Just a few tid bits of info. Actually, the parchment inside the Mezuzzah case contains the Shema, which contains the most important scriptures to all Jews. THE most important being Deut. 6:4 Hear O Israel, the LORD our God the LORD is one!
__________________
"Those who go after the "Sauls" among us often slay the Davids among us." Gene Edwards
Just a few tid bits of info. Actually, the parchment inside the Mezuzzah case contains the Shema, which contains the most important scriptures to all Jews. THE most important being Deut. 6:4 Hear O Israel, the LORD our God the LORD is one!
I had heard that they kiss their hand and then touch the Mezuzzah as they enter through the door. Is that right?
Never mind I just watched the video and you answered, LOL.
That's the same reason I had put one up on our last house. I'll watch the video to see if I did it right or not, lol.
That's really neat! You know, I teach this Jewish "stuff" in depth, but I have never taught that we must return it. There just really is a HUGE amount of insight and revelation that we can glean from it though. Doesn't make any of us more or less saved, just greater understanding, which, when it comes to the Word of God, can't be bad!
__________________
"Those who go after the "Sauls" among us often slay the Davids among us." Gene Edwards
That's really neat! You know, I teach this Jewish "stuff" in depth, but I have never taught that we must return it. There just really is a HUGE amount of insight and revelation that we can glean from it though. Doesn't make any of us more or less saved, just greater understanding, which, when it comes to the Word of God, can't be bad!
I'm not going to knock anyone for doing any of these things. To each their own I suppose.
But... on the statement "when it comes to the Word of God, can't be bad" I would only point out the following.
In the word of God there was instruction given to make a brazen serpent. Later on that serpent had to be destroyed because the clamor over the symbol had superseded the instruction and intent behind it.
I think that we do need to recognize that symbols can take on a meaning and worth to us that is far beyond the intended use and purpose. As fleshly beings we have a propensity to latch onto symbols to the point that the symbols themselves bear as much worth as the truths they were intended to convey. It is simply demonstrated human nature that we have this tendency.
I am not casting judgment on anyone elses position in relation to these symbols. I am just stating that a blanket statement like the one I quoted above is, upon closer observation, not necessarily so.
Affixed to the face of the mezuzah is the Hebrew letter shin: ש
It is the first letter in the word shaddai: שדי , as in El Shaddai, God Almighty.
The passage from Deut. 6:4-9, known as The Shema, is written in Hebrew upon a parchment and placed inside a hollowed section of the mezuzah.
The passage from Deut. 6:4-9 contains the directive from ADONAI to write the words of God upon the doorposts of my house (accomplished through the mezuzah) and upon my gates.
The presence of a mezuzah on my doorpost tells people that as for me and my house, we obey the commandments of God, believe in One God, and have dedicated our home to be a sanctuary for El Shaddai. That's something every believer in Yeshua can identify with.
__________________
I’m not a scholar, just a crazy Jewish Believer who wants to see no one deceived and everyone saved.
Shalom uv’racha b’shem Yeshua Mishikheinu!
Peace and blessings unto you in the Name of Yeshua, Our Messiah!
Anyone other than Sherri have a mezuzzah? Just curious.
I have one on my front door to the house and one on each bedroom door. Every time I look at it I think Dt. 6:4. I use it to teach my kids Dt. 6:4, that was their first scripture they could recite. Dt. 6:5 instructs that we are to teach them the shema daily.
Linear Mode
