What are the "Days of Awe?"

[RabbiJames]

THE DAYS OF AWE



Monday evening (August 9th, 2021) , at sunset, marks the beginning of the Hebrew month of “Elul”.

It is a special month since it is a month of “retrospect”, of “meditation” of “contemplation” of “reflection” or whatever word you might use to describe “Where Am I in my relationship with the LORD?”

Many might think, “Isn’t this a Jewish time of reflection?” But actually, it is a time for ALL BELIEVERS, all over the world, in whatever church, synagogue, denomination, they might be associated with. August 9th (this year) starts a 40-day time of soul-searching culminating on Yom Kippur (Sept 17). The Day of Atonement, when we think of what our Messiah, ORD, and Savior did for us all on the Cross of Calvary.

In the Old Testament, it was when the High Priest came into the HOLY of holies, to commune with God, only once per year. But to us, it is when we think of Yeshua/Jesus when he died for our sins and placed his own blood on the HOLY of Holies in the New Jerusalem, making it possible for all believers to come into fellowship 24-7.

The month of Elul expresses how God feels towards His people, that includes ALL of us, not only the 12 tribes of Israel. We are included in “His People” since we have been grafted into the Olive Tree, making us all “Am Echad” (One People). In the Song of Solomon 6:3, Solomon writes through the Holy Spirit; “I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine”. This is directed towards God’s Family and how God feels towards us all. All of us who have been “born again” are part of God’s family.

In the Hebrew, it reads: “Ani L’Dodi, V Dodi Li” the acronyms for these words spell out “Elul”

So we must ask ourselves these questions: Where Am I in my relationship with the LORD? Am I following in His footsteps, or Am I off the path. Am I doing my own thing or His thing? Am I following his commandments? How about my thought life, what’s going on in my mind? Now that is an “ouch!” or “Oi Vey!” for many of us.

Even Yeshua stated in the case of adultery; “It is written; Thou shalt not commit adultery, However, I say unto you that whosoever even looks upon a woman with lust, has already committed adultery in his mind” So He is not changing the commandment, he is strengthening it, bringing it to its full meaning. I think we are ALL guilty of that! Even women desiring men.

Are we bringing our thought life under control? He knows what is in our minds. All sin starts in the mind and if it is not dealt with mentally, it may culminate carnally. The meaning of the word; “Tzadik” is “One who has his or her sin nature under control” (Tzad) = to control, bring under control, underfoot, hunt, (Qof) = Monkey Do you have your monkey under control? (the monkey being our sin nature (Yetzer Hara)


It is not a salvation issue, it is a relationship issue. So, as we go through these 40 days of awe, we need to be aware of our personal relationship with our heavenly Father. He brought us into His family through Yeshua/Jesus, now, how are we behaving as His children. We are his beloved, do we love him in the same way? Something to think about.

 

[prophecy_uk]

The awe does apply to all, also, and it is to sin not.


Psalm 4:4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

Jesus did teach us that, continuing on to the Apostles.


To sin not, and stop our souls being stolen again....

Ephesians 4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
27 Neither give place to the devil.
28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.



To sin not, but we have Jesus Christ as our advocate/forgiveness.

His commandment is to sin not, and we know Him when we can obey, or we lie, Gods love is perfected in us, and love works no ill to your neighbour....


1 John 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

Romans 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.



Speaking of our High Priest Jesus Christ our Lord, our profession to walk as He walked, is knowing He is without sin, and we go to the throne of grace to walk the same..

Hebrews 4:14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.


The previous covenant was faulty, needed to be taken away, hence the looking on a woman and it is adultery already.


The laws are written in a soft heart of flesh, the stony heart is taken away, a conscience is given, the son has made His sheep, free..


John 8:34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.