Shemoth

Torah Portion 69-1 Shemoth (Exodus) 25:1-27:19

The Tent of Appointment erected in the wilderness by the Prophet Moshe is an outline of a woman, representing the House of Yashar’El. Testimony says that she is the wife of Yahuah Elohiym.

• The outer curtains are made of linen with scarlet, blue and purple threads added. This represents white linen clothing.
• The Altar of Burnt Offering is the first item seen as we enter the courtyard. Burnt offerings symbolize complete submission to Yahuah. It is loving Him with all our hearts, souls and might.
• The Bronze Laver is next and is used for washing hands and feet before entering the Set-apart place. This represents the necessity for being a clean vessel before consummation can occur.
• The Set-apart Place and the Most Set-apart Place are covered in Rams’ skins which represents the skin on our bodies.
• The entrance is covered by a veil and represents a woman’s hymen. She is a virgin.

Here is an illustration:

This is a characteristic of those in the House of Yashar’El described in the following testimony:

This a description of the 144,000 in the book of Revelation. This text is telling us that “virgins” in the eyes of Yahuah are those who are without fault before His throne which means they do not sin. They obey ALL of the Laws of Yahuah written in the Torah. This is in complete alignment with the pattern in the Tabernacle. When the veil was rent at the death of Messiah, the marriage between Yahuah and His people was consummated.

Yahusha Ben David was the firstborn of the resurrection.

This is a parallel of the actual physical virgin birth and the spiritual virgin birth of our Messiah. It is two-fold.

• Inside the set-apart place is the table of showbread which has twelve loaves of unleavened bread upon it at all times. We are to eat spiritual bread that contains no leavening. This means that we do not absorb teachings that contain a mixture of our Father’s Word and doctrines initiated by men and women.
• The menorah is also located inside the set-apart place. It is filled with oil representing the Set-apart Spirit which keeps our light burning. Our messiah said we are to be the “light of the world”.

When we hear and obey our Father’s Laws, we are bearing the Light of our Father and are shining stars in the darkness of this current world system.

• The third item in the set-apart place is the Altar of Incense which represents our prayers to our Father in Heaven. Our words and the contents of our hearts ascend into heaven before the Throne of Yahuah. This is illustrated in the following testimony:

These three things represent things that come from inside ourselves. These are simply overviews. In this lesson, we want to focus upon the Ark of the Covenant.

The Most Set-apart place contains the Ark of the Covenant covered with the mercy seat. This represents our hearts. Inside of us, there is a “seat of authority”. Our freewill allows us to be the ruler of our own hearts which produces a certain set of actions. Our freewill allows us to choose another man or woman to sit in the “seat of authority” our hearts which produces a completely different set of actions. Or we can exercise our freewill and allow Yahuah Elohiym to sit upon the “seat of authority” in our hearts. Someone who belongs to the House of Yashar’El has placed our Father in the “seat of authority” of their hearts. This is illustrated in the ancient Hebrew definition of “heart” in The Ancient Hebrew Lexicon of the Bible written by Jeff A. Benner.

The Ark of the Covenant represents this seat inside our spiritual hearts. The contents of the Ark of the Covenant represent the things that are in the hearts of those who are in the House of Yashar’El. We see kerubiym guarding the mercy seat and the contents inside the Ark. The Ten Debarim and the Law or Torah are inside the Ark of the Covenant.

The Ten Debarim or Ten Words as well as the entire Torah are placed inside the Ark of the Covenant. If this is a representation of us, then the Ten Debarim and the Torah would be in our hearts. King David is an example:

King David was a man after our Father’s own heart and he placed the Torah of Moshe upon the Mercy Seat in his heart.

An omer of manna is also inside the Ark of the Covenant as well. We are to eat the bread of Heaven and not the doctrines of men. Our Father provides us our food just as a husband provides for his family.

We are to sustain our spiritual body with the Word of our Father. We eat food every day for our physical bodies. It is important for us to eat spiritual food every day to make us strong.

