7 Parsha Vayetze – And went out - B’reshit 28:10 – 32:3
Haftorah: Hoshea 12:13 – 14:10, Yochanan 1:43-51
Daniel ben Ya’acov Israel (update 12/2022)
This Parasha is about Mashiach and the Childen of Ysrael the house of Ya'acov. Sha'ul tells us that the Torah is the shadow of things to come.
Ya'acov is a type of Mashiach, Lea and Rahel are a type of Nous of Judah and House of Ysrael.
This Parsha will bring us to Ya’acov’, and his marriage with Lea and Rachel, the abusing of his uncle Laban, and Ya’acov returning to his Father’s land. All what we do in life will have an influence on our future, for good or for bad, if we are in Messiah , Elohim will turn our bad to good as it is written “all things work for good to those who love Elohim” (Rom.8:28). Ya’acov had to flee from his brother’s anger Esau who wanted to kill him. Once again we will turn to the book of Yasher (the Just) to have more details concerning what happened to Ya’acov during his journey. If we look the Torah b’reshit chapter 28, between verse 5 and the verse 10 we have mention of Esau taking a wife, marrying Ishmael daughter, and we don’t know about Ya’acov condition on his way to his uncle Laban. In verse 10 we read that Ya’acov moved from Beershebah (well of oath) to Charan (parched place). We have here already an indication of what will come upon Ya’acov, who live a place of comfort with his father and mother and goes to a parched (dry, arid sunburned) place. We have already Ya’acov’s frame of life for the coming years.
The carnal nature in each of us "Esav" is not to be underestimated ,Ya’acov was to rien away from his brother plan to kill him after having received the blessing from his father Itzahk under the command of his mother Rivkah. In fact it was Elohim’s will. Was it necessary for Ya’acov to “help” Elohim? The question may be asked, but the answer is obviously NO! Ya’acov action will have consequences in his life. How it is with us, he all have to live his father place for an unknown journey how many times have we tried to help Elohim in His plan for us? We know already that the promise stand, Elohim promised Itzakh to bless his descendance, and Ribkah got also the words from Elohim that Esau will serve Ya’acov (Chap.25:23), nevertheless. Many translation présent Ya’acov as his name was given him was a “suplanter” a “deceiver”? is that true? the Torah told us:
Gen 25:26 And afterward his brother came out, with his hand holding on to Ěsaw’s heel (ekav), so his name was called Ya‛aqoḇ. And Yitsḥaq was sixty years old when she bore them.
Ya'acov's father thought that his son came with ruse, but the promise was given to Rivkah:Gen 25:21 And Yitsḥaq prayed to יהוה for his wife, because she was barren. And יהוה answered his prayer, and Riḇqah his wife conceived.
Gen 25:22 And within her the children struggled together, and she said, “If all is right, why am I this way?” So she went to ask יהוה.
Gen 25:23 And יהוה said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples shall be separated from your body. And one people shall be stronger than the other, and the older (Esau) serve the younger (Ya acov).”
Gen 27:35 and he said, Thy brother came with
subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
Who
is Ya’acov, is he not a picture of
Messiah יהושע?
Who
is the flock of Laban, is it not the “believers” coming from pagan traditions?
Who
is Rahel, is she not the bride coming
to well?
What
is the stone covering the well’s mouth, is it not the stony heart?
Laban remembered how El’azar the servant of Abraham blessed them with gift. Unfortunately, Ya’acov having been destitute by Eliphaz, Esau’s son, came empty handed, and Laban’s true nature will soon been revealed.
Gen 27:36 and
he said, Is not he rightly named
Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away
my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said,
Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?.
The
name bears already part of the character and has been used among the Hebrews by
divine inspiration so that we can see how Elohim will gives important
indications for the coming generation. Remember that later Ya’acov’s name will be changed to Israel. If we compare Ya’acov’s life with יהושע we will
see the difference between both, the one following his flesh, the second
following his Father in the Ruach (Spirit). There is always a deep
meaning to learn in the Parsha. We
should be patient to dig, searching our own heart, and so been transformed by
the renewing of our mind (Rom.12:2).
Further the Torah tells us that Ya'acov as perfect Tam in Hebrew:
Gen 25:27 And the boys grew up. And Ěsaw became a man knowing how to hunt, a man of the field, while Ya‛aqoḇ was a complete (tam) man, dwelling in tents.
Tam do not mean complète rather, a man of inter perfection, without déception. Ya'acov was obedient to his mother because he lived in the tant of his father Itzahk, unlike Esav who was a wild child rebellious, taking wives from among the Ka anaites.
Gen 28:10 and Yaʽaqoḇ went out from Be’ĕrsheḇa and went
toward Ḥaran (parched, dry, sun burned).
Gen 28:11 and he came upon a place and stopped over for the
night, for the sun had set, and he took one of the stones of that place and put
it at his head, and he lay down in that place to sleep.
“For
the sun had set……..” Ya’acov walked
in the day. This is an allusion to his life style.
Ya'acov will enter into the darkenss, the world of Laban.
Read:
1Th 5:4 But you, brothers, are not in darkness, so that this
Day should overtake you as a thief. 1Th 5:5 For you are
all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of
darkness..........
To
walk in the day is a euphemism of walking in the Torah! “He went from Be’ersheba and went toward Haran………” The Hebrew meaning of the
place will help us to see the spiritual meaning of this action. .....
Be’ersheba: Srong’s
# H884 בּאר שׁבע be'êr sheba‛written beith, aleph, resh, shin, beith,Ayin. be-ayr' sheh'-bah From H875 and H7651 (in
the sense of H7650); well of an
oath; Beer Sheba, a
place in Palestine:
- Beer-shebah. Haran: Strong’s # H 2771 חרן chârân khaw-rawn' written chet, resh, nun final.
From H2787; parched;
Charan, the name of a man and also of a place: - Haran.
H2787 chârar khaw-rar'
A
primitive root; to glow, that
is, literally (to melt, burn,
dry up) or figuratively (to show or incite passion):
- be angry, burn, dry, kindle. ....Be’ersheba
was the place where Abraham did made
and oath with Abimelech (B’reshit
21:31) a place where Abraham was following godly principle even toward those
who were not following יהוה.
Haran, the parched place where
there is no interest for יהוה, a dry place for the soul where Ya’acov twenty years long, will glow in his soul through Laban’s
injustice until he become angry. Just think about that! יהוה didn’t
take Ya’acov from a place where he
was in trouble just to bring him in a “nice” place where everything runs easy.
No! Ya’acov will be abused from now
on, and during twenty years by Laban, his uncle, his mother’s brother Ribkah. Ya’acov will suffer during the time he will spend
with his uncle. He will have the return of what he did to his brother Esau. Ya’acov destiny was already sealed in
his mother’s womb and from now on יהוה will teach Ya’acov through the hardness of life! This can look similar to many
of us, who came to יהוה having been raised after the tradition of man. Do you know that
today many people are no more able to discern between lies and truth? Excuse is
found for all evil depending on the position the one may have. The world makes
category classifying between small and
big lies, and this is one example. All
this didn’t changed Ya’acov from
becoming one of the patriarchs. Ya’acov
had been raised in the right way and will not depart from it, he needed to be refined by the
challenge of life. Unfortunately today too much people reject the Torah’s
teaching and prefer to follow the spirit of the world “humanism”.
Read: Zec 13:9 and I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, YHWH is my Elohim……. Pro 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he turns not away from it. ....Today there is a discussion in the French parliament to make a law to forbid to correct a child by giving him a hand on his bums, thus again going against יהוה‘s instruction to chastise a child Ya’acov was in heaviness of heart that he had to leave his father’s place to go without knowing what will become of him.
The land of the children of the East, and he returned to Haran and he set by the shepherd's well................
Read: Zec 13:9 and I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, YHWH is my Elohim……. Pro 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he turns not away from it. ....Today there is a discussion in the French parliament to make a law to forbid to correct a child by giving him a hand on his bums, thus again going against יהוה‘s instruction to chastise a child Ya’acov was in heaviness of heart that he had to leave his father’s place to go without knowing what will become of him.
The land of the children of the East, and he returned to Haran and he set by the shepherd's well................
