Prophet Pearls #46 – Eikev (Isaiah 49:14-51:3)

Is 49:16… I agree Nehemia, I am messianic now, but from christian upbringing and I see Yeshua in this verse, and always had, I was curious why i did not hear this verse quoted more evangelically.. it seems like a great Light House in the darkness kinda verse oh well..

I never really pinned down Yeshua as God.. especially during his life on earth, as while he was on Earth he was man… human form with human limitations. Although I agree with scripture that there is only one GOD, and that YHVH is One God. I also have no problem with scripture that has Yeshua existing before his birth, and conscious after his death.. as if YHVH’s spirit inhabited this human from conception instead of a human spirit.. Like YHVH slipped on a human suit (and left his God-ness in eternity) to fix humanity… that sounds weird.. but it’s just a theory… kinda like time travel.. just a theory, my faith is in YHVH.. not in my feeble attempts to understand him

It is forbidden according to Torah to marry after a divorce the same person again only IF the woman has defiled herself for the man by having relations with another man during her time away:

Deu 24:4 her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife after she is defiled [defiled for former husband IF she’s been with another man]. For that is hateful before Jehovah. And you shall not cause the land to sin, which Jehovah your God gives you for an inheritance.

So a man may remarry his former wife as long as she hasn’t been with another man before she returns to him; otherwise that would defile her for him.

Yehovah can “marry” [a metaphor] Israel again because He paid our penalty of death for us breaking the covenant IF we repent and return to Him and start to obey the laws of His kingdom like a faithful “bride” [a metaphor].

My Question, Nehemiah, Has God divorced himself from Israel? The ten tribes or the whole house of Jakob?
If so, why can He marry again.. i thought it is forbidden according to torah to marry after a divorce the same person again?
Greetings Regina

I just remembered the other thing that came to mind while reading transcript. Joseph and how his brothers were so mad and jealous when he dreamed they would bow down to him. All the nations are so jealous of Israel the chosen, they hate it but after much suffering will gladly bow in humility once Yehovah sets her up to rule all nations.

la’ut, which you translated as “sustain”, –First off this is not based on Hebrew because I barely know English but in my head I see Isaiah, like a student so tired of the lessons, repeat, repeat repeat, trying to teach people stuff and they are drooling on desks, etc. So I am wondering if la’ut should be ‘excite’ or ‘inspire.’ Wake those students up, get them involved in the class? What think you?

Why do you do this nehemia? You do it for me, and those like me who want to know the scriptures in their history language and context! Thank you. I listen to everything you put out as a thirsty soul!

He did divorce Israel because of adultery.
Then He is re-married with a New Covenant or vow.

You were only quoting Matthew 5:22.
Walking in to the depths of scripture is to bring life, not division. Hate can be translated “division.”
Find a new Rabbi. Try Holy Spirit. Jesus said, “I will send you another.” Another what? Rabbi. Holy Spirit.

wrong. jc never existed.

Kitty u were doing so well before my first comment on u. SAD.
jc never existed.

answer is simple, jc never existed.

A Rabbi( Chabad) said that Yeshua said that if you get angry with your brother you are as guilty
as if you committed murder. I said from my scriptures Yeshua said if you get angry at your brother without cause it is is the same as committing murder. He accused me of adding to the scriptures. Was I adding to the scriptures?

I absolutely love and appreciate you both, and the discussions. I learn so much. For the longest time I’d wanted to know what does the text really say? So glad to be able to join in with y’all.

Thank you so much for your study and insight. My husband and I have been going thru your Pearls sections for a couple of years and so appreciate the nuggets of understanding and context you bring! I did have one question about this portion…

In Is 50:1, is the question asked about the certificate of divorcement and the creditors rhetorical or representing a fact? I did the homework 🙂 and looked up verses that seem to indicate that Yehovah did divorce Israel, (not Judah) but these sound rhetorical to me.
Thanks very much and may Yehovah continue to have you bless so many with your knowledge.

Could you say where the picture (Prophet Pearls #46) is from.. who painted it or where published; where to purchase? It is a mountain with a tree extending out from the rock below. I love this image and its significance. Thank you

Why do the nations bow down to Israel (Isa 49:23)? Yehovah will gather his remnant from them in the second exodus (Isa 11:11). The coastlands, who wait for Yehovah and his Torah (Isa 42:4, 49:23, 51:5), will be a refuge for some of the Israelite survivors of the coming war and captivity. They will bring the exiles as an offering to Yehovah in Jerusalem, like the grain offering of barley at Passover and wheat at Shavuot.  And he shall make some of them as Levites (Isa 66:18-22)!

