18 Parsha Mishpatim – Ordinances -
Sh’mot 21:1-24:18
Yrmeyahu 34:8-22, 33 :25-26,
2nd M’lakhim 11:17 – 12:17
Mattityahu 5:17-32, 2nd Corint.6-:14-18
Daniel ben Ya’acov Israel
The
desire to "bring God into every aspect of our lives" and thus
"conform us to His image" may be described in terms of "unifying
the Name of God" in our lives. What will one day occur on a global level
(i.e., Zechariah 14:9 - "in that day His Name will be One") is something
we can experience on an individual level, by bringing God into even the most
mundane aspects of our existence. This is accomplished by learning Torah at
deeper and deeper levels, which enables us to "fashion a Torah
response" to EVERYTHING that God puts into our lives.
Thus the
"spiritual high" of Mount Sinai ,
found in last week's parsha is followed by the "down to earth"
commands in this week's. (We go from the lofty "Thou shall not
steal," to instructions on prosecuting a thief!) True spirituality does
not come from retreating away from life to some mountaintop or cave. We are to
grapple with life's every day situations in such a way that we elevate them to
a higher spiritual state. Hebraic writings speak of
"internalizing" and "absorbing" the commands of Torah into
our very bones. This same idea is reflected in the words of Yeshua when he said
we are to "eat his flesh and drink his blood" (John 6:22-58), making
the Torah as much of our very being as flesh and blood is. He came to teach
these aspects of Torah, "fulfilling the Torah" (Matthew 5:17-21),
which means to teach it correctly. He criticized those who failed to realize
(and teach) this true inner dimension of the Torah (i.e., Matthew
23:23-28).(Yashanet on Parasha Mishpatim).
The Children of
Israel are now in the third month of their departure from Mitzrayim (Egypt), remember the purpose
to bring them into the wilderness was to
serve יהוה Elohim, a way they don't know and
had never experienced before. They were many centuries enslaved in Mitzrayim but in spite of that had
accommodated with their situation. This is a similar situation we experience
today in the world, our spiritual Mitzrayim
(Egypt Egypt
In the former parasha
we saw the Children of Israel standing
with Moshe at the foot of Mount Sinai with fear, saying to Moshe: Exo
20:19 and they said
unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not Elohim speak with us, lest we die. - Thus making Moshe their "head",
"speak you with us, and we will
hear: but let not Elohim speak with us, lest we die". They were
so filled with fear that they couldn't stand in יהוה
presence, what does Yochanan says
concerning fear? 1Jn 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love
casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. --- Fear is the antithesis of love, why did the Children of Israel fear Elohim presence, had he not just three
month ago delivered them from their long bondage? Today many people in
the world know about G-d, but only
with fear (i.e. when disaster come they run to the "church"), love is directly connected with obedience to
the Torah! Joh 14:15 If ye love me,
keep my commandments. 1Jn 5:2 by this we know that we love the children of
YHWH, when we love YHWH, and
keep his commandments.--- A nation needs rules in order to be united, in
every country there is a body of laws called constitution. These fundamental laws differ from country to
country.
יהוה will now give a body of mishpatim to the Children of Israel, not to the Jews
as many like to say! The Hebrew word mishpatim
is given by Stong's concordance so: Judgment:
H4941 משׁפּט , mishpâṭ
(singular) mish-pawt' From H8199; properly a verdict
(favorable or unfavorable) pronounced
judicially, especially a sentence
or formal decree (human or
(particularly) divine law, individual or collectively), including the
act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly justice, including a particular right,
or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style: - + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime,
custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be
judged, judgment, just (-ice, -ly), (manner of) law (-ful), manner, measure,
(due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.........................Brown, Driver Brigg give following:BDB Definition:
1) Judgment, justice, ordinance 1a)
judgment 1a1) act of deciding a case 1a2)
place, court, seat of judgment
1a3) process, procedure,
litigation (before judges) 1a4) case,
cause (presented for judgment)
1a5) sentence, decision (of judgment)........I found in the Collin dictionary following definition:
Ordinance:
an authoritative regulation, decree, law, or practice
. Authoritative
regulation, decree, law or practice! This sound to me like a "national constitution regulation",
by which the Children of Israel will
be rule..Exo 21:1 Now these are the judgments which thou (Moshe) shalt set before them.
There is no alternative of choice given to the Children of Israel! This is fundamental
and necessary to understand, many believers today don't even know how to
behave, just because they don't know the Torah!
But see what יהוה say to parents: Deu 6:6 and these
words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: Deu 6:7 and
thou shalt teach them diligently
unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house,
and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou
risest up.
If we want to have godly children, the only way is to
teach them Torah: Pro
22:6 Train up a child in the way (Torah) he
should go: and when he is old, he will
not depart from it. .....This is how the way to educate our children,
just to teach them everyday on the Torah,
but for that we need to be well trained in a Torah attitude!
Let us read again; today’s Parasha bring us to the “Mishpatim”,
the divine Ordinances for the Children of
Israel. The “Scriptures” translation renders it “right ruling”, The King
James with “Judgment”. Let see
the again the Hebrew definition before we go further: Ordinances/Judgment:
Strong’s #H 4941משׁפּט mishpâṭ mish-pawt'written, mem, shin, peh, tet. From H8199;
properly a verdict (favourable
or unfavourable) pronounced judicially,
especially a sentence or formal decree
(human or (particularly) divine law,
individual or collectively), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime,
and the penalty; abstractly justice, including a particular right,
or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style: - + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime,
custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be
judged, judgment, just (-ice, -ly), (manner of) law (-ful), manner, measure,
(due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
From: H8199. shâphaṭ
shaw-fat'. A primitive root; to judge, that is, pronounce sentence (for or
against); by implication to vindicate or punish; by extension to govern; passively to litigate
(literally or figuratively): - + avenge,
X that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge (-ment), X
needs, plead, reason, rule.
This is amazing in two ways and you will see how Christianity has put to naught the Name
of יהוה by rejecting the Torah. ................ First if you look carefully,
you will see that in the world governments have make use many of this “mispathim”, and make out of them their
own legal laws to rule their country, but today reject Elohim’s authority over man’s life.
We also will understand why it was and why is it still required to study
the Torah. The chapter 21 – 23
included, are quoted by יהושע in the book of Mattityahu
when the Pharisee came to יהושע asking what the Great Commandment is, he answer: Mat 22:37 and יהושע said to him, “‘You shall love יהוה your Elohim with all your heart,
and with all your being, and with all your mind.’ Mat 22:38 “This is the first
and great command. …….. יהושע didn’t stop there but went further: Mat 22:39 “And the second is like it, ‘You
shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ Mat 22:40 “On
these two commands hang all the Torah and the Prophets.” ......................יהושע says that on these two commandments “hang” or are
suspended the Torah and the Prophets. The “Mishpatim”
are direct connected to Love יהוה with
all our heart and with all our being, and with our mind and to love our
neighbour as ourselves. In the former parasha we have seen the structure of
the Ten Commandments, the first part
been our love for יהוה the
second part how to love our neighbours. We
are going to go through the “Mishpatim”
and see how they apply to our life! How
is it possible that Christianity claims only TWO COMMANDMENTS and rejects the
Torah? Apostasy has been proclaimed
by Sha'ul (Paul):
2Th 2:3 let no man deceive you by any means: for
that day shall not come, except there come a
falling away (Greek apostasia) first,
and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; First
a falling away or apostasia, but what is apostasia? -- Falling away: Strong's
#G646 ἀποστασία Apostasia ap-os-tas-ee'-ah
Feminine
of the same as G647; defection from truth (properly
the state), (“apostasy”): - falling away, forsake.
