The Saga of the Jews Part 3

She took off her widow's garments and covered herself with a veil, wrapping herself up, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah

Petach Enaim, The Place of Door of the Eyes

ENAIM- e-na'-im (`enayim, "double fountain")

Ptach Enaim also means = THE place where the eyes are open

Petach (an opportune opening)  + Enaim from ayin (an eye = eyesight plus favor or presence plus regard)  

Heb. the door (opening) of eyes, or of Enajim, Some think ainayim means “the two fountains,” or “double fountain;” TSK

The present significance

The petach enayim is the place where the first gospel preached to the Jewish people occurred and where the Jewish people received it with joy and has opened their understanding of Yeshua.

This is probably New York City today. Dr. Mitch Glaser, President, Chosen People Ministries wrote:

Our present growth is built upon the strong foundation established by the founders of Chosen People Ministries. In 1892, Rabbi Leopold Cohn, a recent immigrant to New York City from Hungary, was walking on the Lower East Side of Manhattan among thousands of other new Jewish immigrants when he heard a Jewish preacher proclaiming the Gospel in the Yiddish language. Rabbi Cohn stopped to speak with this man and eventually gave his heart to the Messiah. After receiving his theological training and leading his wife, Rose, to the Lord, Rabbi Cohn established the Brownsville Mission to the Jews. From these humble beginnings, Chosen People Ministries now serves the Jewish people all over the world.

Covered herself with a veil - would mean the first messianic strategy. Tactfulness, prudence and sensitivity are important elements employed at the first.

Gen 38:21  And he asked the men of the place, "Where is the cult prostitute who was at Enaim at the roadside?" And they said, "No cult prostitute has been here."

The roadside; Hebrew derek  the road, figurative of the way of salvation in Yeshua. Some translations say at the crossroad – which means two intersecting roads. At this age there are two lean pathways leading to the road traveled by a Jewish believer. One road is called Hebraic Christianity; the other is called Messianic Judaism.

Gen 38:22  So he returned to Judah and said, "I have not found her. Also, the men of the place said, 'No cult prostitute has been

here.'"

Messianism is the theology Yeshua taught to the first Jewish disciples and then to the rest of the Jews but the majority of the Jews were unwilling to receive the Gospel of the covenant. (Er was unable to bear a progeny with Tamar). The unbelieving Jews call it harlotry of the highest kind. The men of the place - who have knowledge of their community confirmed that there was no harlotry on that certain road.

Gen 38:23  And Judah replied, "Let her keep the things as her own, or we shall be laughed at. You see, I sent this young goat, and you did not find her."

Gen 38:24  About three months later Judah was told, "Tamar your daughter-in-law has been immoral. Moreover, she is pregnant by immorality." And Judah said, "Bring her out, and let her be burned."

 Gen 38:25  As she was being brought out, she sent word to her father-in-law, "By the man to whom these belong, I am pregnant." And she said, "Please identify whose these are, the signet and the cord and the staff."

Gen 38:26  Then Judah identified them and said, "She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah." And he did not know her again.

 

Signet, Cord, and Staff

The figurative Zerrubabel (The Sofer of Elijah who is to come), the twine-looking messages of the Bible code, Jewish Life is extended to the next age (staff)

The Signet, cord, and staff are important elements to the realization of Judah that Tamar is all along correct and righteous. He acknowledged that those insignias are his.

The signet ring Chothem, or chothemeth, is properly a ring-seal, with which impressions were made to ascertain property (a signature property of)

The cord literally means twine

paw-theel'

From H6617; twine:

The staff = life support or extender of Judah’s life.

In Hebrew it is mat-teh', mat-taw'

From H5186; a branch (as extending); also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively correction), ruling (a sceptre), or walking (a staff; figuratively a support of life, for example bread): - rod, staff, tribe.

The Significance of the Mysterious and Hidden Bible code

“How abundant is Your goodness, which tzafanta (You have hidden) for those who fear You (Psalms 31:20).”

The Bible code is actually a Jewish property. 

When the children of Israel received the Torah in Mount Sinai – God revealed to Moses something beneath this Torah (through the Jewish Oral Law).  

