Parsha Vayeshev - And he dwelt
B’reshit 37:1- 40:23
Haftorah
Amos 2:6-3:-8, Z’kharaYah 3:1-4:7, Acts 7:9-16
Updated November 2018
Daniel ben Ya'acov IsraelUpdated November 2018
Before we start let us pray! --
Heavenly Father we humbly come before thee through our
master יהושע Messiah for we know that you alone are the teacher of your
people, asking you to open our mind and to help our infirmity to understand.
Our mind has been moulded by the world's teaching; help us to renew our mind
with the entrance of your word for it is written that the entrance of your
words brings light. Mercy full Father opens our mind to thee and gives us eyes
to see what you have hid behind the letter for those who seek thee. We thank
you for it and bless your Qadosh Name.
Amein!
One more time, are we going to scrutinize the Torah to
found out what Elohim has kept secret
for those who love him. The Sod or “mystery” of Torah is not to be seen in the
plain text, the p'shat (literal). The
revelation is found in Messiah יהושע who is
the “goal of the Torah” (Rom.10:4).
The Hebrew interpretation called “Pardes” is based on unchangeable rules, in that one level of
interpretation cannot change the P’shat
(literal) meaning in order to explain something. Yoseph
has been always looked at, as a perfect young boy loved by his father Ya’acov. In the Torah in the P’shat (literal) level, it is hard to
understand why Yoseph had to be send
twenty years in Egypt, even if Yoseph
himself at the end says that it was Elohim’s
will. ..
We have seen in others “Parsha” that the plain text many times doesn’t reveal the full
meaning. We have to dig in the “sod”
in order to see the beauty and depth of the revelation. The explanation of the statement that his
father loved him more than any of his other brethren is found in Messiah who
was to become the suffering servant also called “יהושע ben Yoseph”.
Gen 37:5 and Yosĕph dreamed a dream, and told it to his
brothers. So they hated him even more. Gen 37:6 and he said to them, “Please
listen to this dream which I have dreamed: Gen
37:7 “See, we were binding sheaves in the midst of the field, and see, my
sheaf rose up and also stood up. And see, your sheaves stood all around and
bowed down to my sheaf.” Gen 37:8 and his brothers said to him,
“Shall you indeed reign over us? Shall you indeed rule over us?” So they hated
him even more for his dreams and for his words. Gen
37:9 and he dreamed still another
dream and related it to his brothers, and said, “See, I have dreamed
another dream, and see, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars bowed down to
me.”
Joh
17:26 “And I
have made Your Name known to them, and shall make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me might
be in them, and I in them. ………
Verse
3 we read that Y’acov
made Yoseph a coat of many colours!
This statement is not there by accident. First of all to understand we should see what
was the intention of the many colours;
so we read concerning Tamar, daughter
of King David:
2Sa 13:18
and she (Tamar) had a garment of divers
colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters that were
virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after
her.
2Sa 13:19 and Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment
of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on
crying. ................
Kingly garment not only for daughters but also for
sons!
We should give their roles to the patriarchs in the “sod” to understand what יהוה want us
to see. Ya’acov is now as father a
type of Elohim. Yoseph is the types of Messiah who will be perfected through
suffering but also suffer on account of his brethren but let us compare:
Heb 5:8
Though he (יהושע) were a Son, yet learned
he obedience by the things which he suffered; ----- Heb 5:9
and being made perfect, he became
the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him..............
Some will be amazed that יהושע had to learn obedience and made
perfect in order to become the author of eternal salvation! It is a slap to all those who claim יהושע to be "G-d in the
flesh". Ya’acov (Elohim) made Yoseph (Messiah יהושע) a coat of many colours. If we
look in the Hebrew word we will have a help to understand the meaning of the
word. Colour: Strong’s # H6446 פּס Pas written peh,
samech From H6461;
properly the palm (of the hand) or sole (of the foot), (compare H6447); by
implication (plural) a long and sleeved tunic (perhaps
simply a wide one; from the original sense of the root, that is, of many
breadths): - (divers) colours......
We don’t have so much information as just the literal
meaning. The root of the word will help us:
----- H 6461 פּסס pâsas paw-sas' A
primitive root; probably to disperse,
that is, (intransitively) disappear:
- cease. .... The
root of the word “colour” means: to disperse, disappear, even “cease”!.....
Have you now found the link to the coat of many
colours? No! Let us see further who is Yoseph, is he not the father of Manasseh and Ephraim and their descendants, also called the “House of Israel” or “Ephraim”? Is not the “House of Israel” who has been scattered,
dispersed, cease to be called “my people”, among the nations? Can you see now the many colours? Intermingled
with the nations around them, the many colours are a picture of the nation’s mixing!
Hos 7:8 “Ephrayim
mixes himself among the people, Ephrayim has become a cake unturned. In fact the roots of the words “colours”
show us that the colours represent the disperse descendants of Yoseph mixed like the colour of his robe.
Eze
36:19 “And I
scattered them among the gentiles (Goyim), and they were dispersed throughout the lands. I have judged them
according to their ways and their deeds. Joh 7:35 The Yehuḏim, therefore, said
to themselves, “Where is He about to go that we shall not find Him? Is He about
to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks,
and to teach the Greeks?
We see even more when יהושע made this
statement:
Mat
15:24 and He
answering, said, “I was not sent except to the
lost sheep of the house of Yisra’ĕl.” (Descendants from Yoseph)
Hos
1:4 and YHWH
said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house
of Jehu, and will cause to cease the
kingdom of the house of Israel........
.Yoseph
had inherit some character marks from his Father’s Ya’acov and tried to get favour at any price. Elohim will have to send him to Mitzrayim
for twenty years in order to make him the vessel he wants him to be; to
separate the godly seed from the carnal nature.
Is not twenty year a symbol of
two thousand years of יהושע among Yoseph's children called
Ephraim or the House of Israel among the nations (Egypt)?
Gen
37:1 and
Yaʽaqoḇ dwelt in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Kenaʽan.
Ya'acov
returns to the land of his father Itzak seventeen years before his death
(Albert Barnes)
Gen 37:2 This is the genealogy of Yaʽaqoḇ. Yosĕph, being
seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. And the young man
was with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Yosĕph brought an evil report of them to his father.
Barnes gives us following commentary: --- Joseph
is the favourite of his father, but not of his brethren. “In the land of his
father’s sojourning” This contrasts Jacob with Esau, who removed to Mount Seir.
This notice precedes the phrase, “These are the generations.” The corresponding
sentence in the case of Isaac is placed at the end of the preceding section of
the narrative Gen_25:11.
“The son of seventeen years;” in his seventeenth year Gen_37:32. “The sons of Bilhah
and Zilpah” The sons of the
handmaids were nearer his own age, and perhaps more tolerant of the favourite
than the sons of Leah the free wife.
Benjamin at this time was about four years of age. “An evil report of them.”
