Monday, February 29, 2016
Daniel 3: opposing idolatry
There will be situations during which your faith in the Living God might face some real challenges. It might even be a matter of life and death: Hashem might challenge your faith in a tremendous way in order to see if you really love Him.
Engaging with Hashem is not a promise that your path is necessary going to be simple. Discipleship requires a total committment and it might cost you everything ( even your life).
What is the reward when our life is in jeopardy?
Either we will die physically and be with our Lord forever or He will deliver us from the hand of our murderous enemies.
Bowing before the king's idol or death
King Nebuchadnezzar had built a statue of gold. Everybody was supposed to follow the Royal decree and to bow before it when hearing the sound of the instruments. Anybody caught disobeying would immediately sign their death arrest.
Through the different stories reported in the Book of Daniel, we realize that Nebuchadnezzar experienced the greatness of the God of Israel. However and despite what he saw and experienced, he continued to make himself guilty of idolatry.
Denunciation and faithfulness of Daniel's companions
In times of dictatorship, you will often find denunciators and gossipers. Some Chaldeans obviously wanted the young Jews' demise.
More recent stories (in a very different context) point at the denunciation of Jewish and other people who opposed nazism during WWII.
It is admirable to see people who fully trust Hashem and who will never compromise their faith in favor of vain idols. We also have the very contemporary example of the 4 Iraqi children who refused to deny Yeshua our Messiah. By mentioning them, I would like to honor these wonderful kids' memory.
Unconditional faith in the God of Israel who has the power to deliver in any kind of situation, this is the type of faith Daniel's companion expressed before the king-and they were powerfully delivered.
The little kids from Badgad were not delivered, but they will be highly rewarded in Heaven.
May our Lord fortify us all in the face of persecution and give us the strength to stand up for Him!
Deliverance in the furnace
Shadrach, Meshach and Abed Nego did not suffer any damage from the fire. Most amazingly, they met the Son of Man within the burning fire.
The king witnessed this impressing encounter.
Nebuchadnezzar would not allow anybody to speak badly about the God of Israel.
Mighty is our Lord of glory. Let us put all trust in Him. I do pray that the God of Israel fortifies you all. May you experience His love and greatness every day.
Copyright© by Isabelle Esling
Engaging with Hashem is not a promise that your path is necessary going to be simple. Discipleship requires a total committment and it might cost you everything ( even your life).
What is the reward when our life is in jeopardy?
Either we will die physically and be with our Lord forever or He will deliver us from the hand of our murderous enemies.
Bowing before the king's idol or death
King Nebuchadnezzar had built a statue of gold. Everybody was supposed to follow the Royal decree and to bow before it when hearing the sound of the instruments. Anybody caught disobeying would immediately sign their death arrest.
Through the different stories reported in the Book of Daniel, we realize that Nebuchadnezzar experienced the greatness of the God of Israel. However and despite what he saw and experienced, he continued to make himself guilty of idolatry.
Denunciation and faithfulness of Daniel's companions
In times of dictatorship, you will often find denunciators and gossipers. Some Chaldeans obviously wanted the young Jews' demise.
More recent stories (in a very different context) point at the denunciation of Jewish and other people who opposed nazism during WWII.
It is admirable to see people who fully trust Hashem and who will never compromise their faith in favor of vain idols. We also have the very contemporary example of the 4 Iraqi children who refused to deny Yeshua our Messiah. By mentioning them, I would like to honor these wonderful kids' memory.
Unconditional faith in the God of Israel who has the power to deliver in any kind of situation, this is the type of faith Daniel's companion expressed before the king-and they were powerfully delivered.
The little kids from Badgad were not delivered, but they will be highly rewarded in Heaven.
May our Lord fortify us all in the face of persecution and give us the strength to stand up for Him!
Deliverance in the furnace
Shadrach, Meshach and Abed Nego did not suffer any damage from the fire. Most amazingly, they met the Son of Man within the burning fire.
