
Who has seen the face of dedi [YHWH, Yahuweh]?
Can anyone describe
His face? While looks do not matter or dedi and Yahusha` would be fully described
in Scripture, seeing the face of dedi is
a very important matter. In I Corinthians
13:12 it states, "now
we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we will see face to face.
now I know in part; then i will know
fully, even as i am fully known." No one has seen dedi face
to face, while they were in the flesh, yet the face of dedi is very crucial to us. Let's take a look at Mosheh [Moses].
In Shemoth [Exodus] 33, we see a situation: Yisrael has committed
adultery (idolatry) by making a golden calf while Mosheh [Moses] was on the mountain
receiving the thorah [teaching, laws] of dedi.
dedi tells Mosheh to lead this people into the promised land,
but He ( dedi )
will not go with them. 33:12-23, " mosheh said to dedi,
'see, you are saying to me, "bring up this people,"
but you have not told me whom
you will send with me. and now, you have said, "i know
you by name and you have found favor in my eyes." and now, if i have found favor in your eyes, make me see please, your
ways, and let me know you so that i may find favor
in your eyes. And consider that this goy is your people.' " Mosheh is not stupid.
He does not want to go without dedi.
"
then he (dedi)
replied, 'my presence will go with you, and i will
give you rest.' then mosheh said to him, 'if your
presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. how will anyone know
that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? what else will distinguish me and your people from all the
other people on the face of the earth?' and dedi
said to mosheh, 'i will do the very thing you have asked, because i am pleased with you and i know
you by name. 'then mosheh
said, 'now show me your honor (kabowd).' and
dedi said,
'i will cause all my goodness to pass in front of
you, and i will proclaim my name,
dedi, in your presence. i will have mercy on whom i
will have mercy, and i will have compassion on whom
i will have compassion. 'but,' he
said, 'you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.' then
dedi said,
'there is a place near me where you may stand on a rock. when my honor (kabowd) passes by, i will put you
in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until i
have passed by. then
i will remove my hand and you will see my back; but
my face must not be seen.' "
dedi is
pure and righteous. Sin cannot live in His presence. He is an all consuming
fire ( HaDebariym [Deuteronomy] 4:24, YeshaYahu [Isaiah] 30:27, Ibriym
[Hebrews] 12:29) and we would be destroyed
if we looked on His face in these fleshly, mortal bodies made of dust. Since
all have sinned and fallen short of the honor of dedi ( Romans 3:23 ) and there is no one righteous,
no not one ( Romans 3:10 ) , not one of us is pure and righteous,
spotless, blameless, without blemish and can stand in His presence face to face.
Even YeshaYahu [Isaiah]- chapter 6, realized his situation and cried out, "
' woe to me. i am ruined.
for i am a man of unclean lips, and
i live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes
have seen the king, dedi
tsebaoth.' " YeshaYahu did not see dedi face to face; dedi was surrounded by smoke that filled the temple (6:4),
much in the same way that the dark cloud was in the tent when Mosheh met with YHWH. Then a seraph takes tongs and gets a
coal from the altar and touches YeshaYahu’s lips saying,
"
' see, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken
away and your sin atoned for.' " Whether this was a
vision or YeshaYahu was actually transported to the heavens in bodily form,
he could not even be in the presence of dedi without atonement for sins or he would be destroyed.
The relationship dedi had with Mosheh [Moses] was a special one. Shemoth [Exodus]
33:11, " dedi would speak to Mosheh face to face, as a man
speaks with his friend." Again, Mosheh did not see the actual face of dedi, because the tent was filled with a cloud when dedi would speak to him as Shemoth 33:9 points out. By the
way, the Hebrew word used there for this cloud is that of a nimbus cloud; those
are the dark rolling, boiling, puffy storm clouds. But that's another study
on the voice of dedi. In BeMidbar [Numbers] 12, Miriyam and Aharon [Aaron], sister and brother of Mosheh,
have been grumbling against Mosheh and saying,
" 'hasn't dedi also spoken through us?' "
dedi was angered at the two and called them and Mosheh to
the tent of meeting. Verses 6-8, " 'listen to my words, when a nabiy
[prophet] of dedi is among you, i
reveal myself to him in visions, i speak to him in
dreams. but this is not true of my servant mosheh, he is faithful in all my house. with
him i speak mouth to mouth, clearly and not in riddles;
he sees the form of dedi.
why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant
mosheh?' " Notice verse 3, that Mosheh was more humble
than anyone else on the face of the earth. Humility goes a long way in a relationship
with dedi.