The unsophisticated child of home is prompt in the disapproval of evil, and
frank in the avowal (acknowledgement) of his feelings. What the evil was we are
not informed; but Jacob’s full-grown sons were now far from the paternal eye,
and prone, as it seems, to give way to temptation. Many scandals come out to
view in the chosen family. “Loved Joseph.” He was the son of his best-loved
wife, and of his old age; as Benjamin had not yet come into much notice.......
Gen 37:3 and Yisra’ĕl loved Yosĕph more than all his children,
because he was the
son of his old age.
And he made him a long robe. Gen 37:4 But when his brothers saw that
their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated
him and were
not able to speak peaceably to him.
Ya'acov
rebuke Yospeh after the second dream,
but the book of Yasher give us the
reason why he did rebuked him although he knew that the dreams were of Elohim:
41:15. and his father
heard the words of Joseph and his dream, and seeing that his brethren hated
Joseph on account of this matter, Jacob therefore rebuked Joseph before his brethren on account of this thing,
saying, What meaneth this dream which thou hast
dreamed, and this magnifying
thyself before thy brethren who
are older than thou art? 16. Dost thou imagine in thy heart that I and
thy mother and thy eleven brethren will come
and bow down to thee, that thou speakest these things?
The repetition of dream are to confirm יהוה' nature of dream. The
two dreams have separated time frame. The first will happen when Yoseph (Messiah) brethren will meet him
again two times in Mitzrayim (Egypt). Both
are a shadow of Messiah’s coming first and second dream are prophetic for the
last days: The first dream is that his
brethren do not like that Yoseph
(Messiah) will reign and that they will bow down to him
Gen
50:18 and his
brothers also went and fell down before his face, and they said, “See, we are your servants.”
Joh
7:1 and after
this יהושע was walking in Galil, for He did
not wish to walk in Yehuḏah, because the
Yehudim (יהושע’s brethren) were seeking to kill Him.
Php
2:8 and
having been found in fashion as a man, He
humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, death even of a stake. Php
2:9 Elohim, therefore, has highly
exalted Him and given Him the Name which is above every name,
The second dream show the position Messiah will have
at the Second Advent, reflected in Yoseph’s
life.
Psa 2:12 Kiss the Son, lest He be enraged, and you perish in
the way, for soon His wrath is to be kindled. Blessed are all those taking
refuge in Him.
Php 2:10 that at the Name of יהושע every knee
should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the
earth,
Php 2:11 and every tongue should confess that יהושע Messiah is Master, to the glory of Elohim the Father.
Does not the verse 10 show us that even Yoseph’s father Ya’acov was angry with him, as he asked Yoseph if he and his mother would also bow to him? The question may be asked, but if we look in
the “sod” we will see the answer. Yoseph, the type of Messiah will be the “saviour “, of his family:
Gen
45:5 “And
now, do not be grieved nor displeased with yourselves because you sold me here,
for Elohim sent me before you to preserve life. Gen 45:6
“For two years now the scarcity of food has been in the land, and there are
still five years in which there is neither ploughing nor harvesting. Gen 45:7 “And Elohim sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to
give life to you by a great escape. Gen 45:8 “So then, you did not send me here, but Elohim. And He has set me for a
father to Pharaoh, and master of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Mitsrayim.
Ya’acov’s
descendants are called “the House of
Ya’acov” which includes the twelve tribes. יהושע who
is the fulfilment of יהוה’s revelation in Yoseph’s
life, is said to reign over the house of Ya’acov
forever:
Luk
1:33 “And He (יהושע) shall reign over the house of Yaʽaqoḇ forever, and there
shall be no end to His reign.”
Gen 37:10 and he related it to his father and his brothers. And
his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have
dreamed? Shall we, your mother and I and
your brothers, indeed come to bow down to the earth before you?” Gen
37:11 and his brothers envied him,
but his father guarded the word.
Mat
27:18 for he (יהושע) knew that because of envy they had delivered Him up.
Gen 37:18 and they saw him from a distance, and before he came
near them, they plotted against him, to kill him. Gen 37:19 and they said to each
other, “See, this master of dreams is coming! Gen 37:20 “Now, then, come and let us now kill him
and throw him into some pit, and shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’
Let us then see what comes of his dreams!”
17. and
his brethren were jealous of him on account of his words and dreams, and they continued
to hate him, and Jacob reserved the
dreams in his heart. We
have a similar situation with Myriam (Maria)
יהושע' mother:
Luk 2:9
and, lo, the messenger of YHWH came upon them, and the glory of YHWH shone
round about them: and they were sore afraid. Luk
2:10 and
the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of
great joy, which shall be to all people.
Luk 2:11 for unto you is born this day in the city of David a
Saviour, which is the Messiah the Sovereign……………………………
Luk 2:15
and it came to pass, as the messengers were gone away from them into heaven,
the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see
this thing which is come to pass, which YHWH hath made known unto us. Luk 2:16 and
they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a
manger. Luk
2:17 and when
they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them
concerning this child (verses 10-11).
Luk 2:18 and all they that heard it wondered at those things
which were told them by the shepherds. Luk 2:19 but Mary,
(Myriam) kept all these things and pondered them in her heart. Luk 2:20 and
the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising YHWH for all the things that
they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them...................
Myriam
kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart because the men were
confirming what the messenger Gabriel the messenger of יהוה had told her. Like Ya'acov
she kept all saying in her heart, because time will disclose the saying in the
appointed season.
Verse 13 Ya’acov
is called “Israel”. The meaning is found
in the spiritual. Every time Ya’acov
is called Israel, it refers to the man “above” the
spiritual man. When the Tanahk refers
to Ya’acov it refers to him as the
“carnal” man. they took him, and threw
him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
Gen 37:14 and he said to him, “Please go and see if it is well
with your brothers and well with the sheep, and bring back word to me.” So he
sent him out of the Valley
of Ḥeḇron, and he went
to Sheḵem.Yoseph met a man.
Who is this man?
Who is this man?
Yehudah took a Canaanite woman for wife Shuha (verse 3). Tamar been raised in
the family of her father Elam son of
Shem, knew how to behave to raise seed to the first dead husband. She was
from the lineage of Abraham. Gen24:2 and
Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he
had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
We find an interesting parable from Yeshua in the book
of Mattityahu:
Matt.21:33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder,
which planted a vineyard, and hedged
it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out
to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
34 And when the time of the fruit drew
near, he sent his servants to the
husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
38 But when the husbandmen saw the son,
they said among themselves, This is the
heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
41 They say unto him, He will miserably
destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen,
which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
●Hatred brings somebody out of יהוה’s will. Remember what Cain did
to his brother Abel:
Gen
4:5 but He
did not look to Qayin and his offering. And Qayin was very wroth, and his face
fell. Gen 4:8 And Qayin told Heḇel his brother. And it came to be when they
were in the field, that Qayin rose up against Heḇel his brother and killed
him. .........
Here Yoseph's
brothers threw him in a pit, here a euphemism for death in the grave!
Psa 30:3
O YHWH, thou hast brought up my soul
from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit…….
Psa 30:9
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit (the
place of the wicked)? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy
truth?
