SOD / Mystery Level interpretation of the Names of the Priestly Divisions listed in 1 Chronicles 24:7-30.

SOD / Mystery Level interpretation of the Names of the

Priestly Divisions listed in 1 Chronicles 24:7-30. 

                                            Compiled by John Dandridge, III 9-25-2013

Yahweh contends and Yahweh has known

and Dedicated (consecrated) the Barley.

My King is (of) Yahweh and is at the right hand

of the Thorn bush with Yahweh the Father.

Yeshua (Yahweh's Salvation) dwells with Yahweh.

Elohim (GOD) Restores and He lifts up

a Canopy (chuppah) in the dwelling of the Father

with cheerfulness for He has said

the swine will be broken

and released (set free from His presence) as Elohim Strengthens

and Establishes and He has dealt fully (with them)

and Yahweh has drawn the water, for Yahweh gives consolation/compassion...

The Light bringer (bearer)

Joined to the exalted people, Captive (enslaved by Love) in Unity with Yahweh Elohim...

Yahweh has enlarged and Yahweh will lend

the Oil and make and end, when He snatches up,

those taught by Yahweh, for Yahweh (is) Promised (to) those beheld of Elohim...

My Strength is Elohim!  Who is like Elohim (GOD)?  A point

which Yahweh Remembers

that the bitter and the sick shall yield to the Boldness made by Yahweh, and be built up

as Onyx, mindful that he is a Hebrew

whom Elohim has helped,

bending (in Worship and Humility) so that Elohim may have pity upon those which are lacking,

for HE is Most High !

Barley is a picture of the Firstborn.  Barley is “first born” in the spring of the year..  Aviv=Green which is the color that represents Life.  We should see a picture of Yeshua as the “Green Barley” offering after Passover upon the the Day of First fruits. 

Thorn bush is a picture of Yeshua dwelling with The Father in His Throne room.  It is the “Burning Bush” that Moshe encountered on The Mountain of Sinai.

Onyx has a flesh tone color   There were two Onyx stones with the names of the 12 tribes of Israel engraved on them and was worn on the shoulders of the High Priest. Ex.28:9.  Shoulders equal Strength.  The “flesh”, of Israel to be carried upon the Shoulders of THE High Priest.  Yeshua The High Priest, The King of Righteousness (Melchizedek).  Isaiah 9:6.  HIS chosen are carried by HIM upon HIS Shoulders.

Oil= Holy Spirit and/or His Word

Hebrew= One who has crossed over from death to life

Swine/Pigs= those that refuse the Word and trample it underfoot.  Rejecting the Life it contains.

Earth Time Compared to Heavenly Time

Earth Time Compared to Heavenly Time

by Jason Koffeman and John T. Dandridge, III

1000 Earth Years is equal to 365,250 which is equal to one Heavenly Day.

1 Earth hour is equal to 9.9 milliseconds in Heavenly Time.

1 Earth Day is equal to 0.2366 seconds in Heavenly Time.

1 Earth week is equal to 1.66 seconds in Heavenly Time.

1 Earth Month (30 days) is equal to 7.1 seconds in Heavenly Time.

1 Earth Year is equal to 86.4 seconds in Heavenly Time.

5 Earth Years is equal to 7 minutes and 12 seconds in Heavenly Time.

10 Earth Years is equal to 14 minutes and 24 seconds in Heavenly Time.

20 Earth Years is equal to 28 minutes and 48 seconds in Heavenly Time.

100 Earth Years is equal to 2 hours and 24 minutes  (144 minutes) in Heavenly Time.

500 Earth Years is equal to 12 hours (720 minutes) in Heavenly Time.

1000 Earth Years is equal to 24 hours (1440 minutes) in Heavenly Time.

The idea for this came to me after reading the statement made by Peter the Apostle of Yeshua in 2 Peter 3:8.  Truly, it is my belief that we shouldn't try to contain G-D into the constraints of time, however this is given to us so we can understand G-D's timing of what HE has done, is doing and will do.  The examples given here are just for us to be able to understand certain verses that picture something that will happen in our future.  Our Creator has a 7,000 year plan for us and we are nearing the completion of the 6,000th year and HE will then bring all who are HIS into HIS Rest on the Great Sabbath Day, the final 1000 year rest before all is completed and HE then brings us into the 8th Great Day, the New Beginning.  Maranatha, John

Common law Copyright John T. Dandridge, III.  All Rights Reserved, Without Prejudice. 09-03-2013

No man has seen God?

