43Parsha D’varim – Words
D’varim
1:1-3 :22
YesYahu
1:1-27, 1st Timothy 3 :1-7
Daniel ben Ya’acov IsraelPortion Summary
Devarim (דברים) is both the title for the last book from the scroll of the Torah and the title of the first Torah portion therein. Devarim means "words." The English-speaking world calls this book Deuteronomy. The Hebrew title for the book comes from the opening phrase of the book: "These are the words (devarim) which Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan in the wilderness" (Deuteronomy 1:1).
One ancient name for the book of Deuteronomy is Mishnah HaTorah (משנה תורה), which means "repetition of the Torah." This is similar to the Greek Septuagint name Deuteronomos, which means "second law." The English name Deuteronomy is derived from Deuteronomos.
The book of Deuteronomy is dominated by Moses' farewell address to the children of Israel as he urges them to remain faithful to the covenant and prepares them for entering Canaan. During the course of the book, Moses reviews the story of the giving of the Torah at Sinai and the trip to the Promised Land, reiterates several laws of Torah and introduces new laws. The book seems to follow the general pattern of an ancient Near Eastern covenant treaty document.
As we study the first week's reading from the book of Exodus, the children of Israel are assembled on the plains of Moab across the Jordan from Jericho.
Portion Outline
- TORAH
- Deuteronomy 1:1 | Events at Horeb Recalled
- Deuteronomy 1:9 | Appointment of Tribal Leaders
- Deuteronomy 1:19 | Israel's Refusal to Enter the Land
- Deuteronomy 1:34 | The Penalty for Israel's Rebellion
- Deuteronomy 1:46 | The Desert Years
- Deuteronomy 2:26 | Defeat of King Sihon
- Deuteronomy 3:1 | Defeat of King Og
- PROPHETS
- Isaiah 1:1 | Introduction
- Isaiah 1:2 | The Wickedness of Judah
- Isaiah 1:21 | The Degenerate City
Deu 1:1-46 These are the words which Mosheh spoke to all Yisra’ĕl beyond the
Yardĕn in the wilderness, in the desert plain opposite Suph, between Paran and
Tophel, and Laḇan, and Ḥatsĕroth, and Di Zahaḇ, ...........
This Parasha give its name to the all last
book of the Torah of Moshe. Words, dabar in Hebrew, written: dalet (4),
beth (2), resh(200) (total 206):
dabar: Strong’s # 1696 A primitive root; perhaps properly to arrange; but used figuratively (of words) to speak; rarely (in a
destructive sense) to subdue: - answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse,
say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach,
tell, ..........
Deu 1:1 These are the words (dabar)
which Mosheh spoke to all Yisra’ĕl beyond the Yardĕn in the wilderness, in the
desert plain opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, and Laḇan, and
Ḥatsĕroth, and Di Zahaḇ, ..........
Moshe spake this word to the children of Israel
(carnal man) just before he died, verse 3 in the fortieth year in the eleven month.
Just before the children of Israel (carnal man) crossed the Yarden. .......
Moshe was told of יהוה
that his time to die was come and the verse 3 give us the details “in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month,
on the first of the month”. These are the very last days of Moshe on earth.
He will now use this time to give more details to the children of Israel and
also for the generation to come after them, still valid today for those who
read......Let us start with a map, remember what we read in the parasha “masei” the forty two camps in the wilderness and try to figure out
these journeys: -----
It is
amazing to see that between Horeb and
Qadesh Barnea it was only
eleven day’s journey, and it took
forty years to the children of Israel (carnal man) to make it. Not without
suffering and the lost of all their family who were above twenty years old when
they left Egypt. Remember eleven is the divine number for un-completion. Andrew
Harris gives an interesting explanation:” Eleven is perfect organization (Ten)
plus one more, one extra. One more than required, an extra measure, something
more than only what is required. Eleven is the number of revelation (it is the
number used in the occult, Illuminati, Massonry, etc….).
The first time
eleven is mentioned in the scriptures is: B’reshit 32:22:
Gen 32:22 and he(Ya’acov) rose up that night, and took
his two wives, and his two slave women, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok........
At this
time Rachel was pregnant with Benjamin!”....... The divine organization on
earth is mentioned by the number twelve (12 tribes, 12 Apostles, 12 month, 12
foundation in the wall of the city in Revelation 21, twelve gates…).Twelve is
more than that, it is also the multiple from four by three (4 x 3), four the
number for test and trials and change, three the number for past, present and
future, or thoughts, words and action.
Forty is
four times Ten (4 x 10). These numbers are present throughout the scriptures as
“reminder” and indication for the student that something is “behind” the
letter......
ELEVEN. Denotes disorder, disorganization, because it
is one short of the number twelve (Bullinger,
the Companion Bible).....................
What does יהוה want us to know? The natural/carnal man will not inherit the Kingdom of
heaven remember this is Sha’ul saying
that as long as we walk in the flesh, we move in circle. The children of Israel
turned in circle for forty years. They never stop to complain........
In the
wilderness verse 1:
The Hebrew
word for wilderness is Stron’s # H4057.....
מדבּר midbâr mid-bawr'
From H1696 in the sense of driving; a pasture (that
is, open field, whither cattle are
driven); by implication a desert; also speech (including its
organs): - desert, south, speech, wilderness.
H1696 dâbar….daw-bar'…..A primitive root; perhaps properly
to arrange; but used figuratively (of words) to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue: - answer,
appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise,
pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell,..
I want to show another
way to approach Hebrew understanding with a teaching from Jeff Benner from Ancient
Hebrew research center:
First the picture of the
word midbar in Paleo-Hebrew: Midbar
Now the explanation:
For forty years God had Israel wander in the
'wilderness'. Insights into why God had chosen the wilderness for their
wanderings can be found in the roots of this word. The root word is 'davar' and
is most frequently translated as a thing or a word. The original picture
painted by this word to the Hebrews is the arrangement of things to create
order. Speech is an ordered arrangement of words. In the ancient Hebrew mind
words are 'things' and are just as 'real' as food or other 'thing'. When a word
is spoken to another it is 'placed in the ears' no different than when food is
given to another it is 'placed in the mouth'. The Hebrew name Devorah (Deborah)
means 'bee' and is the feminine form of the word davar. Bees are a community of
insects which live in a perfectly ordered arrangement. The word 'midvar'
meaning wilderness is actually a place that exists as a perfectly arranged
order as its ecosystem is in harmony and balance. By placing Israel in this
environment he is teaching them balance, order and harmony.
We see clearly in the etymologies of
the word that it is in the wilderness that יהוה
bring the carnal man in order to speak and subdue it to his word by feeding them
with His Torah. This is the
palace where we will be able to hear the word and make the difference
between Qadosh (set apart) and the
secular.
People from the world cannot
discern, their mind is fully busy with the things of the world.
Rom 8:5 For those who live
according to the flesh set their minds
on the matters of the flesh
(worldly things), but those who
live according to the Spirit, the matters
of the Spirit. ...
The children of Israel were busy
with the remembrance or their past life in Egypt. In spite of the abusing
behaviour of the Egyptians they still regret many times to have left this
place.
How it is with us? Do we walk
looking forward or do we look back? We
cannot change the past, יהושע has changed our past, but we can have influence
on our future.
Not to be stubborn like the children
of Israel but to follow יהושע and trust him as
the good shepherd (Yochan.10:14-16) to bring us to the quite water, to
restore our soul...... Transformation is a progress and do
not come so easily. The change comes as we hear the word and let this word
penetrate our soul to transform us.
