Did You Lose Your Parah?: Book of Exodus

By Dana Hall

I am thrilled to share with you the Book of Exodus!: this is the remarkable story of the Israelites and their many blessings and struggles: what all Christians experience each day trying to be closer to God!

This book cover is an ancient Jewish High Priest wearing a breastplate attached to an ephod. The breastplate is like an IPAD: it tells you of God’s blessings and judgments for you and your family depending on your relationship with God.

Imagine if your pastor wore something on his chest telling everyone how you acted in your spiritual walk with God! Wow! What would you say to that?! Cool?!

“Parah” Christian behavior means to proudly wear your symbolic breastplate telling everyone that you are a strong Christian in your own personal relationship with God.

You are excited to be headed towards Heaven and you want to share your thrilling faith with everyone, many who may not be believers.

“Parah”: you speak of the wisdom of God and the joy for being a Christian!

If you lost your ‘parah’, you have lost your faith in God. You are not wearing your symbolic breastplate and really no one knows your spiritual beliefs. You have stopped following God. You are in spiritual drifting so to speak.

Sin is habitual.

This book was designed for easy reading with short sentences and paragraphs yet also providing in depth detail where needed!

This is an exciting Bible study on the Book of Exodus!

It is perfect for those with little or no Bible knowledge and for those with much Bible understanding. I encourage Bible study groups!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dana Hall
• Release date: Apr 28, 2013
• ISBN: 9781310702594

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Did You Lose Your Parah?: Book of Exodus

by Mr. Dana Karl Hall

Sudden Impact Ministries

Copyright 2013 Mr. Dana Karl Hall

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Jehovah’s Plan of Salvation

Chapter 2: Why We Need to Obey Jehovah

Chapter 3: Early Egypt

Chapter 4: The New Lord’s Prayer

Chapter 5: Suffering Terribly

Chapter 6: The First Five Plagues

Chapter 7: The Remaining Plagues

Chapter 8: Understanding the Basics of Judaism

Chapter 9: The Journey Begins!, The Parting of the Red Sea

Chapter 10: Freedom!

Chapter 11: The Six Trips

Chapter 12: Exodus 21, 22, 23, and 25

Chapter 13: The Ten Commandments, Exodus Chapters 20, 32, and 34

Chapter 14: Understanding A Pattern

Chapter 15: Spiritual Drifting

Chapter 16: More of the Basics of Judaism

Chapter 17: Moses Struggles with Leadership

Chapter 18: Redemption: Jehovah Abundantly Blesses Moses

Chapter 19: Review of Exodus Book

Chapter 20: Blessing of Quail

Chapter 21: Outline of the Book of Exodus

Chapter 22: My Personal Testimony and Evangelical Methodist Theology

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Chapter 1: Did You Lose Your Parah?: Jehovah’s Plan of Salvation

The book cover is an ancient Jewish High Priest wearing a breastplate attached to an ephod. The breastplate is like an IPAD: it tells you of God’s blessings and judgments for you and your family depending on your relationship with God.

(The breastplate and ephod or priest’s robe is highly ornate and decorated silk clothing only worn by the High Priest to lead worship services).

Imagine if your pastor wore something on his chest telling everyone how you acted in your spiritual walk with God! Wow! What would you say to that?! Cool?!

The breastplate is equally one cubit by one cubit square: a cubit is the length of your arm’s elbow to its hand’s middle finger.

Parah Christian behavior means to proudly wear your symbolic breastplate telling everyone that you are a strong Christian in your own personal relationship with God.

You are excited to be headed towards Heaven and you want to share your thrilling faith with everyone, many who may not be believers. I loved being in Heaven! Read on!

Parah: you speak of the wisdom of God and the joy for being a Christian!

If you lost your ‘parah’, you have lost your faith in God. You are not wearing your symbolic breastplate and really no one knows your spiritual beliefs. You have stopped following God. You are in spiritual drifting so to speak. Sin is habitual.

(In this book, I may refer to God as Elohim, first read in Genesis, or Jehovah, a Catholic term founded in the 30’s, and other names. Hebrew has no vowels. God’s name in Exodus is often read as YHVH. How do we say this? It has often also been said as Yahweh. God can also be said as Yeshua or Joshua or Jesus. The important thing is that God is not a human and He has no human name. God wants you to reign with Him in Heaven so you choose a great name for God that has a special spiritual meaning for you!

No denomination shall be given God’s name Yahweh or Jehovah: it is too holy for mankind to use for a name of a religious organization!

