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Titus 2:1-5 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
(2) That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
(3) The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
(4) That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
(5) To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of YHWH be not blasphemed.

Greetings,

What are blessings?

And it will be, if you shall listen carefully to the voice of YHVH your God, to observe and to do all His commandments which I command you today, YHVH your God will set you on high above all nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come on you and overtake you, if you will listen to the voice of YHVH your God.

> You shall be blessed in the city, and
> be blessed in the field.
> The fruit of your body shall be blessed, and

> the fruit of your ground, and

> the fruit of your cattle,

> the increase of your cows, and

> the flocks of your sheep.

> Your basket and your store shall be blessed.

> You shall be blessed when you come in, and

> blessed when you go out.

> YHVH shall cause your enemies that rise up against you to be stricken before your face. They shall come out against you one way, and flee before you seven ways.

> YHVH shall command the blessing on you in your storehouses, and all that you set your hand to. > And He shall bless you in the land which YHVH your God gives you.

> YHVH shall establish you a holy people to Himself, as He has sworn to you, if you shall keep the commandments of YHVH your God and walk in His ways.

> And all the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of YHVH, and they shall be afraid of you.

> And YHVH shall prosper you in goods, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which YHVH swore to your fathers to give you.

> YHVH shall open to you His good treasure, the heaven to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand.

> And you shall loan to many nations, and you shall not borrow.

> And YHVH shall make you the head, and not the tail.

> And you shall be always above, and you shall not be beneath

>>> if you listen to the commandments of YHVH your God, which I command you today, to observe and to do them.

>>> And you shall not go aside from any of the words which I command you today, to the right hand or the left, to go after other gods to serve them. (Deu 28:1-14)

These are the blessings that are promised to those who take hold of the promise of Yah!

A blessing comes as a reciprocal response on man's part to observe the sayings of the MOST HIGH YHVH.

Here's how our Master Yahshua defined blessings;

Blessed are the poor in spirit! For theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.

Blessed are they that mourn! For they shall be comforted.

Blessed are the meek! For they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness! For they shall be filled.

Blessed are the merciful! For they shall obtain mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart! For they shall see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers! For they shall be called the sons of God.

Blessed are they who have been persecuted for righteousness sake! For theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.

Blessed are you when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for your reward in Heaven is great. For so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt loses its savor, with what shall it be salted? It is no longer good for anything, but to be thrown out and to be trodden underfoot by men.

You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand. And it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in Heaven.

Do not think that I have come to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to destroy but to fulfill. For truly I say to you, Till the heaven and the earth pass away, not one jot or one tittle shall in any way pass from the Law until all is fulfilled. Therefore whoever shall break one of these commandments, the least, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of Heaven. But whoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of Heaven. For I say to you that unless your righteousness shall exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall in no case enter into the kingdom of Heaven. (Mat 5:3-20)

Yahshua teaches us about the blessings spoken of in the TaNaK and says that the ones who receive those blessings will have these characteristics:

poor in spirit (humble, ready to repent)

mourners (they that go forth weeping, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again, bringing his shieves with him)

meek (humble, poor in spirit, non violent, patiently endure trials)

hungry for the WORD (love to talk about the WORD - the men of Berea - they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.)

merciful (an open hand, always ready to show mercy and forgive, not hold a grudge)

pure in mind (prove all things, stick to the truth only)

peacemakers (Let him know, that he which converts the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.)

persecuted for righteousness (made fun of, reviled or assaulted because of right living and making righteous judgments)

Again, as in Deutoronomy, YHVH says that observing to do His commandments was not optional, and that keeping them would bring a person great blessings.

The blessing on the believers of Yah goes like this:

And YHVH spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise you shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, YHVH bless you, and keep you: YHVH make his face shine upon you, and be gracious unto you: YHVH lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them. (Num 6:22-27)

A blessing is a good thing that comes from the Father, to usward, His children. We who have sought Him and found that He is reaching out to us and asking us to take a yoke upon us. By taking this yoke we will be bearing a light that will stretch to those He sends us to and cause some that are in darkness to see clearly as they learn to follow torah.

Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; A blessing, if you obey the commandments of YHVH your God, which I command you this day: And a curse, if you will not obey the commandments of YHVH your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which you have not known. (Deu 11:26-28)

Blessings also go to the unrighteous.

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That you may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. (Mat 5:44-45)

However, the blessing the unrighteous recieve cannot be compared to the blessing a righteous man shall receive.

Pro_10:6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Pro_28:20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

However, thus far I have only mainly spoken of physical blessings but the greatest and most truthful application of the blessings from above come in spiritual format. Most if not all of the scriptures we have already discussed have a spiritual meaning.

The spiritual gifts spoken of in 1 Corinthians explain the way the Father is working with His people to cleanse them from all unrighteousness.

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. you know that you were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as you were led. Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Yahshua accursed: and that no man can say that Yahshua is YHVH, but by the Holy Spirit. Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Master. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is given by the Spirit;

> the word of wisdom;

> to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

> To another faith by the same Spirit;

> to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;

> To another the working of miracles;

> to another prophecy;

> to another discerning of spirits;

> to another divers kinds of tongues;

> to another the interpretation of tongues:

But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man individually as he will. For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Messiah. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. (1Co 12:1-13)

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