Tammy's Notes: Time of Dedication

“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish,

neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.”

John 10:27-28

And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.

And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.

John 10:22-23

So many thoughts and events keep drawing me back to this chapter in the book of John and this image. The 10^th chapter of John tells us Jesus is the DOOR and our SHEPHERD. I’ve shared this photo collage before. I’m thankful for the inspiring work of Daniel at Informedchristians.com who created this study tool and piece of literary art. Our wonderful Lord and Savior spoke these eternal words that give us lasting images in our hearts and minds to edify and sustain us. Much can be expounded on these pages alone – a powerful time in the life and teachings of Christ.

We are now in the time of Feast of Dedication or Hanukkah.

Hebrew: chanukkah: dedication, consecration

Original Word: חֲנֻכָּא

Phonetic Spelling: (chan-ook-kaw')

Ezra 6:16-17 and Nehemiah 12:27

Numbers 7:10-11; 2 Chronicles 7:9; Psalm 30:1

- https://biblehub.com/hebrew/2597.htm

- https://biblehub.com/hebrew/2598.htm

Greek: egkainia: dedication, renewal (of religious services)

Original Word: ἐγκαίνια, ίων, τά

Phonetic Spelling: (eng-kah'-ee-nee-ah)

Usage: a renewal, dedication; the feast of rededication.

- https://biblehub.com/greek/1456.htm - John 10:22

This reminds us that Jesus is the fulfillment of this festival – he is the one who dedicates, renews and purifies. He is the consecrating light of the world!

And Yeshua spoke again with them and he said:
“I AM THE LIVING GOD, The Light of the world.
Whoever follows me shall not walk in darkness
but shall find the light of life.”
John 8:12

menorah: a lampstand

Hebrew: מְנֹרָה

A wife dedicated for Issac

… let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac…

And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;

Genesis 24:14, 22

Hebrew: yakach: to decide, adjudge, prove, appointed

Original Word: יָכַח

Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-kahh')

Definition: to decide, adjudge, prove

https://biblehub.com/hebrew/3198.htm

The servant places bracelets on the wrist of Rebekah

http://kukis.org/Genesis/Genesis24.htm

Please read how the adornments are indicative of atonement paid and grace bestowed.

The Atonement Money

Everyone twenty years of age or older who crosses over must give this offering to the LORD. In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.

Exodus 30:14-15

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

John 17:17

Camel [ג] = gimel, camel/transportation.

Several news events have pointed us to this biblical story.

A camel traveling to a Jewish Event
Beka weight artifact found from First Temple Era

Traveling to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a camel was stranded along Route 309 in the Lehigh Valley. “We just needed his weight out of the trailer to make it up the hill and he was very compliant and considerate to help out and walk for a few minutes!”

The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia tweeted that the camel was on its way for their main event at the Kimmel Center and didn’t make it due to the weather.

November 15, 2018

https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/11/why_a_camel_got_stuck_in_the_s.html

https://www.pennlive.com/capitol-notebook/2018/11/a-camel-an-actual-camel-joins-stranded-motorists-on-pa-highway-friday-morning-coffee.html

Hebrew: beqa: half (division, a part) – half shekel

Original Word: בֶּקַע

Phonetic Spelling: (beh'-kah)

https://biblehub.com/hebrew/1235.htm

Genesis 24:22, Exodus 38:26

New discovery: A 3000 year old “Beka” weight

https://youtu.be/QcckNkyJ7wM

Much attention is drawn today to Jerusalem and the Temple Mount. A recent archaeological discovery points us back to Rebekah’s story as well as to this season and same area where it was recorded that Jesus walked - Solomon’s Porch (Portico). Below the area of Solomon’s Porch is the where the “Beka” weight was located near Roberson’s Arch and the Trumpeting Stone.

The Temple Institute added 5 new photos / https://twitter.com/TempleInstitute

November 21 at 6:00 AM ·

FIRST TEMPLE BEKA WEIGHT UNEARTHED IN JERUSALEM SIFTING PROJECT

By David Israel
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/first-temple-beka-weight-unearthed-in-jerusalem-sifting-project/2018/11/21

Artifact from First Temple period unearthed in Jerusalem. ‘Beka’ counting weight for census with ancient Hebrew script found in soil removed from Western Wall foundations.

The weight, dated to the First Temple period, was found in archaeological soil originating from the Western Wall foundations, north of the City of David, at the foot of Robinson's Arch.

The Beka weight was used to weigh the half-shekel donation brought by the Jewish people for the maintenance of the Temple and the census…It should be noted that the biblical shekel weighed 11.33 grams. “Beka weights from the First Temple period are rare; however this weight is even rarer, because the inscription on it is written in mirror script ..."

The word “beka” appears twice in the Torah: first as the weight of gold in a nose ring given to matriarch Rebekah in the Book of Genesis, and later in the Book of Exodus as a weight for the donation brought by the Jewish people for the maintenance of the Temple and the census, as recorded in Exodus 38, Verse 26: “One beka per head; [that is,] half a shekel, according to the holy shekel, for each one who goes through the counting, from 20 years old and upward, for 603,550 [people].”

