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10/30/2026

Lion of Judah Speaks Parashah: Gen. 18:1-22:24 10/31/2026
Dr. Jeffery Lyn Myers
Lion of Judah Ministries

In this Torah portion what is YHVH teaching us today? As we look at the early history of mankind as told by Torah, we see a series of disappointments. Elohim gives us freedom, which in turn we misuse. Adam and Chava ate the forbidden fruit. Cain murders his brother Abel and only a short time later the world is so perverted and the people become very corrupt.

Elohim creates order and man creates chaos. The flood comes and destroys or cleanses the world but then after the flood we have the Tower of Babel. We failed to respond to Elohim which is where Abraham enters the picture.

What is Abraham summoned to do? We know he is to leave his land, birthplace, and father’s house and travel to a land that Elohim will show him. However, what is he to do there. We do not know. On this the Torah is silent. What is Abraham’s mission? What is your mission? What makes him special? What makes you special?

What makes him not simply a good man in a bad age, like Noach, but a leader and the father of a nation of leaders? What do we have to offer? In latter portions we saw three failures of responsibility. 1. Adam and Chava’s lack of personal responsibility. You remember, “It wasn’t my fault, it was the woman.” “It wasn’t my fault; it was the serpent.” They both denied being the author’s of their own acts as if they do not understand either freedom or the response it entails.

2. Cain denies moral responsibility by saying, “Abel provoked me…Am I my brother’s keeper.? 3. Noach fails the test of collective responsibility. He is a man of virtue in an age of vice, but makes no impact on his contemporaries. He saves his family and animals, which is commendable, but no one else. When reading the plain text…He doesn’t try! Please if we understand this, we will understand, not only Abraham, but we will understand ourselves!

Abraham exercises personal responsibility in Genesis 13:8-9. When the two tribes quarrel, Abraham and Lot’s herdsman, Abraham proposes a solution. Abraham passes no judgment. He doesn’t ask whose fault it is or who will gain from the outcome. He gives Lot the choice. He sees the problem and acts!

In Genesis 14 there is a local war that erupts and as a result Lot is taken captive. Abraham immediately gathers a force, pursues the invaders, and rescues Lot and captives and then returns them all home safe. We see in Genesis 14:21-24 that Abraham refuses to take any spoils. Abraham shows he is his brother’s keeper. He understands the nature of moral responsibility despite the fact that Lot had chosen to live where he did with all the risks.

Notice that Abraham didn’t say, “His safety is his responsibility not mine.” So, now in this portion we come to a great moment at which for the first time a human being challenges Elohim Himself in Genesis 18:20-25. What a speech but by what right does a mere mortal challenge Elohim Himself? The short answer…Elohim Himself signaled that he should.

Listen to a short part of the text in Genesis 18:16-21, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

These words are a clear hint that Elohim wants Abraham to respond; otherwise, why would He have said them? We understand Abraham only against the backdrop of the story of Noach. Elohim told Noach in Genesis 6:13 in advance that he is about to bring punishment to the world…Noach did not protest! In fact, it is the contrary, “Noach did as Elohim commanded him: is said three times in Scripture. Noach accepted the verdict but Abraham challenged it!

The reason is because Abraham understood the 3rd principle, collective responsibility. Listen, the people of S***m were not his brothers or sisters. So, in reality he was going beyond what he did in rescuing Lot. He prayed on their behalf because he understood that we are connected. However, the question remains, why did Elohim call on Abraham to challenge Him? Was there anything Abraham knew that Elohim didn’t know? This idea is absurd!

Here is the answer about Abraham and even the answer about each one of us. Abraham was to become the role model and initiator of a new faith, one that would not defend the human status quo, but challenge it! Abraham had to have the courage to challenge Elohim if his descendants were to challenge human rulers, just like Moshe and the prophets did.