Thus pointing to יהושע' death first, before going to the
world (Egypt)
among Yoseph's descendants, Ephraim, the House of Israel. We will see how Yoseph will go to Egypt,
the place of idolatry like our forefathers (Ephraim)
have been scattered among the nations of the world, modern Egypt........
Gen
37:21 But Re’uḇĕn heard and rescued him
from their hands, and said, “Let us not take his life.” .........
●Reuben was the first born and tried to use his
authority to rescue Yoseph in vain.......
Gen
37:22 And Re’uḇĕn said to them,
“Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit
which is in the wilderness, and do not lay a hand on him” – in order to rescue
him out of their hands, and bring him back to his father. Gen 37:23 so it came to be, when Yosĕph had come to his brothers,
that they stripped Yosĕph of his robe, the long robe which was on him. Gen 37:24 and they took him and threw
him into a pit. And the pit was empty,
there was no water in it.
“They threw him into a pit
……. And there was no water in it” Look
and compare the empty pit:
Luk 23:53
and he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that
was hewn in stone, wherein never man before (empty) was laid........
Here the pit is a picture of the place of eternal
punishment where sinners are to be thrown and “no water in it” is to be without
Torah to rescue!
Psa 30:3 יהוה, you brought me up from the grave;
You have kept me alive, from going down into
the pit. Psa
30:9 “What
gain is there in my blood, when I go down to
the pit? Would dust praise You? Would it declare your truth?
Psa 55:23 for You, O Elohim, do bring them down To the pit of destruction; Men of blood and deceit do not reach
half their days; But I, I trust in you.
Jer 18:20 should good be repaid with evil? For they have dug a pit for my life (to
kill me). Remember that I stood before You to speak good for them, and to turn
away your wrath from them. Jer 2:13 “For My people have done two evils: they have
forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters1, to hew out for themselves cisterns, cracked cisterns, which do not hold water. ……..
Isa 12:3 and you shall draw water with joy from the
fountains of salvation. Albert Barnes
gives following explanation concerning the pit:
Rev 9:1
and the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth:
and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. And to him was given the key of the
bottomless pit - Of the under-world, considered particularly of the abode of the wicked. This is
represented often as a dark prison-house, enclosed with walls, and accessible
by gates or doors. These gates or doors are fastened, so that none of the
inmates can come out, and the key is in the hand of the keeper or guardian. In Rev_1:18 it is said that the keys of that world are in the
hand of the Saviour (compare the notes on that passage); here it is said that
for a time, and for a temporary purpose, they are committed to another. The word “pit” - φρέαρ phrear - denotes properly a well, or a pit for water dug in the earth; and
then any pit, cave, abyss. The
reference here is doubtless to the nether world, considered as the abode of the
wicked dead, the prison-house of the guilty.
You may say, but Brother Daniel why then was Yoseph
thrown in a pit reserved for the wicked, was he not beloved of Ya'acov? Yes it's true, but we must see
more and look at יהושע what do the scriptures say concerning him?.........
Isa
53:8 He was
taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for
he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. Isa
53:9 and he made his grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was
any deceit in his mouth…………..Isa 53:12
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the
spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors..............
The righteous for the sinners! But יהוה will not let Yoseph
in the pit but send him to Egypt which
foreshows the world today in all its immoral way of life...............
Gen 37:25 and they sat down to eat a meal. And they lifted
their eyes and looked and saw a company of Yishmaʽĕlites, coming from Gilʽaḏ
with their camels, bearing spices, and balm, and myrrh, and going to take them
down to Mitsrayim. Gen 37:26 and
Yehuḏah said to his brothers, “What would we gain if we kill our brother and
conceal his blood? Gen 37:27 “Come
and let us sell him to the Yishmaʽĕlites,
and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our flesh.” And his
brothers listened.
Gen
37:28 and men,
Miḏyanite traders passed by, so
they pulled Yosĕph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Yishmaʽĕlites for twenty pieces of silver. And they
took Yosĕph to Mitsrayim. ........
The
Ishmaelites are the descendants of Abraham through Hagar. In the Torah there is no coincidence. Let us look what is
the link between the Ishmaelites and Yoseph. Today the descendants of the Ishmaelites are the Arabs. not the Muslim, because many nations have turned to the
Muslim belief and are not Arabs, like the Pakistanis, the Egyptians,
Palestinians, Indonesians and many others. The true descendants from Abraham
through Hagar are the Saudis, the
inhabitants from Saudis Arabia...........
Now
where is the link with Yoseph?
Verse 31
we read: “they took Yoseph’s robe” It
was not possible for the Ishmaelites
to recognize the son from Ya’acov, he
wasn’t wearing his coat of many colours......
Today the Arabs (Ishmaelites)
do not recognize “Jesus” because he
has not his coat of many colours as it was also tradition among them! “Jesus” does not walk in the Torah of
Abraham, Itzahk and Ya’acov his forefathers, therefore Arabs
are confused and cannot accept this “Jesus”. יהושעis
mentioned in the Koran Surate 111:55 as the prophet!
Moderate Muslims acknowledge יהושע as a prophet send by Elohim,
even is they are blind to his Messiah ship. Can you see the confusion brought
by the Roman Catholics? Will there be some coming back to the true faith found
in יהושע? Future will tell us, for there is no salvation found in any
other names, but the name יהושע (Acts 4:12). We read
also from Ishmaelites and the Medianites, we are not to mix them, the
last are also descendants of Abraham but through his last wife Keturah who bear Midian (b'reshit 25:1-2)...
The coat of many colours has different meanings. Beside
been the gift from Ya’acov to His
beloved son Yoseph, it is also a
garment bearing many symbols......
Jamieson,
Fausset and Brown gives following details: ---- made him a coat of many colours — formed in those early days by sewing together
patches of coloured cloth, and considered
a dress of distinction (Jdg_5:30;
2Sa_13:18).
The passion for various colours still reigns among the Arabs and other people
of the East, who are fond of dressing their children in this gaudy attire. But
since the art of interweaving various patterns was introduced, “the coats of colours”
are different now from what they seem to have been in patriarchal times, and
bear a close resemblance to the varieties of tartan...........
Barnes gives us also details concerning the price paid
for Yoseph:
Lev
27:4-7 ----- The
relative values of the persons appear to be regulated according to an estimate
of the probable value of their future work:
Ages
|
Male
|
Female
|
From a month to five years of age
|
5 shekels
|
3 shekels
|
From five years to twenty of age
|
20
shekels
|
10 shekels
|
From forty years to sixty of age
|
50 shekels
|
30 shekels
|
Sixty years of age and older:
|
15 shekels
|
10 shekels
|
It is also the price given by Moshe for a child under Twenty years of age, Yoseph was seventeen year old:
Lev 27:5
and if it be from five years old even
unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten
shekels.
Gen 37:29 and Re’uḇĕn
returned to the pit, and see, Yosĕph
was not in the pit. And he tore his garments. Gen
37:30 and he returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is gone! And I,
where am I to go?” ..........
The reason why Yoseph
was sold while Reuben was absent can
be explained by the fact that Reuben
was the First born and thus had the
authority of decision, he didn't agree with his brother's plan so that they by
passed him.......
