52Parsha Ha’azinu – Give Ear
D’varim
32 :1-52, 2nd Shmu’El 22 :1-51,
Hosea
14 :2-10, Revelation 15 :1-4, Ya’El 2:11-27, Micah 7 :18-20
Daniel ben Ya’acov Ysrael
As we read
this Parsha in the one year cycle
reading, we found ourselves after Yom
Teruah the feast of blowing the Shofar
and before the great day of Yom Kippur.
Almost all scholars explain, that this time is the time which mark the second
advent of our Master Yehoshua and the coronation of the King.*
* If you read my midrash on the return of Mashiach, you will see why I don't agree with this view, or only in part
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* If you read my midrash on the return of Mashiach, you will see why I don't agree with this view, or only in part
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This will
be also the time of redemption for those who wait for him and the time of
judgment for the wicked.
Mar
13:35 “Watch therefore, for you do
not know when the master of the house is coming – in the evening or at
midnight, or at the crowing of the cock, or in the morning,
Mar
13:36 lest, coming suddenly, he
should find you sleeping.
Mar
13:37 “And what I say to you, I say
to all: Watch!”
The plan of
redemption has been revealed many times in the Torah. If we look attentively we
will find interesting verses. One of them is explained in Hebrew tradition and
in Judaism:
Exo 6:6 “Say, therefore, to the children of Yisra’ĕl, ‘I am יהוה, and (1) I shall bring you out from under
the burdens of the Mitsrites (Egyptians), and (2) shall deliver you from their enslaving, and (3) shall redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments,
Exo 6:7 and (4) shall
take you as My people, and I shall be your Elohim. And you shall know that I am יהוה your Elohim
who is bringing you out from under the burdens of the Mitsrites.
Four steps:
1) I shall bring you out from the burdens of the Mitsrites (Egyptians)
2) And shall deliver you from their enslaving..
3) And shall redeem you…..
4) And shall take you as my people and I shall be your Elohim
These are
the four steps
1)
Deliverance
from the bondage of sin.
2)
Sanctification
through the Torah
3)
Redemption
(trough Moschiach Yeshua)
4)
Final
deliverance and entering the Kingdom
of Elohim
In the
World History the Four Beast
1)
Babylon
2)
Persia
3)
Greece
4)
Rome which is Edom
I will add
this aspect concerning the Feats of יהוה
1) Feats of Unleavened Bread which represent our personal deliverance from sin
through the blood of Yehoshua our Messiah
2) Feast of Shavuot, which mark the receiving of the Ruach HaQodesh who lead us
to Torah obedience
3) Yom Kippur
and Succoth The time of our physical redemption and gathering from the four
corners of the earth
4) Last
great day (the eighth days from Succoth). Eight represent what is behind
the natural behind man’s ability. This is the eight days called in Hebrew “Olam Haba” (the World to come) when we
will be with Elohim forever.
Deu
32:1 “Give ear, O heavens, and let me speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
Moshe the
prophet speaks for Elohim. Again we
see the two witnesses aspect “heaven and earth”. It reminds me what Yehoshua
told his talmidin (disciples) which demonstrate that heaven and earth are
direct connected: “thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven”.
Mat 16:19 “And
I shall give you the keys of the reign of the heavens, and whatever you bind1
on earth shall be having been bound1 in the heavens, and whatever you loosen1
on earth shall be having been loosened1 in the heavens.” Footnote: 1Binding and loosening is Hebrew idiom for exercising authority (to prohibit and
permit)(Scriptures 1998).
When
Messiah was teaching his disciples how to pray, he brings a principle for each
of those who walk in their steps: To bring perfect harmony between heaven and
earth, which can only be reach in our life by walking in the Torah. Moshe saw
the pattern in the heavens before building the mishkahn (Tabernacle).
Heb 8:1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an
high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the
heavens;
Heb 8:2 a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which YHWH pitched, and not man.
Heb 9:11 but the Messiah being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not
of this building;
Because
of sin and rebellion, we live now in disharmony between heavens and earth, the
world now lies in wickedness (1st Yochan./John 5:19). When Messiah Yehoshua
will come back, the harmony between the heavens and earth will be restored,
this is call in Hebrew “tikkun”
"restauration) (Acts 3:19-21)
Act 3:20 and he shall send Yehoshua the Messiah, which before was preached unto
you:
Act 3:21 Whom the heaven
must receive until the times of
restitution of all things (tikkun), which YHWH hath spoken by the mouth of
all his holy prophets since the world began.
The
world in its first condition was perfect, only after Adam sin it left its
courses and the process of the restitution of all things (tikkun) started.
Gen 1:31 and Elohim saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Gen 3:22 and YHWH Elohim said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know
good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree
of life, and eat, and live forever:
Gen 3:23 Therefore YHWH Elohim sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
From
this point when יהוה sent Adam and
Chawah (Eve) forth from Gan Eden, the process of tikkun starts and it will be completed when we enter the Eighth day, the Last Great day a picture
of Olam Haba, the World to come
(Eternity)……..and live forever!
I know there are and has been many
scholars who reject to allegorize the
scriptures and accept only the p’shat or
literal text like the protestant especially since Luther. On the other side there are scholars who understand that allegory is part of scriptures
understanding. If we refuse to see that allegory,
how can we understand the book “Song
of Salomon”?
In homiletics
allegorizing is applied to the method which draws spiritual truths from common
historical statements, as e.g. when the healing of a leper by Messiah is made
the basis of an exposition of the healing of the soul by the Saviour. Naturally
this is not interpretation in the exegetical sense. (ISBE International
Standard Bible Encyclopedia)
I just want to make a correction in
the text of the ISBE the lepers were not healed,
but cleansed which has direct
connection with the Torah:
Luk 7:22 Then Yehoshua answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what
things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the
poor the gospel is preached.
This was the beginning of the tikkun process that is still in motion
in our days.
Deu 32:2 “Let
my instruction fall as rain, My speech drop down as dew, As fine rain on the
tender plants, And as showers on the grass.
Compare following verses
Isa 55:10 “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from the heavens, and do not
return there, but water the earth, and make it bring forth and bud, and give
seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
Isa
55:11 so is My Word that goes forth
from My mouth – it does not return to Me empty, but shall do what I please, and
shall certainly accomplish what I sent it for.
Who is the tender plants and who is
the grass?
Psa 103:15 as for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of
the field, so he flourisheth.
Who is the Word that goes from יהוה’s mouth and do not return to him empty but do what
it pleases Him?
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with Elohim, and
the Word was Elohim.
Joh
1:14 and the Word became flesh and pitched His tent (in the person of Moschiach)1 among us, and we saw His esteem, esteem as of
an only brought-forth of a father, complete in favour and truth.
Joh
7:16 יהושע answered them and said, “My teaching
is not Mine, but His who sent Me
Joh 8:28 So יהושע said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Aḏam,
then you shall know that I am He, and that I do none at all of Myself, but as
My Father taught Me, these words
I speak.
Joh
12:49 “Because I spoke not from
Myself, but the Father who sent Me (the Word) has given Me a command,1 what I should
say and what I should speak.
The living Word goes back to the Father
Joh 7:33
Therefore יהושע said to
them, “Yet a little while I am with you, then I go to Him who sent Me.
Joh
13:33 “Little children, yet a
little while I am with you. You shall seek me, and as I said to the Yehuḏim,
‘Where I am going, you are unable to come,’ I now also say to you.
Joh 16:16 “A
little while, and you do not see Me, and again a little while, and you shall
see Me.”
Act 1:9 And
having said this, while they were looking on, He was taken up, and a cloud hid
Him from their sight.
Act 7:55 But
he (Stephen), being filled with the Set-apart Spirit, looked steadily into the
heaven and saw the esteem of Elohim, and יהושע standing at the right hand of Elohim,
O! What a mighty revelation the Talmidin (disciples) had! It is amazing
that Christianity want to nullify the “Tanak” (anacronym for Torah, Prophets
and Writings) to make the so called “new testament” a new doctrine for
Christians.
Was not Yehoshua called the Word of
Elohim?
Was not Yehoshua speaking what the
Father told him?
Was not Yehoshua gone back to the
Father?
Was it not the fulfillment of the
words of the prophets?
Is not the rain a Euphemism for the Ruach HaQodesh (Set
apart Spirit)?
Halleluyah!
Brethren our redemption come closer
and closer every day, we are not to sleep as many are, we must awake and join
ourselves to those who are alive and work for the Kingdom.
Deu 32:3 “For I proclaim the
Name of יהוה, Ascribe
greatness to our Elohim.
Deu 32:4 “The Rock! His work is perfect for all
His ways are right-ruling an Ěl of truth and without unrighteousness, Righteous
and straight is He.
Again we read
that יהוה Elohim is the
Rock. Yehoshua spoke concerning the Rock in one parable:
Mat 7:24
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does them, shall be like
a wise man who built his house on the
rock,
Mat 7:25 and the rain came down, and the floods came, and the
winds blew and beat on that house, and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
Mat 7:26 “And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does not do
them,1 shall be like a foolish man who built his house on the
sand,
Have you ever tried to hold sand
together? It is impossible because there is no consistency in sand!
Deu 32:5 “A
twisted and crooked generation has corrupted itself, their blemish, they are not His children.
Deu 32:6 “Do you
do this to יהוה, O foolish
and unwise people? Is He not your Father, who bought you, who created you and
established you?
Read:
Psa
100:3 Know that יהוה, He is Elohim; He has made us, and we are His – His
people and the sheep of His pasture.
Deu 32:7
“Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations. Ask your
father and let him show you, your elders, and let them say to you:
Deu 32:8 “When
the Most High gave the nations their inheritance When He separated the sons of
Aḏam, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the
children of Yisra’ĕl.
