Iâve been thinking and praying a lot about the coming year. Iâve really been trying to hear what Elohim wants for my husbandâs and my life. It seems to us it comes back to basic ground level things. Ground level being the basics of Elohim and ground level from being the earth underneath our feet.
Iâve never interested in having a âministryâ. Iâve never been interested in having a large following. But here I am stuck in a precarious position of the privilege of living as a believer in ×ש××¢ Messiah on the land of His nativity. Itâs the land the Scriptures were written about; itâs the land they were written for.
I have a sincere belief that I should never keep my testimony of the Messiah from his Body or anyone that wants to listen. Itâs the testimony of my faith and my testimony of observing His Land.
I remember when I didnât live in Israel. I was like many of you. I was hungry to understand, hungry to have information from Israel, I wanted a connector to the land that my Messiah had walked on. I wanted someone with a sincere heart that I trusted to connect me to the land that I longed for and the things about the land that were precious to me.
I really do understand what a lot of you feel. Before I moved to Israel it felt like home to me when Israel would come to my mind. I had such a special spiritual connection that I could not explain. And since the day we landed to live in Israel that connection has not faded but it has strengthened. As they say here: âThe land of Israel and the longing to be here is either in your heart or itâs notâ. One of the first things that the locals ask of anyone having moved to Israel: âDo you feel like you are home here? is this home?â. Or as a another said to me: âIf there is anything of HaShem in you then you will be hereâ. Israelis understand this connection to the land. They may not understand why it happens or who it happens for, but when you tell them that you love this land they smile broadly and nod knowingly. That tug and that longing to be in Israel doesnât exist for everyone.
This brings me back to that precarious position that I am in. Itâs because I have compassion and sympathy for those of you who long for Israel that I find myself in a precarious position of being a connector to Israel for many of you.
Itâs my belief that the basis of our faith is understanding the feasts of Elohim are the plan for the redemption of mankind and they are a typology of the work of our Messiah. Though I have not been in Israel many years, the longer I live here the more I believe this.
I find however that the Feasts of Elohim seem to divide the people who call themselves the Body of the Messiah and it seems to be especially so of the barley. For many reasons I wonât go into I do believe the process that I see concerning the barley is connected to the calling of The Many and the selecting of The Few. The Father has called many to attend the wedding supper but ×ש××¢ the bridegroom only chose five out of ten Virgins.
So here I am on this land that the Torah, a book of agriculture and the spiritual application of agriculture, was given for. All of the Torah deals with our relationship with Elohim, our relationship with the body of Israel (now the body of ×ש××¢) and how to determine the biblical calendar of Elohim keeping the sabbaths (rest) of His appointed times. Thatâs it! Our worship and representation of Them is based on these three things. To which our Messiah added that the world will know that we belong to Him by our love for each other, which is His body.
Out of necessity in July we will be moving to new location. Part of the tug in the hearts of my husband and I is that we would like access to a small amount of land that we can watch the wild barley develop yearly throughout its whole yearly-cycle. Not just roadside barley, not just ridge,barley, not just empty lot barley or goat grass. None of these are acceptable for a firstfruits offering according to my understanding of the scripture. We desire to have a small section of barley in an acceptable setting; not for producing the Rosh haBikkurim, but for more understanding concerning the wild barley. I too have many questions that I would like to understand the answers to.
We also would like a small garden area where we could plant primitive wheat grains, emmer, at the very end of each year; to enable us all to have another marker on the timing of the biblical calendar. We have many rhymes from the Land that we follow which are to me the âbig hand of the clock til Aviv barley timeâ. Each one adds assurance of the biblical calendar.
For my husband and I this goal and we believe Elohim-given desire for a small residence with these accesses falls under the basics for living on this land that Elohim has written the Laws of His feasts about. Basics are why I watch for the new moon sliver every month. It is why I watch for the wild crocuses, the very first flower of a growing cycle. It is why I watch for the Egyptian storks, the wild flax to flower, the mandrakes to bloom and ripen itâs fruit. It is why I wait for the wild barley to come out of the boot. This is why I try to locate volunteer domestic wheat to witness to the timing of Shavuot. As my husband says: these are no-brainers, we do it for ourselves, our own understanding and our desire to worship the Elohim, the Father and the Son. Why wouldnât we also share it with the Messiahâs body?
You know the Bible says that the gifts and callings of Elohim are without repentance. I have no idea what They have seen in me or why They have chosen me to be here in the land of Israel. Honestly Iâm clueless. But here I am and there you are and we both love the Father and the Son. You have a sincere desire to be connected, I have a sincere desire to share the testimony of the Messiah with you, His body, from this land.
As we leave Sabbath of the 15th day of the first month, a lot of my time and energy will be dedicated to packing. To getting rid of things that no longer serve us but only ties us down. Once again I come to you asking you to pray for us as being part of your body: That doors open that no man can close. That doors shut that no man can open. For guidance and strength and safety during the packing and tugging and lifting. For direction and clear understanding of where we are to be next. And if Elohim wills it that we receive my husbandâs inheritance from his parents estate. What a luxury it would be to hire a proper moving company! As they also say in Israel: âNo one just decides to move to Israel, everyone has a story!â Which means living in Israel is not without cost.
As another year is laid before us, may we love each other the way ×ש××¢ loves us. His final gift to His disciples before His trial and death was to wash their feet making himself in the form of the lowest servant in washing their feet. Then He laid His life down in death for their short comings, their missed mark, their sin and our sin.
Eph 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
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