Gen 37:31 So they took
Yosĕph’s robe, killed a male goat, and dipped the robe in the blood, .......
Verse 31 “they took Yoseph’s robe … and dipped the robe in the blood”. This is a euphemism of the death of יהושע.To take the robe is also to take away his father’s given authority. When יהושע came in the fourth Millennium, the majority of the Yehudin who were in Yerushlayim, didn’t accepted him to be the Messiah. After some years at the end of the first century, the majority forgot about the event and turned back to their traditions as it is today for almost all "jews" who try to establish their own righteousness by the Oral Torah. They forgot like Ya’acov children forgot Yoseph for twenty years, until Elohim brought him back before them in Mitzrayim (Egypt). After a while they turned to their daily occupations not knowing that יהוה was watching about Yoseph to bring the fulfilment of His will. This is a very strong parable because today the "Jews" for the greatest part of them have not recognized יהושע to be Messiah. The name "Jesus" is now also in Israel replaced with the true Name of Messiah יהושע but the veil is still upon their heart. We will see in the coming parsha that it will be Benjamin who will first recognize Yoseph in Egypt. Benjamites have been assimilated to the House of Yehuda after the split of the two Kingdoms after Shalomo's reign and thus are today also called "Jews". Could it be that those “Jews” having already recognized and accepted יהושע are from Benjamin? Do you know why, I am saying this? The answer is in the coming parasha...............
Verse 31 “they took Yoseph’s robe … and dipped the robe in the blood”. This is a euphemism of the death of יהושע.To take the robe is also to take away his father’s given authority. When יהושע came in the fourth Millennium, the majority of the Yehudin who were in Yerushlayim, didn’t accepted him to be the Messiah. After some years at the end of the first century, the majority forgot about the event and turned back to their traditions as it is today for almost all "jews" who try to establish their own righteousness by the Oral Torah. They forgot like Ya’acov children forgot Yoseph for twenty years, until Elohim brought him back before them in Mitzrayim (Egypt). After a while they turned to their daily occupations not knowing that יהוה was watching about Yoseph to bring the fulfilment of His will. This is a very strong parable because today the "Jews" for the greatest part of them have not recognized יהושע to be Messiah. The name "Jesus" is now also in Israel replaced with the true Name of Messiah יהושע but the veil is still upon their heart. We will see in the coming parsha that it will be Benjamin who will first recognize Yoseph in Egypt. Benjamites have been assimilated to the House of Yehuda after the split of the two Kingdoms after Shalomo's reign and thus are today also called "Jews". Could it be that those “Jews” having already recognized and accepted יהושע are from Benjamin? Do you know why, I am saying this? The answer is in the coming parasha...............
Gen
37:36 and the
Miḏanites had sold him in Mitsrayim to Potiphar,
an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard. ...........Potiphar — This name, Potiphar, signifies one “devoted to the sun,” the local deity
of On or Heliopolis,
a circumstance which fixes the place of his residence in the Delta, the
district of Egypt bordering
on Canaan (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown
commentary).
It is known that Egyptians like many nations and
ethnic groups all around the world (Aztecs in South America, Mayas) and others
groups in Asia were and for many still are
today sun worshipers. The Midianites were also related to Ya’acov’s
sons they were descendants from Midian
a son of Abraham from his second wife
keturah whom he married after Sarah’s death:
The midianites
didn’t receive any part of the inheritance from Itzahk, this is very interesting:
Gen 25:1 and Aḇraham took another wife, whose name was
Qeturah.
Gen
25:2 And she
bore him Zimran, and Yoqshan, and Meḏan, and Miḏian, and Yishbaq, and Shuwaḥ.
The midianites
didn’t receive any part of the inheritance from Itzahk, this is very interesting: --- Gen 25:5 Now Aḇraham gave all that he had to Yitsḥaq, Gen 25:6 but to the sons of the concubines whom Aḇraham had, Aḇraham gave
gifts while he was still living, and sent them away from his son Yitsḥaq,
eastward, to the land of the east. ....
The Midianites
were also descendants from Abraham we
will find them later under the leadership of Yethro, Moshe’s father in
law. They also were not able to recognize Yoseph
as the son of Ya’acov, because he
didn’t had his coat of many colours. Today confusion is in the world because
many people cannot recognize “Jesus” just
because he doesn’t has “the coat of many colours”. There are many people who
claim to believe “G-d” following the tradition of men and not the truth for we
know that the truth is the Torah (Psalm 119:142)
Yoseph
will go through the process of refining through the trials of life. This is the
same process which יהושעwill undergo יהוהwas watching upon him to make him come out like
refined gold, pure vessels useful for the Master. Even יהושעwas made perfect through suffering. Sorry for those
who think he is יהוהElohim the Eternal One, because יהוהhas no needs to be made perfect:
Heb 2:10 for it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their
salvation perfect through sufferings. Heb 5:8 though he was a Son, yet learned
he obedience by the things which he suffered;
Heb 5:9 and being
made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them
that obey him;
Luk 13:32 And He said to them, “Go, say to that fox, ‘See, I
cast out demons and perform healings today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.’
The Greek word “perfected”
is Strong’s # G5048 teleioō From G5046; to complete, that is, (literally) accomplish,
or (figuratively) consummate (in character): - consecrate, finish, fulfil, (make) perfect.
Abram
was also to be perfect before Elohim:
Gen 17:1 and it came to be when Aḇram was ninety-nine years
old, that יהוה appeared to
Aḇram and said to him, “I am Ěl Shaddai – walk before Me and be perfect……
The Hebrew word used here is Strong’s H8549 תּמים tâmîym taw-meem' written Tav, meme, yod, mem (final)... From
H8552; entire (literally, figuratively or morally);
also (as noun) integrity, truth: - without blemish, complete,
full, perfect, sincerely (-ity), sound, without
spot, undefiled, upright (-ly), whole.
We see that both words are related in their use........
Don't be surprise because it is also a
command to all of us!
Mat 5:48 be ye
therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect............
Chapter 38: ---- “Yehudah left his brethren”. ...........The
story of Yehudah and Tamar is quite
interesting. First of all the terms “Yehudah
left his brethren” shows that he went his own way, to marry a Canaanite woman, which his fathers have always avoid
to do. The particularity in the story is the faithfulness of Tamar who will
trick Yehudah in order to have
descendants. Yehudah having promised
to give her his last son Shelah after
Er and Onan had be killed by Elohim
because of their wickedness. The name “Tamar” in Hebrew means: --- Strong’s # H8559 תּמר tâmâr
written Tav,mem, resh. taw-mawr'. The same as H8558; Tamar,
the name of three women and a place: - Tamar.
H 8558 tâmâr
taw-mawr' from an unused root meaning to be erect; a palm tree: - palm (tree).............
We can read about palm tree:
Psa 92:12 the righteous
one flourishes like a palm tree (tamar),
He grows like a cedar in Leḇanon. Son
7:7 this stature of yours compares to a palm tree, and your breasts to
clusters...........