The scriptures
1998 render the text using the word “the sons of Adam” which is more accurate
then “man”. Adam is here the “first man” the one after the flesh.
Remember,
consider the year of many generation, ask your father…………this process is always
how to remind ourselves that יהוה never change and what is written is established
forever. Do you remember the parsha
Beschalach when we read concerning Amalek?
What was the reason Amalek came to
fight against Israel and Yehoshua (Joshua) fought against him do you remember?
Was it not doubt? We learned the
connection between the Hebrew word sufek
“doubt” and Amalek who have the
same “gemetria” (Hebrew letter’s
value) 240.
Doubt is a tool
used by HaSatan, the adversary in the life of the disciples. When doubt comes
in our mind we begin to shake and let
our imagination work, but Moshe say: remember,
consider, ask the fathers (e.g. the elders) to tell you what is about.
Remember the way you have already
done since the first day you step into the real faith, when you discover the
Torah and purposed in your heart to follow it, remember the great peace that
came in your heart in spite of all struggle around you.
Consider how you life is different
since this very day, how יהוה
has brought you under his wings and care for you in different ways, how he
teach you in His Torah and lead you in the path of life from Shabbat to
Shabbat, from feast to feast.
Ask the fathers when doubt (sufek)
comes go to the fathers (elders)
those who have taught you the truth and have spend hours to help you to grow
and be establish in a better way, leading to eternal life.
Deu 32:8 When the
Most High divided to the nations their
inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the
people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Deu 32:9 “For the
portion of יהוה is His people, Yaʽaqoḇ His
allotted inheritance.
Keil and Delitzsch give for the verses 8-9 following
interesting explanation:
Moses commences his
enumeration of the manifestations of divine mercy with the thought, that from
the very commencement of the forming of nations God had cared for His people
Israel. The meaning of Deu_32:8 is
given in general correctly by Calvin: “In the whole arrangement of the world
God had kept this before Him as the end: to
consult the interests of His chosen people.” The words, “when the Most High
portioned out inheritance to the nations,” etc., are not to be restricted to
the one fact of the confusion of tongues and division of the nations as
described in Gen 11, but embrace the whole period of the development of the one
human family in separate tribes and nations, together with their settlement in
different lands; for it is no doctrine of the Israelitish legend, as Kamphausen supposes, that the
division of the nations was completed once for all. The book of Genesis simply
teaches, that after the confusion of tongues at the building of the tower of
Babel, God scattered men over the entire surface of the earth (Deu_11:9), and that the nations were divided,
i.e., separate nations were formed from the families of the sons of Noah (Gen_10:32); that is to say, the nations were
formed in the divinely-appointed way of generation and multiplication, and so
spread over the earth. And the Scriptures say nothing about a division of the
countries among the different nations at one particular time; they simply show,
that, like the formation of the nations from families and tribes, the
possession of the lands by the nations so formed was to be traced to God, - was
the work of divine providence and government, - whereby God so determined the
boundaries of the nations (“the nations” are neither the tribes of Israel, nor
simply the nations round about Canaan, but the nations generally), that Israel
might receive as its inheritance a land proportioned to its numbers.
Adam Clarke has
another interesting view:
When the Most High divided to the nations, etc. - Deu_32:8 and Deu_32:9,
says Dr. Kennicott, give us express authority for believing that the earth was
very early divided in consequence of a Divine command, and probably by lot,
(see Act_17:26); and as Africa is called the land of Ham, (Psa_78:51; Psa_105:23,
Psa_105:27; Psa_106:22),
probably that country fell to him and to his descendants, at the same time that
Europe fell to Japheth, and Asia to Shem, with a particular reserve
of Palestine to be the Lord’s portion, for some one peculiar people. And this
separation of mankind into three bodies, called the general migration, was
commanded to Noah, and by him to his sons, so as to take place in the days of
Peleg, about two hundred years afterwards. This general migration was prior to
the partial dispersion from Babel by about five hundred years.
If we consider this point from Clarke we will see how יהוה work mighty things according to
his own purpose. It is not obvious and cannot be seen in the literal but let us
go back for a while and look at Noach’ sons:
Gen 9:19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
This means that the whole earth is direct descendants from Noach’ sons!
Gen 9:22 and Ham, the
father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his
two brethren without.
Gen 9:23 and Shem and Japheth
took a garment, and laid it
upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of
their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not
their father's nakedness.
Gen 9:24 and Noah awoke from
his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
Gen 9:25 and he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
You remember Adam Clarke explain that the descendants from Ham build Africa. Japeth and Shem Europe
and Asia respectively.
But let us look further to understand.
Gen 9:26 and he said, blessed be YHWH Elohim of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Gen 9:27 Elohim shall enlarge Japheth, and he (Japeth) shall dwell in the tents of
Shem; and Canaan shall be his
servant.
We see here that Canaan represent not only the son of Ham, but also
prefigures the descendants Africans while the Torah tells us that Japeth shall dwell in the tents (plural)
of Shem, and Canaan (and his
descendants) will be their servants (slaves?) read what Barnes write according
to history and beheld יהוה
predictions. Read and understand how our world today has been lead according to
Noach’s words:
A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. - The
curse here consists in servitude, which is in itself an inferiority, and, among the
children of self-will, tends more and more to all the horrid ills of slavery. Slavery
originated in war and conquest. The mere warrior put the captives to death, the
cannibal devoured them, the economist fed them for their labour. Accordingly,
slavery soon made its appearance in all countries which were trodden by the
conqueror. A system of slavery, imposed without consent and for no crime, is a
dire evil. Besides the direct injustice of robbing a fellow-man of his personal
liberty, it dissolves wedlock, breaks the family tie, and disregards the
conscience. It trades, therefore, in the souls as well as the bodies of
mankind. It is a historical fact that the degradation of slavery has fallen especially upon the race of Ham. A portion of the Kenaanites became bondsmen among
the Israelites, who were of the race of Shem. The early Babylonians, the
Phoenicians, the Carthaginians, and Egyptians, who all belonged to the race of Ham, were subjugated by the Assyrians, who were Shemites*, the Persians, the Macedonians, and the Romans, who were all Japhethites. And
in modern times it is well known that most
of the nations of Europe traded in African slaves. “A servant of servants” means a slave of the most abject kind. “Unto
his brethren.” If the doom of slavery be referred to the race of Ham, then his
brethren are the descendants of Japheth and Shem,
who have held many of the Hamites in bondage. If we limit the sentence to
Kenaan, then his brethren may include the other descendants of Ham. It is said
that the servile tribe is also the most tyrannical; and it is the fact that the
Africans have lent themselves to the forcible seizing and selling into slavery
in distant lands of their own
kinsmen and fellow-countrymen.
*Remember
Abraham was an Assyrian!
God shall enlarge Japheth. - God is here spoken of by his generic name. This
intimates, or at least coincides, with the fact that Japheth did not continue that nearness of approach to
him which is implied in the use of the personal name. There is in the original a play upon the word “Japheth”, which itself signifies enlargement. This enlargement is the most striking point in the history of Japheth, who is the progenitor of the
inhabitants of Europe, Asia, and America,
except the region between the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, the
Euxine, the Caspian, and the mountains beyond the Tigris, which was the main
seat of the Shemites. This expansive power refers not only to the territory and
the multitude of the Japhethites, but also to their intellectual and active faculties. The metaphysics of the Hindus, the
philosophy of the Greeks, the military prowess of the Romans, and the modern
science and civilization of the world, are due to the race of Japheth.
And though the moral and the spiritual were first developed among the Shemites,
yet the Japhethites have proved themselves capable of rising to the heights of
these lofty themes, and have elaborated that noble form of human speech, which
was adopted, in the providence of God, as best suited to convey to mankind that
further development of Old Testament truth which is furnished in the New.
Japheth is the
subject of the sentence, we learn that he
shall dwell in the tents of Shem - an altogether
new proposition. This form of expression does not indicate a direct invasion
and conquest of the land of Shem (Israel), which would not be in keeping with
the blessing pronounced on him in the previous sentence: it rather implies that this dwelling together would be
a benefit to Japheth, and no injury to Shem. Accordingly, we find that when the Persians
conquered the Babylonian empire, they restored the Jews to their native land;
when Alexander the Great conquered the Persians, he gave protection to the
Jews; and when the Romans subdued the Greek monarchy, they befriended the
chosen nation, and allowed them a large measure of self-government. In their
time came the [Messiah], and instituted that new form of the [Assembly] of the
Old Testament which not only retained the best part of the ancient people of
God, but extended itself over the whole
of Europe, the chief seat of Japheth; went with him wherever he went; and is at this day, through the blessing of God on his political and
moral influence, penetrating into the moral darkness of Ham, as well as the remainder of Shem and
Japheth himself. Thus, in the highest of all senses, Japheth is dwelling in the tents of Shem.
Again comes the
refrain, “And Keenan (Canaan) shall be servant unto them.” A portion of Japheth still holds a portion of Ham in
bondage*. But this very bondage has been the means of bringing
some of the sons of Ham to dwell in the tents of Shem; and the day is not
far distant when Japheth will relinquish altogether the compulsory hold upon
his brother, and consecrate his entire moral influence over him to the revival
in his race of the knowledge and love of God our Father, and our[ Master Yehoshua
Messiah*].
When [-] used, I have replaced the Christians terms with their original
terms and Name
Thus, it appears
that the destiny of these three great branches of the Noachic family, during the
time of their separation on the high question of their relation to God, is
traced out with great fidelity in this remarkable prediction.
Ham is aptly represented by Kenaan, the slave, who is seized, enslaved, and sold even by his kinsmen to one another,
and to the descendants of Shem and Japheth.