The king witnessed this impressing encounter.
Nebuchadnezzar would not allow anybody to speak badly about the God of Israel.
Mighty is our Lord of glory. Let us put all trust in Him. I do pray that the God of Israel fortifies you all. May you experience His love and greatness every day.
Copyright© by Isabelle Esling
ANNOUNCEMENT: Release date for "An Encounter with Yeshua, the Sequel"
Dear readers, we now have an official release date for "An Encounter with Yeshua, the Sequel": March the 7th.
My publisher, Donna Kshir and I announced it on the Examiner and in a recent press release.
Stay tuned for wonderful adventures with Yeshua. May you be blessed in abundance by your read.
Your author,
Isabelle Esling
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Thursday, February 25, 2016
His Name written in the clouds (from "Heart of a Savior")
“Come to me, all of you, who are burden and weary, and
I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28
I am like all of you, my friends, my brothers and
sisters. I have my moments of joy and my moments of discouragement (even if
they are quite rare, they do occur).
Today I’ve been experiencing a little moment of
sadness. The impression of carrying a big plight was physical and moral at the
same time.
My Lord was talking to me and let me know that
everything He could handle for me. But my discouragement went on and I kept
walking through the streets.
On my way to return home, I looked up at the sky and I
couldn’t believe the sight that my eyes were catching: on a white cloud, the
Name of Yeshua was written in black letters. As I kept glancing at my amazing
vision, the Hebrew letters turned into occidental alphabet and I could read:
“Yeshua” once again, very clearly, as the black letters were very contrasting
as opposed to the white clouds.
Yeshua was showing me His presence to comfort me. I
thought again about my article about the Book of Daniel, chapter 5 and I
realized how much I was lacking faith.
My Lord so magnificent was control and would help me,
regardless of the current situation. How could I have doubted my beloved, once
again?
“My precious child, you know me, but sometimes you are
clueless about the very depths of my heart. When your heart is feeling heavy,
it affects me. Your feelings, your thoughts are transparent in front of me.
Although human problems look tiny in my eyes and are mostly time-related, your
perception of things gets me involved in solving your problem.
I never write history without the participation of
human beings. Therefore, my heart perceives the way you are hurting. Child, I
feel deep empathy for all of you. But I don’t intervene when people keep
blaming me for their problems.
My blessings I pour on grateful hearts, so their joy
is perfect."
Copyright© by Isabelle Esling
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Daniel's Babylonian exile (Daniel, chapter 1)
While some of his dreams, visions and prophecies were aimed at his contemporary world, some others are still in the process of being of being accomplished as they are regarding the last days and the Return of our Messiah.
Captives from the besieged Jerusalem
credit to GOODSALT.com
Hashem allowed the king of Judah, Jehoiakim, to be defeated. As a consequence, Jerusalem was besieged and the vessels of the Temple stolen.
What a humiliation for Israel whose corruption and idol worship had taken big proportions!
In addition, Nebuchadnezzar orders his eunuch to bring people of Israel, of the royal family and of nobility. These young people have to be of perfect appearance. (Daniel 1:3-4)
Daniel's deportation
One must understand that Hashem often uses times of exile to fulfill big plans for the nation of Israel, as He did it in the times of Joseph in Egypt.
Exile can be a sanction against His people who became disobedient to His commandments.
Daniel and his friends' exile in Babylon is humiliating in many ways, even if being taught at the king's court looks like a favor.
Daniel and his friends experience a change in name. They are baptized after pagan divinities. Daniel and his friends probably felt robbed in their identity.
Daniel's respect of the cashrout and his refusal of compromise in purity
Daniel was a righteous man. He was highly favored by Hashem because of his obedience.
In the same way, our Lord is pleased in us when we have heart to obey His Commands. By doing it, we are showing Him our singleheartedness.
In this particular context, keeping kosher is much more important than it appears at first sight.
Not only is it an avoidance of the unclean meats, it is also because meat and vine were often sacrificed to idols within pagan nations.
