MishpatimJudgments

      The title of this Sabbath's reading portion is Mishpatim, which means "Judgments, ordinances". That reference comes from the first verse that we read in this Sabbath portion in which the LORD says to Moses: "Now these are the judgments (mispat/sapat - judgment, manner, right, ordinance, law, lawful, order, fashion, custom, measure, procedure, justice, rectitude, verdict/to judge, a judge, plead, avenged, execute, defend, deliver, punish, to rule, govern, judge) which you shall set before them." (Ex. 21:1). Often when we think of the judgment of God, it carries a negative interpretation. However, the judgment of God is not only to punish the guilty, but to defend us and avenge the innocent or the victim of evil, as we can see by the Hebrew meaning of the word above. As the LORD gave Moses the details of His law in the chapters of Exodus related to this Sabbath, we see that the LORD is most concerned about justice for the most vulnerable members of the Hebrews: Hebrew servants and slaves, the poor, the victims of crime and attack, and women. Even the Sabbath is mentioned as a benefit for the less powerful, including the animals who labor: "Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female servant and the stranger may be refreshed (Ex. 23:12)...Six years you shall sow (*aleph-tav/Alpha and Omega) your land and gather in (*aleph-tav/Alpha and Omega) its produce, but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave, the beasts of the field may eat. In like manner you shall do with your vineyard and your olive grove. (v. 10-11). Jesus also taught the Sabbath, not as a religious burden or obligation, but as an opportunity for God to minister to those who are suffering, and to be a blessing to His people in general. (see Lk. 13:10-17, Mk. 2:24, 27-28). If God's law shows concern for the just treatment, comfort and well-being of animals, how much more does He concern Himself with the same for His people? Jesus said the same: "Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?" (Mt. 6:26). Are not all people of more value? We also know that Jesus advocated for the most vulnerable in society, the children. (see Mk. 10:13-16).

     The Lord's care for the vulnerable in His law is seen in another reading portion from this Sabbath. The enemy, the king of Babylon and his army was at the gates of Jerusalem. The king of Judah, Zedekiah, initiated a(n) (*aleph-tav/Alpha and Omega) covenant to proclaim liberty to the Hebrew slaves. The (*aleph-tav/Alpha and Omega) people who entered into this covenant let their (*aleph-tav/Alpha and Omega) slaves go but then changed their minds and brought them back into slavery again. This action prompted the prophetic word and mishpatim judgment of the LORD through His prophet Jeremiah: "...you recently turned and did what was (*aleph-tav/Alpha and Omega) right in My sight - every man proclaiming liberty to his neighbor; and you made a covenant before Me in the house which is called by My name. Then you turned around and profaned (*aleph-tav/Alpha and Omega) My name, and every one of you brought back his (*aleph-tav/Alpha and Omega) male and (*aleph-tav/Alpha and Omega) female slaves, whom you had set at liberty, at their pleasure, and brought them back into subjection, to be your male and female slaves. Therefore thus says the LORD: '...Behold, I proclaim liberty to you...to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine! And I will deliver you to trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth...I will give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life...I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant." (Jer. 34:8-22, excerpt). We see here how the LORD carried out the full meaning of mishpatim above. He enforces justice and right, especially for those who are vulnerable. This is not about the world abusing His people, but about His people abusing their vulnerable brethren, and thereby profaning the (*aleph-tav/Alpha and Omega) name of the LORD.

     The LORD's prophet to the northern kingdom of Israel, Amos, also spoke of the Mishpatim judgments and ordinances of the LORD against those who harm the vulnerable: "...they abhor the one who speaks uprightly...you tread down the poor...afflicting the just and taking bribes; diverting the poor from justice at the gate....Seek good and not evil, that you may live...Establish justice at the gate. It may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph." (Amos 5:10-15, excerpt).