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The renewed heaven and earth don’t come until the 8th millennium (Rev 21), which is after the 7th millennium (Rev 20:4).

Thoughts.. Zion being the new Jerusalem coming down with messiah at his return for the melinial reign.. Zion being the garden that was in eden and it has been rebuilt and brought down at his return; the promised land, kingdom of YHVH, .. yeshua said in my house there are many mansions I go to prepare a place for you.. Zion ( new Jerusalem) comes with yeshua and not after the great white throne judgement as we usually have been taught.. it’s where we live and he rules for 1000 years..

You are both such a gift to God’s people; Christian and Hebrew.
Thank you ,Marcel

Christianity is not a new religion invented by Paul. He was a Hebrew scholar who recognized that Jesus fulfilled all the prophecies, foreshadows and typologies that God implanted into His word to verify Jesus is the Messiah. The Christians were teaching from Jesus’ words and the Old Testament. That’s where the faith originates. Jesus was sent to the Jews first and He commissioned His disciples to spread the gospel everywhere to the Gentiles. Jesus fulfilled the prophecies that the Gentiles would come to the Messiah. You need to do some more research into Old Testament typology.

I doubt that you can refute all the references to Jesus in the Old Testament. And I especially doubt that you can refute what happened at Pentecost. He’s doing it to those whmo He calls.

I am sure many of us feel this same heaviness of heart because we can’t share freely what we see in the Scriptures. Stay faithful to the commandments of Yehovah Elohim and the faith of Yehovah Yeshua our Messiah, and when Messiah comes back, he will make all things right.

Isa 40:10
Behold, the Adonay Yehovah will come with might,
With His arm ruling for Him.
Behold, His reward is with Him
And His recompense before Him.
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Rev 22:12-13
12 “Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to what he has done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”
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Rev 22:16
I, Yeshua, have sent My angel to testify to you these things for the “called out ones”. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”
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Rev 22:20
He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming quickly.” Amen. Come, Yehovah Yeshua.
NASU and Aramaic English New Testament

I can really associate with you, James. I am in the same place.

Jesus/Yeshua was a righteous Jew, not a Christian and not the messiah, but a righteous Jew who said he had come only for the “lost sheep of the House of Israel.” That was a clear reference to the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel, the Northern Kingdom which had already gone into paganism, been captured and cast out of the Land. Jesus preached repentance and return to the Covenant. The New Testament was written long after his death in support of a new religion invented by Paul and enforced by Rome, today’s Christianity, an unholy mixture of Judaism and paganism, adopted by those Ten Lost Tribes as well as many others, still practiced today by millions. Today’s reading from Isaiah 49:14 – 51:3 is describing the return of those lost Israelites. Nehemia slipped up once, referring to Jesus as christ, which of course, he wasn’t and isn’t.

Christians are descendants of the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel. Prophecy is that they will at last realize that they have lost their (spiritual) inheritance and repent, returning to the Father with much sorrowing. The Father forgives and celebrates the return of His Own, reconciling them with the elder brother (Judah) who never left Him. The prodigal son parable attributed to Jesus, the righteous Jew, plays out in the Last Days.

Thank you, Jim! Also see Zech. 13:9, “…they will invoke Me by name….” I do wonder when that prophecy will come to pass!

Thank You ~ ?.
We appreciate your opening up the understanding of Scriptures (language, history, & context) to us gentiles.

What a timely messag for me at this time in my life. Thank u and Kieth for what u have done with the pearls. I have gained alot of knowledge from u both and has strengthen my faith profoundly.
But my heart is heavy. Having this knowledge and I can’t share most of it with Christians because they are closed minded. And it’s getting worse it seems. I called myself a Christian all my life. But not anymore. Because of what I have learned in search of the truth, I have found that there are alot of doctrinal flaws in alot of what trey beleave. I guess now I’m just a beleaver. Who feels alone. Alone with my beliefs, alone with my knowledge.i thank Yehovah for the chance to learn and the opportunity to hear great me of learning such has urself and ur guest. I’m sorry that the Christians have said those things.