Daniel and his friends refuse to take part in any kind of idolatry.
Hashem will reward Daniel for his faithfulness. He will receive the gift of understanding dreams and visions.
The story of Daniel shows us how much laying our lives in our Lord's hands really matters. When we are proven to be faithful, regardless of the circumstances, we will be rewarded in many ways.
Receiving Hashem's various gifts, is never a matter of luck, but of obedience.
Obey His commands, trust His love and let Him direct your ship. He'll bless you greatly in return.
Copyright© by Isabelle Esling
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
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Hashem's prophetic writing on the wall in the Book of Daniel
As a child, I have always been fascinated with biblical stories, especially by the way Hashem intervened powerfully and personnally in people's lives.
I was in awe in front of the story of the writing on the wall, taken out of the book of Daniel. God would write prophetic words with His own hand and the king would be able to see it!
Daniel chapter 5, the story
ESV Daniel, Chapter 5:1-31
Nebuchanezzar, Belshezzar's father committed offense to Hashem and the Israelites by stealing the golden and silver vessels from the Temple.
But Belshezzar will make his father's sin worse, to the point Hashem will intervene in a very personal way. The God of Israel is powerful and His might will be manifested.
"Then from his presence the hand was sent, and this writing was inscribed. And this is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin.This is the interpretation of the matter: Mene, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; Tekel,you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting; Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
I was in awe in front of the story of the writing on the wall, taken out of the book of Daniel. God would write prophetic words with His own hand and the king would be able to see it!
Daniel chapter 5, the story
ESV Daniel, Chapter 5:1-31
"King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords and drank wine in front of the thousand.
Belshazzar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem be brought, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them. Then they brought in the golden vessels that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. They drank wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, opposite the lampstand. And the king saw the hand as it wrote. Then the king's color changed, and his thoughts alarmed him; his limbs gave way, and his knees knocked together. The king called loudly to bring in the enchanters, theChaldeans, and the astrologers. The king declared to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck andshall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”
Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or make known to the king the interpretation. Then King Belshazzar was greatly alarmed, and his color changed, and his lords were perplexed.
The queen, because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banqueting hall, and the queen declared, “O king, live forever! Let not your thoughts alarm you or your color change. There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods.In the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him, and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father—your father the king—made him chief of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers, because an excellent spirit, knowledge, and understandingto interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve problems were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.”
Daniel Interprets the Handwriting
Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king answered and said to Daniel, “You are that Daniel, one of the exiles of Judah, whom the king my father brought from Judah. I have heard of you that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you. Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, but they could not show the interpretation of the matter. But I have heard that you can give interpretations and solve problems.Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation,you shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around your neck and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”
Then Daniel answered and said before the king, “Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another. Nevertheless, I will read the writing to the king and make known to him the interpretation. O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father kingship and greatness and glory and majesty. And because of the greatness that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. Whom he would, he killed, and whom he would, he kept alive; whom he would, he raised up, and whom he would, he humbled. But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him. He was driven from among the children of mankind, and his mind was made like that of a beast, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, until he knew that the Most High God rules the kingdom of mankind and sets over it whom he will. And you his son,[Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this, but you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven. And the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, but the God in whose hand is your breath, and whose are all your ways, you have not honored.
“Then from his presence the hand was sent, and this writing was inscribed. And this is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin.This is the interpretation of the matter: Mene, God has numbered[g] the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; Tekel,you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting; Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
Then Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
That very night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was killed. And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old."
Profanation and sin of idolatry
Always take our Lord's words about idolatry very seriously. Our Lord condemns idolatry and when we are running after foreign gods we are making ourselves guilty of a bad sin. Jealous is Hashem of our hearts, He wants to possess them completely.
Many Scriptural sources mention the holy vessels, especially the Book of Exodus, Chronicles 1 and 2 and the Book of the Kings.
Objects that were consecrated in the Temple were aimed at cultual purpose.