(There are numerous names for God including Kadosh or Holy One, [kah-doo-shh], Ehyeh asher Ehey, or I AM THE I AM, [eh yeah a sure eh yeah], what Jesus stated to the religious leaders, proudly saying He is Elohim and God, which alarmed all and shocked all religious leaders!, Immanuel, [ee man new eeell], HahMashiach Yeshua or Jesus Christ, the Messiah, [ham mah shee akh ye shoe ah}, and many other terrific spiritual names).

I am a born again Christian. I attend an evangelical born again Methodist church.

With the Holy Spirit guiding me, I believe in following the Greek, Aramaic, and Hebrew in the Bible, being filled with the Holy Spirit, and in accordance with using common sense, and what the intended meaning of the author really is.

Changing the original Greek, or Aramaic, or/and Hebrew to support a manmade belief and doctrine is the heart of any cult. The Bible strictly prohibits this.

The official Hebrew day: it is from sunset, or when three or more stars come out, to sunset when three or more stars come out the next day. The daylight of a new day depends on the climate, season, month, and location.

For practical purposes in this writing, I am saying the Jewish day is from 8pm to 8pm, but keep in mind, the sunrise and sunset of a new day greatly varies throughout the year!

The Day in Hebrews 10:25 is not Sunday, or any particular day or time. Rather, Day means the Second Coming of Jesus, and Jehovah’s Divine Judgment, in my own interpretation of this Greek word, and according to what the author really means.

Refer to Matthew 10:15, John 14:28, and 1st Cor. 3:13 for this application of the Greek word for Day meaning the Second Coming of Jesus events in the life of a Christian.

Hebrews 10:25: this statement in Hebrews is NOT a commandment. Rather, it is a helpful suggestion and an encouragement by the writer. (The writer could be Paul or anyone).

This passage states the truth that regularly meeting with Christians always builds your own ‘parah’: your own personal sanctification and edification, and this passage encourages you to do so. This can be done in person at any place and any time: Bible studies, church buildings, emails, blogs, phone calls, and so forth.

God is not an idiot. Jehovah is not controlled by man. Jehovah reigns supreme over man.

The false teachers of this Hebrews 10:25 verse wrongfully believe and teach that God has a post Grace Law that requires there to be some kind of an official assembly of all members that all members must attend or else suffer eternal damnation. This is not in the Bible.

God does not work this way and never will. Hell was created for NO ONE to be in, but was created by Jehovah as an alternative choice for angels and humans to eternally dwell in.

The two main American cults, the Mormons and Jehovah Witnesses, don’t believe in hell and Heaven as taught in all evangelical Bibles. Instead, they teach false manmade doctrines with their own created Bibles, avoiding most of the original Greek, Aramaic, and Hebrew languages. Their doctrines always change year to year.

Preachers have used Hebrews 10:25 to intimidate, threaten, and persuade terrified members to attend and support every service of the church, such as, the Mormon cult, the Jehovah Witnesses cult, and so forth. This is misusing the Bible, a trick of Satan.

The brow beaten sheep of their false church are admonished to come to church, every single time the doors are opened, or they are told that they will be sent to hell.

They have been conditioned and brain washed to believe that missing a church service or Bible study will cause them to miss out on eternal life. This is absolutely FALSE!!!

God is not a mean God. God loves you all of the time, even when you fail Him.

Jehovah expects and demands sanctification within your own mental and physical capabilities, and within your own lifestyle. Some sheep of cult churches obligingly go to church services when in fact, they do not feel like going. This is also wrong.

You should ONLY go to church, pray, and tithe with a glad heart, and being mentally, spiritually, and physically able to. Jehovah knows your heart! Psalms 32:11, 35:9.

Some people cannot attend Saturday or Sunday church worship due to work. But they are encouraged by Jehovah to keep their jobs, being obedient to their employer, and yet to try to attend some worship service or Bible study of the church to always nourish the soul.

Some mentally ill people, some physically ill people, some disabled people, some developmentally disabled people, some homeless people, and some people with dementia may not always worship Jehovah. The soul is never damaged with disease: only the brain.

Jehovah always knows what is going on with each person. Jehovah never punishes anyone for their lack of ability to worship God when they absolutely cannot do so. Jehovah is very understanding of each person’s own personal needs. God knows you!

Some homebound folks might find it difficult to attend a church but may watch a televised church service, or may listen to a Christian radio broadcast or a recorded church service.

Ekklesia was a common word among the Greeks meaning any assembled body of people.

