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Thursday, March 7, 2024

Lesson: The Mystery of the Lot


The Mystery Of the Lot

INTRO

The casting of lots has caused much confusion, been mistranslated and misunderstood for over 1000 years. Today by the power of Yahawah via Yahawashi through the perfect word of God, the truth about the lot will be revealed. Let us begin!

What does it mean to cast a lot?

The heathen say
In the ancient world, however, casting lots was universally viewed as a form of divination by which the will of God was revealed. The book of Proverbs assures us that “the lot is cast ('goral') into the lap (of the diviner); but the decision ('mishpat') is from the Lord” (16:33). That is to say, the result of the casting of lots is controlled or manipulated by God so that his will is manifest through the lot-taking.[1] 

  • Q - Did Yahawah say it was okay to practice divination? So why does he have a form of divination being practiced? What’s really going on here?
  • 2 Kings 17:17, Hosea 4:12 How Yah sees diviners
  • Now that we know what the heathens say about the Lot let’s hear what Yah says

Yah Says

1 Chron 24:1-19 these were their appointments of service by the hand of Aaron as Yahawah had commanded him

3 David divided them according to the offices of their service

5 thus were they divided by lot
2 Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests
6 The names of the officers were recorded by a scribe in the presence of the two priests descendants of Aaron the high priest, the heads of the families of the priests and levites and the king

  • This is a recurring theme in the casting of lots. This is done for the purpose of witnesses that offices would be established and there would be no contention.
  • 2 Corinthians 13:1 at the mouth of two or three witnesses

19 this was their appointed order

31 see interlinear & peshitta[2] for better reading https://biblehub.com/interlinear/1_chronicles/24-31.htm

The Origin of the Idea that Yah Used the Heathen Lot

In Talmud and Midrash. From jewishencyclopedia.com

According to the etymology of the word "goral," the lots were probably small stones, or sticks, as Hos. iv. 12 indicates. They were thrown, or possibly shaken (Prov. xvi. 33, "into the lap"), so that one fell out, whereby the case in question was decided. It can not be ascertained whether a tablet with writing on it is meant in Lev. xvi. 8, as the Mishnah assumes (Yoma iii. 9, iv. 1). At the time of the Second Temple the lot was prominent in the Temple cult, and customs were developed, after the Biblical example, whereby the several offices were apportioned by lot. The priests drew lots in all cases where differences might arise (Yoma 37a, 39a-41a, 62a-63b, 65b; Zeb. 113b; Men. 59b; Ker. 28a). In Tamid i. 2 the overseer of the Temple calls for the lot; and Yoma 24b records a discussion whether the priests shall draw lots in holy or in secular garments. Lots were cast four times in succession (Yoma iv. 1). The Prophets increased the four classes of priests that returned from the Diaspora to twenty-four; they mixed up the names of the additional ones and placed them in an urn (κάλπη) and then let each of the four original classes of priests draw five names (Tosef., Ta'an. ii. 1, and parallel passages). The urn was originally made of cypresswood; but the high priest Ben Gamala had one which was made of gold (Yoma iii. 9); hence drawing lots from it created a sensation (Yer. Yoma 41b, below). In the sanctuary the lots were taken out by hand (Yoma 39b, 40a). The lot was either a black or a white pebble (Yer. Yoma iv., beginning), or was made of olive-, nut-, or cypress-wood (Yoma 37a). A third kind, consisting of pieces of paper with writing on them (πιττάκιον), is frequently mentioned.

Many facts seem to indicate that choosing by lot was common in post-Biblical times. Moses chose the seventy elders (Num. xi. 26) by selecting six men from each of the twelve tribes, and then placing seventy-two pieces of paper (πιττάκιον), of which two were blank, into an urn, one being drawn by each man. He proceeded similarly in determining the 273 first-born who were to pay each five shekels ransom, 22,273 tickets in all being drawn (Yer. Sanh. 19c, below, and parallel passages). Eldad and Medad were, according to Targ. Yer. to Num. xi. 26, among the elders who drew lots. Jacob's sons also drew lots to decide who should take Joseph's coat to their father (Gen. R. lxxxiv.).[3]



What Is a Lot If It’s Not A Gamble? 

Two Lots Cast for Two Goats?
Leviticus 16:8 two lots were to be “cast” by Aaron upon two goats. One lot was to be cast for Yahawah and the other lot for the scapegoat.

Q - If the lot were a gamble why would two need to be cast? Wouldn’t casting one lot determine what the other was?

Q - Why were two lots cast then?

