46Parashah Eikev-Because
D’varim 7 :12 - 11 :25,
YeshYahu 49:14-51:3,
Rom :8 :31-39
Daniel ben Ya’acov IsraelPortion Summary
The forty-sixth reading from the Torah and the third reading from the book of Deuteronomy is named Ekev(עקב), a word from the first verse of the portion. Deuteronomy 7:12 says, "Then it shall come about, because (ekev, עקב) you listen to these judgments and keep and do them, that the LORD your God will keep with you His covenant and His lovingkindness which He swore to your forefathers." Usually the word ekev means "heel." In fact, this word shares the same three-letter root as the name Jacob (Yaakov, יעקב), whose name actually means "heel." He was born holding on to Esau's heel. However, in Deuteronomy 7:12, the word ekev means "on the heels of" or "because of." This portion of Deuteronomy speaks of the rewards that will come to Israel on the heels of keeping God's covenant and commandments.
Portion Outline
- TORAH
- Deuteronomy 7:12 | Blessings for Obedience
- Deuteronomy 8:1 | A Warning Not to Forget God in Prosperity
- Deuteronomy 9:1 | The Consequences of Rebelling against God
- Deuteronomy 10:1 | The Second Pair of Tablets
- Deuteronomy 10:12 | The Essence of the Law
- Deuteronomy 11:1 | Rewards for Obedience
- PROPHETS
- Isaiah 49:8 | Zion's Children to Be Brought Home
- Isaiah 50:4 | The Servant's Humiliation and Vindication
- Isaiah 51:1 | Blessings in Store for God's People
Deu 7:12 “And it shall be, because (Ekeiv) you hear these right-rulings,
and shall guard (shamar)and do them, that יהוה
your Elohim shall guard (shamar) with you the
covenant and the kindness which He swore to your fathers,
We will start
our Midrash by scrutinizing some
words who will give us hints helping us to see behind the letter. May we also
be like the “Bereans” searching the
scriptures daily in order to rightly handle the Word of Truth!
Hear: Strong’s # H8085 שׁמע
shâma‛ shaw-mah',
....A primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with
implication of attention, obedience,
etc.; causatively to tell,
etc.): - X attentively, call (gather)
together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X
diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear (-ken, tell), X
indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient,
obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim (-ation), publish,
regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand,
whosoever [heareth], witness.
We remember
that the word “sh’ma” indicate to hear
with the purpose of doing. This is not the same meaning as we know today in
our modern language. “Sh’ma” has been
proclaimed by our Master יהושע to be the greatest
commandment. …To hear and to do will
cause Elohim to keep the covenant he
did with Abraham, Itzak and Ya’acov……
To hear his right-rulings……
Right-rulings: Strong’s # H4941 mishpâṭ mish-pawt'
From H8199;
properly a
verdict (favourable or unfavourable)
pronounced judicially, especially a sentence
or formal decree (human or (particularly) divine law, individual or collectively), including the act,
the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly justice, including a particular right, or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style: - + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime,
custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be
judged, judgment, just (-ice, -ly), (manner of) law (-ful), manner, measure,
(due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong......
H8199: shâphaṭ shaw-fat'
A primitive root; to judge, that is, pronounce sentence
(for or against); by implication to vindicate
or punish; by extension to govern; passively to litigate
(literally or figuratively): - + avenge,
X that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge (-ment), X
needs, plead, reason, rule..... ....
Today many believers have forgotten
the way of the Torah to follow after false teaching. In the first century, in יהושע’s
time, the Torah was predominant in people’s life. The Torah was spoiled by the “takanot and ma’asim” a list of
decrees and laws add by the Pharisee called by Sha’ul: Works of the Torah.(Gal.2:16).......
We can read what יהושע
told his talmidim (disciples):
John 14:15 “If
you love Me, you shall guard (keep/shamar)
My commands.
1Jn 5:2 by this we know that we love the children of Elohim, when we love
Elohim and guard (keep/shamar)His
commands.
1Jn 5:3 for this is the love for Elohim, that we guard (shamar) His
commands, and His commands are
not heavy
2Jn 1:6 and this
is the love, that we
walk according to His commands. This is the command, that as you have heard from the beginning, you
should walk in it.... ......
Was
it a “new teaching? Let us look:
Exo 20:6 but showing kindness to thousands, to those who love Me and guard (keep/shamar) My commands........
We cannot separate the Brit chadasha,“ falsely called New Testament” from the Tanak,“ falsely called Old Testament”
both work in perfect unity. We read in the Tanak
(Torah + Prophets + Writings), especially by the mouth of the prophets, from
many promises which have been and will be fulfilled in our time.
When reading the Brit
Chadasha we often forget to understand the context of the time. This period
was difficult for the people. Remember since the time of the Prophet Daniel, people have been in captivity in
Babylon, for
over 70years and came back under Ezra
and NehemiYahu.
Babylon brought a lot of pagan traditions (i.e. name for
the months which were not given by יהוה
in
the life of the exiled children of the
House of Yehuda, this was the beginning of the Talmudic development which is well established today among the “jews” called “Judaism” a man made religion
these laws now compiled in a book called Talmud.
At יהושע time, the takanot and ma’asim (Pharisee rules to keep the Torah, called by Sha’ul: “the works of the Torah”*) established by the Pharisee had put the people under
bondage. יהושע came to set people free and to bring them back to
the right ruling of the Torah.
Have you ever guessed about what יהושע
says
in the book of Yochanan:
John 8:32 and you shall know
the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
He was speaking to yehudin
(Jews) who believed in him (that He
came from Elohim). At this time people were under the oppression of the Pharisee and were scared to be thrown
out of the synagogues if it was known that they were following יהושע
Joh 9:22 His
parents said this because they were afraid of the Yehuḏim, for the Yehuḏim had already agreed that
if anyone confessed that He was Messiah, he should be put out of the
congregation.
יהושע came to set people free from the Pharisee doctrines with their ruling and
traditions of men. The truth is the Torah
(Psalm 119: 142, 151,160) *Avi ben Mordechai (millenium7000.com) wrote and
excellent book on Galatians, concerning “the
works of the Torah”. In his web site you will find some tapes to listen. A
must for all those who wish to get a better understanding, especially
concerning the writing from Sha’ul too
often misunderstood.
Deu
7:13 and יהוה shall love you
and bless you and increase you, and shall bless the fruit of your womb and the
fruit of your land, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of
your cattle and the offspring of your flock, in the land of which He swore to
your fathers to give you. ……..
And shall bless
you …..
The Hebrew word
for blessing informs the reader that יהוה
will
take care of him. This is the word:
Bless: Strong’s # H1288 bârak baw-rak'.............. A primitive
root; to
kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration),
and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason):
- X abundantly, X altogether, X at all,
blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down),
praise, salute, X still, thank...... יהוה
will
kneel
or come close to you. May be you know the expression used by some
gamblers (I had the baracca). This
comes from the Hebrew word: berâkâh ber-aw-kaw'
From H1288; benediction; by
implication prosperity: - blessing, liberal, pool, present...... The promised
blessing for keeping the mishpatim
was: increase
you, and shall bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land, your grain (harvest) and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your
cattle and the offspring of your
flock, in the land of which He swore to your fathers to give you.
Eight time
blessing if we count: Eight been the number for “behind the natural”, we can see that to obey יהוה
will
bring what is not possible by natural ways, in front of all people(i.e. pagans).
How it is
today? If we look at these promises, something has come across the life of the
people in order to change it all these promises. We all know that it is rebellion
against the Torah, which brought the change. The world today speaks of
starvation in many countries. The word “recession” is found in many news
papers. The report concerning harvest is catastrophic; the all world is under
the bondage of sin (rejection of the Torah 1st
Yochanan 3:4) by having transgressed the commandments.
יהושע came to bring us back to the torah, the truth and
by becoming obedient children we participate in the “tikkun” the restoration of all things.
Act 3:20 and
he shall send יהושע the Messiah,
which before was preached unto you: Act 3:21 whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things
(tikhun), which YHWH hath spoken by the mouth of all his
holy prophets since the world began.
“Tikhun”, the restoration of all things started right after
Adam failed.
Deu
7:14 “Blessed are you above
all peoples – there is not going to be a barren man or a barren woman among you or among your livestock.
Deu 7:15
“And יהוה shall turn away from you all sickness
and put on you none of the evil diseases of
Mitsrayim which you have known, but He shall put them on all those who hate
you.
יהוה shall take away from you all sickness……
Sickness: Strong’s # H 2483 chŏlîy khol-ee'...... From H2470;
malady, anxiety(that
is fear), calamity: - disease, grief, (is) sick (-ness).......
H2470 châlâh khaw-law'......A
primitive root (compare H2342, H2490); properly to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve,
make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat: - beseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved,
(be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, X pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick,
sore, be sorry, make suit (X
supplication), woman in travail, be (become) weak, be wounded........ Diseases
of Mitsrayim: Strong’s # H 4064 Madveh mad-veh'.......
From H1738; sickness: - disease........
H1738 dâvâh daw-vaw' A primitive root; to be
sick (as if in
menstruation): - infirmity.
We see the
difference between the words “sickness /
chŏlîy” and disease/ dâvâh. The first consist more on oppression
and the second on physical diseases.
Let us read some commentaries:
Albert Barnes: ---- There seems to be here not so much as a reference to the plagues
inflicted miraculously by God on Egypt (compare Exo_15:26),
as to the terrible diseases with which, above other countries, Egypt was infested. Compare Deu_28:27, Deu_28:35.
It is not without significance that Egypt,
which represents in Scripture the world as contrasted with the
Assembly, should thus above other lands lie under the power of disease and
death........