The Word is the Torah, יהושע
say in Yochanan 17: Sanctify them (talmidin) through
thy word and thy word is true! He was referring to Psalm 119
written by King David:
Psa 119:151 You are near, O יהוה,
And all Your commands are truth……Psa 119:142 Your righteousness is righteousness forever, And Your Torah is truth......
The word is the Torah...... Strong
definition on Torah: H8451. תּורה
tôrâh to-raw', From H3384; a precept or statute,
especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch: - law.
H3384:
ירא ירה yârâh yârâ' yaw-raw', yaw-raw' Yarah: yod(10), resh (200), he(5) (215) A primitive root; properly to flow
as water (that is, to rain);
transitively to lay or throw (especially an arrow, that is,
to shoot); figuratively to point
out (as if by aiming the
finger), to teach: - (+)
archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach (-er, -ing),
through.
We
look again from Jeff Benner:
Pronunciation: "ToW-RaH"
Meaning: Torah is "what is thrown by the Moreh*". This can be the 'arrow' from the archer or the 'direction' (teachings and instructions) from the teacher. The true Hebraic understanding of "Torah" is "instructions" and "teachings" such as from a father to his children.
Comments: Another noun is formed the same way except that a 'Taw' is placed at the front of the word instead of a 'Mah', we then have the word 'Torah'.
Reference: Proverbs 5:13
Meaning: Torah is "what is thrown by the Moreh*". This can be the 'arrow' from the archer or the 'direction' (teachings and instructions) from the teacher. The true Hebraic understanding of "Torah" is "instructions" and "teachings" such as from a father to his children.
Comments: Another noun is formed the same way except that a 'Taw' is placed at the front of the word instead of a 'Mah', we then have the word 'Torah'.
Reference: Proverbs 5:13
* A Moreh
is 'one who throws from the hand'. This can be the 'archer' who throws the
arrow, or a 'teacher' who throws the finger in the way the student is to go.
We can see that the Torah, it precepts and statutes are instruction
how to live a righteous life as the Prophet YeshaYahu write:
Isa 51:7 “Listen to Me, you who know
righteousness, a people in whose
heart is My Torah: do not fear the reproach of men, nor be afraid of
their reviling. ....
Verse 2 from
Horeb…...
Horeb =
Mount Sinai. Seir is in present day Yarden
near Petra.
The study
of the Hebrew name will help us to understand many hidden meaning....
Israel went
from Horeb which is Mount Sinai and
means “waste” to Qadesh Barnea
meaning “Set apart , fruitful field” , a reference to the promise land, crossing the Yarden, a reference to יהוה’s throne and perfect will (Rom. 12:2)..
Is not our
life going from waste to become a fruitful fiels?
Verse 1: in the wilderness, in the plain over against
the Sea of reed….
Explanation
from “Treasury of scriptural knowledge”:
Red Sea: or,
Zuph, Or rather, Suph, This could not
have been the Red Sea, not only because the word yam,
"sea," is not joined with it as usual, but because they were now east
of Jordan, and farther from the Red Sea than ever. It seems to be the same
which is called Suphah in Num_21:14; which must necessarily signify some
place in or adjoining to the plains of Moab, and not far from the Jordan and
Arnon. Ptolemy mentions a people called Sophonites that dwelt in Arabia Petrea,
who may have taken their name from this place......
This plain
is the plain of Moab (Badmidbar 35:1) the place where they committed fornication
with the daughter of Moab.
Badmidbar 25:1 and Yisra’ĕl dwelt in Shittim, and the people began to whore with the
daughters of Mo’aḇ, ........ Which is by the river Yarden....... Num 33:49 and they camped by
the Yardĕn, from Bĕyth Yeshimoth as far as the Aḇĕl Shittim in the desert plains of Mo’aḇ. The Hebrew word for “plain” is Strong’s # H6160....... ערבה‛ărâbâh ar-aw-baw'
From H6150 (in the sense of sterility); a desert; especially (with the article prefixed) the (generally)
sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea: - Arabah,
champaign, desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness. See also H1026................H6150 ‛ârab aw-rab' A primitive root (rather identical
with H6148 through the idea of covering with a texture); to grow dusky at sundown: - be
darkened, (toward) evening.
Sterility here we can take it of the Word who does not dwell in the heart of the people and they go
to commit fornication with the daughter of Moab.
Yochanan says: 1Jn 2:16 because
all that is in the world – the lust of
the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and
the pride of life – is not of the Father but is of the world........
Lust: Strong’s G1939....... ἐπιθυμία epithumia ep-ee-thoo-mee'-ah..... From
G1937; a longing (especially for what is forbidden): -
concupiscence, desire, lust (after).....
Flesh: Strong’s# G4561 Σάρξ sarx sarx......... Probably from the base of G4563; flesh (as stripped of the skin), that is, (strictly) the meat
of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit), or as the
symbol of what is external, or as the means of kindred, or (by
implication) human nature
(with its frailties (physically or morally) and passions), or (specifically) a human
being (as such): - carnal (-ly, + -ly minded), flesh ([-ly]).
We see that
Yochanan is speaking of the “carnal
man” the ones represented by our forefathers in the wilderness! The
“carnal man” cannot submit to the Torah!...........
Rom 8:7
becauseG1360 theG3588
carnalG4561 mindG5427 is
enmityG2189 againstG1519 Elohim:G2316
forG1063 it is not subjectG5293 G3756 to theG3588 TorahG3551
of Elohim,G2316 neitherG3761
indeedG1063 canG1410 be.....
“Carnal” is
here the same Greek word as used in 1Jn 2:16 for “flesh”G4561 “sarx”................;;
Sha’ul say that the “carnal mind” is
not able to submit to Elohim’s Torah
do you realize what
Sha’ul say? There are so many pretenders outside.
Christianity boast to be the “spiritual Israel” but when it comes to the Torah,
they are unable to keep, and find excuse making “Jesus” the perfect picture of the
“anti-messiah”, a liar, because יהושע says that he has not come
to abolish the Torah (Matt. 5:17)......
Even our
brethren from Yehudah called “Jews”
keep the Torah, though they keep it according to the Letter and the doctrine of men (rabbis), they know
that the Torah is still for יהוה‘s people today.
May יהוה remove the veil from
their heart soon and give them the love for Messiah יהושע!
Let us have
a look at the different places!
Between Paran: Walking by sight and no by faith
................. “Paran”: walking
by sight and not by faith. Lack of faith brings the “amalekites” in our life.
Num 13:3 And by the command of
יהוה
Mosheh sent them from the Wilderness of Paran, all of them men who were heads
of the children of Yisra’ĕl. Num 13:27 and they reported to him, and said, “We went to the land where you sent
us. And truly, it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. Num 13:28 “But the people who dwell in the land are
strong, and the cities are walled, very great. And we saw the descendants of
Anaq there too. Num 13:29 “The Amalĕqites dwell
in the land of the South, while the Ḥittites and the Yeḇusites and the Amorites
dwell in the mountains. And the Kenaʽanites dwell by the sea and along the
banks of the Yardĕn.” Num 13:30 And Kalĕḇ silenced the people before
Mosheh, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are
certainly able to overcome it.” Num 13:31 But
the men who had gone up with him said, “We
are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.”