Shem includes within
his posterity the select family who
know God as יהוה, the God of promise, of mercy, of salvation.
Japheth is enlarged by God, and at length becomes
acquainted with him whom he once ignorantly worshipped. The historian
recognizes these as salient points (eye-catching) in the experience of the
three races, so long as they continue apart. The time is approaching when
this strange intermediate development will come to a happy issue, in the
reunion of all the members of the human family, according to clearer and
further-reaching prophecies yet to be delivered.
When we observe what Europeans governments have done in the past
centuries and still do in our days in Africa, taking all the treasure from the
earth especially in Africa, while many of them die in famine and diseases, we
understand how Noach’s words are far reaching.
There is more to learn with Japeth
who has been enlarged by Elohim
and made him dwells in the tents (plural) of Shem. Concerning the enlargement
we read from Ya’acov speaking to his son Yosef:
Gen 48:17 and when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head
of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it
from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
Gen
48:18 and Joseph said unto his father, not so, my father:
for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
Gen
48:19 and his father refused,
and said, I know it, my son, I know
it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother (Ephraim) shall be greater
than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
Gen
48:20 and he blessed them that day, saying, in thee shall
Israel bless, saying, Elohim make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set
Ephraim before Manasseh.
Gen 48:21 and Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die:
but Elohim shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your
fathers.
Can you see how Noach prophecy is on the run with Ephraim and Manasseh
(descendants for Shem).who will dwell
among the nations, descendants from Japeth. Not only that but Ya’acov
tell Yoseph:
Gen 48:16 The Angel which
redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into
a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Have you not received the name of Ya’acov “Israelites” when you became disciples of Yehoshua, are you not
by blood or by faith descendant of Abraham?
Eph 2:11 Wherefore
remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called
Uncircumcision (Ephraim) by that which is called the Circumcision (Yehudin) in
the flesh made by hands;
Eph 2:12 That at that time
ye were without the Messiah, being aliens
from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having
no hope, and without Elohim in the world:
Eph 2:18 for through him (Yehoshua) we both (Ephraim & Yehudah) have access
by one Spirit unto the Father.
Eph 2:19 Now therefore ye are
no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens
with the saints, and of the household of YHWH;
Gal 3:6 Even so Aḇraham “did believe Elohim, and it was reckoned unto him as
righteousness.”
Gal 3:7 Know, then, that those who are of belief are sons of Aḇraham.
The fulfilment of Ya’acov’s
prophecy to Yosef:
Luk 1:31 and, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and
shalt call his name Yehoshua.
Luk 1:32 He shall be great,
and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and YHWH Elohim shall give unto him
the throne of his father David:
Luk 1:33 and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
What is then with Ham, are Africans still under curses
today?
Gal 3:26 for ye are all the children of YHWH by faith in the Messiah Yehoshua.
Gal 3:27 for as many of you
as have been baptized into the Messiah have put on the Messiah.
Gal 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in the Messiah Yehoshua.
Thus you can now understand following verses which also apply to the
descendants of Ham:
Gal 3:13 Messiah hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one
that hangeth on a tree:
Gal 3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles
(nations) through Yehoshua the Messiah;
that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Unfortunately today especially among Africans, stubbornness is seen in
their false doctrines and claim of “save
by grace through faith only and nothing else”, not only Africans in Africa,
but also those so called pastors in
US and UK descendants from Ham. It also concern descendants of Japeth in Christianity who still claim
doctrines from the Mother of Harlots the Roman Catholic Church. Rebellion is
rampant among Christianity and
rebellion call “Judgment”!
Shem and Japeth today is the real Israel build out of:
Physical descendants of the two Noach’sons
Shem: e.g. Yaa’acov, Yehudah the House of Judah and Ephraim, the House of Israel.
and
Japeth: Those from among the nations having joined
themselves to them through their faith in Yehoshua Messiah and the Torah.
Shem (Yehudin) was chosen to preserve the
Torah, while Ephraim, Manasseh and those among the nations( Japeth) were to
see and recognize Yehoshua to be Messiah, until both will become one
(Yechezk’el/Ezek.37:15-22)
Ham can also be
partaker of this blessing when joining to Israel and keep the Torah.
Elohim has established one Nation for himself to make the
world understand that He is the only true Elohim.
Deu 7:6 “For
you are a set-apart people to יהוה your Elohim. יהוה your Elohim has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a treasured
possession above all
the peoples on the face of the earth.
Those who will join themselves to Israel will be
considered to be member of the family:
Eph 2:11
Therefore remember that you, once gentiles1(Goyim)
in the flesh, who are called ‘the uncircumcision’ by what is called ‘the
circumcision’ made in the flesh by hands, Footnote: 11
Cor. 12:2.
Eph 2:12 that at that time you were without Messiah, excluded
from the citizenship of Yisra’ĕl and strangers from the covenants of promise,
having no expectation and without Elohim in the world.
Eph 2:13 but now in Messiah יהושע you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood
of the Messiah.
Eph 2:19 So
then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but
fellow citizens with the set-apart ones and members of the household of Elohim,
Although Sha’ul here speak to those from the House
of Israel who had become strangers and now were turning back to the Torah, it
applies also to the stranger who were not from the House of Israel has it is
spoken by the prophet YeshaYahu.
Isa 14:1 because יהוה has compassion on Yaʽaqoḇ, and shall again choose Yisra’ĕl1, and give them rest in their own
land. And the strangers shall join them, and they shall cling to the house of Yaʽaqoḇ
The Hebrew word for stranger gives us better
understanding:
Strong’ #1616 גּר gêr gêyr gare, gare:
Gimel, resh.
From H1481; properly a guest; by implication a foreigner: - alien,
sojourner, stranger.
It is clear that יהוה people is Ya’acov!
I have been in
the Philippines where my dear wife is born, many of the people I met there have
Spanish name and it can be said with
confidence that among them many are direct descendants from Ya’acov household
through their ancestors coming from Europe, even for some may be descendants
from Yehudah without knowing it!
Deu 32:9 for YHWH's portion is his people;
Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
I know that
today the Anti-Messiah try all
possible to blind people from coming to the truth. There is no Church or even Christianity in יהוה
mind, but Ya’acov’s Household. I
know this will bother many, but if we read the scriptures with an open mind,
there is no other conclusion. More and more believers understand how since more
than twenty centuries HaSatan has kept people in bondage with his tool, the Roman Catholic Church and its doctrines.
Today as we come closer to the return of our Master Yehoshua Messiah, יהוה
begins to pour out again more and more of his Ruach, (Set Apart Spirit) to draw people back to the Torah. In
spite of many errors rising everywhere in all those messianic groups, with different names, the Ruach HaQodesh (Set Apart Spirit) work to restore Ya’acov
Household.
Deu 32:10 “He
found him (Ya’acov) in a wilderness, and in a wasted, howling desert. He
encompassed him, He made him understand, He watched over him as the apple of
His eye.
Deu 32:11 “As an
eagle stirs up its nest, Flutters over its young, Spreading out its wings,
taking them up, Bearing them on its wings.
Deu 32:12 “יהוה alone led him, and there was no strange mighty one with him.
Deu 32:13 “He made
him ride in the heights of the earth, and he ate the fruit of the fields, and
He made him to draw honey from the rock, and oil from the flinty rock,
Him that is
Ya’acov. In Ya’acov are the children of Israel called. יהוה cares for His people.
If we read
carefully we will see that the carnal man has to be subjected to Elohim and
they were not able to do it because the carnal nature is enmity to Elohim:
Rom 8:7 Because the mind of the flesh is enmity towards Elohim, for it does not subject
itself1 to the Torah of Elohim2,
neither indeed is it able, Footnotes: 1Or does not obey. 2John 15:5, 1 John
4:4, 1 John 3:9, 1 John 5:18.
The Tanak acronym for (Torah, Psalms and Writings)
point to few people who walked putting their trust (Emunah in Hebrew) in יהוה Elohim. Today all around the world, the greatest part of
believers know only Elohim by his attribute “God” Yehoshua called יהוה “Father” This is the highest
relationship a man can have with his creator. No other religion all around the
world has been able to have a so closer relationship with their deity. You
remember when Moshe was sent to Pharaoh he asked Elohim:
Exo 3:13 and Moses said unto Elohim, Behold, when I come unto the children of
Israel, and shall say unto them, The Elohim of your fathers hath sent me unto
you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
And what was the answer?
Exo 3:14 and Elohim said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM (eyeh asher eyeh): and he
said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto
you.
The Scriptures 1998 give it this way:
Exo 3:14 and Elohim said to Mosheh, “I am that which I
am.”1 And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of
Yisra’ĕl, ‘I am has sent me to you.’ ” Footnote: 1The
Heḇrew text reads: ’eyeh ’asher ’eyeh,
the word ’eyeh being derived from hayah which means to be, to exist, but the
Aramaic text here in v. 14 reads: ayah ashar ayah. This is not His Name, but it
is an explanation that leads up to the revelation of His Name in v. 15, namely:
יהוה.
The closest interpretation is: I
will (prove to) be what I will (prove to) be!
This has been
supposed to mean “self-existence,” and to represent God as the Absolute. Such
an idea, however, would be a metaphysical (immaterial or abstract) abstraction,
not only
impossible to the time at which the name
originated, but alien to the Hebrew
mind at any time. And the imperfect 'ehyeh is more accurately translated
“I will be what I will be,” a
Semitic idiom meaning, “I will be
all that is necessary as the occasion will arise,” a familiar Old
Testament idea (compare Isa_7:4, Isa_7:9; Psa_23:1-6).(ISBE)
In Fact in the Brit Chadasha (N.T),
יהוה is made
known by Yehoshua as Father. Yehoshua speak from his
relationship to his Father in many places, which was not established in the
period ante Messiah. The idea came only with the prophets Yeshayahu and Malachi:
Isa 64:8 but now, O YHWH, thou art
our father; we are the clay, and thou
our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Mal
2:10
Have we not all one father? hath not one El created us? why do we deal
treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our
fathers?
