that you and I

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may go through today. Suffering

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that you and I might experience

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in our life today. He

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has suffered much more than you

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and I ever. will be

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able to go through. He

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suffered the sufferings that are

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unmeasured. We can never

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measure the sufferings of the

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Messiah. That's how

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he became our leader. He

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became our leader through

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suffering and death eventually. Then

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you notice verse 11 says, for

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both he that sanctified and

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they who are sanctified are

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all of one. The

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one that sanctifying is the

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Messiah. The ones that are being

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sanctified are those Hebrews and

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you and I and anyone and

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everyone who became a believer

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in Yeshua. We had

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to become of one. We

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have to be united in one

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purpose and one hope and

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one glory and one work of

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the Messiah. And because

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of his work, we have

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been united to him. He says

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here, he that set us

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apart. And we that

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have been set apart

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are all of one

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for which cause is

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not a shame to

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call them brethren. The

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Hebrew word is Achim. Again,

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this verse has been

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taken from Psalm 22. He

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is not a shame to call

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them a brethren now We don't

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go to him and call him

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brother Jesus or brother Jesus like

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many we hear in the world

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today, but he is not a

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shame to call us Achim Brother,

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you see what is a brother?

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A brother is a person who

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has the same parents the same

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descendants We are descendants of the

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same we become sons and daughters

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of the father We become,

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he can call us now

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brethren. We receive

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the Messiah, we became

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children of God, and

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he's not a shame

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to call them brethren. And

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then he's quoting three

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verses, in verses 12

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and 13. Remember,

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he doesn't have the Britahadasha, he

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doesn't have the New Testament. He

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has the Tanach! He has

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the Old Testament, the Torah, Nevi

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'im, Ktuvim, the Torah, it is

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the five books of Moses, the

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Nevi 'im is the prophet, and the

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Ktuvim is the writing, the Psalms

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and so on. Here's

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a division of the Tanakh,

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Torah, Nevi 'im, Ktuvim, the law,

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the prophets, and the writings. And

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he's quoting one verse

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from the Psalms, from the

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writings, and two verses

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from the prophets. And

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what does he say? What does

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he quote? Here the writer says, I

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will declare thy name unto my

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brethren. In the

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midst of the congregation

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will I sing praise unto

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thee. Here is

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the apostle, the writer, takes

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the verse that is found in Psalm

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22 that is really in connection

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with the future of Israel, and the

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restoration of Israel as a nation. And

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he is taking this and he

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is applying it to the body of

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Messiah today. And

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he says in this verse,

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I will declare thy name

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unto my brethren. In

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other words, the Messiah is going

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to declare the name of God

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to the brethren, to the rest

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of the believers, to the people

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who become children of God. In

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the midst of the church, the

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word here, the church in the King

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James, but it should really be

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in the midst of the congregation. Betoch

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ha -kahal, the kehila,

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the congregation, I

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will give praise unto the

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Lord. In other words, he's the

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song leader. He's the

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one that is leading the congregation

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to sing the praises unto God

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the Father. That's what he does.

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He is in our midst. That's why

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when we are gathering together and

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we are even singing together, really the

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one who leads the song is

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not the one who's standing here in

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the front. The one

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who leads the song actually

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is none else but Yeshua

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the Messiah himself. He

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leads in singing. He leads

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the congregation in song and

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that's why you are not

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to be afraid or ashamed to

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sing to the Lord. We need

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to sing to the Lord because

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the song leader is leading us.