Jamieson,
Fausset and Brown:
the
evil diseases of Egypt — (See Exo_15:26). Besides those
with which Pharaoh and his subjects were visited, Egypt has always been dreadfully scourged with
diseases. The testimony of Moses is confirmed by the reports of many modern
writers, who tell us that, notwithstanding its equal temperature and sereneness
(calm, untroubled) , that country has
some indigenous maladies which are very malignant, such as ophthalmia
(inflammation of the eyes), dysentery (infection of the intestine), smallpox,
and the plague.
Many people
look today to doctors. Unfortunately many believers today turn to the power of
doctors. This is not what the Torah teaches us. The way to keep us far from
diseases is the Torah observance.
Pro 3:1 My son, do not forget my Torah, and let your heart watch over my commands;Pro 3:2 for length
of days and long life and peace they
add to you....
Mal 4:2 but unto you that fearH3373
my nameH8034 shall the SunH8121 of righteousnessH6666 ariseH2224
with healingH4832 in his wings;H3671
and ye shall go forth,H3318 and
grow upH6335 as calvesH5695 of the stall.H4770 .......
Healing: Strong’s # H4832 marpê' mar-pay'...... From
H7495;
properly curative, that is,
literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance,
or (abstractly) placidity: - ([in-])
cure (-able), healing (-lth), remedy, sound, wholesome, yielding.
H7495 râphâh' raw-faw'.
A primitive root; properly to mend
(by stitching), that is, (figuratively) to cure: - cure, (cause to) heal,
physician, repair, X thoroughly,
make whole. See H7503.
יהוה
רפה
(YHWH Rapha)............. Do you know that יהוה is also called YHWH Rapha?
יהושע (the Sun of righteousness) came to cure, heal,
people, and us from the disease of Mitzrayim.........
Question: Is it
bad to use herbal healing? No, I know many using herbal healing especially in
Asia, where I lived between 2005 and 2007 and go now from time to time as YHWH
make it possible. I have also make use of some “fever killer”. I realize that, יהושע paid the price to restore us and make us whole. Our
part is to walk in the Torah and ask
Abba יהוה to heal us.
Sha’ul /Paul
speak from one brother sick almost unto death:
Php 2:25 but
I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditos, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, and your
emissary and servant to my need, Php 2:26 since
he was longing for you all, and being troubled because you had heard that he was sick. Php 2:27 for indeed he was sick, near to death, but Elohim had compassion on
him, and not only on him
but on me as well, lest I should have sadness upon sadness.
Do not think
that you are in sin just because you fall under sickness....... We are living in a corrupted world lying in
wickedness. Today the world is making “remedy”
and “drugs” upon “drugs”, they look
more and more to “vaccines” in order as they say to “protect” population from sickness, diseases, and plagues (i.e.
swine flu). French government among other has spent in 2009 almost one
billion Euro that is today 1.4 billion of US dollars only for swine flu
vaccine! Every day the TV and radio “intoxicate”
people’s ears with warning concerning the danger of this swine flu plague.
They report around 300 people who died throughout the world on “swine flu”. Do you know that only in
France, every year around 6000 people
die on winter flu and nobody make mention of it!
What does the TaNak teaches to believers:
Deu
7:15 “And יהוה shall turn away from you all sickness and put on you none of the evil diseases of
Mitsrayim which you have known, but He shall put them on all those who hate
you. …..
What is our remedy?
Psa 91:1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High, Who abides under the shadow of the Almighty,
Psa 91:2
He is saying of יהוה, “My
refuge and my stronghold, My Elohim,
in whom I trust!” Psa 91:3 for He delivers you from the snare of a trapper, from
the destructive pestilence. Psa 91:4 He
covers you with His feathers, and under His wings you take refuge; His truth is a shield and armour. Psa 91:5 you
are not afraid of the dread by night, Of the arrow that flies by day,
Psa 91:6
Of the pestilence that walks in
darkness, Of destruction that ravages at midday. Psa 91:7 a thousand fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but
it does not come near you. Psa 91:8 only with your eyes you look on, and see the
reward of the wrong ones.
Psa 91:9 because
(kı̂y, here the reason) you have made יהוה – My refuge, the Most High – your
dwelling place, Psa 91:10 no
evil befalls you, and a
plague does not come near your tent; Psa 91:11 for He commands His messengers
concerning you, To guard (shamar) you in all
your ways. Psa 91:12 they bear you up in their hands, Lest you
dash your foot against a stone. Psa 91:13
you tread upon lion and cobra, Young lion
and serpent you trample under foot.
Psa 91:14 “Because
(kı̂y here the reason) he cleaves to Me in love, Therefore I deliver him; I set him on high, Because (kı̂y)
he
has known My Name. Psa 91:15 “When he calls on Me, I answer him; I am with him in distress; I deliver him and esteem him. Psa 91:16 “With long life I satisfy him, and show him My deliverance.”
kı̂y: roots of the word Eikv. The
cause of Elohim action, the same as
in our today’s parasha.
The Psalm 91 is
a psalm of promises against sickness, diseases, troubles in our life, I
encourage each of us to make this psalm our daily lecture and let these words
penetrate our innermost part of our soul. These are our remedy against plagues,
sickness and diseases. People do not understand that sin call for judgment and
plagues is a form of judgment coming upon people because of sin! We see it
again and again when we read the Torah;
but for those turning back to the Torah,
they make יהוה their refuge and put their
faith, their trust in Him for protection.
Deu 7:16 “And you shall consume all the peoples whom YHWH
your Elohim is delivering over to you – your eye shall not pardon them. and do not serve their
mighty ones (elohim), for that is a snare to you.
…….
Snare: Strong’s #4170 מוקשׁ môqêsh mo-kashe', From H3369; a noose
(for catching animals), (literally
or figuratively); by implication a hook
(for the nose): - be ensnared, gin, (is) snare (-d), trap…….
יהוה
knew
that if the children, of Israel keep contact with the people around them; they
will be entangled by their traditions, their false gods and false worship.
Don’t be surprised, even today you can go in some place to see how people are
entangled by the doctrine of men. They believe their worship is honoring “g-d”.
Have you ever been there among people worshiping during “Sun_day” thinking that
they worship the living “G-d” in spite of rejecting the truth proclaimed by יהושע? I was there and give thanks to יהוה
for
having taken me away from this place, unfortunately, every time I have the
opportunity I speak to them, very seldom, some listen! יהוה
knows!
Sha’ul speak to the
believers in Ephesus and explains that today our battle is no more Physical, the
enemy is the hidden one:
Eph 6:12 Because we do not
wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against authorities, against the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual
matters of wickedness in the heavenlies. ........
This verse from
Sha’ul is of importance, because it
explains what is going on in this world.
First of all we
can notice that Sha’ul doesn’t speak
of physical power “wrestle not against flesh and blood” but against other invisible
forces which are most powerful: ----- - Principalities: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown “The
principalities ... the powers” (Eph_1:21;
Col_1:16; see on Eph_3:10). The same grades of powers are
specified in the case of the demons here, as in that of angels
there (compare Rom_8:38; 1Co_15:24; Col_2:15).
The
Ephesians had practiced sorcery (Act_19:19
and this became known to all,
both Yehuḏim and Greeks dwelling in Ephesos. And fear fell on them all, and
the Name of the Master יהושע was made great
Act 19:18
many who had believed came confessing and declaring their deeds.
Act 19:19 and many
of those who had practiced magic brought their
books together, burning them before all. And they reckoned up the value of
them, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver, so that he appropriately treats of
evil spirits in addressing them. The more clearly any book of Scripture, as
this, treats of the economy of the kingdom of light, the more clearly does it
set forth the kingdom of darkness. Hence, nowhere does the satanic kingdom come
more clearly into view than in the Gospels which treat of Messiah, the true
Light.
Albert Barnes: ---- But against
principalities - There can be no doubt whatever that
the apostle alludes here to evil spirits.
Like good angels, they were regarded as divided
into ranks and orders, and were supposed to be under the control of one
mighty leader; see the notes on Eph_1:21.
It is probable that the allusion here is to the ranks and orders which they
sustained before their fall, something like which they may still retain. The word “principalities” refers to
principal rulers, or chieftains.....
Powers - Those who had power, or to whom the name of “powers” was given. Milton
represents Satan as addressing the fallen angels in similar language: ---- Jamieson, Fausset and Brown(For the sake of
accuracy I change the name and false English translation, like “church”, L-rd”,).....
rulers of the
darkness of this world — Greek, “age” or “course of the world.” But the oldest
manuscripts omit “of world.” Translate, “Against
the world rulers of this (present) darkness” (Eph_2:2;
Eph_5:8; Luk_22:53;
Col_1:13). On Satan and his demons being “world rulers,” compare Joh_12:31; Joh_14:30;
Joh_16:11; Luk_4:6;
2Co_4:4; 1Jo_5:19,
Greek, “lieth in the wicked
one.” Though they be “world rulers,” they
are not the ruler of the universe; and their usurped rule of the world is
soon to cease, when He shall “come whose right it is” (Eze_21:27). Two cases prove Satan not to be a
mere subjective fancy (delusion, idea, illusion): (1) Messiaht’s temptation;
(2) the entrance of demons into the swine (for these are incapable of such
fancies). Satan tries to parody, or imitate in a perverted way, God’s
working (2Co_11:13, 2Co_11:14). So when the Word became incarnate, Satan, by his demons, took forcible
possession of human bodies. Thus the demoniacally possessed were not
peculiarly wicked, but miserable, and so fit subjects for Yehoshua’s pity. Paul makes no mention of demoniacal
possession, so that in the time he wrote, it seems to have ceased; it
probably was restricted to the period of the Word’s incarnation, and of the
foundation of the Assembly.