Many Scriptural sources mention the holy vessels, especially the Book of Exodus, Chronicles 1 and 2 and the Book of the Kings.
Objects that were consecrated in the Temple were aimed at cultual purpose.
Nebuchanezzar, Belshezzar's father committed offense to Hashem and the Israelites by stealing the golden and silver vessels from the Temple.
But Belshezzar will make his father's sin worse, to the point Hashem will intervene in a very personal way. The God of Israel is powerful and His might will be manifested.
Belshezzar gets drunk and acts on the impulsion of the effects of the vine. Not only does he order that he, his lords, his wives and his concubines might drink from them. One can suppose that in this pagan atmosphere, an orgy probably took place. But to add to God's anger, he started praising idols.
At the sight of Hashem's writing hand, Belshezzar realizes that something is very rotten, but his anguish is increased because none of his enchanters and astrologers is able to decrypt the message. The king promises a high reward to the potential interpreter.
The queen then remembers Daniel.
Daniel's interpretation and the accomplishment of the prophecy
Daniel the prophet was a righteous and obedient man who observed the laws of the Eternal in a pagan kingdom.
The reader can observe that Daniel is not interested in the reward. He prompts to interpret Hashem's prophecy. Daniel warns the king about the gravity of his fault before the Creator of the universe.
Daniel will be honored by Hashem and receive the king's reward after uttering the dark prophecy aimed at the king:
Then Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
That very night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was killed. And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old."
Do not take idolatric practices lightly: they do weigh heavily in the balance.
Do not take idolatric practices lightly: they do weigh heavily in the balance.
Copyright© by Isabelle Esling
Monday, February 22, 2016
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Mass blinding in France
Dear readers,
Yeshua gave me an unpleasant prophecy for France today. It is quite gloomy. It is also a strong call for repentance. The spirit of evil is blinding the masses. Come back to Yeshua before it is too late...The parts put into brackets are the words I received from our Lord.
Yeshua gave me an unpleasant prophecy for France today. It is quite gloomy. It is also a strong call for repentance. The spirit of evil is blinding the masses. Come back to Yeshua before it is too late...The parts put into brackets are the words I received from our Lord.
“My dear child, Europe and France in particular are
taking ways that really displease me. These nations are going to be shaken in a
bad way.
Do not be surprised about all this; I have been
warning you about your country becoming a dangerous place to be since October
2014."
"The masses in France are completely blinded. Because
of their rejection of God, they are totally clueless about the current events.
They don’t even envision their evil destroyers as enemies.
The battle is very spiritual in the times preceding my
Return. Satan is veiling people’s ears and eyes.
The first major deception has happened with this
Charlie Hebdo affair that has been secretly launched by a wicked government in
order to promote evil.
A lot of people have been fooled into a mass public
manifestation that they considered as vital and as a defense of freedom and
democratic values.
The truth is that, by coming together and manifesting
for Charlie Hebdo, they have all been hailing Satan and advocating blasphemy (
a lot of people are not even aware that this magazine’s motto is “blasphemy is
our duty”)."
(Charlie Hebdo is not only about mocking Islam; it is really about blasphemy. This ugly picture is supposed to target integrist catholics.
The truth is that this dirty mag constantly mocks Jews, Christians and Muslims and anybody who does not agree with their views.
To put things straight, I am in no way promoting their carricature, but I posted this image to let everybody know what they are all about. In short: disgusting people.)
"The second major deception happened with the satanic
concert of the Eagles of death metal. People only look at terrorism, yet they
completely ignore the spiritual context during which these events happened.
People were gathered because they wanted to “kiss the
devil on the tongue” and you know, the devil kissed them back.
Now these satanic singers are also being hailed as the
“heroes for freedom of speech”.
The masses don’t understand that I am using the
enemies of the Western world to get my message through.
What I want, especially in France, is Teshuva.
But a great majority follows carnal pleasures and
doesn’t care about Hashem.