Defection
from the truth, forsake! What is the defection of the truth or to forsake?......יהושע says that the truth is יהוה' Word:
Joh 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth......Which word?
-- Psa 119:89 for ever, O YHWH, thy word is settled in heaven. Psa
119:142 Thy
righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
and thy law (Torah) is the truth. No
doubt that יהושע spoke concerning the Torah.
In this place we should remind ourselves that the
Hebrew word Torah has not the same
meaning than the traditional used law! Torah: Strong's #H8451 תּורה tôrâh
to-raw', ' From H3384; a precept
or statute, especially the Decalogue
or Pentateuch: - law H3384 yârâ' yaw-raw',. 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 see that the meaning is more
positive if we use it in its original purpose!
21: 1-11.
It was courant that people “sold” themselves when they
were not able to pay back their debtor. A detail is to be stretch out, this "mishpatim" concern the Children of Israel, a brother...
Exo 21:2 if thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go. The detail is given in D'varim (Deuteronome) Deu 15:12 and if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.....We see the clarity with which Elohim speak, we are all one body on Spiritual House and thus Torah is our instruction, teaching, for a righteous life!Here we have clear rules how life should be, and behaviour for both sides. Servants or slaves had also rights to be respected. We will see that the Children of Israel neglected and even forgot this “Mishpatim” and brought evil upon themselves after the Prophets had warned them: First the book of Vayiqrah gives us understanding concerning the servant position and the cause of his position witch is financial: Lev 25:39 ‘And when your brother who dwells by you becomes poor, and sells himself to you, do not make him serve as a slave.
Exo 21:2 if thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go. The detail is given in D'varim (Deuteronome) Deu 15:12 and if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.....We see the clarity with which Elohim speak, we are all one body on Spiritual House and thus Torah is our instruction, teaching, for a righteous life!Here we have clear rules how life should be, and behaviour for both sides. Servants or slaves had also rights to be respected. We will see that the Children of Israel neglected and even forgot this “Mishpatim” and brought evil upon themselves after the Prophets had warned them: First the book of Vayiqrah gives us understanding concerning the servant position and the cause of his position witch is financial: Lev 25:39 ‘And when your brother who dwells by you becomes poor, and sells himself to you, do not make him serve as a slave.
A brother
should not be made a slave! To be poor do not give right to a fellow for false
treatments.
Jer 34:13 “Thus said יהוה the Elohim
of Yisra’ĕl, ‘I Myself made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I
brought them out of the land of Mitsrayim, out of the house of bondage, saying,
Jer 34:14 “At the end of seven years each one should
set free his Heḇrew brother
(neighbour), who has been sold to him. And when he has served you six years, you shall let him go free from
you.” But your fathers did not obey
Me nor incline their ear. Jer 34:15 ‘And you recently
turned and did what was right in My eyes, each man proclaiming release (liberty) to his neighbour. And you made
a covenant before Me in the house which is called by My Name. Jer 34:16 ‘But you turned back and profaned My Name,
and each one of you took back his male and female slaves, whom he had set free,
at their pleasure, and brought them into subjection, to be your male and female
slaves (servant).’ Jer 34:17 “Therefore thus
said יהוה, ‘You have not obeyed Me in proclaiming release, each one to his brother
and each one to his neighbor. See, I am proclaiming release to you,’ declares יהוה, ‘to the
sword, to the pestilence, and to the scarcity of food! And I shall make you a
horror to all reigns of the earth. The
King James quotes the verse 17: Jer 34:17 ThereforeH3651 thusH3541
saithH559 YHWH;H3068 YeH859
have notH3808
hearkenedH8085 untoH413 me, in
proclaimingH7121
liberty,H1865 every
oneH376 to his brother,H251 and every manH376 to his
neighbour:H7453 behold,H2009 I proclaimH7121 a libertyH1865 for you, saithH5002 YHWH,H3068
toH413 the
sword,H2719 toH413 the pestilence,H1698 and toH413
the famine;H7458 and I
will makeH5414 you to
be removedH2189 into allH3605 the kingdomsH4467 of the earth.H776 .................Now we will compare with what יהושע said in the Synagogue: Luk 4:17 and the scroll of the prophet Yeshayahu was handed to Him. And having
unrolled the scroll, He found the place where it was written: Luk 4:18 “The Spirit of יהוה
is upon Me,1 because He has anointed Me to bring the Good News to the
poor. He has sent Me to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim release (liberty) to the captives (servants) and
recovery of sight to the blind, to send
away crushed ones with a release,
Footnote: 1Isa.
61:1-3.Luk 4:19 to proclaim the
acceptable year of יהוה.”1 Footnote: 1Isa.
61:1-2.
Luk 4:20 and having rolled
up the scroll, He gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of
all in the congregation were fixed upon Him. Luk 4:21 and He began to
say to them, “Today this Scripture has
been filled in your hearing.”...
Can you see that יהושע came to restore what was broken and to bring us back to the Torah's instructions? Unfortunately until today many abuse others having made them “spiritual slave”, abusing them also with indecent loan and work conditions……………As Keil and Delitzsch mention this “Mishpatim” or “Right ruling” where only address to those belonging to the Children ofIsrael
Can you see that יהושע came to restore what was broken and to bring us back to the Torah's instructions? Unfortunately until today many abuse others having made them “spiritual slave”, abusing them also with indecent loan and work conditions……………As Keil and Delitzsch mention this “Mishpatim” or “Right ruling” where only address to those belonging to the Children of
Deu 15:12 “When your
brother is sold to you, a Heḇrew
man or a Heḇrew woman,
and shall serve you six years, then let him go free from you in the seventh
year. ...............Servants and slave had “rights”
What was the "to send away crushed ones with a release"? ….Deu 15:1 at the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. Deu 15:2 and this
is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto
his neighbour shall release it; he
shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is
called YHWH's release.Deu 15:3
of a
foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother
thine hand shall release;......Release:
Strong's #G8059 שׁמטּה shemiṭṭâh. BDB Definition: 1) Letting drop of exactions, (temporary)
remitting, release (from debt)
................Release from debt on the seventh years! יהושע says: " Today this Scripture has been
filled in your hearing.” …
It is well understood by scholars that this year was a shemitah year there are other verses in different place who confirm that יהושע was placing the shemitah years to proclaim release to everyman. On this day was read the Haftorah from Yeshayahu (Isaiah) read during the year of release (shemitah). During יהושע' time, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem ) was under the Romans control and the Pharisee
were the leading group in Israel
with some of the Sadducee who built
the Sanhedrin the ruler's body of Israel Temple
Tax
The Pharisee were the forerunners of the Rabies today! יהושע transferred the authority to Kefa (Peter): Mat 16:16 and Simon Kepha answered and said, Thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living Elohim. Mat 16:17 and Yehoshua answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. Mat 16:18 and I say also unto thee, that thou art Kepha, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Mat 16:19 and I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. ...............In Hebrew thoughts it is called: Halacha or how to interpret the Torah's instructions. Christians have taken this verse to bind every kind of demons! We have an example of Halacha in the Book of Acts:
It is well understood by scholars that this year was a shemitah year there are other verses in different place who confirm that יהושע was placing the shemitah years to proclaim release to everyman. On this day was read the Haftorah from Yeshayahu (Isaiah) read during the year of release (shemitah). During יהושע' time, Yerushalayim (
The Pharisee were the forerunners of the Rabies today! יהושע transferred the authority to Kefa (Peter): Mat 16:16 and Simon Kepha answered and said, Thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living Elohim. Mat 16:17 and Yehoshua answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. Mat 16:18 and I say also unto thee, that thou art Kepha, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Mat 16:19 and I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. ...............In Hebrew thoughts it is called: Halacha or how to interpret the Torah's instructions. Christians have taken this verse to bind every kind of demons! We have an example of Halacha in the Book of Acts:
Act 15:19 Wherefore
my sentence is,(my decision) that
we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to YHWH:Act 15:20 but that we
write unto them,
- 1. that
they abstain from pollutions of idols, -3.
and from fornication, -3. and
from things strangled,
- 4. and
from blood...
