Reflections on shabat, September 18, 2026

   Images starting from the left: (Copied from various sources and edited)

1) Greek philosopher Heraclitus (about 535 – 475 BC) In the painting, he is crying. As King Solomon wrote: "He who increases knowledge increases sorrow!" In the city of Ephesus, Heraclitus developed a philosophy centered on constant change and the nature of opposites.

- He believed the universe to be in constant motion and saw fire as a symbol of this ever-changing process.

- Unlike the thinkers of his time, who sought permanent fundamental substances, he argued that everything is in constant flux and that apparent stability conceals continuous, underlying activity.

2) Voyager 1: Towards the end of 2012, Voyager 1 detected a significant increase in plasma density, indicating that it had left the heliosphere and entered interstellar space. Further away than any other human-made object!

3) Photograph: Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM). Back in 1979–80, I was involved in developing this piece of technology—highly advanced for its time—which is used to examine tissue. It provides a 40,000-fold magnification of a clinical specimen.

4) A photograph of a UFO alleged to be authentic. UFO—or UAP—sightings have been recorded over the past 70 years or so. A surge in such sightings is said to have occurred in the last two decades. Many credible individuals have claimed to encounter non-human entities, and numerous videos on the subject have been uploaded to YouTube. Most of them are fake news. But "there’s no smoke without fire!" I write more about this topic in the section: The Powerful Delusion of the End Times

We review the Bible verses in the picture

>>6 And the Yehowah said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.<< Genesis 11:6-7

>>20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not Elohim made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For after that in the wisdom of Elohim the world by wisdom knew not Elohim, it pleased Elohim by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: 23 But we preach HaMashiach crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; 24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, HaMashiach the power of Elohim, and the wisdom of Elohim.<< 1 Corinthians 1:20-24

Human wisdom does not reach the Creator

  As we read in the passage above (1 Cor. 1:20–24), our Creator observed long ago that human beings are unable to find a connection with Him through human wisdom. This is because, as a result of the corruption that occurred at the beginning, human understanding has become so darkened that finding such a connection is impossible.

  At the Fall, our ancestors lost their real spiritual connection with their Creator—a connection that existed in the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit departed from our ancestors the moment they fell into sin. Nevertheless, prior to total spiritual hardening, people retain a longing to return to communion with their Creator and seek it in many ways.

  The Tower of Babel was the first attempt to reach the dwelling place of our Creator. Since then, numerous Greek philosophers have tried to find a spiritual connection to the Creator through contemplation. But as I wrote, they too are corrupted and therefore unable to find the way to glory—to communion with our Creator.

  To gain access to the Creator, they would need to return to Paradise, from which our ancestors were banished at the dawn of humanity. However, Yehowah stationed Cherubim with flashing swords to guard the way leading to the tree of life. Therefore, man cannot reach it through his own strength or wisdom.

  The Devil and his fallen angels prevent people from coming into communion with their Creator, and they do so by manipulating people intellectually. The human heart is corrupted by original sin. However, Yehowah has prepared a way for us to come to Him. It is through the sacrificial blood of His firstborn Son, HaMashiach Yeshua. He shed that blood on the cross at Golgotha, dying for our sins, and the Father raised Him from the dead on the third day after His crucifixion! We read: Hebrews 10:19-20

>>19 Having therefore, brethren (and sisters), boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Yeshua, 20 By a new and living way, which he has consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;<<

The powerful delusion of the end times

  Many leading developers of AI (artificial intelligence) have issued serious warnings that AI could spiral out of human control. They have called for a slowing of the pace of AI development so that our ability to control it can keep pace. This would allow time to establish the necessary safety measures for its use.

  AI will play a pivotal role in a developing—stemming from UFO or UAP phenomena—that claims Aliens are benevolent and wish to save Earth from the catastrophe of nuclear war. Then the leaders of superpowers and UN will grant these Aliens authority and they appoints the Beast mentioned in the Book of Revelation to the leadership.