A third major deception is coming soon, unless people
are willing to repent. It will be terrible, because they are all calling for
more blood over their heads. Blood will be spilled in an unprecedented manner.
Fear not, my child, because you are safe with me. I
cherish you and I will spare you, because you know my Name."
Copyright© by Isabelle Esling
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Isaiah 52 describes the disfigured Face of the Shroud (guided meditation)
Most of us would probably not have been able to bear the vision of Yeshua's Face when He was descended from the Cross. The prophet Isaiah states that "His apparence was so marred beyond human semblance, and his form that of the children of mankind" (Isaiah 52:14).
Isaiah's depiction is a rather scary, but a realistic one.
You might ask me: how do I know?
I know, because Yeshua showed me, through the Face of the Shroud, quantities of details.
My first encounter with Yeshua started with a beautiful Shroud painting and this was probably the most efficient way for Him to reach me given the situation I was facing, back in 2014.
Contemplating this beautiful work of art, I worked out a lot of personal pain.
I faced courage and started speaking to Yeshua about all that oppressed me. It led me to repentance and our Savior let me know how much He cared.
He erased my pain within a few hours and the following day, let me experience His presence very concretely. My true encounter with Yeshua I summarized in An Encounter with Yeshua.
The wonderful experience I had on the days of my Salvation made me curious to explore the Shroud even more and I will share a few insights i received with all of you.
The disfigured Face of Yeshua: the humbled Servant will be elevated
The verse that precedes the description of our Messiah's disfigured Face affirms that Yeshua will be high, lifted up and greatly exalted.
"Behold, my Servant will prosper, He will be high and lifted up and greatly exalted (Isaiah 52:13)
Before being high, Yeshua had to accept to be humbled down to a dimension that I'd qualify of "extreme". Who would willingly accept to suffer and be humiliated this way? Only a pure heart like Yeshua really would accept to suffer so much for OUR offenses. Nobody else would do this, not even the best individual.
No matter if people rate them as "beautiful" or ugly"( which are very subjective standards anyway),our faces are the true imprint of our identity.
Disfiguring a human being is a way of denying his identity and his humanity.
The Gospels depict the scene of Yeshua's humiliation with quantities of details. (Matthew 26:67; Mark 14:65; Mark 15:19; Luke 22:63)
Yeshua was savagely spit in His Face, repeatedly beaten upon His head. He was punched in the eyes.
In short, all He underwent was physical and moral abuse.
Our Lord showed me that the loneliness during these moments were very heavy to carry.
Torture and punishment are always hard. But one must take the time to reflect that Yeshua was sinless and completely innocent.
Yeshua willingly accepted this huge punishment out of love for us all, even for the ones who are still hating Him and mocking Him daily.
This is a love so BIG man cannot comprehend.
The Cross is were we belong. Do you realize it?
Without Yeshua's sacrifical love, you'd perish and experience eternal separation from our Father.
Take a minute to thank Him.
If you haven't done it yet, repent of your sins and invite Yeshua in your life.
Whatever you are facing, Yeshua has been there and He is willing to help you.
The Face of the Shroud confirms Isaiah's prophecy and the Gospel's reports
I have spent much time contemplating the Face of the Shroud. Our Lord blessed me with beautiful insights and revelations. Stephen E. Jones gives us some very accurate details about Yeshua's wounds in his Shroud of Turin dedicated blog.
I am convinced our Father left us the Shroud as a testimony of Yeshua's suffering, death and resurrection. I can speak confidently about it and here is the story behind it.
Some orthodox Jew once slated me because I expressed my faith in Yeshua as the Messiah of Israel.
This man was pretending that Yeshua was a pure fabrication. He also mocked me and said to me that I was " a lost soul denying Hashem our Father". Ironically this man in need of Salvation was deying the very source of Salvation...
Of course, I forgave him but his harsh words caused me some intense pain, because I thought of Yeshua's suffering for all mankind. I started crying and our Father immediately spoke to me some very consoling words: "My daughter, I would never let them erase my Son's memory from the face of the earth..."