Act 15:21 for Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath day...
We see here how Ya'acov יהושע' brother who was in charge in Yerushlayim gave the Halacha to the Apostles concerning the New converted to the Torah. Four things were first required in order to be accepted in the community of Israel all other things, mishpatim, and commandments would be learned during the Shabbat:Act 15:21 for Moses of old time (Torah) hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath day.
Act 15:21 for Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath day...
We see here how Ya'acov יהושע' brother who was in charge in Yerushlayim gave the Halacha to the Apostles concerning the New converted to the Torah. Four things were first required in order to be accepted in the community of Israel all other things, mishpatim, and commandments would be learned during the Shabbat:Act 15:21 for Moses of old time (Torah) hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath day.
21:6……
and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl. And he shall serve him
forever.
Keil
and Delitzsch give following
explanation: His ear was then to be bored
with an awl against the door or lintel of the house, and by this sign, which
was customary in many of the nations of antiquity, to be fastened as it were to
the house for ever. That this was the meaning of the piercing of the ear
against the door of the house, is evident from the unusual expression in Deu_15:17, “and put (the awl) into his ear and into the door,
that he may be thy servant for ever,” where the ear and the door are
co-ordinates. “For ever,” i.e.,
as long as he lives. Josephus
and the Rabbins would restrict the service to the time ending with the year of
jubilee, but without sufficient reason, and contrary to the usage of the
language, as לְעֹלָם is used in Lev_25:46 to denote service which did not
terminate with the year of jubilee. (See the remarks on Lev_25:10; also my Archäologie.)
Deu 15:17 then you shall take an awl and thrust it
through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Do the same to your female servant..................;Servant
and slaves under Messiah Yehoshua:
1Co 7:20 Let each one
remain in the same calling in which he was called. 1Co 7:21 were you called while a slave? It matters
not to you, but if you are able to become free too, rather use it. 1Co 7:22 for he who is called in the Master while a slave (servant) is the
Master’s freed man. Likewise he who is called while free is a slave (servant)
of Messiah.1 Footnote: 1Eph. 6:6, 1 Peter 2:16.........יהושע was also a servant:
Mat 12:18 “See, My
Servant whom I (YHWH) have chosen, My Beloved in whom My being did delight.
I shall put My Spirit upon Him, and He shall declare right-ruling to the
nations. ................In the Sod
of the Tree of Life for those having
a bit notion on the Mystery of the Torah,
going from “Keter”(the will) the
head of “Adam Kadmon” (Primeval Adam)
the right ears represent “Chochmah”,
wisdom. Is there a direct connection, as the ear is the organ to hear what the
Master say? The ear is connected to
wisdom:
Pro 2:2 So that you make your ear attend to wisdom (chochmah), incline your heart to
understanding;
The ear is also the organ which can be seen from
everybody looking at the servant or slave, thus knowing that this man was not
free, but belongs to somebody. Do people see that you belong to somebody when
they look at you? May be through your clothing or behave? The servant who loved his master was not
ashamed to let his ear to be pierced. Natural for spiritual! - Sha'ul
considered himself also to be a servant of Messiah:
Gal 1:10 for do I now persuade men, or Elohim? Or do
I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I should not be a servant of Messiah. Tit 1:1 Sha’ul, a servant of Elohim and an emissary
of יהושע Messiah, according to the belief of Elohim’s chosen ones
and knowledge of the truth according to reverence,
- Ya’acov was also a servant: Jas 1:1 Yaʽaqoḇ, a servant of Elohim and of the Master יהושע Messiah, to the twelve tribes who are in the dispersion:
Greetings. - Kefa was a servant:2Pe 1:1
Shimʽon Kĕpha, a servant and
emissary of יהושע Messiah, to those who have obtained a belief as precious
as ours by the righteousness of our Elohim and Saviour יהושע Messiah: -
Yehuda
(Jude) although the brother of יהושע was a servant:
Jud 1:1 Yehuḏah,
a servant of יהושע Messiah, and brother of Yaʽaqoḇ, to those who are
called, set-apart by Elohim the Father, and preserved in יהושע Messiah: - Yochanan was also a
servant: Rev 1:1 Revelation of יהושע Messiah, which Elohim gave Him to
show His servants what has to take place with speed. And He signified it by
sending His messenger to His servant
Yoḥanan, …Onesimus the
servant in the flesh who fled from his master: Phm 1:10
I appeal to you for my child Onesimos, whom I brought forth while in my chains,
Phm 1:11
who formerly was of no use to you, but now is of good use to you and to me, Phm 1:12 whom I sent back to you, and receive him, that is, my
own tender affections, Phm 1:13
whom I wished to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my
chains for the Good News. Phm 1:14
but without your opinion I wished to do none at all, so that your good deed
should not be by way of necessity, but
voluntary.
Phm 1:15
for he parted from you for a
while, possibly because of this, so
that you might have him back forever,
Phm 1:16
no longer as a slave (servant), but more
than a slave (servant), as a beloved brother, especially to me, and how
much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Master. .......The
word “slave” is the same word for “servant” in Ya’acov 1:1, 2nd
Kefa 1:1, Revel. 1:1, Titus 1:1 and many other verses. ;Onesimos was a convert of Sha'ul who fled from his master Philemon a fellow worker of Sha'ul and Timothy, as Vincent’s
word studies explain: Onesimus was a
runaway Phrygian slave, who had committed some crime and therefore had fled
from his master and hidden himself in Rome
Servant:
Strong’s #5650 עבד ‛ebed eh'-bed
written Ayin,beth,dalet From H5647; a servant: - X bondage,
bondman, [bond-] servant, (man-) servant.
H5647.
‛âbad aw-bad' A primitive root;
to work (in any sense); by
implication to serve, till,
(causatively) enslave, etc.: - X
be, keep in bondage, be bondmen,
bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, + husbandman, keep, labour (-ing
man), bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve (-ing, self), (be, become)
servant (-s), do (use) service, till (-er), transgress [from margin], (set a)
work, be wrought, worshipper. Webster gives us interesting
explanation: 1. a person, male or female, that attends another for the purpose of
performing menial offices for him, or who is employed by another for such
offices or for other labour, and is subject to his command. The word is
correlative to master. Servant
differs from slave, as the
servant's subjection to a master is voluntary, the slave's is not. Every slave
is a servant, but every servant is not a slave. 2.
One in a state of subjection. 3.In
Scripture, a slave; a bondman;
one purchased for money, and who was compelled to serve till the year of
jubilee; also, one purchased for a term of years. 4.