 He opened the mind of Moses about this secret. He revealed to Moses a little slice of it, a portion of it was hidden (Afikomen). Moses then wrote:

Deu 29:29  The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

This verse can be truly understood if we read some passages prior to this – But the idea is this – after all the curses written in the book had been completely inflicted to the children of Israel in the last days (which we are now), when seemingly all hope of Jacob has gone, the thing that which was not inscribed in the Torah nor in the writings of the prophets and that which God has been hiding all these centuries will then be revealed to them in those last days. 

Meanwhile, they should busy themselves with what is given to them. For the things that were inscribed to them or had been revealed to them in the Torah are already complete and must be obeyed in perpetuity.

In other words, the children of Israel should only put their attention with what is inscribed or revealed for them. 

They should not dabble with “mysteries” or secret things – since these are God’s business. 

Although in the last days of this age “Church Age” one man will be given the knowledge to understand the whole creation in relation to the counsel of God. 

This man is prophesied in the sacred book of Enoch. He is Elijah whom the Jewish people are waiting year after year in their doors during the Passover Seder.

Book of Enoch Chapter 91 - Elijah who is to come

10 And at its close (at the close of the Church age) shall be appointed
The elect righteous of the eternal plant of righteousness,
To receive sevenfold instruction concerning all His creation.

This man is the “Elijah who is to come” in the book of Malachi.

Malachi 4:5  Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
Malachi 4:6  And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

In these last days, the Yeled of Jacob, will be shown the ‘secret’ which God will reveal to them. That secret is the bible code and the exposition of the biblical texts unbeknownst to them.  It will be revealed even before the beginning of the sounding of the seventh angel.

The bible code is to be founded by Elijah (Eliyahu) Rips (the blacksmith, Isaiah 54:16) but will be expounded by Elijah who is to come (the carpenter - the expositor) before the advent of the Moschiach. 

The Bible code is a testimony to the infinite goodness of God to those Jewish elect who fear Him in this last generation and to the whole House of Jacob.

One should not take away any letter, even the smallest one (yod) or the least stroke of a pen (vav) in any point in the Bible. Why is this so? 

Because once we do that, all the encrypted messages will be destroyed (especially those encrypted in long skips). If there are say, 1000 encrypted messages with long ELS skips, we may not be able to decipher even one message. 

This is the reason Yeshua prohibits taking out even one small letter from the writings of the Old Testament (Tanach).

Mat 5:18  For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota (Hebrew letter yod), not the least stroke of a pen (Hebrew letter vav) , will by any means be taken out from the Law (inscribed teachings) until everything  is accomplished.

The discerning Jews would readily acknowledge it when they find what is their own – the twined bible code. That is the implication in the story of Judah. 

The bible code matrix of messages looks exactly like twine elements (letter connects to another letter). Every Jew had every right to be mystified by it – as he will identify it as his own. When the Jewish people find it, 

it will enlighten them of Yeshua (their long rejected and resisted Moschiach) which in turn extends their life-being through the next age.

Gen 38:26  Then Judah identified them and said, "She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah." And he did not know her again.

The Bible code is that piece of Matzah, the afikomen (dessert) which was hidden for a long time from the eyes of a Jew but now is found (by the children; i.e. the Jewish young adults – yeled of Jacob). There is a great reward of salvation and a deeper connection to His maker waiting for those who find it.

God loves to hide things for His own glory. He reveals it in His proper time.

Proverbs 25:2  It is the glory of God to hide a secret but the   glory of kings is to search out that secret matter

Job 15:8     Have you heard the secret of God?

Psalm 25:14  The secret of the LORD will be given to them that fear him; and he (Elijah) will show them His (Hashem) covenant

The founding of the bible codes (by Elijah Rips, the blacksmith) and the expounding of the scriptures from the beginning (Elijah the carpenter; that is the expositor who is to come) using these codes will conclude the mystery or secret of God.