Albert Barnes: ---- Against the rulers of the darkness of this world - The rulers that preside over the regions of ignorance and sin with which the earth abounds, compare notes on Eph_2:2. “Darkness”
is an emblem of ignorance, misery, and
sin; and no description could be more accurate than that of representing
these malignant spirits as ruling over a dark world. The earth - dark, and
wretched and ignorant, and sinful - is just such a dominion as they would
choose, or as they would cause; and the degradation and woe of the pagan world
are just such as foul and malignant spirits would delight in. It is a wide and
a powerful empire. It has been consolidated by ages. It is sustained by all the
authority of law; by all the omnipotence
of the perverted religious principle; by all the reverence for antiquity;
by all the power of selfish, corrupt,
and base passions. No empire has been so extended, or has continued so
long, as that empire of darkness; and nothing
on earth is so difficult to destroy..... Yet the apostle says that it was on that kingdom they were to make war.
Against that, the kingdom of the Redeemer was to be set up; and that was to be
overcome by the spiritual weapons which he specifies. When he speaks of the
Believers warfare here, he refers to the
contest with the powers of this dark kingdom. He regards each and every
Believer as a soldier to wage war on it in whatever way he could, and wherever
he could attack it. The contest therefore was not primarily with people, or
with the internal corrupt propensities of the soul; it was with this vast and dark kingdom that had been set up over
mankind. I do not regard this passage, therefore, as having a primary
reference to the struggle which a (Believer) maintains with his own corrupt
propensities (natural tendency or disposition). It is a warfare on a large
scale with the entire kingdom of
darkness over the world. Yet in maintaining the warfare, the struggle will
be with such portions of that kingdom as we come in contact with and will
actually relate:
(1)to our own sinful
propensities (disposition, faculty, ability) - which are a part of the
kingdom of darkness;
(2) with the evil passions of others - their pride, ambition, and spirit of
revenge - which are also a part of that kingdom;
(3) with the evil customs, laws,
opinions, employments, pleasures of the world - which are also a part of
that dark kingdom;
(4) with error, superstition, false
doctrine - which are also a part of that kingdom; and,
(5)with the wickedness of the pagan world - the sins of benighted nations -
also a part of that kingdom. Wherever we come in contact with evil - whether in
our own hearts or elsewhere - there we are to make war.
Against spiritual wickedness - Margin, “or wicked spirits.” Literally, “The spiritual things of
wickedness;” but the allusion is undoubtedly to evil spirits, and to their
influences on earth......
In high places - ἐν τοῖς ἐπουράνιοις - “in celestial or heavenly
places.” The same phrase occurs in Eph_1:3;
Eph_2:6, where it is translated, “in
heavenly places.” The word (ἐπουράνιος epouranios) is used of those that dwell in heaven, Mat_18:35; Phi_2:10;
of those who come from heaven, 1Co_15:48;
Phi_3:21; of the heavenly bodies, the
sun, moon, and stars, 1Co_15:40. Then
the neuter plural of the word is used to denote the heavens; and then the “lower” heavens, the sky, the air,
represented as the seat of evil spirits; see the notes on Eph_2:2. This is the allusion here. The evil spirits are supposed to occupy the
lofty regions of the air, and thence to exert a baleful influence on the
affairs of man. What was the origin of this opinion it is not needful here to
inquire. No one can “prove,” however, that it is incorrect. It is against such
spirits, and all their malignant influences, that (Believers) are called to
contend. In whatever way their power is put forth - whether in the prevalence
of vice and error; of superstition and magic arts; of infidelity, atheism, or
antinomianism (rejection of Torah); of evil customs and laws; of pernicious
fashions and opinions, or in the corruptions of our own hearts, we are to make war on all these forms of
evil, and never to yield in the conflict.
Gill: ---- and against the rulers
of the darkness of this world; that is, over wicked men in it,
who are in a state of darkness itself; and so Satan is called the prince, and god of the world, Joh_12:31. The Jews use this very word, the apostle
does here, of the angel of death; who is called darkness (f); and the devil is called by them, שר של חושך, "the prince of darkness" (g);
and mention is made by them of חשוכי עלמא, "the darkness of the world" (h);
from whom the apostle seems to have taken these phrases, as being in common use
among the Jews; who also use it of civil governors (i),
and render it, as here, "the rulers of the world", and say it
signifies monarchs, such as rule from one end of the world to the other (k): some copies, and the Ethiopic version, leave
out the phrase, of this world. It follows,
against spiritual wickedness in high places; or wicked
spirits, as the devils are, unclean, proud, lying, deceitful, and malicious;
who may be said to be in "high" or "heavenly places"; not in places super celestial, or in
the highest heavens, in the third heaven,
where God, angels, and (Set Apart’s One) are; but in the aerial heavens (called the world of Yetzirah in Hebrew
the world of angel, demons) where the power or posse of devils reside, and where they are above us, over our heads,
overlooking us, and watching every
advantage against us; and therefore we should have on our armour, and be in
a readiness to engage them; and so the Syriac and Ethiopic versions render it,
"under", or "beneath heaven"; and the Arabic version,
"in the air".
Most believers
today neglect the learning of these teaching concerning the spiritual world and
overlook the power of demons. How can we withstand the power of darkness if we
don’t know, where and who they are, and how they interact with the world we are
living?
Shaul speak of different places in the heavenly, at this
time it was common and well known among believers. Today HaSatan has confused
the mind of people, unfortunately even of believers to let them look at what is
seen and ignore the spiritual world, many “Christians” run to watch movies
like “Harry Potter”, “Left Behind”, and others similar which
weaken their understanding. HaSatan
has a powerful tool in the cinema industry making movies who glorify demons and
evil as to be unreal in spite of the reality of their powerful presence!
2Co 12:2 I know a man in Messiah who
fourteen years ago – whether in the body I do not know, or whether out of the
body I do not know, Elohim knows – such a one was caught up to the
third heaven.
2Co 12:3 and I know such a man – whether in the body or
out of the body I do not know, Elohim knows – 2Co 12:4 that he was caught up into Paradise and heard unspeakable
words, which it is not right for a man to speak.....
Sha’ul without doubt speaks of the different heavens, and
was well informed of its structures. For those having read concerning “the heavens” they will see that Sha’ul was counting up down speaking of
the “third heaven”, called “Paradise”. We know that this place was
the place where Adam and Chawah (Eve) were before יהוה quick them out (B’reshit 2:8, 3:23).................
Today people
rely on what is seen and reject vehemently what is not seen TV programs oppose
what is not seen making “fun” of the unseen world. It is amazing to me as we
learn in the Torah that it is Elohim who is not seen who rule the
universe! Prayer is NOT a ritual or tradition it is the action of “speaking” to
our heavenly Father.
Three Greek
words are translated with "prayer":
-
"proseuchē" which could be translated as
"supplication"
- "deēsis" which could be translated
as "request", "petition"
-
"enteuxis" which comes from the word "entugchanō", meaning: "to confer
with" "to entreat".
With that in
our mind we have a better approach of the word "prayer".
Deu
7:17 “When you say in your heart, ‘these nations are greater than I, I am unable to
drive them out,’ ………
How many times
we look at the circumstances in our life and are afraid? King David knew that יהוה
will
deliver him:
Psa 27:1 יהוה
is my light and my
deliverance; Whom should I fear? יהוה is
the refuge of my life; Whom should I dread? Psa 27:2 When evil-doers come
against me To eat up my flesh, My adversaries angd my enemies, They shall
stumble and fall…Psa 27:3 Though an army encamps against me, My heart does not fear; Though battle comes up against me, Even then I
would be trusting………
King David had
physical adversaries and search protection in יהוה’s
arm.
Deu
7:18 do not be afraid of them. Remember well
what יהוה your Elohim did to Pharaoh and to all Mitsrayim,
Deu
7:19 the great trials which
your eyes saw, and the signs and the wonders, the strong hand and the
outstretched arm, by which יהוה your Elohim
brought you out. יהוה
your Elohim does so to all
the peoples of whom you are afraid. Deu 7:20
“And יהוה your Elohim also sends the hornet among them until
those who are left, who hide themselves from you, are destroyed.
Deu
7:21 “Do not be afraid of them, for יהוה your
Elohim, the great and awesome Ěl, is in your midst. Deu 7:22 “And יהוה your Elohim shall drive out those nations before
you, little by little. You
are not allowed to destroy them at once, lest the beasts of the field become
too numerous for you. Deu 7:23 “But יהוה your Elohim shall deliver them over to you and
destroy them with a great destruction until they are consumed…יהוה and not man is the one who destroy the enemy and
consume them! Do you think there is a difference today? When I was a young
believer, I have been confronted many times with fear. I have learned to resist
fear and trust יהוה.
This is the only way to honor Him. I shall trust and not fear for יהוה is my might and my strength (YeshaYahu 12:2)?
Psa 56:11 In Elohim I have trusted; I do not fear; what could man do
to me?
Deu
7:24 “And He shall give their
sovereigns into your hand, and you shall destroy their name from under the
heavens. No one is going to be able to
stand against you until you have destroyed them.
Deu
7:25 “The carved images of
their mighty ones (Elohim) you are to burn with fire. Do not covet the silver
or gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, lest you be snared by it,
for it is an abomination to יהוה your Elohim.
Deu
7:26 “And do not bring an
abomination into your house, lest you be accursed like it. Utterly loathe it
and utterly hate it, for it is accursed. ……………..
