Living Letters Gimel

The Finding Emet radio program is all about understanding and living the truth of the Bible from a Hebrew perspective. Brother Daniel Rendleman teaches on the Hebrew letters and their significance. In this teaching, he focuses on the Gimel, which represents walking, carrying, and gathering. The Gimel is also the number three, which symbolizes unity, perfection, and purpose. According to the rabbis, the world stands on three pillars: the Torah, worship of Yahweh, and showing kindness. Psalm 119 supports this idea and emphasizes the importance of the Torah, worship, and kindness. Hello, and welcome to the Finding Emet radio program. Emet is the Hebrew word for truth. This program will help you understand and live the truth of the Bible from a Hebrew perspective. The Finding Emet radio program features the teaching ministry of Brother Daniel Rendleman of Emet Ministries. Prepare your heart to receive the Emet, the truth of the scriptures. More audio lessons and teaching articles are available at the www.emetministries.com website. Please visit our site to find all things spiritual, including a free online Bible search program, or submit your prayer request. That's www.emetministries.com, or www.findemet.com. CD copies of this teaching are available for free by submitting a request at the website. Let's welcome our teacher, Daniel Rendleman, as he helps us find the Emet. So Hebrew, the living letters, and again in this teaching we've been talking about the history of Aleph, Bet, the Hebrew letters, how every language has come from the Aleph, Bet. The first letter was the what? The Aleph. The second letter was the Bet, or the Vet. Remember if the Bet had the little belly button, it was a B sound, and if it didn't, it was the V sound, it's Vet. So in the Aleph, Bet, each of these letters are also a number, or a picture, or a symbol. So we've got Aleph, Bet, Gimel, Dalet, Hey, that's the first five letters, today we're going to be discussing the Gimel, or the Gimel. There was a crowd of people gathered together, a bunch of guys, they were just kind of talking. One of the guys raised his voice, and he said, does anybody know, does anybody know the recipe for rabbit stew? And everybody's just kind of being quiet or whatever, he said, wait a minute, everybody, does anybody know the recipe for rabbit stew? Then all of a sudden this voice kind of raised over the crowd, and this guy from the back of the room said, well, the first thing you've got to do is catch the rabbit, right? The first thing you've got to do is catch the rabbit. If you're going to make rabbit stew, the first thing you've got to do is catch the rabbit. Sometimes knowing what to do first is pretty difficult. I mean, we get up, we have our list of things to do, you know, if you're a stay-at-home mom or just a mom, you've got all this to take care of, you've got clothes to wash and kids to feed and animals, and that's just the husband, and animals, and everything you've got to do, what goes first, what starts first? What is most important? Upon his ascension, Yeshua said, in Matityahu 2820, He said, go into all the world, teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. That's a pretty big call, is it not? Everything He's commanded? I mean, they had to go out and teach everything He commanded. He said, don't forget anything, everything I've commanded. So what do you think He really meant by that? Surely, they had to go out with a message, they couldn't go out and proclaim to them everything they'd heard for three and a half years. They had to proclaim a message about what was most important. So the question is, what are our priorities in life? What comes first? Not who's on first, but what comes first? And when it comes down to it, there are only three things that are eternal. Three things. There's Abba Yahweh, my man, Yahweh's eternal. There's His Word, the Torah, it is eternal, shall not pass away. Then there's us. We accept Yeshua, we have, and we are granted eternal life. There are only three things in this world that are eternal. And yet, of course, we spend all of our time focused on everything else. Worried about this, fretting about that, doing this, doing that. But when it comes down to it, there's Yahweh, there's His Word, and then there's people. Everything else is just stuff. So turn to your neighbor and say, that's just stuff. It's just stuff. It's just stuff, Bill. It's just stuff. Work? It's just stuff. Stuff? It's just stuff. Food? Hobbies? Collections? Entertainment? It's just stuff. When it really matters, all that really matters, is Yahweh, His Word, and people. There are three eternal entities. There's Yahweh, our connection with Him, our worship of Him, our service to Him. There's His Word, understanding His Word, obeying His Word, knowing His Word. And then there's people. That's where it gets tough. Right? That's where it gets hard. Give me a Torah scroll. Me and His Word, we get along quite well. It doesn't fight back. It doesn't snap at me. It's not rude. It doesn't fuss. You know what I'm saying? A Torah scroll and I get along well. Yahweh, I can build my relationship with Him. I feel confident He's hopefully not going to strike me down with a lightning bolt. But when it comes to people, that's when it gets hard. But yet these three are eternal. And Yahweh's called us to build a relationship with these three eternal entities. Now these three entities point us to the number three and the letter, the third letter in the Aleph Bet, which is the Gimel or Gimel. Everybody say Gimel. Gimel. Gimel or Gimel. These three priorities point us