The idea of Father and creator emerge with Yob as creator:
Job 31:15 Did not he that made me in the
womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
יהוה our Father! This is what Yehoshua
centuries later will expound to his disciples, the final revelation of the true
identity of the creator of the universe: “
יהוה
the Father”.
Do you have the
relationship Yehoshua brought us, are you calling “aba Father” the creator of the universe, or are you still limited
to יהוה?
Tell me of another religion calling his deity “Father” or “Father יהוה”there is none!
Today many
believers boast themselves and forget that it is Elohim who work in us:
Php 2:13 for it is Elohim who is working in you1
both to desire and to work for His
good pleasure.
To crucify the
flesh is to submit everything to יהוה in order that he will work in us was is pleasing to
him.
Deu 32:14 “Curds
from the cattle, and milk of the flock, with fat of lambs, And rams of the
breed of Bashan, and goats, with the choicest wheat; and you drank wine, the blood of the
grapes.
Has anything
changed? Read following verses from Yehoshua:
Mat 6:31 “Do not worry then, saying, ‘What shall
we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
Mat 6:32 “For all these the gentiles seek for. And your
heavenly Father knows that you need all these.
Mat 6:33 “But
seek first the Kingdom of Elohim, and His righteousness, and all these matters
shall be added to you.
The key is to
seek first the Kingdom of Elohim and his righteousness. Many times we are busy
body looking for things on our own strength and forget what Yehoshua says!
Are Yehoshua’s
word valid today, or do we have to seek our own way? Does a Father does not
provide for his children?
Deu 32:15 “But Yeshurun grew fat and kicked; You grew
fat, you grew thick, You are covered with fat; So he forsook Eloah who made
him, And scorned the Rock of his deliverance.
Yeshurun, another name for Israel:
Strong’s # 3484
ישׁרוּן yeshûrûn yesh-oo-roon'
written: yod(10),shin(300),resh(200),vav(6),nun final(700) (Total 1216)
From H3474; upright; Jeshurun, a symbolical name for
Israel: - Jeshurun.
H3474 yâshar yaw-shar'
A primitive root;
to be straight or even; figuratively to be
(causatively to make) right, pleasant, prosperous: - direct,
fit, seem good (meet), + please (well), be (esteem, go) right (on), bring
(look, make, take the) straight (way), be upright (-ly).
Moshe spoke
already about this danger:
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,
The Pharisee
didn’t had a better attitude and Yochanan the Immerser warned them
Mat
3:9 and do not think to say to
yourselves, ‘We have Aḇraham as father.’1
for I say to you that Elohim is able to raise up children to Aḇraham from
these stones.
Joh
8:33 They answered Him, “We are the seed of
Aḇraham,
Is a man saved because he is the
seed of Abraham?
Eph 2:8 for
by favour you have been saved, through belief, and that not of yourselves, it
is the gift of Elohim,
Eph 2:9 it is not by works, so that no one should boast.
Rom 9:6
However, it is not as though the word of Elohim has failed. For they are not all Yisra’ĕl who are of Yisra’ĕl,
Rom 9:7 neither are they
all children because they are the seed of Aḇraham, but, “In Yitsḥaq* your
seed shall be called.”
* Yitshaq had a
brother Ishmael from his Father intercourse with Hagar, Sarah's maid. Ishmael
descendants are not the children of the promise, even if they can access salvation by faith in
Moschiach Yeshua.
Rom 9:8 That is, those
who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of Elohim, but the children of the promise are
reckoned as the seed.
Joh 3:16 “For
Elohim so loved the world that He gave His only brought-forth Son, so that everyone who believes in Him should not perish but possess everlasting life.
Act 4:12 “And
there is no deliverance in anyone else, for there is no other Name under the
heaven given among men by which we need to be saved.”
Salvation through belief in the name
of Yehoshua and obedience to the Torah are prerequisite to salvation, been
descendant of Abraham or not.
In Yehoshua’s time the belief in the
Elohim of Abraham, Itzakh and Ya’acov was reduced to tradition due to the
Temple service following the rules of the Pharisee. Yehoshua came to restore
the true worship “in Spirit and in truth”
(Yochan./John 4:23-24).
The children of the promise are
reckoned as the seed: Remember that Abraham had also a son from Hagar, Ishmael,
therefore the children are those coming of Abraham through Itzakh! Who is
Israel, is not those who believe in the name of Yehoshua? You see Sha’ul didn’t
call Christians the seed of Abraham
through Itzakh.
Deu 32:16 “They
moved Him to jealousy with foreign matters,
with abominations they provoked Him.
Deu 32:17 “They slaughtered to demons – not Eloah – Mighty ones they did not know, New ones who came lately, which
your fathers did not fear.
Deu 32:18 “You neglected the Rock who brought you
forth, and forgot the Ěl who fathered you.
Deu 32:19 “and יהוה saw, and despised, Because of the provocation of His sons and His
daughters.
Deu 32:20 “And He
said, ‘Let Me hide My face from them, Let Me see what their end is, For they
are a perverse generation, Children in whom there is no trusting.
Deu 32:21 “They
made Me jealous by what is not Ěl, They provoked Me with their worthless matters. But I make them jealous by
those who are no people, I provoke them with a foolish nation.
Moshe long
before the prophet Hoshea spoke of the children of Israel (carnal man) on the
same way:
Hos 1:9 then He said, “Call his name Lo-Ammi, for you are not
my people, and I am not for you.
Shaul saw the
restoration of those who were called “lo-Ammi”, not my people:
Rom 9:24 even
whom He called, not only us of the Yehuḏim, but also of the gentiles (Goyim/nations)?
Rom 9:25 as He says in Hoshĕa too, “I shall call them My people, who were not My people,
and her beloved, who was not beloved.”
Rom 9:26 “And it shall be in the place where it was said to
them, ‘You are not My people,’ there they shall be called sons of the living Elohim.”
Hoshea was
speaking particularly to the House of Israel, Ephraim the Northern Kingdom. The
house of Israel, Ephraim is also found in the book of Revelation in the third
chapter:
Rev 3:14 “And to the messenger of the assembly in Laodikeia
write, ‘The Amĕn, the Trustworthy and True Witness,
the Beginning of the creation of Elohim,1 says this: Footnote: 1Col. 1:15, Heb. 1:6.
Rev 3:15 “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor
hot. I would that you were cold or hot.
Rev 3:16 “So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor
hot, I am going to vomit you out of My mouth.
Rev 3:17 “Because you say,
‘Rich I am, and I am made rich, and need none at all,’ and do not know that you
are wretched, and pitiable, and poor, and blind, and naked.
Deu 32:22 “For a fire was kindled in My
wrath And burns to the bottom of She’ol, And consumes the earth and its
increase, And sets on fire the foundations of mountains.
Deu 32:23 “I gather evils upon them, I use up My arrows upon them –
Deu 32:24 “Wasted by scarcity of food, and consumed by heat and bitter
destruction, And the teeth of beasts
I send upon them, With the poison of
serpents of the dust.
Deu 32:25 “The sword bereaves from the outside, and
fear from within, Both young man and maiden, Nursing child with the man of grey
hairs.
Deu 32:26 “I said,
‘I should blow them away, I should make the remembrance of them to cease from
among men,
Deu 32:27 ‘If I did
not fear the enemy’s taunt, lest their adversaries misunderstand, Lest they
say, “Our hand is high, And יהוה has not done all this.” ’
Deu 32:28 “For
they are a nation lost to counsel, and there is no understanding in them.
Jer 16:14
“Therefore see, the days are coming,” declares יהוה, “when it
is no longer said, ‘יהוה lives who brought up the children of Yisra’ĕl from the land of Mitsrayim,’
Jer 16:15 but, ‘יהוה lives who brought up the children
of Yisra’ĕl from the land of the north and from all the lands where He had
driven them.’ For I shall bring them back into their land I gave to their
fathers.
Jer 16:16 “See, I am
sending for many fishermen,” declares יהוה, “and they shall fish them. And after that I shall send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every
mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
Jer 16:17 “For My eyes are on all their ways; they have not been hidden from My
face, nor has their crookedness been hidden from My eyes.
Jer 16:18 “And first I shall repay double for their crookedness and their sin, because they have defiled My
land with the dead bodies of their disgusting matters, and have filled My inheritance with their
abominations.”
Jer 16:19 O יהוה, my strength and my stronghold and my refuge, in the day of
distress the gentiles (Goyim) shall come to You from the ends of the earth and
say, “Our fathers have inherited only falsehood,
futility, and there is no value in them.”1 Footnote: 1See Ps. 147:19, Isa. 2:3, Isa. 60:2-3,
John 4:22, Rom. 2:20, Rom. 3:2, Rom. 9:4.
Jer 16:20 Would a man make mighty ones for himself, which are not mighty ones?
Jer 16:21 “Therefore see, I am causing them to know, this time I cause them to know
My hand and My might. And they shall know that My Name is יהוה!”
Verse 16, read:
Mat
4:18 And יהושע, walking by the Sea of Galil, saw two brothers, Shimʽon called
Kĕpha, and Andri his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were
fishermen.
Mat 4:19 And He said to them, “Follow Me, and I shall make you fishers of men.”
The prophet YrmeYahu says that first יהוה will send
fisher to fish His people and after He will send hunter to hunt them from every
mountain and every hills and out of the holes of the rocks to repay double for
their crookedness.
Is not what
Yochanan saw in his vision, juts read?