Abomination # 8441 tô‛êbah tô‛êbah to-ay-baw', to-ay-baw'...............Feminine
active participle of H8581; properly something disgusting (morally), that is, (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry
or (concretely) an idol: - abominable (custom,
thing), abomination...........
.יהוה
says that the carved
images, even the gold and silver from pagans have to be rejected and not to be
brought into the houses. Today in many countries all around the world, you can
found idolatry in different forms, disgusting practice, in food, rituals and
behaviors among people…….. Sha’ul
says:
Co 3:16 knowG1492 ye notG3756 thatG3754
ye areG2075 the templeG3485 of God,G2316
andG2532 that theG3588
SpiritG4151 of GodG2316 dwellethG3611
inG1722 you?G5213 1Co 3:17
if any manG1536 defileG5351 theG3588
templeG3485 of God,G2316 himG5126
shall GodG2316 destroy;G5351 forG1063
theG3588 templeG3485 of GodG2316
isG2076 holy,G40 whichG3748
temple yeG5210 are.G2075.............
Deu 8:1 “Guard to do every command which I command you today, that you might
live, and shall increase, and go in, and shall possess the land
of which יהוה
swore to your fathers. ……………
It is
amazing to read this verse and hear Christians say: ”If you try to keep the law, you put yourself under a curse”!Is it
what do יהוה to his children (you and me)? He interacts in a
clear way in order to subdue our “flesh”
or “carnal nature”. People who do not know how יהוה
is
interacting with His people, may accuse you of being brought low because of
sin, but this is not what the Torah teaches us. We come from a pagan world,
having turned the back to the truth, by following our Master יהושע, we must now undergo the process of subduing the
carnal man, and the only way is to be led in the wilderness of life.
I have explained before in another parasha,
the forty years in the wilderness are a microcosm of what happen to believers
during the time from יהושע’s first advent and his second
coming, two thousand years to establish יהוה’s
Kingdom. The Two thousand years are represented in the Torah by the forty years in the wilderness or
forty time fifty “yovel” (Jubilee). Well
you will say why is it so brother Daniel?
During the “yovel” יהוה
commanded
His people to set everything right, those having been put into bondage,
received back their property and were made free, this happened every fifty
years. We could say to make the counter to the starting point. It is how יהוה count the time! (Yeshayahu 61:1-2, Luke 4:17-21)
Isa 61:1 The
Spirit of the Master YHWH is upon me; because YHWH hath anointed me to preach
good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to
proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that
are bound; Isa 61:2 To proclaim the acceptable year
of YHWH, and the day of vengeance
of our Elohim; to comfort all that mourn; Isa 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for
ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of
heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of
YHWH, that he might be glorified. The
acceptable year of YHWH (Isa:61:2).
The Yovel Year every 50 years as here quoted
from Jamiesson, Fausset and Brown:
--- Isa 61:2
……….acceptable year — the year of jubilee on which “liberty was
proclaimed to the captives” (Isa_61:1; 2Co_6:2). The Torah gives us the details of the Yovel (Jubilee):
Lev 25:8 and
thou shalt number seven Sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years;
and the space of the seven Sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine
years. Lev 25:9 Then shalt thou cause the
trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in
the Day of Atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. Lev 25:10 and ye
shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim
liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it
shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall
return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his
family.
Deu 8:2 “And you shall remember that יהוה your Elohim led you all
the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, prove you, to know
what is in your heart, whether you guard His commands or not…….
Once again, in
spite of rebellion and struggle, יהוה was the one
leading the children of Israel (carnal man) in the wilderness. Do you think it
is different today? Who is the one who lead us? Sometime we turn in circle
until we understand that we shall trust יהוה.
We do not walk by sight, because circumstances do not correspond to יהוה reality.Here יהוה
give
the clear purpose of bringing us in the wilderness of life:
-
To
humble us
-
To
prove us
-
To
know what is in our heart, to see if we will keep His commands or not
When you met Christians during their “Sun - day” worship, they are very
loud in singing and crying their adoration to a “G-d” who do not know the Torah. יהוה
says
that he is the one bringing us to the wilderness in order to humble us, prove
us and know what is in our heart, to see if we will keep His commands or not!
Deu 8:3 “And He humbled you, and let you suffer hunger,
and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, to
make you know that man does not live by bread alone,
but by every Word that comes
from the mouth of יהוה. Footnote: 1Messiah quotes this in Mt. 4:4 and in
Lk. 4:4.--- Luk 4:3 and the devil said to Him, “If
You are the Son of Elohim, command this stone to become bread.” Luk 4:4 but יהושע
answered him, saying, “It has been written,
‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of Elohim.’ ”1
Footnote: 1Dt. 8:3. ……..
This does not
sound like an easy way! Many people think that they will have an easy life when
they come to יהושע!
Just read what Sha’ul wrote to the
believers in Thessalonica: --- 2Th 1:4 so that we ourselves boast of you among
the assemblies of Elohim for your endurance
and belief in all your persecutions and afflictions which you are
bearing, 2Th 1:5 clear evidence of the
righteous judgment of Elohim, in order for you to be counted worthy of the
reign of Elohim, for which you also suffer, 2Th 1:6 since Elohim shall rightly repay
with affliction those who afflict you,
I will include
a comment from Brother Nathan Laurence
in his weekly Torah “midrash”: ---- יהוה afflicted/humbled you. Does the concept of יהוה doing this to his people bother
you? Perhaps he will do this to us, if and when we need it. The word afflict/anah (Strong’s H6031) literally means to become low, depressed, put down or
stoop (Note some other places
where “anah” is
used: Ps. 55:19; 88:7; 90:15; 119:71, 75). Scripture says that Israel exited
Egypt with “a high hand/upraised arm” (Exod. 14:8 and Num. 33:3). The word high/upraised can connote haughtiness or arrogance,
or it can mean that the children left Egypt triumphantly and in jubilation
waving banners (ArtScroll Stone
Edition Chumash, p. 369). What do you think? Did they leave Egypt in a
spirit of contrition or arrogance? If the latter, then why
would they need humbling? Are we any
different? What did Paul say about his thorn in the flesh? (2 Cor. 12:7).
Why did Job experience what he did (see Job 42)? The process of humbling us so
that we might have a higher view of יהוה results in greater contrition (detestation of past
sins) on the part of humans. When this happen the blessings, power, anointing
and provision of יהוה are able to flow into
our lives more readily. How has יהוה been trying to humble
your flesh that he might bring you to a higher level spiritually? The ArtScroll
Chumash comments, “It is
true that Elohim subjected the people
to some hardships in the Wilderness, but even that was for their good; just as
a father may chastise his child to prepare him for the future” (p. 983).
Discuss this issue in light of the sufferings of יהוה’s servants while they were faithfully awaiting their
spiritual inheritance as recorded in Hebrews 11. Compare this with James 1:12-17 and 1 Corinthians 3:13. Discuss the two types of judgments of יהוה as recorded in Scripture: his judgments unto repentance
and his judgments unto death. What are some examples of each? Do יהוה’s Saints (Qadosh’s One) have to go through the latter
type of judgment? (Examples: Noah and the flood; Lot and Sodom and Gomorrah;
the Israelites and the plagues on Egypt; the Saints and the Tribulation, the
Great Tribulation versus the Wrath of Elohim periods at the end of the age).....
Deu 8:4 “Your garments did not wear out on you, nor did
your foot swell these forty years. Deu 8:5 “Thus you shall know in
your heart that as a man disciplines
his son, so יהוה your Elohim
disciplines you, ………Compare what Sha'ul
write to the “Bereans” in the book of
Hebrew:
Heb 12:5 and you have forgotten the appeal which speaks to you as to sons, “My son, do not despise the discipline of יהוה, nor faint when you are
reproved by Him, Heb
12:6 for whom יהוה loves, He
disciplines, and flogs every son whom He receives.”1 Footnote: 1Prov. 3:11-12.
Heb 12:7 If you endure discipline, Elohim is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom a father
does not discipline? Heb
12:8 but if you are without discipline, of which all have become sharers,
then you are illegitimate (bastard) and
not sons. Heb
12:9 Moreover, we indeed had
fathers of our flesh disciplining us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not
much rather be subject to the Father of spirits, and live?
Heb 12:10 for they indeed disciplined us for a few days as
seemed best to them, but He does it for
our profit, so that we might share His apartness. Heb 12:11 and indeed, no discipline seems pleasant at the
time, but grievous, but afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who
have been trained by it.
Deu 8:6 therefore
you shall guard the commands of יהוה your Elohim, to walk in His ways and to fear Him.
Deu 8:7 “For יהוה your Elohim is bringing you into a good land, a
land of streams of water, of fountains and springs, that flow out of valleys
and hills, Deu 8:8 a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees
and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey, Deu 8:9 a land in which you eat bread without scarcity, in which you do not lack at all, a land
whose stones are iron and out of whose hills you dig copper.
Again I will
add some good thoughts from Brother Nathan
Laurence from Hoshana Rabbah.
Do you really have the faith to go forward spiritually—to
trust in יהוה’s leading? Or are
you content to stay in the comfort zones of your religious wilderness?
Have you put limits or boundaries on יהוה as to where he can lead
you and where you refuse to let him take you? Are
there certain things in יהוה’s Word that you
refuse to believe applies to you, even though you have been presented with
proof and truth to the contrary? Have you dug in your heels, hardened your
heart and stiffened your neck telling יהוה you refuse to go where he is leading? It is this attitude
that kept the older generation of Israelites out of the Promised Land (9:6-7;
Heb. 4:1-7). Carefully examine your life
in this regard and ask the Spirit of יהוה to enlighten your
understanding.