The land of the east: Gen 4:16 and
Cain went out from the presence of YHWH, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
Nod:Strong’s #H5113 נודnôd
BDB Definition:
Nod =
““wandering” land to
which Cain fled or wandered after the murder of Abel
Gen 29:1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the
east.
Can you see the connection? One more detail: Shinar:
Strong’s #8152 שׁנער shin‛âr BDB Definition:
Shinar = “country of two rivers” 1) the ancient
name for the territory later known as
Babylonia or Chaldea . Shinar later known as Babylonia.
The Land of Nod in
the East is called the land of wandering
also exile (Strong). Caïn was in exile, meaning separate from Elohim presence. There
is a deeper meaning in Ya’acov’s
life, his person and who he is as Ya’acov
and later as Israel, as we discover when we read. Is not the Ya’acov now spiritualy in exile?
Isa 51:1 Hearken to me, ye
that follow after righteousness, ye that seek YHWH: look unto the rock
whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. Isa 51:2 Look unto Abraham your father,
and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and
increased him. Isa 51:3 for YHWH shall comfort Zion: he
will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden,
and her desert like the garden of YHWH; joy and gladness shall be found
therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. Isa 51:4 hearken unto me, my people; and
give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make
my judgment to rest for a light of the people. Isa 51:5 My righteousness is near; my
salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall
wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust. Isa 51:6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke,
and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall
die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever and my righteousness
shall not be abolished. Isa 51:7 hearken unto me, ye that know
righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of
men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. Isa 51:8 for the moth shall eat them up like a
garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be
for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation. Isa 51:9 awake,
awake, put on strength, O arm of YHWH; awake, as in the ancient days, in the
generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the
dragon?
Isa 51:10 art thou not it which hath dried
the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a
way for the ransomed to pass over? Isa 51:11 Therefore
the redeemed of YHWH shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and
everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy;
and sorrow and mourning shall flee away. Isa 51:12 I, even I, am
he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man
that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; Isa 51:13 and forgettest YHWH thy maker,
that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth;
and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as
if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor? Isa 51:14 The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that
he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail. Psa 107:2 Let the
redeemed of YHWH say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; Isa 2:6 for You have forsaken Your people
the
house of Jacob, because they have
become full from the east, and are fortune-tellers like the
Philistines. And they clap their hands with the children of strangers. ……
“And
he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down
in that place to sleep. “
Ya’acov
took a stone to put his head to sleep! Have you ever tried to lay your head on
a stone to sleep? That’s not the most comfortable place to put the head.
The Hebrew word for stone is eben (read even) formed from 2 word Av/father and ben/son.
The
stone in Hebrew is the word “eben”
meaning “to build”. It is written that he will use it as a pillow! In Hebrew the
word for “pillow” is the word “מראשׁה mera'ăshâh written mem, resh, aleph,shin;he. Meaning, “head rest” It seems that something will
happen during the night, the meaning is hidden and Elohim reveal in “his time”.
The head is the centre of man’s thinking also called in Hebrew “ketter”
in English “will” in the tree of life
it is the highest “sefirot” (attribute) the place that no man can reach, יהוה’s perfect will from whence his will
flow down to “Malkut” the Kingdom.
Here another approach from FFZO (First Fruits of Zion)
"Stairway to Heaven"
Yeshua bridged the space between heaven and earth. He is the ladder to heaven upon which angelic forces descend and ascend.
[Jacob] had a dream, and behold, a ladder was set on the earth with its top reaching to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. (Genesis 28:12)
Yeshua told Nathaniel, “You will see the heavens opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man” (John 1:51). What did these cryptic words mean? As far as we know from the gospel record, Nathaniel never did receive an apocalyptic vision in which he saw angels ascending and descending upon the Master. In what sense did he see the angels ascend and descend upon the Master?
Nathaniel and the disciples saw Yeshua working in the power and authority of heaven (which in apocalyptic literature is always betokened by angels). That is to say that the angels of God ascended and descended upon Him at His behest and command.
And behold, Yehovah stood above it. (Genesis 28:13)
The ladder image illustrates the Master’s words, “No one comes to the Father but through Me” (John 14:6). The ancient idolater instinctively understood that a great separation exists between man and God (or “the gods,” as the case may have been in his mind). His mighty ziggurat towers, like the tower of Babel, and his lofty high places and tall altars all represented attempts to span that distance. Even the highest high place does not reach high enough. Even the tower of Babel did not reach to heaven, for Scripture says, “Yehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built” (Genesis 11:5).
The same might be said of all our religious impulses. The stars are always beyond our reach. God is far distant. Man’s best attempts to bridge the gap fail. The tall towers and tottering ladders we ascend are as naught. If we are to ascend to God, we must ascend upon a ladder that He Himself has extended to us from above.
God has extended the Messiah to us from above, as Yeshua says, “For I have come down from heaven” (John 6:38). The Messiah is the way of ascent, as He says, “I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God” (John 20:17). He is a son of Jacob—an Israelite—and yet angels ascend and descend upon Him, and God is above Him:
But when He says, “All things are put in subjection [under Messiah],” it is evident that He is excepted who put all things [under] Him. When all things are [under] Him, then the Son Himself also will be [under] the One who [put] all things [under Messiah], so that God may be all in all. (1 Corinthians 15:27−28)
Yeshua had bridged the space between heaven and earth. He is the ladder to heaven upon which angelic forces descend and ascend."
---- Gen 28:12 and he dreamed and saw a ladder set up on the earth and its top reached to the heavens, and saw messengers of Elohim going up and coming down on it. יהושע says in Yochanan 1:51 “Truly, truly, I say to you, from now on you shall see the heaven opened, and the messengers of Elohim ascending and descending upon the Son of Aḏam.” .
Here another approach from FFZO (First Fruits of Zion)
"Stairway to Heaven"
Yeshua bridged the space between heaven and earth. He is the ladder to heaven upon which angelic forces descend and ascend.
[Jacob] had a dream, and behold, a ladder was set on the earth with its top reaching to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. (Genesis 28:12)
Yeshua told Nathaniel, “You will see the heavens opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man” (John 1:51). What did these cryptic words mean? As far as we know from the gospel record, Nathaniel never did receive an apocalyptic vision in which he saw angels ascending and descending upon the Master. In what sense did he see the angels ascend and descend upon the Master?
Nathaniel and the disciples saw Yeshua working in the power and authority of heaven (which in apocalyptic literature is always betokened by angels). That is to say that the angels of God ascended and descended upon Him at His behest and command.
And behold, Yehovah stood above it. (Genesis 28:13)
The ladder image illustrates the Master’s words, “No one comes to the Father but through Me” (John 14:6). The ancient idolater instinctively understood that a great separation exists between man and God (or “the gods,” as the case may have been in his mind). His mighty ziggurat towers, like the tower of Babel, and his lofty high places and tall altars all represented attempts to span that distance. Even the highest high place does not reach high enough. Even the tower of Babel did not reach to heaven, for Scripture says, “Yehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built” (Genesis 11:5).
The same might be said of all our religious impulses. The stars are always beyond our reach. God is far distant. Man’s best attempts to bridge the gap fail. The tall towers and tottering ladders we ascend are as naught. If we are to ascend to God, we must ascend upon a ladder that He Himself has extended to us from above.
God has extended the Messiah to us from above, as Yeshua says, “For I have come down from heaven” (John 6:38). The Messiah is the way of ascent, as He says, “I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God” (John 20:17). He is a son of Jacob—an Israelite—and yet angels ascend and descend upon Him, and God is above Him:
But when He says, “All things are put in subjection [under Messiah],” it is evident that He is excepted who put all things [under] Him. When all things are [under] Him, then the Son Himself also will be [under] the One who [put] all things [under Messiah], so that God may be all in all. (1 Corinthians 15:27−28)
Yeshua had bridged the space between heaven and earth. He is the ladder to heaven upon which angelic forces descend and ascend."
---- Gen 28:12 and he dreamed and saw a ladder set up on the earth and its top reached to the heavens, and saw messengers of Elohim going up and coming down on it. יהושע says in Yochanan 1:51 “Truly, truly, I say to you, from now on you shall see the heaven opened, and the messengers of Elohim ascending and descending upon the Son of Aḏam.” .
He
repeats what was happening to Ya’acov.
