Now
when YHUH came into the parts of Kaisereia Philippos, He asked His talmidim (disciples)
saying, “Who do men say that the Ben of Adam is?”
And
they said, “Some Yahanan the Immerser, and others Al’YAHU, and others
Yarma’YAHU, or one of the nebim.”
He
said to them, “And you, who do you say I am?” And Shim’on Kepha answering,
said, “You are the Anointed-One, the Ben of the Living Alahym.” And YHUH
answering, said to him, “Baruk are you, Shim’on Bar-Yahah, for flesh and blood
has not revealed this to you, but My FATHER in the Shamaym. And I say to you
that you are Kepha, and on this Rock I shall build My Assembly, and the gates
of the grave shall not overcome it. And I shall give you the keys of the Reign
of Shamaym, and whatever you bind on earth shall be, having been bound in the
Shamaym, and whatever you loosen on the earth shall be, having been loosened in
the Shamaym.”
-MattithYAHU/Matthew
16:13-19
The
scripture above probably has been quoted or partially quoted as much as any other I
can think of. But even with all the attention that has been given to the “keys
of the Reign of Shamaym” there doesn’t seem to be a lot written or talked about
what those keys truly are. Kepha is called “baruk” (blessed) because something
has been revealed to him, but the way this knowledge was gained did not come in
the normal fashion that most receive understanding.
Kepha understood
that the One he was speaking to was “the
Anointed-One, the Ben of the Living Alahym” but even though he had
witnessed all the miracles and wonders that had been performed, this by itself
was not enough to bring him to this conclusion. There had been many men sent by YHUH that
came before and did mighty things, even raising the dead, but none of them had
been called “the Anointed-One, the Ben
of the Living Alahym”. So, experiencing these things couldn’t have given him
this knowledge. In order to gain this lofty insight, Shim’on Bar Yahah had to lay aside
his own awareness of this world and depend upon, or trust in the knowledge
given to him by our FATHER in Shamaym.
Trust
in YHUH with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; know Him
in all your ways, and He all your paths straight.
-Mishley/Proverbs
3:5-6
Experiential-knowledge
(Self-knowledge): knowledge
related to or derived from experience; empirical or experimental knowledge.
Knowledge based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience.
Revelation-knowledge
(YHUH-kowledge): knowledge
given outside of experience; a surprising and previously unknown fact. The
making known of a secret, the unidentified or nameless. Knowledge given by YH.
From the beginning, Adam’s or
Man’s understanding of his world has always been a stumbling-block between
where YHUH Alahym desired Adam to be and where he goes on his own. Self-knowledge
is an idol that breaks the bones of Alahym’s people and causes them to error in
all there ways.
YHUH made Adam naked, and he
and his wife were unashamed in the garden, walking in the knowledge given to
them by their FATHER. When their eyes were opened they placed their own
knowledge and understanding of who and what they were above that of their
FATHER. They
became their own Alahym, having gained a separate enlightenment
to good and evil other than what YHUH had given them.
This would be similar to my
hand suddenly beginning to have its own idea of life and wanting to decide what
it should and shouldn’t do.
“I’m naked!” it might say. “Why
am I not covered?”
From that point forward the
hand would have to be covered as long as it walked in its own knowledge of
life.
Sounds crazy right?
But it is exactly what man
looks like when he lives in this world based on his own experiential-knowledge.
To be alone in this world with only your own knowledge is to be a headless creature,
cut off from the source of life, an abomination that has no father but Abaddon
or destruction.
The knowledge of this world is
only temporary and it is designed to be subject to the greater authority that
comes from the Shamaym/Heavens. Nothing in the earthly realm is supposed to exalt
itself above the knowledge of Alahym. If we look at Kepha/Peter one
more time we can find another example of what it is to walk in YHUH-knowledge
and also experiential-knowledge.
And in the fourth watch of the night
YHUH went to them, walking on the sea. And when the talmidim saw Him walking on
the sea, they were troubled saying, “It is a phantom!” and for fear they cried.
But immediately YHUH spoke to them, saying, “Take courage, it is l, do not be
afraid.” And Kepha answered Him and said, “Master, if it is You, command me to
come to You on the water.” And He said, “Come.” And when Kepha had come down on
of the boat, he walked on the water to go to YHUH. But when he saw that the
wind was strong, he was afraid. And beginning to sink, he cried out, saying,
“Master, save me!” and immediately YHUH stretched out His hand and took hold of
him, and said to him, “O you of little belief, why did you doubt?”
-MattithYAHU/Matthew
14:25-31
~Our FATHER always seems to be able to use Kepha to show us both sides
of the coin. As Kepha begins to trust in the Word of YHUH or YHUH-knowledge, he
steps out of this ordinary world of earthly-understanding or
Experiential-knowledge and does the impossible, he walks on water. He stepped
out of the boat by the command of YHUH and began to walk towards his waiting
Master. But then his eyes moved away from the knowledge of Shamaym and trust in
YHUH and looked back upon the weak elements of this world. He saw the raging
and howling wind and believed what his experience had taught him during all his years on the sea… STRONG
WIND MEANS YOU SINK! This knowledge was a lie, wind plays no part in being
able to walk on the water but his self-knowledge became an idol that exalted itself above the knowledge of YHUH.~
There doesn’t seem to be many
people willing to put aside their own experiential-knowledge of this world and
this current age in order to gain the revelation-knowledge that comes from the
FATHER, YH, alone. The wicked false Alahym of self blinds the eyes of the
masses to where the FATHER is leading. Their ears are dull to His voice and
they cannot hear His Words. The world is drunken on the cheap wine of
confusion that is sold in BABEL; its intoxication is fleshly satisfaction,
sensual knowledge that cannot save.
Politics, entertainment (music,
TV, movies, sports, hobbies, or any kind of fleshly gratification), money,
families, houses, religion, or any of thousands of other things can and will
choke the Word of YHUH in your life and become your self made Alahym. The heart, mind, and your ma’ad H3966 (above
everything; exceedingly) were designed to be an engine by which YHUH could
manifest Himself in us for His own esteem.
Self-exaltation based on
self-knowledge is the embodiment of the son of perdition. The world sleeps in
darkness because they walk after their own works and not after the will of
YHUH. YashaYAHU/Isaiah 14 and Yachazaq’Al/Ezekiel 28 show the thoughts of a lifted
of heart; this wicked condition will
always exalt itself and its own haughty knowledge above the esteem of YHUH.
Knowledge that enters into man
from the flesh should never become a foundation for what they believe and trust
for it is written, “Thus says YHUH, ‘Cursed
the man that trust in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs
from YHUH.’” After the Anointed Ben of Alahym rose from the dead, He set a
pattern for our belief and trust to follow. He revealed that it is not those
that believe because they see that are baruk (blessed) but it is those that
believe having not seen that are baruk.
YHUH said to him, “T’oma,
because you have seen Me, you have believed. Baruk are those who have not seen
and have believed.”
-Yahanan/John
20:29
~The union between YHUH and man is the vehicle that is
designated to bring all the knowledge that is needed. To be in unity with His
Word and to have His Ru’ach as our guide and teacher is to have the Bread and
Blood of Life. ~
