Purpose

Moriah Ministries, a Messianic Jewish ministry, desires to facilitate the unity of Jews and Christians. We teach the Jewish roots of Christianity through praising and teaching. We desire to restore intimate praise to the Lord, even as King David praised, through the production of videos to teach Davidic Dance. The videos are not merely instructional but all have a firm foundation of scripture. The videos present an integrated teaching of worship to God from the biblical and traditional roots.

 Amos 9:11 is the scripture upon which Moriah Ministries, a Messianic Jewish Ministry, is founded. Years later it is now coming to fulfillment.

 To better understand the significance of Amos 9:11 it is important to look at the meaning of the words in Hebrew.

 The scripture begins with On that day, the Lord’s appointed time, He will raise up, which means rising up from a prostrate position, the tabernacle of David. Usually tabernacle is translated as  ōhel, a noun, meaning a tent of animal skin  or mishkān derived from a verb meaning dwell.   However, in Amos 9 the word is sūkkâ or booth, a protective covering. Significantly, this is the word used specifically for the Feast of Tabernacles, the third and final pilgrimage festival of the year in observance of the fall, end-time, harvest. 

The place where David worshiped and cried out to the Lord for his people has now fallen down. Nāphal means to be cast down by either common physical action or violence. In either case, one's worship desires to strive to the standard of David.

Damages have been done to the tabernacle. The word in Hebrew is perets and means a breach, a gap in a wall, a rupture. There is something missing in the way we usually worship God. There is a gap or breach in our worship to Him. The Lord Himself will repair it. The word in Hebrew is gādar and means to wall in or around, close up. 

The tabernacle is in very poor condition. Not only is it damaged it is also in ruins, heresah. The word also means destroyed, overthrown. In God’s infinite mercy and lovingkindness He is going to rebuild it ,bānâ, which speaks of bringing a work to completion. Also, it idiomatically means to bring about increase in offspring. 

As in the days of old, ‘ôlām, forever, everlasting, connects the remote times of King David into perpetuity, the future millennial reign of David’s promised seed. Then peoples of all nations will worship the Messiah, even as King David did.

Amos 9:12

that they may possess the remnant of Edom,
And all the Gentiles who are called by My name,”
Says the LORD who does this thing. 

Edom is specifically mentioned because the people were brethren and represents the nations that had been enemies of Israel. Possess (yārash) a remnant (she’ ērît) means that there will be some who are in theinheritance of Israel after the Lord’s purifying process.  The Gentiles includes peoples from all the nations who will call on His name.   

When David brought the Ark of the Lord to Jerusalem he placed it in a tent, ‘ōhel.  However, in Amos’s prophecy the restored ‘tent’ has become a sūkkâ or booth, which signifies the Feast of Booths.  This festival’s fulfillment brings together Jew and Gentile as foreshadowed by the Levitical priesthood as they sacrificed 70 young bulls during this weeklong observance.  The number ‘seventy’ comes from Genesis 10 when all the descendants of Noah are listed.  As King Solomon dedicated the Temple, he asked the Lord to remember the prayers of the foreigner that looked to His temple. Similarly, the priesthood looked to the time when all nations would honor the Lord. Likewise, Zechariah prophesied when all nations would come to worship Messiah during this end-time harvest festival. Moses revealed to us in Leviticus 23:1-2, that these feasts (mo’ed: appointed times) of the Lord are to be holy convocations (miqra: rehearsals).