The subject of a king; as the servants
of David or of Saul. The Syrians became servants to David. 2 Sam 8. 5.
A person who voluntarily serves another
or acts as his minister; as joshua was the servant of Moses, and the apostles the apostles the servants of Messiah. So Messiah
himself is called a servant,
Isa 42. Moses is called the servant of YHVH, Duet. 34. 6.
A person employed or used as an instrument in accomplishing God's purposes of
mercy or wrath. So Nebuchadnezzar is
called the servant of God.
Jer 25. 7. One who yields obedience to another. The saints are called servants
of God, or of righteousness; and the
wicked are called the servants
of sin.
8.
That which yields obedience, or acts on subordination as an instrument. 9.
One that makes painful sacrifices in compliance with the weakness or wants of
others. 10. A person of base condition or ignoble spirit. 11.
A word of civilith. I am, sir, your humble or obedient servant. Our betters tell
us they are our humble servants,
but understand us to be their slaves.
Swift. Servant of servants, one
debased to the lowest condition of servitude.
Today we are servant of יהושע and free from sin or not servant
of יהושע and sale to be the servant of sin, thus of Satan the father of all sin.: Rom 6:16 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves servants for obedience, you are servants of the one whom you
obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness? Rom 6:17 but thanks to Elohim that you were servants of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of
teaching to which you were entrusted. Rom 6:18 and having
been set free from sin, you
became servants of righteousness. Rom 6:20 for when you were servants of sin, you were free
from righteousness.
Rom 6:22 but now, having been set free from sin, and having become servants of Elohim,
you have your fruit resulting in set-apartness (Quadosh), and the end,
everlasting life. Rom 6:23 for the
wages of sin is death, but the
favourable gift of Elohim is everlasting life in Messiah יהושע our Master. …… The “Mishpatim” started with the “ordinance”
for the Hebrew servant who will serve six years! Spiritual
understanding:
You and I are these “servants”! Six years equals six thousands (Psalm 90:4, 2nd
Kefa 3:8) years before we all enter the seventh year the year of release or Liberty, le Millennium or Thousand years
of Messiah's reign, which has been wrought in us by יהושע Messiah who has purchased us from
the power of sin to be servant of righteousness (Romans 6:17-23). The verses in Sh'mot (Exodus)1-12, in the sod (mystery)
embed more revelation concerning the servant and the condition of the “Kehilat” the Assembly (Ekklesia) for when the master sh'mot (Exodus) 21:4, יהושע, give him a wife which is a
picture of the assembly, and children which are pictures of the body of Messiah and if the servants says I love
my Master that is Messiah and my wife that is the assembly and the
children that is the brethren (Matt.
12:46-50), then his Master that
is יהושע Messiah
bring him to Elohim (the Judge) at the door that his the Kingdom (Malkut) and he will pierce his ear to
serve him forever, that is the sign for everybody to see that the servant
belongs to the Master, that is יהושע!......... Exo 21:4 if his master (יהושע) have given him a wife
(Assembly), and she have born him sons
or daughters (you and me); the wife and her children shall be her master's,
and he shall go out by himself. Exo 21:5 and
if the servant (you and me) shall plainly say, I love my master (יהושע), my wife, and my children; I will not go out free (I will serve):
Exo 21:6 Then his master (יהושע) shall bring him unto the judges (Elohim); he shall also bring him to the door* (Malchut, the entrance door of the
Kingdom), or unto the door post; and his
master (יהושע) shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him
for ever. ...............* In the parasha concerning the building of the Tabernacle we will see how the door's
position is important, and was taught by יהושע to his disciples (servants). Can you see how in the “sod”, the mystery (sod) are directly connected to יהושע and serving Elohim?
Hallelu Yah!.......Mat 12:46 And while He was still talking to the crowds, see, His mother and
brothers stood outside, seeking to speak with Him. Mat 12:47 And one said to Him, “See, Your mother and
Your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak with You.” Mat 12:48 But He answering, said to the one who spoke
to Him, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?” Mat 12:49 And having stretched out His hand toward His taught ones, He said, “See My
mother and My brothers!
Mat 12:50 “For whoever
does the desire of My Father who is in the heavens is My brother and sister and
mother.” All the “Mishpatim”
included in Sh’mot chapter 21-23 are summarized in the second part of the Ten Commandments we have in Chapter
20:12-17. They are the commandments contained in יהושע’s word summarized in “You shall love your neighbour as
yourselves” from Vayiqra 19:18. Verses
12-13 the law for murder…….then I shall appoint for you a place where he is
to flee. Remember we have
already seen that the Torah is an on-going
progressive revelation. Here the revelation of the place will be later in the
plain of Moab near Yericho (Badmidbar 35: 12-28). The reason is simple; it is because these Mishpatim will rule the Children of Israel’s life when they
enter the Promise land, pointing for
the soon coming Millennium during the
reign of Messiah יהושע. Verse 17And he who curses his father or……shall be surely
put to death. The word for “curses”
here is the Hebrew word “נכה nâkâh naw-kaw'. A primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively):
- beat, cast forth, clap, give
[wounds], X go forward, X indeed, kill,
make [slaughter], murderer, punish,
slaughter, slay (-er, -ing), smite (-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give)
stripes, X surely, wound....... Verses
23-25 do not think that somebody will have to give an eye
for eye or a tooth for a tooth or foot for foot, this law is called “value for value” or law of
compensation, it has never been intend to pluck an eye or cut a foot as it is
done today in countries like Iran or Saudi Arabia under the “sharia” the Muslim law. יהושע brought
it to the right understanding:
Mat 5:38 “You heard that
it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,’ Mat 5:39 but I say to you, do not resist the wicked.
But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. .......
Further understanding concerning “value for value” is found in sh’mot 21:26: “And when a man smites the eye
of his male or female servant, and destroys it, he is to let him go free for the sake of his eye”. The
retribution to be free was because of the lost eye! Exo 21:1
“These are the right-rulings which you are to set before them: Exo 21:2
“When you buy a Heḇrew servant, he serves six years, and in the seventh he
goes out free, for naught.
Exo 21:3
“If he comes in by himself, he goes out by himself; if he comes in married,
then his wife shall go out with him.
Exo 21:4
“If his master has given him a wife, and
she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children are her
master’s, and he goes out by himself. Exo 21:5 “And if the
servant truly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children, let me not go
out free,’ ... Exo 21:36 “Or if it was known that the ox was previously in the
habit of goring, and its owner has not kept it confined, he shall certainly repay ox for ox (value for value), while the
dead beast is his.