As believers, Torah followers or Messianic disciples, we do not accept the world that is. We challenge it in the name of Yeshua HaMashiach and how it ought to be. Matthew 6:9-13 says, “You therefore, pray like this: Our Father in heaven! May your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come; your will be done on earth as in heaven. Give us the food we need today. Forgive us what we have done wrong, as we too have forgiven those who have wronged us. And do not lead us into hard testing, but keep us safe from the Evil One. For kingship, power and glory are yours forever.”

What a turning point! WOW! A faith that challenges the world instead of accepting it! What a role model of leadership. He is our role model. He took responsibility. He acted. He didn’t wait for others to act. We might say, “we need people praying at the altar” …then pray! “We need people to allow Elohim to move” …then allow Him to move!

The Torah speaks of Noach by saying in Genesis 6:9 that “Noach walked with Elohim,” but to Abraham Elohim said in Genesis 17:1, “Walk before Me.” “Walk before Me” means to be a leader, to walk ahead, take personal responsibility, take moral responsibility and to take collective responsibility.

We as a Kehillah and we as individuals are called to “walk before Elohim.” We are called to be a leader! We are called to walk ahead! We are called to take personal (ME), moral (YOU) and collective (congregation) responsibility. We are called to be a role model…so let’s walk in it!

Like Abraham we have departed, went away, broke from, crushed and tread into pieces traditions, unscriptural beliefs, and pagan ways in order to walk before Him. To live a holy life that produces the fruit of our Master. We take it seriously and therefore, we accept personal, moral, and collective responsibility. This isn’t a game we are playing…it is REAL LIFE!

Shabbat Shalom Mishpocha,

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Have a great Sabbath, serve Adonai with all your heart and bring Him a sacrifice of praise. Please join us on November 14th at 11 AM for our Lion of Judah Ministries 41st Anniversary Celebration! It will be a great time of praise and worship and an encouraging word from Elohim. Don’t miss it! See you at the altar!

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10/30/2026

Lion of Judah Speaks Haftorah: II Kings 4:1-37 10/31/2026
Dr. Jeffery Lyn Myers
Lion of Judah Ministries

The part of this haftorah I want to focus on is II Kings 4:7-17, the story of the Shunammite woman. This was a wealthy woman who opened her home to the prophet Elisha to stay for meals when he passed her house. This city near Galilee was in the northern part of Israel. She had a heart to serve the man of Adonai.

The woman had such a reverence for the man of Adonai that she went out of her way to build a place for him to stay. In II Kings 4:9-10, it says, “She said to her husband, “Look now, I know that this is a holy man of Adonai, who passes by us regularly. Please let us make a small upper room on the wall, and let us put a “bed” for him there, and a “table” and a “chair” and a “lampstand,” so it will be, whenever he comes to us, he can sleep there.

Elisha asked Gehazi, his servant, to call the woman to the upper room. When he had called her, she stood before him in the “doorway.” As she stood in the doorway in verse 15, he said in verse 16, “About this time next year you shall embrace a son.” She told him not to lie to her but she conceived and bore a son when the “appointed time” had come, of which Elisha had told her.

There are a few things I want to share with you. This woman of faith stood at the doorway of opportunity! She could either believe and receive or disbelieve and reject…she chose to believe! So many times, Adonai brings us to the doorway of our blessing, victory, healing, and deliverance and all we have to do is exercise our faith and believe what Adonai says is true.

The doorway is one of victory or disappointment depending on how we decide to believe. Adonai brings you to many doorways…opportunities to stretch your faith and trust in His Word. We either stand and receive His Word or we shut the door on what Adonai desires for our lives. Adonai wanted to move on this Shunammite woman, to grant her what she desired for years but had decided to “give up” because she saw no means of receiving. She had settled in her heart and spirit that it would never come to pass until she was called to the doorway of opportunity!

There are three things that stand out in regard to this Shunammite woman. Three things she put in motion that would create a door of opportunity and eventually give her a son of promise. These three things are also applicable to us in regard to setting us up for a move of Adonai in our life.