Revelation 10:7 - But in the days of the sounding (disclosure) of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the secret of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. Also read 1Cor. 13: 9-12

The secret is related to His covenant; the covenant of the promise redemption for the whole house of Israel. The Christians were given the revelations (the church was made secret before) in order for them to know that they too are included in the kingdom. The Jews shall be given another “wonderful gift” in these last days. When the secret is revealed to the Jewish elect, the result is like showing them His covenant. The secret of the Lord will be given to the congregation (the messianics) of the Lord who feared Him (the Jewish elect, Mal 3:16)

Then those who feared the LORD spoke with one another. The LORD paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the LORD and esteemed his name.

The book of remembrance which is the sofer of Elijah, testifies the loving mercy of God to Israel as He remembers His covenant He made to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. This is the book where God remembers His promises made to these patriarchs assuring the Jewish people of a complete redemption. As the Apostle Paul has said, “so all Israel will be saved”.

Does a believer in Yeshua HaMachiach (Jesus Christ) need this secret?

A gentile or Jewish believer in Yeshua does not need this additional signs, wonders, or secret in the end times. The Bible is complete for him. He does not need the afikomen (dessert) after the meal. Why? The Haggadah says “the wise son does not need the dessert after the Paschal lamb is sacrificed”. The Jewish believer in Yeshua is the wise son (for Yeshua, the Paschal Lamb has already been sacrificed).

The Illuminator which is to come and the Secret to be revealed

Mar 4:21  And he said unto them, Is a lamp to be brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a lampstand?

Mar 4:22  For there is nothing hidden, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should become  known.

One of the many sayings of Yeshua is about the lamp (illuminator) and the revealing of the secret. In order to understand this passage one needs to note that there are two meanings which our Lord Yeshua intended for the seemingly similar passages that is written also in Matthew and Luke. In reality, these have different meanings and which many commentaries failed to understand. Many commentaries erroneously believe they are one and the same – a repetition of sort. JFB commented:

Is a candle — or “lamp” (illuminator)

brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? — “that they which enter in may see the light” (Luk_8:16). See on Mat_5:15, of which this is nearly a repetition.

We humbly disagree with JFB’s commentary. The meaning of these passages are not the same. When Jesus said, “Is a lamp to be brought”, it actually has a literal translation of “Is the illuminator that is to come…” Why is the illuminator (lamp) coming? Isn’t this weird? Did the author Mark make an error in using the word?

The word rendered “to be brought” is the Greek erchomai. (Strong number G2064)

Mar 4:21  And²⁵³² he said³⁰⁰⁴ unto them,⁸⁴⁶ Is a⁽³³⁸⁵⁾ candle³⁰⁸⁸ brought²⁰⁶⁴ to²⁴⁴³ be put⁵⁰⁸⁷ under⁵²⁵⁹ a bushel,³⁴²⁶ or²²²⁸ under⁵²⁵⁹ a bed?²⁸²⁵ and not³⁷⁵⁶ to²⁴⁴³ be set²⁰⁰⁷ on¹⁹⁰⁹ a candlestick?³⁰⁸⁷

G2064           ἔρχομαι               erchomai

Thayer Definition:

1) to come

1a) of persons

1a1) to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving

1a2) to appear, make one’s appearance, come before the public

2) metaphorically

2a) to come into being, arise, come forth, show itself, find place or influence

2b) be established, become known, to come (fall) into or unto

When the Illuminator has come, the long held secret of God cannot be hidden anymore. The afikomen is now found. That illuminator is both the bible code and the exposition of the whole creation.

In Tractate Pesachim, it says: “Ein maftirin achar haPesach afikomen.” Translated as “We may not conclude the seder meal, after eating the Pesach offering with afikomen.”

At first thought there seems to be a contradiction in this tractate passage since the Jewish people traditionally see the eating of the Afikomen as one that concludes the Seder. So how can we reconcile this seemingly innocuous enigma?

The expositions (Sofer with Bible codes) of the coming Elijah should not end the Seder because for one it only serves as an eye opener to the truth before the true Moschiach is revealed. Secondly, there is a need to continue digesting the word of God in the next age – the messianic age. Therefore, one should not end the Pesach (Passover service) with the Afikomen.


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