Chapter
22. : Verse 1-13.this is connected to the eighth commandment from the Decalogue “you shall not steal”. Elohim gives us how to behave in
judgment toward somebody who steals. In many cases, Elohim requires to pay back or to make restitution (22:1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 14). In some
cases there is restitution in other to pay double especially when it is an
action from man to his fellow. How is it today when we sin? Sin is the
transgression of the Torah! (1st
Yoch.3:4) Today in the world system many sins are not regarded as relevant
to the law giver of this world system, i.e. 22:16 Vayiqrah 19:16. This doesn’t
change יהוה’s righteous judgment. Read :
Psa 119:89 Forever, O יהוה, Your word stands firm in the
heavens. Psa 146:6 Maker of the
heavens and earth, The sea and all that is in them, Who is guarding truth forever, .................Sin
brings/call punishment in our life (sickness, trouble, accidents, lost of life),
today the sins of the world bring the righteous judgment of Elohim on those who do not obey the
Torah. Only the confession and
forsaking sins brings forgiveness and restoration in right standing, if not we
bear the consequences of our sins ............Question: How can I forsake sin
if I don't know what is sin?: 1Jn 3:4
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth
also the law: for sin is the
transgression of the law. Heb 12:5 and you have
forgotten the appeal which speaks to you as to sons, “My son, do not despise the discipline of יהוה, nor faint when you are reproved by
Him, Heb 12:6 for whom יהוה loves, He disciplines, and flogs
every son whom He receives.”1 Footnote: 1Prov. 3:11-12. Heb 12:7 If you endure
discipline, Elohim is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom a father
does not discipline? Heb 12:8 But if you are without discipline, of which
all have become sharers, then you are
illegitimate (bastard) and not sons. Heb 12:9 Moreover, we indeed
had fathers of our flesh disciplining us, and we paid them respect. Shall we
not much rather be subject to the Father of spirits, and live? Heb 12:10 for they indeed
disciplined us for a few days as seemed best to them, but He does it for our
profit, so that we might share His apartness. Heb 12:11 and indeed, no
discipline seems pleasant at the time, but grievous, but afterward it yields
the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. …..Question:
How does Elohim discipline and
chastise his children?
2Th 1:3 We are bound to thank YHWH always for you,
brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love
of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth; 2Th 1:4 so
that we ourselves glory in you in the
assemblies of YHWH for your patience and faith in all your persecutions
and tribulations that ye endure: 2Th 1:5 which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of YHWH, that ye may be
counted worthy of the kingdom
of YHWH
1Pe 4:17 for the time is come that judgment must
begin at the house of YHWH: and if it first begins at us, what shall
the end be of them that obey not the gospel of YHWH? The sentence is
written in the present form not future, meaning that already in Kefa's time judgement had already
started and he still going on for believers today in all different form of
injustice! Kefa keep going in the
same book saying in the next chapter: 1Pe
5:6 humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of YHWH, that he may exalt you in due time: 1Pe 5:7 Casting all
your care upon him;
for he careth for you. 1Pe 5:8 be sober, be
vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about,
seeking whom he may devour:
1Pe 5:9
whom resist
stedfast in the faith, knowing that the
same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. 1Pe 5:10 but
the Elohim of all favour, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Messiah
Yehoshua, after that ye have
suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
We see here the process allowed by יהוה and there is a promise for those who humble themselves (verse
6), after
having suffered they will be made perfect, established, strengthen, and
settle. You may ask when? Let יהוה decide for he knows, the answer
is in the Torah, our forefathers Abraham, Itzakh, Ya'acov, Yoseph, David, and
many other have suffered in order to be made perfect, so don't be surprised
when something is coming upon you, the way of sanctification goes together with
the mishpatim, not by the letter, but
by following יהושע in the Ruach (Spirit).
...............Verse
22:18 a witch,
Hebrew “kashap” Strong’s# 3784 to
whisper a spell, to enchant
Or bring practice of magic, sorcerer, (read 1st
Sh’muel 28:3, 7) . Verses 21” Do not tread down a sojourner or
oppress him……….. Two Hebrew words translated by “stranger” or
“sojourner” …“soor” Strong’s #H2114 meaning to be a foreign, to turn
aside, or profane . …..And the
Hebrew word “Ger” Strong’s# H1616
meaning “alien, foreigner, sojourner”.
With this in mind we can better understand what Kefa (Peter) write in:
1Pe 1:1 Kĕpha, an emissary of יהושע Messiah, to the chosen, strangers of
the dispersion in Pontos , Galatia , Kappadokia, Asia ,
and Bithunia, 1Pe 2:11 Beloved ones, I appeal to you as
sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts which battle against
the life, ........These “strangers”
were not “Gentiles” as many think, but rather “scattered Children of Israel (of the dispersion) among the gentiles”.
Do you doubt, then read: Eze 20:23 I lifted up mine hand unto them
also in the wilderness, that I would scatter
them among the heathen (Heb. Goy, Gentiles, nations), and disperse them
through the countries; Same
from the MKJV:
Eze 20:23 I also lifted up My hand to them
in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations (Goy, Gentiles)
and scatter them through the lands, Jer 9:16 I will also scatter them among the nations
(Goy, Gentiles), whom neither they nor their fathers have known. And I will
send a sword after them until I have consumed them. Sha'ul
writing to the Hebrew (Bereans): Heb 11:13 In belief all these died, not having received the promises, but seeing them from a distance, welcomed and
embraced them, and confessed that they were aliens and strangers on
the earth...
Verse 22: Psa 146:9 יהוה guards the strangers, He lifts up the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wrong (wicked) ones He turns upside down.
Verse 22: Psa 146:9 יהוה guards the strangers, He lifts up the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wrong (wicked) ones He turns upside down.
Verse 28.
Read thou shall not revile the “Judge”, nor ……. The judges were called “Elohim”, as they acted directly under
the authority of יהוה: 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 (those called Elohim) 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 (Judges),
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...
This was confirmed by יהושע in: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 (Judge).” Joh 10:34 יהושע answered them, “Is it not written in your own Torah (Psalm 82:6), ‘I said, “You are elohim” ’?...
Exo 22:28 “Do not revile Elohim, nor curse a ruler of your people. -- What does Sha'ul write to Timothy? : Ti 5:1 Rebuke not an elder (ruler of the Assembly), but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; 1Ti 5:2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. 1Ti 5:3 Honour widows that are widows indeed....
Verse 29………….The first born of thy son shall thou give unto Me. Jer 31:9 “With weeping they shall come, and with their prayers I bring them. I shall make them walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they do not stumble. For I shall be a Father to Yisra’ĕl, and Ephrayim – he is My first-born...
The law of the first born was established since Adam. Rom 8:29 because those whom He knew beforehand, He also ordained beforehand to be conformed to the likeness of His Son (יהושע), for Him to be the first-born among many brothers. Col 1:15 who is the likeness of the invisible Elohim, the first-born of all creation.1
This was confirmed by יהושע in: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 (Judge).” Joh 10:34 יהושע answered them, “Is it not written in your own Torah (Psalm 82:6), ‘I said, “You are elohim” ’?...
Exo 22:28 “Do not revile Elohim, nor curse a ruler of your people. -- What does Sha'ul write to Timothy? : Ti 5:1 Rebuke not an elder (ruler of the Assembly), but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; 1Ti 5:2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. 1Ti 5:3 Honour widows that are widows indeed....
Verse 29………….The first born of thy son shall thou give unto Me. Jer 31:9 “With weeping they shall come, and with their prayers I bring them. I shall make them walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they do not stumble. For I shall be a Father to Yisra’ĕl, and Ephrayim – he is My first-born...
The law of the first born was established since Adam. Rom 8:29 because those whom He knew beforehand, He also ordained beforehand to be conformed to the likeness of His Son (יהושע), for Him to be the first-born among many brothers. Col 1:15 who is the likeness of the invisible Elohim, the first-born of all creation.1
Col 1:18 and He is the Head of the body, the
assembly, who is the beginning, the
first-born from the dead, that He
might become the One who is first in all. ..................יהושע our brother! Have
you ever realised that Sh'aul says
that G-d is your brother? This is what Christianity
says, because as we read, יהושע is our brother, thus if he is G-d in the flesh, then you are G-d's
brother! Of course this is nonsense it is true that יהושע is our brother but not G-d as
pretended by Christians or at least
in the sense they want to have him: One hundred percent man and One hundred
percent G-d...