Hearing these words from Heaven, I immediately thought of the Shroud.
I wiped away my tears and thanked our Father.
It is hard to see the intensity of Yeshua's pain with the naked eye, but here is how you can proceed if you are willing to discover more...
Make sure you will not be bothered.
Take a few minutes during which you will stay out of distractions and completely silent.
Ask our Lord to reveal you more about His pain and start contemplating His Face.
Yeshua our Lord showed me that the crown of thorns inflicted Him huge physical and moral pain. He talked to me about His persecutors and how He forgave the ones punching Him in the eyes.
All the pain that He allowed me to see carries a huge dimension of healing.
Let Yeshua guide you as you contemplace His holy Face. May He bless you all who took the time to read this article.
Copyright© by Isabelle Esling
Isaiah's depiction is a rather scary, but a realistic one.
You might ask me: how do I know?
I know, because Yeshua showed me, through the Face of the Shroud, quantities of details.
My first encounter with Yeshua started with a beautiful Shroud painting and this was probably the most efficient way for Him to reach me given the situation I was facing, back in 2014.
Contemplating this beautiful work of art, I worked out a lot of personal pain.
I faced courage and started speaking to Yeshua about all that oppressed me. It led me to repentance and our Savior let me know how much He cared.
He erased my pain within a few hours and the following day, let me experience His presence very concretely. My true encounter with Yeshua I summarized in An Encounter with Yeshua.
The wonderful experience I had on the days of my Salvation made me curious to explore the Shroud even more and I will share a few insights i received with all of you.
The disfigured Face of Yeshua: the humbled Servant will be elevated
The verse that precedes the description of our Messiah's disfigured Face affirms that Yeshua will be high, lifted up and greatly exalted.
"Behold, my Servant will prosper, He will be high and lifted up and greatly exalted (Isaiah 52:13)
Before being high, Yeshua had to accept to be humbled down to a dimension that I'd qualify of "extreme". Who would willingly accept to suffer and be humiliated this way? Only a pure heart like Yeshua really would accept to suffer so much for OUR offenses. Nobody else would do this, not even the best individual.
No matter if people rate them as "beautiful" or ugly"( which are very subjective standards anyway),our faces are the true imprint of our identity.
Disfiguring a human being is a way of denying his identity and his humanity.
The Gospels depict the scene of Yeshua's humiliation with quantities of details. (Matthew 26:67; Mark 14:65; Mark 15:19; Luke 22:63)
Yeshua was savagely spit in His Face, repeatedly beaten upon His head. He was punched in the eyes.
In short, all He underwent was physical and moral abuse.
Our Lord showed me that the loneliness during these moments were very heavy to carry.
Torture and punishment are always hard. But one must take the time to reflect that Yeshua was sinless and completely innocent.
Yeshua willingly accepted this huge punishment out of love for us all, even for the ones who are still hating Him and mocking Him daily.
This is a love so BIG man cannot comprehend.
The Cross is were we belong. Do you realize it?
Without Yeshua's sacrifical love, you'd perish and experience eternal separation from our Father.
Take a minute to thank Him.
If you haven't done it yet, repent of your sins and invite Yeshua in your life.
Whatever you are facing, Yeshua has been there and He is willing to help you.
The Face of the Shroud confirms Isaiah's prophecy and the Gospel's reports
I have spent much time contemplating the Face of the Shroud. Our Lord blessed me with beautiful insights and revelations. Stephen E. Jones gives us some very accurate details about Yeshua's wounds in his Shroud of Turin dedicated blog.
I am convinced our Father left us the Shroud as a testimony of Yeshua's suffering, death and resurrection. I can speak confidently about it and here is the story behind it.
Some orthodox Jew once slated me because I expressed my faith in Yeshua as the Messiah of Israel.