The p’shat (literal) level does not
help to understand the meaning. In the esoteric context we can see more. The
ladder set up on the earth reaching to the heavens with the “messengers” going
up and coming down on it, represent the middle pillar from the tree of life.
This middle pillar is Messiah יהושע (the son
of Adam) and connects the earth (Malkut)
to the heavens (Ketter) through “Yesod” the foundation and “Tiferet” as it is written, I am the way (Malkut)
the truth (Yesod) and the life
(Tiferet),
no man comes to the father but through
me.(Yochanan 14:6). Can you se the parallel between this verse and the Tree of life? This is repeated in the
Tabernacle construction as we will see in the parsha. The ladder shows that we have always access to the Father
through יהושע Messiah, the angels going up to יהוה’ throne first (from the earth)
and coming down to man thus making the mediation
between man and Elohim!..Ya’acov
had a dream. Sh’lomo says something
about dream. Let us read: Ecc 5:3 for
a dream comes through the greatness of the task……
The
King James Version put it another way:
Ecc 5:3
for a dream cometh through the multitude of business; …….
Ya’acov came from the confrontation
with Eliphaz, Esau’s son and had need to rest from his trouble.
Another explanation : the larder ( Sulam) in Hebrew is squat in gematria 130 to the WOrd Sinaï, where the Torh has been given.
The angels ascendant and descendant the larder are not Angelica beings. How do we know ? Rabbi Shapira explains that this messagers (melachim) ascended and descended so we know that this messenger are the spiritual descendants from Ya'acov. Remember Ya'acov had a vision in a dream. They ascended first and after that descended. The word Olim from the word Aliyah means a spiritual or physical ascension. So we understand that the work of the Fathers ( Abraham, Itzahk, Ya'acov are a sign to the sons.
Further the word says in Hebrew that the messagers ascended and descended on Him (Bo) in Hebrew not on it.
Who is the Him? The Zoahr explains that the "him"is the Qesev the Lamb:
Joh 1:29 On the next day Yoḥanan saw יהושע coming toward him, and said, “See, the Lamb of Elohim who takes away the sin of the world!
The Ladder
Gen 28:13 and see, יהוה stood above
it and said, “I am יהוה Elohim of Aḇraham your father
and the Elohim of Yitsḥaq. The land on which you are lying, I give it to you
and your seed. ….“ and יהוה stood above it…….”
Verse 12 it is written that the messenger were going up
and coming down. The statement “,יהוה stood above it” is to make clear that יהוה is the source of the dream. Many have put this in the
literal only and thus forgot that יהוה is Ruach
(Spirit) and have never been seen by man! (1st Thimot. 6:16).
Verse 14-15 יהוה confirm to Ya’acov
the promise He did to his Fathers Itzaqh
and Abraham by repetition.
Gen 28:14 “And your seed shall be as the
dust of the earth, and you shall break forth to the west and to the east, to
the north and the south. And all the clans of the earth shall be blessed in you
and in your seed. Gen 28:15 “And see, I am with you and
shall guard you wherever you go, and shall bring you back to this land, for I
am not going to leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.”
Gen 28:16 and Yaʽaqoḇ awoke from his sleep and said, “Truly, יהוה is in this place, and I did not
know it.”
Yasher 29 3.
and Jacob awoke from his sleep and he
rejoiced greatly at the vision which he had seen; and he called the name of that place Bethel.
4. and Jacob rose up from that place quite rejoiced, and when he walked his
feet felt light to him for joy, and he went from there to the land of the
children of the East, and he
returned
to Haran and he
set by the shepherd's well. We see
here clearly that Ya’acov called the
place “Beth’El” because of the dream
Strong’s # H
3372 give the Hebrew word “Yare”
verse 17 with “afraid and dreadful” while Brown
Driver Briggs give also other meanings:” to be in awe, to inspire reverence
“ which would have more sense in this context.
The Hebrew meaning for “Luz” is Strong’s # H3870 given by Brown,
Driver, Briggs as “almond tree”. This
is very interesting has the “almond tree” now called by Ya’acov “Beth’el (House
of El) will be the rod that buds from Aaron. Almonds are also found in the menorah (candlestick)…..
Num 17:8 And it came to be on the next day that Mosheh went
into the Tent of the Witness and saw that the
rod of Aharon, of the house of Lĕwi, had budded, and brought forth buds,
and blossomed and bore ripe almonds.(Shemot/Exodus 25:31-33)
We know that this rod represent in the “sod” יהושע’s authority which has passed from Levi to Messiah! 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.
We know that this rod represent in the “sod” יהושע’s authority which has passed from Levi to Messiah! 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.
Shilo is recognized to be another name
for Messiah. When יהושע came he gave the authority to Kefa (Peter) and the apostles:
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. .........
When Messiah did gave the keys to
Kefa, was it not after his departure?
Gal 1:22 and was unknown by face unto the assemblies of Judaea
which were in the Messiah:………………….
2:1 then fourteen years after I (Paul) went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas,
and took Titus with me also.
Gal 2:9
and when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to
be pillars, perceived the favour that was given unto me, they gave to
me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the
heathen, and they unto the circumcision. .........
The order here is clear: Ya’acov
Messiah’s brother, Kefa (Peter)
and Yochanan (John)....... In our
today’s parsha Ya’acov is a messianic picture of יהושע who will go to the pagan world (Laban’s place in the East)
in the end days to gather again the bride from the House of Yahudah (Lea) and the House of Israel or
Ephraim (Rachel).
Gen 28:20 and Yaʽaqoḇ made a vow, saying,
“Seeing Elohim is with me, and has kept me in this way that I am going, and has
given me bread to eat and a garment to put on – Gen 28:21 when I have returned to my father’s house in peace, and יהוה has been my Elohim, Gen 28:22 then this stone which I have set as a standing column shall be Elohim’s
house, and of all that You give me, I
shall certainly give a tenth to You.” ……
Here the word ”asar”
(the tenth of what I have accumulate) is directly connected to the number Ten
which is a divine number used in the Torah in many places to indicate the sum
of all numbers, used by Elohim to
indicate divine purpose.
Let us read the Hebrew text and see what we can grasp:
22 and~the~Stone the~This Which
i~did~Set.in.place Monument he~will~Exist House Elohiym [Powers] and~All Which you(ms)~will~Give
to~me >~much~Give.a.tenth i~will~much~Give.a.tenth~him to~you(fs) (AHRC-MT)
Gen 28:22 והאבןH68 הזאתH2063 אשׁרH834 שׂמתיH7760 מצבהH4676 יהיהH1961 ביתH1004 אלהיםH430 וכלH3605 אשׁרH834 תתןH5414 לי עשׂרH6237 אעשׂרנו׃H6237
Gen 28:22 והאבןH68 הזאתH2063 אשׁרH834 שׂמתיH7760 מצבהH4676 יהיהH1961 ביתH1004 אלהיםH430 וכלH3605 אשׁרH834 תתןH5414 לי עשׂרH6237 אעשׂרנו׃H6237
Gen 28:22
v'ha`eVeN hazo`T `asher ´ Sam'Tiy matzaVah yih'yeh bayT
`elohiyM v'kol `asher
TiTeN ´ liy ,aSar
`a,aS'renu laC'
How can Ya’acov
pay tithe, while the Torah never mention that he paid tithe?
The answer is to be found in the seed, While Ya’acov promised to pay tithe, this will be fulfilled by his descendants (seed/zera/sperma).
The answer is to be found in the seed, While Ya’acov promised to pay tithe, this will be fulfilled by his descendants (seed/zera/sperma).
Hebrew 7 :5 And verily they that are of the
sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to
take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren,
though they come out of the loins of Abraham:
I
don’t want to enforce any false idea it can also be the root of Moshe mitzvah (commandment) of tithe found in Vayiqqra (Lev.) 27:30, there is no
mention of this tither in the book of
Yasher. …..
Gen 29:1
and Yaʽaqoḇ moved on and came to the land of the people of the East. ...... “The
people from the East”:
We read:
Psa 103:12 As far as east is from west, So far has He
removed our transgressions from us. ........
To understand now what is going on at the well, we
will have to leave the P’shat level
and look in the Sod (mystery or hidden meaning). Remember we saw that Ya’acov in the tree of life has the
position in “Tiferet”(beauty) which
is the position hold by Messiah יהושע.