to the third letter, the letter Gimel. Now the Gimel is a picture. It's a very interesting letter because when it was originally written back in the Paleo-Hebrew, it was drawn to be a picture of like a foot. And the Gimel is very similar to the word camel. In Hebrew, Gamal is camel. Gamal is camel. Gamal is camel. So it's actually a picture of a long neck, like the long neck of a camel. It has the G sound. G-G-G. G sound. Gimel. So the first three letters are Aleph, Bet, Gimel. Say it with me. Aleph, Bet, Gimel. Very good. Very good. And Gimel is also a picture of a rich man running. We'll talk more about that later. Gamal is Hebrew for camel. But you think about a camel. It drinks a lot of water and it sustains its master and it goes and it serves for a very, very, very long time. But in the Paleo-Hebrew, the Gimel was also called the Gam, G-A-M, and was written, or looked, like a foot. It has progressed to this modern style, what we have today. So in the Paleo-Hebrew, and in the Middle Hebrew, the Late Hebrew, and the Modern, all of the letters progressed in this way, except for they weren't that big at first. But they progressed in this manner. And at first it was written like an L, like a box L, being the Gimel, like a foot. And it was a picture of a foot. And the letter has the meaning, the Gimel means to walk, to carry, or to gather. The ancient Hebrew lexicon of the Bible says it means to walk, to carry, or to gather. Now in Greek, it's gamma. You've heard that before? Gamma. Gamma rays, isn't that what got the Incredible Hulk? Green gamma rays that got into him, made him mad? Gamma radiation got the Hulk, thank you. So stay away from that Greek radiation and you'll be okay. Stay away from that Greek radiation, you'll be alright. Get this Hebrew letter, Gimel, in you. That's the purpose of the teaching today. Now the Gimel is also the number three. Now the number three is of profound significance in the Scriptures. Remember Paul, Shaul? He asked, Paul or Shaul asked that the thorn from his flesh would be removed how many times? Three times. Kepha, Peter denied Yeshua how many times? Three times. In our Bible, we've got the Tanakh. That's Torah, Neva'im, Ketuvim. The Torah, the Law, the Neva'im, the Prophets, and the Ketuvim, the Writings. In the Newer Testament we have the Gospels, the Letters, and Revelation. This three is there and it's a number of unity, it's a number of perfection, it's a number of purpose. And thinking of purpose, I had to think of the three amigos. That's exactly right. Did you ever see that movie? Chevy Chase? Absolutely hilarious. The three patriarchs, how about that at least? How about that? Is that okay? Abraham, Yitzhak, Isaac, and who? Yaakov, Jacob. Then of course we know Yahweh, Yeshua, and His Ruach are the complete Elohim. Now we are told by the rabbis. It was Rabbi Shimon the Just, Simon the Tzaddik, that said this. That upon three things the world stands. The Torah, the worship of Yahweh, and showing kindness. And we're told by the rabbis that the world stands upon these three pillars, these three legs, these three gimels. Remember the gimel is a leg. That the entire universe, the entire world stands upon these three legs. And what's amazing is that this statement is supported by our portion into Helam 119. In Psalm 119, we read, and as we read Psalm 119, we see that it is an acrostic poem. Each of the verses begin with a different Hebrew letter. A couple begin with Alis, then Bet, then Gimel, then Dalet. If I was going to write a poem about Daniel, it would be like Psalm 119. I'd write a bunch of verses with the D, then a bunch of verses with the A, and then the N, and then the I, so forth. Okay? So if I was going to do that, that's kind of like what David did here, and it's amazing because it shows us the picture of these three pillars, these three legs of the gimel. Now, I need a Bible because mine is propping up the projector. Are you sure? Toda. All right. Thank you. All right, so turn with me to Psalm 119. To Helam 119. I'll grab one off the back. It's okay. Thank you. That's all right. I don't want to take yours. Thou shalt use King James only. That was a joke. That was a joke. That's all right. King Jimmy. Here we go. Psalm 119, the longest psalm in the whole Bible, longest chapter, all about the Torah. Psalm 119, beginning in verse 17. We're going to see these three pillars. The Torah, the worship of Yahweh, and showing kindness. Verse 17. Deal bountiful with thy servant, that I may live and keep thy word. Open my eyes, that I may behold wonderful things from your Torah. I am a stranger in the earth. Hide me not from your commandments. My soul breaketh for the longing that it has under your judgments at all times. Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments. Remove from me reproach and contempt, for I have kept thy testimonies. Princes also did sit and speak against me, but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counselors. So, this quote here from the rabbis says that there are three gimels, there are three letters, three Hebrew letters that keep the world up. The Torah, the worship of Yahweh, and showing kindness. So, it's kind of like a stool that has three letters, that has three legs. Remember, the gimel is a picture of a leg. And this is kind of, the world sits on the stool. And there's got to be the base of the Torah, there's got to be worship of Yahweh, and there must be kindness. And if any three of these were to disappear or were to vanish, then the world were to vanish. You don't believe me? What about Matthew chapter 24? What does it say? It says, because