Deu 8:10 “And you shall eat and be satisfied, and shall
bless יהוה your Elohim for the good land which He has given
you.
Deu 8:11 “Be on guard, lest
you forget יהוה your Elohim by not
guarding His commands, and His right-rulings, and His laws which I
command you today,
Deu 8:12 lest you eat and shall be satisfied, and build
lovely houses and shall dwell in them, Deu 8:13 and your herds and your
flocks increase, and your silver and your gold are increased, and all that you
have is increased,
Deu 8:14 that your
heart then becomes lifted up, and you forget יהוה
your
Elohim who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, from the house of bondage, ……
I read one time
that there are two opportunities to commit sin: When we are completely
discouraged and it seems that we will not overcome. At this moment sin can trap
somebody, because it looks that anyway, nothing will change. The second
opportunity is as it is written in D’varim 8:14. When abundance comes man has
the tendency to forget who brought him so far.
Not guarding His commands is a sign that we forget יהוה
our Elohim…
Deu 8:15 who led you through that great and awesome
wilderness – fiery serpents and scorpions and thirst – where there was no
water, who brought water for you out
of the flinty rock,
Deu 8:16 who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which
your fathers did not know, in order to
humble you and to try you, to do you good in the end, …….
We see here the
clear purpose of this suffering: to humble and try us…….. Humble: Strong’s “ H6031 ‛ânâh aw-naw'....... A primitive root
(possibly rather identical with H6030
through the idea of looking
down or browbeating); to depress
literally or figuratively, transitively or intransitively (in various
applications). (sing is by
mistake for H6030.): - abase self, afflict (-ion, self), answer [by mistake for H6030], chasten
self, deal hardly with, defile,
exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing [by mistake for H6030], speak [by mistake for H6030], submit self, weaken, X in any wise.........
Try: Strong’s # 5254
nâsâh naw-saw'.....A
primitive root; to test; by implication to attempt: - adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try.
We can read one
of the most beautiful stories on “trying” when we read the life of Yosef the son of Ya’acov. Yosef was a
dedicated man and the most loved of Ya’acov. יהוה
knew
that Yosef will have to go through
trials and hardship in order to fulfil is call. Don’t be discouraged when
trials and hardship come across your way. יהוה
is
still there and watch over your life. He has promise: “I will never leave you
nor forsake you”! Halleluyah!
“to do you good in the end”……… The final step
is a full restoration “in the end”.
Once we have been humbled, tested and fed on “manna” which is יהוה
provision to his children, at the end will come to pass, that those having been
faithful to the promise will enter the promise land, the “Millenium reign of Messiah”, on those days, no more pain, or cry, but
the everlasting joy in the presence of the King of Kings!
1Pe 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under
the mighty hand of YHWH, that he may exalt you in due time:
1Pe 5:7 Casting all your care upon him;
for he careth for you. 1Pe 5:8 Be
sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,
walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 1Pe 5:9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions
are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. 1Pe 5:10
but the Elohim of all favour, who hath
called us unto his eternal glory by Messiah Yehoshua, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish,
strengthen, settle you.
in due time (verse 6) — Wait humbly and patiently for His
own fit time. One oldest manuscript and Vulgate read, “In the season of visitation,” namely,
His visitation in mercy…..
Deu 8:17 you then shall say in your heart, ‘My power and the strength of my hand have
made for me this wealth!’
Deu 8:18 “But you shall remember יהוה your
Elohim, for it is He who gives you power
to get wealth, in order to establish His covenant which He swore to your
fathers, as it is today.
Deu 8:19 “And it shall be, if you by any means forget יהוה your Elohim, and follow other mighty ones, and
serve them and bow yourself to them, I have warned you this day that you shall
certainly perish.
Deu 8:20 “Like the nations which יהוה is
destroying before you, so you are to perish,
because you did not obey the voice of יהוה
your
Elohim. …….
The great
deception in mankind’s life is to forget that יהוה
is
the source of everything, of blessing and curses, of prosperity and lack, of
good health and diseases. Some may say: “how can you say that יהוה is the source of diseases? Sorry, friends is not me
who say that, it is יהוה himself….
Just read: Deu 32:39 ‘See now that I, I am
He, and there is no Elohim besides Me. I
put to death and I make alive. I have wounded, and I heal. And from My hand
no one delivers!......
Today in the
world around us, nations, rulers and government boast of their power and
ability to overcome any situation. HaSatan
is pushing them to glorify themselves, but we can see that the day is coming
when they will be brought to judgement. Just observe the world’s actions today.
Hidden behind sweet and swallowing words great declarations and actions the
world government make its own way to establish the Kingdom of darkness, bring
men unto bondage, under their own rules and laws Are you under יהוה protection or, are you still carnal sold under Satan wicked plan? Discuss what does it
means to “serve יהוה” according to
the Torah!...........................
Chapter 9
Deu 9:1 “Hear, O Yisra’ĕl: You are passing over the Yardĕn today, to go in to
dispossess nations greater and stronger than yourself, cities great and walled
up to the heavens, ......
To pass over the Yarden: an Hebrew expression meaning to
change the life style, going from doing our own will to follow יהוה
way.....
Deu 9:2 a people great and tall, the
descendants of the Anaqim, whom you know, and of whom you heard it said, ‘Who
does stand before the descendants of Anaq*?’
*Anak: Anakim
an´a-kim (ענקים, ‛ănāḳı̄m; Ἐνακίμ, Enakı́m, or Ἐνακείμ, Enakeı́m; also called “sons of Anak” (Num_13:33),
and “sons of the Anakim” (Deu_1:28)):
The spies (Num_13:33) compared them to
the Nephilim or “giants” of Gen_6:4,
and according to Deu_2:11 they were
reckoned among the REPHAIM (which see). In Num_13:22
the chiefs of Hebron are said to be descendants of Anak, while “the father of
Anak” is stated in Josh (Num_15:13; Num_21:11) to be Arba after whom Hebron was
called “the city of Arba.” Josh “cut off the Anakim ... from Hebron, from
Debir, from Anab,... and from all the hill-country of Israel,” remnants of them
being left in the Philistine cities of Gaza, Gath and Ashdod (Jos_11:21, Jos_11:22).
As compared with the Israelites, they were tall like giants (Num_13:33), and it would therefore seem that the
“giant” Goliath and his family were of their race. At Hebron, at the time of
the Israelite conquest, we may gather that they formed the body-guard of the
Amorite king (see Jos_10:5) under their
three leaders Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai (Num_13:22;
Jos_15:14; Jdg_1:20).
Tell el-Amarna Letters show that the Canaanite princes were accustomed
to surround themselves with bodyguards of foreign mercenaries. It appears
probable that the Anakim came from the Aegean like the Philistines, to whom
they may have been related. (ISBE)
Deu 9:3 “And you shall know today that יהוה your
Elohim is He who is passing over before you as a consuming fire – He does
destroy them and subdue them before you. So you shall dispossess them and
destroy them quickly, as יהוה has said to
you.
Deu 9:4 “Do not think in your heart, after יהוה your Elohim has driven them out before you, saying, ‘Because of my righteousness יהוה has brought me in to possess this land.’ But it is because of the wrong of these nations
that יהוה
is
driving them out from before you.
Jas 4:6 But He gives greater
favour. Because of this He says, “Elohim
resists the proud, but gives favour to the humble.”................יהושע
has become our
righteousness
1Co 1:30 and of Him (Elohim)
you are in Messiah יהושע, who became for us wisdom from Elohim, righteousness also, and set-apartness and redemption,………………
2Co 5:21 for He made Him (יהושע) who knew no sin to be
sin for us, so that in Him we might
become the righteousness of Elohim. ...............
Deu 9:5 “It is not because of your righteousness or the
uprightness of your heart that you go in to possess their land, but because of the wrong of these nations that יהוה your Elohim drives them out from before you, in
order to establish the word which יהוה swore to your fathers, to Aḇraham, to Yitsḥaq,
and to Yaʽaqoḇ. ………..
We should
always have in mind that it is not what we have done which will change יהוה mind, but יהוה
will
perform everything what he promised to our forefather Abraham, Itzak, Ya’acov through יהושע
HaMoschiach……
The wicked Balaam said; Elohim is not a man that he should lie nor the son of Adam, that he should change His mind
(Badmidbar/Number 23:19). This is the difference between man and Elohim…….
Deu 9:6 “And you shall know that יהוה
your Elohim is not giving you this good land to
possess because of your righteousness(
once again),, for you are a
stiff-necked people…….. Stiff-necked:
Strong’s #H7186 קשׁה qâsheh kaw-sheh'
From H7185; severe (in
various applications): - churlish, cruel, grievous, hard ([-hearted], thing), heavy, + impudent, obstinate, prevailed, rough (-ly), sore, sorrowful, stiff
([-necked]), stubborn, + in trouble.
Deu 9:7 “Remember, do not forget how you provoked to wrath
יהוה your Elohim in
the wilderness. From the day that you came out of the land of Mitsrayim until
you came to this place, you have been rebellious against יהוה. Deu 9:8 “Even in Ḥorĕḇ you made יהוה wroth, so that יהוה was enraged
with you, to destroy you.
Deu 9:9 “When I went up into the mountain to receive the
tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which יהוה
made with you, then I stayed on the mountain forty
days and forty nights. I did not eat bread nor did I drink water. Deu 9:10 “Then יהוה
gave me the two tablets of stone written with the
finger of Elohim, and on them were all
the Words which יהוה had spoken to
you on the mountain from the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly (Ex.19).
Deu 9:11 “And it came to be, at the end of forty days and
forty nights, that יהוה gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant. Deu 9:12 “Then יהוה
said to me, ‘Arise, go down quickly from here, for
your people whom you brought out of Mitsrayim have acted corruptly. They have
quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them, they have made
themselves a moulded image.’