The sheep are a picture of the believers
(Yoch.10:14-16). The well is the place to get water. The water is a euphemism
for יהוה’s word
(Eph. 5:26).
For the stone upon the well’s mouth try to found the
connection with Matt.27:60. Messiah was dead and the “stone” before
the tomb separated him from the living. The stone had to be removed in order
for the talmidin (disciples) to have
access to him, the “living water”
The shepherd who came with the sheep came from Haran “the parched place”
meaning also “roasted” an allusion to the “tribulations” of life following the
false shepherds, Laban’s servants! Ya’acov called them brothers because they were from Laban’s household. It is very
interesting as we read יהושע’ words:
Mat 28:10 Then יהושע said to
them, “Do not be afraid. Go, report to
My brothers, to go to Galil, and they shall see Me there.”
Heb 2:11 for both he that sanctifieth and they who
are set apart are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, Heb 2:12 saying,
I will declare thy name unto my brethren,
in the midst of the assembly will I sing praise unto thee. ........ Verse 6 Rahel is coming. Rahel in
Hebrew רחל means “to journey”
also “ewe” the female being the
predominant of the flock (Strong’s# H7354). Rahel
is a picture of the bride of Messiah, she has one flock while the others
shepherd have three (a picture of the different Christians denomination not united).......
Gen 29:2 and he looked and saw a well in the field, and saw three flocks of sheep lying by it, for out of that well they watered the flocks, and a large stone was on the well’s mouth.....
Gen 29:9 while he was still speaking with them, Raḥĕl came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess. Gen 29:10 and it came to be, when Yaʽaqoḇ saw Raḥĕl the daughter of Laḇan his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laḇan his mother’s brother, that Yaʽaqoḇ went near and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laḇan his mother’s brother.
Gen 29:2 and he looked and saw a well in the field, and saw three flocks of sheep lying by it, for out of that well they watered the flocks, and a large stone was on the well’s mouth.....
Gen 29:9 while he was still speaking with them, Raḥĕl came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess. Gen 29:10 and it came to be, when Yaʽaqoḇ saw Raḥĕl the daughter of Laḇan his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laḇan his mother’s brother, that Yaʽaqoḇ went near and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laḇan his mother’s brother.
Now we can see the “sod” with Ya’acov removing the stone from the well’s mouth, “and watered the
flock of Laban his mother’s brother”.
Who
is Ya’acov, is he not a picture of
Messiah יהושע? Who
is the flock of Laban, is it not the “believers” coming from pagan traditions? Who is Leah? Is she not the mother of Judah?
Who
is Rahel, is she not the bride coming
to well? What
is the stone covering the well’s mouth, is it not the stony heart?
Eze 11:19 “And I shall give them one heart, and put a
new spirit within you. And I shall take (remove) the stony heart out of their
flesh, and give them a heart of flesh,
Eze 36:26 “And I shall give you a new heart and put a
new spirit within you, and I shall take the heart of stone out of your flesh,
and I shall give you a heart of flesh,
Many times in the Torah and the Brit HaChadasha (N.T.)
the stone in particular in the burial are and euphemism for man’s heart
condition. By removing the stone from the mouth’s well, the flock had access to
the “water of life” (double meaning: stony heart removed and to have access to
Messiah יהושע the living water).
Gen 29:11
and Yaʽaqoḇ kissed Raḥĕl, and lifted up his voice and wept. .....
Ya’acov
kissed Rahel “the bride” and wept,
read:
Joh 11:35
יהושע wept.
Joh 11:36 The Yehuḏim
therefore said, “See how He loved him!”
Joh 11:39 יהושע said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who had
Who is El’azar
(Eliezer) in this passage from Yochanan,
and what is the meaning of removing the stone? Eddie Chemney gives a beautiful explanation of the parable in Yochanan 11 concerning Eliezer.
Here a summary of it: --- Lazarus
was sick (Ps.69:20, 88:1, Pro.13:12, Is 1:5) associated with the House of Ya’acov
in exile:
Eze 34:4 The
diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick,
neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again
that which was driven away (exiled),
neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have
ye ruled them. Lazarus was from Beth-any (House of affliction)
Afflicted:
Hebrew is the word “any” poor, lowly:
Zep 3:12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted (Heb.any) and poor people,
and they shall trust in the name of YHWH.
Zec 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee:
he is just, and having salvation; lowly
(Heb. Any), and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. Both Ya’acov
and יהושע are both “any”,
afflicted, lowly. How can it be ask Eddie? Because at Mount
Sinai יהוה became
one with his people and he feels the affliction of his people: Jer 4:17
as keepers of a field, are they against
her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith YHWH. Jer 4:18 Thy
way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy
wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart. Jer 4:19 My bowels, my
bowels! I (יהוה) am pained at my very heart; my
heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the
trumpet, the alarm of war.
The two sisters Maria,
Hebrew Miriam and Martha: ---
Ya’acov
is also said to have two sisters:
Eze 23:1 The word of YHWH came again unto me, saying,
Eze
23:2 Son of man, there were two women, the daughters
of one mother: Eze 23:3
and they
committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there
were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their
virginity. Eze
23:4 and the names of them were Aholah the elder, and
Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus
were their names; Samaria (Ephraim) is Aholah,
and Jerusalem (Yehudah)
Aholibah. .......
Ahola: Strong's H170 אָהֳלָה אָהֳלָהּ 'Oholah (o-hol-aw') (in form a feminine of H168, but in fact for .Oholahh
{o-hol-aw'}) n/p.
1. her tent (i.e. idolatrous
sanctuary)
2. Oholah, a symbol. name for
Samaria
Aholibah
Strong's H172 אָהֳלִיבָּה
אָהֳלִיבָּהּ 'Oholiybah (o''-hol-ee-baw') ((similarly with H170) for hOholiybahh {o''-hol-e-baw'}) n/p.
1. my tent (is) in her
2. Oholibah, a symbolic name for
Judah
Miriam: Strong’s #H4813 from #H4805
Meree and Marah , rebellion, bitterness/...... Martha: Strong’s # G3136 Μάρθα Martha mar'-thah. Probably of Chaldee origin
(meaning mistress); Martha,
Both
sisters are a picture of the House of Israel and the House of Yehudah, Lazarus is a picture of both House, the
House of Ya’acov reunited. יהושע calling Lazarus out
of the Tomb is a picture of the end of the exile of both house at the starting
of the Millennium. Lazarus was in the grave already four days. Messiah came on the
fourth day to restore the House of Ya’acov.
If
we read the account of Lazarus,
knowing that he is a picture of the House of Ya’acov and the sisters are both a picture of the House of Israel
and the House of Yehudah, we can see a beautiful promise in the “sod”.
But let us go back to our today’s parsha. Here again only the “sod” reveal the deeper meaning missed by
all those pretenders false pastors during the centuries. יהושע told
this to His talmidin (disciples), those who would follow him no matter what!
Mar 4:11 and He said to them, “To you
it has been given to know the secret (sod) of the reign of Elohim, but to
those who are outside, all are done in
parables (hidden meaning), Are
you outside or are you part of the bride to understand the deeper meanings?
Gen 29:12 and when Yaʽaqoḇ told Raḥĕl that he was her
father’s relative and that he was Riḇqah’s son, she ran and told her father. Gen 29:13 and it came to be, when Laḇan heard the report about
Yaʽaqoḇ his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him and kissed
him, and brought him to his house. Then he told Laḇan all these matters.
Have
you not wondered why Laban is running
toward Ya’acov and kissed him? Do you
think he is so happy to receive his brother’s son? If so he should have
cherished him during the time Ya’acov
spent there and not cheated him ten
times! We can understand his attitude when we remember what happen with El’iezer (El’azar, Lazarus) when Abraham
sent him to get a bride for his son Itzhaq:
Gen 24:34 and he said, “I am Aḇraham’s servant. Gen 24:35 “And יהוה has blessed my master exceedingly, and he has become great, and He has given him flocks and herds, and
silver and gold, and male and female servants, and camels and
donkeys………………………….
Gen 24:53 and the servant brought out ornaments of
silver, and ornaments of gold, and garments, and gave them to Riḇqah. He
also gave costly gifts to her brother and to her mother. .......