lawlessness, Torah and the worship of Yahweh, increases in the world, the love of many will grow cold. Because worship and Torah are done away with, the love of many, the kindness, will go away. And then what's going to happen? In that very verse, in that very chapter, Yeshua returns. The world comes to an end as we know it. Praise Yahweh? Praise Yahweh. So, I believe, yeah, there's probably some global warming going on, but bigger than that, there is global cooling. You hear me? Al Gore needs to rewrite his book. It needs to be about global cooling. You know why? Because the love of many is growing cold. That's what's happening today. Forget global warming. Anyway, that's another sermon for another day. The three legs, the three gimmels of the universe explain how we can live a meaningful life. The three legs, the three gimmels explain how we can live a meaningful life. And the question is, as we look at these gimmels, as we look at these legs, what is your relationship with them? How are you doing in this area? What can you change? What can you learn from this? The statement agrees with Tehillim 119, 17 through 24, which, by the way, each of these verses begin with a gimmel. Upon three gimmels the world stands, the Torah, the worship of Yahweh, and showing kindness. Let's talk about the first pillar, or the first gimmel, is the Torah. Is the Torah, the word of Yahweh. What is your relationship to the Torah? What is your relationship to the Torah? You know, we look at a book and we consider it to be a book. Oh, it's just a book. It's just a Bible. But the Torah in the Bible is living word. It is living. In fact, did you know that Hasidic Jews, when they have a stack of books, they stack their books with the most important on the bottom, the least important on top, and they make sure that if they ever close it, it's always on the table with face up, because they believe that each written book is a living entity. So what's our relationship with this book, the good book, the Torah? In Psalm 119, verses 18 and 24 speak of this. Verse 18 says, Do you know what that means? It means there are wonderful things in Yahweh's Torah. But it also means Yahweh needs to open our eyes so that we can see, so that we can understand, so that we can behold. Verse 24 says, We don't have to go to everybody and ask their opinions or this or that. Thy testimonies are my counselors, and thy word is my delight. So what's your relationship with the Torah? The Torah is the basis for everything else. Without the Torah, we're nothing. Now not just the letter of the law, but the spirit, the ruach of the law. It defines us. It sets us straight. It shows us what sin is. The first gimel is the Torah. It is the blueprint of creation. It is full of depth. It is full of clarity. And we need to know Torah. And any time we study Torah, guess what? We are studying Yahshua. There are those that say, Oh, Rabbi, you spend too much time in the Torah and the Old Testament. What about the New Testament? A study of Torah is a study of the New Testament. A study of the Hebrew letters is a study of Yahshua. He is the living word. The Torah provides knowledge and instruction and an understanding. It is Yahweh's will for us. So if you want to know Yahweh's will for your life, Yehuda, get in the Torah. Build your relationship with the Torah. And that might mean reading two verses a day. Or two chapters a day. Or two books a day. People say, well, how much Torah should I study and how much Torah should I read? And my suggestion to them is pray Psalm 119, verse 18. Yahweh, open my eyes that I may behold wonderful things from your Torah. And then begin to read and think about what you read. And when the Ruach, when the Spirit speaks to you, you will know. And then it is time to stop. Because if you get too much, what happens when you go to an all-you-can-eat buffet and you eat too much? You hurt yourself, right? Don and I go to the Chinese buffet sometimes. They put up their sign, close when we pull up. They don't want us. Because we go in there and we go straight to the bar and just put out our plates right there. I mean, we don't even take it back to the table. Don't gorge yourself on Torah. But get enough to live that day that you want to think about. Let His Ruach speak to you. This is the first pillar. In the Shema, in the greatest commandment, we are told to love Yahweh with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength. Guess what? There's another powerful gimel. And when we know Torah, when we love Torah, this is loving Yahweh with all your mind. How do you love Yahweh with all your mind? Know the Torah. Love the Torah. The Jewish people have a holiday called Simchat Torah. It's right after Sukkot. And they usually take the Torah scroll and they parade it around the synagogue and they dance and they sing and they rejoice. Do you know why? Because it's on that Shabbat coming that the Torah cycle of the reading starts over. They finish reading through the first five books of the Torah and they start over. Simchat Torah. Rejoice in the Torah. Now, most people, though, what's their attitude to Torah? Ooh, that's legalism. That's law. I don't want that. I'm free from that. I don't need that. Get away from me. I won't touch you with a ten-foot pole. These people, do you know what you need to do when you come across these people? Don't beat them with the Torah scroll. It's not going to work. Okay? Pray for them. Leave a seed, plant a seed, and then pray Psalm 119, verse 18 over them. Just say, Yahweh, open their eyes that they may behold wonderful things from your Torah. Plant a seed