Why Messianic Halakha is needed-pt 3
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Why Messianic Halakha is needed Pt 3.
The Mikvah in Yeshua - 2/7/09
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Mitzvot is Law,Commandment- Halakha is Teaching, Application
By Rabbi Aminadav Ben Avraham Hinton
MCM Translation & Commentary
Script:
Lev 11.36/ Zech 13.1-9/ Rom 6.1-23/ Acts 2.1-47/ Acts 8. 1-40/ Acts 19.1-19/ Messianic Hebrews 6.1-20
Looking at Leviticus one of the first instances of this term Mikvah is being used in several ways i want to show you. I want to prove that these Messianic Jews in the Brit Chadasha knew no such term as Baptism, which comes from some Greek words, we will look at that later Lev 11- which is the same chapter where we get Kashrut and Kosher from, We see in verse 36, this pool mentioned as remaining clean-Kadshim, consecrated, Holy. It states: although a spring or cistern for collecting water remains clean. end of quote
So then we see a Mikvah is a Spring, Fountain, Pool, Cistern. Zechariah 13.1-9 paints that picture to be Yeshua-
It states 13.1 When the day comes , a spring(Mikvah) will be open up for the Beit Dovid (House of David) and the Jews /Gerims living in Yerushalayim to cleanse them from sin and impurity( Tomeh- Ritually Unclean) 2.when that day comes says YHVH Tzva'ot , I will cut off the very names of the idols from the land(False Moshiachs also) so that no one even remembers them anymore. I (Yeshua) will also expel the false prophets and the spirit of uncleanness from the land. 3. so that if anyone continues to prophecy, his own father and mother who brought him into the world will stab him to death 4. When that day comes, each one of the prophets will be shamed by his vision when he prophesies. He will stop wearing a hair cloak(Kippa) to deceive people( Look Religious) 5. and instead he will say, I'm no prophet , I just work the soil; since my youth I've only wanted to be an ordinary man 6. If someone asks him, Then what are these gashes between your shoulders? He will answer I got hurt at my friends house 7. Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is close to me says YHVH Tzva'ot strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
I will turn my hand against the young ones, in time, throughout the land says YHVH (Yeshua included) read the rest of that chapter yourself, it gives a clear distinction of this mikvah to come being Yeshua, that a spring, a cistern, a mikvah is being opened in the future for the house of Dovid, the only way for those sins to be erased is through Yeshua, which is another indicator that it is talking about him.
The word Halacha again comes from the word to mean walk, it is a term that applies to rules and rulings that govern Jewish life. In this lesson we will cover part three of the twenty five Halakha listings that we are teaching, Last week we taught on Milah, the week before that- we did an over view of this series and what Halakha is and today is part three being Mikvah- The word Mikvah is pronounced either Mikvah, Mikva'ot or Mikves and it is a ritual bath initially from the old covenant stand point. It is designed for the purpose of ritual immersion in Judaism, The word Mikvah literally means: a collection, collection of Mayim(Water) Halakha requires that women immerse in the Mikvah to enter a state of spiritual purity, for a kosher immersion, Halakha prescribes the guidelines and preparations. A Mitzvah is a commandment and Mikvah is apart of the commands all through the New Covenant as well, Let me prove it to you, The Mikvah offers the individual, the community and the nation of Israel, the remarkable gift of purity and Holiness, The qualification is the Mikvah must contain a minimum of two hundred gallons of water or rainwater that was gathered and siphoned into a pool in accordance with a highly specific set of regulations, In most cases Mikvahs are comprised of sometimes two or three adjoining pools. Halakha stipulates that one must be scrupulously clean already before Immersion, unlike Baptism which is but Romes carbon copy of what had been in place since Judaism being Mikvah, With baptism you can be a sinner one minute and baptized the next, or as my old Pastor would say go down a dry devil and come up a wet devil, not so with the Mikvah, You have to already be cleansed and prepared in your heart for Mikvah.
According to the book of Jewish Knowledge, by Nathan Ausubel he states: The Jewish woman was traditionally required to go to the Mikvah for purposes or religious purification following her menstrual cumstances. Today in the inevitably relaxed climate of Jewish Religious observance, only the most strictest traditionalistic orthodox women attend the Mikvah . Indispensable to religious life at the synagogue, the house of study Beit Ha'Midrash- The Talmud, Torah relates in fact that every Jewish community was obliged by rabbinical law to maintain a Mikvah. And we can see that even Yeshua went to Mikvah before he could perform any miracles, because he fulfilled every section and line of Torah, He would have had to receive Mikvah because he is Cohen Hagadol- The high priest, no priest of the Temple in Jerusalem could have entered the Temple without receiving several Mikvahs,
Let's reveal further, The Mikvah remains an unchangeable Jewish process of cleansing that Yeshua himself experienced and also every single messianic believer of the first century received mikvah also, let's see a little of that in the text.