It
is in “Paran” that the children of
Israel (carnal man) brought an evil report.......
What
do the scriptures says:
The just will live by his faith! (Habakkuk 2:4)......
Heb 11:6 but
without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who
comes to Elohim must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him
Between Paran and Tophel ……….
The map below
gives us a better understanding of what happened to our forefathers:
Deu 1:2 “eleven
days from Horeb by way of
Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea”.
It is of
great importance to understand that only eleven days were need to move from Horeb to Kadesh-Barnea as we have seen that 11 is also the number for
imperfect governance!
I have read
many explanations from scholars how much it is, if done with camel, by walk, loaded
with tents and more……
the fact is
that the distance was around 200 – 220 miles or around 360 – 380 km, which when done by
walk would have been 32 – 34
km per days......
יהוה‘intention
is in the number “eleven”, which as we have seen demonstrate the “missing part”,
un-completeness which is demonstrate by the number “ONE” representing יהוה “Echad”
ten plus one or twelve minus one, in both side, we do have the number One
lacking. Whenever man try to do something outside יהוה it will fail......
Strong’s # תּפל tôphel to'-fel.......
From the same as H8602; quagmire;
Tophel, a place near the
Desert: - Tophel. ..... H8602 תּפל
tâphêl taw-fale' H8602 תּפל
tâphêl taw-fale' From an unused root meaning to smear;
plaster (as gummy) or slime;
(figuratively) frivolity:
- foolish things, unsavoury, untempered.....
Frivolity, foolish things, un-tempered
that is what happened to the children of Israel. The lack of Trust in יהוה pushed them to walk by sight “We
are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.”
They forgot all what יהוה did when he took them out of Egypt after having
delivered them from the Pharaoh’s hands
sending plagues on the Egyptians.......
How it is with us? When pressure is
coming, are we also walking by sight or do we keep our peace and wait patiently
that יהוה come to our rescue?
Psa 28:7 יהוה is my strength, and my shield; My heart has trusted in Him, and I have been helped; Therefore my
heart exults, and with my song I thank Him… Psa 28:8 יהוה is the strength
of His people, and He is the stronghold of deliverance of His anointed….. Psa 91:14 “Because he cleaves
to Me in love, Therefore I deliver him; I set him on high, Because 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.”
Ḥatsĕroth: ---- Verse 1: and Ḥatsĕroth, and Di
Zahaḇ……..
Hatseroth Strong’s # H2698 חצרות chătsêrôth khats-ay-roth'.....
Feminine plural of H2691; yards; Chatseroth, a place in Palestine: - Hazeroth....... H2691 From H2690 in its original
sense; a yard (as inclosed
by a fence); also a hamlet
(as similarly surrounded with walls): - court, tower, village...... Enclosure, which
refers to Myriam’s rebellion ....... Num 11:35 From Qiḇroth Hatta’awah the people set out for Ḥatsĕroth – and they were at Ḥatsĕroth...... Num 12:1 now Miryam and Aharon spoke against Mosheh because of the
Kushite woman whom he had taken, for he had taken a Kushite woman.
Num 12:15 and Miryam was shut out of the camp seven
days, and the people did not set out until Miryam was readmitted. ...... Num 12:16 and afterward the
people departed from Ḥatsĕroth, and they camped in the Wilderness of Paran........
Critic against יהוה anointed is very dangerous.
The Hebrew word used for “leprosy” is
the Hebrew word .......
Strong’s # H6879 צרע tsâra‛ tsaw-rah'.......
A primitive root; to scourge, that is, (intransitively and
figuratively) to be stricken
with leprosy: - leper, leprous...... This is not the leprosy as we
know today in some countries, a sickness who destroy the part of the body’s
members. The
word Tsara is better understood by “psoriasis”
a plague which many are under
bondage in our world today!
Here the “Tsara” was from יהוה and could be cleaned
not healed יהושע
the anointed One was able to clean those
plagued with “tsara, psoriasis”:
Mat 8:1 and when He came down
from the mountain, large crowds followed Him. ..... Mat
8:2 and see, a leper came, and bowed before Him, saying, “Master, if You
desire, You are able to make me clean.”
Mat 8:3 and stretching out His hand יהושע
touched him, saying, “I desire it. Be cleansed!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Di-Zhab: --- Di Zahab: Strong’s # H1774 דּי זהב dîy zâhâb dee zaw-hawb'..... As if from H1768
and H2091; of gold; Dizahab, a place in the Desert: -
Dizahab..... H2091 zâhâb zaw-hawb' From an unused
root meaning to shimmer; gold;
figuratively something gold colored (that is, yellow), as oil, a clear sky: - gold (-en), fair weather............ יהוה gave gold to the
children of Israel and they used it for
idolatry ......
Moshe
recalls in the year of the remnant of the children of Israel (carnal man), the
reason of been forty years in the wilderness instead of having reach the promise
land in a short time. Each of the camp indicates the spiritual conditions of
our forefather and may be ours also,
as we have seen in the preceding “parasha”
“Masei”......
Deu 1:2 eleven days’ journey
from Ḥorĕḇ by way of Mount Sĕʽir to Qaḏĕsh Barnĕa. ..... Eleven day’s journey from Horeb to Qadesh Barnea…..
Have you ever heard this question: How long will I stay in this situation?
Many times we come into situation
and stay there for a while. We should know that every situation we are going
through in life, have their own purpose, every believer will go in the
wilderness to be tested and will learn to lay down everything in order to be
transformed and made acceptable for the Kingdom.
Rom 8:28 And we know that all matters
work together for good to those who love Elohim, to those who are called
according to His purpose.
It could have been a short trip to
go from Mount Sinai after having received the Torah, The marriage covenant.
Rebellion made things becoming hard and it took forty years to come to the place.
Those who were 20 years and above died in the wilderness, save Caleb and Yohushua!
Sha’ul
explain this in very clear words......
Heb 3:7 Therefore, as the Set-apart Spirit
says, “Today, if you hear His voice,
...... Heb 3:8 do not harden your hearts as in
the rebellion, in the day of trial in the wilderness, ..... Heb 3:9 where your fathers tried Me (Elohim), proved Me, and saw My works forty years. Heb 3:10 “Therefore I was grieved with that
generation, and said, ‘they always go astray in their
heart, and they have not
known My ways.’ Heb 3:11 “As I swore in My wrath, ‘If they shall enter into My rest (resting, abode,i.e. Eretz
Israel!)...
Exhortation from Psa 95:7 for
He is our Elohim, and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand.
Today, if you would hear His voice:
Psa
95:8 “Do not harden your hearts as in Meriḇah, and as in the day of Massah in the wilderness, Psa 95:9
“When your fathers tried Me, Have proved Me, though they saw My work. Psa 95:10
“For forty years I was grieved with that
generation, And said, ‘They are a people who go astray in their hearts, and they do not know My ways.’ Psa 95:11 “As I swore in My wrath, ‘If they enter
into My rest...’ ”
Sha'ul goes
on saying:
Heb 3:14 for we have become partakers of Messiah if we hold fast the beginning of our
trust firm to the end,
Heb 3:15 while it is said, “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion.”
Heb 3:16 for who, having heard, rebelled? Was
it not all who came out of Mitsrayim, led by Mosheh?
Heb 3:17 and with whom was He grieved forty years? Was it not with those who
sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness?
Heb 3:18 and to whom did He swear that they would not enter into His rest, but to those who did not obey?