The word “form” here is temunah, which means- something portioned, fashioned out,
shape, phantom, manifestation, image, likeness. These are the places where this
word occurs. Check it out. It is very interesting. Shemoth [Exodus] 20:4, BeMidbar
[Numbers] 12:8, HaDebariym [Deuteronomy] 4:12,15,16,23,25,
5:8, Iyowb [Job] 4:16, and Thehillah [Psalm] 17:15.
Now that we have established that no one may see His face while
in this fleshly form, let's take a look at the importance of seeking His face
and having His face look upon us. I Dibrey Hayamiym [Chronicles] 16:11," Look to dedi and His strength; seek His face always." Thehillah
[Psalm] 11:7, "for
dedi is
righteous, he loves justice; upright men will see his face." Thehillah
24:6, "such
is the generation of those who seek him, yaaqob, who
seek your face. selah" In the previous verses it describes the generation:
he who has clean hands and a pure heart, does not lift his soul up to an idol
or swear by what is false. Thehillah 27:8,9, "my heart says of you,' seek
his face.' your face, dedi,
i will seek. do not hide your
face from me, do not turn your servant away in anger; you have been my helper.
do not reject me or forsake me,
dedi my
yesha` [savior, deliverer]." Thehillah
119:58, "i
have sought your face with all my heart; show favor to me according to your promise."
Here we are beginning to see the connection between the face
of dedi, shining upon
us as blessing and His face turned away as cursing. Thehillah [Psalm] 67:, " may dedi
favor us and bless us and make his face shine upon us," HaDebariym [Deuteronomy]
31:17-18, " 'on that day i will become angry with
them and forsake them; i will hide my face from them,
and they will be destroyed. many disasters and difficulties
will come upon them, and on that day they will ask, 'have not these disasters
come upon us because dedi
is not with us?' and
i will certainly hide my face on that day because
of all their wickedness in turning to other elohiym.' " The reason for this
action of dedi, is that of the rebellion of Yisrael and breaking of the beriyth [covenant]
with Him. Thehillah [Psalm] 34:15,16, "the
eyes of dedi
are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their
cry; the face of dedi
is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of
them from the earth." YirmeYahu [Jeremiah]
18:17, " 'like
a wind from the east, i will scatter them before their enemies; i
will show them my back and not my face in the day of their disaster.' " And finally, I Kefa
[Peter] 3:12, which is a quote of Thehillah [Psalm] 34:12- 16, "
'who is the man who desires life, who loves many days of seeing good? keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.
turn away from evil and do good; seek shalom and pursue
it. the eyes of dedi
are on the righteous, and his ears unto their cry. the face of dedi
is against evil-doers, to cut off their memory from the
earth.' "
For many and varied reasons, the Qehillah
[assembly] has not been properly training, discipling
those who are birthed into the kingdom of dedi. Numbers, rather than maturity and
righteous fruit, seem to be more important. Many believers, especially those
grafted in, do not even know the requirements of dedi.
They do not know what the terms of the beriyth [covenant], between themselves and dedi, are. That beriyth [covenant] is a contract cut between
two parties: dedi and
those who choose to accept Him. It is no different than a contract you make
with any business or individual. If you signed a contract without having it
explained or reading what it was you were signing, you would be irresponsible
and foolish. Having signed such a contract, you would be held responsible for
the terms written. If, you did not keep up your part, you would then be penalized.
We, as believers, are not merely accepting Yahusha` as our Savior, and worshipping
dedi as
the One, just
as a ticket away from sheol [hell] and into the heavens;
at least we shouldn't. Yet, before we make this beriyth [covenant], we are not
told of the terms. Yes, we have a copy of them - the Scriptures, but many do
not study it and obey.
dedi desires
obedience, more than sacrifice ( I Shemuel [Samuel] 15:22,23).
There's an interesting account in II Melekiym [Kings] 17:24-41.
