Day 9 - All Flesh Will See It Together

The voice of one crying in the wilderness:

“Prepare the way of the Lord;

Make straight in the desert

A highway for our God.

Every valley shall be exalted

And every mountain and hill brought low;

The crooked places shall be made straight

And the rough places smooth;

The glory of the Lord shall be revealed,

And all flesh shall see it together;”

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This statement is incredible as it stands: And all flesh shall see it together. All flesh will at one time see His glory. This is powerful.

Would you believe it’s even more profound than that, though?

A short word study will open this up beyond your wildest imagination (see: AHLB). I want to point out that we will review the words in the order they are recorded in Hebrew instead of the shuffling that takes place in English.

See is ra’ah (H7200)

See: To see or perceive something or someone. Also to see visions.

Every is kol (H3605)

Sustain: To provide what is needed to make someone or something whole or complete.
All

Flesh is basar (H1320)

Flesh: The skin and muscle or the whole of the person. Also meat as food.
Root

Report: Flesh: Good: When good news is brought a feast with meat is prepared.

Good news: When good news is brought a feast with meat is prepared.
Report: When good news is brought a feast with meat is prepared.

Together is echad (H3162)

Together
Root

Unite: Unity: A uniting together. All things are a unity with something else (one man is a unity of body, breath and mind, one family is a unity of father, mother and children, one tree is a unity of trunk, branches and leaves, one forest is a unity of trees).

Unity: A child as the product of a union. The soul as a unity of body, soul and breath.

Literally, this reads something like this:

See how to make complete one flesh.

This may not make much sense as it stands but this explains to us the ultimate destination on our journey. Seeing and making complete does make sense to us so we’ll just focus on the one flesh.

One Flesh 1.0

This term may be familiar to you if you’ve ever had a Biblical marriage class. Way back in Genesis we see that the husband and wife are referred to as One Flesh:

Genesis 2:21 Then God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the person; and while he was sleeping, he took one of his ribs and closed up the place from which he took it with flesh. 22 The rib which YHVH, God, had taken from the person, he made a woman-person; and he brought her to the man-person. 23 The man-person said, “At last! This is bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh. She is to be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” 24 This is why a man is to leave his father and mother and stick with his wife, and they are to be one flesh (basar echad).

The idea here is that the man and woman join together to become one entity in the eyes of God. They become organically entwined and truly operate as one single unit. This aligns perfectly with our definitions above. The level of intimacy between the husband and wife is the deepest either of them will ever experience this side of Eternity.

Where this starts to get interesting is when we consider Yeshua quoting Isaiah as He stood up that day to read from the scroll:

Luke 4:16 Now when he went to Natzeret, where he had been brought up, on Shabbat he went to the synagogue as usual. He stood up to read, 17 and he was given the scroll of the prophet Yesha‘yahu. Unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written,

18 “The Spirit of YHVH is upon me;

therefore he has anointed me

to announce Good News to the poor;

he has sent me to proclaim freedom for the imprisoned

and renewed sight for the blind,

to release those who have been crushed,

19 to proclaim a year of the favor of YHVH.”

Good News

This word for Good News in the Greek is euaggelizo (G2097) and is always translated as basar (H1320) in the Septuagint (LXX). The same basar we have here in this verse. This is also where we get the “English” word evangelize.

Euaggelizo is a verb that means to bring the good news and it’s often translated as preach. Sliding into the noun form we have the Greek word euaggelion (G2098) with the LLX back mapping to besorah. In English, it’s gospel.

Revelation 14:6 Next I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven with everlasting Good News (euaggelion) to proclaim (euaggelizo) to those living on the earth — to every nation, tribe, language and people.

Proclaiming the everlasting Good News -- To every nation, tribe, language and people. Good news, indeed!

One Flesh 2.0

So what exactly is this “good news”?

I think we all have some generic idea and if you ask most people, you’d get many different flavors of essentially the same message: “Jesus died for your sins then defeated the grave. At which point He went to the right hand of the Father. And He’s coming back.”

This is all true but it turns out the Good News (Gospel) is much more “gooder” than just that.

Why did Yeshua have to die? To atone for our sins, yes. But there is something else. We’ll need to take a few steps to get there so please bear with me.