and leave it to Yahweh's hands. It is not our job to convince everybody to keep Torah. Amen? We are not the convincing police. Because I'm telling you, it doesn't work. It does not work. Torah study is symbolized by Yaakov, Jacob, out of the patriarchs. Because Jacob dwelt in tents and learned Torah. Remember it says, how beautiful are Jacob's tents, makovu? It's the idea that it's under these tents, under the talit, in the tents, that Torah was studied. That he was learned of Torah. He learned it from Isaac. He learned it from Abraham. So what is our relationship with the Torah? It's through the Torah that we learn to relate with other people. And the more Torah you know, here's the truth, this is tough, are you ready? Moshe, are you ready? The more Torah you know, the more you are accountable for. That's hard. But what that means is, as we begin to learn the letter of the Torah, we have to also learn the spirit of the Torah. And if love is not behind all of our Torah keeping, our Torah keeping is in vanity. It is in vain, it is not, we might as well not have even done it. Love your neighbor as you love yourself. Forgive. Love. Meet the needs. 2 Timothy 3.15 says, study to show yourself approved. A workman that does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of Emet. Of truth. 2 Timothy 3.15. Was that written just to the rabbis? No. Was it written just to the seminary students? No. Was it written just to the preachers? No. It was written to all of us. Check your Bible, make sure it's in there. Everyone should study Torah daily. Everybody. You might say, well, I don't read good, or I don't get this, or I don't get that. If you are born again, the Ruach of Yahweh lives in you. Amen? Read a little bit, pray over that, and ask for your eyes to be opened. And He will teach you, and He will show you. You might not get some esoteric, deep understanding of something, or matria value, or soul level goose bumps. But you know what you'll get? You'll get enough bread for the day. Give us this day our daily bread. Yeshua was teaching in the temple as a child. If as a child He was in the temple keeping Torah, what about our children? What about us? That every week when we get together, it's not, oh, did you see that football game? Boy, that was something. It's Yahweh show me this this week. We can start coming to each other and say, you know, sister, Michelle, what did Yahweh show you this week? What did you learn in your Torah study? Johnny, what did you get this week out of your walk with Yahweh? What's holding you back? It's not about blind obeying. It's not about getting in Zohar and Talmud and, oh, we're going to get the latest CD by Rabbi Daniel and I'm going to listen to it. You'll do a lot better getting into the Torah itself than listening to me. I'll show you what Yahweh showed me. What did Yahweh show you? It's about study. It's about memorization. It's about the Torah itself. Take a word, get a strong concordance and look up that word. You'll be amazed at these words that are there. So let me ask you, can you agree with King David, King David, who said, Thy testimonies are my delight and my counselors. So these three pillars of your faith. If you don't have a habit of daily Torah study, your faith is probably doing a wheelie or you're kind of on the side. One of your legs is broken. If you've got a bar stool and you've got a broken leg, guess what you've got? A problem. You've got a problem. So we must create the habit of daily Torah study. Out of everything in the top three, out of everything important in the whole world, Torah is in the top three. Not Gamecocks. Not Guitar Hero. Not work. Torah. People. Yahweh. Hallelujah. I should have told you to wear steel-toed boots today. Sorry about that. Good stuff? We have this prayer, Psalm 119 verse 18, that says, Yahweh open my eyes and I may behold wonderful things through your Torah. That only is accomplished through Yahshua. Yahshua does that. No one comes to the Father unless Yahshua draws them. You've got friends, you've got family members, you've got people you work with, and you want them to get Torah. You want them to get it. You want them to understand who they are. But unless Yahweh draws them, they will not come. So we need our eyes to be open so that we can see clearly Yahweh Yahshua. Turn with me to Luke, the book of Luke, chapter 24. We're going to see this verse taking place. Luke, the book of Luke, chapter 24, starting in verse 12. This is after Yahshua has been crucified. This is after they have buried Him. This is after the resurrection. And there arose Kepha, verse 12, and he ran unto the sepulcher, and stooping down, and behold, the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself, What's going on? And they rode to Emmaus, verse 13. And behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which is from Jerusalem about three scores. And they talked together of all these things that had happened. So what are they doing? They're talking about Yahshua. And it came to pass, while they communed together and reasoned, that Yahshua Himself drew near and went with them. But, but their eyes were holding, their eyes were blinding, that they should not know Him. They're walking along the road. They're walking on the path. Just like our Christian brothers and sisters. They're walking along with Yahshua, but they don't even see Him clearly. And He said unto them, What manner of communications are these? You know, what are people saying? What are you talking about? Why are you sad? And one of them answered and said unto Him, Are you the only stranger in Yerushalayim that