Laban remembered how El’azar the servant of Abraham blessed them with gift. Unfortunately, Ya’acov having been destitute by Eliphaz, Esau’s son, came empty handed, and Laban’s true nature will soon been revealed.
Have
we not also been destitute by our brethren
Esau’s descendants so that we have nothing to give (gold and silver) to
those around us?
Gen 29:14
and Laḇan said to him, “You are indeed
my bone and my flesh.” And he stayed with him for a month. Gen 29:15 Then Laḇan
said to Yaʽaqoḇ, “Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve
me for naught? Let me know, what should your wages be?” Gen 29:16 and Laḇan had two daughters, the name of the elder was Lĕ’ah, and the name of the younger was Raḥĕl.
I am sure that you have read this passage many times,
as I did also. I always guessed the meaning and was not comfortable with the
answer. The “sod” is not easy to found and all is embedded in Messiah יהושע, who is the revealed mystery hidden from the beginning of the
creation. Many years was I wondering
about the meaning of “Leah’s eyes were
weak” other versions say also “tender”.
Anyway I knew there is a connection between the “weak” eyes from Leah and the “lovely form and
appearance” from Rahel. The name
bears more indication:
Rachel: Strong’s #H7353 רחל râchêl
raw-khale' From an unused root
meaning to journey; a ewe (the females being the
predominant element of a flock), (as a good traveller): - ewe, sheep.
Ewe: The female of a sheep! Can
you see the relationship? Who are the sheep? Rachel and Ephraim, Leah was the first to be married to Ya’acov, Yehudah (Ya’acov’s fourth son by Leah) was directly united to יהושע been from the same tribe,
nevertheless, Ephraim (Rachel)“lovely of form and appearance” because they follow יהושע without questioning. Rachel
is the mother of Yoseph who got Ephraim and Manasseh the House of Israel!
Gen 29:17 and Lĕ’ah’s
eyes were weak, but Raḥĕl was lovely of form and appearance. ....
The Hebrew word for “tender” or “weak” is the word “rak”. Shaul speaks the weak to be without faith in Rom. 14:1-2, 15:1, 1st Corinth.8:1, 4, 5, 7-9.
Rahel was pleasant to look at in the sense of comeliness. Here the relation of weak with Leah’s eyes is to be understood of inability to see!
Let us see what Sha’ul say to the believers in Rome and Corinth: Rom 14:1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. Rom 14:2 for one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Rom 15:1 we then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
The Hebrew word for “tender” or “weak” is the word “rak”. Shaul speaks the weak to be without faith in Rom. 14:1-2, 15:1, 1st Corinth.8:1, 4, 5, 7-9.
Rahel was pleasant to look at in the sense of comeliness. Here the relation of weak with Leah’s eyes is to be understood of inability to see!
Let us see what Sha’ul say to the believers in Rome and Corinth: Rom 14:1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. Rom 14:2 for one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Rom 15:1 we then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
I
know the first reaction will be that there is no connection between the weak eyes from Leah and the weak in faith that Sha’ul is speaking of food but let see further:
1Co 8:1 now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth………
1Co 8:1 now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth………
1Co 8:4
as concerning therefore the eating of
those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol
is nothing in the world, and that there is none other Elohim but one. 1Co 8:5 for though there be that are called mighty ones,
whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be mighty ones many, and masters
many,) 1Co 8:7 howbeit there
is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered
unto an idol; and their
conscience being weak is defiled.
1Co 8:8 but
food commendeth us not to YHWH: for neither, if we eat, are we the better;
neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
1Co
8:9 but
take heed lest by any means this liberty
of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. 1Co 10:28 but if any man say unto you, This is offered in
sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is
YHWH's, and the fulness thereof:
Tit 1:15 unto the pure all things are pure: but unto
them that are defiled and unbelieving
is nothing pure; but even their
mind and conscience is defiled.
Heb 9:14 How much more shall the blood of the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered
himself without blemish to Elohim, purge
your conscience from dead works to serve the living Elohim? Heb 10:22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil
conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Heb 10:2 for then would
they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of
sins.
Do you see that the conscience is the seat of the remembrance of sin for those who have
no faith and thus were called “weak” Sha’ul was not speaking of vegetarians as it is taught in
Christianity but of those refusing to eat meat in the assembly fearing that
this meat was offered to idols? The “strong”
were those following Messiah having their
conscience washed from remembrance of sin. With this in mind we can understand
the words: “Lĕ’ah’s eyes were weak”
because Leah is the representative of the House of Yehudah “the elder sister”.
The beauty and lovely form of Rahel
are directly connected to those from the House of Israel, Ephraim. .....
Now we are going to look in the “sod” in order to understand. Leah has bear “Yehudah” her fourth son (Sh’mt 29:35), and Rahel “Yoseph”, the two houses. Remember Torah is a progressive revelation. Ya’acov (Messiah) want to marry Rahel (the true Israel) but Leah (The House of Yehudah) will also been married to him, and will be first “weak” in the faith (confirmed by Shaul) until Elohim remove the veil of the letter of the Torah. Rahel’s love is mixed with jealousy when she saw her sister Leah prospering (bearing children), but Elohim didn’t forgot her! Read:
Now we are going to look in the “sod” in order to understand. Leah has bear “Yehudah” her fourth son (Sh’mt 29:35), and Rahel “Yoseph”, the two houses. Remember Torah is a progressive revelation. Ya’acov (Messiah) want to marry Rahel (the true Israel) but Leah (The House of Yehudah) will also been married to him, and will be first “weak” in the faith (confirmed by Shaul) until Elohim remove the veil of the letter of the Torah. Rahel’s love is mixed with jealousy when she saw her sister Leah prospering (bearing children), but Elohim didn’t forgot her! Read:
Isa 11:13 and the envy
of Ephrayim shall turn aside, and the
adversaries of Yehuḏah be cut off. Ephrayim
shall not envy Yehuḏah, and Yehuḏah not trouble Ephrayim. .....Ya’acov will
serve seven years for Rahel. Seven is
the number for divine perfection on earth!.....
Gen 29:18 and Yaʽaqoḇ loved Raḥĕl, so he said, “Let me serve you seven years for Raḥĕl your younger daughter.”
Read what Sha’ul writes to the believers in Thessalonica:
--- 1Th 5:7 for they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. Night is a metaphor for death and darkness. Laban a picture of HaSatan (the enemy) was doing his plan in the night, hidden so that Ya’acov was not able to see the craftiness of his uncle. .....
Gen 29:23 and it came to be in the evening, that he took Lĕ’ah his daughter and brought her to Yaʽaqoḇ. And he went in to her. ….
From the verse 30 to chapter 30:24, we assist now on something looking like a competition to win Ya’acov’s favor or first position. If we see Ya’acov to be a picture of Messiah, we can see the house of Yehudah and the House of Israel, Ephraim (Leah and Rahel) seeking the favors of Elohim.
Gen 29:18 and Yaʽaqoḇ loved Raḥĕl, so he said, “Let me serve you seven years for Raḥĕl your younger daughter.”
Read what Sha’ul writes to the believers in Thessalonica:
--- 1Th 5:7 for they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. Night is a metaphor for death and darkness. Laban a picture of HaSatan (the enemy) was doing his plan in the night, hidden so that Ya’acov was not able to see the craftiness of his uncle. .....
Gen 29:23 and it came to be in the evening, that he took Lĕ’ah his daughter and brought her to Yaʽaqoḇ. And he went in to her. ….
From the verse 30 to chapter 30:24, we assist now on something looking like a competition to win Ya’acov’s favor or first position. If we see Ya’acov to be a picture of Messiah, we can see the house of Yehudah and the House of Israel, Ephraim (Leah and Rahel) seeking the favors of Elohim.
30:1 Rahel
envied Leah, read:
----- Isa 11:13 and the envy of Ephrayim (Rahel) shall turn aside, and the adversaries of Yehuḏah (Leah) be cut off. Ephrayim (Rahel) shall not envy Yehuḏah (Leah), and Yehuḏah (Leah) not trouble Ephrayim (Ephraim). ....Isa 54:1 “Sing, O barren one, you who did not bear! Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you who have not been in labour! For the children of the deserted one are more than the children of the married woman,” said יהוה...Isa 54:7 “For a little while I have forsaken you, but with great compassion I shall gather you.