Heb 3:19 So we see that they were unable
to enter in because of unbelief.
The reason of all this struggle was:
UNBELIEF:
Strong’s
G570 apistia ap-is-tee'-ah..... From G571; faithlessness, that is,
(negatively) disbelief (want of faith),
or (positively) unfaithfulness
(disobedience):
- unbelief. G571 apistos ap'-is-tos From
G1 (as a negative particle) and G4103; (actively) disbelieving, that is, without
faith (specifically a heathen); (passively) untrustworthy
(person), or incredible
(thing): - that believeth not, faithless, incredible thing, infidel, unbeliever
(-ing).
Deu 1:3 and it came to be in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month,
on the first day of the month, that Mosheh spoke to the children of Yisra’ĕl
according to all that יהוה
had commanded him concerning them,
In the eleventh month, on the first
day of the month; it was the month of Shevet……….
Actually month never had name given
by יהוה, they were
given during the Babylonian captivity. Month were quoted in their order, first,
second, third and so on….
Many tradition came with the
captivity in Babylon and influenced
the understanding of the Yehudin
(Jews). Today even in messianic movement, most of the assemblies have also
adapted many of this man’ tradition….. It
seems to be like a reminder according to all what was passed. Now we have the
new generation, those who were either younger as twenty when they came out of
Egypt or were born in the wilderness.
יהוה
will have always a
remnant that will follow him. He has made a promise to Abraham and will fulfill it. Moshe
knew, the time of his departure has come near and he must give the last word to
the children of Israel. It is interesting to see how many details are given.
People that do not know the scriptures, many times will speak foolishly. The
record is clear and if we take time to read and make research in the Torah
itself we will see the cohesion and consistency of the scripture. The Torah is
not for unbelievers or for those who reject the Torah. They are blind and can
only see the “story”…… Only יהושע will bring us by the Ruach of יהוה
to get understanding (binah in Hebrew). By prayer and
meditation, trusting יהוה
to unveil the beauty of
the word, hidden behind the garment of the letter, we will discover the deeper
meaning.
Deu 1:5 beyond the Yardĕn, in
the land of Mo’aḇ, Mosheh undertook to declare this Torah, saying,......
The King James says: On this side Jordan ………
Strong’s
H5676 עבר ‛êber ay'-ber...... From H5674; properly a region across; but used
only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; usually
meaning the east): - X against,
beyond, by, X from, over, passage, quarter, (other, this) side, straight...... On the opposite side Yarden....... H3383 ירדּן
yardên yar-dane'
From H3381; a descender; Jarden, the principal river of
Palestine: - Jordan...... H3381 yârad yaw-rad' A primitive root; to
descend (literally to go downwards;
or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.;
or figuratively to fall); causatively
to bring down (in all the above applications):
- X abundantly, bring down, carry down,
cast down, (cause to) come (-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go (-ing) down
(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause
to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down......
There is an
interesting teaching in Judaism which explain that for someone to be elevated,
he must first lower himself This
seems to be in contradiction, the children of Israel came from been forty years
in the wilderness and they shall lower themselves?
Remember what יהושע
says to his talmidin (disciples):........
Mat 20:26 “But it shall not be so among you,
but whoever wishes to become great among you, let him be your servant........ We are all servant of יהוה the Qadosh One of Ysraeland nothing belongs to
us.
Psa 24:1 the earth belongs to יהוה, and
all that fills it – The world and those who dwell in it…….
Material
possession is not bad, but we should always remember that everything we have
belongs to the one who has created all things for himself, even you and me……
Verse 7-8 ……
Deu 1:7 ‘Turn and set out on your way, and go into the mountains of the
Amorites, and to all the neighbouring places in the desert plain, in the
mountains and in the low country, and in the Negeḇ and on the seacoast, to the
land of the Kenaʽanites and to Leḇanon, as
far as the great river, the River Euphrates. ....... Deu 1:8 ‘See, I have set the land before
you. Go in and possess the land which יהוה
swore
to your fathers, to Aḇraham, to Yitsḥaq, and to Yaʽaqoḇ, to give to them and their seed after them.’ ……
We shouldn’t
forget that יהוה promised to our
forefathers Abraham, Itzahk and Ya’acov
to give them the land. Today we see the all world (i.e. U.N.) forcing Israel to
give land to the Palestinians! Do you think they will success?
Is יהוה promise to our forefather
still valid?
Mal 3:6 “For I am יהוה,
I shall not change1, and you, O sons
of Yaʽaqoḇ, shall not come to an end. Footnote:
1Jas. 1:17……..
uk 1:33 “And
He יהושע) ) shall reign over the house of Yaʽaqoḇ forever, and there shall be no end to His
reign.”1 Footnote: 1Verses
32 and 33 confirm the prophecies Ps. 2, Ps. 89:14-34, Isa. 9:7, Isa. 16:5, Jer.
23:3-6, Jer. 30:9, Ezek. 37:24, Dan. 2:44, Dan. 7:18-27, Mic. 5:2-4, Acts
1:6-7, Rev. 11:15.
Forever: Strong’s # G165 αἰών aiōn ahee-ohn'....... From the same as G104; properly an age;
by extension perpetuity (also
past); by implication the world; specifically (Jewish) a Messianic
period (present or future): - age, course, eternal, (for) ever
(-more), [n-]ever, (beginning of the, while the) world (began, without
end). Compare G5550.......
That is the
millennium reign of Messiah!....... The control of
the land has been be only under King David and King Sh’lomo, it is larger as the portion given in Bdamidbar 3……
Deu 1:10 ‘יהוה your Elohim has
increased you, and see, you are today as numerous as the stars of the heavens.
This was one of
the fulfillment of the promise יהוה
did
to Abram…… Gen 15:5 And He (יהוה) brought him (Abram) outside and said, “Look now
toward the heavens, and count the stars if you are able to count them.” And He
said to him, “So are your seed.” ......
Verse 17
Deu 1:17 ‘Do not show partiality in right-ruling, hear the small as well as
the great. Do not be afraid of anyone’s face, for the right-ruling belongs to
Elohim. and the case which is too hard for you, bring it to me, and I shall
hear it.
Compare what Moshe told the children of Israel in:......
Lev 19:15 ‘Do no unrighteousness in right-ruling. Do not be partial to the poor
or favour the face of the great, but rightly rule your neighbour in
righteousness. .......
Now Moshe goes on to trace again the way
they went through the wilderness from the day they left Egypt. Remember many
were born in the Wilderness and didn’t know about the mighty things Elohim did......
Are we not also those born in Egypt (world system) and brought in the “wilderness of
life”?
Deu 1:13 ‘Choose men, wise and
understanding (compare with what Sha'ul told Timothy in 1st Timot.3:1-7) ,
and known to your tribes, and let me appoint them as your heads.’ .......Deu 1:14 “And you answered me and said, ‘The
word which you have spoken to us to do is good.’ .... Deu 1:15 “And I took the heads of your
tribes, wise men and known, and made
them heads over you, leaders of thousands, and leaders of hundreds, and leaders
of fifties, and leaders of tens, and officers for your tribes. Deu 1:16 “And I commanded your judges at
that time, saying, ‘When hearing between your brothers, judge righteously between a man and his brother or the stranger who is with him. .... Deu 1:17 ‘Do not show partiality in right-ruling, hear the small as well as
the great. Do not be afraid of anyone’s face, for the right-ruling belongs to
Elohim. And the case which is too hard for you, bring it to me, and I shall
hear it.’