     The Mishpatim Sabbath reading selection which covers Ex. 21 through Ex. 24 follows the giving of the Ten Commandments in Ex. 20. All of the specific ordinances that follow stem from those Ten Commandments, and those Ten Commandments and all of the Law and the prophets stem from two commandments. When Jesus' knowledge of the Law was tested by a lawyer among the Sadducees and the Pharisees who asked Him what the greatest commandment was: "Jesus said to him, 'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets." (Mt. 22:34-40, also Deut. 6:5, Lev. 19:18). All of the law encompasses these two truths.

     While the readings for this Mishpatim Sabbath involve specifics of the Law (of Moses), this Sabbath is also significant because it is the Sabbath of the new moon, Rosh Chodesh, signifying the beginning of a new month. This coming new month will include the observance of Purim, when the plan to destroy the Jews of Persia was exposed and destroyed (see the justice, avenging and deliverance meaning of the word Mishpatim above) as told in the Book of Esther. This special Sabbath also includes some supernatural events and prophecies as part of the assigned reading that takes the precepts of the Law to the next level.

     Isaiah 66 from this Mishpatim Sabbath portion is read for this Rosh Chodesh, the new moon of the new month. While specific days are set aside for observance, like the Sabbath and each Rosh Chodesh , the LORD promises to use those days to expand the knowledge of Him throughout all of the earth, including the creation of new heavens and a new earth: "For as the new heavens and the new earth which I shall make shall remain before Me,' says the LORD, 'So shall your descendants and your name remain. And it shall come to pass that from one New Moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, all flesh shall come to worship before Me,' says the LORD." (Isa. 66:22-23). The Sabbath is the first day of the new week, and the appearance of the new moon occurs on the first day of the new month. Both the Sabbath and the new moon are "new beginnings" that the LORD will expand and extend to their ultimate creative meaning: new heavens, new earth, new but perpetually continuing worship by all flesh. How have such powerfully meaningful occasions to both God and man been reduced to empty religious practices?

     Isaiah also wrote the word of the LORD regarding the empty observances and sinful ways of God's people: "Bring no more futile sacrifices; incense is an abomination to Me. The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies - I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting. Your New Moons and your appointed feasts My soul hates; They are trouble to Me, I am weary of bearing them...Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil, learn to do good; Seek justice, rebuke the oppressor; defend the fatherless, plead for the widow." (Isa. 1:13-17, excerpt). Thye LORD wasn't looking for empty rituals from empty hearts, but He was looking for what they truly represent: mishpatim judgments.

     Those who observe the Sabbaths and the Feasts must understand and enter into the eternal, the creative, power and presence of the LORD in them. If we choose to ignore their true meanings, then the LORD says to us as He said to His people in Isaiah above, "Don't bother!" And their true meanings, according to Isaiah, above, are wrapped up in Mishpatim judgments - the kind of Mishpatim judgments and ordinances exhibited by Jesus as He inhabited the Feasts, and fulfilled the Feasts, including the Sabbath. He is the substance of them. (Col. 2:16-17). If scripture tells us that we dwell together with and within Messiah/Christ (Col. 2:6-7, 9-10), and He revealed that He is Lord of the Sabbath (see Mt. 12:7-8, Mk. 2:27-28, Lk. 6:5), then we must understand the measurement of eternity and the Kingdom of God that the Sabbath and the new moon represent as Isaiah revealed above. Jesus also said: "For indeed, the Kingdom of God is within you." (Lk. 17:20-21).

     Paul wrote the following to the church expounding upon the mishpatim judgments and ordinances of God: "Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful...Masters, give your bondservants what is just and fair, knowing also that you have a Master in heaven." (Col. 3:12-15). Paul also said: "I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak..." (Acts 20:35). 

     Paul, a master Torah scholar, knew that the mishpatim judgments and ordinances of God and Christ must also be reflected in the Church of believers.

     If you would like to learn more about the judgments of God, you can pray with me: "LORD of all, help me to understand and live the mishpatim judgments and ordinances of Your Word, which Jesus taught and fulfilled. Help me to understand the wonders and power built into Your Sabbath and new moons, and Your appointed Feasts. Forgive me when I limited their true meaning to a day of the week, or a custom or tradition. Forgive me when I created my own judgments and neglected to follow the Spirit and depth of Your judgments. I ask this in the name of Your Son, Jesus, Messiah/Christ. AMEN."