Romans 6. 1-23 -Let's read verses 3-4Don't you recognize that those of you who have been Immersed(Mikvah) into(Bonded, in the body) the Mashiach- Messiah Yeshua have been( result of mikvah)immersed into his death. 4. Through Mikvah into his death we were buried with him( Put on Yeshua, New man, new life, died of old self) so that just as, through the glory of the Father, the Messiah was raised from the dead, like wise we too might live a new life.
Romans 8.1-40/ Philip preceded Rabbi Shaul: and here we see a mikvah taking place, You will have to read it, but we see a Ethiopian Jew (Beta Yisrael) reading the scroll of Isaiah in Hebrew without understanding, YHVH sends by way of an Angel to tell Philip to go where this Ethiopia Leader was and Philip asked him a question, We will see that in a second, we saw in verse 12. that there was a great number of Men and Women being seen going in Mikvah and who had received Yeshua as Jews already, We see this Witch craft worker named Shim'on receiving Mikvah then we see this African brother in Yerushalyim apparently after the feast of Shavuot, He was obviously going home and stopped on the road to read Isaish 53. about Yeshua Ha'Mashiach unknowingly, so then he is already Jewish who becomes Messianic, There was water and he received Immersion into Yeshua, Mikvah of faith to obey Yeshua, to fulfill the text and to follow this Yeshua, I believe this Ethiopian went back home to Ethiopia and witnessed there to his family after verse 39 the scripture said the Ethiopian went on his way and Philip was snatched away from the Ethiopian and appeared at Ashdod, This Ethiopian i believe, in my opinion he spreaded the message of Yeshua in Ethiopia amongst his family and friends, which may attest why there are some Messianic in Ethiopia and have been for a very long time.
Acts 19.1-19/ Hebrews 6.1-20 further prove that these messianic first century believers obeyed Torah through observing Mikvah and not Baptism, The Besorah that they all received was Torah and Tanakh, not Brit Chadasha It is also in my opinion that the Old Brit and the New Brit is one Brit, Rome gave us these divisions, chapters and sections, I believe the whole bible is Torah, The what is called New Brit is stories all about Old Brit, So then the bible is one Brit and should be called One Covenant without chapters and divisions in my opinion, Genesis to Revelation one book. Not 66 Books, one book, anyway The Mikvah was that same water of separation in the Old Brit, where the mind of faith for circumcision was confessed, This faith and circumcision placed the convert under the promises of Avraham. The convert had no choice but to go through these waters of sanctification, therefore the Mikvah is not of works, It is washing the old man off to be of the nation of Israel and with us for the purpose of following the true Jewish Messiah- Yeshua Ha'Mashiach Melech, The Mikvah of faith separates those who are in the Messiah verses those who aren't. And the Baptism in Church is not applied, it was a counterfeit work with the receiving of Romes beliefs, principals, idol 165 gods and i will disclose shortly that baptism doesn't fit the specifications of Mikvah which further proves that all who received it away from the Jewish mikvah did it to no avail, Yes Yeshua winked at our ignorance but now that you are assured and has come in the truth, what hinders you from receiving the true Mikvah as the Ethiopian stated, here is some water, what hinders us? Do it Torah way or your way, your way don't work, wouldn't you rather receive the mikvah of the messiah and no that you are entering this water to be buried with Yeshua and to come out of it a new person in the messiah, verses being Baptized to receive Christianity or better yet to receive the gods of paganism, to worship them through ignorant religious works of non profit, I am in no way stating that a person who received baptism of romanism is lost from salvation, Yeshua sees there hearts, but once you learn the truth why not walk(Halakha) in it, and receive the true Mikvah and not the counterfeit mixed seed religion called Christianity and it's quick water rise salvation, That Baptism is pagan and guess where Rome picked up most of it's beliefs that it used to create it's invention called: Christianity they took it from Judaism. Rome conquered Jerusalem you know! So then Baptism is Romes Carbon Copy of Mikvah, The original Jewish Pool.