The Shunammite woman had a perception – she perceived that Elisha was a man of Adonai. Elisha was the door to a move of Adonai. And she decided to make preparation for that move. Her faith was in operation from the very beginning as she laid a foundation for her miracle. What is our perception of what Yah is doing today? Do you perceive that we are on the edge of one of the greatest moves of Elohim the world has ever seen? Do you perceive that Elohim is preparing you to be an active participant of this great outpouring?

Even as sin runs rampant and lawlessness abounds can you see the doorway He has created for a powerful move of His Ruach? If you know that Adonai is moving, what preparations have you made in your life to receive it and maintain it?

Elisha passed by the woman’s house once but she wanted it to continue so she “prepared him a place” that he might occupy when

passing by. Her city was insignificant, out of the way but she was not going to let this opportunity pass her by. The opportunity of a lifetime must be seized in the lifetime of the opportunity. So, let’s seize the day, seize the moment. Don’t let it pass you by!

So, what are we doing to prepare for this last-day move of Adonai? She perceived the move of Adonai and made preparation to receive and maintain it. She made a “room.” She made ROOM! She furnished it with a cot, a table, a chair, and a lampstand. Each of these are significant for us to keep what Elohim wants to do. The cot is symbolic of our rest in Elohim for all that He has prepared for us. The table is the place of fellowship prepared for divine visitation. The chair represents the authority of Elohim in our lives. The lamp signifies the illumination of Elohim’s revelation of Himself to us.

Let’s focus on the chair for today. The KJV says “let us set for him a stool” – “kiccha” (kis-say) from the Hebrew word “kacah” meaning properly covered, i.e., a throne (as canopied): seat, stool, throne. In English, Webster defines throne as “the chair of a state of a sovereign or high dignitary; the seat of a deity; royal power and dignity.”

What is a chair? A device that holds or supports. It can also mean, an official seat or a seat of authority, an office or position of authority. A stool represents a throne, a place of authority. It’s important we realize what supports us and who and what has authority in our life.

The Shunammite woman gave Elisha a chair; demonstrating her dependency was on Adonai and she gave Adonai her seat of authority. So, let me ask you this question; Who is sitting on your throne: is it self; is it sin; or is it Yeshua HaMashiach? Someone is sitting on the throne of your life.

It is who you yield to, who you allow authority and power and access, who you have exalted in your life as the most important. Whoever is on the chair is the one you will serve. In the beginning there was only one will, the will of Elohim but after the rebellion of man there were two wills that have increased in number as sin abounds.

Satan has wanted to be like the Most High and since our rebellion we also desire to be like the Most High. Isaiah 53:6 tells us, “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and Adonai has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.”

What authority is sitting on your chair? Whoever or whatever controls your life; drugs, alcohol, habits, sickness, disease, job, church, religion, Satan, self, or Adonai is dependent on whom you have placed on your chair. Yeshua was given all power and authority in heaven and earth. Why?

John 6:38, “For I have come down from heaven, not to do My will, but the will of Him who sent Me.” The power in your life is demonstrated by who is sitting on your chair. Yeshua’s Messiahship was demonstrated by His authority and power that was given to Him. The Shunammite woman gave her chair to the prophet of Elohim.

Who are you giving your authority to? Is it the world, Satan or is it self? In Daniel 7 it says Yeshua was given dominion and glory and a Kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve and obey Him. He is the One who is and who was and who is to come because He has taken his great power and reigned according to Revelation 11.

Revelation 12:11 states, “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.” A revival is a determination of Elohim’s authority – if He is on the chair – There is Revival! If He is not then there is no revival. On this Sabbath day create a chair for Yeshua to sit that he may pour Himself out on you!