 *NOTE: aleph-tav written in Hebrew as אֶת, are the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet. The meaning of the two pictographic Hebrew letters can also be interpreted "Adonai (Lord) of the Cross/Covenant". In the New Testament, these letters are translated as Alpha and Omega written as ΑΩ , the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. These letters are those by which Jesus Christ identifies Himself in the Book of Revelation: see Rev. 1:8, Rev. 21:6, Rev. 22:13.

     

Walls

I was troubled thinking about the threatened survival of many churches, and the pastors who lead them. Then the thought was brought to me:

"If you're not thankful for what you have, you'll lose it."

 

Then I saw as thanks and appreciation were given, walls of protection began to be built around. Perhaps that's why it is stated that "in everything" we are to give thanks, and it is described as "the will of God".

The giving of thanks, appreciation, and gratitude are of great importance to God, and are repeatedly commanded to us in scripture. I'm sure it is not commanded for us to do for His benefit, but for ours.

Are we thankful for our children, even when the relationship gets difficult? Our parents? Our spouses? The place of provision, our employment, that has been appointed for us? Our churches? Our pastors? The stunningly blessed nation with which we have been entrusted?How would our lives be impacted if we were to suddenly lose these people and things? If we are not actively thankful, it could happen, it has happened.

When difficulties or disappointments come, isn't our first reaction to complain and fret? Don't we look for whom to blame? When we pray in these challenging moments, don't we pray for the other person, or the situation to be "changed"? "Please God, change my wife, my husband, and bring her/him to repentance." What if we build walls of thanksgiving around them instead, even when the situation has become difficult? Isn't it just at these times that those walls are most needed?
How did Paul build a protective wall around the churches in the foreign territories that he risked life and limb to establish?
"We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers...For what thanks can we render to God for you, for all the joy which we rejoice for your sake before our God, night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face and perfect what is lacking in your faith?"   1 Thess. 1:2, 3:9-10
"I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus..."  1 Cor. 1:4
"First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all,...that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers."  Rom. 1:8-9
"I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy..."   Phil. 1:3-4
"I thank my God, making mention of you always in my prayers..."  Philemon 1:4
Paul's thanks to God for these young churches and saints, who were always facing threats and dangers because of their faith in Christ, did not flow from their perfect state. For some of these churches, Paul goes on to give serious correction. Paul was surrounding these infant churches with the protective wall of thanksgiving.
In another part of scripture, on the occasion of a written decree of a powerful king ordering the persecution to death for the worship of God, Daniel continued kneeling before God three times a day in prayer and the giving of thanks, a practice that he had established since he was very young (Dan. 6:7-10). A wall of protection was established around him as he was sentenced to death in a den of lions. Not only was he spared, but the king reversed himself and ordered the worship of God in all his kingdom. "So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian."   Dan. 6:28
If I had been Daniel, no doubt I would have been praying to God according to the dire circumstances that had come upon me. However, Daniel had developed a habit, or way of life, that involved thanks to God "in everything". Daniel was saved by the walls of protection constructed in his thanksgiving to God.
We are instructed by scripture to enter God's courts and gates with thanksgiving and praise. Could that be because the walls around His courts and gates are constructed from thanksgiving and praise? As we become that same thanksgiving and praise, we are able to pass through them, and enter. Similarly, to enter the walls of the New Jerusalem, only those who bring their glory and honor, could do so (Rev. 21:24).
The walls that encircle the New Jerusalem coming down from heaven, derive from a root word that translates, "break forth, produce fruit from seed, to bear or bring forth, be born, be delivered, be in travail". These walls are so great, that it requires a twelve-layered foundation underneath it. Could it be that those mighty walls, garnished with precious jewels, were conceived in the seed of thanks? Jesus talks about a mighty work that was accomplished in thanks:

Out of ten Samaritan lepers that Jesus sent off to the priests, one returned to thank Him (Lk. 17:12-19). Jesus asked him, "But where are the nine?" ...And He said to him, "Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well."
Our thanks to God "in everything" is the ultimate expression of our faith. As the new year approaches, I have determined to make a new effort to develop the Daniel habit of giving God thanks "in everything". Out of the seed of this thanksgiving, I look forward to seeing the  fruit that will come forth, and the great protective walls that will rise up out of the ground.

