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Continuing my study of YHVH'S Commandments. Last night was Matthew 22:37.

Matthew 22:37

You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind.

And when I look up this scripture, Yeshua is referencing Deuteronomy 6:5. Which means it is not a brand new Commandment. He is quoting the Torah.

And I love how He reminds us to love first with our hearts, then allow our soul/spirit/ruach to guide using this love and then finally our minds. Thinking is important, but making sure everything else is inline with Him then our minds can be focused on Him.

And every single word I looked at from Strong's concordance for heart, soul and mind, they all point back to the Hebrew word Levav.

Levav = "figuratively. Very widely for the (feelings) the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything".

Will = Chaldee (Hebrew), "figuratively sense of summoning one's wishes; to please".

All of this is why YHVH told the prophet Jeremiah that Yeshua would come and write the Laws on our hearts.

Jeremiah 31:33
"But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people".

The last two nights YAH has had me look into the word "new". And of course last night my thoughts were, I understand. Tonight however, I am probably overthinking this. But I wonder why use the word "new". In Greek, it is Kainos. In Hebrew it is Chadash. Why not use the word "restore"?

Restore means to turn back. But not necessarily with the ideas of returning to the starting point.

Thoughts?

I think I have it. It's right in front of me. Chadash means renewed. That would then lead back to a sense of being restored. So, His so-called "new" "Chadash" covenant, points to "something that is renewed". And not something that is "brand new", which is something that "is completely unused and in pristine condition".

Tonight YHVH had me write out His Ten Commandments. Then He had me do a quick verse map of the first two Commandments. Seeing Yeshua quoting the Torah ♥️. Then He had me start a word study starting with "new", as in "new covenant". Our English language can be confusing. Yet, I have a little more understanding of this small word.

John 13:34
"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another."

Matthew 26:28
"For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Interesting how both verses use the English word new. And we have taken it to believe that these things are new. As in brand new, never been seen or taught before. Yes that isn't the case.

If you look up the word new in Greek as it was written, in John 13:34, you will find the word G2537. This word is Kainos = of uncertain affinity, freshness. Then go to Matthew 26:28, you see the same.

G2537 relates to H2319 = Chadash = fresh

Webster's Dispctionary:
Fresh compared to Brand new

Fresh = newly; recently
= Often implies something that is renewed or recently made rather than completely unused.

Brand new = indicates an item that is completely unused and in pristine condition.

Not sure who will read this, but I pray it helps you as it is helping me.

The Ten Commandments
(Deut. 5:1–22 )
1¶And God spoke all these words, saying:
2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bo***ge.
3“You shall have no other gods before Me.
4“You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;
5you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
6but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
7“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
8“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
10but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates.
11For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
12“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
13“You shall not murder.
14“You shall not commit adultery.
15“You shall not steal.
16“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
17“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

Hello!
Good evening everyone 🌔
A new week has begun! I'm excited. YHVH'S beautiful Sabbath was yesterday and He really let me physically rest. I mean I took a 2 hour nap and typically I don't like napping. Why? Because it's hard for me to sleep at night when I do.

Anyways I thought I would introduce myself in this post.

I'm a believer in YHVH almighty. I have spent most of my life believing. I attended Christian schools from six weeks old until my senior year in highschool. I attended church on Sundays until I was, I guess, around 10, maybe younger. Why? Because as I was attending school and hearing the Bible almost every day there I decided that I didn't want to go to church anymore. I wanted a break.

As I got older the other reasons were because I was verbally bullied and teased by other students and actually in the church as well. Highschool was hard with this situation. And Iwas given the choice to stay in the Christian school or go to public school. My choice was to stay. Why? In my mind if the kids in the Christian school were that mean to me, I didn't want to know how those in the public school would treat me. I was awkward and quiet. I didn't care about boys, makeup or hair. I didn't care about being popular. I just wanted to be left alone most of the time. I just wanted to rush through and move on in life. (Slowly forgiving as my pride is always in the way).

Now, as an adult I drifted in and out of the church environment. Trying to find a place I could feel included. A place where I could have friends. But, that happened maybe once or twice. And those friends, sorry to say, didn't seem to care when I left the church. That hurt. That hurt a lot. (I'm working on the forgiveness for this as I know people are human).

Finally, here I am in my late 40's and I have been more in love with YHVH than ever. I have been awakened to His Truth! His Torah! I am being taken out of the mindset I was put into by the teaching of the man made church.

I am learning to observe His calendar, His moedims. They are beautiful ❤️ They are true to His Word and they fully point to Him and the salvation we find in Him.