Moshe appointed
rules over the children of Israel.
The Judge: Strong’s
# 8199 שׁפט 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.......
It is important
to understand the role of the judges. They were the mediators between Elohim and men in the community. When we
read the psalm 82 it helps us to understand who are this “Elohim” or “gods” as it is written in the King James. Let us look
at this psalm:
Psa 82:1 Elohim stands in the
congregation of Ěl; He judges in the midst of the elohim.
Psa 82:2 How long would you judge perversely, and show partiality to the wrong? Selah...... Psa 82:3 Give right-ruling to the poor and
fatherless, Do right to the afflicted and needy..... Psa 82:4 Rescue the poor and needy; Deliver
them from the hand of the wrong..... Psa 82:5 They do not know nor do they understand, they walk about in darkness.
All the foundations of the earth are shaken...... Psa 82:6 I, I said, “You are elohim, and all of you are sons of the Most High.....
Psa 82:7 “But as men you die, and
fall as one of the heads.”
Psa 82:8 Arise, O Elohim, judge the earth, for
You shall possess all the nations.....
Who were those
judging perversely, showing partiality to the wrong?
Ezr 7:25 and
you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your Eloah that is in your hand, appoint
magistrates and judges to judge all the
people who are beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your Eloah.
And teach those who do not know them.
Isa 1:17 “Learn
to do good! Seek right-ruling,
reprove the oppressor, defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.....
Jer 5:28 They
are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they
overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the
fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not
judge.
Amo 2:3 “And I shall cut off the judge
from its midst, and slay all its heads with him,” said יהוה ……
Elohim judges in the midst of Elohim! Do you remember what יהושע answered the
religious Yehudin?
Joh 10:33 the Yehuḏim answered
Him, saying, “We do not stone You for a good work, but for blasphemy, and
because You, being a Man, make Yourself
Elohim.” ........ Joh 10:34 יהושע answered them, “Is it not written in your own Torah, ‘I
said, “You are elohim” ’?Joh
10:35 “If He called them
elohim, to whom the word of Elohim came – and it is impossible for the
Scripture to be broken…….
The Yehudin didn’t say:” You being a man
make yourself יהוה “! No they say
“Elohim”. Many times in the mind of
some they mix, “G-d” and “L-rd” thus misinterpreting scriptures…… יהושע was
referring to Psalm 82.: I have said “You are elohim, and all of you are sons of the Most High,
but as men you die, and fall as one of the heads”
In Sh’mot 21: 6 we see the world judges ..... KJV.
Exo
21:6 Then his
masterH113 shall bringH5066 him untoH413
the judges;H430
he shall also bringH5066 him toH413 the door,H1817
orH176 untoH413 the door post;H4201 and his masterH113 shall bore his ear throughH7527 (H853) H241 with an aul;H4836 and he shall serveH5647 him for ever.H5769 Only recent translation
brings the right word as found in the Douay-Rheims Bible and some German
translation. The King James caught the spiritual meaning according to Psalm 82:
---- Exo
21:6 then his master shall bring him before Elohim, and shall bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and
his master shall pierce his ear with an awl. And he shall serve him forever.............
We see here the
word is judges with the strong’s # H430
אלהים 'ĕlôhîym el-o-heem'......
Plural of H433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically
used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God;
occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative: - angels, X
exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.......
The Judges were
acting direct under יהוה’s
authority which is the Torah. Unfortunately we read in the Psalm 82 and in many
other places that they misused their positions......
1Ti 2:5 For there is one Elohim,1 and one Mediator between Elohim and men, the Man Messiah יהושע,
….Footnote: 11 Cor. 8:6, Eph. 4:6, Mk.
12:29-34……..
Moshe will go on to tell the children of Israel
concerning the wandering from their fathers ...... 1:26-28, I will quote from Nathan from the Hoshanna Raba congregation:” Many times
in our spiritual walk we are just at the point of spiritual breakthrough, but
we receive an evil report about the giants of the land and our resolve to go
forward melts. If we could just see what lies ahead of us how much easier it
would be to go forward! Yet Yeshua said, blessed are those who haven’t seen,
yet still believe in YHVH’s promises (John 20:29). Do you have what it takes to
go on without being deterred by the world, the flesh and the devil? How can one
go forward in faith if one cannot see where one is going? It gets down to personal
and intimate relationship with your Heavenly Father, through Yeshua. He directs
us through his Spirit. Can you hear his voice with your spirit when he tells
you, “This is the way, walk you in it?” (Isa.
30:21)……
Chapter 2:
Deu 2:1-37 “Then we
turned and set out into the wilderness, the way of the Sea of Reeds, as יהוה spoke to me, and we went round Mount Sĕʽir, many
days.
Nathan Lawrence
goes on speaking from Esau, Ammon and Moab:
2:2-9, Edom (Esau, brother of Jacob)
and Moab and Ammon (sons of Lot) were blood relatives of the Israelites. Often those of our own family will stand in
our way as we go in to possess our spiritual, God-given inheritance and spiritual destiny. What is the lesson
from this passage of Scripture on how to deal with less than cooperative family
members who fail to recognize the calling on your life? Are we to make war with
them? Are we in any way to be beholden to or dependent on them for our physical
needs? If we became dependent upon them could this help
or hinder our chances of entering our Promised Land? Does YHVH desire our
families to be saved? (Acts 16:31; 2 Peter 3:9) How can we be a light to our
families if we are fighting and attempting to destroy those who would
spiritually stand in our way?
We
know that Esau, Moab and Ammon will be
judge, but this is יהוה’s
judgment not the children of Israel. The pertinent question from Nathan concerning our family members is
important. I went through my own family who do not understand the life I live
and do not want to hear about it! Many years it was a struggle for me, I
thought I was not able to bring them the word. I encounter similar situation
when I went to Asia and there spoke to people. Some came and began to walk in
the Torah. For other in the same
family they kept their Roman Catholic traditions....... What shall we do?
Sha’ul write to Timothy: ---- 1Ti 2:1 First of all, then, I urge that
petitions, prayers, intercessions, and
thanksgiving be made for all men, ..... 1Ti 2:2
for sovereigns and all those who are in authority, in order that we lead a calm
and peaceable life in all reverence and seriousness. ...... 1Ti 2:3 for this is good and acceptable before Elohim
our Saviour, ..... 1Ti 2:4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the
truth. .....
Salvation
is not in the power of man, it is the sole decision of יהוה who know the heart of man. We understand that we shall pray and make
petitions before יהוה’s
throne. It is his will that every man shall be saved. He alone is judge we
shouldn’t look at our families like mere people, but creature from Elohim. He gave life to every human
being, and he alone knows the heart of man (YirmeYahu
17:10).As long as they don’ hinder us to walk in the truth, we shall be patient
and kind to them, that they may see the goodness of Elohim. (Romans 2:4).If you come to France today you will see a
strange spirit. We have now a mixed culture which didn’t existed years ago, not
so far. It took only 30 years to transform the Society and culture. Today we have
a Roman Catholic majority and a minority of Muslim. This Muslim minority is not
to underestimate, they are millions. They brought their culture, built their
Mosques People will tell you that France is a “laic“ Country which accept the belief of every people but separate
it from the political system...... Isa 1:7
Your land is laid waste, your cities are burned with fire, strangers devour your land in your presence. and it is laid waste, as overthrown by strangers.....