This man was pretending that Yeshua was a pure fabrication. He also mocked me and said to me that I was " a lost soul denying Hashem our Father". Ironically this man in need of Salvation was deying the very source of Salvation...
Of course, I forgave him but his harsh words caused me some intense pain, because I thought of Yeshua's suffering for all mankind. I started crying and our Father immediately spoke to me some very consoling words: "My daughter, I would never let them erase my Son's memory from the face of the earth..."
Hearing these words from Heaven, I immediately thought of the Shroud.
I wiped away my tears and thanked our Father.
It is hard to see the intensity of Yeshua's pain with the naked eye, but here is how you can proceed if you are willing to discover more...
Make sure you will not be bothered.
Take a few minutes during which you will stay out of distractions and completely silent.
Ask our Lord to reveal you more about His pain and start contemplating His Face.
Yeshua our Lord showed me that the crown of thorns inflicted Him huge physical and moral pain. He talked to me about His persecutors and how He forgave the ones punching Him in the eyes.
All the pain that He allowed me to see carries a huge dimension of healing.
Let Yeshua guide you as you contemplace His holy Face. May He bless you all who took the time to read this article.
Copyright© by Isabelle Esling
Friday, February 19, 2016
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Isaiah's prophecy about our Messiah
Who has believed what he has heard from us?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
For he grew up before him like a young plant,
and like a root out of dry ground;
he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
and no beauty that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by men;
a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief;
and as one from whom men hide their faces
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
For he grew up before him like a young plant,
and like a root out of dry ground;
he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
and no beauty that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by men;
a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief;
and as one from whom men hide their faces
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Surely he has borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
smitten by God, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with his wounds we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned—every one—to his own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
smitten by God, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with his wounds we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned—every one—to his own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
yet he opened not his mouth;
like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
so he opened not his mouth.
By oppression and judgment he was taken away;
and as for his generation, who considered
that he was cut off out of the land of the living,
stricken for the transgression of my people?
And they made his grave with the wicked
and with a rich man in his death,
although he had done no violence,
and there was no deceit in his mouth.
yet he opened not his mouth;
like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
so he opened not his mouth.
By oppression and judgment he was taken away;
and as for his generation, who considered
that he was cut off out of the land of the living,
stricken for the transgression of my people?
And they made his grave with the wicked
and with a rich man in his death,
although he had done no violence,
and there was no deceit in his mouth.
Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him;
he has put him to grief;
when his soul makes an offering for guilt,
he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;
the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant,
make many to be accounted righteous,
and he shall bear their iniquities.
Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many,
and he shall divide the spoil with the strong,
because he poured out his soul to death
and was numbered with the transgressors;
yet he bore the sin of many,
and makes intercession for the transgressors.
he has put him to grief;
when his soul makes an offering for guilt,
he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;
the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant,
make many to be accounted righteous,
and he shall bear their iniquities.
Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many,
and he shall divide the spoil with the strong,
because he poured out his soul to death
and was numbered with the transgressors;
yet he bore the sin of many,
and makes intercession for the transgressors.
Isaiah 53:1-11
The words of prophet Isaiah that were prophesied 700 years before our Messiah Yeshua's birth still powerfully impact people's lives and bring many souls to Salvation.
To anybody reading these verses, I'd like to raise the question: "who do you think this text is about?". Read them carefully and take time to reflect. Ask Hashem to reveal you the truth and you will come to the conclusion that Isaiah's word can only target one single person in the Suffering Servant.
The chapter that is missing from the Haftarah
It is quite intriguing to notice that this precise part of the Tanakh is excluded from the readings at the synagogues.
Many orthodox Jews will advocate that the Suffering Servant in Isaiah 53 does not refer to a single person, but Israel as a whole.
The most common argument used by many rabbis is that Israel is suffering and thus, is Hashem's sacrificial lamb.
It is a matter of fact: Israel suffered and still suffers. However, does Israel meet Hashem's standards of purity to be the sacrificial lamb?