  As for these Aliens, they are the Devil’s "Black Berets"—the very same spirits of darkness that Adonai Yeshua cast out of possessed individuals with His Word some 2,000 years ago. Their goal is to lead the nations astray, and our Creator Himself is allowing this great deception to unfold through them! 2 Thessalonians 2:7-12

>>7 For the mystery of iniquity does already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Yehowah shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 

9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

11 And for this cause Elohim shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness<<

  It is already evident that the kingdom of the Beast mentioned in the Revelation 13:11-18 is governed precisely by means of AI. It operates on the basis of the WWW—the World Wide Web. For years, there have been fears that if the WWW were to collapse, the consequences would be catastrophic! I believe the Creator allows it to remain in use during the time of the aforementioned deception, but then: Revelation 16:10-11

>>10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the Beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, 11 And blasphemed the Yehowah of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.<<

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My last comment!

  Everything has its time. I am concluding these weekly reflections with this post. My eyes and back can no longer withstand sitting at the computer, and I do not wish to produce studies that are superficial or merely 'thrown together.' I thank my readers from the bottom of my heart and wish you the blessing of the Most High!

Songs suitable for the topic

Obs. Our Savior's original name in Hebrew is Yeshua HaMashiach HaNotzri

Autumn leaves (When a loved one leaves us)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS8x-4sE6dE

One day at a time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY3DQn4TUrU

Footsteps of Jesus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWWrl_T_3lE

The Day God Called You Home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H87_pKNT6w

King of Kings and Lord of Lords (Anthem to Jesus)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB3tHqgpMGE

P.S. 1 You can check out the interesting stages of my life from the link below. My life has been a great adventure. There have been successes and setbacks. Adonai Yeshua has always helped me!
https://seventh-river.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-seventh-river.html

P.S. 2 I have also prepared these studies in Finnish. They consist of selected Bible translations and include various hymns:
https://yakov-tutkielmia-sapattina.blogspot.com/2026/09/pohdintaa-sapattina-1892026.html

Reflections on shabat, September 11, 2026

   Images from left: (I made all the images with AI to save time)

1) A man who committed very great sins—the modern-day prodigal son—was homeless, cold at night, and hungry. He decided to return to his father.

2) When he returned, the father saw him afar off, and ran unto him, and took him in his arms. The same thing happens when we return from our sinful ways to our heavenly Father and ask forgiveness. He then shows us His Son Yeshua the Messiah, the atoning work of Calvary for us.

3) All men who have fought in faith and won salvation, who have confessed their sins and gone to follow Adonai Yeshua, will be dressed in a magnificent white wedding dress in heaven. That dress is the righteous deeds of Yehowah's chosen ones.

4) Before Yehowah creates the new heavens and the new earth (Isaiah 65:17 and 66:22), he will destroy the present corrupt heavens and earth. Only then will he create a completely new heavens and a new earth. I believe it will be much larger than our present earth. An old missionary who had worked as a preacher of the Good News for a long time and for the last 40 years in Brazil said that he was shown it in a revelation.

Let's review the picture Bible verses

>>Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come to thou; for you are the Yehowah our Elohim.<< Jeremiah 3:22

>>And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.<< Luke 15:20

>>He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the congregations; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the Tree of Life, which is in the midst of the paradise of Elohim.<< Revelation 2:7

>>And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.<< Revelation 20:11

>>And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. << Revelation 21:1

Many think they will be saved without a fight

  The clear message of the Bible is that the Devil will wage war against all who acknowledge the name of Adonai Yeshua as Savior, until their last breath. He knows what happiness, freedom and joy await them in the Kingdom of Elohim, from which he has been cast out because he tried to dethrone his Creator from His throne.

  So it is not surprising that in Nigeria, for example, about 3000...5000 Christians are tortured, mutilated, raped and killed every year, who pass from time to eternity as martyrs. When the number of those who must be killed like them is full, then the rapture of the believers in Yeshua who are watching will take place. 

  It depends entirely on us whether we are then ready to rise up to meet Adonai Yeshua in the heavens, or whether the many temptations offered by this world have conquered our hearts. The NT states that "Blessed is he who has part in the first resurrection; over him the second death has no power".

  The second death refers to hell, where all those must go, whose names are not written in the Book of Life of the Lamb who was slain. Let us fight the good fight of faith and lay hold on eternal life with a firm hold, so that we may not miss the rapture of the 'wise virgins', for it is unique!