doesn't know the things that have come to pass? And He said, What things? Yahshua said, What things? And they said unto Him, Concerning Yahshua, Hanadzeret, which was a prophet, mighty indeed, and word before Yahweh, and all the people, and the chief priests, and the rulers, delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. But we trusted that it had been He which should have redeemed Israel. And besides all this, today's the third day since these things were done. Yes, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were there earlier. And when they found, they didn't find his body, they came saying that they had seen a vision of an angel. Verse 24. And certain of them which were with us, and the sepulchre, and they found it, as the women said, but they did not see him. And He said unto them, Yahshua said, verse 25, O fool, slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken. Notice, these people were walking with Yahshua, their eyes are blind, and they're not realizing what the prophets have spoken. Most people out there in the church don't study the prophets, they don't read the prophets, they don't see what the prophets have spoken. Verse 26. Ought not Yahshua to have suffered these things and then entered into His glory? And beginning at Moshe, look at this, verse 27. And beginning at Moshe, and all the prophets, Yahshua expounded and explained unto them all the scriptures concerning Himself. Wow, wouldn't that be awesome? To have Yahshua standing across from us telling us, oh, about Himself? And we're sitting there, we don't even know it's Him. And they drew nigh unto the village, they were almost there. But they constrained Him, and He said, oh, stay with us, we want to learn more about Yahshua. We want to learn more about this guy. And He went unto Terri with them. Verse 30. And it came to pass, as He sat and ate meat with them, He took bread, and He blessed it, and He broke it, and then look at verse 31. And their eyes were opened, and they knew Him, and He vanished out of their sight. Yahweh, open my eyes, that I may behold wonderful things from Your Torah. Wow. It happened. And it will happen again and again. It's powerful. The second leg of our stool, the second dimmel, is the worship of Yahweh, called in Hebrew, Avoda. Say this with me. Avoda. Avoda. Which literally means service. It's not service for us, but service for Him. Avoda. Avoda. This is symbolized by Isaac. Remember out of the three patriarchs? You had Jacob, the tenth of Jacob, for Torah. Isaac offered himself, did he not, in total sacrifice. That's what Avoda is all about. Not about, oh, got to go to synagogue. Hear me now. It's about total sacrifice to Yahweh. Giving yourself over totally to Yahweh. This is how we relate to Yahweh. And it's loving Yahweh with all your heart. You love Yahweh with all your mind by Torah. You love Yahweh with all your heart by what? Avoda. By service. And we see this in Psalm 119, verse 22 and 23. Tehillim 119 tells us about Avoda. And these verses begin with Gimel. Verse 22 and 23. Remove from me reproach and contempt, for I have kept your testimonies. Princes also did sit and speak against me, but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. And no matter what anyone spoke against me, I'm going to meditate. I'm going to worship you, Yahweh. Remove from me reproach and contempt. If you're going to worship Yahweh, you need reproach and contempt to be removed first. Otherwise you're there saying, woe is me, oy vey, I'm in trouble. I'm a man of unclean lips. The second Gimel is Avoda. And you know what? This gives us another threefold pattern. Avoda is threefold. Avoda is threefold. Coleth chapter 4, verse 12. In Coleth chapter 4, verse 12, it says, verse 11. If two lie together, then they have heat. But how can one be warm alone? And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him. A threefold cord is not quickly broken. Avoda is a threefold cord that is not quickly broken. When we incorporate these three practices we're going to talk about for the next few minutes, our relationship with Yahweh is empowered. And how do we empower our relationship with Torah? It's by study and obedience. We empower our relationship with Yahweh by these three practices of Avoda. Avoda includes and begins with prayer. Everybody say prayer. Prayer. Begins and includes prayer. Verse 23 of Tehillim 119 says, I meditate in thy statutes. Yeshua said to pray like this. Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Yeshua went alone many times to pray. Yeshua went alone many times to pray. Thessalonians tells us to pray at all times. Prayer was a priority of Yeshua. He went out often by himself to pray. He got away. What about us? Set aside time each day. 2 Chronicles 7.14 If my people, Israel, who are called by my name, Yahweh, shall humble themselves and pray, and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, I will forgive their sins, and I will heal their land. We are commanded to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. If you want to pray for the peace of Jerusalem, if you want healing to come to Jerusalem, we have to go to Yahweh in prayer and in Teshuvah and in forgiveness. And prayer is an attitude. It's not just an action. Joni said that Yahweh healed her hip so much that she can vacuum now. Longer than she's been able to do in years. Well, do you know what, Joni? While you're vacuuming, that's a time to pray. That's a time to pray. While you're driving, that's a time to pray. While you're eating, it's a time to pray. Getting ready to go to bed, time to pray. Most of us say, oh, I'm too busy