Israel might have suffered, but Israel is not sinless-which are the requirements to be designed as the sacrificial lamb.
None of us-besides the Messiah of Israel-meets Hashem's requirements for the atonement of sins.
In the same way the blood of the lamb preserved the Israelites from Hashem's wrath during the night of Pessakh, the blood of the Messiah will offer atonement of sins to anybody who accepts His sacrifice.
Some others will state that this part of the Tanakh speaks of Isaiah himself. But was Isaiah sinless? Could Isaiah's blood offer atonement for the sins of humanity? The answer is clearly NO.
Only one person in history fulfilled this prophecy 2000 years ago. His Name is Yeshua ben Yosef, Yeshua haMaschiach, the Messiah sent to Israel and our Messiah.
You have doubts about what I just affirmed with confidence?
Regardless of your confession, ask Hashem earnestly to reveal you the truth and He will.
The most common argument used by many rabbis is that Israel is suffering and thus, is Hashem's sacrificial lamb.
It is a matter of fact: Israel suffered and still suffers. However, does Israel meet Hashem's standards of purity to be the sacrificial lamb?
Israel might have suffered, but Israel is not sinless-which are the requirements to be designed as the sacrificial lamb.
None of us-besides the Messiah of Israel-meets Hashem's requirements for the atonement of sins.
In the same way the blood of the lamb preserved the Israelites from Hashem's wrath during the night of Pessakh, the blood of the Messiah will offer atonement of sins to anybody who accepts His sacrifice.
Some others will state that this part of the Tanakh speaks of Isaiah himself. But was Isaiah sinless? Could Isaiah's blood offer atonement for the sins of humanity? The answer is clearly NO.
Only one person in history fulfilled this prophecy 2000 years ago. His Name is Yeshua ben Yosef, Yeshua haMaschiach, the Messiah sent to Israel and our Messiah.
You have doubts about what I just affirmed with confidence?
Regardless of your confession, ask Hashem earnestly to reveal you the truth and He will.
He took our place
Isaiah 53 talks about the Suffering Servant being pierced. The whole text is clearly pointing at Yeshua's crucifixion.
Since the first humans introduced sin into the planet because of their disobedience, the wrath of Hashem remained on all mankind.
Now examine your heart, in all honesty and respond to my questions.
You might be a good person, but do you think that you are righteous in front of God?
Do you really think that your actions can earn you Heaven?
God's standard is perfection. Hashem does not settle for any less.
Are you perfect to Hashem's standards?
The truth is that we all deserve a high punishment as sinners. The sanction for sin is DEATH.
We all deserve to go to hell for the sins we committed and to live far away from the Almighty.
Fortunately, Yeshua our Messiah, in His immense compassion, accepted to pay the highest price for our Salvation: His death on the Cross.
Through His pain, He offers us healing and atonement of sins.
All you have to do is to repent of your sins and accept Him as your Lord and Savior.
Will you take His hand while it is still time to experience His mercy?
Copyright© by Isabelle Esling
Isaiah 53 talks about the Suffering Servant being pierced. The whole text is clearly pointing at Yeshua's crucifixion.
Since the first humans introduced sin into the planet because of their disobedience, the wrath of Hashem remained on all mankind.
Now examine your heart, in all honesty and respond to my questions.
You might be a good person, but do you think that you are righteous in front of God?
Do you really think that your actions can earn you Heaven?
God's standard is perfection. Hashem does not settle for any less.
Are you perfect to Hashem's standards?
The truth is that we all deserve a high punishment as sinners. The sanction for sin is DEATH.
We all deserve to go to hell for the sins we committed and to live far away from the Almighty.
Fortunately, Yeshua our Messiah, in His immense compassion, accepted to pay the highest price for our Salvation: His death on the Cross.
Through His pain, He offers us healing and atonement of sins.
All you have to do is to repent of your sins and accept Him as your Lord and Savior.
Will you take His hand while it is still time to experience His mercy?
Copyright© by Isabelle Esling
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