In Exodus 33.20 it say to Moses "you cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live." To some this is a contradictory statement and to others it means that Yeshua could not be God. But, this verse not only proves that Yeshua is God but also the Trinity, and in doing so doesn't come off as contradictory as some believe. God was communicating the fact that we must approach God through a perfect mediator and His way, not ours. The Tanach has many verses that say that people have seen God. Genesis 17. 1 says "Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram and said unto him." In Genesis 18.1 it says "Now the LORD appeared unto him (Abram) by the oaks of Mamre." Exodus 6.2-3 says "God spoke further to Moses and said to him "I am the LORD and I appeared unto Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, as God almighty." Later in Exodus 24.9-11 it says "Then Moses went up with Aaron Nadab and Abihu and seventy elders of Israel and they saw the God of Israel." Numbers 12.6-8 says "He said, now hear my words: If there is a prophet among you I, the LORD, shall make myself known to him in a vision. I shall speak with him in a dream. Not so with My servant Moses, he is faithful in all my household; with him I speak mouth to mouth, even openly and not in dark sayings and he beholds the form of the LORD." Acts 7.2 says that "the God of glory appeared to our father Abraham." And yet, in other verses it seems that there is a contradiction. John 1.18 says that "no man has seen God at any time." John 5.37 says that "the Father who has sent me, He has borne witness of me. You have neither heard his voice at any time or seen his form." John 6.46 says " Not that any man has seen the Father, except the one who is from God; He has seen the Father." Now, it is evident from the verses in Genesis Exodus, Numbers and Acts that people saw God . Some would argue that it was a vision, dream or an angel. The problem is that the verses do not say that it was a vision, dream or an angel. They saw God and He appeared as God Almighty. There is only one solution and that is to accept what the Bible says. If Israel saw God but Yeshua says that no one has seen the Father, then they were seeing God, but not the Father. It was someone else in the God head. They were seeing the Word (John 1.1) before he became flesh(John 1.14). If God is in three persons, then Exodus 33.20 and John 1.18 is not a problem. Therefore God was seen, but not the Father. It was Yeshua before "the Word became flesh" because there is more than one person in the Godhead. Philippians 2.5-8 sums this up nicely when it says that "Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Messiah Yeshua who, although He (Yeshua) existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be claimed about oneself, but emptied himself, taking on the form of a bond-servant being made in the likeness of men and being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross." He is God and only God can save man and he was the mediator that appeared to man on many ocassions. It is through him that man will one day see the face of God and live.  Bill Riley

