Gospel of Matthew Ch. 11 and Hebrews Ch. 8

"At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes."

"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

"For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more."

1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.

2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,

4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:

5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

7 And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

8 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.

9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.

10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,

17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:

21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.

23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.

25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.

3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.

4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:

5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

1 Sam 16

6. And it came to pass, when they came, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord's anointed is before him:
7. But the Lord said to Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him; for the Lord sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on/to the heart [lalevav,ללבב]:

A heart [לב] within a heart [לב],
(that's the power of love)

ללבב

Kol od balevav penimah
Nefesh Yehudi homiyah...

HATIKVAH

penimah [פנימה]: inside, within, inwards, = 185 =

ani l'dodi v'dodi li

[אני לדודי ודודי לי]

[He] looks to the eyes [יראה לעינים] = 426 = House of David [בית דוד]

Eyes are the windows to the soul. When the Lord closes a door, somewhere He opens a window.

We shall see what will become of his dreams:

♪ Climb every mountain. ♫

25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

Really amazing!

Egypt -- the house of bondage of the mind.

Top-down (human-based) programming slithered in and doubled down as a fake, dangerous, and destructive replacement for the pure-hearted, compassionate, Can-DO problem-solving ingenuity faith and courage bubbling up from the Spirit of God.

5 out of 6 spies said "no can do" and the rest was history.

Which came first -- physical cancer of the body, or the spiritual cancer in the mind? The answer lies in discerning which one is the shadow.

The dead leaven of the establishment-based models versus the active leaven of the Kingdom -- there's no comparison.

(The Jewish parallel is Malchut, the world of Assiya -- action.)

Brands of dead leaven engaged in knocking down the competition are not in the business of producing an edible product, much less the staff of life. That's what happens when people keep buying what Amalek keeps selling.

Bethlehem is the "house of bread", and any baker worth his salt knows to beware of dead leaven. Three days is way more than enough time to watch if it will rise to the test.

The Girl Can't Help It -- if she winks an eye the bread slice turns to toast.

Life from the dead: "she makes Grandpa feel like 21."

These are just simple, well-known, real-world analogies (parables). Take them and fly.

Hosea 11:1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

Subject: Manifest Destiny

School Book ✅
Rope ✅
Light ✅

The girl can't help it. She was born that way :

E = mc²

Observe the multi-lingual puns on the word "fast":

Esther ("star") 4
14. For if you remain silent at this time, then shall relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but you and your father's house shall be destroyed; And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this:
15. Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer:
16. Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day; I also and my girls will fast likewise; and so will I go to the king, though it is against the law; and if I perish, I perish:

"Tzum!" (to a man), zoom!
And, צום typed on the keyboard are the keys muo. (Mum really *is* the word, because a jukiku 十 + 菊 is the obscure yet ubiquitous royal seal emblem from the original Temple.)

Typing muo doesn't generate the Greek word [μυω], which is typed with keys myv, the Hebrew letters "צטה".

This is the basic framework for a foreign word, so it's not exactly how it is typed out (mwhyv). I don't want to spoil the fun, so just drop צטה into an image search. It'll display the same thing.

It's like that, all day every day. What do you figure she was eponymously named for having a Boston accent?

Boston, the famous Hub, of the Revolution.

A veritable Stray Cats tune.

There's just no going back.

Someone needs to apologize to the Shekinah, and fast, before she runs away with *him* (could be any man: ♂).

Sew perfect! It solves the conundrum of whether the Messiah arrives when the people are completely worthy, or totally unworthy.

Here's the song for that. The lyrics are perfectly clear:

Someone Should Tell Her

Meanwhile, the Son of Man is hanging out on his own mountain, keeping busy while waiting for the day when the solution to that riddle would be revealed.

~ EZ

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