Our Father constructs walls of protection from our thanksgiving.

Handwriting

Judah was carried into captivity by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, the most powerful king of his time. God exiled His people from the land in order to cleanse the land from the defilement of the shedding of innocent blood. Judah's king, Manasseh had defiled the land by worshipping false gods with the sacrifice of children in fire, even his own son. So the land would be cleansed with 70 years of Sabbath rest (2 Ki. 24:3-4, 2 Chron. 33:9-11, 36:20-21, Jer. 25:11-12).
The mighty king, Nebuchadnezzar, learned the hard way that the people of God had not been placed into his care for his abuse. This king addresses all people and generations in Daniel 4, telling his testimony of how the Hebrew God taught him humility. Immediately following this powerful, unprecedented testimony by one of history's greatest figures, we are given a very sobering account of Nebuchadnezzar's son in Dan. 5.
Nebuchadnezzar's son was named Belshazzar, and he was now king of Babylon. His name has a root meaning, "lord of the straitened's treasure". The "straitened" in this case, were the exiled people of God. Their treasure included the vessels of the Temple of Jerusalem that were captured along with them and brought to Babylon. The king's very name told him that these vessels (both human and worship utensils) were placed in his care.
This king held a great feast and invited a thousand of the elite of the land. Drinking was done, and in the middle of this great celebration the king decided to send for the golden vessels of the Temple of Jerusalem, and use them for drinking. As they drank from these holy vessels, they praised the gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone (Dan. 5:4, Rev. 9:20).
At this moment, the king saw a man's hand writing words on the wall by the candlestick. His countenance changed, and his body grew weak with fear. He could not understand the words written by the hand, so he called in all of the astrologers, wise men, and soothsayers who served him and offered a great reward, even a third of his kingdom, if they could interpret the words on the wall for him. None could interpret. His wife then reminded him of a man who had served his father, Nebuchadnezzar. She told him that this man, Daniel, a captive from Judah, was filled with the Spirit of the Holy God. The king sent for Daniel.
Daniel told the king that he would interpret the words on the wall. He began telling the king how God had exalted his father, Nebuchadnezzar, and when Nebuchadnezzar became hardened in pride, God humbled him. Daniel told this king that, unlike his father, he had not humbled himself:
"But you, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, although you knew all this. And you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven...the God who holds your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not glorified." (v. 22-23)
Daniel told the king that God sent the hand to write on the wall:

MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN

 

The interpretation word by word means "God has numbered your kingdom and finished it; you have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting; your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and the Persians." (v. 26-28)

The king knew he had received the correct interpretation, even though Babylon's great wall was believed to be unbreachable by enemies. He rewarded Daniel as he had promised.

That very night Babylon fell, and the king was killed.



We should never forget the lesson of Belshazzar, neither as a nation, nor as individuals. The Father has given the care of His people and His vessels of honor into the hands of the governing leaders of this nation, into the hands of the spiritual leaders, and into each one of our hands. When we exalt ourselves in pride, and knowingly defile these precious things for our profane use, or for the praise of men, God will humble us. This is a very serious time for our nation at this time. We are being weighed in the balances.

Our Father is not mocked (Gal. 6:7, Job 12:4).