to take 15 minutes a day to pray. The truth is, we're too busy not to pray. If we're that busy, we better be praying. We've got to take time to pray. Now, the word for prayer in Hebrew is tefillah. Tefillah. And tefillah means to judge. Prayer is about not judging will, but about judging yourself. Because when we come before Yahweh, guess what? Woe is me. So avodah includes prayer. Avodah also includes mitzvot, or the commandments. Verse 19 of Psalm 119. It says, Hide not thy commandments from me. I am a stranger in the earth. You're an Israelite. We are a dream. Amen? Say that. We are a dream. We are a dream. You are not of this world. Nancy, we knew Bill was strange. This is just proof. He's not of this world. He's just a passing through. He's an alien and a sojourner. Amen to that, right? I'm not of this world, so don't hide your mitzvot from me. And when it comes to the mitzvot, I've got to go there. Are you ready? We are to be focused on the weightier matters of Torah. We are to be focused on the weightier matters of Torah. Love and mercy and forgiveness. If all we do is nitpick ourselves or nitpick someone else, or focus on this or that, then we, if we're not in error, we're going to be in error very soon. What is the gimel a picture of? A camel. What did Yeshua say to those that were so focused on the details of Torah? He said, don't swallow a camel. It's a strain in that. Don't swallow a gimel. Don't swallow a camel. When you should be focusing on mercy and justice and love and forgiveness. Dean can know the Hebrew language perfectly. He can keep his Torah keeping just perfect. But if he doesn't have love, what good is he? Sometimes we're like David. It says here, don't hide your mitzvot from me. Doesn't it feel like that? You're always hiding it from us. Wouldn't it just be nice if we could come out and say, how in the world am I supposed to do this? He says to dwell in Sukkot during Feast of Tabernacles. What in the world is Sukkot? Why do you got to hide it? Why do you got to make it so hard? What does it mean to wear tzitzit on the four corners of my garments? What if I'm wearing a circular item? Do I have to wear a four-corner garment? Do I have to tie it this way? Do I have to tie it this way? Do I have to have this color blue? Do I have to have that color blue? Why does it have to be so hard? You can have your tzitzit tied perfectly, but if you don't have the weightier matters of the Torah, what good is it? Sometimes it's like they're hidden. The truth is we need to look more. That's when we pray, Yahweh, open my eyes that I may behold wonderful things from your Torah. I don't understand how to keep this. I don't understand what this means. Yahweh, I love playing hide-and-seek, and I'm ready. Do you know what Torah study is? Connie, this is good. Torah study is nothing but hide-and-seek. Yahweh's put His Word here, and He's hidden it in the Torah, and He says, seek Me, and you will find Me. And it's not just about what we know. I get emails all the time. Oh, I'm searching for my Hebrew roots. I want to learn about the Hebrew roots. Let me tell you something. Mark, it's not about learning Hebrew roots. It's about doing Hebrew roots. And do you know who the root is? Yeshua. So we have prayer. We have mitzvot. What else does our worship of Yahweh include? Verse 22, Remove from me reproach and contempt, for I have kept your testimonies. Temple service. Worshiping Yahweh with other people. Luke 4.16 says, As was His custom, Yeshua went into the synagogue, went to the temple, and read from the Torah scroll. Yeshua served His Talmudim. Remember that day? They're just fussing and fighting over who's the greatest. And He goes and washes their feet. He didn't wait for them. He didn't wait for them to ask. The feet needed to be washed. Did He say, Rabbi? Did He wait for them to say, Rabbi, can I wash your feet? No. As a servant, He did it. And we are to follow His example. Serve, teach, love. If the lightbulb's out, replace it. Amen? How many Pentecostals does it take to change a lightbulb? Takes 12. One to change the bulb, and 11 to pray against the spirit of darkness. How about one more? How many badges does it take to change a lightbulb? Takes 22. One to change the bulb, and 21 to sit on committees and talk about it. If you've been a Baptist, you know all about that. All right. Anyway, you can see the lightbulb changes. Trash, vacuum, decorate, do the food, whatever it takes. When the temple was destroyed, the synagogue and the home became the central place of worship. And here at the temple service, it's about being a part. The Levites didn't just go, they were a part. And do you know this? Many times when you brought your sacrifice in Tanakh times, you had to kill it. It wasn't just about, oh, kill this, please. What about the Passover lamb? Do you think the rabbis killed all of those? No. They had to do it. So it's about sacrifice. So the first stool is Torah and worshiping Yahweh with all of our mind. The second leg of the stool is worshiping Yahweh with our heart, with avodah, through prayer, mitzvot, and temple service. The third gemel, this one's the tough one, is called gemelut chassidim. Gemelut chassidim. Chassidim. You've heard of the Hasidic Jews before? Or the Chabad? Gemelut chassidim is Hebrew for acts of kindness. Acts of kindness. This is loving Yahweh with all of your strength. This is loving Yahweh with all your strength. That you use your mind to study Torah, you use your heart to worship Him, and you use your strength to reach out to others. Out of the patriarchs, Abraham symbolized this. Abraham is known for