{"id":4039,"date":"2021-10-26T06:06:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T11:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nazarenespace.com\/blog\/?page_id=4039"},"modified":"2021-10-26T07:00:12","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T12:00:12","slug":"isaiah-chapter-64","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nazarenespace.com\/blog\/isaiah-chapter-64\/","title":{"rendered":"Isaiah Chapter 64"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

James Trimm\u2019s Nazarene Commentary on Isaiah Chapter <\/strong>64<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And whereof from of old men have not heard,
nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen
an Elohim beside You, who works for him that
waits for Him.
(Is. 64:3(4))<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a Baraita on this verse that appears twice in the Talmud once in the Midrash Rabbah and four times in the Zohar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following is the Baraita as it appears in the Talmud:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the meaning of \u201cEye has not seen\u201d (Is. 64:3)<\/em>
Rabbi Joshua ben Levi said:<\/em>
This is the wine that has been kept<\/em>
in its grapes from the six days in the beginning.<\/em>
(b.Berakot 34b; b.Sanhedrin 99a)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The phrase \u201cwine that has been kept\u201d in the Hebrew is Yayin HaMeshumar \u201cwine of keeping\u201d. The tradition of the Yayin HaMeshumar runs deep in traditional Judaism. It is the wine that will be served at the Messianic Feast when the Messiah re-establishes the Kingdom of Israel on earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his first letter to the Corinthians Paul also quotes, or perhaps we should better say paraphrases Is. 64:3(4) as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But as it is written:<\/em>
The eye has not seen, and the ear has not heard,<\/em>
and into the heart of a son of man has not entered<\/em>
that which Eloah had prepared for those who love Him.<\/em>
(1Cor. 2:9 HRV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note that Paul\u2019s citation is influenced by the Baraita as the actual text of Isaiah says that \u201ceye has not seen\u2026 an Elohim beside you\u201d but Paul says \u201cEye has not seen\u2026 that which Eloah has prepared for those who love Him.\u201d And the Baraita has \u201cEye has not seen\u2026 the wine which has been kept\u2026\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now lets look at Paul\u2019s quote in context:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But we speak the wisdom of Eloah<\/em>
in a mystery that was hidden<\/em>
And [that] Eloah had before separated<\/em>
from before the ages for our glory.<\/em>
That not one of the authorities of this world knew,<\/em>
for if they had known it,<\/em>
they would not have crucified the Adon of glory.<\/em>
But as it is written:<\/em>
The eye has not seen, and the ear has not heard,<\/em>
and into the heart of a son of man has not entered<\/em>
that which Eloah had prepared for those who love Him.<\/em>
(1Cor. 2:7-9 HRV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we look at Paul\u2019s context we see an even greater influence from the Baraita of the Yayin HaMeshumar \u201c\u2026a mystery that was hidden and that Eloah had before separated from before the ages\u2026 eye has not seen\u2026 that which Eloah has prepared for those who love Him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is clear that Paul here must be referring to the Yayin HaMeshumar as his audience is, no doubt, familiar with this Baraita to Is. 64:3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is the Yayin HaMeshumar that Yeshua refers to when we read:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And afterwards he took the cup, and blessed,<\/em>
and gave to them, saying,<\/em>
\u201cDrink you all of it,<\/em>
for this is my blood of the New Covenant,<\/em>
which is shed for many to atone for sinners,<\/em>
And I tell you, hereafter I will not drink of the fruit of the vine,<\/em>
until that day when I drink it new with you in the kingdom<\/em>
of my Father which is in heaven.\u201d<\/em>
(Mt. 26:27-29)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Yayin HaMeshumar is the blood of the New Covenant. At the Passover Sader the wine represents the blood of the lamb. Note that we read in Revelation that Messiah is the lamb slain \u201cbefore the foundation of the world.\u201d (Rev. 13:8) his blood is the wine kept in its grapes from the six days in the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Apocryphal Gospel of Thomas Yeshua is quoted as saying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeshua said, \u201cI shall give you what no eye has seen<\/em>
and what no ear has heard and what no hand has touched<\/em>
and what has never occurred to the mind of man.<\/em>