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As he says here, I will

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declare thy name in the

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midst of the congregation, will I,

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notice now, he, Yeshua,

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singing praises unto God,

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leading the congregation to

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sing the praises unto

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God. And then

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he's quoting verse 13. He's quoting two

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more verses from the prophet Isaiah. Isaiah

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8 .7. Isaiah 8

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.17. I will

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put my trust in

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him. The

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second verse. I and the

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children which God had given

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unto me. You see. he

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take all testament verses or

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verses from the Tanakh and

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he apply it now to

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the believers first of all

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those Hebrew believers who already

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have been part of the

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nation of Israel but they

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became believers in Yeshua the

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Messiah but he applying it

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to all the saints in

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this present day age the

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church age he applying it

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to us I and the

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children which God had given

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unto me he's like presenting

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us before the father he

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says God you have given

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me children many children and

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he's presenting us before God

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I and the children which

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God had given unto me

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so beloved the first thing

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that came out or the result that

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came out of the work of the

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Messiah, he brought many sons

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unto glory. You know

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how many people who came to faith

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in Yeshua the Messiah, whether

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it is in Jerusalem, Israel, whether

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it is in Toronto, Canada, whether

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it is in New York, the USA, whether

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it is in Paris, France,

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wherever you are in Europe, whether it

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is in the Middle East or wherever

13:03

it is, many people became believers in

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the Lord Yeshua the Messiah. And

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they are the sons and

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daughters of the Father. We

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become brethren. He's not

13:14

a shame to call

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us brethren. And

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how grateful are we to

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be to the Lord that

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He would call us. We.

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who were dead in trespasses

13:26

and sins, but after

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we have been saved and forgiven, after

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the finished work of Yeshua the

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Messiah, He is not ashamed to

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call us brethren, and we become

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sons and daughters of the Father.

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He brought many sons unto glory.

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One day, when we are

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going to leave this scene in

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this world, we are going

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to be presented to the Father

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as the Son's Many sons,

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many daughters will be brought into

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the presence of God into

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his glory. That's precious. Something we

13:59

have always be grateful to

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the Lord for this. And

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that's what he's emphasizing to

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those early Hebrew believers. Discourage,

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though they were. Dismayed,

14:10

though they were. They were in danger

14:12

of going back into the sacrificial system.

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He says to them, don't do that. Don't

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forget what the Messiah have done

14:19

for you. Don't forget that Yeshua is

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the one that finished the work

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for you. Look to him by faith

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into heaven. You will see what

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he have done for you. He brought

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you Hebrews and many others many

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sons unto glory. That's the first thing.

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But then Let's go down to

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the next verses. In the

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next verses, verses 14, 15,

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and 16, the

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second result of the work

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of the Messiah he presents

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before these Hebrews. What

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is the second

14:52

result? He disarmed Satan

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and he freed

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us from the fear

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of death. I

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repeat it. He disarms

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Satan and he freed

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us from the fear

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of death. Look,

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the next verses I'm reading,

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verse 14. For as

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much then as the children are partakers

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of flesh and blood, he

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also himself likewise took part

15:20

of the same. That

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through death he might destroy

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him that had the power

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of death that is the

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devil. and deliver

15:31

them who through fear of

15:33

death were all the

15:35

lifetime subject to bondage. For

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verily he took not on

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him the nature of angels,

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but he took on him

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the seed of Abraham. Beautiful

15:47

verses, I know it seems to

15:49

be so much to grasp, but let's

15:51

just chew it a little bit

15:53

and let's just see what he is

15:55

meaning here. He says,

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first of all, in verse

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14, for as

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much as the children

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are partakers of flesh

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and blood. Now that

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we became children, now

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he is trying to explain

16:13

why it is so important

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for us to understand how

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he completed this armed Satan

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and freed us from the

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fear of death. He

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had to become a man

16:27

like you and I who

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are partakers of flesh and

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blood. See look at us

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even in this room today.

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All of us are partakers of

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flesh as it says here

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and blood. Blood running

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through our veins. Flesh

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is the body that we

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have. We are human beings. and

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you and I are human

16:52

beings but a failing human

16:54

being a human being that

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have sinned in us but

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he had to become like

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us see the angels could

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not become like us angels

17:05

could not save angels did

17:07

not became human being but

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he did and so he's

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saying because the children are

17:14

partakers of flesh and blood

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He, this is the Messiah,

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this is Yeshua, this

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is God the Son.

