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Blessings and Curses
Terms for blessings, and curses – Only two choices, it comes down to obeying the commandments.
Deut 11
26 ‘See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:
- 27 the blessing, when you obey the commands of YHWH your Elohim which I command you today;
- 28 and the curse, if you do not obey the commands of YHWH your Elohim, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other mighty ones which you have not known.
Clean and Unclean
Deut 12:15,21-22 “whatever your being desires you shall slaughter and eat, according to the blessing of יהוה your Elohim which He has given you, within all your gates. The unclean and the clean do eat of it, of the gazelle and the deer alike.”
This is not clean and unclean animals, but are referring to anyone can eat within their own gates (Verse 16,23 just repeats to pour the blood on the ground first). Anyone, clean and unclean. Unclean seems like such a harsh word to use. Perhaps if we translate it to, we all have sin, we are all sinful. Then we can agree that we are all unclean. The Hebrew definitions for these words are:
* Unclean : Tame H2931 – ṭāmē‘ : ritually impure, polluted especially sexually impure
* Clean : Taor H2889 – ṭâôr : physically and morally pure
Since the fall of man in the garden of Eden, everyone has become unclean. That is now part of our “human nature”. Even Abraham, Moses, their wifes, everyone. It is just a fact. We can strife to live clean as much as possible, and we should, but it is just a matter of time that we will be unclean again. Yeshua made a statement in Matthew 5:48 “Therefore, be perfect, as your Father in the heavens is perfect“. He didn’t say ritually clean. He said perfect. This word in Greek is G5046 – teleios, which means to become mature, to your fullness with integrity and virtue. That is what perfect means. Perfect in english again is such a horrible word, and have bad connotations to it. But let us try to keep our bodies and minds clean where we can, but also aim to be mature, striving for integrity and virtue.
IMPORTANT SCRIPTURES / PROPHECIES:
| Deut 12:2-3, 29-31 – No idols – Completely destory the places, towns, mountains, under green trees, everything where people served idols/gods. Destroy their name out of that place. The things these people have done (even burning their children) is abomination to YHWH. |
| Deut 12:5-7, 11 – YHWHs’ places – Seek the place YHWH chooses, put His Name there. Make offerings there |
| Deut 12:13-14 – Offerings – Do not make offerings in any other place except the place that YHWH chooses |
| Deut 12:15-16, 21-25 – Food – Anyone (whether you are clean or unclean) can eat in their own gates, just do not have the blood, but pour it on the earth like water. |
| Deut 12:17-18, 26-27 – Offerings – Do not eat within your gates the foods given for offerings. Offerings are only to be eaten in the place YHWH appoints. Do not neglect the Levites. |
| Deut 12:32 – Torah – Guard the Torah, do not add or take away from it. |