Verse 31…………..you do not eat any meat which is torn to pieces in the field, you throw it to the dogs. ……………Many times unclean animals like “dogs” are a picture of pagans: Mat 15:22 and see, a woman of Kenaʽan came from those borders and cried out to Him, saying, “Have compassion on me, O Master, Son of Dawiḏ! My daughter is badly demon-possessed.” ……………Mat 15:26 And He answering, said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.” Mat 15:27 But she said, “Yea Master, for even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”.................The verse 31 starts with the opposite, “you shall be Qadosh” “set apart”, which is in opposition to the unclean...
Exo 22:1 “When a man steals an ox or a sheep, and shall slaughter it or sell it, he repays five cattle for an ox and four sheep for a sheep. Exo 22:2 “If the thief is found breaking in, and he is smitten so that he dies, there is no guilt for his bloodshed...
Verse 31…………..you do not eat any meat which is torn to pieces in the field, you throw it to the dogs. ……………Many times unclean animals like “dogs” are a picture of pagans: Mat 15:22 and see, a woman of Kenaʽan came from those borders and cried out to Him, saying, “Have compassion on me, O Master, Son of Dawiḏ! My daughter is badly demon-possessed.” ……………Mat 15:26 And He answering, said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.” Mat 15:27 But she said, “Yea Master, for even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”.................The verse 31 starts with the opposite, “you shall be Qadosh” “set apart”, which is in opposition to the unclean...
Exo 22:1 “When a man steals an ox or a sheep, and shall slaughter it or sell it, he repays five cattle for an ox and four sheep for a sheep. Exo 22:2 “If the thief is found breaking in, and he is smitten so that he dies, there is no guilt for his bloodshed...
Exo 22:31 “And you are set-apart men to
Me, and you do not eat any meat which is
torn to pieces in the field, you throw it to the dogs. …
Chapter 23.: Exo 23:1 “Do not bring a false report. Do not put your hand with the wrong to be a malicious witness.
There is no doubt here that the Children ofIsrael
Heb 4:12 for the word of YHWH is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
I remember that I went to a Christian Church many years ago, and this church existed already ten years and had around nine hundred persons attending the Sunday worship. The Pastors were boastful especially four of them, four were from the US and Canada, the other with his wife were German and were the only one willing to “serve” but not according to knowledge. During the time I spent in this church I saw many people been hurt and abused and many of them left the church with bitterness. I left when I realized the gap between Christian truth and the Scriptures. It took some few more years from me until יהוה opened my eye and took me out from the church system. But what I want to say, while I was in the Philippines in our small Assembly, it happened in this Church that Elohim scattered the Pastors, they left Germany save one with his wife who today have lost their desire for serving G-d, and the church reduced around fifty person with another "Pastor". What I want to say is that יהוה do things in His time and according to His plan, not willing that any man perish but should be saved through Messiah יהושע for this Church it took more than thirty years! During this time I experienced gossip like I never had before. In my family (not believers) we were trained to "close our mouth, not to speak against our neighbours". It is amazing to ma that I discovered Gossip in the Church! We keep reading with יהוה’s commandments according to the Decalogue given by Moshe chapter 20 and especially the second part which relate to our neighbors “You shall love your neighbor as yourselves” (Vayiqrah 19:16)
Chapter 23.: Exo 23:1 “Do not bring a false report. Do not put your hand with the wrong to be a malicious witness.
There is no doubt here that the Children of
Heb 4:12 for the word of YHWH is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
I remember that I went to a Christian Church many years ago, and this church existed already ten years and had around nine hundred persons attending the Sunday worship. The Pastors were boastful especially four of them, four were from the US and Canada, the other with his wife were German and were the only one willing to “serve” but not according to knowledge. During the time I spent in this church I saw many people been hurt and abused and many of them left the church with bitterness. I left when I realized the gap between Christian truth and the Scriptures. It took some few more years from me until יהוה opened my eye and took me out from the church system. But what I want to say, while I was in the Philippines in our small Assembly, it happened in this Church that Elohim scattered the Pastors, they left Germany save one with his wife who today have lost their desire for serving G-d, and the church reduced around fifty person with another "Pastor". What I want to say is that יהוה do things in His time and according to His plan, not willing that any man perish but should be saved through Messiah יהושע for this Church it took more than thirty years! During this time I experienced gossip like I never had before. In my family (not believers) we were trained to "close our mouth, not to speak against our neighbours". It is amazing to ma that I discovered Gossip in the Church! We keep reading with יהוה’s commandments according to the Decalogue given by Moshe chapter 20 and especially the second part which relate to our neighbors “You shall love your neighbor as yourselves” (Vayiqrah 19:16)
Verse 23
3...
Pro 20:10 differing weights and differing measures, Both of them are an abomination to יהוה. ……Man as the bad tendency to give favor to the one or another. Right ruling is based on what יהוה’s words say not on man condition. Wickedness is not measured by man’s property. Verse 7 “Keep yourself far from a false matter……….Gossip has become rampant among believers today, even in messianic assemblies so far that for some it seems “normal” to go from house to house and spread things concerning others, even if they get it from a third party, just telling something which they don't even knows if it is true!....Eph 4:25 Therefore, having put off the false, speak truth, each one with his neighbour, for we are members of one another. .....What we have not seen is false. To speak the truth is based on “love” for his neighbour.: Pro 10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. 1Pe 4:8 and above all things have fervent love to yourselves, for love will cover a multitude of sins. ...........Verse 8. compare:Pro 15:27 He who is greedy for gain, troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes lives. Verses 10-12: The Shabbat meaning "rest" is extended to the land and is called Shemitah in Hebrew a period when the land lies at rest and the products goes for the poor and the animals, so was it also to be with the wine yard and the Olive yard. If you came thirty years ago to France you would have seen what we called the time of Jashère (sound familiar with Jasher or Yasher), farmers were not working the soil every seventh years, and wine in the yard were collected after three years of planting. Who brought that toFrance
Verses 16-17:Exo 23:16 and the Festival of the Harvest, the first-fruits of your labours which you have sown in the field; and the Festival of the Ingathering at the outgoing of the year, when you have gathered in the fruit of your labours from the field. Exo 23:17 “Three times in the year all your males are to appear before the Master יהוה...
Have you ever asked yourselves why Elohim requires ONLY three times to appear before Him, during the Feats of Unleavened bread, the Feast of first-fruits and the Feats of the ingathering?
Missing: Shavuot, Yom Teruah and Yom Kippur!