Partly related to images 1 and 2

  As a young believer, I got to know a middle-aged man who had sanctified himself to Elohim for a long time in his life, whom I greatly respected. When he told me what he had been like before he became a believer, I respected him even more and marveled at the great mercy of our Creator towards him. It was extraordinary!

 The man has been dead for years, but for the sake of principle I will use the pseudonym Jan for him. His real name was much more famous and that is why he was mocked at work. He began to hold a grudge against a mocker. Then he got a gun and shot him. The mockery ended.

  He was imprisoned. Because of his name, the jailer began to mock him. Jan began to hold a grudge against him. Jan was strong and temperamental. He waited for a suitable opportunity to take revenge on the guard. When it came while the guard was walking with him, Jan pounced on the guard, snatched his gun and shot him. 

  As a result, Jan was locked in solitary confinement and put in a straitjacket. He said that life in the cell was truly bleak. One morning he woke up and looked at his hands. Even though he was alone, he heard a clear voice: "Look at the hands of a murderer!" When he looked at them, they had turned deep black!

  Then Jan realized what he had really done! He had murdered two men, leaving their families and relatives to mourn. Jan prayed, "O merciful God! I repent of the terrible things I have done. I am a murderer and I deserve the punishment of Hell. Oh, that I had not committed the bloody deeds. Be merciful me!"

  He said that then the cell was filled with an immense presence of grace and love and he began to cry because he felt that he had received forgiveness from the Creator. He asked the guards to bring him a Bible. He received it and asked that the prison priest come and declare to him absolution for all his sins. And so it happened.

  

Truly, good, forgiving, and merciful is Adonai Yeshua! Amen!

Salvation is not based on human goodness

  As I demonstrated in my previous study on the Shabat, a great sinner—even a woman who lived as a prostitute for years, or the man mentioned in this study who killed two of his neighbors in his rage—can be saved after all that filth and cruelty if only one believes in Yeshua's grace!

  For salvation, nothing more is required than repentance for sins, confession, and faith in Yehowah’s forgiveness through the redemptive work accomplished by His Son, Yeshua, on the cross at Golgotha. Nothing of one's own good works can be added to salvation! Luke 13:24-29

>>24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and has shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Adonai, Adonai, open unto us; and he shall answer unto you, I know you not whence ye are.

26 Then you will begin to explain: We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and you have taught in our streets. 27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence you are; depart from me, all you workers of iniquity. 28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of Elohim, and you yourselves thrust out.

29 Then people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and take their places at the banquet table in the Kingdom of Elohim.<<

The following events lie ahead
(I will briefly tell only about future events concerning redeemed believers)

A) As soon as the number of the chosen ones of the Most High has entered into salvation, the rapture of those ready for the rapture will take place, it is the first resurrection. It means our ascension into the heavens to meet Adonai Yeshua and so we will always be together with him. (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18)

B) The long-awaited 1000-year Kingdom will come down for us, when the dead in Yeshua will be resurrected and placed in power over the nations of the earth with Yeshua. Then there will be 1000 years of peace, for Satan, the deceiver of the nations, will be bound and thrown into the abyss for all that time. (Revelation 20:4-6)

C) After that 1000-year period is over, there will be a great awakening among those born here and living, as a result of which Satan will be released from his prison and he will gather the Gentile nations of the world to fight against Jerusalem and all the saints of the Most High. Fire will strike then from heaven to consume Satan's allies. (Revelation 20:7-10)

D) The Last Judgment will come. All those who are resurrected from the dead will be judged according to their deeds. Anyone whose name is not found in the Book of Life of the Lamb who was slain will be thrown into the lake of fire; in Hell. The Beast, the False Prophet, and Satan and his angels were already thrown into it before them. (Revelation 20:11-15)

E) Yehowah creates new heavens*) and a new earth, where he will also move the Kingdom of Heaven and therein he will transfer all his redeemed ones. Under the picture in point 4) I did write that an old preacher saw in a vision that new and final earth. He said that its diameter was 80 times the size of the present earth.

*) According to the Tanakh, the word 'heavens' is plural and 'earth' is singular.