Nehemiah, sir, you have taught us His Name, that it is Yehovah. His Name is not God, nor is it The Lord. Yehovah’s 3rd commandment is “You shall not make my Name of no effect.” To not use His Name when it is appropriate and required, is to make His Name of no effect. Yes, He is God/Elohim/Mighty One. It is correct to say “Yehoveh is Mighty One. It is to trasgress His 3rd commandment to omit using His Name in place of His titles. He should be referred to as Yehovah, not as God. Yehovah bless us all to see.

I have heard this used to support Yeshua as Moshiach

Nehemia, the part in this Podcast where you clarify what your mission and purpose is was very strong, and also intimate I thought. I can totally feel you and see how disturbing it must be to have these “why don´t you believe in Jeshua” situations. There is such a huge Dogma around this whole Jesus topic, so that people should be very cautious not to serve the wrong “Lord”. Especially because there is barely any evidence left regarding this Jesus Character (I always wonder why Philio of Alexandria never wrote about Jeshua, or maybe these writings “disappeared”). Even more so, the evidence we have nowadays puts many “truths” rather into question. And considered objectively, the internal evidence in scripture is even contrary to this Son of God Jesus figure. I can easily debunk any “Jesus verse” in the Tanakh. So I guess you and me, and any other person that does not give grace to Jesus/ Jeshua in any form, are on the right track – based on the evidence and facts we have. There might be an historical or even spiritual Jeshua character, but he did yet not reveal HIMSELF.

So don´t be discouraged in any way! What you do, your ministry, is the only right thing to do. JHVH did not give you this “research talent” for no reason and you shall always be blessed in The Name for your great efforts – serving the knowledge seekers. You are a true role model, a true teacher!

All these “preachers” (as well as their followers) out there will have to justify their ignorance at a certain point in time, because they did not search in the word of JHVH (as we are told to) but rather let their hearts be lead astray.

PS: Keith, you are awesome as well, I think you are a very genuine person. And in the end, that´s all that matters: being a good person, with righteous deeds and all-encompassing, unconditional LOVE to all of creation. Because in the end, we all will be measured by our deeds – nothing more, nothing less and regardless of what you believed in.

We all need to drop our Egos and realize that we are all one, our souls being united in JHVH : All is one, and One is all. All grace goes to the Creator of this beautiful universe.

I think it is crucial for all of us to understand, that there is “masculine” and “feminine” energy. Importantly, this does not refer to gender, but the fundamental bipolarity in everything within the physical universe and beyond. The kabbalistic Tree of Life depicts this concept very well, it should not be disregarded as occult or something. JHVH is referred to as Ain Soph or Keter, from which the male and female energy emanates from, but who himself is in perfect balance (Deut.6:4 “JHVH your God is a unified, eternal being”; this also perfectly represents the meaning of the Name JHVH).

We should also be aware of the fact that JHVH is darkness and light, peace and calamity (Jesaja 45: 6-7), and since we are in the image of JHVH, we as mankind display all these traits. The “Star of David” represents the same form of alignment, where the upward triangle (masculine) and downward triangle (feminine) are perfectly balanced. There are always two extremes, and the key is to find the balance. That´s also the main aspect of the teachings of Salomo (compare the Salomonic Axiom).

Shabbat Shalom! The teachings of the Torah are key to a righteous life!

I just love Torah and Prophet Pearls and how humble you guys are as you share these with us. It has opened my eyes to so many things. Nehemia, I sit in tears when I listen to you read the Scripture in Hebrew. The language is so beautiful and it affects me every time I hear it. You guys are wonderful, thank you for taking the time to do these recordings.

Amanda.

You answered your own question when you said “How could someone with such knowledge and understanding not believe.” the problem would be if someone blindly accepted what they were told to believe based on emotion, guilt or fear.

Thread lightly with your seed of announce because history has proven that the fruit of that seed springs forth a heavy burden on the children of Israel. Martin Luther began to have a love for the Jew and all things Hebrew but later became “annoyed” when the Jews of his day would not believe in his Jesus and he become a vehement anti-Semite which in turn became fodder for Hitler’s movement against Yehovah’s first born son and suffering servant – Israel.