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/255040

https://www.timesofisrael.com/straight-from-the-bible-tiny-first-temple-stone-weight-unearthed-in-jerusalem/

Robinson's Arch Egalitarian Plaza

The Western Wall and the entire southern wall, the site of the southern Temple Mount excavations, or as it’s now called, the Jerusalem Archaeological Garden - Davidson Exhibition and Virtual Reconstruction Center.

This video is footage of Robinson's Arch area (named for American Bible scholar Edward Robinson, who first identified the remains in the 19th century), the site of the Egalitarian Plaza, at the southern end of the Western Wall, Jerusalem. The boulders scattered on the ground are where they lay from when the Romans destroyed the second temple in 70 CE, and pushed them off the temple mount. They are still where they fell 2000 years ago.

http://allaboutjerusalem.com/tour/arcaeological-garden-around-temple-mount?page=2

https://youtu.be/S7lR65sZ8e4

Robinson's Arch provided people in the Lower City and the Tyropoeon Valley access to the southwestern corner of the Temple Mount. There would be immediate access to the colonnades and courtyards. The Robinson's Arch staircase leading from the City of David up to the Temple was massive. There were priest's stationed at the Arch on the Sabbath to sound the trumpets. You can also see Wilson's Arch to the left of Robinson's Arch, this was the main entrance into the Temple from the West.

https://www.bible-history.com/jerusalem/firstcenturyjerusalem_robinson_s_arch.html

https://www.bible-history.com/archaeology/israel/place-of-trumpeting.html

https://youtu.be/OPFF9xLlCxQ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson's_Arch

http://biblicalisraeltours.com/2014/04/temple-chisel/

https://youtu.be/IDA8yJsqPtU

The Place of Trumpeting Stone

A stone was discovered at the base of Robinson's Arch inscribed with the words

"To the place of trumpeting."

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:

for the trumpet shall sound,

and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

1 Corinthians 15:52

You Turned My Mourning into Dancing

A Psalm. A Song for the dedication of the temple. Of David. I will exalt You, O LORD, for You have lifted me up and have not allowed my foes to rejoice over me. O LORD my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me.

Psalm 30:1-2

http://tammyjdub.blogspot.com/2017/09/light-of-world.html

https://tammyjdub.blogspot.com/2017/12/light-of-life.html

https://tammyjdub.blogspot.com/2017/12/december-events.html

And Yeshua spoke again with them and he said:

“I AM THE LIVING GOD, The Light of the world.

Whoever follows me shall not walk in darkness
but shall find the light of life.”

John 8:12

12-3-18 earthquake at Puerto El Triunfo El Salvador: (Triumph / Savior) https://plus.google.com/u/0/112203344913699287550/posts/axzPynt4bap

Greek: thuróros: a doorkeeper

Original Word: θυρωρός, οῦ, ὁ, ἡ

Usage: a door-keeper, porter.

https://biblehub.com/greek/2377.htm

John 10:1-5

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock:

if any man hear my voice, and open the door,

I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Revelation 3:20

Hebrew Dalet ד - is the fourth letter

From which tribe will the Messiah come? Judah! (Gen 49:10, Heb 7:14)

What is the significance of the "door"? Yeshua tells us in John 10:9 - I am the door.

If anyone enters by me, he will be saved...

Putting this together, we have the Messiah coming from the Tribe of Judah, in which the name of Judah is God's name that includes a "door" -- exactly what Yeshua calls Himself!

http://tammyjdub.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-lion-of-tribe-of-judah.html

Trove of 11th century gold coins discovered in ancient Caesarea

https://youtu.be/xL1ZAkXrrDk

The discovery was made during digging and conservation work that is being conducted in the area. It was announced amid the Hanukkah holiday, which among other traditions includes gifting small amounts of money ("gelt" in Yiddish) or chocolate coins to children.

“The cache is a silent testimony to one of the most dramatic events in the history of Caesarea – the violent conquest of the city by the Crusaders. Someone hid their fortune, hoping to retrieve it – but never returned

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-900-year-old-cache-of-gold-coins-found-in-ancient-israeli-city-of-caesarea-1.6705010

Trove of 11th century gold coins discovered in ancient Caesarea

Six incredibly rare Byzantine Empire gold coins and 18 Fatimid-era 24k coins testify to a wealthy family fleeing conquest on the eve of the bloody 1101 Crusade, say archaeologists

Baldwin I of Jerusalem was behind the Crusader conquest of Caesarea in 1101. After his coronation in Jerusalem on December 25, 1100, he captured a series of port cities

For Kool, however, the Hannukah miracle has already happened. He acknowledged that institutions are always trying to find significant ways to tie holidays to their finds. “But this year, ironically, everything came together,” he said.

“A little vessel — albeit bronze — but full of Islamic and Christian coins found close to the Jewish feast of Hanukkah… I find it significant,” he said. “You can be cynical about it, but on the other hand, for us, in terms of the archaeology it’s a small miracle to find something like that.”

https://www.timesofisrael.com/trove-of-11th-century-gelt-discovered-in-ancient-caesarea/

Dec 3-11 - Hanukkah / Feast of Dedication (John 10:22)

http://torahcalendar.com/Calendar.asp?YM=Y2018M9