being hospitable. He welcomed people into his tent. He welcomed visitors. If someone ever tells you, you show me the hospitality of Avraham, you have done it. You've been a great host. Gemelut chassidim is the third gemel. It's the pillar of kindness. It's actions for others. It is being your brother's keeper. Didn't Yeshua feed the hungry? Did He say, oh, these people are out here and they're hungry. He said, oh, don't worry about them. Yeah, yeah, they made it out this far. They can handle it. They should have brought some money. There's McDonald's down the road. They can handle it. No. He took someone's act of kindness, their fishes and loaves, and He took that and He multiplied it. This is loving Yahweh with all your strength. And it's actions for others. It's actions for others. Gemelut chassidim is not tzedakah. Tzedakah is a word we know for righteousness, but in Judaism, it's charity. It's gifts to the poor. You have a tzedakah box. We have one in the back. And it's gifts to the poor. Giving your money to help someone else. But gemelut chassidim is not about money, but giving of yourself. What have you done for others? And not just in your family. What have you done for others lately? Giving a personal space, a personal time of commitment. Remember we said there are three things that are eternal. Yahweh, His Word, and people. Yahweh through a voda, His Word through Torah study, and now people through gemelut chassidim. The highest form of good deeds is loving your neighbor as you love yourself. Replicating His actions. Psalm 119 verse 17. Dill bountiful with thy servant, that I may live and keep your word. Everybody, whether you're wealthy or healthy or needy or poor, whether they're a believer or whatever, help, love, share. So important is gemelut chassidim, and acts of kindness, that Yahweh does it for us, that we can do it for other people. That Yahweh is kind for us to show us the example. This is our ministry to others. And it's eternal. And when you do a good deed or an act of kindness for someone, it's like a domino, and it sets things in motion. It sets things in motion. Let me give you some examples. Comfort the bereaved. Visit with those who've lost someone. Go to the hospital. Visit the sick. Pray for them. Volunteer time. When you see someone's car is messed up, help them jump off their car. Give a gift to someone. Go beyond what's expected. What you've done unto the least of these, Yeshua said, you have done unto me. Now the gemel is made up of two Hebrew letters. Every Hebrew letter is made up of other letters. This is the vav. This is the yod. The gemel is a vav and a yod. And we're told that it's a picture of a man running to extend the hand to the needy. The vav is the number of man. It's a picture of a man. And the yod is a hand. Running to give charity. Running to help. Running like a camel sustains people. And we get tired of service. Sometimes we get tired of phone calls. We get tired of giving, giving, giving. But our actions set up a chain reaction. How can you love Yahweh whom you don't see if you're not loving or meeting the needs of the people you do see? So what could you do to show gemelut chasadim to someone this week? Just a random act of kindness. It's amazing how they touch people's lives. Yeshua gave us a great example of the gemel. Of these three pillars. How many right now could use a miracle from Yahweh? Touch, healing, power, empowerment. Answered prayer. When we put the gemel together we see what happens. So turn with me to Yochanan chapter 11. We'll finish here. John 11. We're going to see what happens when the gemel comes together. When the stool is created. When the three gemels, when the love of Torah, the worship of Yahweh, and random acts of kindness come together. When ministry truly happens. What it's supposed to be about. This is a story about Lazarus. Who is sick. And he dies. Yeshua heard that Lazarus was sick. And He said, The sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of Yahweh. And He said, You need to go pray for him. He said, Oh, it's okay. He's going to be okay. You need to go pray for him. Hurry up. And Yeshua showed up after he had died. Something was wrong. Something was wrong. He had died. Some said He was late. Verse 17. John 11. And when Yeshua came, He found that they had laid Him in the grave for four days already. All hope was gone. The pain was there. They were grieving. They were mourning. It was too late for a miracle. It was too late for anything to happen. Now, Bethany was not into Yerushalayim. About 15 furlongs off. And many of the Yahudim came to Martha and Miriam to comfort them concerning their brother. And then Martha, Who is it? Martha, as soon as she heard Yeshua was coming, went and met Him. But Mary sat still at the house. Then said Martha unto Yeshua, Master, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. You could have healed him. Why didn't You heal him? You could have done it. You could have done it. But I know that even now, whatever you ask, Yahweh will give it unto you. And Yeshua was testing her. He said, Your brother will rise again. Martha said, Oh, I know that He shall rise again on that last day in the resurrection. Verse 25, I am the resurrection and the life. He that believes in Me, though He were dead, He shall live. Whosoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe Me? She said unto Him, Yes, I believe You are Mashiach, the son of Yahweh. She had said so and went her way. And called Mary secretly and said, The Master's come. And as soon as Mary heard this, she rose quickly and came. So this is who coming now? Mary. And