Gen 30:1 and when Raḥĕl saw that she bore Yaʽaqoḇ no children, Raḥĕl envied her sister, (Isayah 11:13) and said to Yaʽaqoḇ, “Give me children, or else I am going to die!” ... Gen 30:19 and Lĕ’ah conceived again and bore Yaʽaqoḇ a sixth son. .................
*Mandrake:a low plant mandragora officinarum of the nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked (like a fork, having a double meaning) and suppose to resemble man. It was therefore suppose to have animal life and to cry out when pulled up. All parts of the plant are strongly narcotic (drug like opium also call devil’s apple). It is found in the Mediterranean region.
----- Isa 11:13 and the envy of Ephrayim (Rahel) shall turn aside, and the adversaries of Yehuḏah (Leah) be cut off. Ephrayim (Rahel) shall not envy Yehuḏah (Leah), and Yehuḏah (Leah) not trouble Ephrayim (Ephraim). ....Isa 54:1 “Sing, O barren one, you who did not bear! Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you who have not been in labour! For the children of the deserted one are more than the children of the married woman,” said יהוה...Isa 54:7 “For a little while I have forsaken you, but with great compassion I shall gather you.
Gen 30:1 and when Raḥĕl saw that she bore Yaʽaqoḇ no children, Raḥĕl envied her sister, (Isayah 11:13) and said to Yaʽaqoḇ, “Give me children, or else I am going to die!” ... Gen 30:19 and Lĕ’ah conceived again and bore Yaʽaqoḇ a sixth son. .................
*Mandrake:a low plant mandragora officinarum of the nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked (like a fork, having a double meaning) and suppose to resemble man. It was therefore suppose to have animal life and to cry out when pulled up. All parts of the plant are strongly narcotic (drug like opium also call devil’s apple). It is found in the Mediterranean region.
Yehudah
had five brethren direct from his mother Leah.
Knowing that we have a good hint; by reading the parable of Lazarus (El’azar) in Luke 16 that
picture the condition of the divided house of Yehudah “the rich man” living in luxury like the Pharisee and El’azar (Lazarus) those of Yehudah who eat the crumbs like the
talmidin (disciples)......
Here the hint: ---- Luk 16:28 for I have five brothers, let him warn them, lest they also come to this place of torture.’ (From Leah: Reuben, Shimeon, Levi, from Zilpah: Zebulon and Issachar)
Here the hint: ---- Luk 16:28 for I have five brothers, let him warn them, lest they also come to this place of torture.’ (From Leah: Reuben, Shimeon, Levi, from Zilpah: Zebulon and Issachar)
Gen 30:20
and Lĕ’ah said, “Elohim has presented me with a good present. Now my husband is
going to dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons.” So she called his
name Zeḇulun... Gen 30:25 and it came to be, when Raḥĕl
had borne Yosĕph, that Yaʽaqoḇ said to Laḇan, “Send me on my way, to go to my
own place and to my land. …
It is important to take note that at this point Benjamin is not yet born. There is also a spiritual meaning with a powerful prophetic revelation of the last days in the birth of Benjamin.
Gen 30:26 “Give my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go, for you yourself know my service which I have done for you.” ... Gen 30:42 but when the flocks were weak, he did not put them in, so the weak ones were Laḇan’s and the strong ones Yaʽaqoḇ’s.
It is important to take note that at this point Benjamin is not yet born. There is also a spiritual meaning with a powerful prophetic revelation of the last days in the birth of Benjamin.
Gen 30:26 “Give my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go, for you yourself know my service which I have done for you.” ... Gen 30:42 but when the flocks were weak, he did not put them in, so the weak ones were Laḇan’s and the strong ones Yaʽaqoḇ’s.
Gen 30:43 thus the man increased very
much, and had many flocks, and female and male servants, and camels and
donkeys. ……. Again we have inside this account a spiritual meaning Ya’acov been a picture of Messiah. In
the “sod” we see that the goats and sheep represent all kind of believers
(Matt. 25:31-33).
Ya’acov peeled the poplar, almond
and chestnut’s rod. ….The speckled ones : Speecled :
Strong’s # H5348 נקד nâqôd ….BDB Definition: 1) speckled, marked with points . 1a) of sheep and goats Y’aacov chose those who had a “mark”, they were predestinated been “mark”! can you see, the spiritual meaning? Eph 1:5 having predestinated us unto the adoption of
children by Yehoshua the Messiah to himself, according to the good pleasure of
his will, Rom 8:29 for whom he (Elohim) did foreknow, he
also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he
might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Rom 8:30 moreover whom he did predestinate, them he
also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he
justified, them he also glorified. …..The rod
represents the human nature, the white represent purity and the water, the word
of Elohim. “they conceived when they came to
drink”. We could say they “multiply” when they came to drink
at the water, the word of life, a picture of the believers increasing in the
pagan world, taking the water of the Torah and become strong. Again the picture of the strong the one living by faith, the weak the one living outside in the
world here those scattered in the pagan world (Laban last days Babylon). ---
Gen 31:1
and he heard the words of Laḇan’s sons, saying, “Yaʽaqoḇ has taken away all
that was our father’s, and from what belonged to our father he has made all
this wealth.”...
Gen 31:19 and when Laḇan had gone to
shear his sheep, Raḥĕl stole the house
idols that were her father’s.
Ya’acov (the
picture of the coming Messiah) was told by יהוה to return to the
land of his fathers. We see again Abba יהוה unfolding His plan of salvation embedded in the life of
Ya’acov and fulfilled in יהושע Messiah at his return: --
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. Eze 34:14 “in good pasture I
shall feed them, and their fold shall be on the high mountains of Yisra’ĕl.
They shall lie there in a good fold and feed in rich pasture on the mountains
of Yisra’ĕl.
Jer
23:3 “therefore I
shall gather the remnant of My flock out of all the lands where I have driven
them, and shall bring them back to their fold. And they shall bear and
increase. Jer 23:4 “and I
shall raise up shepherds over them, and they shall feed them.1 And they shall fear no more, nor be discouraged, nor
shall they be lacking,” declares יהוה. . Jer 23:5 “see, the days are coming,” declares יהוה, “when I shall raise
for Dawiḏ a Branch1 of righteousness (Messiah), and a Sovereign shall reign and
act wisely, and shall do right-ruling and righteousness in the earth. Footnote: 1Or
sprout. Jer 23:6 “in His days Yehuḏah shall be saved, and Yisra’ĕl dwell safely. And this is
His Name whereby He shall be called: ‘יהוה our Righteousness.’ Joh 10:14 “I am the good shepherd.1 and I know Mine, and Mine know Me,
Joh
10:15 even as the
Father knows Me, and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
Joh
10:16 “and other sheep (Ephraim) I have which are not
of this fold (house of Yahudah) – I have to bring them as well, and they
shall hear My voice, and there shall be one flock, one shepherd( Leah and Rahel)
The adversary Laban (a picture of the last days Babylon) try to stop Ya’acov with the flock? During his time
in Laban’s place Ya’acov was abused ten times. Ten divine the number for the sum of
all numbers.
Now Elohim intervene to bring
back Ya’acov (Messiah) back to the
place of his fathers with wives Leah
and Rahel (House of Yehudah and House of Israel) We should mention that both Leah and Rahel chose to follow Ya’acov
on their own will. Ya’acov (Messiah) tells Leah
and Rahel that it is Elohim who has taken the flock
(believers) from their father’s hand (Babylon,
the world system), thus saying it was a divine appointment. Leah and Rahel had twenty years (2000 years!) time to see the righteousness
of Ya’acov and the rebellion of their
father! Bottom line: To understand our return to the land of our forefathers we
just need to see what happened to Ya’acov
and Laban knowing that Elohim was watching on Ya’acov in order to protect him and his
household from Laban craftiness
(tribulation). …..
Gen 31:20 and Yaʽaqoḇ deceived Laḇan the
Aramean, because he did not inform him that he was about to flee.
