Sukkot Series (3a) Marriage, Procreation & Family Prefigure the Family/Kingdom of God

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This video series presents an amazingly expansive view of the gospel message including explaining the mystery and higher purpose of marriage, sexual procreation, and family as the creative process by which YHVH is expanding his own glorified, spiritual family. The mainstream church has largely missed this aspect of the gospel message, which has been hidden in plain sight in your Bibles all along.

The theme of sexual and spiritual procreation runs like a major thread forming part of the rich tapestry of the gospel message from Genesis to Revelation.

Moreover, marriage and family are the cornerstone building blocks of the kingdom of Elohim and are the Creator’s plan to recreate himself (in a majorly stepped down version, of course) or “the God family” that will live forever with him in the new heavens and new earth.

To that end, two families presently coexist on earth—a physical and a spiritual one. Adam and Eve started the physical family of man that then went astray spiritually. Then Elohim raised up Abraham to start a physical family that would then become a spiritual one — the nation and chosen people of Elohim with the commission of expanding that family throughout the world by being a spiritual light to the nations through the spreading of the Torah-based gospel message.

Yeshua the Messiah is squarely at the center of Elohim’s plan to expand this spiritual family, by unifying the physical and spiritual families in himself culminating with his marriage to his glorified saints who qualify to be his bride.

Creating the kingdom or family of Elohim then is the higher purpose of physical marriage, sexual procreation and family.

Of course, Satan the devil is promulgating his own counterfeit family and kingdom on this earth to compete with that of Elohim. But Satan’s plan, which involves sexual promiscuity and perversion, the destruction of the family and marriage and male and female genders, if allowed to continue, will end in the extinction of the human race.

Thankfully Yeshua the Messiah will return and destroy Satan’s nefarious plans along with his global world order before they come to fruition. He will then establish his universal kingdom on this earth that will last forever.

This then is Elohim’s ultimate and expanded plan of salvation to which the mainstream church has largely been oblivious for some 1,900 years.

 

Shabbat Shalom from the Oregon Coast!

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Praising Yah with seaweed shofars…

Blowing kelp seaweed shofars on the beach in Oregon.

Praise ye YHVH. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise him with the sound of the shofar: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. Let every thing that hath breath praise YHVH. Praise ye YHVH. (Psalm 150)

But to you who fear My name the Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; and you shall go out and grow fat like stall-fed calves.(Malachi 4:2)

Several of us have gathered together to celebrate Sukkot here on the gloriously scenic Oregon coast for the past week. During this time, we have not just been looking out our windows and sitting by idly twiddling our thumbs! NO! We have been having fun.

The weather has been summer-like—amazingly warm for this time of the year. Yesterday, it was about 80˚F and three of us even (including me) spent about 45 minutes swimming in the chilly Pacific Ocean jumping waves and body surfing. The water temperature was only 54˚F.

On Monday seven of us went bottom fishing just off shore. While some of us were catching fish, the several of us became sea sick including me.

Jared and his non-kosher cabezon bottom fish.
Louie and his coho salmon.

On Tuesday, a group of us went on a several mile nature hike to a prominent point overlooking the Pacific where we took in some magnificent views.

Along the way, we strolled through an old-growth Sitka spruce forest. One tree was about nine feet in diameter!

On Wednesday we visited the old-town bay front of a local fishing port where we had lunch, shopped and amused ourselves while watching the barking sea lions.

On Thursday, we played on the beach and beach combed, then the group came to our home were he had a hot dog roast over a wood fire. We fellowshipped and Anna brought her guitar and we sang praise and worship songs.

On Friday, we hung out, prepared for Shabbat, and three of us went for a swim in the ocean, and then we went over to Anna’s house for a multi-course erev Shabbat dinner. We fellowshipped and concluded the evening with praise and worship.

Now it is Shabbat morning and the seventh day of Sukkot (Hoshana Rabbah or the Last Great Day) and I am preparing for our regular online Shabbat meeting.

May YHVH bless you and yours during the remainder of the festival of Sukkot 2023!

 

Chag Sameach Sukkot 2023!

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Sandi and I are blessed to be celebrating Sukkot this year on the world famous Oregon cost. On the weekly Shabbats and high holy day Shabbats, our online congregation is holding Zoom meetings. The recent videos that I have been uploading to this blog are being filmed from our live internet congregational meeting.

The rest of the time, we will be enjoying family and a few friends as we fellowship around campfires at our sukkah parties or visit local tourist attractions. Today after our Zoom meeting, Sandi and I drove about five minutes away to watch migrating gray whales loafing in the waters just offshore. We were blessed to see two large whales jump almost completely out of the water and land on their backs. An amazing sight that in all of our whale watching excursions in many places we have never seen up close. We never cease to be amazed and enthralled by the wonders of YHVH’s amazing and mind boggling creation.