Deuteronomy 24:1 “Suppose a man marries a woman and consummates the marriage but later finds her displeasing, because he has found her offensive in some respect. He writes her a divorce document, gives it to her and sends her away from his house. 2 She leaves his house, goes and becomes another man’s wife; 3 but the second husband dislikes her and writes her a get, gives it to her and sends her away from his house; or the second husband whom she married dies. 4 In such a case her first husband, who sent her away, may not take her again as his wife, because she is now defiled. It would be detestable to YHVH, and you are not to bring about sin in the land YHVH your God is giving you as your inheritance.
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Jeremiah 3:1 [YHVH] says: “If a man divorces his wife, and she leaves him and marries another man, then if the first one marries her again, that land will be completely defiled. But you prostituted yourself to many lovers, yet you want to return to me?” says YHVH.
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Jeremiah 3:6 In the days of Yoshiyahu the king, YHVH asked me, “Have you seen the things that backsliding Isra’el has been doing? She goes up on every bare hill and under every green tree and prostitutes herself there. 7 I said that after she had done all these things, she would return to me; but she hasn’t returned. Meanwhile, her unfaithful sister Y’hudah has been watching. 8 I saw that even though backsliding Isra’el had committed adultery, so that I had sent her away and given her a divorce document, unfaithful Y’hudah her sister was not moved to fear — instead she too went and prostituted herself. 9 The ease with which Isra’el prostituted herself defiled the land, as she committed adultery with stones and with logs. 10 Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Y’hudah has not returned to me wholeheartedly; she only makes a pretense of it,” said YHVH.
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Jeremiah 31:31 “Here, the days are coming,” says YHVH, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Isra’el and with the house of Y’hudah.
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Ezekiel 37:15 The word of YHVH came to me: 16 “You, human being, take one stick and write on it, ‘For Y’hudah and those joined with him [among] the people of Isra’el.’ Next, take another stick and write on it, ‘For Yosef, the stick of Efrayim, and all the house of Isra’el who are joined with him.’ 17 Finally, bring them together into a single stick, so that they become one in your hand. 18 When your people ask you what all this means, 19 tell them that YHVH Elohim says this: ‘I will take the stick of Yosef, which is in the hand of Efrayim, together with the tribes of Isra’el who are joined with him, and put them together with the stick of Y’hudah and make them a single stick, so that they become one in my hand.’ 20 The sticks on which you write are to be in your hand as they watch. 21 Then say to them that YHVH Elohim says: ‘I will take the people of Isra’el from among the nations where they have gone and gather them from every side and bring them back to their own land. 22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Isra’el; and one king will be king for all of them. They will no longer be two nations, and they will never again be divided into two kingdoms.
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Matthew 15:21 Yeshua left that place and went off to the region of Tzor and Tzidon. 22 A woman from Kena‘an who was living there came to him, pleading, “Sir, have pity on me. Son of David! My daughter is cruelly held under the power of demons!” 23 But Yeshua did not say a word to her. Then his talmidim came to him and urged him, “Send her away, because she is following us and keeps pestering us with her crying.” 24 He said, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Isra’el.” 25 But she came, fell at his feet and said, “Sir, help me!” 26 He answered, “It is not right to take the children’s food and toss it to their pet dogs.” 27 She said, “That is true, sir, but even the dogs eat the leftovers that fall from their master’s table.” 28 Then Yeshua answered her, “Lady, you are a person of great trust. Let your desire be granted.” And her daughter was healed at that very moment.
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John 11:47 So the head cohanim and the P’rushim called a meeting of the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we going to do? — for this man is performing many miracles. 48 If we let him keep going on this way, everyone will trust in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both the Temple and the nation.” 49 But one of them, Kayafa, who was cohen gadol that year, said to them, “You people don’t know anything! 50 You don’t see that it’s better for you if one man dies on behalf of the people, so that the whole nation won’t be destroyed.” 51 Now he didn’t speak this way on his own initiative; rather, since he was cohen gadol that year, he was prophesying that Yeshua was about to die on behalf of the nation, 52 and not for the nation alone, but so that he might gather into one the scattered children of God.

Here we have a situation where Israel/Ephraim (i.e., the Northern Kingdom) was divorced from YHVH. She then went off and played the harlot with the world and after captivity in Assyria, was scattered among the nations (goyim/gentiles). But then we see that Abba promises to make a new covenant with Israel and Judah. This is what Ezekiel is telling us in chapter 37 and Paul follows up with in Romans 11 with regard to the Olive Tree and those being grafted in. (Note: “stick” in Ezekiel 37 is literally “tree”.)

Finally, Yeshua Himself said the reason He was here was for the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel.

This begs the question: How can Israel return to the covenant (marriage) as long as the first husband is still alive? That would bring defilement into the land and be detestable to YHVH.