Gen 31:21 and he fled with all that he
had. And he rose up and passed over the river, and headed toward the mountains
of Gilʽaḏ. Gen 31:22 and on the third day Laḇan was
told that Yaʽaqoḇ had fled. “and on the third day”. Here we have the last pictures
when Messiah will lead the assembly
to Elohim. The last days Babylon (Laban) will try
once again to stop him, but יהוה has the control and he will not be able to do anything
against the assembly who follow יהושע Messiah (Ya’acov). The third day is a picture of the millennium
when HaSatan will be destroyed
before the Olam Haba (Eternal life):
--- Hos 6:1 ‘Come, and let us turn back to יהוה. For He has torn but He does heal us, He has stricken but He binds us up.
--- Hos 6:1 ‘Come, and let us turn back to יהוה. For He has torn but He does heal us, He has stricken but He binds us up.
Hos 6:2 ‘After two days He shall revive us, on the third day He shall raise us up, so that we live before
Him.
Rev 20:6 blessed and holy is he that hath part in the
first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be
priests of YHWH and of Messiah, and shall reign with him a thousand years. Rev 20:7 and
when the thousand years are expired (end
of the third day), Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, Rev 20:8 and
shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the
earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is
as the sand of the sea. ....HaSatan like Laban will try once again to deceive but
will not succeed. Three days equals three thousand years! HaSatan is loosed at the end of the third day since Messiah first
coming. Laban (The last days Babylon, the world system) will be
deceived by Ya’acov (Messiah) at his
departure with Leah and Rachel (Yehudah and Israel) and the flock, all the believers who walk in the Torah
according to Eph. 2:19. Verse 19 we see Rachel
stealing Laban’s idols, it could be
that it is a picture of those believers who have not been fully cleansed from
their false believe (the wheat and the tare!) but let us look at this idols and
may be the reason why Rahel stole
them, what is not obvious in the Torah and has been an open door for many fancy
interpretations! …..Gen 31:23 Then he took his brothers with
him and pursued him for seven days’
journey, and he overtook him in the mountains of Gilʽaḏ. Gen 31:24 but in a dream by night Elohim came to Laḇan the Aramean, and said
to him, “Guard yourself, that you do not speak to Yaʽaqoḇ either good or evil.”
Gen 31:25 Then Laḇan overtook Yaʽaqoḇ.
Now Yaʽaqoḇ had pitched his tent in the mountains, and Laḇan with his
brothers pitched in the mountains of Gilʽaḏ. Gen 31:26 and Laḇan said to Yaʽaqoḇ,
“What have you done, that you have deceived me, and driven my daughters off
like captives taken with the sword? Gen 31:27 “Why did you flee secretly and
deceive me, and not inform me, and I would have sent you away with joy and
songs, with tambourine and lyre? Gen 31:28 “And you did not allow me to
kiss my sons and my daughters. Now you have been foolish to do this. Gen 31:29 “It is in the power of my hand to do evil to you, but the Elohim of
your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Guard yourself, that you do not
speak to Yaʽaqoḇ either good or evil.’
Gen 31:30 “and now you have gone because you greatly long for your father’s house, but why did you steal my mighty ones?”
Gen 31:30 “and now you have gone because you greatly long for your father’s house, but why did you steal my mighty ones?”
“ why did you
steal my migty ones (elohim)” (add 2013)
Rachel steal the elohim (gods) of her father laban.
I have meditated many years concerning this fact, and I must be honest it is not obvious. First we see Laban accusing Ya’acov to have stolen his elohim (gods), but we know that it was Rachel without telling Ya’acov who took the idols away from her father:
Rachel steal the elohim (gods) of her father laban.
I have meditated many years concerning this fact, and I must be honest it is not obvious. First we see Laban accusing Ya’acov to have stolen his elohim (gods), but we know that it was Rachel without telling Ya’acov who took the idols away from her father:
Gen 31:19 and when
Laḇan had gone to shear his sheep, Raḥĕl
stole the house idols that were her father’s.
Later we read
that Rachel died very young giving birth to her second son Benjamin:
Here is what we read from the Torah when Laban accused Ya'acov to have steal his idols:
Here is what we read from the Torah when Laban accused Ya'acov to have steal his idols:
Parasha Vayishlach:
Gen 35:16 Then they set out from Bĕyth Ěl. And it came to be, when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath, that Raḥĕl began to give birth, and had great difficulty giving birth.
Gen 31:32 “With whomever you find your mighty ones, do not let him live. In the presence of our brothers, see for yourself what is with me and take it with you.” For Ya‛aqoḇ did not know that Raḥěl had stolen them.
Gen 35:16 Then they set out from Bĕyth Ěl. And it came to be, when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath, that Raḥĕl began to give birth, and had great difficulty giving birth.
Gen 35:17 And it came to be, as she was having great
difficulty giving birth, that the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for it is
another son for you.”
Gen 35:18 And it came to be, as her life was going out
– for she died – that she called his name Ben-Oni. But his father called him
Binyamin.
Gen 35:19 So Raḥĕl
died and was buried on the way to Ephrath, that is Bĕyth Leḥem.
Gen 35:20 And Yaʽaqoḇ set a standing
column on her grave, which is the monument of Raḥĕl’s grave to this day.
First Rachel died in the way to Ephrath, and she was not buried with Leah and Itzahk, Rivkah, Abraham and Sarah!
This should catch our attention!
Why Rachel did die so young? Was it because Ya’acov put a curse on her?
Gen 31:30 “And now you have gone because you greatly long for your father’s house, but why did you steal my mighty ones?”
First Rachel died in the way to Ephrath, and she was not buried with Leah and Itzahk, Rivkah, Abraham and Sarah!
This should catch our attention!
Why Rachel did die so young? Was it because Ya’acov put a curse on her?
Gen 31:30 “And now you have gone because you greatly long for your father’s house, but why did you steal my mighty ones?”
Gen 31:31 And Yaʽaqoḇ answered and said to Laḇan,
“Because I was afraid, for I said, ‘Lest you tear your daughters away from me.’
Gen 31:32 “With whomever you find your mighty ones, do not let him live. In
the presence of our brothers, see for yourself what is with me and take it with
you.” For Yaʽaqoḇ did not know that Raḥĕl had stolen them.
We should be very careful what we proclaim with our lips!
Rachel is a picture of the House of Yoseph, also called Ephraim or the
House of Ysrael in the scriptures.
This tells us that Ephraim will have to die (spiritually) in his way
back to Ephrata (Beth Lechem) the House of the bread of life, the House
prepared by Yehoshua, in order to bring fruits of righteousness (free from
idolatry).
Hos 13:12 The iniquity of Ephraim [is] bound up; his sin [is] hid.
Hos 13:12 The iniquity of Ephraim [is] bound up; his sin [is] hid.
Rachel was not free from idolatry
Gen 31:32 “With whomever you find your mighty ones, do not let him live. In the presence of our brothers, see for yourself what is with me and take it with you.” For Yaʽaqoḇ did not know that Raḥĕl had stolen them.
Gen 31:32 “With whomever you find your mighty ones, do not let him live. In the presence of our brothers, see for yourself what is with me and take it with you.” For Yaʽaqoḇ did not know that Raḥĕl had stolen them.
Ya’acov a
picture of Mashiach, did not know that Rachel (Ephraim/House of Ysrael) has stolen
the idols.
Gen 31:36 and Yaʽaqoḇ was wroth and contended with
Laḇan, and Yaʽaqoḇ answered and said to Laḇan, “What is my transgression?
What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued me?
Gen 31:37 “Now that you
have searched all my goods what have you found of all your household goods? Set
it here before my brothers and your brothers, and let them decide between the
two of us!
Ya’acov was righteous, and Elohim did not count to him Rachel’s
transgression.
We all need to die (let all idols go) in order to bring fruits of
righteousness.
Rm 8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die:
but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Rm 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were
baptized into Yehoshua messiah were
baptized into his death?
Yehovah knew that Ephraim (the House of Ysrael) will follow after idols and will bec ut off, and will need to be redeemed:
1R 12:26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:
Yehovah knew that Ephraim (the House of Ysrael) will follow after idols and will bec ut off, and will need to be redeemed:
1R 12:26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:
1R 12:27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of יהוה
at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their master,
even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to
Rehoboam king of Judah.
1R 12:28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves
of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem:
behold thy elohim, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
1R 12:29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in
Dan.
1R 12:30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to
worship before the one, even unto Dan.
1R 12:31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests
of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
1R 12:32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on
the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he
offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that
he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he
had made.