I quote again from Nathan Laurence concerning
America, which also apply to many Countries, especially the so called rich
ones: “1:7, your land … is overcome by strangers. Two major issues are
facing America (and other nations, Daniel add) right now: the threat of Islam
and the millions of illegal aliens that live in our land. Our political leaders
would have us to believe that this is a blessing. But what does Isaiah have to
say about this condition? For him, it is clearly a hallmark of a sinful nation......
France is a country
build on a Judeo-Christian tradition, with all its conflicts and manipulation.
Since the French revolution, Elohim
has been rejected from the midst of the people and the goddess of reason “Marianne” is today proudly in the mouth
of many who celebrate July 14 as a feast
of “liberty” which was win with the death of millions of people.
We
know that during the Diaspora of the ten tribes, not only of the Yehudin. Many have settled in France. Year Daviddi in one of his book explains
how majority from the Reubenites have
occupied France and prospered it. Many other came? Rachi one of the famous Yehudin
Rabbi lived in the years 1100
in Alsace where he was occupied with wine. The country
was filled with many of them. If you scrutinize French history you will see
that before 1789, this country was really powerful. After the revolution France
has never again been the country it was before. The reason is very simple. Were
Elohim is rejected there is no
blessing. Today we see that this condition has gained the all world. People
speak about “God” but go their own
way. Only a remnant is faithful to the Torah, those who have been called by יהוה himself. Most of them were hidden in the
“church” until יהוה called them out. They recognized the
call and turned back to the truth (T’shuva).
Prayer must be done that those who are the called and still struggle may come
out of the world to enter יהוה’
s family.
Deu 2:3 ‘You have gone around this
mountain long enough, turn northward. ..... Deu
2:7 “For יהוה
your Elohim has blessed you in all the work of your
hand. He has known your wandering through this great wilderness. These forty
years יהוה your Elohim has been with
you, you have not lacked any matter.”
In spite of the entire struggle the children of Israel
underwent they lacked nothing. Here again we see the kindness of יהוה who protected His people.
We should learn for ourselves that יהוה is always with us and will always care for us. Sha'ul write to the Qadosh ones in Philippi...... Php 4:11 Not that I speak concerning need, for I have learned to be content in
whatever state I am. .....
Many times we saw the children of Israel complaining for
the food, because they ate manna ..... They remembered the food from Egypt......
How it is with us are we also looking back at the food we had before?
May be the circumstances are not yet so easy, but those
who wait upon יהוה
Etsyon-Geḇer…………….“And the time we took to come from Qaḏĕsh
Barnĕa until we passed over the wadi Zereḏ was thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of
battle was consumed from the midst of the camp, as יהוה had sworn to
them.
Ezion-geber — now Akaba, both were within the territory of Edom; and after making a
circuit of its southeastern boundary, the Israelites reached the border of Moab
on the southeast of the Salt Sea. They had been forbidden by divine command to
molest the Moabites in any way; and this special honor was conferred on that
people not on their own account, for they were very wicked, but in virtue of their descent from Lot.
(See on Deu_23:3). Their territory
comprised the fine country on the south, and partly on the north of the Arnon.
They had won it by their arms from the original inhabitants, the Emims, a race,
terrible, as their name imports, for physical power and stature (Gen_14:5), in like manner as the Edomites had
obtained their settlement by the overthrow of the original occupiers of Seir,
the Horims (Gen_14:6), who were
troglodytes, or dwellers in caves (made in the
Mountain rocky sides). Moses alluded to these circumstances to encourage
his countrymen to believe that God would much more enable them to expel the
wicked and accursed Canaanites. At that time, however, the Moabites, having
lost the greater part of their possessions through the usurpations of Sihon,
were reduced to the small but fertile region between the Zered and the
Arnon.(Jamieson Fausset, Brown)......
For this reason Israel was to remove from the desert of Moab (i.e., the desert which bounded Moabitis on the east), and to cross
over the brook Zered, to
advance against the country of the Amorites (see at Num_21:12-13).
This occurred thirty-eight years after the
condemnation of the people at Kadesh (Num_14:23, Num_14:29),
when the generation ..... rejected by God had
entirely died out (תָּמַם, to
be all gone, to disappear), so that not
one of them saw the promised land.
They did not all die a natural death, however,
but “the hand of יהוה was against
them to destroy them” (הָמַם,
lit., to throw into confusion, then used with special reference to the terrors
with which יהוה destroyed His enemies; Exo_14:24;
Exo_23:27, etc.), sc., by extraordinary
judgments (as in Num_16:35; Num_18:1; Num_21:6;
Num_25:9)
Heb 3:8 do not harden your hearts as in
the rebellion, in the day of trial in the wilderness, ..... Heb 3:9 where your fathers tried Me, proved Me, and
saw My works forty years.
Heb 3:10 “Therefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, ‘They always go
astray in their heart, and they have not
known My ways.’ ....
Heb 3:11 “As I swore in My wrath, ‘If they shall enter
into My rest...’ ”1 Footnote: 1Ps.
95:7-11. .....
Heb 3:12 look out, brothers, lest there be in any of you a wicked heart of
unbelief in falling away from the living Elohim, .....
Heb 3:13 but encourage one another
daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened by the
deceivableness of sin. ......
Heb 3:16 for who, having heard, rebelled? Was it not all who came out of Mitsrayim,
led by Mosheh?
Heb 3:17 and with whom was He grieved forty years? Was it not with those who
sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness?
Heb 3:18 and to whom did He swear that they
would not enter into His rest (Ertez Ysrael),
but to those who did not obey?
Heb 3:19 so we see that they were unable to enter in because of unbelief. ......
G570 ἀπιστία apistia ap-is-tee'-ah....... From G571;
faithlessness, that is, (negatively) disbelief (want
of faith), or (positively) unfaithfulness (disobedience): - unbelief...... יהוה
Deu 3:1-29 “Then
we turned and went up the way to Bashan. And Oḡ sovereign of Bashan came out
against us, he and all his people, to battle at Eḏreʽi.
The Help of God in the Conquest of the Kingdom of Og of Bashan. - Deu_3:1. After the defeat of king Sihon and the
conquest of his land, the Israelites were able to advance to the Jordan. But as
the powerful Amoritish king Og still held the northern half of Gilead and all
Bashan, they proceeded northwards at once and took the road to Bashan, that
they might also defeat this king, whom YHWH had likewise given into their hand,
and conquer his country (cf. Num_21:33-34).
They smote him at Edrei, the modern Draà,
without leaving him even a remnant; and took all his towns, i.e., as is here
more fully stated in Deu_3:4., “sixty towns, the whole
region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.” These three definitions
refer to one and the same country. The whole region of Argob included the sixty
towns which formed the kingdom of Og in Bashan, i.e., all the towns of the land
of Bashan, viz., (according to Deu_3:5)
all the fortified towns, besides the unfortified and open country towns of
Bashan. חֶבֶל, the chain for measuring,
then the land or country measured with the chain. The name “region of Argob,” which is given to
the country of Bashan here, and in Deu_3:4,
Deu_3:13, Deu_3:14,
and also in 1Ki_4:13, is probably
derived from רְגֹוב, stone-heaps, related to רֶגֶב,
a clump or clod of earth (Job_21:33; Job_38:38). (Keil and Delitsch).........