Signs of the End Time

Q. What are some signs that we are in the end times?


A. There have been many books written on this question and there are some obvious signs like war, pestilence and a rise in evil. Since Yeshua walked this earth these signs have gotten worse and worse and those that lived in each generation thought that things could not get worse and that they were living in the last days, but they were wrong. Some basic signs can be found in Mat 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21, but I am going to give some other signs that are implied and what I am looking for. First, one must have a knowledge of the biblical calendars and festivals. These are signs that the Lord gave and a timetable for events. In biblical eschatology, the world since creation will go on for 6000 years and then we enter into the last thousand years called "the Lord's Day" and the 7 day week we go by today is a picture of that. We know that there will be a Temple built and it will be active during the Tribulation. We know from 2 Thes. 2 and Rev 11 it will be in operation during the tribulation. There are scriptures that indicate that it will begin operating at the beginning of the last 1000 year day called the Lord's Day as mentioned before. That 1000 year period begins on a Rosh Ha Shanah, so the Altar will be in operation before the actual Temple building is done (Ezra 3.1-6) and so it is possible that the day the rapture occurs (Rosh Ha Shanah, year 6001 from creation) will also be the first day the offerings begin on the Temple Mount. So that means that the believers will be here up to that point, which means we could see several things first. In order to have an operating Altar you would have to have the Temple Mount. You also will need a Red Heifer slaughtered in order to cleanse people from ritual uncleanliness from contact with the dead. The Red Heifer would have to be slaughtered at least 7 days before the Temple or Altar could begin to operate, so we could see that. We also would have to see the priests being prepared and the actual Altar being built and cleansed, along with all the utensils that will be used. Much of this will have to begin 7 days prior to the actual beginning. So, here is what I am looking for. I believe that the the rapture of the believers will happen on a Tishri 1 of the biblical calendar. But before that will happen we will see the following things happen. We will see the Temple Mount in Jewish control where they will begin putting up an Altar for the coming Temple. I believe we will also see the priesthood being prepared and cleansed from ritual uncleanliness, which means we will see a Red Heifer slaughtered on the Mount of Olives. This has to be done at least 7 days prior to Tishri 1 so that would put this around the 24th of Elul according to the biblical calendar. These cleansings take 7 days according to the Torah (Num 19). So, along with the general signs Yeshua gave there are more specific signs to look for. When Israel gets the Temple Mount, when a Red Heifer is slaughtered and a priesthood prepared to make offering and an Altar is built on the Mount, the next Rosh Ha Shannah will be the day the rapture occurs. Then 10 days later the 7 year Tribulation will begin on Yom Kippur.

What does "unclean" mean in Leviticus 11?

Q. What does "unclean" mean in Leviticus 11?


A. The concept of clean and unclean is a subject that is misunderstood at best by most believers. I am not going to go into massive detail here but I will give some basic definitions and instruction that should answer your question and give you enough information so that you can do your own study on the subject. The term clean and unclean relate to ritual purity and ritual purity applies to whether or not you can enter the Sanctuary and touch Holy things. Basically, if you were unclean you could not enter the Temple or touch anything that was in the Temple. So, in Leviticus 11 God tells us what creatures are acceptable and ritually pure and what aren't. All of that pertains to whether or not you can enter the Temple. Now, there are several concepts to discuss. These creatures in Lev 11 can be divided into three categories and how they affect a person who wants to go to the Tabernacle/Temple. There are creatures that are acceptable for sacrifice, like the bull, goat, sheep and certain birds. These can be offered to God and eating them is ritually acceptable (clean). There is another category of creatures that cannot be offered as a sacrifice, like deer, elk and certain birds but they are acceptable to eat and will not make someone ritually impure so they can enter the Tabernacle/Temple. The third category is made up of creatures that are not only unacceptable for sacrifice but eating them will make the worshiper ritually unclean and ineligible to enter the Tabernacle/Temple. That is why the term clean and unclean are used in this chapter. It tells you what is ritually acceptable or not when wanting to enter the Tabernacle/Temple. Now, the term unclean is not equated with sin. Nowhere in Lev 11 does it say it was sin to be unclean in regards to these creatures. Did Yeshua ever sin? No, but he was unclean on several occasions and could not enter the Temple. He touched the dead, the highest form of uncleanliness. He touched lepers and a woman with a blood issue. To enter the Temple again, he would have had to go through the purification process required for whatever impurity it was, from being sprinkled with the ashes of the Red Heifer, to a simple immersion and remaining unclean till sundown.  So, unclean should not be equated with sin but should be understood in the context of ritual purity and the ability to enter the Tabernacle/Temple. There is no Temple today so the laws pertaining to clean and unclean are not applicable today. Everybody, even Orthodox Jews, are unclean today and would not be able to enter the Temple if it stood today unless they went through a purification process. There are people who think they eat kosher but they don't. All meat from restaurants and grocery stores are unclean. Canned foods and other items are unclean ritually. There is not one person who doesn't eat unclean food. But, that doesn't matter because there is no Temple and so it does not apply. People will say "I don't eat pork because it is unclean" but they will eat steak and chicken that is also unclean because it has been in contact with pork. No butcher shop in grocery stores is ritually pure and when you go out to eat, the meat there is unclean, no matter what you eat. We are also unclean many other ways, too. Ever touched the dead or been to a cemetery? Ever touch a woman who was menstrual or a dead insect? Ever touched the carcass of a dead animal that was unclean? Have you ever touched a woman who ever had a baby? All these things make one ritually impure and ineligible to enter the Temple. Now, there are certain health benefits to eating clean animals today but that wasn't the reason the Lord gave these laws. We must not look down on people when they eat unclean food because everyone does. Just because you don't eat pork doesn't mean you don't eat unclean meat, because you do. But, do a study on what clean and unclean mean and how that relates to entering the Temple and you will have a better understanding of these concepts and hopefully it will set you free on some inaccurate concepts you may be holding on to.