A - Because the lot is not a gamble or a dice roll of any kind

A Lot Simply Means an Assigned Portion

Psalm 22:18 and for my clothing assigned portions not cast lots[4]

  • Q - which one is it? Did they throw a dice or something similar for Yashai’s clothing?
  • A - No. They apportioned items of his clothing[5] Eg. you get the sandals, you get the tunic, you get the cloak, you get the belt
  • Q - How do we know?
  • Because casting doesn’t always mean throwing
  • Matt 5:29 your whole body shall be cast into hell
  • Matt 7:6, Matt 10:34, Matt 9:17
  • Because they said they wouldn’t tear his clothing
  • John 19:24
  • A - Because the precepts keep pointing to assigned portions being the thing happening when lots are cast
  • Numb 34:13 you shall inherit by apportion ie lot
  • Psalm 16:5 Yahawah maintains a man’s lot
  • Luke 1:9 His lot was to burn incense

PART 2


Review: last week we learned

  • The lot has been misunderstood for over 1000 years
  • God has revealed what the lot is today!
  • The origin of the heathen lie about God’s lot is the Jewish man
  • The lot is an assigned portion

Outline: Today we will examine the following

  • We will look at land, apostles and wars been declared by lot
  • How the lot is cast
  • Lot passages
  • Conclusion


Lot Examples

Land Inherited By Lot

Num 36:2 Yah commanded to give the land by lot, to give the inheritance of Zalaphahad our brother unto his daughters

  • Joshua 14:2 by lot was their inheritance

Joshua 13:6 Yah commands Joshua to divide the land by lot

Joshua 19:51 Eleazar the priest, Joshua and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of Israel divided the land by lot in front of Yahawah (ie with Yah as a witness) at the door of the tabernacle.

Joshua 18:2 the inheritance was received

Q. If the inheritance was received but it was not bought nor was it taken as yet how was it received?

  1. Verse 3 Yahawah gave the land!

4-5 Joshua tells Israel to separate the land into seven parts for the seven tribes using 21 men to divide up the land.

6 After the land is divided into seven parts Joshua said HE will cast lots for the land before Yahawah for the people.

  • Q - What does that mean?
  • A - It means the final assignment of the land would come out of the mouth of Joshua but would be, as we previously saw, the decision of Yahawah.


Let’s prove that!!

7 the priesthood of Yahawah is the Levites inheritance

Q - What was the land being divided by lot considered?

A - An inheritance!

Q - How is an inheritance obtained? Is it bought or received for free?

A - 7b Gad, Reuben and the half tribe of Manessah received their inheritance by Moses the servant of Yah.

Q - Did he do divination or giving it to them?

  • Num 32:29-33 Moses gave the land to Gad, Reuben etc.
  • Acts 13:17-19 Yah gave Israel the land

The Strangers Dividing Lands by Lot

1 Macc 3:36 the intention of Antiochus IV Ephiphanes was to divide Israel by lot

  • 1 Macc 1:10 Anitochus’ IV Eupator[6]
  • Q - How did greece divide their kingdom?
  • A - By lot[7]
  • Let’s read about the Greeks actually dividing the land by lot ie. assigned portion[8]


Apostleship Appointed By Lot

Acts 1:22-26

23 they put forward two they didn’t appoint two Barsabas & Matthias. See interlinear for truer reading[9]

24 They PRAYED for YAH TO CHOOSE

26 They gave forth their lots ie. they assigned their portions or made their appointments and Matthias was appointed 

War By Lot

Judges 20:1-18; 8 & 18*  


PART 3
The Abominable Lot

  • Hosea 4:12, 2 Kings 17:17-18, Deut 18:10, Ez 13:6-9
  • See also John Wesley methodist church founder casting lots[10]
  • Contrary to what I said last week the guards may have cast the unrighteous lot upon Yashai’s clothing for they were roman commoners


How Is The Lot Is Cast?
By the One with Authority to Do So!

Carnally the king, Joshua, the Disciples, Priests, Husbands, Fathers, Mothers & Moses

Spiritually Yahawah casts the lot

By the Instruction of Yah!
Judges 20:9,18 But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it; [18] And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And Yahawah said, Judah shall go up first.

  • 1 Sam 9:9 Asking counsel of Yah!
  • Ezekiel 48:29-35 The land divided by lot. Yah gives them boundaries and gates


According to Justice
Numbers 33:54 “And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.”

According to Judgment

Esther 9:23-27


CONCLUSION
What Does It Mean to Cast a Lot?

It means to appoint a portion or to use divination to make a determination. The righteous lot cast is by declaration of Yah! The unrighteous lot is by divination.

What Is A Lot?

The Lot is the assigned portion of all things. A declaration made by God of what will and will not be. It is not the result of chance or divination though the heathen use divination to get answers Yahawah casts the lot. Yahawah is the one who has assigned men’s lots and they cannot be moved.

Jer 13:25 this is your lot…
Isaiah 46:9-10


Lot Passages


Wisdom of Solomon 5:5 How is his lot among the saints?

Wisdom of Solomon 2:9 this is our portion and our lot is this

Prov 16:33 I believe the proper translation is “Into thy bosom the lot is carried away but the decision is of Yahawah”[11]

Sirach 14:14-15 Your labours shall be divided by lot upon your death

Q - How did our ancestors divide up their inheritance when they died?

Jer 13:25

Luke 23:34 they divided his clothes casting lots


Halal Yahawah Ba Ha Sham Hamashiach Yahawashi!

SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES

The Lot In Historical Records

Jewish Encyclopedia
 In Ancient Israel

…In Hebrew the word for "lot" ("goral") has retained the meaning of "share"; it has also acquired the more general meaning of "fate" (Isa. xvii. 14, lvii. 6; Jer. xiii. 25; Ps. xvi. 5; Dan. xii.). The land west of the Jordan is divided among the several tribes by lot (Num. xxvi. 55 et seq., xxxiii. 54, xxxiv. 13, xxxvi. 2; Josh. xiii. 6, xiv. 2, xv. 1, xvii. 1, xviii. 6-10, xix. 51, xxiii. 4; Ps. lxxviii. 55, cv. 11; comp. Ezek. xlv. 1, xlvii. 22). Jewish tradition, finding offense in this kind of allotment, declared that the land was really divided under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the lot being merely the visible means of confirming the division for the people (Sifre, Num. 132; B. B. 122a). Prov. xvi. 33 and xviii. 18 indicate that lots were cast in legal controversies. The wicked "part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture" (Ps. xxii. 19; comp. Matt. xxvii. 35; John xxix. 24). Booty of war is divided by lot (Joel iv. 3; Nahum iii. 10; Ob. 11; see also Judges xx. 9; Neh. x. 35, xi. 1; I Chron. xxiv. 5, xxv. 8, xxvi. 13 (see Herzog-Hauck, "Real-Encyc." 3d ed., xi. 643 et seq.). Sourced March 6th 2024

The Root Word

Follow the book of Esther to the root word Parar. Start here https://biblehub.com/hebrew/6332.htm

[1] Heathen defined Lot Sourced 07/03/24

[3] Origin of the heathen defined Lot jewishencyclopedia.com | sourced 07/03/24

[6]wikipedia.org -  After restoring Menelaus, Antiochus IV issued decrees aimed at helping the most enthusiastically pro-Greek faction of Jews (usually called "Hellenizers") against the traditionalists. He outlawed Jewish religious rites and traditions and the Temple in Jerusalem was changed to a syncretic Greek-Jewish cult that included worship of Zeus. The Greek historian Diodorus wrote that Antiochus "sacrificed a great swine at the image of Moses, and at the altar of God that stood in the outward court, and sprinkled them with the blood of the sacrifice. He commanded likewise that the books, by which they were taught to hate all other nations, should be sprinkled with the broth made of the swine's flesh. And he put out the lamp (called by them immortal) which burns continually in the temple. Lastly he forced the high priest and the other Jews to eat swine's flesh."[17] Diodorus 34:1(4) | sourced 03/12/24

[7] worldhistory.org - Plutarch says that, 14 days before his death, Alexander entertained his fleet admiral Nearcus and his friend Medius of Larissa with a long bout of drinking, after which he fell into a fever from which he never recovered. When he was asked who should succeed him, Alexander said, “the strongest”, which answer led to his empire being divided between four of his generals: Cassander, Ptolemy, Antigonus, and Seleucus (known as the Diadochi or 'successors').

Plutarch and Arrian, however, claim he passed his reign to Perdiccas, the friend of Hephaistion with whom Alexander had carried their friend's body to his funeral in Babylon. Perdiccas was also Alexander's friend as well as his bodyguard and fellow cavalryman, and it would make sense, considering Alexander's habit of rewarding those he was close to with favors, that he would choose Perdiccas over others. However that may be, following Alexander's death, the generals ignored his wishes and Perdiccas was assassinated in 321 BCE. sourced 03/12/24

[8] How Alexander the Great Divided His Land Arrian and Plutarch claimed that Alexander was speechless by this point, implying that this was an apocryphal story.[190] Diodorus, Curtius and Justin offered the more plausible story that Alexander passed his signet ring to Perdiccas, a bodyguard and leader of the companion cavalry, in front of witnesses, thereby nominating him.[154][188]

Perdiccas initially did not claim power, instead suggesting that Roxane's baby would be king, if male, with himself, Craterus, Leonnatus, and Antipater as guardians. However, the infantry, under the command of Meleager, rejected this arrangement since they had been excluded from the discussion. Instead, they supported Alexander's half-brother Philip Arrhidaeus. Eventually, the two sides reconciled, and after the birth of Alexander IV, he and Philip III were appointed joint kings, albeit in name only.[191]

Dissension and rivalry soon affected the Macedonians, however. The satrapies handed out by Perdiccas at the Partition of Babylon became power bases each general used to bid for power. Sourced 13/03/24

[10] jameslindlibrary.org - When John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, was faced with the problem of choosing a wife, he consulted his friend Mr Delamotte about the woman under consideration.

… both of us sought God by deep consideration, fasting and prayer…but could not come to any decision. At length we agreed to appeal to the Searcher of Hearts. I accordingly made three lots. In one was writ, “Marry;” in the second “Think not of it this year.” After we prayed to God to give us a “perfect lot”, Mr. Delamotte drew the third, in which were the words, “Think of it no more.” Instead of the agony I had reason to expect, I was enabled to say cheerfully, “Thy will be done.” We cast lots again to know whether I ought to converse with her anymore, and the direction I received from God was “Only in the presence of Mr. Delamotte”. (Wesley 4 March 1737, cited in David 1962). Sourced 13/03/24


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