Pro 20:10 differing weights and differing measures, Both of them are an abomination to יהוה. ……Man as the bad tendency to give favor to the one or another. Right ruling is based on what יהוה’s words say not on man condition. Wickedness is not measured by man’s property. Verse 7 “Keep yourself far from a false matter……….Gossip has become rampant among believers today, even in messianic assemblies so far that for some it seems “normal” to go from house to house and spread things concerning others, even if they get it from a third party, just telling something which they don't even knows if it is true!....Eph 4:25 Therefore, having put off the false, speak truth, each one with his neighbour, for we are members of one another. .....What we have not seen is false. To speak the truth is based on “love” for his neighbour.: Pro 10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. 1Pe 4:8 and above all things have fervent love to yourselves, for love will cover a multitude of sins. ...........Verse 8. compare:Pro 15:27 He who is greedy for gain, troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes lives. Verses 10-12: The Shabbat meaning "rest" is extended to the land and is called Shemitah in Hebrew a period when the land lies at rest and the products goes for the poor and the animals, so was it also to be with the wine yard and the Olive yard. If you came thirty years ago to France you would have seen what we called the time of Jashère (sound familiar with Jasher or Yasher), farmers were not working the soil every seventh years, and wine in the yard were collected after three years of planting. Who brought that to
Verses 16-17:Exo 23:16 and the Festival of the Harvest, the first-fruits of your labours which you have sown in the field; and the Festival of the Ingathering at the outgoing of the year, when you have gathered in the fruit of your labours from the field. Exo 23:17 “Three times in the year all your males are to appear before the Master יהוה...
Have you ever asked yourselves why Elohim requires ONLY three times to appear before Him, during the Feats of Unleavened bread, the Feast of first-fruits and the Feats of the ingathering?
Missing: Shavuot, Yom Teruah and Yom Kippur!
This is very interesting; the other feast will be
added AFTER the sin of the golden Calf! Just think about it. Yom Kippur requires a collective fast!
Why? Remember it is the Feast of
Atonement for all Israel. We don’t see here to celebrate Passover which is a feast to be
remembered!....; - The Feast of
Unleavened Bread marks the sanctification process after living Egypt!;
- The Feast of first-fruits
was at this point only an agricultural feast to honour Yehovah the provider of His people......The Feats of Ingathering was also a feast to celebrate the fall
harvest the last harvest of the year to give thanks to Yehovah for His blessing. After
the sin of the golden calf the feasts will take a new dimension, pointing to Messiah Yehoshua...
Verse 19. Boiling a kid in his mother’s milk was a pagan fertility practice inEgypt
Verse 19. Boiling a kid in his mother’s milk was a pagan fertility practice in
Verses
21-22. The “Malek”
or messenger, angel is a forerunner of Messiah
and he is not יהושע in my understanding has some want to have him he is the sent
one of יהוה and act in his authority “for my name is in him”. Now
compare: Joh 17:11 “And I am no more in the world, but these
are in the world, and I come to You. Set-apart Father, guard them in Your Name which You have given Me, so
that they might be one,1 as We are
Joh 14:21 “He who
possesses My commands and guards them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves
Me shall be loved by My Father, and I shall love him and manifest Myself to
him.” Joh 5:26 “For as the Father possesses life in Himself, so He (the Father) gave also to the Son to
possess life in Himself, Joh 5:27 and He has
given Him authority also to do judgment, because He is the Son of Aḏam.
Malek
are created beings, not born, this is an important difference, and also Malek are servants of man!
Rev 19:10 and I fell at his (the angel) feet to
worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have the
testimony of Yehoshua: worship YHWH: for the testimony of Yehoshua is the
spirit of prophecy............The difficulty to understand why Elohim sent Angels is that the mystery
which is Messiah יהושע was not yet reveal, remember
we have seen in the Book of b'reshit
(Genesis) that Messiah according
to Elohim's plan will be revealed in
the fourth day, or the year four thousand. During the first three thousand
years, Elohim according tot the Tanak (Torah, Prophets and Writings),
but also the Book of Yasher
communicated with his children often by involving Angels in man's affair!...
Verses 22-23. The messenger of Elohim is in charge of the protection of the Children of Israel, יהושע is our protection...
Verse 24. “Not other Elohim”. Today people forget that a “g-d” is whatever takes place first in our life between Elohim and us, this can be our job, our car, TV, favourite singer or whatever is first in our life (Sh’mot 20:3-6), especially mammon as we see in western countries whose g-d is money, money and again money!...
Verse 25. Serving יהוה brings blessing in our life, protection from sicknesses, and even healing...
Exo 23:31 “And I shall set your border from the Sea of Reeds to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River, for I shall give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you. Eretz Israel (The land of Israel) is the only Land given borders by Elohim: From the sea of Reed (Egypt) to the Mediterranean Sea (the land of the Philistines) from the wilderness (desert of Arabia) to river (Euphrates):
Verses 22-23. The messenger of Elohim is in charge of the protection of the Children of Israel, יהושע is our protection...
Verse 24. “Not other Elohim”. Today people forget that a “g-d” is whatever takes place first in our life between Elohim and us, this can be our job, our car, TV, favourite singer or whatever is first in our life (Sh’mot 20:3-6), especially mammon as we see in western countries whose g-d is money, money and again money!...
Verse 25. Serving יהוה brings blessing in our life, protection from sicknesses, and even healing...
Exo 23:31 “And I shall set your border from the Sea of Reeds to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River, for I shall give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you. Eretz Israel (The land of Israel) is the only Land given borders by Elohim: From the sea of Reed (Egypt) to the Mediterranean Sea (the land of the Philistines) from the wilderness (desert of Arabia) to river (Euphrates):
Deu 11:24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet
shall tread shall be yours: from the
wilderness and Lebanon ,
from the river, the river Euphrates , even unto
the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
No other land has got their land from יהוה Elohim, all other nations have got their
borders by fighting, wars and conquest. It is amazing that the UN (United Nations) with the USA
and the EU (European Union) want to
force Israel
Exo 23:1 “Do not bring
a false report. Do not put your hand with the wrong to be a malicious witness...
Exo 23:33 “Let them not dwell in your
land, lest they make you sin against Me when you serve their mighty ones, when
it becomes a snare to you.” …
Chapter 24. : Verses 1-11. The covenant is sealed by the approval of the children ofIsrael
Mat 12:37 “For by your words you shall be declared righteous, and by your words you shall be declared unrighteous.”
Chapter 24. : Verses 1-11. The covenant is sealed by the approval of the children of
Mat 12:37 “For by your words you shall be declared righteous, and by your words you shall be declared unrighteous.”
We know that the children of Israel Israel
Do Rabbis have the right ruling today inIsrael
Verse 7. the book of the covenant in Hebrew is “Sefer HaBrit” and refers to the whole body of Mishpat, judgments, decrees oral and written, that descended with Moshe fromMount Sinai (Aviv
ben Mordechai). Ya'acov told his
children before he dies that the sceptre will not depart from Yehuda until shiloh comes: Gen 49:10 The sceptre
shall not depart from Judah ,
nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until
Shiloh come; and unto him shall the
gathering of the people be...
Do Rabbis have the right ruling today in
Verse 7. the book of the covenant in Hebrew is “Sefer HaBrit” and refers to the whole body of Mishpat, judgments, decrees oral and written, that descended with Moshe from
It is understood among the scholars that the name Shiloh is another name for Messiah! ...
Question when did Messiah came? Mat 16:17 And Yahushua answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. Mat 16:18 and I say also unto thee, That thou art Kepha, and upon this rock I will build my Assembly; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. יהושע confirm to Kefa (Peter) that the sceptre will now be transferred: Mat 16:19 and I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Later after the departure of יהושע to the Father, we see that the authority is carried by Ya'acov יהושע' brother. (Acts 15:13-19). One of the examples from the today's Halachach within Judaism is that if somebody wants to become a Jew it will take three years and many challenges never seen in the Torah as for example to go to Yeshivah a school of learning the Talmud, and not the Torah!...
Verse 10. and they saw the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl…
Joh 1:18 No one has ever seen Elohim.