Rev
6:12 And I looked when He opened
the sixth seal and saw a great earthquake came to be. And the sun became black
as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood.
This
will be Yom Kippur during a sun eclipse in a closer year to come. Yom Kippur is
the day for judgment
Rev 6:13 and the stars of the heaven fell to the earth, as a
fig tree drops its unripe figs, being shaken by a strong wind.
Rev 6:14 and heaven departed like a scroll being rolled up,
and every mountain and island was moved out of its place.
Rev 6:15 And the sovereigns of the earth, and the great ones,
and the rich ones, and the commanders, and the mighty, and every slave and
every free one, hid themselves in the caves and
in the rocks of the mountains,
Are
they not those who have forgot the Torah and gone after other Elohim?
Rev 6:16 and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and
hide us from the face of Him sitting on the throne and from the wrath of the
Lamb,
Rev 6:17 because the
great day of His wrath has come, and who is able
to stand?”
Deu 32:29 “If they
were wise, they would understand this, They would consider their latter end!
Moshe speak in
the future of what will be with Israel. In spite of the grammatical form, the
actions are futures. Latter end
equals “latter days”.
Deu 32:30 “How
would one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, unless their
Rock had sold them, And יהוה had given them up?
Deu 32:31 “for their
rock is not like our Rock – Even our enemies are judges.
Remember who is
the Rock, isn’t יהוה Elohim. Their rock are others mighty one like “mammon”
and power and HaSatan the “god” of this world. Moshe goes on saying that their
enemies have become their judges (v.31). Elohim will allow pagans to take
advantage of the children of Israel (carnal man) because they have rejected the
Torah. We should learn from this. Remember Torah means instruction, instruction
in righteousness according to YeshaYahu 51:7.
Do you think
that it is different today? People boast themselves to be “free from the law”.
When the great tribulation will come they will cry and be perplexed, just
because they have rejected the Torah they will not understand.
I founded an interesting report from a brother named Yedidah following concerning the word “Tribulation” It comes from the word “Tribulum” which was an instrument used to separate the wheat from the chaff. The chaff represents all that hinder the purity of the wheat to make it perfectly acceptable before it is used for making flour.
I founded an interesting report from a brother named Yedidah following concerning the word “Tribulation” It comes from the word “Tribulum” which was an instrument used to separate the wheat from the chaff. The chaff represents all that hinder the purity of the wheat to make it perfectly acceptable before it is used for making flour.
Everest
dictionary give us following explanation concerning “flour”: The finely ground
meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated
by bolting (sifting as of flour or meal. Everest dictionary)”
Here we see
that Tribulation will be a suffering period for those who want to keep their
“own righteousness” but a time of hope for those who hold the Torah and are
willing to let Elohim remove any reminding “chaff” from their life..
Deu 32:32 “Their
vine is of the vine of Seḏom and of the fields of Amorah (Gomorah); Their
grapes are grapes of gall, Their clusters are bitter.
Verses 32-35:
Here again we can read in the book of Revelation:
Rev 14:18 And
another messenger came out from the altar, having authority over the fire, and
he cried with a loud cry to him having the sharp sickle, saying, “Send your
sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, because her grapes are ripe.”
Rev
14:19 and the messenger thrust his
sickle into the earth and gathered the vine
of the earth, and threw it into the great
winepress of the wrath of Elohim.
Rev
14:20 And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the
bridles of the horses, for about three hundred kilometres.
The fruit of the
wine are the Children of Israel among the nations, the wrath of יהוה
will come upon the rebellious Children for having rejected the truth and follow
after false doctrines. (Judaism and Christianity)
Deu 32:33 “Their wine
is the poison of serpents, and the fierce venom of cobras.
Deu 32:34 ‘is it
not stored up with Me, Sealed up among My treasures?
Deu 32:35 ‘Vengeance
is Mine, and repayment, at the time their foot slips; For near is the day of
their calamity, And the matters
prepared are hastening to them.’
Deu 32:36 “For יהוה rightly rules His people and has
compassion on His servants, When He sees that their power is gone, And there is
no one remaining, Shut up or at large.
Deu 32:37 “And He
shall say, ‘Where are their mighty ones, the rock in whom they sought refuge?
Deu 32:38 ‘Who ate
the fat of their slaughterings, and drank the wine of their drink offering? Let
them arise and help you, let it be a hiding-place for you!
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!
We can read
what the prophet YeshaYahu write:
Isa 45:5 ‘I am יהוה, and there is none else – there is no Elohim besides Me. I gird
you, though you have not known Me,
Isa 45:22 “Turn to Me and be saved, all
you ends of the earth! For I am Ěl, and there is none else.
Deu 32:40 ‘for I
lift My hand to the heavens, And shall say: As I live forever,
Deu 32:41 ‘If I
have sharpened My flashing sword, And My hand takes hold on judgment, I shall
return vengeance to My enemies, and repay those who hate Me.
Shaul speaks of
vengeance:
Rom 12:19 Beloved, do not revenge yourselves, but give place to
the wrath, for it has been written, “Vengeance is Mine, I shall repay,” says יהוה.
Deu 32:42 ‘I make
My arrows drunk with blood, And My sword devours flesh, With the blood of the
slain and the captives, From the long-haired enemy chiefs.
’ Deu 32:43 “O nations, acclaim His people! For He
avenges the blood of His servants, and returns vengeance to His adversaries, and
shall pardon His land, His people.”
Jer 46:10 for this is the day of the Master יהוה of hosts, a day of vengeance, to
revenge Himself on His adversaries. And the sword shall devour, and be
satisfied and made drunk with their blood. For the Master יהוה of hosts has a slaughtering in
the land of the north by the River Euphrates.
Joe 1:15 Alas for the day! for the day of יהוה is near, and it comes as
destruction from the Almighty.
This day is Yom Kippur as it is written in verse 14:
Joe
1:14 Set apart a fast. Call
an assembly, gather the elders, all
the inhabitants of the land, into the House of יהוה your Elohim, and cry out to יהוה.
This is the fats of Yom Kippur when all people gather for
the Feast on the tenth of the seventh month
And in the Chapter 2 verse 1-2
Joe 2:1 blow
a ram’s horn in Tsiyon, and sound an alarm in My set-apart mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the earth tremble, for the day of יהוה is coming, for it is near:
Joe 2:2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness, like the
morning clouds spread over the mountains – a people many and strong, the like
of whom has never been, nor shall there ever be again after them, to the years
of many generations.
The Ram’s horn sounds an alarm! This will be when Messiah
comes back
Mat 24:31 “And
He shall send His messengers with a great sound
of a trumpet, and they shall gather
together His chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to
the other.
Isa 27:13 and in that
day it shall be that a great horn is blown, and
those who were perishing in the land of Ashshur and the outcasts in the land of
Mitsrayim shall come, and shall worship יהוה on the set-apart mountain, in
Yerushalayim.
According to the tradition we are called to fast and
mourn on Yom Kippur. This will be a fairy day for those coming to be judged and
a day of deliverance for those who wait for their redemption.
Deu 32:44 Then
Mosheh came, with Yehoshua son of Nun, and spoke all the words of this song in
the hearing of the people.
Deu 32:45 and when
Mosheh ended speaking all these words to all Yisra’ĕl,
Deu 32:46 he said
to them, “Set your heart on all the words with which I warn you today, so that
you command your children to guard to do all the Words of this Torah.
Moshe remind
the children of Israel (carnal man) that it is their responsibility to teach
their children as it is written in D’varim 6:7. Today parents have forgotten the
right way to teach their children and it has come what Shaul wrote:
2Ti 3:1 but know this, that in the last days hard
times shall come.
2Ti 3:2 for men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money,
boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to
parents, thankless, wrong-doers,
Are you
teaching your children in order for them to know the right way and be followers
of Yehoshua, and have all the benefits (divine protection, against man, against
trouble, in the time of the great tribulation…..) for them to be able to
discern, or have you taught false doctrines to your children, are you confident
of what you teach them?
Deu 32:47 “for it
is not a worthless Word for you, because it is your life, and by
this Word you prolong your days on the soil which you pass over the Yardĕn to
possess.”
Moshe tell the
children of Israel (carnal man) that the Torah is their life and that it will
prolong their days!
Read what Yehoshua
says to the man asking him what to do to enter eternal life:
Mat 19:16 And
see, one came and said to Him, “Good Teacher, what good shall I do to have everlasting life?”
Mat 19:17 And
He said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except One – Elohim.
But if you wish to enter into life, guard the commands.”
Luk 10:25 and
see, a certain one learned in the Torah stood up, trying Him, and saying,
“Teacher, what shall I do to inherit
everlasting life?”
Luk
10:26 and He said to him, “What has been written in the Torah? How
do you read it?”
Luk
10:27 And he answering, said, “ ‘You shall love יהוה your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your being, and with all
your strength, and with all your
mind,’ and ‘your neighbor as
yourself.’ ”
Luk 10:28 and He said to him, “You have answered rightly. Do this and you shall live.”
This is amazing to me that Christianity
in spite of Yehoshua’s word still claim the law to be done away!
To love יהוה our Elohim correspond in the four
first commandments from the Decalogue
(Ten commandments)
To love his neighbor as ourselves
relate to the six others commandments of the same Decalogue. The first
commandments are a relation between man and his Elohim, the second part between
man and his fellow.
Deu 32:48 and יהוה spoke to Mosheh that same day,
saying,
Deu 32:49 “Go up
this mountain of the Aḇarim, Mount Neḇo, which is in the land of Mo’aḇ,
which is opposite Yeriḥo, and look at the land of Kenaʽan, which I give to the
children of Yisra’ĕl as a possession,
Deu 32:50 and die on the mountain which you ascend, and be gathered to your people,
as Aharon your brother died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people,
Deu 32:51 because
you trespassed against Me in the midst of the children of Yisra’ĕl at the
waters of Meriḇah Qaḏĕsh, in the Wilderness of Tsin, because you did not set
Me apart in the midst of the children of Yisra’ĕl.
