yom rewii – third day of Sukkot – 17. Tischri 5776
Today’s Shabbat goes down in the history of the world.
It is marked by the work of Almighty God, YAHWEH, and by the HOLY SPIRIT.
The SATAN will be exposed!
The preamble was created years ago without human influence, a real miracle. It had changed several times. Let us remain open to the future. With Almighty God, there is no past, no present, and no future. HE is the B E I N G.
yom rewii – third day of sukkot – 17th tishri 5776 – fear of man, a trap – the eternal NAME, HaShem “fear of man wants to set a trap,
but he who trusts in YAHWEH shall have protection.”
(Proverbs 29:25, own translation, internal lot)
חרדת אדם יתן מוקש ובוטח ביהוה ישגב
cherdat adam yiten mokesh uwoteach baYAHWEH yessugaw.
This is very much in line with my experience.
As a child and long into my adulthood, I was very philanthropic. This continued to have an effect when I was administrative director at the Bethanien Deaconess House in Zurich. After the week of self-awareness in Reichenschwand, I realized that I was quite similar to King Saul. He paid more attention to his effect on the people than to his dependence on YAHWEH. God, therefore, had to reject him. YAHWEH does not want, but HE must if HE wants to be faithful to HIMSELF.
My “being fired” in the deaconess house was therefore the compelling consequence. My fear of man – I wanted to please everyone as much as possible and shied away from criticism – set the trap for me.
On the other hand, there is trust in YAHWEH. For me, it was and is a long way emotionally. For God, it is not. God does not make mistakes. HE leads willfully ZICK-ZACK. All people must learn whether they want to or not! God is gracious and powerful. By gracious we can think of a merciful God. ‘Mighty’ is more difficult to understand in the context of God. The ‘microbes’ have helped me in this regard.
The Herrnhut Brethren Society’s daily motto in Isaiah 63:16 is very much part of the theme:
“For YOU are our father. For Abraham did not know us and Israel (Jacob) cannot know us.
YOU YAHWEH,
‘our Father, our Redeemer’
From all eternity is Your name.”
(Own translation)
כי-אתה אבינו כי אברהם לא ידענו וישראל לא יכירנו אתה יהוה אבינו גאלנו מעולם שמך
ki-atah awinu ki awraham lo yedaanu weyissrael lo yakiranu atah YAHWEH awinu go’alenu me’olam schmecha
What is your name from eternity? OUR FATHER, OUR REDEEMER!
The Jews, out of sheer respect for God, dare not speak the name. I have always been impressed by the seriousness of the strictly orthodox Jews when I found it genuine. They worship “the name” they do not know. Father and Savior are common terms in Judaism as well, but they don’t really ‘carry’.
The ‘OUR FATHER’ is the central prayer in Christianity, as Yeshua HaMashiach taught His disciples:
awinu shebashamayim yitkadesh shimcha
tawo malchutcha
yeasseh retzoncha kewaschamayim gam baaretz
ten lanu et lechem tzorkenu hayom
umechal lanu et chowoteinu cmo sche gam anachnu machalnu lechayaweinu
weal tewienu lidei nissayon ela hatzilenu min hara
Allegedly this is a translation from Aramaic. The later added ‘doxology’ I leave out here.
Our Father who is in heaven
hallowed be thy name!
Thy kingdom come!
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven!
Give us bread, our need, today!
And forgive us our sins, as we also have forgiven our debtors!
And bring us not into the hands of temptation!
But deliver us from evil!
(Own translation)
This prayer is also the centerpiece of my ‘liturgy’ every morning. To each sentence, I try to imagine something concrete. In this way, the prayer comes to life.
The forgiveness of debts is important to me. Every time we pray this prayer, we should check whether we have forgiven our debtors. Only in this way can we be freed from our debts.