17:24

He also himself likewise

17:26

took part of the

17:28

same. Notice, he

17:30

does not say that he became

17:32

a sinner. No. Or

17:34

what he says here, that

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he took part of the

17:38

human nature. He

17:40

was born to the

17:42

Virgin Miriam. He became

17:45

the seed of the woman

17:47

Genesis 3 15 He was

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born that one that is

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born of you Be called

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the son of God. He

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became a man like you

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and I Lived like you

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and I walked in this

18:01

world like you and I

18:03

had a feeling like you

18:05

and I had the experience

18:07

Everything that you and I

18:09

experiencing every day You

18:11

know, sometimes people tell me, Gideon, brother

18:13

Gideon, you say, how can you say

18:15

that the Lord Jesus understand what I go

18:17

through? What does he know about

18:19

what I'm experiencing every day in my

18:21

life? Well, he became

18:23

a man just like you and I.

18:27

Yet sinned apart.

18:30

He did not become a

18:32

sinner, but he became

18:34

a man like you and

18:37

I. Spirit, soul,

18:39

and body. you notice

18:42

that throughout the Gospels he

18:44

was tired he leaned

18:46

you remember on the well

18:48

there in John chapter

18:51

4 he was thirsty he

18:53

asked the woman give

18:55

me to drink he was

18:57

crying if you remember

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the shortest verse in the

19:02

Bible Yeshua wept in

19:04

John 11 you and I

19:06

know this very well

19:09

because you and I, many

19:11

times, find ourselves weeping

19:13

for many, many, many reasons.

19:17

He had experience. He was sleeping

19:19

at the boat when we are

19:21

tired. We are sleeping. He was

19:23

tired. He slept. He

19:25

became like us

19:27

sinner parts. He

19:30

took, as it says here

19:32

in verse 14. He

19:34

also himself likewise took

19:36

part of the same. He

19:39

became flesh and blood.

19:42

He became a man. A

19:44

man that experienced exactly

19:47

what you and I

19:49

are experiencing every day.

19:51

But you know, the

19:54

writer Isaiah, the

19:56

Hebrew prophet, called him

19:58

a man of sorrows, which

20:00

had been acquainted with

20:03

grief. Dear

20:05

beloved brothers and sisters, you

20:07

and I have many sorrows in our lives.

20:10

We have many griefs in our

20:12

lives. We know that. We

20:14

experience that. But Yeshua

20:16

is called the men of sorrow,

20:18

which have been acquainted with grief.

20:20

For as much as the children

20:22

are partakers of flesh and blood,

20:24

he also himself like was too

20:27

part of the same, it

20:29

says here, but then it says

20:31

why? Why did he take

20:33

part of the same? That

20:35

through death he might

20:37

destroy him that had

20:39

the power of death

20:42

that is the devil

20:44

Now you see beloved

20:46

brothers and sisters the

20:48

devil Satan Lucifer The

20:51

one angel that actually

20:53

the one that have influenced

20:55

or tempted or beguiled

20:57

Eve Chava in the Garden

20:59

of Eden The Bible

21:01

teaches us that Satan is

21:03

a murderer from the

21:05

beginning John 8 teaches us

21:08

this for he was

21:10

a murderer from the beginning

21:12

Well, why does the

21:14

Bible call him murderer from

21:16

the beginning? You know

21:18

why? because when

21:20

Satan influenced and tempted

21:22

Eve he brought about

21:24

a thought in the

21:26

mind of men that

21:28

if God really doesn't

21:31

care for men and

21:33

when Eve took the

21:35

fruit and brought it

21:37

to Adam and Adam

21:39

disobeyed God Adam and

21:41

the whole human race

21:43

have been plunging to

21:45

sin and the cause

21:47

of death is sin.

21:49

The wages of sin

21:51

is death. And

21:54

the murderer that we have

21:56

there in the Gospel of John,

21:58

the Lord himself saying about

22:00

Satan, that he was a murderer

22:03

from the beginning. And

22:05

so beloved it says that

22:07

the work of the Messiah on

22:09

the tree when he

22:12

died he went through death

22:14

he destroyed him that had

22:16

the power of death that

22:18

is the devil now the

22:20

devil does not decide who

22:22

died and who not but

22:24

the devil what he did

22:26

with the actions that he

22:28

did in the past and

22:31

the action that he still

22:33

does today he bringing about

22:35

in the life of the

22:37

human race that which

22:39

lead a person to

22:41

reject God and eventually

22:43

die and being separated

22:45

from God. But

22:48

when the Lord Jesus the Messiah

22:50

died, he destroy,

22:52

he annul, you know this

22:54

expression, he destroy him that

22:56

had the power of death.