Question when did Messiah came? Mat 16:17 And Yahushua answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. Mat 16:18 and I say also unto thee, That thou art Kepha, and upon this rock I will build my Assembly; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. יהושע confirm to Kefa (Peter) that the sceptre will now be transferred: Mat 16:19 and I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Later after the departure of יהושע to the Father, we see that the authority is carried by Ya'acov יהושע' brother. (Acts 15:13-19). One of the examples from the today's Halachach within Judaism is that if somebody wants to become a Jew it will take three years and many challenges never seen in the Torah as for example to go to Yeshivah a school of learning the Talmud, and not the Torah!...
Verse 10. and they saw the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl…
Joh 1:18 No one has ever seen Elohim.
1Ti 6:16 who alone has
immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or is able to see, to whom be respect and
everlasting might. Amĕn. 1Jn 4:12
No
one has seen Elohim at any time.
If we love one another, Elohim does stay in us, and His love has been perfected
in us. ...
The presence of Elohim was so strong that they could apprehend his presence as they could see. Elohim’s presence was so real, that Moshe wrote “they saw”...... Brown Driver Briggs gives follow explanation for the Hebrew word for “saw”, which is the word “ra”ah”…
BDB Definition: 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider. 1a) (Qal)
The presence of Elohim was so strong that they could apprehend his presence as they could see. Elohim’s presence was so real, that Moshe wrote “they saw”...... Brown Driver Briggs gives follow explanation for the Hebrew word for “saw”, which is the word “ra”ah”…
BDB Definition: 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider. 1a) (Qal)
1a1) to see ; 1a2) to see, perceive ;1a3) to
see, have vision ; 1a4)
to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch,
look upon, look out, find out. ;1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give
attention to, discern, distinguish. 1a6)
to look at, gaze at. :1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to appear, present oneself
; 1b2) to be seen ; 1b3) to be
visible ; 1c) (Pual) to be seen
1d) (Hiphil) ; 1d1) to cause to see, show ; 1d2) to cause to look
intently at, behold, cause to gaze at
1e) (Hophal) ; 1e1) to be caused to see, be shown ; 1e2) to be exhibited
to ; 1f) (Hithpael) to look at each
other, face.......We see that it could have been translated “they perceived or gazed, discerned, had the
vision” of Elohim. ..................;Exo 24:1
and to Mosheh He said, “Come up to יהוה, you and Aharon, Naḏaḇ and Aḇihu,
and seventy of the elders of Yisra’ĕl, and you shall bow yourselves from a
distance...ts.
Haftorah
In the Haftorah,
the prophet remind of Israel
Many prophets have
been sent to bring the children of Ya’acov
back to the covenant and they did for a while before going back to the way of
the pagans. When יהושע came, he
kept the way of the prophets, but went further to finish his mission during his
first Advent having chosen his talmidin
(disciples) and gave them the responsibility to finish the “job”. How is it
today, all around the world the descendants from Ya’acov proclaim to believe in “Jesus”,
rejecting the covenant and following the way of the pagan. Alas! for the day of
the vengeance of our Elohim is
coming. יהושע came to
bring the Torah to its right place
among the Children of Israel. How is it with you, have you been immersed in
the Ruach HaQodesh (Set apart Spirit) and
baptized in the Name of יהושע, following is leading and trusting Him who has called you? The world has nothing to offer to us, only
delusion and the spirit of deception. How
it is with us, now that we have come to know the truth, been called to be set
apart (Qadosh) in a pagan world. Are
we ready to stand, knowing that the One who has called us is faithful and His
Covenant is sealed with the blood of יהושע. Be patient in struggle, faithful in our walk,
having been cleansed from our past life let us look unto Messiah יהושע waiting
patiently for his soon return, for he will not delay if we are faithful! The Torah
is established to be the everlasting covenant between יהוה Elohim and His People, you and me.
This is our Contract Marriage with
the Bridegroom if we want to take
place at the Wedding Table, let us
stand and call upon the Name of יהוה set apart from those from the
nations, walking in the light and been light unto others! …….Jer
34:9 that everyone was to set free his male and female
slave, the Heḇrew man and the Heḇrew woman, no one was to keep a Yehuḏite,
his brother, enslaved... Jer 34:14 “At the end of seven years each
one should set free his Heḇrew brother, who has been sold to him. And when he
has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you.” But your fathers did not obey Me nor
incline their ear. Jer 34:15 ‘And you recently turned and did
what was right in My eyes, each man proclaiming release to his neighbour. And
you made a covenant before Me in the house which is called by My Name. Jer 34:16 ‘But you turned back and
profaned My Name, and each one of you took back his male and female slaves,
whom he had set free, at their pleasure, and brought them into subjection, to
be your male and female slaves.’ Jer 34:17 “Therefore thus said יהוה, ‘You have not obeyed Me in proclaiming
release, each one to his brother and each one to his neighbour. See, I am
proclaiming release to you,’ declares יהוה, ‘to the sword, to the pestilence,
and to the scarcity of food! And I shall make you a horror to all reigns of the
earth...Jer 33:25 “Thus said יהוה, ‘If My covenant is not with day and night, and if I have not appointed
the laws of the heavens and earth, Jer 33:26 then I would also reject the descendants of Yaʽaqoḇ and Dawiḏ
My servant, so that I should not take of his descendants to be rulers over
the descendants of Aḇraham, Yitsḥaq, and Yaʽaqoḇ. For I shall turn back
their captivity, and have compassion on them.’ ”
2Ki 11:17 and Yehoyaḏa made a covenant between יהוה and the sovereign and the people,
to be the people of יהוה – also between the sovereign and
the people...2Ki 12:17 and Ḥaza’ĕl sovereign of Aram
went up and fought against Gath, and captured it. And Ḥaza’ĕl set his face to
go up to Yerushalayim...
Mat 5:17 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Torah or the Prophets.1 I did not come to destroy but to complete. Footnote: 1The Law and the Prophets is a term used for the pre-Messianic Scriptures...
Mat 5:32 “But I say to you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the matter of whoring,1 makes her commit adultery. And whoever marries a woman who has been put away commits adultery. Footnote: 1Mt. 19:9, Dt. 24:1.
Mat 5:17 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Torah or the Prophets.1 I did not come to destroy but to complete. Footnote: 1The Law and the Prophets is a term used for the pre-Messianic Scriptures...
Mat 5:32 “But I say to you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the matter of whoring,1 makes her commit adultery. And whoever marries a woman who has been put away commits adultery. Footnote: 1Mt. 19:9, Dt. 24:1.
2Co 6:14
Do not become unevenly yoked with
unbelievers. For what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness? And
what fellowship has light with darkness?
2Co 6:15
and what agreement has Messiah with Beliyaʽal? Or what part does a believer
have with an unbeliever?
2Co 6:16
and what union has the Dwelling Place of Elohim with idols? For you are a
Dwelling Place of the living Elohim, as Elohim has said, “I shall dwell in them
and walk among them, and I shall be their Elohim, and they shall be My people.”
2Co
6:17
Therefore, “Come out from among them and be separate, says יהוה, and do not
touch what is unclean, and I shall receive you. 2Co 6:18 “And I shall be a Father to you,
and you shall be sons and daughters to Me, says יהוה the Almighty.”
May יהוה Elohim of Israel bless you
and keep you through Messiah יהושע as you walk the way of Torah.