What does "under the law" really mean?

Q. In Gal 3.24-25 it says that the Law is our tutor and now that faith has come we are no longer under a tutor. Does that mean we are no longer under the Law?


A. This term "under the law" is "upo nomon" in Greek and Paul uses it many times. He says in Gal 5.18 that we are not "upo nomon" (under the law) if we are led by the Spirit.  Now, the main theme of Galatians is whether or not the believers there had to be ritually circumcised according to the traditions of the elders to be saved.  They taught that a person had to become a Jew through ritual circumcision to be saved.  When Paul uses "under the law" he is referring to the oral law of the Rabbi's that said you had to be circumcised to be saved.  This came up in Acts 15 and Acts 21 and was a major issue in the first century.  Now, a system of works righteousness was developed by the rabbi's from 300 BC to 50 BC (Rom 9.30-33) and what he is basically saying is that a person is not under indictment or under arrest for breaking the oral law of the rabbi's, in this case, ritual circumcision.  Now, let's get back to the original question about the "tutor" in Gal 3.24-25.  The tutor in Greek is the word "paidagogos" and in the Greek/Roman world they were the guardians and disciplinarians over the master's children until they reached the age of maturity.  Now, here is why Paul used it.  The Torah has a double nature. The Law acts as a "tutor" in a judicial role, but only until we come to the Lord as a believer.  The "tutor" (Law) points us out as sinners and calls for punishment.  We are "under arrest" and in custody.  Both Jew and Gentile are all under sin (Rom 3.9).  But, when we become a believer (maturity) the Law's role as "tutor" is abolished. The Law can no longer demand our death because there is no longer a record of our sins. That's what remission of sin means.  By doing this we are no longer under the curse of the law, which is death.  This brings us to the second aspect of the Law, and that is instructional.  That's what Torah means, instruction. The Torah reveals God's ways to us and guides us in the way that we should go.  It reveals the will of God in so many areas that we don't even have to pray about it, we already know.  When we don't follow the Torah, then we sin and we know we have forgiveness (1 Jn 1.9).   So, what Paul is saying is this. The Law was our tutor when we weren't saved and it points out our sin and penalty, the first aspect.  When we become a believer we are no longer "under a tutor" because we are "mature" and that role does not apply to us anymore.  Now, the Law becomes our instructor and it tells us to obey, it tells us how to live as a believer.  It doesn't save you but it shows us what to do, how the Lord thinks and what is important.  When I was in Catholic school the priests used to tell us that we "were children of God, act like it!"  So, Paul is merely saying to the Galatians that they have moved from the judicial role of the Torah to its instructive role and the false teaching of ritual circumcision was not in the Torah and they did not have to obey it.  It was a rabbinical decree and part of the oral law and it played no role in salvation.  They did not need to "do" any works to be saved and that was the whole point of the book of Galatians.  Now, ritual circumcision is not to be confused with Abrahamic circumcision.  Let me explain.  The Torah teaches that a descendant of Abraham should be circumcised (Gen 17.9-14).  That is a commandment and Paul observed it and had Timothy circumcised because his mother was Jewish but his father was a Greek and apparently they did not circumcised Timothy. So, when Timothy became a believer Paul had him circumcised in obedience to the Abrahamic Covenant.  But, this is not ritual circumcision. Ritual circumcision only applied to Gentiles and they were told that they could not be saved unless they became a Jew and they had to undergo a ritual circumcision as part of the conversion process.  This was a man-made law and Paul was against it and so was God (Acts 10).  Knowing this will help explain why Paul circumcised Timothy (Abrahamic circumcision based on Gen 17) and why he did not circumcise the Gentile Titus (rabbinical, ritual circumcision).  One was of God and the other man-made.  So, in conclusion, the bottom line is this.  If you are an unbeliever you are still "under the tutor" but once you believe you are no longer "under a tutor because you have reached maturity and now the Torah is instructional.