When new converts came to Rabbi Shaul they did not receive Baptism, Rabbi Shaul knew no such roman Greek term as Baptism- The Terms for Baptism which come from Greek are: baptisma-baptismos-baptizo-baptistes
The word baptize derives from the Greek word βάπτειν (the infinitive; also listed as the 1st person singular present active indicative βαπτίζω), which loosely means "to dip, bathe, or wash". To some groups it is a matter of religious conviction to assert that baptism is literally equivalent to, to plunge something entirely into the water, so that the water closes over it. To other groups, baptism is a symbolic term meaning "identification with" (e.g. Jesus) having no connection with earthly ritual. The truth is it's Mikvah, ritual and spiritual
Form of Baptism: Among those Christian espousing the practice of baptism, the ritual is performed as:
Aspersion- sprinkling water over the head (not Torah)
Affusion -Pouring water over the head (not Torah)
Immersion - lowering the entire body into a pool of water( much closer to Torah)
Isn't it interesting that even the cultist groups Immerse members in there cult, like
The Church of Joseph Smith (Mormons) Denominations alike, Catholicism Etc.
Rabbi Shaul knew what a Mikvah was, there all around Jerusalem he was a Pharisaic Jew.
He would have entered a Mikvah to go to the Temple for Festival Times. The First Century Messianic Congregations would have entered this Mikvah also, The same Jewish ritual means for cleansing. The Torah speaks of numerous things that makes a person (Tomeh) Ritually unclean, and a number of processes of purification. The one act requires in all purification processes was Immersion in the Mikvah, A man from the tribe of Levi, a son of Aharon could not assume his office as priest(Cohanim) until he had gone through a Mikvah. Before a person could be (Tahor) ritually clean- To enter the grounds of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem , he must be immersed in Mikvah. The severest judgmental punishment was imposed on a person for entering the Temple area in the state of Tomeh- ritual impure, a women in her monthly cycle would have to ware special clothing so that all would no that she was in the state of Niddah- ritual unclean due to her cycle, she would not be Tahor- ritually clean until after entering the Mikvah be it river, man made ground built Mikvah near the Temple or elsewhere. Immersion in a Mikvah is an integral part of Conversion to Judaism, without conversion with Mikvah, The conversion isn't valid.
The Mikvah is as the Messiah purifying his people from there sins.
Apart of that hypothesis explains a Mikvah at the tree that took place, While Yeshua Ha'Mashiach still hung on that Roman tree, The Soldiers pierced him in his side, Immediately there came out Blood- Haima and water Mayim/Hudor â€" John 19.34 which would express that blood being the Kipporah- Atonement for the sins, and the water being the Mikvah washing those sins away. Propitiating those sins through the Mikvah of Yeshua's final sacrifice. The opening of the cleansing fountain or Mikvah for Israel in Zech 13.1 is Yeshua as that fountain, eternal Mikvah,
Here is a concise listing of Mikvah specifications which would further dispel Baptism as being the same as Mikvah
1. No other liquid but water may be used, no coloring, dyes Etc.
2The Mikvah must be built into the ground, or be apart of a building attached to the ground, It cannot consist of any vessel that can be disconnected and carried away, such as a Tub, Vat, or Barrel Etc.
3.The water of a Mikvah cannot be running or flowing, The only exception to the rule is a natural spring of water, or river whose water is derived mainly from springs.
4.The water of the Mikvah must be brought together by natural means, not drawn
5.The water cannot be channeled to the Mikvah through anything that can become Tomeh- unclean
6.The Mikvah must contain no less than 40 Sa'ah of water,(Minimum) that is approximately 150 to 200 gallons or more.
The Baptisteries in the local church, do not fit the criteria of a clean ritual bath
Of the Mikvah there are three types of Immersion
1.Immersion of whole body
2.Immersion of the hands
3.Hands and feet
The clearest differences of Baptism verse Mikvah is also the preacher goes in the water with you and dunk you under three times in the name of the father, son and whom they call the holy ghost, Rabbi allows the person to dunk themselves, it's there profession of faith, plus Mikvah is a Jewish identify not Romes,
Mikvah is not a once in a lifetime event, but an action to be experienced over and over again. The power of immersion cleanses the spiritually unclean and brings about healing and restoration. The main purpose of immersion into water is not physical cleanliness, though that does play a part in Scriptural t'vilah. The most important reason we have been called to t'vilah is to reinforce the Bible's message of separation. As believers, we have been called out of darkness into the Light of YHVH Yeshua.
