- Traditionally when a man enters into a Marriage Covenant with his bride he will give that bride a sign to indicate that they are in covenant with one another. In most cultures the sign of the covenant that is used is the wedding ring which symbolizes unity, a circle unbroken, without beginning or end.
In the same way when our Heavenly Father entered into covenant with his Bride, Israel, He gave His bride a gift, the Shabbat, as an eternal sign of their Covenant. It symbolizes unity, it is a circle unbroken, the beginning was day 7 of creation and according to Isaiah 66:23 it will be without end.Usually when a woman receives her covenant sign, she will cry tears inspired by joy that cannot be contained. She smiles, she stares at that ring all day, she shows it to her friends and people whom she has never met, and then she lets EVERYONE know how she received the ring even if they have heard the story many times before. Then there will be times when she will grab hold of her bridegroom, pull him in to a tight hug, and will look into his eyes and declare how much she loves him and then she knows that for the rest of her life she is to demonstrate that love through an obedience to their Marriage Covenant.In the same way our Father intended for His Marriage Covenant sign to draw out the same kind of joy, inspire His bride to delight in His Covenant sign, and glorify it while she remembers and acts upon what the Covenant sign represents. He even had some incredible promises if His bride did such. Moreover He expected His Bride to walk in a love inspired obedience to that Covenant. When she disobeyed His Covenant, He had grace and demonstrated His grace through forgiveness.Through the Prophet Jeremiah, our Father declared that one day He would reestablish His Covenant with Judah and with Israel and He would put His Torah on their inward parts and write it on their hearts as it was supposed to be in the first place though His bride chose to break His Covenant. Our Bridegroom walked in a love inspired obedience to His Commands and paved a way for the Bride to reenter that Marriage Covenant.In this picture are twelve sets of Covenant rings. There are 12 tribes of Israel who are currently scattered throughout the world lost to their own identity but not the Father's knowledge. There are also countless others of the nations who need our Bridegroom and His Covenant. The point is to show that Covenant Signs can take on many different shapes and designs. But not for the eternal Covenant Sign that YHWH made with His Bride and has reestablished with His redeemed bride through the redemptive work of our Bridegroom. The Covenant Sign that He made is unique, delightful, beautiful, and eternal.The Shabbat is a Covenant sign that is embraced and commemorated by time. Time is more precious than gold, silver, or diamonds could ever be.So my challenge to you is to ask are you in Covenant with our Bridegroom Y’shua who is YHWH? Does He know this? Are you wearing His Marriage sign or are you wearing someone else’s covenant sign? Is His Covenant Sign a delight to you or do you not even think about it? Do you think it matters that your Bridegroom gave His life so that you could enter into the Marriage Covenant with Him? Are you willing to love and live out that Marrige Covenant through a love inspired obedience to His Word?If so, Shabbat Shalom!In His Love,Tsephanyah
Hace unos años, una amiga adoptó a una niña en la Índia. En su viaje hizo muchas fotos, pero hay una en la que se puede ver a una pequeña de seis añitos en la orilla del rio Ganges estudiando, a su lado una pareja follando y un cadáver en el río. Parecerá coña, pero aún estoy flipando con lo que ocurre en pleno siglo XXI. ADV
Hace unos años, una amiga adoptó a una niña en la Índia. En su viaje hizo muchas fotos, pero hay una en la que se puede ver a una pequeña de seis añitos en la orilla del rio Ganges estudiando, a su lado una pareja follando y un cadáver en el río. Parecerá coña, pero aún estoy flipando con lo que ocurre en pleno siglo XXI. ADV
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