Yeshua asked his talmidim (disciples) “who do you say that I am?”  Their answer was, “Some say John the Baptist others said Elijah, while others said Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” Then Yeshua said, “but who do you say that I am?”  In other words, he was asking each of his disciples to find out for himself who he was.  It is the nature of mankind to base what he believes on what others believe or speak—especially those of influence. Here Yeshua was emphasizing that you ‘must know who I am for yourself.’

Hence, Yeshua set forth a principle of understanding the day he asked his talmidim “who do you say I am?” This principle of understanding is revealed in Kefa’s answer and Yeshua’s response to the question, “who do you say I am?”  Kefa answered, “You are the son of the living God.” Then Yeshua said, “flesh and blood hath not reveal this to you but my father in heaven.” What does Yeshua mean when he says, “flesh and blood has not reveal this to you?”  Is He referring to the knowledge of other men transmitted to Kefa, is He referring to a natural understanding verses spiritual understanding or is He referring to Himself as the flesh and blood of God? Regardless, His words are clear, “it requires the Eternal Spirit, Elohim (God) to reveal knowledge and understanding.”  Consider this scripture, “All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knows who the Son is, but the Father, and who the Father is, but the Son, and those to whom the Son wishes to reveal Him.” Matthew10: 27, Luke10: 22   

Sha’ul (Paul) himself wrote in Galatians 1:11-12 &16, “But I certify to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.  For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Yeshua Messiah…For when it pleased Elohim, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by His grace, to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:  neither went I up to Yerushalyim to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.  Then after three years I went up to Yerushalyim to see Kefa, and abode with him fifteen days.”

The principle of “seeking after God” has its roots in the beginning of mankind.  For it is written, “And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, “Where art thou?”  Obviously God was use to communing with Adam in the cool of the day.  After Adam was expelled from the Gan-Eden because of his disobedience, he had a child named Abel.  Abel sought after God, which is acknowledged by his accepted sacrifice.  When Abel was slain and Cain his brother was sent into exile, the scriptures reveal that there was a time period where no longer did men seek God—or call upon His name.  It was only after Chave (Eve) bore another child named Seth and Seth had a son name Enosh did men once again begin to call on the name of the LORD.  Throughout the scriptures “seeking after God and calling upon His name are synonymous.” Psalm 83:16 says, “Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek the name, O LORD.” Consistently throughout the scriptures men are confronted with the challenge to “seek after God or call upon His name.”

Isaiah 64:6-7, “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are as filthy rages; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.  And there is none that calls upon thy name, that stirs up himself to take hold of thee:  for thou has hid they face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.”  Psalm 91:14, “Because he has set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him:  I will set him on high because he hath known my name.”  Jeremiah 29:12-13, “Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.  And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.”

As we continue with this study and the unfolding of the Name of the Father, let us be as the prophets of old and the apostles of new—let us seek Him for ourselves.  Let us leave off vain philosophy, traditions, or the rudiments of this world and find Him.