Deu 9:13 “And יהוה
spoke to me, saying, ‘I have seen this people, and
look, they are a stiff-necked people.
Deu 9:14 ‘Leave Me alone, so that I destroy them and blot
out their name from under the heavens, and make of you a nation stronger and
greater than they.’ Deu
9:15 “So I turned and came
down from the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire. And the two tablets
of the covenant were in my two hands.
Deu 9:16 “And I looked and saw that you had sinned against יהוה your Elohim, and
had made for yourselves a molded calf! You had quickly turned aside from the
way which יהוה had
commanded you. Deu
9:17 “And I took the two
tablets and threw them out of my two hands and broke them before your eyes, …..
The sin of golden
calf is not only to make a golden calf to worship it; it is much more to turn back to former practices like
the people from the world.Remember יהוה
is
Ruach and those who worship Him shall
worship Him in the Ruach and in Truth
(Torah).
Here comes the sign
of what will come later. The two stone tablets represent the heart of the House
of Israel and the house of Yehuda.
Eze 11:19 “And I shall give them one heart, and
put a new spirit within you. And I
shall take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of
flesh, Eze 36:26 “And I shall give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you. And I
shall take the heart of stone out of your flesh, and I shall give you a heart
of flesh, Eze 36:27 and put My Spirit within you1.
And I shall cause you to walk in My laws and guard My right-rulings and shall
do them.
The children of
Israel in the "Sod" represent the carnal nature in each of us. The
change in our life came only after יהוה
put
His Ruach in us through our Master יהושע. No man can walk on יהוה's
way
without the Ruach HaQodesh leading
him.
Joh 16:13 “But when He comes,
the Spirit of the Truth, He shall guide you into all the truth (Torah). For He shall not speak from Himself,
but whatever He hears He shall speak, and He shall announce to you what is to
come.
In the verse 11 we read “יהוה
gave me the
two tablets of stone, the tablets of
the covenant”.
The two tablets
and the covenant are ONE, the commands were written on a stony ground which is a picture of the heart condition. A
stony heart is a rebellious heart, a heart who does not submit to יהוה commands.
Can you explain
in the light of this verse, what is the Christian’s
condition today, are they following willingly יהוה
or
merely man’s tradition*. The more we walk in the Torah, the clearer it become that TORAH is bound to OBEDIENCE to יהוה’s commands following the example of our Master יהושע
Messiah.
*Mat 15:3 But he answered and said unto
them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of Elohim by your tradition?............................ Mat 15:6
And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of YHWH
of none effect by your tradition.
Deu
9:18 “and I fell down before יהוה, as at the first, forty days
and forty nights. I did not eat bread and I did not drink water, because of all your sins which you committed in doing evil in the eyes of יהוה, to provoke Him.
Deu 9:19 “For I was afraid of the displeasure and rage with
which יהוה was wroth with you, to destroy you. But יהוה listened to me
that time once more. Deu 9:20 “And יהוה was very enraged with Aharon, to destroy him, so I
prayed for Aharon at that time also. Deu 9:21
“And I took your sin, the calf which you
had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it and ground it very small,
until it was as fine as dust. And I threw its dust into the stream that came
down from the mountain. Deu 9:22 “And at
Taḇʽĕrah and at Massah and at Qiḇroth Hatta’awah you made יהוה wroth. Deu 9:23
“And when יהוה sent you from Qaḏĕsh Barnĕa, saying, ‘Go up and
possess the land which I have given you,’ then you rebelled against the mouth of יהוה your Elohim, and you neither trusted Him nor listened to His voice. Deu 9:24 “You have been rebellious against יהוה from the day that I knew you. Deu 9:25 “So I fell down before יהוה the forty days and forty nights, for I fell down
because יהוה had said He would destroy you. Deu 9:26 “And I prayed to יהוה,
and said, ‘O Master יהוה, do
not destroy Your people and Your
inheritance whom You have redeemed in Your greatness, whom You have brought
out of Mitsrayim with a strong hand…Deu 9:27 ‘Remember your servants,
Aḇraham, Yitsḥaq, and Yaʽaqoḇ. Do not look on the stubbornness of this
people, or on their wrong or on their sin, Deu 9:28
lest the land from which You brought us should say, “Because יהוה was not able to bring them to the land which He
promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them
in the wilderness.” Deu 9:29 ‘And they are your
people and Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your great power and by
Your outstretched arm.’ ….
18-29. We read about יהושע:
1Jn 2:1 My little children, I write this to
you, so that you do not sin. And if anyone sins, we have
an Intercessor with the Father, יהושע Messiah,
the righteous One. ……
יהושע like Moshe is an intercessor for יהוה people standing before the Father on our behalf.
Before יהוה took hold on us, we were like our forefather,
living in our own spiritual Egypt, feeding on doctrines of demons rebellious
children who deserved punishment…..
Deu 10:1 “At that time יהוה said to me, ‘Hew for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to Me on
the mountain. and you shall make yourself an ark of wood, Deu 10:2
then I write on the tablets the Words that were on the first tablets, which you
broke. And you shall put them in the ark.’…….
The ark is
called “ark of the testimony” (Exo 25:16 and thou shalt putH5414 intoH413
the arkH727 (H853) the testimonyH5715 whichH834
I shall giveH5414 H413 thee.) ..........
The ark contains:
The two tablets
representing the Ten Commandments, called Testimony…..
Exo 40:20 and
he took and put the testimony into
the ark, and set the staves on the
ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:
Deu 10:3 “So I made an ark of acacia wood, hewed two
tablets of stone like the first, and went up the mountain, with the two tablets
in my hand.
Deu 10:4 “And He wrote on the tablets according to the
first writing, the Ten Words, which יהוה had spoken to you in the mountain from the midst of
the fire in the day of the assembly. Then יהוה gave them to me, Deu 10:5 and I turned and came
down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made. And
they are there, as יהוה commanded me.” Deu 10:6 Now the children of
Yisra’ĕl set out from the wells of Benĕi Yaʽaqan to Mosĕrah. Aharon died there, and he was buried there. And Elʽazar
his son became priest in his place. Moserah: Strong’s # H4149 môsêrâh môserôth
mo-say-raw', mo-ser-othe'...... Feminine of H4147; correction or corrections; Moserah or Moseroth,
a place in the Desert: - Mosera, Moseroth...... H4147 môsêr môsêrâh môserâh mo-sare', mo-say-raw',
mo-ser-aw'......
From H3256;
properly chastisement, that is, (by implication) a halter; figuratively restraint: - band, bond..... This part of
our midrash concerning the way in the
wilderness. We see again how the Hebrew name is closely attached to the
situation.....
Aharon died in Moserah!
The place meaning chastisement! We can ponder about the situation...... Verse 4
“He wrote on the tablets
according to the first writing, the Ten
Words”. Have you ever ask yourself what Sha’ul was writing to the Romans:
Rom 2:11 for
there is no partiality with Elohim. Rom 2:12 for
as many as sinned without Torah shall
also perish without Torah, and as many as sinned in the Torah shall be
judged by the Torah. Rom 2:13 for not the hearers of the Torah are righteous in the sight
of Elohim, but the doers of the Torah
shall be declared right. Footnote: 1Mt.
7:21-27, James 2:14-24. Rom 2:14 For when gentiles (nations), who do not have
the Torah, by nature do what is in the
Torah, although not having the Torah, they
are a Torah to themselves, Rom 2:15 who
show the work of the Torah written in their hearts (unbelievers!), their
conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts
accusing or even excusing, Rom 2:16 in
the day when Elohim shall judge the secrets of men through יהושע Messiah, according to my Good News. ….
We know that
the “Ten
commands” are not all the Torah
but the foundation of it. The Ten commands are build on two parts, the first
five concerning the relationship between man toward Elohim, (D'varim 6:5) the
five last between man and his neighbor (Vayiqra:Lev.19:18)
They are many
commentaries on Sha’ul verses. We see
in the world today, how many among the nations do things which are in the “Ten commands” showing the “work of the Torah written in their heart”,
you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, you shall not
commit adultery, whereby the last one has become obsolete nowadays, people live
in a fake relationship, avoiding marriage, living in fornication, even without
knowledge of it.
Even
governments use these commands from the Torah
to establish their own fundamental laws.
Deu 10:7 from there they set out to Guḏgoḏah, and from Guḏgoḏah to Yotḇathah, a land of rivers of
water. ……..
Gudgodah:
Strong’s # 1412 gûdgôdâh gud-go'-daw.....by reduplication from H1413
(in the sense of cutting) cleft; Gudgodah, a place in the Desert: - Gudgodah...... H1413 gâdad gaw-dad'..... A
primitive root (compare H1461); to crowd;
also to gash (as if by pressing
into): - assemble (selves by troops), gather (selves together, self in troops),
cut selves.....
Yotbatha: Strong’s # H3192. yoṭbâh yot-baw'....From
H3190; pleasantness; Jotbah, a place in Palestine: -
Jotbah.......
Remember after
the Golden calf, Moshe called the Levite and they slain those who sin by
taking part on the golden calf.....
Now they leave
the place of chastisement to press into a new direction......
Deu 10:8 at that time יהוה separated
the tribe of Lĕwi to bear the ark of the covenant of יהוה, to stand before יהוה, to
serve Him, and to bless in His Name, to this day. Deu
10:9 Therefore Lĕwi has neither portion nor inheritance with his brothers.
יהוה is his inheritance, as יהוה your
Elohim promised him.