Deu 32:52 “For you
are to look at the land before you, but not enter there, into the land which I
am giving to the children of Yisra’ĕl.”
Moshe the great
prophet and great man of Elohim, was the "savior" of the children of
Israel which are a picture of our carnal nature. Moshe would have to died and
wait for the time of redemption as David does and many others who have served יהוה Elohim with all
their heart.
When we read
the Torah especially the redemption of our forefathers from Mitzrayim (Egypt)
we should see what is behind the Peshat
level (literal), in order to understand that our carnal nature must be put to
the stake, in order to be able to follow Yehoshua our Master. The Children of
Israel were not able to see more then Moshe the carnal man and their Ego made
them stumble.
Haftorah
David the
King, the man after יהוה’s
heart.
David knew
that his reign is not in his own hands, that יהוה will perform what he promised.
Remember at
this time Kings and other people who served יהוה were anointed, the Ruach HaQodesh
coming upon them. They didn’t receive the Ruach HaQodesh as it has been since
the time when Yehoshua went back to the Father at Shavuot / Pentecost.
Why David did
followed יהוה?
May be because he studied the Torah!
Remember
that every king has the obligation to write the Torah for himself to study it
all his life:
Deu 17:14
“When you come to the land which יהוה your Elohim is giving you, and shall possess it and shall dwell
in it, and you shall say, ‘Let me set a sovereign(king) over me like all the
gentiles that are around me,’
Deu 17:18 “And
it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his reign, that he shall write for himself a copy of this Torah in a
book, from the one before the priests, the
Lĕwites.
Deu
17:19 “And it shall be with him,
and he shall read it all the days
of his life, so that he learns to fear יהוה his Elohim and guard all the Words of this Torah and
these laws, to do them,
2Sa
22:1 Then Dawiḏ spoke to יהוה the words of this song, on the
day when יהוה had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of
Sha’ul.
David was
anointed as King long before he could reign. Saul was King at this time and
David served him honestly.
Saul was
jealous and saw in David the one who would take his place. Wasn’t he יהוה himself
who established Saul first as King over Israel?
Saul reign
pleasing men, David reigned pleasing Elohim!
2Sa 22:2 and he said, “יהוה is my rock and my stronghold and my deliverer.
2Sa 22:3 “My Elohim is my rock, I take refuge in Him, My shield and the horn of my
deliverance, My high tower and my refuge. My Saviour, You save me from
violence.
David wrote a
Psalm after יהוה delivered him from Saul’s attack:
Psa 18:1 I love You, O יהוה, my strength.
Psa 18:2 יהוה is my rock and my stronghold and my deliverer; My Ěl is my rock, I take refuge in Him; My shield and the horn of my
deliverance, my high tower.
Psa 18:3 I call upon יהוה, the One to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
2Sa 22:4 “I call on יהוה, the One to
be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
2Sa 22:5 “For the waves of death surrounded me, Floods of Beliyaʽal made me afraid,
2Sa 22:6 “The cords of the grave were all around me; The snares of death were
before me.
2Sa 22:7 “In my distress I called upon יהוה, and to my
Elohim I cried. and from His Hĕḵal He heard my voice, and my cry was in His
ears.
2Sa 22:8 “And the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of the heavens were
troubled, Because He was wroth.
2Sa 22:9 “Smoke went up from His nostrils, and devouring fire from His mouth; Coals
were kindled by it.
2Sa 22:10 “And He bowed the heavens and came down, and thick darkness was under His
feet.
2Sa 22:11 “And He rode upon a keruḇ, and flew, and was seen upon the wings of the
wind.
2Sa 22:12 “And He put darkness around Him as booths, Darkness of waters, thick
clouds.
2Sa 22:13 “From the brightness before Him Coals of fire were kindled.
2Sa 22:14 “יהוה thundered from the heavens, And the Most High sent forth His voice.
2Sa 22:15 “And He sent out arrows and scattered them, Lightning, and confused them.
2Sa 22:16 “And the channels of the sea were seen, the foundations of the world were
uncovered At the rebuke of יהוה, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
2Sa 22:17 “He sent from above, He took me, He drew me out of many waters.
2Sa 22:18 “He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those hating me, for they were
stronger than I.
2Sa 22:19 “They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But יהוה was my support.
2Sa 22:20 “And He brought me out into a large place, He delivered me for He
delighted in me.
2Sa 22:21 “יהוה rewarded
me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He
repaid me.
2Sa 22:22 “For I have guarded the ways of
יהוה, and have not acted wrongly against my Elohim.
2Sa 22:23 “For all His right-rulings are before me; as for His laws, I do not turn
from them.
2Sa 22:24 “And I am perfect before Him, and I
guard myself from my crookedness.
2Sa 22:25 “And יהוה repays me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness before
His eyes.
2Sa 22:26 “With the kind You show Yourself
kind, With the perfect one You show
Yourself perfect,
2Sa 22:27 “With the clean You show Yourself
clean, And with the crooked You show Yourself twisted. (1st Kefa /Peter 5:5)
1Pe 5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you
be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for YHWH resisteth the proud, and giveth favour
to the humble.
2Sa 22:28 “For You save
the humble people, But Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.
2Sa 22:29 “For You are my lamp, O יהוה, and יהוה makes my darkness light.
2Sa 22:30 “For with You I run against a band, With my Elohim I leap over a wall.
2Sa 22:31 “The Ěl – His way is perfect; The Word of יהוה is proven; He is a shield to all
who take refuge in Him.
2Sa 22:32 “For who is Ěl, besides יהוה? And who is a rock, besides our Elohim?
2Sa 22:33 “Ěl is my mighty stronghold, And He makes my way perfect,
2Sa 22:34 “Making my feet like the feet of deer, and sets me on my high places,
2Sa 22:35 “Teaching my hands for battle, So that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
2Sa 22:36 “And You give me the shield of Your deliverance, and Your lowliness makes
me great.
2Sa 22:37 “You enlarge my step under me, So that my feet shall not slip.
2Sa 22:38 “I pursue my enemies and destroy them, and I do not turn back till they
are destroyed.
2Sa 22:39 “And I destroy them and crush them, So that they do not rise, and fall
under my feet.
2Sa 22:40 “And You gird me with strength for battle, You cause my adversaries to bow
under me.
2Sa 22:41 “And You make my enemies turn their backs, Those hating me, and I cut them
off.
2Sa 22:42 “They look but there is no saviour, Unto יהוה, but He
shall not answer them.
2Sa 22:43 “And I beat them as dust of the earth, I beat them small as dirt in the
streets – I spread them out.
2Sa 22:44 “And You deliver me from the strivings of my people, You safeguard me as
the head of the nations; A people I have not known serve me.
2Sa 22:45 “Sons of the foreigner submit to me, As soon as they hear they obey me.
2Sa 22:46 “Sons of the foreigner fade away, and gird themselves from their
strongholds.
2Sa 22:47 “יהוה lives! And blessed is my Rock! And exalted is my Elohim, The
Rock of my deliverance,
2Sa 22:48 “Ěl who avenges me, and bringing peoples down under me,
2Sa 22:49 “And bringing me out from my enemies; You raise me up above those rising
up against me; You deliver me from a man of violence.
2Sa 22:50 “Therefore I give thanks to You, O יהוה, among
nations, And I sing praise to Your Name.
2Sa 22:51 “A tower of deliverance is He to His sovereign, and showing kindness to
His anointed, To Dawiḏ and his seed, forever.”
I will also quote from Lawrence Nathan from Hoshanna Rabbah,
who has a very good insight in the haftorah:
Vengeance Is Mine, Saith YHVH, I Will
Repay!
Overview
This Haftorah portion typically falls in
the time period of Yom Teruah (Day of Shofar Blowing) and Yom Kippur (Day of
Atonement). Prophetically, this speaks of the time at the end of the age (just
prior to the coming of Messiah) when YHVH Elohim will begin to judge the earth
and execute vengeance against the enemies of righteousness. This is the time of
rewards for the righteous and punishment for the wicked. Note how this song of
David fits into this theme.
David did not focus on adversity in his life, but on YHVH’s goodness,
kindness and sovereignty over all things. YHVH is in charge, even over adverse
circumstances; therefore, all will turn out for our good.
Salvation from adversity is a general theme in this passage. Note and
discuss words found therein pertaining to salvation such as trust, saviour,
save, deliver, horn of my salvation, shield of salvation, rock of my salvation and
tower of my salvation. Compare David’s concept of salvation to that of
the average Christian view of salvation.
2 Samuel Is Divided Into Four Sections
Verses 1–3, Introduces the theme: YHVH is man’s protector
Verses 4–28, How YHVH saved David from his enemies Verses
29–46, YHVH not only delivered David from adversity, but also gave him
strength to overcome and defeat his enemies
Verses 47–51, Declaration of praise to YHVH.
Commentary and Questions:
Verse 1, David had his Saul (his adversary and enemy). Who is
your Saul? Though Saul sought David’s life, he never retaliated against Saul.
He trusted YHVH with Saul’s fate. Be patient! Justice will come to your enemies
in YHVH’s way and timing.
Verses 2–3, Here we find Hebrew poetic expressions or anthropomorphisms
(expression relating to man nature) where YHVH is expressed as having human or
other non-deity characteristics for poetic and instructive purposes.
YHVH is likened to a:
Rock
Fortress
Rescuer
Shield
Stronghold
Horn of My Salvation
Why does Hebrew poetry rely so heavily on anthropomorphisms? How does
this literary device help men to understand the complex and unsearchable
qualities of Elohim?