F) He told of it much more, but since the revelations are incomplete as long as we are still in this body of flesh and blood, I will not describe them in more detail. As for the size of the new earth, it seems logical, for all the saved will live there. I believe I will have a large farm there with streams and animals that live forever. 
  There in my eternal home I will often invite my Savior and my dear friends to a feast and to eat delicacies and to drink what they want.

Songs suitable for the topic

Obs. Our Savior's original name in Hebrew is Yeshua HaMashiach HaNotzri

Even when I cannot see

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1TZWndaK70

I found peace in Jesus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWzL_KmSUsU

You Are My Healer, Lord

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJKosvmleFQ

Every Season, God is God

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ6OMYYclsQ

One more day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsVSK8Te9QU

P.S. 1 You can check out the interesting stages of my life from the link below. My life has been a great adventure. There have been successes and setbacks. Adonai Yeshua has always helped me!
https://seventh-river.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-seventh-river.html

P.S. 2 I have also prepared these studies in Finnish. They consist of selected Bible translations and include various hymns:
https://yakov-tutkielmia-sapattina.blogspot.com/2026/09/pohdintaa-sapattina-1192026.html

Reflections on Shabat, September 4, 2026

  Pictures from left:

1) A woman who had sinned greatly was invited to the wedding of the Son of the Great King and wanted to wear a black feast gown.

2) However, against her will, she was dressed in a shimmering white feast gown and a beautiful white headdress was placed on her head.

3) The men who have won salvation will also be clothed in a magnificent white robe. That robe is the righteous deeds of Yehowah's chosen ones. (I created this with AI)

Let's review the Bible verses in the picture

>>I will greatly rejoice in Yehowah, my soul shall be joyful in my Elohim. For he clothes me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.<< Isaiah 61:10

>>He/she that overcomes, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his/her name out of the Book of Life, but I will confess his/her name before my Father, and before his angels.<< Revelation 3:5

>>7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself ready. 8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white (for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the YHWH's chosen).<< Revelation 19:7-8

Many think they can get away without a fight

  The clear message of the Bible is that the Devil will fight all who acknowledge the name of Adonai Yeshua as Savior until their last breath. He knows what happiness, freedom and joy await them in the Kingdom of Elohim, from which he himself has been cast out because he tried to dethrone his Creator.

  So it is not surprising that in Nigeria, for example, about 3000...5000 Christians are tortured, mutilated, raped and killed every year, who pass from time to eternity as martyrs. When the number of those who must be killed like them is full, then the Rapture of the vigilant believers in Yeshua will take place.

  It depends entirely on us whether we are then ready to rise up to meet Adonai Yeshua in the heavens, or whether the many temptations this world offers have allowed our hearts to be conquered. The New Testament states that "Blessed is anyone who has part in the first resurrection; over such the second death has no power."

  The second death refers to hell, where all those whose names are not written in the Book of Life of the Lamb who was slain will go. Let us fight the good fight of faith and lay hold on eternal life with a firm hold, lest we miss out on the rapture of the wise virgins, for it is unique and will never happen again!

The story shown in pictures 1 and 2 is true

  I lived in Helsinki for about 6 months starting in the autumn of 1973 as that woman's tenant. I call her 'Sini' because she had beautiful blue eyes. Otherwise she was normal looking and about 50 years old. I got the apartment from Christian's rental agency. The woman was a prostitute who was visited quite often by different men at night. 

  Sini worked in a restaurant and there she met many men and invited them over because she was very lovesick. Her miserable marriage had broken up and her husband had left her. She had dreamed of a marriage with children, but those dreams were shattered and she sank deeper and deeper into a sinful life. 

   I asked Adonai in my mind why he led me to live as a tenant in such a prostitute's apartment? I soon discovered the reason. One evening before going to bed, Sini knocked on my door and said that she has advanced Parkinson's disease and that she was afraid she would die the next night and that she had no medicine.

   She asked me to call an ambulance immediately if she knocked on my door again at night. I promised to do so. Then I went down on the floor on my knees and began to pray for Sini with my hands raised, saying in my heart: "Lord Jesus Christ. You, who are the only Savior of sinners, heal that woman!" I said to Parkinson's disease: "Depart from her at once!"