Happy Sukkot or Feast of Tabernacles to everyone wherever you may be!

Now please enjoy the following photos. Most of these spots are a five minute walk from our family home that overlooks the Pacific Ocean. The rest are within a five minute drive from the house. All photos were taken with my iPhone camera.

 

Sukkot Series (2)— Marriage, Procreation & Family Prefigure the Family/Kingdom of God

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This video series presents an amazingly expansive view of the gospel message including explaining the mystery and higher purpose of marriage, sexual procreation, and family as the creative process by which YHVH is expanding his own glorified, spiritual family. The mainstream church has largely missed this aspect of the gospel message, which has been hidden in plain sight in your Bibles all along. 

The theme of sexual and spiritual procreation runs like a major thread forming part of the rich tapestry of the gospel message from Genesis to Revelation. 

Moreover, marriage and family are the cornerstone building blocks of the kingdom of Elohim and are the Creator’s plan to recreate himself (in a majorly stepped down version, of course) or “the God family” that will live forever with him in the new heavens and new earth. 

To that end, two families presently coexist on earth—a physical and a spiritual one. Adam and Eve started the physical family of man that then went astray spiritually. Then Elohim raised up Abraham to start a physical family that would then become a spiritual one — the nation and chosen people of Elohim with the commission of expanding that family throughout the world by being a spiritual light to the nations through the spreading of the Torah-based gospel message. 

Yeshua the Messiah is squarely at the center of Elohim’s plan to expand this spiritual family, by unifying the physical and spiritual families in himself culminating with his marriage to his glorified saints who qualify to be his bride. 

Creating the kingdom or family of Elohim then is the higher purpose of physical marriage, sexual procreation and family. 

Of course, Satan the devil is promulgating his own counterfeit family and kingdom on this earth to compete with that of Elohim. But Satan’s plan, which involves sexual promiscuity and perversion, the destruction of the family and marriage and male and female genders, if allowed to continue, will end in the extinction of the human race. 

Thankfully Yeshua the Messiah will return and destroy Satan’s nefarious plans along with his global world order before they come to fruition. He will then establish his universal kingdom on this earth that will last forever. 

This then is Elohim’s ultimate and expanded plan of salvation to which the mainstream church has largely been oblivious for some 1,900 years.

 

Sukkot Series (1)—Marriage, Procreation & Family Prefigure the Family/Kingdom of Elohim

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This video series presents an amazingly expansive view of the gospel message including explaining the mystery and higher purpose of marriage, sexual procreation, and family as the creative process by which YHVH is expanding his own glorified, spiritual family. The mainstream church has largely missed this aspect of the gospel message, which has been hidden in plain sight in your Bibles all along. 

The theme of sexual and spiritual procreation runs like a major thread forming part of the rich tapestry of the gospel message from Genesis to Revelation. 

Moreover, marriage and family are the cornerstone building blocks of the kingdom of Elohim and are the Creator’s plan to recreate himself (in a majorly stepped down version, of course) or “the God family” that will live forever with him in the new heavens and new earth. 

To that end, two families presently coexist on earth—a physical and a spiritual one. Adam and Eve started the physical family of man that then went astray spiritually. Then Elohim raised up Abraham to start a physical family that would then become a spiritual one — the nation and chosen people of Elohim with the commission of expanding that family throughout the world by being a spiritual light to the nations through the spreading of the Torah-based gospel message. 

Yeshua the Messiah is squarely at the center of Elohim’s plan to expand this spiritual family, by unifying the physical and spiritual families in himself culminating with his marriage to his glorified saints who qualify to be his bride. 

Creating the kingdom or family of Elohim then is the higher purpose of physical marriage, sexual procreation and family. 

Of course, Satan the devil is promulgating his own counterfeit family and kingdom on this earth to compete with that of Elohim. But Satan’s plan, which involves sexual promiscuity and perversion, the destruction of the family and marriage and male and female genders, if allowed to continue, will end in the extinction of the human race. 

Thankfully Yeshua the Messiah will return and destroy Satan’s nefarious plans along with his global world order before they come to fruition. He will then establish his universal kingdom on this earth that will last forever. 

This then is Elohim’s ultimate and expanded plan of salvation to which the mainstream church has largely been oblivious for some 1,900 years.

 

News Flash: The 2023-2024 Bible Reading Schedule Is Now Available!

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HalleluYah! After much hard work on the part of Sandi, my wife and copartner in life and ministry, the next year’s Bible reading schedule is now available. You can find a link to it on the home page of this blog at https://hoshanarabbah.org/pdfs/read-bible-in-a-year-2023-2024.pdf. The schedule is free and printable. Tell your friends and spread the good news. Many people have been asking about it. The new schedule starts on the last day of Sukkot (the Feast of Tabernacles) beginning on October 8, 2023.