Palm trees are a euphemism for righteous people, cedar
have a double meaning: majesty but also many times pride depending on context.
Tamar although a Canaanite, was a righteous woman! This is quite interesting as
we can see today that many coming from other nations join themselves to Israel and
accept the Torah as part of their life.
Gen 38:26 And
Yehuḏah examined and said, “She has been more righteous than I, because I did
not give her to Shĕlah my son.” And he
never knew her again...
Gen 38:26 and Yehuḏah examined and said, “She has been more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shĕlah my son.” And he never knew her again. Gen 38:27 and it came to be, at the time for giving birth that see twins were in her womb.
Gen 38:26 and Yehuḏah examined and said, “She has been more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shĕlah my son.” And he never knew her again. Gen 38:27 and it came to be, at the time for giving birth that see twins were in her womb.
The children of Judah’s wife ….Er: Strong’s #H6147 ער ‛êr ayr From H5782; watchful; Er, the name of two Israelites: - Er Onan: trong’s #H209 אונן 'ônân o-nawn' A variation of H207; strong; Onan, a son of
Judah: - Onan. Remember that Tamar means “Palm tree” a
euphemism for righteous people (Psalm 92:12) Shela: Strong’s# H7956 שׁלה shêlâh shay-law' The same as H7596 (shortened); request; Shelah, the name of a postdiluvian patriarch
and of an Israelite: - Shelah. H7596: sheh-ay-law', From H7592; a petition; by implication a loan: - loan, petition, request. Tamar
(the Palm tree) was “righteous” watchful
in her way strong in her
challenges, waiting for the request or
petition, loan!
Who was Tamar to act this way that Yehudah
say: “She has been more
righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shĕlah my son.”?.....
Gen 24:3 and
I will make thee swear by YHWH, the Elohim of heaven, and the Elohim of the
earth, that thou shalt not take a wife
unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: Gen 24:4 but thou shalt go unto my
country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. Gen 15:18 In the same day YHWH made a covenant with
Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt
unto the great river, the river Euphrates: Gen 15:19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and
the Kadmonites, Gen 15:20 and the Hittites*, and the
Perizzites, and the Rephaims, Gen 15:21 and the Amorites*, and the Canaanites*, and the Girgashites*,
and the Jebusites*. *Direct descendants from Canaan one
of Noach son who has been cursed (b’reshit
9:25)…..
Judah disobey
(sin) by breaking the commands that was respected by Abraham Itzahk, and Ya’acov. Lookig
in Tamar’s life we see that out of
her womb will come David and later
from this lineage our Master Yehoshua, who
died for our past sins. YHWH destroyed the seed of Yehudah with the Canaanite woman (Er and Onan), the last one Shelah …..
Gen 38:28 and it came to be, when she was giving birth, that the
one put out his hand. And the midwife took a scarlet thread and bound it on his
hand, saying, “This one came out first.”
Gen 38:29 and it came to be, as he drew back his hand that see, his brother came out! And she
said, “How did you break through? This breach be upon you!” So his name was called Perets. Gen 38:30 and afterward his brother came
out who had the scarlet thread on his hand. So his name was called Zeraḥ. …….
The
birth of Perets, also written “Pharez” is quite interesting and we find
him again in another book: --- Rth
4:12 “And let your house be like the house of Perets, whom Tamar bore
to Yehuḏah, of the seed which יהוה does give
you from this young woman.” Rth 4:18 and this is the genealogy of Perets (Pharez): Perets brought forth
Ḥetsron. Rth 4:19 and
Ḥetsron brought forth Ram, and Ram brought forth Amminaḏaḇ. Rth 4:20 and Amminaḏaḇ
brought forth Naḥshon, and Naḥshon brought forth Salmon. Rth
4:21 and Salmon brought forth Boʽaz, and Boʽaz brought forth
Oḇĕḏ. Rth 4:22 and Oḇĕḏ brought forth Yishai (Jesse), and Yishai brought forth Dawiḏ. ....
And
we all know that יהושעcame from the seed of David!
This is amazing to see how יהוה brought the
“Just One” יהושעwho was to be the Messiah,
the Saviour of the World! Just read this: --- 2Ti 2:20 But in a large house there are not only
vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some unto value and some
unto no value.
2Ti 2:21 If, then, anyone cleanses himself from these matters, he shall be a vessel unto
value, having been set apart, of good use to the Master, having been prepared
for every good work. ......
Tamar was this vessel, she has been prepared through
the life’s trials, losing two husbands because of their wickedness, she
remained faithful and became the vessel that will carry the seed of David
ancestor, Pharez / Perets.......
Perets:
Strong's #H6556 פּרץ perets peh'-rets......From H6555; a break
(literally or figuratively): - breach, breaking
forth (in), X forth, gap...............
The second born of the twin Zarah means “rising of light” in Hebrew and represent the “sun” =
“first born” = Israel.
Read:
Albert Barnes gives interesting information concerning
Judah's age of marriage: ---- Tamar bears Perez and Zerah to Judah. After
three months her pregnancy was manifest. “Let her be burnt.” It is manifest Judah had the
power to execute this punishment. The life of the widow of his son was in his
hands. Stoning was the mode of punishment by the law of Moses Deu_22:20-24; burning, only in aggravated cases Lev_20:14; Lev_21:9.
He is a severe judge in a case where he is equally criminal. “She hath been
more righteous than I. Tamar was less culpable in this matter than Judah. For he
was moved by lust to commit fornication, and was the indirect occasion of
Tamar’s conduct by withholding Selah. But Tamar, though wronged, was not free
from blame in her mode of righting herself. The youthful indiscretion of Judah
in forming intermarriage with a Canaanitish family (Suhah), without the
concurrence of his brothers or his father, has been fruitful of crime. If this
immorality goes on, the chosen family will be speedily absorbed in the
surrounding paganism. Hence, we begin to see the necessity of an immediate
removal to another land, where they may be kept more distinct from the native
superstition. By the disclosure of Tamar Judah is brought to acknowledgment of
his fault, and, we may infer, to repentance. His abstaining from all further
sexual intercourse with her may be accepted as a proof of this. “A scarlet
thread.” The right of primogeniture here manifests its importance. “Perez” - a
breach. Slight incidents become the foundation of names, and are often the
hinges on which great events turn. The minutes circumstances connected with the
progenitors of the promised seed have a lasting interest. Judah was at the close of his twenty-ninth
year when Perez and Zerah were born. The dates in his family history may be
arranged as underneath, on the supposition that the first child was born when
the father was in his fourteenth year. This hypothesis is fairly allowable when
we take into consideration not only other cases, but the early willfulness of Judah, and the
example he gave to his children. The command also to be fruitful and multiply Gen_35:11, which was given especially to Jacob, may have had a
tendency to encourage early marriages. It is certain that the Jewish rabbis
considered a man to have transgressed a divine precept who passed the age of
twenty without being married. They also fixed the marriageable age for males at
thirteen years and a day. King Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah when he was not
more than twelve 2Ki_16:2;
2Ki_18:2;
and King Josiah the father of Jehoiakim, when fourteen years of age 2Ki_22:1; 2Ki_23:36. Judah 13 years 6 months when Er was born. Judah 14 years 4 12 months when Onan was
born. Judah 15 years 3 months when
Shelah was born. Judah 28 years 9 months
when Perez was born. Judah 42 years 3
months when Hezron was born to Perez. Judah
43 years 2 months when Hamul was born.