Right after the
Golden Calf, יהוה took the Levite to serve Him. First we had the
First born, but now the Levite will
be between the children of Israel (carnal man) and Elohim. No man will approach Elohim
on his own. The service of the Tabernacle was established after the golden calf
and pointed to the work of Messiah
who will come to change the carnal man into a living spiritual man. In
different Parasha
I have already show how the sacrifices in details point to the work of Messiah…..
Deu 10:10 “And I stayed in the mountain for forty days and
forty nights. And יהוה heard me at
that time also, and יהוה chose not to
destroy you. ……
Forty, the number forty is the number for: Test, trial
and super natural change…………
Deu 10:11 “And יהוה said
to me, ‘Arise, go before the people, to set out, and let them go in and possess
the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.’ Deu 10:12 “And now, Yisra’ĕl, what is יהוה your Elohim asking of you, but to fear יהוה your Elohim, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, and to serve יהוה your Elohim with
all your heart and with all your being, 1Jn 5:2 by
this we know that we love the children of YHWH, when we love YHWH, and keep his commandments.
1Jn 5:3 for this is the love of YHWH, that we
keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. …….
The word fear is strong’s # 3372 yârê' yaw-ray'...........A
primitive root; to fear; morally to revere;
causatively to frighten: - affright,
be (make) afraid, dread (-ful), (put in) fear (-ful, -fully, -ing). (be had in)
reverence (-end), X see, terrible
(act, -ness, thing)......
The “Tanak” tell us that the “fear” of יהוה
is
the beginning of wisdom and the knowledge of the Qadosh One is understanding:
Pro 9:10 The fear of יהוה is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the
Set-apart One is understanding…
Pro 1:7 the fear of יהוה is the beginning of
knowledge1; Fools despise
wisdom and discipline…..
Deu 10:13 to guard
the commands of יהוה and His laws which I command you today for your good?
Compare:
1Jn 5:3 For this
is the love for Elohim, that we guard His commands,1 and
His commands are not heavy.............
Deu 10:14 “See, the heavens and the heaven of heavens belong
to יהוה your Elohim, also the earth with all that is in it.
Deu 10:15 “יהוה delighted only in your
fathers (Abraham, Itzahk, Ya’acov), to love them. And He chose their seed after them, you above all
peoples1, as it is today. Footnote: 1See also 7:6, 14:2, 26:18, Ps. 135:4
and Amos 3:2…..
Deu 10:16 “And you
shall circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and harden your neck no
more. Deu 10:17 “For יהוה
your
Elohim is Elohim of mighty ones and Master of masters, the great Ěl, mighty and awesome, who shows no
partiality nor takes a bribe. Deu
10:18 “He executes right-ruling
for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and a
garment. Deu 10:19 “And you
shall love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Mitsrayim. ………………
יהוה remind the children of Israel (carnal man) that
they were also stranger in Mitzrayim
and יהוה had compassion
to their cry and condition, and delivered them from oppression. This comes just
after having told them to circumcise the foreskin of their heart! The circumcision of the heart is done in Messiah, when we follow the Torah.
Col 2:11 in
whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in
putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of the Messiah: …………. Verse 17. Compare with
what Yochanan write in the book of
Revelation:
Rev 19:11 and I saw the heaven opened, and there was a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Trustworthy and True, and
in righteousness He judges and fights.1 Footnote: 1See Acts 10:42.
Rev 19:12 And His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns, having a Name that had been written, which no one had
perceived except Himself1 – Footnote:
1See 2:17.
Rev 19:13 and having been dressed in a robe dipped in blood – and His Name is called: The Word of יהוה.1 Footnote: 1John
1:1 & 14.
Rev 19:14 and the armies
in the heaven, dressed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white
horses.
Rev 19:15 and out of His mouth goes a sharp sword,
that with it He should smite the nations. And He shall shepherd them with a rod
of iron. And He treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Ěl Shaddai.
Rev
19:16 and on His robe and on
His thigh (banner)1 He has a name
written: SOVEREIGN OF SOVEREIGNS (King
of Kings) AND MASTER OF MASTERS. Footnote: 1See
Explanatory notes under Thigh.
……
On the word
“thigh” we can see how scribes may have brought errors in their copies, below
the pertinent explanation from “scriptures 1998”…………
Thigh........... Here we have a strong indication of Revelation originally being written
in Hebrew. If this word was written in Hebrew, it would have been ragel. It’s possible though, that the
copiers of Revelation could have overlooked the small extension on the dalet ( ד ),
which would have made it a resh
( ר ). If the word was “dagel”, it would have meant “banner”, which makes much
more sense than “thigh”, because in the latter case two rules are broken:--- (1)
In Way. 19:28 / Lev_19:28 we are
forbidden to make tattoo’s on our bodies………. (2) A person whose thigh was
exposed was considered naked. See Mar_14:51,
Shem. 28:42 / Exo_28:42, Way. 16:4 / Lev_16:4. When Revelation was copied it would
have been easy to see the Hebrew “d” ( ד
) as a “r” ( ר ), if the former was not carefully written
down. As the Hebrew script developed, the dalet and the resh,
especially from around 700 BCE and onwards looked almost identical. It is also
contrary to His dress in Rev_1:13. It
also seems that Messiah, when he appeared to his followers He spoke Hebrew,
even though they could understand Greek very well (Act_26:14).
…… Deu 10:20 “Fear יהוה your
Elohim. Serve Him, and cling to Him, and swear by His Name. Deu 10:21 “He is your praise, and He is your Elohim, who has
done for you these great and awesome deeds which your eyes have seen. …..
Deu 10:22 “Your fathers went down
to Mitsrayim with seventy beings, and now YHWH your
Elohim has made you as numerous as the stars of the heavens. …..
Chapter 11
Deu 11:1 “And you
shall love יהוה your
Elohim and guard His Charge1:
even His laws, and His right-rulings, and His commands, always. Footnote: 1See Gen. 26:5………
Statutes: Strong’
s# H2708 chûqqâh khook-kaw'……………
Feminine of H2706, and meaning substantially the same: - appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute.............
Right-rulings: Strong’s # mishpâṭ
mish-pawt'
From H8199;
properly a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially,
especially a sentence or formal
decree (human or (particularly) divine law, individual or collectively),
including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly justice, including a particular right, or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style: - + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime,
custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be
judged, judgment, just (-ice, -ly), (manner of) law (-ful), manner, measure,
(due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
H8199 shâphaṭ shaw-fat'.......... A primitive root;
to judge, that is, pronounce
sentence (for or against);
by implication to vindicate or punish;
by extension to govern; passively to litigate
(literally or figuratively): - + avenge,
X that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge (-ment), X
needs, plead, reason, rule.
Commands: Strong’s # H 4687 mitsvâh mits-vaw'.......................
From H6680; a command, whether
human or divine (collectively the Law): - (which was) commanded
(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
The Torah is
divided in three groups of commandments: a) Ordinances and customs, b) right
ruling and c) the precepts or moral
commandments; all making the body of the Torah. What are we doing today?
Are we just picking out, what we like and forget the other, or do we give
ourselves to do diligently what we learn?
Deu 11:2 “And you shall know today – for it is not your
children who have not known and who have not seen the discipline of יהוה
your Elohim, His
greatness, His strong hand and His outstretched arm, Deu 11:3 and His signs, and His works which He had done in
the midst of Mitsrayim, to Pharaoh sovereign of Mitsrayim, and to all his land;
Deu 11:4 and that which He had done to the army of
Mitsrayim, to their horses and their chariots, when He made the waters of the
Sea of Reeds overflow them as they pursued you, and how יהוה
has destroyed them to this
day; Deu 11:5 and what He
had done for you in the wilderness till you came to this place; Deu 11:6 and what He
had done to Dathan and Aḇiram the sons of Eliyaḇ, son of Re’uḇĕn, when
the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, and their households, and
their tents, and all the living creatures that were in their possession, in the
midst of all Yisra’ĕl. Deu
11:7 “For yours are the eyes
that saw all the great work of יהוה,
which He did. Deu
11:8 “And you shall guard every command which I command you
today, so that you are strong, and
shall go in, and shall possess the land which you are passing over to possess, To keep the command equal to be strong! --- Deu 11:9
and to prolong your days in the land
which יהוה swore
to give your fathers, to them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk
and honey. … Deu
11:10 “For the land which you
are going in to possess is not like the land of Mitsrayim from which you have
come, where you sowed your seed and watered it by foot, as a vegetable garden, Deu 11:11 but the land which you are passing over to possess
is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water from the rain of the
heavens, Deu 11:12 a land which יהוה your Elohim looks after. The eyes of יהוה your Elohim are always on it, from the beginning of
the year to the latter end of the year.
Eretz Israel, the land of Israel is
the land יהוה gave to our forefathers Abraham, Itzahk and Ya’acov, and He will fulfill his promise
when the time comes for the resurrection, our forefathers will see that יהוה as done what he promised long ago. It is amazing to
see today that nations try to divide Israel
and give one part to the Palestinians
under the wicked argumentation of “humanism”.
The Land belongs to our forefathers, to you and me, when our Master יהושע
comes
back, he will restore everything and the all world will see that יהוה is Elohim
over the all world. Israel, the land is everyday in the world news, so a small
country, it doesn’t pass one day, without Israel
been mentioned in the news, but read:
Zec 12:2 “See,
I am making Yerushalayim a cup of reeling*
to all the people all around, and also against Yehuḏah it is in the siege
against Yerushalayim. Zec 12:3 “And
in that day it shall be that I make
Yerushalayim a very heavy stone for all peoples – all lifting it are
severely injured. And all the nations of
the earth shall be gathered against it.