  As I prayed, I felt the presence of the Holy Spirit powerfully and went to bed. In the morning, the woman knocked on my door and asked to come and talk. The first thing she asked was: "Did you pray for me last night?" I replied that I did. She said: "Then a deep peace came over me, the pain disappeared and I was able to sleep soundly, better than I had in years."

  Then I understood that Sini was very dear to Jesus, despite her prostitution. Time passed and one day I took Sini to the nearby Pylvässali (evangelisation's  house), where the Hursti's were holding an evangelistic meeting. Sini was moved to tears and said: "Oh, if only I had such sweet boys." She pointed to Mikko and Heikki Hursti and cried with emotion.

Then I moved out of Sini's apartment

  Before I moved, Sini came to me and told me that she had had a strange dream and asked if I could explain its meaning to her. I replied: "Tell me your dream, and perhaps I will understand what it means." She told me this: "In a dream I received an invitation to the wedding feast of the Great King's Son, and I went to the dressmaker's to try on a wedding dress.

  I wanted to wear a deep black long-skirted skirt, but the women dressed me in a shining white skirt that reached down to my ankles, even though I asked to be dressed in black one!" I immediately understood the explanation. I told her that even though she had sunk deep into sinful life, Jesus would and could still save her.

  Sini believed the interpretation of the dream and I hope that someday I will see her in glory dressed in that shining white wedding dress of the righteous! Sini is a good example of a deeply sunk sinner whom our Savior wants to save! Let's remember: "There is no sinner so great that Yeshua's blood sacrifice would not cleanse him/her."

  

Songs suitable for the topic

Obs. Our Savior's original name in Hebrew is Yeshua HaMashiach HaNotzri

I’m safe in Jesus’ hands

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAJuqPbTgw4

Jesus is coming | Song of Hope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBVWGPnqRes

Tomorrow Belongs to You | Trust God With Your Future 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xWT1GZzQD8

God Will Provide

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWr4KirxDzQ

The Sound Of Silence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCtouot15cA

P.S. 1 You can check out the interesting stages of my life from the link below. My life has been a great adventure. There have been successes and setbacks. Adonai Yeshua has always helped me!
https://seventh-river.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-seventh-river.html

P.S. 2 I have also prepared these studies in Finnish. They consist of selected Bible translations and include various hymns:
https://yakov-tutkielmia-sapattina.blogspot.com/2026/09/pohdintaa-sapattina-492026.html

Reflections on shabat, Augusti 28, 2026

   Pictures from the left:

1) The devil tries to destroy a child's life at the very beginning. Adonai Yeshua prevents this by concerning those who have been predestined to eternal life since the foundation of the world.

2) A person who believes in Yeshua lives a set number of years and is guided to choose what to think, say, and do during short life time. Then the resurrection occurs.

3) In the resurrection all the dead will be raised and those who are then alive on earth will also be gathered there. We will be judged according to what is written in the Book of Life.

Let's review the Bible verses in the picture

>>7 But Yehowah said unto me, "Don't say, 'I am just a child'. For you will go whomever I send you, and you will speak whatever I order you. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you, says Yehowah, to rescue you."<< Jeremiah 1:7

>>Because he has appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained; whereof he has given assurance unto all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.<< Acts 17:31

>>14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death - the lake of fire. 15 And anyone whose name was not found written in the Book of Life was hurled into the lake of fire.<< Revelation 20:14-15

Do you resist when called to serve?

  Many well-known Bible characters resisted that. They were, for example, Moses, Saul, Jeremiah, Jonah and Peter. However, Yehowah and Yeshua persuaded each of them to obey Yehowah's will and oh, what a great help were they in His use?

  Even if you and I never become like them, each of us is needed to take the Eternal Message of Salvation to those still on the way to perdition, to our relatives, our neighbours and, according to the choice of Yehowah, to the ends of the earth.

  Every person led to salvation is infinitely valuable to our Creator and each of us is completely unique, that is, irreplaceable in personality, even though we most often do not think about it. Our Creator created each of us skillfully different.

  Many of us, like the people listed above, fear that Jehovah will demand something of us that we are not capable of and that we will ultimately fail completely, causing the people around us to laugh at us. That has happened to me too. But so what!