22:7, In this verse, David uses the personal name YHVH
and title Elohim. In Hebraic thought, the former relates to mercy and
grace, while the latter relates to judgment. Discuss the
attributes of YHVH’s names not only in this verse, but throughout the chapter.
Why do you suppose David chose one instead of the other to express when did?
In the following verses, we see that YHVH answered David’s prayer and
came to his rescue.
22:8, The expression the earth quaked and roared is
a poetic metaphor for eruptions in nature, and for utter destruction on David’s
enemies. Sometimes YHVH will bend the forces of nature to accomplish his judgments.
Yeshua, in the Sermon on the Mount, said to love your enemies and to turn the
other cheek, yet here, David — who was a man after YHVH’s own heart — expressed
a seeming opposite reaction. Were David and Yeshua at odds with each other? Or
is there a time to hate and a time to love as Solomon in Ecclesiastes three
states, “a time to plant and a time to pluck up … a time to kill and a time to
heal … a time to break down and a time to build up … a time to love and a time
to hate? Does YHVH hate anything? (For the answer, see Deut. 12:31; 16:22; Ps.
5:5; 11:5; Mal. 2:16.) Is it acceptable for humans to hate their enemies with a
perfect hatred as David did? (Ps. 139:22)
22:8, Elohim’s wrath flared. Compare this with
David’s statement found in Psalm 7:11 that El (short for Elohim, as
opposed to YHVH) is angry with the wicked every day. Scripture clearly
teaches that there is a time when YHVH holds back his hand at men’s sin giving
man an opportunity to repent and to turn from wickedness, and there is a time
when YHVH, in righteousness, acts as the Just Judge against sin by judging
sinners. With this in mind, contrast the two comings of Yeshua the Messiah: the
first time he came as a lamb to the slaughter, while the second time he will
come as a warrior on a white horse to destroy his enemies.
22:9, Smoke came out of his nostrils. This is
another expression of YHVH’s anger against his enemies on David’s behalf.
22:9, Devouring fire from his mouth. Compare this
to Hebrews 4:12 and Revelation 19:13–15 where we learn that his word is like a
flame or sword, and that the Word of Yeshua will destroy his enemies
22:10, Bending the heavens. Here we see YHVH
stooping to intervene in the affairs of men because of the righteous, to
protect and save his Saints. Has he ever done this for you?
22:12, Darkness. When YHVH intervenes in men’s
affairs he often conceals himself in natural phenomena. Those who are
spiritually discerning and have spiritual eyes of faith will see behind the
veil. For example, at Mount Sinai the voice of YHVH was like thunder (Exod.
19:16; 20:18) and the voice of the Father spoke validating Yeshua’s ministry.
Some hear YHVH’s voice while others heard only thunder (John 12:28–29). Have
you learned to hear YHVH’s voice while others around you do not?
22:20, Many times YHVH leads us out of a box canyon where
we are trapped and opens up an escape route where none was before and leads us
to a “broad space.” We are released because YHVH “desires” us! Desire (Strong’s
H2654) means to delight, be pleased with, favour, have pleasure. How
many times has this happened to you? Have you praised him for it? How has this
caused your faith and trust in him to deepen?
22:21–25, YHVH’s favour is conditional upon our righteousness
and obedience to his Torah! Spiritual
reward (not salvation) both here and now and for eternity are based on Torah
observance. Yeshua makes this point very clear in Matthew 5:19. On this
basis, are you destined to be the least or the greatest in the kingdom of
Elohim?
Hoshea was
the mouth of יהוה
against the House of
Israel, Ephraim. The apostasy of the children of Israel has been so far that יהוה has give them a bill of divorce.
As I
mentioned before in another parsha, a
prophet was to bring correction, to admonish people and to turn them back to
the Elohim of Israel. Nothing is definitive as long as a man as time to repent.
This is why יהוה
sent His prophet: To
bring people back to him.
Hos 14:2 Take
words with you, and return to
יהוה. Say to Him, “Take away all crookedness, and accept what is good,
and we render the bulls of our lips1.
Footnote: 1Heb. 13:15 - bulls, referring to
offerings.
What are the bulls of our lips today?
Heb 13:15 By him (Yehoshua) therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to
YHWH continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
Hos 14:3 “Ashshur does not save us. We do
not ride on horses, nor ever again do we say to the work of our hands, ‘Our
mighty ones.’ For the fatherless finds compassion in You.”
Hos 14:4 “I shall heal their backsliding, I shall love them spontaneously, for My
displeasure has turned away from him.
Hos 14:5 “I shall be like the dew to Yisra’ĕl. He shall blossom like the lily, and
cast out his roots like Leḇanon.
Hos 14:6 “His branches shall spread, and his splendour shall be like an olive tree,
and his fragrance like Leḇanon.
Hos 14:7 “Those who dwell under his shadow shall
return. They shall revive like grain, and blossom like the vine, and
become as fragrant as the wine of Leḇanon.
Hos 14:8 “What more has Ephrayim to do with
idols? It is I who answer and look after him. I am like a green cypress
tree, your fruit comes from Me.”
Hos 14:9 Who is wise and understands these words,
discerning and knows them? For the ways of יהוה are straight, and the righteous walk in them, but the transgressors stumble in them.
Do not forget that nowadays, many of those coming back to
יהוה
and
who are not Yehudin, are coming from the House of Israel. They claim again the
faith of their forefather. This is what יהוה spoke by the
mouth of Yechezk’El:
Eze 34:11 ‘For
thus said the Master יהוה, “See, I Myself shall search for My sheep and seek them out.
Eze 34:12 “As a shepherd seeks out his flock on the day he is among his scattered
sheep, so I shall seek out My sheep and deliver them from all the places where
they were scattered in a day of cloud and thick darkness.
Eze 34:13 “And I shall
bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the lands, and shall bring them to their own
land. and I shall feed them on the mountains of Yisra’ĕl, in the valleys,
and in all the dwellings of the land.
Rev 15:1 and I saw another sign in the heaven, great and marvellous: seven
messengers having the seven last plagues,1
for the wrath of Elohim was ended in
them. Footnote: 1See 21:9.
Rev 15:2 and I saw like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and
those overcoming the beast and his image and his mark and the number of his
name, standing on the sea of glass, holding harps of Elohim.
Who are this people?
Rev 7:13 and
one of the elders responded, saying to me, “Who are these dressed in white
robes, and where did they come from?”
Rev 7:14 and I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation,
and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
During many years I have been confused when
reading these verses from chapter seven. Let us look a bit closer at it. The
chapter starts with the angels (messenger) who put the seal of Elohim on his
servants. By reading we see that there are two tribes missing:
The Tribe
of Dan
and
The Tribe
of Ephraim.
Now
tradition tells us that out of Dan shall the anti-messiah come to judge יהוה’s people. We can read an
interesting word from Ya’acov before he died:
Gen 49:16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of
Israel.
Gen 49:17 “Dan is a serpent by the way, an adder by the path that
bites the horse’s heels so that its rider falls backward.
Once again I will include the
Haftorah from Nathan Lawrence (even if I don't always agree with his teaching)
from Hoshana Rabbah which give a very good insight to יהוה’s plan for the world/
What Does the Book of Joel Reveal About
the Fall Feasts?
Joel 1:14-15 talks
about a fast and a solemn assembly (Hebr. atzeret, Strong’s H616),
which is a reference to one of YHVH’s annual feast days, which occurs before
the Day of YHVH’s Wrath. This is an obvious prophetic reference to Yom
Kippur (the Day of Atonement), which occurs in the fall between Yom Teruah and
Sukkot, and is the only annual high Sabbath/solemn assembly where YHVH’s people
are required to fast (Lev. 23:27). In the prophetic end time scenario of the
falls feasts, Yom Kippur occurs between the catching away (“rapture”)* of the
Saints (pictured by Yom Teruah), and the beginning of Yeshua’s millennial rule
(pictured by Sukkot). Yom Kippur is the time of the judgment of the world when
YHVH will pour out his wrath upon rebellious and unrepentant man (Rev. 15–16,
the Seven Bowl Judgments).
* Not to be confounded with
the pre-rapture wide spray among Christians
which tell Christians that they have not to fear for the tribulation, because
“God” will remove them from the earth. This doctrine has been wide spray among
Christians with the series “left behind” from
a man called Tim Lahaye, promoted by people like Pat Robertson and
other wicked persons. The rapture
doctrine came first with a man named Darby
who published a Bible Darby’s Bible
full of error. The catching away mentioned here by Nathan Lawrence is conform
to the scripture and concern ONLY the true believers those who follow Yehoshua
with all their heart in the Torah, thus loving יהוה
with all their heart.(my comments).
Joel 2:1 speaks about
blowing the shofar and sounding the alarm in Zion, for the day of YHVH is
coming. This is a reference to Yom Teruah, the day of shofar blowing or
awakening blast. These shofar blasts seem to correspond to the Seven Trumpets
of the book of Revelation, which occur just prior to the resurrection of the
righteous dead (Rev. 11:14–18) and the Day of YHVH’s Wrath (Rev. 15–16).
Joel 2:2 further calls
Yom Teruah a day of darkness, gloominess, clouds and thick darkness. This cross
references with Matthew 24:29–31 and tells us the timing of the resurrection of
the dead, which is after (verse 29) the Great Tribulation (verse 21).
All this is the precursor to the great and terrible Day of YHVH’s Wrath (Joel
2:11). The word morning in verse two is the Hebrew word sachar (Strong’s
H7837) meaning morning, dayspring, dawn. This is darkest time of the
night, and Joel uses this poetic metaphor to describe spiritual conditions
existing on earth just prior to the return of Messiah Yeshua who will come as
the Sun of Righteousness with healing in his wings to break the hold
that spiritual darkness has had on this earth once and for all (Mal. 4:2, cp. 2
Pet. 1:19).