·
Can it be read also “cup
of poison” or “cup of slumber” or “cup of trembling”
·
Since many years rulers
from the nations have forced the secular leaders from Israel to make a peace
accord with the Palestinians,
ignoring what יהוה has already decreed. Israel will be back in the hand of Messiah יהושע
and
the all House of Ya’acov (Luke 1:33)
Deu 11:13 ‘And it shall be that if you diligently obey My
commands which I command you today, to love יהוה your Elohim and to serve Him with all your heart
and with all your being, Deu
11:14 then I shall give you the rain for your land in its season, the early
rain and the latter rain, and you shall gather in your grain, and your new
wine, and your oil. Deu
11:15 ‘And I shall give grass
in your fields for your livestock, and you shall eat and be satisfied. Deu 11:16 ‘Guard yourselves, lest your heart be deceived,
and you turn aside and serve other mighty ones and bow down to them. Deu 11:17 ‘Then the displeasure of יהוה
shall burn against you,
and He shall shut up the heavens, and
there be no rain, and the land not give its increase. And you shall perish
quickly from the good land which יהוה is giving you. ……………… In agriculture rain bring
growth and abundance יהוה made the promise that he will care for rain if the
children of Israel (carnal man) keep the commands, but if they refuse, he will
shut the heavens. Today people try to avoid these problems with irrigation,
telling others that the climate change, but they never ask why the climate is
changing!................ Because of the rebellion of the Levites the prophet Malachi wrote:………….
Mal 3:10 Bring
ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house,
and prove me now herewith, saith YHWH of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a
blessing (aboundance of rain in the season), that there shall not be room
enough to receive it. ………..
Deu 11:18 ‘And
you shall lay up these Words1 of Mine in your heart and in
your being, and shall bind them as a
sign on your hand, and they shall be
as frontlets between your eyes. Footnote: 1See
footnote at 5:22……………. The hand is the center of our action “between the
eye” we find the brain, the center of the will of man. Knowing this we can read
a verse which has been many time misinterpreted: --- Rev 13:16 and
he causes all, both small and great, and rich and poor, and free and slave, to
be given a mark upon their right hand
or upon their foreheads, ............Actions speak
greater than words!
Deu 11:19 ‘And you
shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up, It is the
responsibility of the father and the mother (not of the Elder or the pastor) to raise “godly” children, to
educate them in the way they will one day walk. Unfortunately, today we see
many youth and adolescents having been fed on the world system, they don’t know
anything from the Torah having lost
respect walking in debauchery and idle way. They look for pleasure and immoral
behaviors. We must teach our children in order to help them to find the good
way of Torah:
Pro 22:6 Train
up a child in the way he should go, Even
when he is old he turns not away from it.
Pro 22:15 folly
is bound up in the heart of a child; The
rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Pro 29:15 a
rod and reproof give wisdom, But a child
unrestrained brings shame to his mother.
Deu 11:20 and shall
write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,
A “mezuzah” hangs on the doorpost of
believers as reminder that the Torah
rules over the house, it is also a sign for the strangers who come to visit the
family………
Deu 11:21 so that your days and the days of your children
are increased on the soil of which יהוה swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of
the heavens on the earth. Deu
11:22 ‘For if you diligently
guard all these commands which I command you, to do it, to love יהוה
your Elohim, to walk in
all His ways, and to cling to Him, Deu 11:23 then יהוה
shall drive out all these
nations before you, and you shall dispossess greater and stronger nations than
you. Deu 11:24 ‘Every place on which the sole of your foot treads
is yours: from the wilderness, and Leḇanon, from the river, the River
Euphrates, even to the Western Sea is your border. Deu 11:25 ‘No man shall stand
against you. יהוה your
Elohim shall put the dread of you and the fear of you upon all the land where
you tread, as He has spoken to you.
Haftorah
The language here was suggested,
doubtless, by a view of the desolations of Jerusalem and Judea, and of the long
and painful captivity in Babylon; but it is general, and is applicable to the
people of God, in all times of similar oppression and distress.(Albert barnes)..... Tsiyon, is here another name for Israel and so come
the reply from the prophet “would a woman forget her nursing child”……..
I יהוה never forget you! What a statement “I have
inscribed you on the palms of my hands”.
The promise is written in יהוה hands and nothing will
change it. The prophet Yeshayahu
bring hope to Israel... Whenever doubt or fear comes upon us, we should read
those words and remember:” Let him trust
in the Name of יהוה and lean upon his Elohim…. For יהוה has promise and he will perform it!
Isa 49:14 but Tsiyon (Jerusalem) says, “יהוה has
forsaken me, and יהוה has
forgotten me.” Isa 49:15 “Would a woman forget
her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Though they
forget, I never forget you. Isa 49:16 “See, I
have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are always before Me. Isa 49:17 “Your sons shall hurry, your destroyers and
those who laid you waste depart from you. Isa 49:18
“Lift up your eyes roundabout and see, all of them gather together and come to
you. As I live,” declares יהוה,
“you shall put on all of them as an ornament, and bind them on you as a bride
does. Isa 49:19 “For your wastes, and your
deserted places, and the land of your destruction, shall soon be too narrow for
the inhabitants, while those who swallowed you up are far away. Isa 49:20 “The sons of your bereavement shall yet say
in your ears, ‘The place is too narrow for me, make room for me to live.’ Isa 49:21 “And you shall say in your heart, ‘Who has
brought forth these for me, since I am bereaved and barren, an exile, and
wandering to and fro? And who reared them? See, I was left alone – from where
did these come?’ ” Isa 49:22 Thus said the
Master יהוה, “See, I lift My hand up to the
gentiles, and set up My banner for the peoples; and they shall bring your sons
in their arms, and your daughters carried on their shoulders; Isa 49:23 “And sovereigns shall be your foster
fathers, and their sovereignesses your nursing mothers. They bow down to you
with their faces to the earth, and lick up the dust of your feet. And you shall
know that I am יהוה – those who wait for Me
shall not be ashamed.” Isa 49:24 Is prey taken from the mighty, and the
captives of the righteous delivered? Isa 49:25 Yet
thus said יהוה, “Even the captives of the
mighty is taken away, and the prey of the ruthless is delivered; and I strive with him who strives with you,
and I save your children. Isa 49:26 “And I
shall feed those who oppress you with their own flesh, and let them drink their
own blood as sweet wine. All flesh
shall know that I, יהוה, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Elohim of Yaʽaqoḇ.” Isa 50:1 thus says יהוה, “Where is the certificate of
your mother’s divorce, whom I have put away? Or which of My creditors is it to
whom I have sold you? Lhook, you were sold for your crookedness’s, and your mother was put away for your
transgressions. Isa 50:2 “When I came, why
was there no one? When I called, why was there no one to answer? Was My hand
too short to redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? See, by My rebuke I dry up
the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness; their fish stink for there is not
water, and die of thirst. Isa 50:3 “I clothe
the heavens with darkness, and I make sackcloth their covering.” Isa 50:4 the Master יהוה has
given Me the tongue of taught ones, that I should know to help the weary with a
word. He wakes Me morning by morning, he wakes My ear to hear as taught ones. Isa 50:5 the Master יהוה has
opened My ear, and I was not rebellious, nor did I turn away. Isa 50:6 I gave My back to those who struck Me, and
My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard, I did not hide My face from
humiliation and spitting. Isa 50:7 and the
Master יהוה helps Me, therefore I shall
not be humiliated. So I have set My face like a flint, and I know that I am not
put to shame. Isa 50:8 near is He who declares
Me right. Who would contend with Me? Let us stand together. Who is My
adversary? Let him come near Me. Isa 50:9 see,
the Master יהוה helps Me. Who would declare
Me wrong? See, all of them wear out like a garment, a moth eats them. Isa 50:10 Who among you is fearing יהוה,
obeying the voice of His Servant, that has walked in darkness and has no light?
Let him trust in the Name of יהוה and
lean upon his Elohim! Isa 50:11 See, all you
who light a fire, girding on burning arrows: walk in the light of your fire and
in the burning arrows you have lit. From My hand you shall have this: you shall
lie down in grief!
Sha’ul write to
those who are the call (verse 28) to confirm that יהוה stand firm and that nothing can change the love of Elohim toward those who are called,
neither death, nor life, nor messengers, nor principalities (that Is the power
of darkness), nor the present or what will come in the future (that is today),
nor depth or height of anything. For the Love of יהוה is found in Messiah יהושע!
Rom 8:31 What then shall we say to this? If Elohim is for us, who is against us?
Rom 8:32 Truly, He who did not spare His own
Son, but delivered Him up on behalf of us all – how shall He not, along with
Him, freely give us all else? Rom 8:33 who
shall bring any charge against Elohim’s chosen ones? It is Elohim who is
declaring right. ..... Rom 8:34 who is he who
is condemning? It is Messiah who died, and furthermore is also raised up, who
is also at the right hand of Elohim, who also makes intercession for us. ..............;
Rom 8:35 who shall separate us from the love of
the Messiah? Shall pressure, or distress, or persecution, or scarcity of food,
or nakedness, or danger, or sword?Rom 8:36 as
it has been written, “For Your sake we are killed all day long, we are reckoned
as sheep of slaughter.” Rom 8:37 but in all this we are more than overcomers
through Him who loved us. Rom 8:38 for I am
persuaded that neither death nor life, nor messengers nor principalities nor
powers, neither the present nor the future,
Rom 8:39 nor height nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate
us from the love of Elohim which is in Messiah יהושע our
Master.
May יהושע bless you and keep you through
Messiah יהושע , as you walk in His way and keep the Torah with all your heart and with
all your soul and with all your strength.