Shabbat Shalom Mishpocha,

Join us every Wednesday night at 7 PM for Bible study and every Saturday at 11 AM for Sabbath service at:

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Have a great Sabbath. Serve Adonai with gladness. See you at the altar!
Shalom Aleichem

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10/28/2026

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10/24/2026

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10/24/2026

Shabbat Shalom,

Today is the appointed day of Adonai and what a great day it will be as we assemble to worship the King of Kings. The title of the teaching is "Alter Yourself." You don't want to miss it... come and assemble with Elohim's people. The service begins at 11 AM at:

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10/23/2026

Lion of Judah Speaks Haftorah: Isaiah 40:27-41:16 10/24/2026
Dr. Jeffery Lyn Myers
Lion of Judah Ministries

We see in the beginning of Isaiah 40 a prologue to the whole series of oracles and songs that follow. It announces the coming of Adonai to intervene and deliver His people from bo***ge, so that the people were to prepare for this and to comfort others and to wait on Adonai. We look for Messiah to come today, in this world full of wickedness and lawlessness, to come in glory and power, we must wait for it, prepare for it, and announce the comfort it brings.

Isaiah 40 opens with an instruction to comfort the people of Elohim, followed by the voice of the one preparing the way. Israel is in need of good news because they were in captivity under Gentile domination. We need to be the voice of Him, watchmen on the wall, preparing the people for the return of Yeshua HaMashiach.

This world needs comfort, good tidings proclaiming that the glory of Adonai will reappear as He leads His people as a Shepherd, with a strong arm, raising up His Kingdom to rule as a conquering king.

We see several imperatives leading up to this haftorah; comfort, prepare, go up, and shout. Then it shifts to principles and lessons not in the form of imperatives. These principles include: we should renew our faith, stop mistrusting Adonai, we need to build up our faith, and lastly, wait expectantly for the deliverance.

It is very clear what Adonai is saying to us. He will bring comfort and instruction. He is sovereign overall and He is the incomparable one, the one who is able to control creation. Elohim is in control in the last days, period!

If He made everything, then all creation is under His power. So, He reminds us, “Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the earth was founded?” We have had years for truth to sink in, but our faith (like theirs) is weak and our stubborn hearts had not received it and changed us.

The prophet rebukes those who distrust Elohim. Isaiah is speaking to a mixed congregation made up of the true remnant and also, a majority who believed in Adonai but because of their captivity, testing, and trials has all but given up hope because they were overwhelmed.

What in our life has overtaken us, overwhelmed us, beaten us down to the brink of giving up? This weight changes our perspective and causes us to believe that Adonai has discarded us and is not concerned or aware of our horrific situation. The prophet will have to convince them, convince us through the Word of Adonai. Some of us need to come to faith but most need to rekindle our faith with Yah’s truth.

Isaiah challenges their complaint by affirming that Yah is Yah, the Creator and Preserver of all things. He has not, and will not forsake us. He does not grow weary like we do. None of our problems are hidden from Abba, or even too much to handle.

In I Cor. 10:13 it tells us, “There is no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but Adonai is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able to bear, but with the temptation will also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.”

This means the reason why you can walk through it is because He can handle it! Plus, His ways are right, even though we do not know them. We will never understand Him, but He knows us…every hidden thing!

Isaiah 40:29-31 are powerful verses and proclamations: “He invigorates the exhausted,” yes and amen! “He gives strength to the powerless,” yes Adonai! In verse 30 He tells us that “even youths run out of energy and stumble.” So, yes, human life is frail and transitory. However, verse 31, brings the contrast, and the climax of Adonai’s message, “But those who hope in Adonai will renew their strength, they will soar aloft as with eagles’ wings; when they are running, they won’t grow weary, when they are walking, they won’t get tired.”

They that “hope” or “wait” is the Hebrew word “qawah” meaning a longing for what is characterized by confident expectation. Waiting requires patience; but it is never indifferent. To hope for something is active; it is never out of mind. It is a restlessness, an eagerness, a looking for something.

They believed victory was coming, we stand knowing victory is coming. We believe the promises of Elohim to be true and are ready to step out when Elohim begins to move. They believed their release was coming, as well as we do, so we wait for it. We know it will happen, but don’t know exactly when. However, when He comes, we will escape with the energy and quickness of an eagle mounting up…Halleluyah!

We are on a journey, growing confident that each step brings success. We strengthen or gird ourselves with His Word never growing weary. We look forward in faith and refuse to look back in fear.