" Humble Thyself in the Sight of the LORD"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU8MAQKSbEI

"Bow Down"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ii6a5PW04w

Light

During this season of Hanukkah and Christmas, we express a spiritual truth using lights. Hanukah is called the Feast of Lights, or the Feast of Dedication, and a menorah is lighted each night for eight nights, to celebrate the fact that the LORD extended the oil needed to keep the Lamp of the Temple lit beyond the one-day supply of oil that was on hand. As that Feast is observed today, the menorah is placed in a window, so the light of it can be seen by others.
The command of the LORD to Moses generations before regarding that Lamp in the Holy Place was that its lights should remain lighted continually:
"And you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to burn (ascend) continually...Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening until morning before the LORD. It shall be a statute forever to their generations on behalf of the children of Israel."   Ex. 27:20-21
Our celebration of Christmas, the birth of our Savior and Messiah, Jesus, is also filled with lights. We cover our homes, trees, bushes, and anything that stands still long enough, with lights.
The quality and power of light cannot be separated from God:
"This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all."     1 Jn. 1:5
It is His first act of creation in Gen. 1. The darkness that had entombed the earth, before the command of light was given, was total, and so deep and thick, it was like the darkness at the bottom of a pit, or an abyss. The light of God, contained in the power of His word, broke through the darkness, and light and dark were separated, even severed. When He spoke "light", it was not just natural light. By meaning of the word, "or", it is the light of day, the light of a lamp, the light of life, the light of prosperity, the light of instruction, the light of a face. In this case, the light of the face of God.
The importance of the light of God is revealed in His word:
"For You are my lamp, O LORD; The LORD shall enlighten my darkness."    2 Sam. 22:29
The light of the LORD is His quality of righteousness and salvation:
"For Zion's sake I will not hold My peace, and for Jerusalem's sake, I will not rest, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burns."
                                                                                                              Isa. 62:1
The Biblical prophecies of the birth of Jesus, and the description of His purpose and power, are very much tied into the lamp, and light of His Father:
"...By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them a light has shined."    Isa. 9:2, Mt. 4:15-16, Lk. 1:79, Lk. 2:32
The light of a star gave revelation of Him, and showed the way to His presence in the manger, the place where God touched the earth in the form of a baby. (Num. 24:17, Mt. 2:2).
The light quality of Jesus' life was told in John:
"In Him was life, and the light was the life of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend (seize, overcome, overtake) it...That was the true light, which gives light to every man coming into the world."   Jn. 1:4,5,9
Jesus identifies Himself as the Light:
"...I am the light of the world. He who follows Me, shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life...As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."   Jn. 8:12, 9:5.
However, He didn't come to keep the light of God to Himself only, but to manifest it through men. He redefined those who would follow Him, and revealed to them God's great purpose in them:
"You are the light of the world. A  city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden...Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father in heaven."
                                                                                          Mt. 5:14, 16
Apostle Paul tells us this same thing beautifully:
"For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not of us."    2 Cor. 4:6-7
During this time in which we live, it seems that darkness is raising its prideful head as never before in the earth. More than ever, the light of the promise of our Christmas Savior, and the lamp of Hanukkah, need to shine forth to dispel that darkness. It shines forth through us, by the Living Word, and Spirit in us. Out of the thick darkness, the voices are crying out. If we stop and listen, we can hear them around us. It is the light of God through Christ in us that pushes back that darkness. We should not be fooled, frightened, nor overcome by the darkness. Even more so, we should SHINE!
"Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the LORD has risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people; But the LORD will arise over you, and His glory will be seen upon you. The nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising."       Isa. 60:1-3
Hallelujah! Merry Christmas, and Happy Hanukkah.

Our Father shines His saving, glory light through us.


"Mary, Did You Know?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifCWN5pJGIE

"Light A Candle"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K2ocj4BvUQ

"Go Light Your World"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsM5lt9tCFo