Ekklesia is not a religious word per se. Jesus coined this Greek word Ekklesia to describe His followers, when He stated, I will build My church, (meaning, all of the followers of Jesus), Matthew 16:18. (Church is YOU: it is not a building!)

Jesus did not establish Christianity or any religion or any denomination. Studying the Greek, I strongly feel a better translation would be, You Simon Peter, and all of my followers know and believe that I am the Chosen Messiah. This is not adding words to Scripture. Rather, it is looking at the author’s intended meaning of Ekklesia.

Matthew 16:18, in this passage, Simon Peter, a married Jew with children, is not commissioned by Jesus as the first Catholic Pope, another false teaching. Rather, Jesus emphasizes to the Disciples that Simon Peter has the baptism of the Holy Spirit and that Simon Peter has the rock of faith in believing that Jesus is the Promised Messiah. This means Peter stands against Satan and all of his demons. That is all of what Jesus said.

It is dangerous to take away or to add to Scripture. It is dangerous to form a religion based upon a single or several Bible passages taken out of context. When I explain a Bible passage, I am merely elaborating. I am not adding to or taking away from Scripture.

Matthew 16:18, Jesus states that the belief of Christians and Christian Jews that Jesus is the Promised Messiah means salvation and is His church. Jesus never establishes a religion at any time of His ministry. Rather, Jesus emphasizes a relationship with Jehovah.

Jesus never stated that there would be an official meeting place or an official religious organization to which His followers would owe true allegiance.

In fact Jesus indicated to the Samaritan woman that true worship to God, and with a cheerful heart, does not depend upon the right place and time, but upon the right disposition of heart, John 4:21-26. This is having ‘parah’: proudly wearing your breastplate!, being living example of Jesus Christ each day..

In John 4:21-26, Matthew 22:37, and Luke 10:27, Jesus re-defined Ekklesia to mean worship Jehovah with all of your heart, all of your soul, and all your mind, and preferably with the Holy Spirit. True heart worship of Jehovah is the church. See Exodus 23:25 and Joshua 22:5. After all, Jehovah is a Spirit and eternal life is in Heaven, and not on planet Earth. This is having ‘parah’: truly worshipping Elohim each day!

(In John 4:21-28, Jesus is talking about being baptized with the Holy Spirit when worshipping Jehovah: serving God with the Holy Spirit and with Truth, God’s Word).

It is not always a sin to not to attend church or a Bible study. It is a sin to not obey and follow Jehovah. True, sinning can cause a person to not attend a church or to not associate with Christians. It is required by God to be a sanctified mature Christian, as what you are capable of doing. God wants you to attend your church or to fellowship with Christians

God also expects you to do this fellowship being baptized with the Holy Spirit.

Some Christian people wrongfully teach that true church service is only on Saturdays.

After all, the Old Testament commands this of the Israelites!

Now having Grace, we are free to attend church at any place and at any time we want to.

Jews and Gentiles are no longer under the Jewish Law. The Book of Hebrews makes this very clear. We are required by Jehovah to worship Him each day, our own way. These false teachers of Hebrews 10:25 are absolutely misreading the Greek to support their own manmade beliefs. Jesus often warned of false teachers! Refer to Isaiah 9:6, John 3:16-17, John 11:25, Romans 5:8, Ephesians 2:1-21, and Revelation 1:5.

We are saved by the free gift of Grace, once we personally accept it. We are not ever saved by manmade tradition and the Law. We are not saved by works, such as, frequently reading the Bible, attending church, always tithing, going to mass, partaking of the Lord’s Supper ritual, singing praise songs, and going through water baptism.

However, these Christian acts are very important to do as a part of your maturity, growth, and sanctification as a born again Christian to have daily ‘parah’.

Mark 8:36, (NLT) And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? (To lose your soul means that you have chosen to spend eternity in hell, rather than in Jehovah’s Heaven. Why would you ever want this? How foolish!)

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Chapter 2: Did You Lose Your Parah?: Why We Need to Obey Jehovah

Steve Jobs was probably one of the top ten inventors in world history, revolutionizing the way we function at home, in our work, in our businesses, and in the community.

Steve Jobs brought us the Apple computer language, including click and point icons, Apple computers, ITunes, IPhone, IPad, IPod, and so much more. Within a very short period of time, Steve Jobs became a self-made multi billionaire and a worldwide household name.

He spent his entire life vainly searching for spiritual truth on a weekly basis, even one time being a hippie on a soul searching quest in India for most