Why so many differences in the Messianic Movement?

Q. Why are there so many differences in the Messianic Movement?


A. One of the problems with the Messianic movement is that it tries to resemble "Judaism" and its practices that centered around Rabbinic Judaism. Some believers get caught up in all the "Jewish" practices which can get them right back into a religious perversion that is just as bad as some of the practices in Christianity. Most Messianic Jewish organizations are just "fronts" to win Jewish people to Christianity. Their leaders have said it was never the intent of these organizations to direct Jews and Gentiles to follow the Torah. This has been dealt with in many previous articles so I won't get into it here, but that is a problem. If one stood up and said that they should follow the Torah they would be escorted out of that Congregation. That's why pork is served at their conventions and they buy and sell on the Sabbath. They have a Jewish window dressing so that they can reach Jews to Christianity without telling them. So, when one realizes what is going on they reach out to other organizations who follow the Torah but the problem with many of those places is that they incorporate Rabbinic Judaism into their practices, which God never sanctioned either. So discussions over the matter lead to dissension and that tends to lead to some confusion. Any organization that uses the term "Judaism" will eventually drift into that direction and then they start following the Rabbis to some extent. But these Rabbis are the spiritual descendants of the Pharisee's and we know what Yeshua said about their teachings. An article was written several weeks ago about this very thing. There was no "Judaism" in the first century and while the Temple stood. Everybody went to the Temple and worship centered around what the Torah said about that. There were many "sects" and believers were just one of many, called the Way in the Book of Acts. Since the Temple was destroyed, the Rabbi's have come up with "Judaism" that is anti-Yeshua and have given the people the Talmud, Kabbalah and other writings and say those writings are more binding on the people than the Torah. Christianity has done the same thing with the writings of the "Church Fathers" and these writings have perverted the truth of God. People are taught that only the Rabbi or the priest can properly interpret the Bible. The Rabbi's tell their people not to read the New Testament and the priests/ministers tell their people not to read the Torah and understand it. The problem is when a person comes out of Christianity and they begin to study from the Rabbi's. Which one are you going to follow? They don't agree among themselves and they are certainly placing themselves under anti-Yeshua instruction. Yeshua already told us about their teachings (Mt 16.11, Mk 8.15). Truth be known, are the teachings of the Rabbi's today any different than their spiritual fathers in the first century? I think not, but many Messianic organizations are following these teachings. Their leaders have been fed at the troughs of the Church and some say the Torah is only for Jews, but how can that be. All that does is create two different groups. Others go the other way and teach their congregations to follow Rabbinic Judaism. Now, one can glean some truth from all of this but I have heard people say that Yeshua's teachings were similar to the Pharisee's so He must have been one, but that is not the case. Yeshua was very clear about what He thought about their teachings. The bottom line is this. When one becomes a believer they must go out to the desert. They are not going to change the Church into Torah observance and so Yeshua said let them be and to come out. Most Messianic Congregations won't listen either and they missed it long ago. Rabbinical Judaism has rejected Yeshua, the Church has rejected the Torah and the Messianic congregations say Torah observance doesn't matter. The Lord is leading people out of these groups and to a "new land" that He will show them. The Lord will be at the head of that flock in spite of the Rabbi's, the priests and the Messianic leadership. We aren't called to follow organizations but to follow the Lord. This can be lonely and difficult, but it is the way it has to be. These man-made organizations have missed the boat and the Lord has said "my sheep hear my voice" and they do. There so many differences because they have left the Lord behind and developed their own "ways" and that is what has caused the confusion. We don't have to belong to any organization or be put under their authority. We are to follow the Lord and learn a proper understanding of His Word. Yeshua didn't belong to any group and we don't have to either. But this takes trust and it can be lonely, but in the end you will know the way in which you are to go.