Body

In the Book of Hebrews, a verse describes Jesus' entry into the world:
"Therefore, when He came into the world, He said:
"Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me. In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure. Then I said, "Behold, I have come-
In the volume of the book it is written of Me-
To do Your will, O God."
                                                           Heb. 10:5-7
In the above verse, the word "prepared" means to be fit, sound, complete, to mend what has been broken or rent, to repair, to equip, put in order, arrange, to perfect The root word it comes from contains a prefix that denotes motion or diffusion or direction from the higher to the lower. God Himself, prepared this body above, and Jesus brought it downward to the earth below when He came.This definition can very well describe the Body of Christ made up of His believers, as well. I would like to suggest that it IS the same-that the body that the Father prepared for His Son, as He entered the world was also a physical, fleshly body that includes us. I think there is only one body that pertains to Christ. The scriptures also say this:
"For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit, we were baptized into one body...For in fact, the body is not one member, but many."        
"But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased."
"Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually."
                                                                       1 Cor. 12:12-14, 18, 27
These verses, and the verse from Heb. 10 above, tells us that God prepared the body as He pleased for His Son.
In Ephesians, we are described in the following manner:
"...the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him, who fills all in all."
"There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling."
"For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones."
                                                                       Eph. 1:22-23, 4:4, 5:30
The last verse above, tells us that we are not just His spiritual body, but we were incorporated into His actual physical body, even, as stated in the Heb. 10 verse, a body prepared and fitted together before Jesus entered the physical earth. When Jesus ministered in the earth, He wore us. When He was tried and suffered, He wore us ("...inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's suffering" and "...the fellowship of His sufferings"). When He was crucified, He wore us ("I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me;..." and "...made conformable unto His death..."). When He was buried and He rose from the dead, He wore us ("buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him...") . When Jesus ascended to His Father after His resurrection, we ascended with Him ("...I am ascending to My Father, and your Father, and to My God and your God..." and "...when He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive and gave gifts unto men"). When He was seated at His Father's right hand in the heavenly places, we were seated with Him (...and made us sit together in the heavenly places with Christ Jesus.").
Jesus said to His disciples, "And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they shall hear My voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd." Jn. 10:16.
Jesus didn't say that He will have other sheep, but He says, "I have", in the present tense.
As Jesus described our then presence with Him to His disciples of that day, He said "them also I must bring...". The word bring used here means: to lead, take with one, lay hold of and this way to bring to a point of destination, lead by accompanying to a place, attach to one's self as an attendant.
Isn't it interesting that the word bring means to physically attach someone to you in order to lead them to where they have to go? And Jesus described us in this manner to His disciples of that day.
In the above verse, Jesus also says "..other sheep I have...". The word have used here means: to have (hold) in the hand, in the sense of wearing, used of those joined to any one by the bonds of natural blood or marriage, to adhere or cling to, to hold one's self to a thing, to be closely joined to a person. Again He uses a term of physical connection, even "wearing". And of course, there is the having through marriage, interestingly included in this word meaning.
Even as Adam described the woman as being of his flesh and bone, so we are described as being flesh and bone of and from Jesus in the above verse, Eph. 5:50. The Hebrew phrase "flesh and bone", originally used as Adam's description of the woman in Gen. 2:23 means:
"bone" (atsam)- vast, numerous, mighty
"flesh" (basar)-bear tidings, publish, preach, gladden with good news, announce salvation as good news.
The very word "body" in the Greek of the New Testament is the word soma, which comes from the root word sozo, which means "to save, to rescue from destruction."
I saw an amazing thing in the Spirit. The Father took me to Isa. 6:1, where Isaiah tells of his vision of the LORd (Adonai). He describes the Lord as sitting on a throne, high and lifted up. The train (hem of His garment, of a high priest's robe) of His robe filled the temple.What I saw was the LORd, from far above and slightly behind, walking down the center aisle of a huge Temple, or cathedral. He wore a very long train that ran all the way down the long aisle behind Him. It was white, like a bridal train, that was attached at the back and top of the LORd's shoulders. As I zoomed in closer, I saw that this white train was really made up of people wearing white. I could see their heads. Many, many people made up this living train of His robe.
He was wearing us. We were physically attached, or joined, to Him as His train in the above vision.
We cannot be separated from Christ, because we are part of His Body, fitted to Him by His Father. Where He goes, we go (Rev. 14:4). What He speaks, we speak. We are not us, we are Him.

Our Father has prepared a Body.

"I See the Lord"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebzoET4XIj8