Bashan: Bashan,
one of the most fertile districts of the Holy Land, was bounded on the west by
the Jordan and lake of Gennesareth, on the east by Trachonitis, on the south by
the brook Jabbok, and on the north
by mount Hermon; and seems to have
been composed of two or
three districts, on the south the land of Gilead, on the north the
region of Argob, and east of both, the plain of Hauran. (See note on Deu_3:13, see note on Deu_3:14, and see note on Deu_3:15.)
The scenery of this elevated tract is described by Mr. Buckingham as extremely
beautiful. Its plains covered with a fertile soil; its hills covered with
forests, and at every new turn presenting the most beautiful landscapes that
can be imagined (Treasury of scriptural knowledge-TSK) .......
Even in Abraham's time, the giant
tribe of Rephaim was living in
Bashan (Gen_14:5). But out of the
remnant of these, king Og, whom the Israelites defeated and slew, was the only
one left. For the purpose of recalling the greatness of the grace of God that
had been manifested in that victory, and not merely to establish the
credibility of the statements concerning
the size of Og (“just as things belonging to an age that has long passed
away are shown to be credible by their remains,” Spinoza, etc.), Moses points to the iron bed of this king, which
was still in Rabbath-Ammon, and was nine
cubits (8-9 feet) long and four broad, “after the cubit of a man,” i.e.,
the ordinary cubit in common use (see the analogous expression, “a man's pen,” Isa_8:1). הֲלֹה, for
הֲלֹא, synonymous with הִנֵּה.
There is nothing to amaze is in the size
of the bed or bedstead given here. The ordinary Hebrew cubit was only a
foot and a half, probably only eighteen Dresden inches (see my Archäologie, ii. p. 126, Anm. 4). Now
a bed is always larger than the man who sleeps in it. But in this case Clericus fancies that Og
“intentionally exceeded the necessary size, in order that posterity might be
led to draw more magnificent conclusions from the size of the bed, as to the
stature of the man who was accustomed to sleep in it.”.
(Note: “It will often be found, that very tall
people are disposed to make themselves appear even taller than they actually
are” (Hengstenberg, Diss. ii. p. 201). Moreover, there are still giants who are eight feet high and upwards.
“According to the N. Preuss. Zeit.
of 1857, there came a man to Berlin 8 feet 4 inches high, and
possibly still growing, as he was only twenty years old; and he was said to
have a great-uncle who was nine inches
taller” (Schultz).)
Moses might then refer to
this gigantic bed of Og, which was known to the Israelites; and there is no
reason for resorting to the improbable conjecture, that the Ammonites had taken
possession of a bed of king Og upon some expedition against the Amorites, and
had carried it off as a trophy to their capital..... “Rabbath
of the sons of Ammon,” or briefly Rabbah,
i.e., the great (Jos_13:25; 2Sa_11:1), was the capital of the Ammonites,
afterwards called Philadelphia,
probably from Ptolemaeus Philadelphus; by Polybius, Ῥαββατάμανα; by Abulfeda, Ammân, which is the name still given to the uninhabited ruins on
the Nahr Ammân, i.e., the upper
Jabbok (see Burckhardt, pp.
612ff. and v. Raumer, Pal. p. 268).
יהוה
יהוה
Ecc 1:9 What has been is what shall be,
what has been done is what shall be done, and there is no new matter under the sun. ......
Ecc 1:10 Is there a matter of which it is
said, “See, this is new”? It was here already, long ago.
Ecc 1:11 There is no remembrance of former
ones, nor is there any remembrance of those that are to come by those who come later on.
Punishment and reward are still
based on the same principle. The so called “Great nation” forgot that they have
been blessed by יהוה
and have become
arrogant and proud. Two attributes which makes men forget that they are
servants................
Quotation from Keil & Delitzsch
on their commentary on O.T.......... Isaiah is called the “son of Amoz.” There is no force in the old Jewish doctrine (b. Megilla 15a), which was known to
the fathers, that whenever the name of a prophet's father is given, it
is a proof that the father was also a prophet. And we are just as incredulous
about another old tradition, to the effect that Amoz was the brother of
Amaziah, the father and predecessor of Uzziah (b. Sota 10b).
There is some significance in this tradition, however, even if it is not true.
There is something royal in the nature and bearing of Isaiah throughout. He speaks to kings as if he himself were a
king. He confronts with majesty the magnates of the nation and of the
imperial power. In his peculiar style, he occupies the same place among the
prophets as Solomon among the kings..... All that can be affirmed with
certainty is, that Isaiah was a native
of Jerusalem; for notwithstanding his manifold prophetic missions, we never find him outside Jerusalem.
There he lived with his wife and children, and, as we may infer from Isa_22:1, and the mode of his intercourse with
king Hezekiah, down in the lower city. And there he laboured under the four
kings named in Isa_1:1, viz., Uzziah (who reigned 52 years, 811-759),
Jotham (16 years, 759-743), Ahaz (16 years, 743-728), and Hezekiah (29 years, 728-699).
Isa 1:2 Hear, O heavens, and
listen, O earth! For יהוה has spoken, “I have reared
and brought up children, but they have transgressed against Me. …….
There is a
teaching in Judaism that explains as above so below! We cannot separate heaven
from earth. Moshe speaking to the
children of Israel says:
Deu 30:19 “I have called the heavens
and the earth as witnesses today against you*: I have set before you life and death,
the blessing and the curse. Therefore you shall choose life, so that you live,
both you and your seed,......
*Deu 19:15
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any
sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth
of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
Isa 1:3 An ox knows its owner and a donkey
its master’s crib – Yisra’ĕl does not
know, My people have not understood.”...... Animals know those who feed them,
and serve them. Israel didn’t know
his Owner they were lost in sin...... Nathan
Laurence writes in his commentary: ------- The ox knows its owner. Apostasy and spiritual degradation leads to one place: a
complete loss of one’s spiritual identity. One forgets one’s spiritual heritage
and relationship with one’s Creator, and becomes, in a sense, worse than an
animal (See 2 Pet. 2:12 and Jude 1:10.) As an interesting side note, Scripture
states that Israel would become animalistic in its apostate condition as it sought to imitate the heathen nations
around it. As a result and in judgment, YHVH would allow Israel to be taken
over and swallowed up by the very same nations that Scripture refers to as the beasts of the field. In Deuteronomy
7:22, we see that the term beasts of the field represent the
nations of the earth from which Israel was to stay separate (also Jer.
12:9; 27:6; Dan. 7:3). The Children of Israel were scattered or exiled and
became meat for or were.
given over to all the beasts of the
field (Isa. 56:9; Ezek. 34:5; Hos. 2:12). Scripture likens exiled Ephraim (the
Northern Kingdom), who fell into idolatry and mixed with the beast (Gentile)
nations, to beasts of the field themselves (Hos. 2:16–19; Acts. 10:12). In the
future, YHVH will make a covenant (a marriage betrothal agreement or ketubah)
with the beasts of the field (i.e. nations, Hos. 2:18; see also Jer. 31:31–33;
cp. Rom. 1:23, 18–25). Can you see America in this? This nation was once a
predominately Christian nation, but now many reject and scorn our spiritual
heritage. What has been the result of our spiritual and moral declension? What
is the current state of Christianity in America compared to the foreign
religions and ideologies that have been infiltrating and spreading here? Which
one is growing and which one is declining here?
1:4, A sinful nation. The word nation
is the Hebrew word goy (Strong’s H1471) meaning gentile or, in a spiritual sense, worldly or secular. This is one of a number of passages in Scripture where
Israel is referred to as being gentile.