.......
Exo
4:22 “And you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus said יהוה, “Yisra’ĕl is My son, My first-born,
The lineage is determine by man and not by woman has
it is taught sometime nowadays by the rabbis. Women are vessel to carry the
seed and bring it to maturity until birth.
Another explanation to this chapter is to be found in
the “sod” Yehudah represent the
“House of Yehudah” the southern
kingdom and Tamar who was disguised as a harlot, represent the “House of Israel” in its whoredom. Yehudah
(Judah) got wicked children (verse 7,9 Er
and Onan) marrying a Canaanite woman.
Once Yehuda’s wife died verse 12 and Yehudah went for a prostitute (Tamar
e.g. “Palm tree”) she was more righteous than Yehuda verse 26. Yehudah
today walk in the Torah after the letter, but righteousness come from keeping
the commandments (Tamar followed Elam’s
teaching) through Messiah יהושעour
Master.......
Chapter 39: ----
Do you
think יהוה will afflict people who abuse or mistreat you? Yes he
will, do not take the matter in your hands, let Elohim avenge you (Rom.12:19).
Meanwhile Yoseph has been
taken to Potiphar, Paraoh’s officer.
We can ask ourselves why we had Tamar's chapter between the moment Yospeh was sold to the Midianites and the time he came to Potiphar.
Life goes
on Yoseph is no more there with his
father Ya'acov, Yehudah who incited his brethren to sell Yoseph left his brethren to go his own way. Nevertheless יהוה watch over His plan. Nothing can bring any change in
it. By reading the book of Yasher, we
see that it was Elohim’s will for Yoseph to go to Mitzrayim.....Elohim is
glorified through Yoseph’s life
shining in the middle of idolatry. This is a picture of יהושע and his Talmidin (disciples). יהושע says: “you’re the light of the world”. In spite of all
injustice, Yospeh remains faithful to
his call. Read:
---- 1Pe
2:21 for to this you were called,
because Messiah also suffered for us, leaving
us an example, that you should follow His steps,
This is a question we should ask ourselves: Am I
giving my best to walk in יהושע's steps, or am I going my own way? This we should do as a kind
of check up every day before we go to
sleep in order to correct our own weakness by repentance and prayer.
1Pe 2:22 “who committed no si (never transgressed the Torah1 nor was
deceit found in His mouth,” 1Pe 2:23 who, being reviled, did not revile in return; suffering, did not
threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;
.......
You
can see how this statement from Kefa
feeds also with Yoseph’s life. How is
it with us today, how do we react when people threat us unjustly, do we take
the matter in our own hands or rather do we entrust ourselves in יהוה? Do we accept our suffering when abused by other; do we avoid
sin by following יהושע Messiah our Master?
There are two opportunities when HaSatan
will try to destroy a person:
●
When a person is successful HaSatan
will try to bring pride in his life and thus make him fall
●
When somebody is “down” through the pressure of life (read verses 5-7).HaSatan comes here in the form of Potiphar’s wife to tempt Yoseph.
HaSatan is also called the
“tempter”. Each of us will be tempted in one or another way. For some it will
be with sexual temptation, or with money, when we don’t have or if we have too
much of it. Doubt is also one of HaSatan
trick to bring pressure in our life. We will see in another Parsha how it is with the children of
Israel in the wilderness..........
Mat 4:3
and when the tempter came to him (יהושע), he said, If thou be the Son of
Elohim, command that these stones be made bread......
Yoseph has been raised by the
patriarch Ya’acov who himself has to
overcome his own carnal nature in order to become the vessel יהוה wanted him to be. Yospeh
will in his turn resist temptation and overcome before been raised to the
higher position on earth, a picture of Messiah at his return......
Mat 4:3
and when the tempter came to him (יהושע), he said, If thou be the Son of Elohim, command that these
stones be made bread.........
Gen
39:1 and Yosĕph had
been taken down to Mitsrayim. And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of
the guard, a Mitsrite (Egyptian), bought him from the Yishmaʽĕlites who had
taken him down there. Gen 39:2 and it came to be that יהוה was with Yosĕph, and he became a prosperous man,
and was in the house of his master the Mitsrite. Gen 39:3 and his master saw that יהוה was with him* and that יהוה made all he did to prosper in his
hand. Gen 39:4 so Yosĕph found favour in his
eyes, and served him, and he appointed him over his house, and gave into his
hand all that he had. Gen 39:5 and it came to be, from the time
that he appointed him over his house and all that he had, that יהוה blessed the Mitsrite’s house for Yosĕph’s sake*. And the blessing of יהוה was on all that he had in the
house and in the field. Gen 39:6 and he left in Yosĕph’s hand all
that he had, and he did not know what he had except for the bread which he ate.
And Yosĕph was handsome in form and appearance. Gen 39:7 and after these events it came
to be that his master’s wife lifted up her eyes to Yosĕph and said, “Lie with
me.”
What did Laban say
to Ya’acov?
Gen 30:27 and Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I
have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that YHWH
hath blessed me for thy sake (Ya’acov).
What did YHWH told Ya’acov?
Gen 26:24 and YHWH appeared unto him the same night,
and said, I am the Elohim of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee,
and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake. ………….
·
On whose behalf are we blessed?
·
Eph 1:3 Blessed be the Elohim and Father of our Master Yehoshua
the Messiah, who hath blessed us with
all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in the
Messiah:
Not because of our own righteousness have we been
bless, rather on the righteousness imparted to us in Messiah Yehoshua!
1Co 1:30 but of him are ye in the Messiah Yehoshua,
who of YHWH is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification,
and redemption: ……………
Gen 39:8 but he refused and said to his
master’s wife, “Look, my master does not know what is with me in the house, and
he has given into my hand all that he has...
Gen 39:23 The prison warden did not look into any point that was under Yosĕph’s hand, because יהוה was with him. And whatever he did, יהוה made it prosper.
Gen 39:23 The prison warden did not look into any point that was under Yosĕph’s hand, because יהוה was with him. And whatever he did, יהוה made it prosper.
Temptation
will come. For a man it may be like as it was for Yoseph, but there are many others temptations. The only way to
escape is to look at יהוה and trust
יהושע (the Word) to help us to overcome. Yoseph
is now in the prison. Remember Yoseph
is a type of Messiah and we should try
to read the “parsha” always with this
in mind, in order to see what is behind the letter. Here we have two men, servant of Pharaoh in
prison with Yoseph. The wine is a
euphemism for Israel.
Read:
Jer 2:21 “Yet I had planted you a choice vine, all of it a true seed. How then have you turned
before Me into the degenerate plant of a strange vine?
Psa
80:8 You
brought a vine out of Mitsrayim; You
drove out the nations, and planted it.......