Are you seeing it now?

The first husband, Yeshua, had to die in order for Israel to have a way back into the covenant. Paul explains this clearly in Romans:

Romans 7:1 Surely you know, brothers — for I am speaking to those who understand Torah — that the Torah has authority over a person only so long as he lives? 2 For example, a married woman is bound by Torah to her husband while he is alive; but if the husband dies, she is released from the part of the Torah that deals with husbands. 3 Therefore, while the husband is alive, she will be called an adulteress if she marries another man; but if the husband dies, she is free from that part of the Torah; so that if she marries another man, she is not an adulteress.

We have restoration. Restoration of Israel (the Church/Bride). With the first Husband dying, she is now free from the law concerning an adulteress. Not free from the Torah altogether, but from the command that keeps Her out of the covenant.

A Love Story

We now have a beautiful love story. The Bride (Israel) is now betrothed to the Bridegroom (Yeshua) and when they come together they will be One Flesh -- basar echad.

This is the Good News: The Bride will become one with her beloved Husband.

See how to make complete one flesh.

Yes! Look deeply into this connection and what it means for all who agree to become echad with their Bridegroom. A different life is now to be lived -- one where you are now in the Father’s courts and you are to behave as if that’s where you belong.

This humble, healed, and complete Bride is giving Herself over fully to Her Husband and they shall become One Flesh.

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Our Progress

Abba has established authority within you out in the wilderness and it’s there you are crying out.

Calling others to turn from their ways and follow THE Way. And that way is the Messiah. It’s the Torah.

Understand this all begins in darkness and no one will see clearly. But you are called to make a taught path full of a necessary tension. And this path is to rise high above everything else. Do it for our God.

Bring shalom to those that try to cover their pain with pride. This comes with a definite introduction to healing. Lift them up and help carry their burdens. But those that have lifted themselves above others must be brought low in order to be made complete. Introduce healing and teach humility.

Bring shalom to those that have esteemed themselves above all others. Teach them about the Messiah and His righteousness. Teach them the Ways of God. Show them how we are called to walk as Yeshua walked as He is our model for walking in the Ways of God. Then give them a mirror and ask where the Messiah is in that person looking back. Can they see Him? Do others see Him through them? If not, why? Have they ever seen themselves through the eyes of God? Do they understand their true state before Him? Or is it the fear of man that has them in bondage? It’s time for them to confront the truth.

Tether one end of their cord to His truth then pull aggressively on them to straighten the crooked places. As uncomfortable as it is, let it hurt. Don’t make excuses and avoid trying to medicate. The resulting pain will produce something you never will -- dependency on Abba.

Once this happens, we then address the internal brokenness that has them close but still functionally separate from God. The part of them that is still connected to the world must be put to rest. An impartation of identity, specifically as the Bride, must take place in order for them to abandon their old ways in full. Tie up the broken halves so they can be complete, with no fractures.

They are now humble, healed, and complete. We are in a state to not only be welcomed back into the covenant, but the weight and reputation of YHVH has been revealed to them. The blood of the Lamb now gives them a way into the presence of the Father. It’s obvious they can’t go in broken and they can’t go in prideful. But humble, healed, and complete? Now they are ready to see God.

And what do they see? Their Husband. The Bridegroom Himself, Yeshua the Messiah. An understanding of their status in the heavenlies shakes them to their core. How is it that this Man could love them so much as to die so they could enter into the marriage union with Him. That reality sits at the forefront of their lives every second of every day. Until such a time as they truly become One. True identity is now imparted and all will see the Good News.

So yes, your sins must be washed away but this isn’t just for your own salvation. If you are to be eligible to join the family of God and be in perfect union with the Messiah, you must be clean -- your sins have to be put away. And you must be ALLOWED back into the covenant. But we can’t break God’s commands in order to do it.

The point of salvation is this: Your sins are now gone so Yeshua can have a pure and spotless Bride.

Now go and live like it.

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Full Series:

Day 1 - A Voice Cries Out in the Wilderness

Day 2 - Prepare the Way

Day 3 - Make Straight in the Desert a Highway

Day 4 - Bring Up the Valley

Day 5 - Lower the Mountain

Day 6 - Make the Crooked Places Straight

Day 7 - Make the Rough Ground Smooth

Day 8 - The Glory of YHVH Revealed

Day 9 - All Flesh Will See It Together

Day 10 - The Mouth of YHVH has Spoken

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