Joel 2:12-15 further
identifies the time period that this series of passages is discussing as being
what is commonly called in Rabbinic Jewish circles “the 40 Days of Teshuvah
(repentance),” which begins on the first day of the sixth month on the
Hebrew/biblical calendar and ends on the tenth day of the seventh month, which
is Yom Kippur. These three verses clearly delineate the major aspects of this
forty-day period. YHVH’s people are to:
to turn from their sins (called teshuvah meaning to repent),
to turn to YHVH with all their hearts indicating a deep (not just
a surface), heartfelt repentance,
to fast, which is a direct reference to Yom Kippur/the Day of
Atonement when Scripture requires YHVH’s people to fast or afflict their
souls (Lev. 23:27),
and to weep and mourn for the sins one has committed that have
separated one from YHVH.
In Joel 2:15-17, we see that within these days of teshuvah there
is a time of shofar blowing, followed by the sanctifying of a fast, which again
is connected to the idea of a solemn assembly (atzeret, verse
15). This is a clear reference to Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), which ends
the forty days of teshuvah (repentance), and occurs on the tenth day of
the seventh month. Verse 15 speaks of blowing the shofar (on Yom Kippur), which
is a reference to the third in the trilogy of shofar blasts that occur on
Pentecost, Trumpets and finally on Atonement. This final or jubilee blast is
called the Great Shofar Blast or Final Shofar (Shofar haGadol) and signifies
when in ancient Israel all debts were forgiven, all land was returned to its
rightful owners and all captives were set free. Prophetically, this pictures
when the returning Yeshua will defeat all his enemies including the armies of
the Beast, Babylon the Great, which has enslaved the world spiritually,
economically and politically, and Yeshua will cast Satan into the bottomless
pit. This is the Day of YHVH’s Wrath or Vengeance. It is even possible that
the Day of YHVH’s Wrath may last for a year and terminate on Yom Kippur of the
next year.
At this point, some honest Scripture
students may wonder why we think that certain key prophetic end-time events have
to occur on the feasts. The answer is simple: Since certain key events pertaining
to Yeshua’s first coming occurred on the specific feast days that until then
had prophetically pointed to those events (for example, Yeshua was crucified on
Passover when the Jews were sacrificing the Passover lamb in the Temple; Yeshua
resurrected on the day the Levites were offering the first fruits of barley*
harvest; Yeshua poured out his Spirit on the Day of Pentecost and wrote the
Torah on the hearts of the Saints, which corresponds to the giving of the Torah
at Mount Sinai on Pentecost some 1500 years earlier; etc.), we have good reason
to believe (based on scriptural precedence) that such will occur again
regarding events surround the fall feasts.
* (my
comment) Today a deep study will reveal that he first-fruit was to be made of
"wheat" and not barley.
Joel 2:16 speaks
of the bridegroom going forth from his chamber and the bride coming out of her
closet. This prophetically refers to the meeting of Yeshua, the Bridegroom, and
his Bride (the Saints who have prepared themselves for the wedding of the Lamb)
who will have a joyful reunion in the air at this time after the catching away
of the Saints. This occurs on or after Yom Teruah and during the Day of YHVH’s
Wrath leading up to and on Yom Kippur.
Joel 2:12-14, 17 speaks
of a time period of great repentance for all the inhabitants of the earth
(including the Saints) not only during the first 30 days of teshuvah (repentance)
leading up to Yom Teruah, but especially for those inhabitants of the earth
who were not caught away to meet the Bridegroom in the air on Yom
Teruah, and who still remain on this earth during the “Ten Days of Awe” between
Yom Teruah and Yom Kippur when the Wrath of Elohim will be poured out upon the
earth (the Day of YHVH). Many will repent of their wickedness and rebellion
against YHVH during this time, and many will not.
Joel 2:17 speaks
of the priests weeping between the porch and the altar of the Temple and making
intercession for the people. We know that this occurred on Yom Kippur when the
priests would actually slaughter a bull as an atonement for the sins of the
priesthood and the people between the porch and the altar (The Temple and
Its Ministry and Service, by Alfred Edersheim, pp. 248–249). Their weeping
and crying out to YHVH to spare his people indicates that prophetically this will
be a time of great duress upon the earth as YHVH’s pours out his wrath upon
unrepentant humanity.
Joel speaks of the Day of YHVH (1:15; 2:1,11,31; 3:14), which is a time
period associated with the ten days between Yom Teruah and Yom Kippur. The
concluding event of this time period (the Wrath of Elohim) will be the Battle
of Armageddon when YHVH will gather all nations to mount one final assault
against the Messiah in an effort to thwart him from establishing his
world-ruling kingdom on earth (3:2; 12:14). Joel refers to this as the “Valley
of Decision” for these nations (verse 12). They will be given the opportunity
to choose to fight or submit to King Yeshua the Messiah. There YHVH will judge
the nations based on the decision they make (verse 12) (this very likely is the
judgment between the sheep and goat nations Yeshua refers to in Matthew
25:31-46) before slaughtering those who persist in rebelling against him (verse
3:13; Rev. 14:14-20). Zechariah also speaks of the Day of YHVH when YHVH will
gather all nations against Jerusalem (Zech. 14:2) and he will “go forth and
fight against those nations” (verse 3), after which Messiah will touch his feet
down upon the Mount of Olives (verse 4) — an event that will usher in the rule
of Messiah on earth and the 1000-year-long Millennium (Messianic Age).
With the back drop of the fall feasts in mind as we
read from the writings of Joel, along with the Days of Repentance being a time
of turning from sin, mourning and weeping prior to YHVH pouring out his
judgment upon unrepentant humanity, what should be our emotional and spiritual
disposition as we enter the time period of the fall feasts? Yeshua is coming
again to judge both the wicked and the righteous. Each will be rewarded according
to the fruits of their actions. With these things in mind, please read 1 Peter
4:17–18; 1 Corinthians 5:10 and Matthew 5:19
Joe 2:11 and יהוה shall give forth His voice before His army, for His
camp is very great, for mighty is the doer of His word. For the day of יהוה is great and very awesome, and who does bear it?
Joe 2:12 “Yet even now,” declares יהוה, “turn to Me with all
your heart, and with fasting, and with
weeping, and with mourning.”
Joe 2:13 and tear your heart and not your
garments, and turn back to יהוה your Elohim, for He shows favor and is
compassionate, patient, and of
great kindness, and He shall relent concerning the evil.
Joe 2:14 Who knows – He might turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind Him, a
grain offering and a drink offering for יהוה your Elohim?
Joe 2:15 Blow a ram’s horn in Tsiyon, set apart a fast, call an assembly.
Joe 2:16 Gather the people, set the assembly apart, assemble the elders, gather the
children and nursing babes. Let a bridegroom come out from his room, and a
bride from her dressing room.
Joe 2:17 Let the priests, servants of יהוה, weep between the porch and the altar. And let them say, “Spare
Your people, O יהוה, and do not
give Your inheritance to reproach, for the gentiles to rule over them. Why
should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their Elohim?’ ”
Joe 2:18 and let יהוה be jealous for His land, and
spare His people.
Joe 2:19 and let יהוה answer and say to His people,
“See, I am sending you the grain and the new wine and the oil, and you shall be
satisfied by them. and no longer do I make you a reproach among the gentiles
(nations).
Joe 2:20 “And the Northerner I shall remove far from you, and drive him away into a
dry and deserted land, with his face toward the eastern sea and his rear toward
the western sea. and his stench shall come up and his smell rise, for he has
done greatly.”
Joe 2:21 Do not fear, O soil, be glad and rejoice, for יהוה has done greatly!
Joe 2:22 Do not fear, you beasts of the field, for the pastures of the wilderness
shall spring forth, and the tree shall bear its fruit, the fig tree and the
vine shall yield their strength.
Joe 2:23 And you children of Tsiyon, be glad and rejoice in יהוה your Elohim, for He shall give you
the Teacher of Righteousness, and cause the rain to come down for you, the
former rain and the latter rain, as before.
Joe 2:24 and the threshing-floors shall be filled with grain, and the vats shall
overflow with new wine and oil.
Joe 2:25 “Then I shall repay you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the
crawling locust, and the consuming
locust, and the gnawing locust,
My great army which I sent among you.
Joe 2:26 “Then you shall eat – eat and be satisfied – and shall praise the Name of יהוה your
Elohim, who has done with you so wondrously. And My people shall never be put
to shame.
Joe 2:27 “And you
shall know that I am in the midst of Yisra’ĕl1,
and that I am יהוה your Elohim and there is no one
else. and My people shall never be put
to shame. Footnote: 1See Isa. 24:23
Mic 7:18 Who
is an Ěl like You – taking away crookedness and passing over the transgression
of the remnant of His inheritance? He shall not retain His wrath forever, for
He Himself delights in kindness.
Mic 7:19 He shall turn back, He shall have compassion on us, He shall trample upon our
crookednesses! And You throw all our sins into the depths of the sea!
Mic 7:20 You give truth to Yaʽaqoḇ, kindness to Aḇraham,
which You swore to our fathers from the days of old!
Yoel 2:25: The locust were
signs for the plague in Egypt,
later under the form of
1)the Babylonians,
2)the Medo-Perse,
3)the Greek
and
4)the Romans.
AND THE LAST LOCUST COME UNDER THE ISLAM!
May יהוה the Elohim and Father of our Master Yehoshua, bless you all and keep
you, until the day of redemption.
AND THE LAST LOCUST COME UNDER THE ISLAM!
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