  We can learn from our mistakes, like a little child trying to take his first steps. He falls a few times, but eventually learns to walk and then to run. Apostle Paul urges us to run victoriously in the race of faith that is set before us!

May our goal be obedience in the faith!

  It's really difficult, but not impossible! We rarely hear Adonai speaking to us clearly. Often we only notice it as a hint when we read the Bible and suddenly notice that some words start to come to life and jump out to our eyes.

  Then it is worth stopping and thinking deeply about what Adonai Yeshua wants to speak to us through those words and for us to do! It can be the beginning of a great chain of events that slowly opens by itself like the buds of a tree in spring.

  So it is about obedience in faith, of which we have been given several good examples in the Bible and the history of the New Testament of people who lived in the power of Elohim and performed great deeds by faith: Abel, Noah, Araham, Sarai, Moses, Yeshua, Paul, Peter, Francis of Assisi and George Müller.

Yeshua's Parable of the Faithful Servants

  When we read the New Testament, we notice how much value Adonai Yeshua places on the faithful obedience of His chosen servants! The servant who had earned much with the talents (spiritual gifts) he had received received twice as much!

  But the lazy servant was severely rebuked and thrown out into darkness. As Yeshua said, "Many are called to salvation, but few are chosen!" Let us be like those servants who were diligent with their talents for the good of their neighbors!

  Adonai Yeshua himself left us the best example of what it means to submit to the will of our Almighty Heavenly Father, even if it is against our own will. Then we will find the way of the 'wheat grain' and bear much fruit to the Heaven!

Why does Yehowah discipline us?

  One of his many names is 'Yehowah Mekaddishchem'. It is translated: "Yehowah who strikes" (Yehowah who strikes to heal his children) Ezekiel 7:9. The apostle Paul also wrote that we are being refined for heaven. That is why Yehowah scourges each of his children so that we may share in his holiness.

  This is for us a model in the Old Testament. The acacia boards surrounding the Tabernacle were of the same length, or equal value. The acacia tree grows crookedly and has thorny branches. Its material is hard and heavy. First the thorny branches had to be removed from it and then its crooked shape had to be straightened. Finally, it was covered with gold. 

  We are all like that acacia tree by nature and therefore we must submit to Yehowah's handling. We have to cry many times and shed many tears before we are worthy of the King's children by nature, fit for service in heaven and have learned to be obedient and humble. Then we will be worthy and will get very close to our Heavenly Father.


Dream related to the previous one

  Last night I had a dream about this very topic. I went to a big river with three of my friends after the rain to fish for trout. We didn't catch any. Then we remembered that a small stream flows into the big river, and now after the rain there must be trout. The stream was located in private land and fishing is prohibited there. We still went there as a group.

  My friends didn't catch any fish, but I, being a skilled fisherman, caught a trout weighing about a kilo. I killed it, bled it's blood out on the shore, quickly put the fish in a plastic bag, put bag in backpack, and closed the backpack. Suddenly, a very angry woman, the landowner, ran up to us. She cursed and shouted that fishing was not allowed here!

  He noticed a bloodstain on the shore and said, "Aha! One of you caught a fish." He started asking, starting with my friends, that who caught it. They were silent. Then the woman came up to me and stared at my face and asked sternly, "Did you catch it?" I had already put on the most innocent, humble, and surprised expression on my face. I was also silent.

  One of my friends said to the woman, "I apologize for all of us and we're leaving this place now." That was a relief to me. We left with a big trout in my backpack. The dream revealed to me that my acacia board was still too crooked and needed to be worked on. Only then would it be straight and suitable for gold plating!

 

Songs suitable for the topic

Obs. Our Savior's original name in Hebrew is Yeshua HaMashiach HaNotzri

Song Of The Harvest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00LWPHf-d6Y

A Shelter In The Time Of Storm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTiw9vggmYg

He Knows My Name 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXsiWoyjw60

It Dream was True

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClqZhWyJFO4

Draw Me Close 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h561DdhNutQ

P.S. 1 You can check out the interesting stages of my life from the link below. My life has been a great adventure. There have been successes and setbacks. Adonai Yeshua has always helped me!
https://seventh-river.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-seventh-river.html

P.S. 2 I have also prepared these studies in Finnish. They consist of selected Bible translations and include various hymns:
https://yakov-tutkielmia-sapattina.blogspot.com/2026/08/pohdintaa-sapattina-2882026.html

Reflections on shabat, Augusti 21, 2026

  Pictures from the left: 

1) Every descendant of our ancestors Adam and Eve is born through the womb of a woman. Our Savior Adonai Yeshua HaMashiach was also born through the womb of the Virgin Mary, although he was conceived by the Holy Spirit.