as soon as she heard that, she rose. And Yeshua was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met Him. And Yahudim, or the Jews then, that were with her in the house, comforted her. And they saw Mary get up. And they went out saying, Oh, she goes to the grave to weep. And Mary was come where Yeshua was and saw Him. She fell down at His feet. How did she do it? Did she just walk up to Him like Martha did? No, she fell down at His feet to worship Him and said, Master, if You had not been here, my brother would not have died. She said the same thing Martha did, but she did it through worship, through prayer. This is the same Miriam, or Mary, that had anointed Yeshua's feet with oil. Don't believe me? Read chapter 11, verse 2. It was this Miriam which anointed Yeshua with ointment, wiped His feet with her hair. So there you have Martha, who's busy, busy, busy working, doing good things, who met the physical needs of Yeshua. When Yeshua came to their house, Martha was there busy in the kitchen. Was she not? She was serving. She was doing gemelut chasadim. She was doing acts of kindness. Then you've got Mary, who's worshiping, who comes to His feet, who breaks the anointment, who comes here and falls at His feet. That's two legs, two gemels of our stool. Acts of kindness and avoda, worship. Verse 33. When Yeshua therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping with them, He groaned in the Spirit and was troubled and said, Where have you put Him? Follow me here. He said, Where have you put Him? Yeshua wept. And from here, Yeshua went into the graveyard. The Torah says that a man is unclean if he goes into the graveyard, around the bones, around the dead body. Yeshua didn't break Torah, but He allowed Himself to be unclean. He put aside the small issues of Torah. He focused on the weightier matters of Torah, which is what? Love and mercy and justice. It says here that He wept. Lazarus groaned in His Spirit for them. And we know what happened. He said, Take the stone away. And He said, Lazarus come out. And Lazarus came out resurrected. So we have Mary worshiping at Yeshua's feet. We have Martha meeting the physical needs. And we have the living Torah acting and raising Lazarus. The gimel, the three stools, the three legs. The number three. If we need a miracle, if we desire a touch, if we want Yahweh, if we long for Yahweh to raise our dead brothers and sisters, to raise our dead body, to get our friends out of religion, what do we have to do? Do just what happened here. Get busy with avoda. Get busy with worship. Get busy with kindness. Not just run to get busy, but to do what Yahweh's Word says. Through the Torah. It's not just about what we know. It's about what we do with that knowledge. It's about ministering to others. It's about loving Yahweh with what we've learned from Torah. It's amazing what we can learn from a little Hebrew letter. But we don't just learn it. We apply it to our lives. Remember the gimel in paleo Hebrew was a picture of a what? Of a leg. Or a foot. So let me ask you. Does your faith, does your world, does your life stand on these three feet? Avoda, the worship of Yahweh. Prayer. Temple worship. Does it stand on avoda? Prayer, temple worship, and the mitzvot. Does it stand on Torah, study? Does it stand on chesed, acts of kindness? That's the question that we have to ask ourselves when we look at the gimel. Are we steadfast like a camel? He that overcomes will be given the right to eat from the tree of life and enter through the gates of the city. Revelation 21. We overcome, yes, by the blood of the Lamb, the word of our testimony, and not loving our lives to the end. Another gimel. But we have an empowered faith by worship and by Torah and by acts of kindness. Are we spending our time focusing on these three gimels? Because the truth is, in the end, it's all that matters. People, Yahweh, and His Word. So hopefully through this teaching today, you've got some ideas in your mind of something you need to do or you need to change or you need to be to apply this teaching. Because Yahweh speaks us through His Word, amen? And He speaks us through His letters. And even through the gimel, we can see what true worship is. Father Yahweh, we just pray that You would help us not to be hearers of the Word only, but doers. Your Word says in Luke 11, verse 28, that bless are those who hear the word of Yahweh and obey it. Open our eyes that we may behold wonderful things from Your Torah. Help us to have a heart for others and reach out in random acts of love and kindness. Father, we pray that our worship of You would be full of prayer and mitzvot and temple service. We would not swallow a camel in essence trying to strain out a gnat, but we would focus on the weightier matters of Torah. That we would see the mixture of worship to You and love and service to others empowers Your Ruach. Empowers Your Torah. It teaches us how to worship You and how to relate to one another. Father, give us a heart for each other. Give us a heart for the lost. Father, give us a heart for the gimbal. That we put first things first. Yahweh, the Torah, and other people. We pray. B'Shem Yeshua HaMashiach. Amen. Thank you again for listening to the Finding EMET radio program. Please visit our website to learn more about the EMET, the truth of the scriptures. Search the Bible, submit your prayer request, or read an article on various subjects. The website is www.findemet.com That's www.findemet.com CD copies of this teaching are available for free by submitting a request at the website. 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