Verses
10-12 compare with: ---- Rev 14:17 and another messenger came out of the Dwelling Place which is in the
heaven, and he too held a sharp sickle. Rev
14:18 and another messenger came out from the altar, having authority over
the fire, and he cried with a loud cry to him having the sharp sickle, saying,
“Send your sharp sickle and gather the
clusters of the vine of the earth, because her grapes are ripe.” Rev
14:19 and the messenger thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it
into the great winepress of the wrath of Elohim. Rev
14:20 and the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood came out of
the winepress, up to the bridles of the horses, for about three hundred
kilometres.
Try to make a relation knowing that the butler is a
servant and Pharaoh was called “god on earth”.
Verse 13
“within three days”. At the beginning of the third day, Messiah will come back, is there any relation between this event
and the coming back of יהושע in the “sod”? The chief butler had a wine before him.
The wine is a picture of Israel
has we have seen. And the branches budded and brought ripe grapes? Verse 11:
“and I took the grapes and pressed them into Paraoh’s cup and gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand. Compare with Yochanan's vision in the book of Revelation: Rev 14:18 and another
messenger came out from the altar, having authority over the fire, and he cried
with a loud cry to him having the sharp sickle, saying, “Send your sharp sickle
and gather the clusters of the vine of
the earth, because her grapes are ripe.” Rev
14:19 and the messenger thrust his
sickle into the earth and gathered the
vine of the earth, and threw it into
the great winepress of the wrath of Elohim.
Rev
14:20 and the
winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up
to the bridles of the horses, for about three hundred kilometres.
For the backer there are also three days and it looks
that the backer represent the symbolic winepress
used for people to receive their punishment? Three days this represent the Two
days of Messiah, two thousands years and the Millennium reign of Messiah, one
thousand year. The P’shat (literal) level reveals the account and deliverance of Yoseph. The dreams were there to be used
later by Elohim in order to elevate
him at Pharaoh’s right hand. We could also see a picture of יהושע who rules יהוה’s kingdom on earth on the third
day. For the chief baker the dream is
more concealed, he carry the basket on his head as it was the custom at this
time, and he says that the birds "The
birds ate them out of the basket on my head.” (verse 17).In the scriptures
when not mentioned birds represent
evils spirits or demons. Instead of Pharaoh taking the bread or bake meats from
the basket, the birds stole they and
Pharaoh hang the baker!!!!! May יהוה help us to understand? A comparison can be made between this portion
from Yoseph been in prison and the
death of Messiah. Yehoshua was surrounded by two men on the
stake, the one looked unto him asking to remember him and was to go with him to
Paradise, the other one was killed
without repentance thus like the baker in Yoseph
story was executed without mercy! (Matt.23:32-43). Yehoshua will come back on the third day some will raise for
everlasting life, other for everlasting condemnation!
Gen 40:1
and after these events it came to be that the cupbearer and the baker of the sovereign of Mitsrayim
sinned against their master, the sovereign of Mitsrayim....
Haftorah - See Chart "Lineage of Judah at the End of the Parsha
The prophet Amos which means “burdensome” in Hebrew wrote this message in 787BCE. And proclaim
the punishment of the “House of Israel”, Ephraim who has gone after whoring and
has turned away from the Torah: “selling
the righteous for silver”, “the poor
for a pair of sandals”, “turn aside
the way of the meek”, “ a man and his
father go in to the same girl” they
go to their mighty ones (verse8)......
יהוה plead
with the “House of Israel” and foretell them that he will say what he will do
by the mouth of His prophets, even if
they don’t want to hear them.
Is this warning already fulfilled? Have we all heard the call of the prophets? Have we turned from our crocked ways? Do you think that today calamity, death,
wars, famine come just so by coincidence, or is it יהוה fulfilling all his words upon the all world? The transgressions of Israel have
become witness against them, יהוה begin with remembering what he has done for them, and after
that start to quote all their wickedness why he sent the prophet Amos to them. Amo
2:6 Thus said יהוה, “For three
transgressions of Yisra’ĕl, and for four, I do not turn it back, because they
sell the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of sandals, Amo 2:7 who crush the head of the poor ones in the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the meek. And a man and his father go in to the same girl,
to defile My set-apart Name. Amo 2:8 “And they lie
down by every altar on garments taken in pledge, and in the house of their
mighty one they drink the wine of those who have been fined. Amo 2:9 “Yet I destroyed the Amorite
before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars. And he was as
strong as the oaks, yet I destroyed his fruit from above and his roots from
beneath. Amo 2:10 “And I brought you up from the
land of Mitsrayim, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess
the land of the Amorite. Amo 2:11 “And I raised up some of your sons
as prophets, and some of your young men as Nazirites. Not so? O you children of
Yisra’ĕl?” declares יהוה. Amo 2:12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and commanded the prophets saying,
‘Do not prophesy!’ Amo 2:13 “See, I am weighed down by you, as a wagon is weighed down when filled
with sheaves. Amo 2:14 “And a place to flee shall perish from the
swift, and the strong not strengthen his power, and the mighty not save his
life, Amo 2:15 and he who handles
the bow not stand, and the swift of foot not save, nor he who rides a horse
save his life, Amo 2:16 and the bravest
among the mighty flee naked, in that day,” declares יהוה. Amo 3:1 Hear this word that יהוה has spoken against you, O children of Yisra’ĕl, against
the entire clan which I brought up from the land of Mitsrayim, saying, Amo 3:2 “You alone have I known of all the clans of the earth, therefore I
punish you for all your crookednesses.” Amo 3:3 Would two walk together, without
having met (agree)?
Do you remember that the Children of Israel agreed at
Mount Sinai to do all what יהוה will tell them to do? Exo 19:8 and all the
people answered together, and said, All
that YHWH hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people
unto YHWH.
Amo 3:4 Does a lion roar in the forest,
when he has no prey? Does a young lion give forth his voice out of his den
unless he has caught? Amo 3:5 Does a bird fall into a snare on
the earth, where there is no trap for it? Does a snare spring up from the
earth, if it has not captured prey? Amo 3:6 If a ram’s horn is blown in a
city, do the people not tremble? If there is calamity in a city, shall not יהוה have done it? Amo 3:7 for the Master יהוה does no matter unless He reveals His secret to His
servants the prophets. Amo 3:8 a lion has roared! Who is not
afraid? The Master יהוה has spoken! Who would not
prophesy?
The
high Priest here is a picture of Messiah
who was loaded with our sins and the “branch” verse 8 is the Hebrew word “Tzemach” another name for “Messiah”. Yehoshusa’s sons defiled themselves with Babylonians women chapter
6:1-7,
We see HaSatan
trying to accuse the High Priest Yehoshua,
but יהוה rebuke
HaSatan and commanded His messenger
to remove the filthy garments which represent the works of unrighteousness. יהוה had
proclaimed that the captivity in Babylon will less seventy years, after that he
will bring them back. יהוה is
proclaiming that he will remove the guilt of the land in one day in the future
verse 9……….“Under the wine and the fig tree”.