The earth was immersed in the beginning. As part of creation, the Almighty immersed the world in water. "YHVH said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear, and it was so. And the waters under the heaven gathered to their gatherings and the dry land appeared. And YHVH called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the water He called Seas: and YHVH saw that it was good. And YHVH said, Let the earth bring out grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought out grass and herb yielding seed after its kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after its kind: and Elohim saw that it was good." Genesis 1: 8-12
Believe it or not, there is a Mikvah in these verses! The Hebrew word for "gathering the waters" or "gathered to their gatherings" (Genesis 1:9) is actually "mikvah." The place where the waters gathered was a mikvah, or a "gathering of moving waters that renders a ritually unclean person clean." New life sprung forth after the waters were gathered into a mikvah. The Torah says that "the Ruach (Spirit) of YHVH moved upon the face of the waters." The Rabbis teach that when YHVH hovered over the waters, He impregnated the waters and the creation was birthed from this action of hovering. "Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen." Job 38 shows the basis for this imagery
Immersion is also an act of repentance, following rebellion against YHVH. In the beginning Adam and Chavah allowed sin to corrupt them and were therefore rendered ritually unclean. They were cast from YHVH'S Presence. The Rabbis teach that after Adam was banished, he sat in a river that flowed from the Garden. This was his immersion after sin that showed his desire to return to the Creator. As Adam sat in the moving waters that flowed from the Garden he could remember his former state and he no doubt mourned the loss of closeness with the Creator.
The Hebrews And Mikvah
The role of mikvah continues with the story of the Peseach First, Israel was enslaved in bondage to Pharaoh. They cried out to YHVH in prayer and the He heard them. He delivered the Israelites, setting them free from slavery through ten horrible plagues. As the people fled the evil ruler, they came to a dead end. Pharaoh was pursuing them from behind and before them was the massive Yam Suf. What would happen? The Torah says that the immense waters of the Yam Suf parted and our ancestors walked across the deep on dry land. With the walls of water on either side of them, the Israelites experienced mikvah, "Our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea." I Corinthians 10: 1-2
The same waters that receded for the Israelites, though, flooded Pharaoh and his army as they tried to cross the Yam Suf. The Hebrew word "t'vilah" appears in Exodus, when Pharaoh's army was overtaken by the sea waters. "YHVH is a man of war, YHVH is His Name. Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Yam Suf ." Exodus 15
The word translated drowned is actually "mikvah." Pharaoh and his army were immersed and killed by the waters.
T'vilah is symbolic of the womb, of new life and of bringing death. Shortly after the 'Yam Suf ' mikvah, the Israelites received the Torah from YHVH at Mount Sinai and experienced yet another t'vilah.
"YHVH said to Moshe, Go to the people and set them apart today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes, And be ready by the third day: for on the third day YHVH will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai. And Moshe went down from the mount to the people, and set-apart the people, and they washed their clothes. And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day. Approach not your wives in intimacy." Exodus 19:10,11,14.
For Israel to continue in intimacy with YHVH they had to wash themselves, separate themselves and prepare for the Set Apart One. Notice that they had already been immersed in the Yam Suf, yet, they had to experience t'vilah again. This time, immersion's purpose was to cleanse the nation to experience YHVH.
I like to show you a few other New Brit scriptures in my conclusion
Look at what Yeshua himself taught after the resurrection
Go yourselves all over and teach all nations (all Jews and Goys) immersing(Mikvah) them in the name of the father-Abba, and of the son-Yeshua and of the Holy Spirit -Ruach Hokodesh Matt 18.19
Mark 16.33- He that believeth and received Mikvah shall be saved(without it, it seems to say-not saved otherwise) but he that doesn't believe is katakrino(judged already) damned
Eph 4. 5
Echad Hashem, Echad Emuwn, Echad Mikvah
one G-d, one way to salvation, one way of cleansing of sin
One Hashem, One Faith, One Mikvah
One Lord, One Faith, One Immersion
"You must keep the Israelites separate from things that make them unclean, so they will not die in their uncleanness for defiling my dwelling place, which is among them." Leviticus 15: 31
"That ye may put difference between holy and unholy and between unclean and clean." Leviticus 10:10
"Think not that I(Yeshua) am come to destroy the Torah (law), or the prophets: I am not come to destroy but to fulfill.(Strengthen to the full) Matthew 5
"Repent for the kingdom of Shomayim is near. Let us draw near with a leb tahor, in full assurance of 'emunah' (trusting faithfulness), having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed(Mikvah) with pure water." Hebrews 10:22
"Having been buried with him in Mikvah and raised with him through your faith in the power of YHVH, who raised him from the dead. When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, YHVH made you alive with the Master(Yeshua) He forgave us all our sins." Colossians 2:12-13
"Ye are washed, ye are sanctified, ye are justified in the Name of Yeshua Ha'Mashiach and by the Spirit of our YHVH." I Corinthians 6:11
"And now, why are you waiting? Arise and be Mikvah and wash away your sins, calling on the Name of Yeshua." Acts 22:16
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