22:59

He render it inoperative. The

23:02

Greek word is Katageo

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to render in

23:06

operative Satan's power.

23:09

To render in operative Satan

23:12

has no more power over

23:14

those that believe in Yeshua

23:16

the Messiah. He cannot influence

23:18

us and lead us to

23:20

such an extent that we

23:22

lead us unto death because

23:25

we now belong to another. That's

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what happened here. He rendered,

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as it says here, he

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rendered in verse 14. He

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destroyed him that had a

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power of death. That is

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the devil. He destroyed the

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power of Satan. How

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many people are under the influence

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of Satan today? You

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remember what we say? You are

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either in or out. You are

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either saved or you are lost.

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You are either believer or an

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unbeliever. The unbelieving world are under

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the influence of Satan. In fact,

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we read it in 2 Corinthians

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4. The God of this world

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had blinded the mind of them

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that believe not. That's

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what he does. He

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blind the mind of them

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that believe not and

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he lead them into death

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which is eventually not

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only the physical and of

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course the spiritual but

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eventually to eternal death eternal

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separation for God but

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when Yeshua came when Yeshua

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died he completely destroyed

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him that had the power

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of death that is

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the devil to make

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it of none effect to

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render it inoperative he destroy

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the power of death that

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satan had in his hand

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and you know if you

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will ask people today what

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you fear the most you

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know what they will tell

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you they will tell you

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and i know that None

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of us, or I should

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say the human race in

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general, one thing that they

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do fear is the fact

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that they do not know

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what's going to happen after

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death. They do

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not know what's going to happen. That's

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why in verse 15

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he says to deliver them

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who through fear of

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death were all their lifetimes

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subject to bondage. You

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see, fear of death means

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that You become in bondage. What's

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going to happen after I

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die? What's going to happen? Where

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am I going to spend

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eternity? I know some

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people might say, well, don't worry, it's six

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feet under the ground and it's all

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over. No, beloved, it's not all over. In

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fact, it's not even over for

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the body. The body is temporarily

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being placed underneath the six feet

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of ground. But the

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soul and the spirit of

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man will have to be

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spend eternity either in the

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presence of the Lord or

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away from the Lord in

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eternal separation from Him. And

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there is something that we all have to

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admit even for us as believers. You

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know when we think about

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death sometimes it becomes something we

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are shivered by the thought

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of death. But you see

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when we become believers in the

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Messiah even though sometime

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in our hearts we are not

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quite sure because we are weak

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in the flesh because we still

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have this human nature but one

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thing on the basis of the

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word of God we have a

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surety that every person that belonged

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to the Lord Yeshua the Messiah

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had been transferred from the kingdom

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of this world to the kingdom

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of the son of his love

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and we don't have to fear

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death because death for

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the believer become a servant

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to ashoo us into the

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presence of the Lord. You

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have been listening to the

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Holy Scriptures and Israel with

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Gideon Levitam. Gideon teaches God's

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word from a Hebrew messianic

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perspective. For more

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information about this ministry, write

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to Holy Scriptures and Israel,

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Box 1411, Niagara on

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the Lake Ontario, L0S1J0,

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or visit our

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website at holyscripturesandisrael.com. You

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are also invited to Gideon's

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weekly Bible teaching on Fridays

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at 11 a .m. and

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1 p .m. at Willowdale

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Christian Assembly Hall, 28 Martin

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Ross Avenue in Toronto. Holy

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Scriptures and Israel is made

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possible by your prayers and financial

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support. If you

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would like to support the

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program, visit holyscripturesandisrael.com. God

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bless you. Shalom,