But with confidence we grow as we journey because we are returning to the ancient paths, back to our original calling and intent, back to Abba! Here we are, living in the end times with expectation of our soon coming King. So, we live in confidence! Out hope for His 2nd Coming does not imply that there is a chance it might not happen, rather, it implies an active faith in the truth of His coming.

He is coming, it will happen, there is no doubt, we are expecting it soon. Those who wait will not be entangled by this life, the system of this world, its treasures, its thinking, its cultural norms and religious doctrines of men. But we will be focused on spiritually preparing ourselves as His Bride. We, as His people, “Seek first the Kingdom of Adonai and His righteousness,” Matt. 6:33.

We live out our faith in the light of this hope, we will find our strength renewed for life’s difficulties along the way. II Cor. 4:16 encourages us, “We do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away. Yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.”

Elohim in His grace will provide power, strength, and courage to the weary, weak, and downtrodden when they are willing to be patient and wait on Him. Adonai will cause us to mount up on eagles’ wings. Paul said in Romans 8:25, “We hope for what we do not see, then we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.”

We are reminded that perception and our response to what is perceived is everything. For example, the 10 spies saw themselves as grasshoppers among giants and so they could not see themselves victorious. Joshua and Caleb did not deny the existence of the problems but looked at them from Adonai’s point of view and saw victory!

Three times in Isaiah 41 Adonai tells Israel to “fear not” because He is in control! We must see those verses operate in our lives. Isaiah 41:15-16 says, “Look, I will make you a threshing sledge, new with sharp, double-edged spikes. You will thresh the mountains and grind them up, and will make the hills like chaff. You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away, a storm-wind will scatter them. But you will rejoice in Adonai. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.”

In these last days, Adonai can use us to level adversaries and disperse strongholds; separating as it were the wheat from the chaff, the good from the bad. However, we must remember it is not our strength, or our prowess that brings the victory. It is the working of Adonai in us when we are determined to “wait upon Him” and have our strength renewed as we stay in Him. The promise given to Israel is also available to us. Isaiah 41:13 says, “For I am Adonai your Yah who upholds your right hand, who says to you, “fear not, I will help you!”

Shabbat Shalom Mishpocha,

Join us every Wednesday night at 7 PM for Bible study and every Saturday at 11 AM for Sabbath service at:

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10/23/2026

Lion of Judah Speaks Parashah: Gen. 12: 1-17:27 10/24/2026
Dr. Jeffery Lyn Myers
Lion of Judah Ministries

Genesis 12 begins with Elohim’s command to Abram to “Go forth out of your country” or “Get yourself”. Abram is seventy-five years young and Sarai is 65 years young and we know that their earlier years were extremely productive. In the Jewish writings we are told that Abram was raised in a pagan home and society and at age 3 concluded there was a lone Yah who cannot be perceived with physical eyes, who created heaven and earth.

The local dictator, Nimrod, gave the young boy an ultimatum, renounce his beliefs or be thrown into a fiery furnace. As tradition goes, Abram chose the fire but miraculously was unharmed by the fire. Abram and Sarai evangelized and gained a following, yet, the Torah chooses not to tell us of their illustrious youth but begins the story with Elohim’s command to embark on a journey.

Even though Abram and Sarai had a spiritually comfortable and fulfilling life before their journey to Israel, Elohim demanded of them to drop everything and travel on an open-ended trip, intentionally neglecting to inform them of their destination.

Genesis 12:1 says, “ADONAI SAID TO ABRAM.” A Divine call was really only the long-awaited answer to a life-filled with devotion, sacrifice, and incessant struggle…75 years dedicated to glorifying Elohim! The sages tell us that “the story of the fathers is a sign for the children.” We must never be comfortable with our spiritual standing, no matter how accomplished!

It is incumbent upon every Hebrew to embark yet further in the journey towards the Promised Land. An open-ended journey! Never setting limits on personal spiritual growth. Just as Elohim is infinite, so too our journey must continue which means our journey to reach Him is infinite.

