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wheat sheaves from Japan!
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You are to bring out of your houses two loaves of bread for a wave offering, made of two tenths of an ephah of fine flour. They are to be baked with hametz as firstfruits to ADONAI. Leviticus 23:17
This year was the second time I made the two Shavuot loaves with my AHAVA Prayer partner in Japan. We are in 2 different parts of Japan, so we made them together as we met on Zoom!!
We had an intimate and wonderful time making them. The night before our meeting, we had met with friends from our AHAVA fellowship and read the book of Ruth together (also on Zoom!*). Being able to connect around the world on Zoom has been such an amazing blessing during this time of `shutdown`. We read about the meeting and marriage of Ruth and Boaz in sonorous voices with accents from many nations. God showed us revelations in His word as we read about Ruth the Moabite (as she is called in the early part of the story) and Boaz, the Goel (kinsman redeemer) from the line of Judah~~ and how they came together in this beautiful love story in the time of the Harvest!! Of course, from their union came Messiah Yeshua ...(how many?) generations later!!
So back to the loaves ( I hope to share some of the insights from book of Ruth on another post!).
We came together as Jew and Gentile to make and lift up two loaves to Yeshua! We were getting a little giddy as everything came together in His AHAVA. As we counted 6 Tablespoons of sugar, Aimei said, `6 Tablespoons, 6 weeks!`. and when we put in the 2 eggs we said, `2 eggs, 2 loaves!`. We were counting numbers and counting omer as we also are reading in the Torah just now in starting in the book of Numbers!!
We Praise you LORD for your Love!
AHAVA in Hebrew means, Love.
Our Thanksgiving verse this week was perfect for the Bride.
Counting up to the day of Shavuot we invite the Holy Spirit to pour out afresh on us and on the Body of Messiah. To bring His Shalom upon Israel.
Reading the Word of God and making Challah go together well! Man cannot live by bread alone! So in the time when the bread was rising and when it was baking we prayed through our prayer sheet for our children and loved ones and Israel and nations.
You can find our prayer sheet from the parsha Bamidbar HERE, which is the week we were in when making the loaves.
As I had a little dough left out from the loaves, I made a heart challah to represent two loaves becoming one!! (more on that in the next post).
May we be One in Yeshua in this season of Shavuot/Pentecost and may the harvest be great and an outpouring of God`s love as brothers come to together and dwell together!! May we see the true peace in Yeshua, Prince of Peace, upon Israel!
Much Love and blessings,
Shayndel (Joanne) ❤️
I in them and You in Me-- that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me and loved them as You loved Me.
John 17:24
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