(Gospel of Thomas 17)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note that in 1Cor. 1:18-20 the same \u201cwisdom\u201d of which we are later told is \u201c\u2026in the mystery that was hidden \u2026 before separates from before the ages\u2026 which Eloah had prepared for those who love him.\u201d (1Cor. 2:7-9) is also the \u201cwisdom\u201d which \u201ctakes away the wisdom of the wise\u201d in 1Cor. 1:19 quoting Isaiah 29:14. In Isaiah 29:15 this wisdom is the contents of the sealed book (Is. 29:11-12, 14, 18). In Revelation this book is opened by the \u201clamb as if it was slain\u201d (Rev. 5:6) a lamb slain \u201cbefore the foundation of the world.\u201d (Rev. 13:8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the wine that will be served at the \u201cmarriage supper of the lamb\u201d (Rev. 19:7) the great Messianic Banquet and Passover Sader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1Corinthians, Paul has brought up the Yayin HaMeshumar at the beginning of his letter because he will be addressing this wine throughout his letter. In 1Cor. 5 he will discuss the recent Passover Sader at Corinth. In 1Cor. 11:23-34 he addresses the significance of the Passover and especially being worthy to drink the wine which is the Yayin Hameshumar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1Cor. 15:54 he cites Isaiah 25:8 a passage of Isaiah which immediately follows the description of the Messianic Banquet in Isaiah 25:6-7:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 And in this mountain shall YHWH of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.<\/em>
7 And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.<\/em>
8: He will swallow up death in victory; and the Adonai YHWH will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for YHWH has spoken it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notice that the Yayin HaMeshumar is something which \u201cfrom of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen\u201d (Is. 64:3) elsewhere Isaiah writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So shall he sprinkle many nations, kings shall shut their mouths<\/em>
because of him, for that which had not been told them shall they see<\/em>
and that which they have not heard shall they perceive.<\/em>
(Is. 52:15)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus the \u201csuffering servant\u201d song of Isaiah 53 is the message that \u201ceye has not seen\u201d, it is the Yayin HaMeshumar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Midrash Rabbah to Num. 13:2 (500) says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because hr bared his soul unto death (Is. 53:12)<\/em>
and bruised themselveswith the Torah which is sweeter than honey,<\/em>
the Holy One, blessed be He, will hereafter give them to drink<\/em>
of the wine kept in its grapes since the six days in the beginning\u2026.<\/em>
(Midrash Rabbah to Numbers 13:2 (500))<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus Paul writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But we speak the wisdom of Eloah<\/em>
in a mystery that was hidden<\/em>
And [that] Eloah had before separated<\/em>
from before the ages for our glory.<\/em>
That not one of the authorities of this world knew,<\/em>
for if they had known it,<\/em>
they would not have crucified the Adon of glory.<\/em>
But as it is written:<\/em>
The eye has not seen, and the ear has not heard,<\/em>
and into the heart of a son of man has not entered<\/em>
that which Eloah had prepared for those who love Him.<\/em>
(1Cor. 2:7-9 HRV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only is the Yayin HaMeshumar the blood of the Messiah, but it is more. It is the \u201cmystery\u201d of which the blood of Messiah is only part:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Zohar says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tzadik (The Righteous) is the Yesod (foundation) in Yah,<\/em>
the mystery (SOD) which is the wine which has been kept<\/em>
in its grapes from the six days in the beginning.<\/em>
(Zohar; Roeh M\u2019haimna on Pinchas)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a clear connection here because SOD (\u201cmystery\u201d) has a gematria (numerical value) of 70 which is also the gematria of YAYIN (\u201cwine\u201d). Just as the Zohar identifies the \u201cmystery\u201d with the Yayin HaMeshumar, so does Paul in 1Corinthians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Paul goes on to further identify the Yayin HaMeshumar as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10 But Eloah has revealed [it] to us by his spirit, for the spirit searches into everything, even the deep things of Eloah.<\/em>
11 For who is the son of man who knows what is in a son of man except the spirit of the son of man that [is] in him? So also, that which is in Eloah, no man knows except the Spirit of Eloah.<\/em>
12 Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the spirit that is from Eloah, so that we might know the gifts that were given to us from Eloah;<\/em>
13 Which also we speak, not in the teaching of words of the wisdom of sons of men, but in the teaching of the spirit, and to spiritual men we compare spiritual things.<\/em>
14 For the son of man who is in the nefesh does not receive spiritual things, for they are foolishness to him, and he is not able to know that which is judged spiritually.<\/em>
15 Now the spiritual man judges all things, and is not judged from man.<\/em>
16 For who knows the mind of YHWH that he might instruct him? (Is. 40:13) But we have the mind of the Messiah.<\/em>
(1Cor. 2:10-16)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul identifies the Yayin HaMeshumar with the \u201cwords of wisdom\u201d (2:13) as well as the \u201cmind of YHWH\u201d or the \u201cmind of Messiah\u201d (1Cor. 2:16) and with the spiritual \u201cgifts\u201d (1Cor. 2:10-16) which he will elaborate upon later in the letter (1Cor. 12-14).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So next time you partake of the cup of redemption in the Passover sader, realize that this cup is symbolic of the Yayin HeMeshumar, the wine that has been kept from the six days in the beginning, the blood of the lamb slain from the foundation which has been hidden and separated and prepared for those who love him. It is not just the blood of the New Covenant, it is the Mind of YHWH and the spiritual gifts that he has prepared for us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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