The last thing inside the Ark of the Covenant is Aahron’s rod that budded. People were rebelling against the authorities that our Father had established. Each tribe had placed a branch in the Tabernacle of Appointment. Aahron’s branch budded, blossomed and produced almonds in a single night. It was not attached to a tree. It was a cut branch. It was placed in the Ark of the Covenant as a memorial for this event. We do not challenge the authorities Yahuah has established.

Our Father has established the authority of Aahron and his sons for the Levitical Priesthood and he has established King David and his sons as the eternal King of Yashar’El. Messiah Yahusha is a son of King David and is the firstborn of the resurrection. These are authorities He has established and we as the House of Yashar’El are to accept and acknowledge these authorities. One characteristic noted of the 144,000 is that they follow the Lamb wherever he goes (Revelation 14:4). They have accepted and acknowledged Yahusha Ben David as our Messiah and King.

The only people allowed into the Set-apart Place was the priests from the Levitical Priesthood.

In their perfect state, it was their responsibility to teach the Laws to the House of Yashar’El. This is illustrated in the following passage:

In an ideal situation, we are only to allow the sons of Aahron to teach us the Ways of our Father. They are the only ones who “enter” the Tabernacle. The only individual who enters the Most Holy Place is the High Priest and it is only once a year on Yom Kippur or the Day of Atonement.

We are not to allow anyone who does not teach the Law to enter into our hearts and minds. This is how adultery is like idolatry. When we hear and obey the voice of someone else, we are allowing a stranger to “enter” into our hearts and minds. It is someone besides our Husband, Yahuah Elohiym. We are to be faithful to our Husband and only allow Him to “enter” into our hearts and minds.

Shaul of Tarsus confirms this understanding that we are “Temples” in the following passages:

In the example of the Tabernacle, we are to be pure. If the Laws of Yahuah have been placed in our hearts then it will be manifest in our actions. One of our Father’s Laws is to be yoked only with those who are in covenant with Him.

Our Father and our Messiah follow this Law. They cannot enter into covenant with someone who is unequally yoked with them. They would be transgressing this Law. The Tabernacle of Appointment is an illustration of the kind of individual we need to become before our Father can “enter” into covenant with us and consummate the marriage.

Unfortunately, there are many people who think they are in covenant with our Father but are not. They have been severely deceived by leaders who think they understand the Ways of our Father but do not. Covenants require consent from both parties. Our Father is bound by His own Law as well as our Messiah and they cannot enter into covenant with someone who does not follow the Laws written in the Torah. Our hearts must contain the elements found in the Ark of the Covenant which will manifest in our actions before He will consent.

This is why repentance is so important. The Covenant given at Mount Sinai is our protection and provision when the judgement comes. The 144,000 are found without fault before the throne of Elohiym. They have completed their transition into the Kingdom of Yahuah and mirror the Tent of Appointment.

Based on this evidence, the Set-apart Spirit of Yahuah cannot fill us until we are a mirror image of the Tent of Appointment. There are a number of people in the world who think they have the Set-apart Spirit and do not. People who violate the Laws of our Father written by the Prophet Moshe have not seen Him or known Him.

This is the truth. Those who practice sin do not have the Set-apart Spirit of Yahuah. In the following testimony, our Father’s Spirit filled the Tent of Appointment.

Our Father is showing us the pattern. His Set-apart Spirit occupies the Tabernacle of Appointment. In order for His Set-apart Spirit to dwell within us, we need to mirror the image of the Ten of Appointment in the wilderness and later the Temple. Yahusha confirms this and says that we must keep his words and love him before him and our Father will make their abode with us.

The words spoken by Messiah Yahusha were not his words. They are the Words of Yahuah who sent him. According to our Messiah, the Word of Yahuah at this time included the Law of Moshe, the Prophets and the Tehillim (Luke 24:44-45). ALL witnesses are in agreement. It is wise for us to make every effort to use the Tent of Appointment as our guide to becoming clean and pure for our bridegroom who will be returning soon.