The kingdom of Yisrael ( the nation
of Yisrael was split up into two kingdoms. Yahudah [Judah] and Yisrael- the other
ten tribes) were carted off into captivity by the king of Ashshur [Assyria]. The king of Ashshur [Assyria] did something no other king had
done; he took some of Yisrael out of the land of Yisrael and put other conquered peoples in
their place. The following is very interesting......
" the king of ashshur [Assyria] brought people from babel [babylon], kuthah [cuthah], awwah, chamath and shefariym [sepharvaim] and settled them in the towns of shomron [samaria] to replace yisrael. they took over shomron [samaria] and lived in its towns. when
they first lived there, they did not worship dedi;
so he sent lions among them and they killed some of the people. it was reported to
the king of ashshur [assyria],
'the people you deported and resettled in the towns of shomron do not know what elohi
of that country requires. he has sent lions among them, which are killing them
off, because the people do not know what he requires.' then the king of ashshur [assyria] gave this order,
'have one of the kohaniym [priests] you took captive
from shomron go back to live there and teach the people
what elohi of the land requires.' so one of the kohaniym [priests] who had been exiled from shomron came to live in beyth el
[bethel] and taught them how to worship dedi.
nevertheless, each national group made its own elohiym
in the several towns where they settled, and set them up in the shrines the
people of shomron [samaria] had made at the high places. the
men from babel [babylon] made sukkoth benoth, the men from kuthah [cuthah] made nergal, and the men
from chamath made ashima; the awwiy made nibhaz and tartak, and the shefariym [sepharvites] burned their
children in the fire as sacrifices to adrammelek and
anammelek, the elohi of
shefariym. they worshiped dedi, but they also appointed all sorts of their own people
to officiate for them as kohaniym [priests] in the
shrines at the high places. they worshiped dedi, but they also served their own elohiym
in accordance with the customs of the goyim [nations] from which they had been
brought.
to this day they persist in their former practices. they neither worship dedi
nor adhere to the decrees and ordinances, the thorah [instruction-laws] and commands that
dedi gave
the descendants of yaaqob [jacob],
whom he named yisrael. when
dedi made
a beriyth [covenant] with yisrael,
he commanded them, 'do not worship any other elohiym
or bow down to them, serve them or sacrifice to them. but
dedi,
who brought you up out of mitsrayim [egypt] with mighty power and outstretched arm, is the one
you must worship. to him you will bow down and to him
offer sacrifices. you
must always be careful to keep the decrees and ordinances, the thorah [teachings, laws] and commands he wrote for you. do not worship elohiym of others.
do not forget the beriyth
[covenant] i have made with you, and do not worship the elohiym of others. rather, worship dedi; it is he who will deliver you from the hand of all
your enemies.'
they
would not listen, however, but persisted in their former practices. even while these goyim
[gentiles] were worshiping dedi, they were serving their idols. to
this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did."
Some of these people are the Shomroniym [Samaritans] of the Testimony [Gospels].
Now, you can better understand all that friction between the Yahudiym [Jews]
and the Shomron. Anyway, what we have in the Qehillah [assembly] today, are a lot of spiritual minglers. Believers are not keeping to the beriyth [covenant] of dedi, but rather have adopted doctrines,
practices and denominational traditions and mingled a little of dedi with them, as the Shomron mingled their own practices with those of the elohey
of the land of Yisrael. According to the words of dedi, He will show them His back and not His face. We need to seek His
face, and not the faces of the men running assemblies built in the fashion of
men and not dedi. He is faithful to fulfill His part
of the beriyth [covenant] and will shine His face upon us when we fulfill our
part; and we can only do that if we know what our part is. But, if we willingly
choose to follow our own course or simply disobey because of ignorance, He will
turn His back on us. I don't know about you, but I'd rather have the face.
Revelations 22:3-5, " no
longer will there be any curse. the throne of
dedi and
of the lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. they
will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. there will be no more night. they
will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for
dedi will
give them light. and they will reign forever and ever."
One day we will see dedi face to face, when our mortal bodies
have been changed, when the perishable becomes the imperishable, when the earthly
body is changed to a heavenly body, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last
trumpet. Then we will see dedi face to face (I Corinthians 15:35-). Till then we will have to be as
Dawiyd in Thehillah [Psalm] 18:15, "and
i- in righteousness i will see your face; when i awake, i will be satisfied
with seeing your likeness [temuwnah]. let
it be so."
Kathryn