A quick study of this word will bear this fact out. This word is
translated in the Tanakh (Hebrew Scriptures) as nation 374 times, as heathen
143 times, as Gentiles 30
times, and people 11 times.
Whenever the word gentile is
used in the KJV it is the word goy. According
to Strong’s Concordance, the
meaning of goy is: a foreign nation; hence a Gentile; also
(fig.) a troop of animals, or a
flight of locusts. According to Gesenius
Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon, the word goy
means a people, a confluence of
men, and “contextually in holy scripture it is used to refer to the
other nations besides Israel, the foes of Israel, and strangers to the true
religion of Israel.” There are times when this word refers specifically to
Israel (e.g., the descendants of Joseph in general: Gen. 48:19; of the Southern
Kingdom of Judah when it forsook Elohim and its covenant with him and became
like the surrounding heathen nations: Isa. 1:4; of the Southern Kingdom: Isa.
9:1; of Israel in general: Isa. 26:2; 49:7; Ps. 33:12; Gen. 12:2; 35:11). There
are numerous other instances in Scripture where the words goy or goyim are applied to the descendants of Abraham. Scripture’s use
of the term is unbiased and lacks any of the pejorative implications that have
been applied to the term subsequently (e.g., Gen. 17:4,5,6,16; 18:18; 25:23;
46:3; Exod. 19:6; 33:13; Deut. 4:6,7,8,34; Ezek. 37:22). As already noted, goy simply means people group. The Greek word ethnos (Strong’s G1484) as found in the Apostolic Scriptures is
equivalent in meaning to the Hebrew word goyim.
........................ 1:5...... Jamieson, Fausset and Brown commentary, we
can read
Isa 1:5 Why
should you be beaten anymore? You continue in apostasy! All the head is sick,
and all the heart faints................
Why — rather, as Vulgate,
“On what part.” Image from a body covered all over with marks of blows (Psa_38:3). There is no part in which you have
not been smitten....... head ... sick, etc. — not referring, as it is
commonly quoted, to their sins,
but to the universality of their punishment.
However, sin, the moral disease of the head
or intellect, and the heart, is
doubtless made its own punishment (Pro_1:31;
Jer_2:19; Hos_8:11).
“Sick,” literally, “is in a state of sickness” [Gesenius]; “has passed into sickness” [Maurer]...... The KJV give it this way:------ Isa 1:5 WhyH5921 H4100 should ye be strickenH5221 any more?H5750
ye will revoltH5627 more and more:H3254 the wholeH3605
headH7218 is sick,H2483 and the wholeH3605 heartH3824
faint.H1742
The word “revolt” is the Hebrew word
Strong’s# H5627 סרה sârâh saw-raw'....... From H5493;
apostasy,
crime;
figuratively remission: - X continual,
rebellion, revolt ([-ed]), turn away,
wrong.......
H5493:
sûr śûr
soor, soor...... A primitive root; to turn
off (literally or figuratively): - be [-head], bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get [you], go (aside),
X grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down),
rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, X be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside,
away, in), withdraw, be without.
Apostasy is
rampant. Sha’ul write to the Tessalonians :
2Th 2:3 let no one deceive you in any way, because the falling away (apostasy) is to come first, and the man of lawlessness1 is to be revealed, the
son of destruction, Footnote: 1Some texts
read sin instead of lawlessness. This man might be the same one we read of in
the prophecy in Isa. 14:12 – Hĕlĕl (“Heileil”), meaning “the shining one,” the
sovereign of Baḇel........... The King James version give us some
details concerning the Greek text..............
2Th 2:3 Let noG3361 manG5100
deceiveG1818 youG5209 byG2596
anyG3367 means:G5158 forG3754
that day shall not come,
exceptG3362 there comeG2064 a falling
awayG646 first,G4412 andG2532
that manG444 of sinG266 be revealed,G601
theG3588 sonG5207 of perdition;G684
The Greek word for “falling away”
is Strong’s # G646 apostasia ap-os-tas-ee'-ah....... Feminine of
the same as G647; defection from truth
(properly the state), (“apostasy”): - falling away, forsake...... Israel was under apostasy and יהוה
is talking to His
people through the prophet YeshaYahu.
Prophets were sent to turn the heart of the people, back to יהוה. They came to call the people to repentance before
punishment fall on them and the land. Punishment could be deleted or removed if
the people humbled themselves and return to the truth...... Many times Judgment
was proclaimed long time ago before it occurred...... Psa 103:8 יהוה H3068 is mercifulH7349 and gracious,H2587 slowH750
to anger,H639 and plenteousH7227 in mercy.H2617 (KJV).....Psa
103:8 יהוה is
compassionate and showing favor, Patient, and great in kindness (The scriptures
1998)……. The Psalmist King David goes on writing : Psa 103:9 He does not always strive, nor maintain it forever. Psa 103:10 He
has not done to us according to our sins, Nor rewarded us according to our
crookednesses.Isa 1:10 Hear the word of יהוה, you rulers of Seḏom; give
ear to the Torah of our Elohim, you people of Amorah (Gomohra)! ….. Sodom and Gomorrah where two powerfuls cities.
They are well known for their sexual immoralities. But there is something
interesting the judgment falling on them. Many people think that today our
world is like Sodom and Gomorrah in sexual immorality…… Remember Lot
the nephew from Abraham lived there
and was “accepted”. He was not sexual immoral. The question is to know what the
rules in these two cities were….. The prophet Yechezk’El is speaking to Jerusalem in the chapter 16…………… Eze 16:48 “As I live,” declares the Master יהוה,
“neither your sister Sodom nor her daughters have done as you and your
daughters have done.
Eze 16:49 “See, this
was the crookedness of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, sufficiency of bread, and unconcerned ease. And she
did not help the poor and needy. ….. Eze 16:49 Behold, this was the iniquity of
thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in
her daughters, neither did she
strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. …….
He prophet is using allegorical images speaking to Jerusalem and
compare to Samaria as her sister. …….. The
sin of Sodom was PRIDE, FULNESS OF BREAD, and ABOUNDANCE of ILLNESS and she
IGNORED the POOR and NEEDY……. If we take
this is in our time, we will see how it is in this called “Great nations” (US,
France, Germany, UK, Canada, Australia) who boast themselves and load people
with sins, immorality, promotion of evil is flagrant, good is rejected. The
poor are afflicted (i.e. rejected not giving entrance visa to look for a job)……If
you come from a so called “poor country” and ask for bread (a job to nourish
your family) you will be rejected outside the borders. …… If you come from one of the “Great Nations”
and have good money in your bank account, you can establish yourself, and enjoy
the privilege from these Countries……. Read this: Pro 11:1 A false scale is an abomination to יהוה, But
a perfect weight is His delight……..יהוה
hate different measure,
he rejoice in justice and judgment. Today
the all world lies in wickdness…… 1Jn 5:19 And we knowG1492 thatG3754
we areG2070 ofG1537 God,G2316
andG2532 theG3588 wholeG3650 worldG2889
liethG2749 inG1722 wickedness.G4190
1Jn 5:19
We know that we are of Elohim, and all
the world lies in the wicked one........ May יהוה
Eloah of Israel and our Master יהושע
be with you as you walk in the Torah, the tree of life.
May YHWH
bless you and keep you as you follow Yeshua HaMoschiach in the path of life,
the Torah.