Call me crazy, but I believe Nehemia already believes and is saved, because he follows in Yahushua’s footsteps, the Torah, more than most Christian’s I know who say they believe, but do not do. I’ve never heard Nehemia say negative things about the way Yahushua lived. Some Christian’s say he did away with Torah, which is truly blasphemy against YHWH, and Yahushua, and all Israelite believers who walk in Torah because of belief, and love for YHWH and His set-apart -people, and even those strangers who persecute them.

Thanks Nehemia and Keith for your insights into this amazing portion of Scripture.

I had to smile when Keith mentioned the lady who asked how come you (Nehemia) are not a believer in Yeshua …. I say the same thing just about every time I listen to you. Just try to imagine, Nehemia, if you knew someone who was intensely studying the Tanak but told you that he didn’t believe in God. You would probably wonder how that could be possible. How could someone with such knowledge and understanding not believe. And so it is for us when you share your knowledge and understanding of the Jewish Yeshua. It is just a little puzzling to us that you do not believe that He is the Messiah. So I hope this explains the “annoying” behavior of us Christians/Messianics.

Your love of the Scriptures is inspiring!

Amanda

I wonder why “la-oth” can’t mean “to establish”, making a longer sentence with more prepositional phrases for the giving of the language of learning?

Well said.

Hi Nehemia/Keith,

Jermiah 3:8 speaks of Abba giving a certiicate of divorccce to Israel. One of my favorite is Ezekiel 16:7-8 specially when Yahovah covered Israel and claimed her as mine. So manly, lol. sorry but it made me feel as if as a man showing his love for a woman.

That verse says Moshia = Savior, not Mashiach = Anointed One/ Messiah. Two unrelated Hebrew words.

Isaiah 49:26 Is YHVH Mosiach?

Regarding the masculine and feminine distinctions for GOD it makes sense to think of if like this:

Masculine traits are strength, protector, provider and leader, etc.
Feminine traits are nurshering, teacher, healer, etc.
GOD posesses all of these as a whole.

At creation he distributed these traits accordingly between man and woman.
These traits are then reunited at marriage when the man is joined to the woman
in the presence of GOD.

Thank you for this – Question – Is it a ‘divorce’ God has enacted or just a ‘putting away’ that has been done? If Israel played the harlot but never remarried, she is free to return to her husband, correct? If she has remarried she cannot return to her first husband according to the Law, correct? It is surprising that Christians do not cite Isaiah 50:4-6 – (Jesus) – slapped in the face-scourged at Pilate’s direction and spit on as a support of Orthodox belief – Matt. 27:26-31.

Concerning the use of neged as negative (there’s a cognate for you!), it leaves one with a conflict of interest in the phrase ‘ezer k’negdo’, if the wife is always negative with her husband….what do you think?

Yahovah, not yahovak lol.

You said it, and it is so, Eileen! Y’all listen up out there – Eileen knows her Southern!

In my personal opinion, “all y’all” is simply an emphatic version of “y’all” (that uses repetition as the literary device) – but both are plural and of equal meaning.

Eileen, I think you and I should write a new version of the Bible wherein we replace “ye” and/or “YOU” with “y’all”! And we’ll replace “Hallelujah!” with “Y’all praise YaH!” We could call it the RNSV – Restored Name Southern Version. 🙂

I always come back from doubts to belief that every word is inspired and sanctioned by Yehovah. The use of the feminine and the masculine to refer to our Creator must have been placed in the text for a purpose or purposes. Yehovah’s word does not return empty so I wonder? What do all y’all think are his purposes? Is there a complimentary verse in the feminine to “Am I a man that I should…?”

Nehemia, I’m not looking or waiting for you to convert to anything. I look forward to all of us being “converted” to the truth of Yahovah. I’m so thankful that He has called two of His children to expose and reenforce what Yahovah meant and expects of us. We don’t deserve this opportunity, its His loving kindness and grace that has given us opportunity to come out of ignorance. Our hearts and minds are being challenged and He is giving us a clear choice. Praise Yahovak!

Shalom from Texas. “You” is singular. “y’all” is a few of you. and “All y’all” is to a whole group.

y’all is a contraction of “you-all”

Thank you, Nehemia, for continuing to obey your calling. I always pray that the erudite teachings you bring will be fired by your love and devotion to YHVH.

muy interesantes !