The wine is a euphemism for Israel, The fig tree a euphemism for the Torah,
The
figs representing the fruits of the Torah.
Read: Jdg
9:10 “Then
the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come, reign over us!’ (Is it not a euphemism for the Torah,) Jdg
9:11 “And the fig tree said to
them, ‘Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to sway over
trees?’ (and the Torah said …..) Pro
27:18 He who tends the fig tree eats its fruit; And
he who guards his master is esteemed.(are not the fruits good works?) Do
you remember יהושע' parable concerning the fig tree?
Mat 21:17 and
he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany (House of the afflicted);
and he lodged there. Mat 21:18 Now in the morning as he returned into the
city, he hungered. Mat 21:19 and
when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon,
but leaves only (no fruit), and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the
fig tree withered away. Mat 21:20 and when the
disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered
away! Mat
21:21 Yehoshua
answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith,
and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but
also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into
the sea; it shall be done.
The sod
reveals what is not seen in the literal text: Bethany is also the place where later יהושע raise his friend Lazarus (Eliezer) from the grave. Bethany was very close to Jerusalem, also a city of Judah. Fig tree is also say to represent
Judaism tradition (Halacha) so we can
see that the tree bearing no more figs can be interpreted as having no more
fruits according to the traditions of man!
Hos 9:10 “I found Yisra’ĕl like grapes in the wilderness. I
saw your fathers as the first-fruits on the fig tree in its beginning. They
themselves have gone to Baʽal Peʽor, and separated themselves to shame, and
became as abominable as that which they loved Joe 1:7 It has laid waste My vine (Israel) and splintered My fig tree
(Torah). It has made it entirely bare and cast it away, its branches became
white (no fruit). Hab
3:17 Though the fig tree does not blossom, And there is no
fruit on the vine, The yield of the olive has failed, And the fields brought
forth no food, The flock has been cut off from the fold, And there is no herd
in the stalls (the fig trees is Israel and do not blossom because they have no
fruit). Mat 21:19 and seeing a single fig tree by the way, He came to it and found naught on it but leaves, and said to it, “Let no fruit
grow on you ever again.” And immediately the
fig tree withered.
Luk 13:6 and He spoke this parable, “A certain man had a fig
tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. Luk 13:7
“And he said to the gardener, ‘Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find
none. Cut it down, why
does it even make the ground useless?’ Joh
1:48
Nethanĕ’l said to Him, “From where do You know me?” יהושע answered
and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” (What was Nethanael doing
under the fig tree?) Jas
3:12 My
brothers, is a fig tree able to bear
olives, or a grapevine figs? So neither is a fountain able to make salt and sweet water. Jas 3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show
by his good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom. ........In all
these verses we see an allegory to the Torah and the fruits of righteousness the
name “Zerub babel” means in Hebrew: “born
there”: “Babel or Babylon”!
Chapter 4:1-7
Yehoshua
the High Priest is accused by HaSatan.
The house of Yehudah was clothed with
filthy garments (false Torah behaviors) and the accuser HaSatan was there to accuse. יהוה proclaim by the mouth of the prophet that he will remove the
filthiness of the house and will send his servant the BRANCH (Tzemach) יהושע to remove the iniquity (transgression of the Torah) in one day!
Verse 10 is to be read with יהושע' statement to Nathanael in Yochanan 1:48…..Joh 1:48 Nathanael (El
has given) saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Yehoshua answered and said
unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when
thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
Zec 3:1 and he showed me Yehoshua the high priest standing
before the messenger of יהוה, and Satan standing at his right hand to be an
adversary to him. Zec 3:2 and יהוה said to Satan, “יהוה rebuke you, Satan! יהוה who has chosen Yerushalayim rebuke you! Is this not
a brand plucked from the fire?” Zec 3:3 and Yehoshua was dressed in filthy garments,
and was standing before the messenger. Zec 3:4 and He answered
and spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, “Remove the filthy garments from him.” And to him He said, “See, I have removed your guilt from you, and
shall put costly robes on you.” Zec 3:5 and I said, “Let
them put a clean turban on his head.” Then they put a clean turban on his head,
and they put garments on him. And the messenger of יהוה stood by. Zec 3:6 and the messenger
of יהוה witnessed to Yehoshua, saying, Zec 3:7 “Thus said יהוה of hosts, ‘If
you walk in My ways, and if you guard My duty, then you shall also rule My
house, and also guard My courts. And I shall give you access among these
standing here.
Zec 3:8 ‘Now listen, Yehoshua the high
priest, you and your companions who sit before you, for they are men of symbol.
For look, I am bringing forth My Servant – the Branch1. Footnote: 1Or
Sprout. See Isa. 4:2, Isa. 11:1, Jer. 23:5, Jer. 33:15, Zech. 6:12. Zec 3:9 ‘See the stone
which I have put before Yehoshua: on one stone are seven eyes. See, I am
engraving its inscription,’ declares יהוה of hosts,
‘and I shall remove the guilt of that land in one day. Zec 3:10 ‘In that day (at
that time),’ declares יהוה of hosts, ‘you shall invite one another, under the
vine and under the fig tree.’ ” Zec 4:1
and the messenger who was speaking to
me came back and woke me up as a man is awakened from sleep. Zec 4:2 and he said to me, “What do you see?” So I said, “I
have looked, and see: a lampstand all of gold with a bowl on top of it, and on
the stand seven lamps with seven spouts to the seven lamps. Zec 4:3 “And two olive trees are by it, one at the right of
the bowl and the other at its left.” Zec 4:4 Then I responded and spoke to the messenger who was
speaking to me, saying, “What are these, my master?”Zec 4:5
and the messenger who was speaking to me answered and said to me, “Do you not
know what these are?” And I said, “No, my master.” Zec 4:6
and he answered and said to me, “This is the word of יהוה to Zerubbaḇel, ‘Not by might nor
by power, but by My Spirit,’ said יהוה of hosts. Zec 4:7 ‘Who are you Great Mountain,
before Zerubbaḇel, a plain, and he shall bring forth the capstone with shouts
of “Favour, favour to it!” ’ ”
Act 7:9 “And the ancestors, becoming jealous, sold Yosĕph into Mitsrayim. But Elohim was with him, Act 7:10 and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and
gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh, sovereign of Mitsrayim. And he
appointed him governor over Mitsrayim and all his house. Act 7:11 “Then a scarcity of food and great distress came over
all the land of Mitsrayim and Kena‘an (Canaan), and our fathers found no food. Act 7:12 “But Yaʽaqoḇ heard that there was grain in
Mitsrayim, and he sent out our fathers the first time, Act 7:13 and at the second time Yosĕph was made known to his
brothers, and Yosĕph’s race became known to the Pharaoh. Act 7:14 “And Yosĕph sent and called his father Yaʽaqoḇ and
all his relatives to him, seventy-five people. Act 7:15 “And Yaʽaqoḇ went down to Mitsrayim, and died, he
and our fathers, Act 7:16 and they were brought over to Sheḵem and laid in the
tomb that Aḇraham bought for a price of silver from the sons of Ḥamor, the
father of Sheḵem.