Abram was embarking on a journey with an unknown destination. We also see that Abram heard Elohim’s voice outside the land and when he reached the land Elohim appeared to him. This is symbolic of the tabernacle…we hear Him outside in the courtyard but He wants us to draw near to Him which means we must come through the veil.

We all have goals and aspirations. Life is a long journey and no two individuals have the exact same destination. However, as Hebrews, the name means to “break with the crowd” out of love for Elohim and accept the sacrifice of isolation.

“Go for yourself” implies they will to go it alone with Elohim, which needs to be present in your commitment. No matter if anyone will go with you…you still go! Look at Abram, our “father of faith,” how could we have existed and how could we continue to exist if Abram had not given us the courage to be a minority?

In Genesis 12, as soon as Abram appears, he stands in opposition to the spirit of the times in the midst of a perverted, idolatrous, immoral society, and idolizing power. Abram willingly gives up all the family ties and social closeness, which is so dear to people, to become a bearer of Elohim’s message and throw a protest in the face of the gods worshipped by all the nations.

Why are we so afraid of our families, friends, and co-workers? This kind of faith demands courage and a deep conviction of the Truth of the message itself. An enduring consciousness of a messianic mission! We have but one sole duty…following Elohim blindly wherever He will lead us and walking before Him once we have heard His voice!

So, we have Elohim with His command to Abram to “go forth from your land, to a land I will show you.” This is the first communication between Elohim and Abram, the first Hebrew! Genesis 14:13 first mentioned the word “Hebrew” (“Abar”) meaning “to cross over.”

Abraham is the first Hebrew that is not a Jew or Israelite and Ya’akov is the first Israelite and Hebrew but not a Jew. Israel means “is” = man, “ra” = great; “El” = Elohim. The first Jew was Yehuda, and he was also a Hebrew and an Israelite. Israel means “Great man of Yah, the child of Yah, the prince of Yah.”

Relating Abram as a Hebrew he transmitted an important foundation to each of us which we must study and implement. Elohim instructed Abraham and every one of his descendants to embark on a journey…You and I... it’s in our DNA!

Interestingly, Elohim did not inform Abraham of his final destination but merely instructed him to keep traveling until he would receive an indication from the Ruach HaKodesh that he had reached his journey and his journey had ended.

Having a defined goal is beneficial in other areas of life but only serves as a hardship in a person’s spiritual life-journey. We think we have arrived and know everything! No, I get it that it is wise to carefully plan the next segment of the journey, but the destination itself must remain open-ended!

Elohim is infinite. The Divine essence of every Hebrew soul is infinite. So, why place limitations on the heights of what we can achieve? Abraham was seventy-five years young when he begins a journey with no clue what lay in store for him or when he would arrive at his eventual destination.

It is safe to assume that he never dreamt of arriving in a land that was “flowing with milk and honey,” a land which would be given to the descendants of a child who would be miraculously born to his barren wife, Sarah.

He had no idea that as a result of this journey his descendants would be chosen by Elohim to be His ambassadors to this world. WOW! Think about it! To be chosen to have the privilege of illuminating the world with the Light of Torah and mitzvot! Well, because the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, we too have the ability to accomplish far more than we can imagine in our wildest dreams. (Read John 14:8-26)

The first step, however, is embarking on an open-ended journey! The word embark means, “to go on board something, to make a start, to cause to go on board, to engage, to enlist, to invest, and to begin.”

Let each step be ordered by Elohim and know that each step is exciting and new and propels you into a daily journey which will bring you to your destination…wherever and whatever it is! Do you have your walking shoes on?

Shabbat Shalom Mishpocha,

Join us every Wednesday night at 7 PM for Bible study and every Saturday at 11 AM for Sabbath service at:

Lion of Judah Ministries
612 North Main St
Blackstone, VA 23824 or watch us live on:

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If you would like to ask any questions about the ministry or any of the teaching materials, please contact us at:

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One of our teachers will get back to you as soon as we can.

Looking forward to seeing you this Sabbath as we worship the King of Kings! He is deserving of all praise and worship. Seek Him and He will reveal Himself to you! See you at the altar!

Shalom Aleichem

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