2) The age of the universe is estimated to be 13.8 billion years and our sun is estimated to have been created about 4.6 billion years ago and is estimated to start expanding into a hotter ball of light in about 5-7 billion years. Then it will eventually turn into a white dwarf star, which is smaller and cooler than it is now.

3) This image depicts a prophetical dream I had about a week ago. I was in a dream in the Philadelphia Congregation in Stockholm, on Högberg's Street, we were singing praises to Yeshua in a mixed choir. After the song ended, there was first a deep silence and I heard a voice say: "Now you see him whom you worship!"
  After that, a man in a magnificent military commander's outfit appeared before us. He first looked down at the congregation. Then he turned to look at us choir members and said, "I bought you for myself!" He was like the commander-in-chief of Yehowah's army.

We reread the Bible verses in the picture

>>1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. 2 He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down: he flees also as a shadow, and continues not.<< Job 14:1-2

>>10 But the day of the Yehowah will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the Earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 

- 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of Elohim, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?<< 2 Peter 3:10-12

>>For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of Elohim is eternal life through Yeshua HaMashiach, our Adonai.<< Romans 6:23

>>And he (Yeshua) said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.<< Luke 9:23

Do you realize how short your life really is?

  This earthly life of ours is indeed short compared to a millennium, and especially compared to an endless eternity. We are all on our way to eternity!

Moses prayed in Psalm 90 that our life here is but a moment that flies by!

>>1 Yehowah, you has been our dwelling place in all generations. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you has formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are Yehowah.
3 You turns man to destruction; and sayes, Return, you children of men.

4 For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night....

...12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.<<

May our focus that's why always be on eternity!

  If we waste our time on the busy things of this world, no matter how good and necessary they may seem, they are rubbish compared to the value of eternal life! Let us learn from the apostle Paul, to whom Yeshua appeared on the road to Damascus! (He is apparently referring in verse 11 to his desire to be a part of the first resurrection)

>>8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of HaMashiach Yeshua, Adonai: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win HaMashiach, 9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the Law, but that which is through the faith of HaMashiach, the righteousness which is of Elohim by faith: 

- 10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.<< Philippians 3:8-11


Yeshua promised everything else as a gift!

  The only condition he set was that we should seek first the Kingdom of Yehowah Elohim and his righteous will! Matthew 6:31-34

>>31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things.

- 33 But seek you first the Kingdom of Elohim, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.<<

What a tremendous gift eternal life is!

  It is so enormous that we are not even able to comprehend its value here. Only there in heaven will its value gradually open up to our understanding! Therefore, it is appropriate even now and especially there to praise the sacrificial lamb of Yehowah Elohim, who suffered on the cross of Golgotha ​​about 2000 years ago as atonement for our sins, who bought us there with his blood and rose from the dead on the third day after being crucified. He has truly earned our eternal and wholehearted worship! HalleluYah!

Songs suitable for the topic

Obs. Our Savior's original name in Hebrew is Yeshua HaMashiach HaNotzri

I'LL SEE YOU IN THE RAPTURE 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o7f_St5Aj4

Under the Same Sky 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGzrMqBms90

Great Is Thy Faithfulness 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErwiBz1QA4o

We Walk by Faith

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvKgH--TjU0

You Make Things Beautiful in Your Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEAtX4UA-Mc

P.S. 1 You can check out the interesting stages of my life from the link below. My life has been a great adventure. There have been successes and setbacks. Adonai Yeshua has always helped me!
https://seventh-river.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-seventh-river.html

P.S. 2 I have also prepared these studies in Finnish. They consist of selected Bible translations and include various hymns:
https://yakov-tutkielmia-sapattina.blogspot.com/2026/08/pohdintaa-sapattina-2182026.html