1R 12:33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in
Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had
devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and
he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
Yehowah will
repay the evil of King Yeroboam to the House of Ysrael :
1R 14:5 And יהוה said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.
1R 14:5 And יהוה said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.
1R 14:6 And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in
at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou
thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.
1R 14:7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith יהוה Elohim of Israel, Forasmuch as I
exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,
1R 14:8 And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee:
and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and
who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine
eyes;
1R 14:9 But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone
and made thee other elohim, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast
cast me behind thy back:
1R 14:10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and
will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is
shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of
Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
1R 14:11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that
dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for יהוה hath spoken it.
1R 14:12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet
enter into the city, the child shall die.
1R 14:13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of
Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing
toward יהוה Elohim of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
1R 14:14 Moreover יהוה shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off
the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.
1R 14:15 For יהוה shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he
shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and
shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves,
provoking יהוה to anger.
1R 14:16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of
Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
Hos 13:1 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
Hos 13:2 And now they sin more and more,
and have made them molten images of their silver, [and] idols according to their own understanding, all of
it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss
the calves.
Ephraim is pictured in the parasha Vayetze through
Rachel the beloved wife from Ya’acov. Rachel had to die, because Ya’acov said
that he/she that has stolen the idols may die!
Later Ya’acov returning to Canaan, the Land Yehovah gave to Abraham and Itzahk say:
Later Ya’acov returning to Canaan, the Land Yehovah gave to Abraham and Itzahk say:
Gen 35:2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that
were with him, Put away the strange
elohim that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
Gen 35:3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel (House of El); and I will
make there an altar unto El, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was
with me in the way which I went.
Gen 35:4 And they gave unto Jacob all the
strange elohim which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were
in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
Gen 35:5 And they journeyed: and the terror of Elohim was upon the cities that
were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
They brought "strange "gods" (idols)
from their fathers land! How it is with
us today in our way back to the land of our foreathers?
Gen 31:31 and Yaʽaqoḇ
answered and said to Laḇan, “Because I
was afraid, for I said, ‘Lest you tear your daughters away from me.’ ...
31:41 “These twenty years I have been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.
31:41 “These twenty years I have been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.
Verse 31…..Yaʽaqoḇ answered and
said to Laḇan, “Because I was
afraid, for I said, ‘Lest you tear your daughters away from me.’ …..We see Ya’acov
saying to Laban that he was afraid
although יהוה told him to
leave. We may ask why then was he afraid? Ya’acov
represent the carnal nature, he has still to go a while before been called Israel
this should we mark every time we read the Torah. Does יהוה speak to Ya’acov or to Israel? If
wee follow this pattern we will see when יהוה speak to the carnal man Ya’acov or even his descendants
mentioned by the same name or by Israel
when speaking from the “man from above”. Knowing
that we can also read that יהושע will reign
over the physical descendants of Ya’acov,
Israel:
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. Luke speaks of the House of Ya’acov, the carnal man, thus notifying that יהושע will reign
over a physical Kingdom at the head of the House of Ya’acov. Wo is the House of Ya’acov is it not Israel?.....
Verse 41,
everything is again explained with numbers to make sure that there is no error
or human thoughts in the account. Twenty: is 10 x 2 or two time the sum of all
numbers, 7 x 2 is 14 or seven the number for divine perfection on earth for
each of the wife Leah and Rachel, or the House of Yehudah and the House of Israel. And the
number 6 for in 6 days were everything created or the number of man. After six,
comes the Shabbat or “millennium”, thus bringing the all trials of Ya’acov to an end after twenty years
before going back to the House of his father Itzahk. Is it not a picture of how it will be when יהושע after two thousand years will bring the all house of Ya’acov back to the place given to their
fathers Abraham, Itzahk and Ya’acov? The final part of the chapter
reflects the carnal nature of Ya’acov
who has not yet fully overcome his carnal, becoming “Israel”. We will see in the next parsha how Ya’acov will be transformed and become the one who “prevail with El” “rules with El”. Ya’acov still uses
deception to leave his uncle place.
Gen 31:42 “Unless the Elohim of my father, the Elohim of Aḇraham and the Fear of Yitsḥaq, had been with me, you would now have sent me away empty-handed. Elohim has seen my affliction and the labour of my hands, and rendered judgment last night.” ...
Gen 31:55 and Laḇan rose up early in the morning, and kissed his sons and daughters and blessed them. And Laḇan left and returned to his place. …..
Chapter 32, Ya’acov is now free from his uncle and with his wives and concubine will go back to the land of his fathers. During these twenty years, Ya’acov has matured through tribulation and has overcome the world system (Laban’s house) and, will now face a new challenge which is not to be fight with flesh.......Gen 32:1 and Yaʽaqoḇ went on his way, and the messengers of Elohim met him. Gen 32:2 and when Yaʽaqoḇ saw them, he said, “This is the camp of Elohim.” And he called the name of that place Maḥanayim (two camps). Gen 32:3 and Yaʽaqoḇ sent messengers before him to Ěsaw his brother in the land of Sĕʽir, the field of Eḏom
Gen 31:42 “Unless the Elohim of my father, the Elohim of Aḇraham and the Fear of Yitsḥaq, had been with me, you would now have sent me away empty-handed. Elohim has seen my affliction and the labour of my hands, and rendered judgment last night.” ...
Gen 31:55 and Laḇan rose up early in the morning, and kissed his sons and daughters and blessed them. And Laḇan left and returned to his place. …..
Chapter 32, Ya’acov is now free from his uncle and with his wives and concubine will go back to the land of his fathers. During these twenty years, Ya’acov has matured through tribulation and has overcome the world system (Laban’s house) and, will now face a new challenge which is not to be fight with flesh.......Gen 32:1 and Yaʽaqoḇ went on his way, and the messengers of Elohim met him. Gen 32:2 and when Yaʽaqoḇ saw them, he said, “This is the camp of Elohim.” And he called the name of that place Maḥanayim (two camps). Gen 32:3 and Yaʽaqoḇ sent messengers before him to Ěsaw his brother in the land of Sĕʽir, the field of Eḏom
Last thoughts: Laban paske Ya'acov to make a covenant. Ya'acov a figure of the House of Ysrael and Laban a figure of the people of the world, will be reunited when Mashaich comes backa and all knew will bow to Yehovah
Isa 2:2 And it shall be in the latter days that the mountain of the House of יהוה is established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills. And all nations shall flow to it.
Isa 2:3 And many peoples shall come and say, “Come, and let us go up to the mountain of יהוה, to the House of the Elohim of Ya‛aqoḇ, and let Him teach us His ways, and let us walk in His paths, for out of Tsiyon comes forth the Torah, and the Word of יהוה from Yerushalayim.”
Isa 2:4 And He shall judge between the nations, and shall reprove many peoples. And they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither teach battle any more.
Isa 2:5 O house of Ya‛aqoḇ, come and let us walk in the light of יהוה.
Zec 14:16 And it shall be that all who are left from all the nations which came up against Yerushalayim, shall go up from year to year to bow themselves to the Sovereign, יהוה of hosts, and to celebrate the Festival of Sukkot.e Footnote: eBooths.
Zec 14:17 And it shall be, that if anyone of the clans of the earth does not come up to Yerushalayim to bow himself to the Sovereign, יהוהof hosts, on them there is to be no rain.
Zec 14:18 And if the clan of Mitsrayim does not come up and enter in, then there is no rain. On them is the plague with which יהוה plagues the nations who do not come up to celebrate the Festival of Sukkot.eFootnote: eBooths.
Zec 14:19 This is the punishment of Mitsrayim and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up to celebrate the Festival of Sukkot.e Footnote: eBooths.
Haftorah
Hos 12:13
and by a prophet יהוה brought Yisra’ĕl out of
Mitsrayim, and by a prophet he was watched over.
Hos 12:14 Ephrayim has provoked most
bitterly. So his Master left his blood-guilt on him, and repaid him for his
reproach. Hos 14:1
O Yisra’ĕl, return to יהוה your Elohim, for you have
stumbled by your crookedness.
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.
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.
The prophet Hoshea is calling the House of Israel,
Ephraim, back to יהוה. ….יהושע went also to Gilead
(Galid, the heap of witness) and
found Nathan’el and Israelite in whom is no deceit! We can
ponder about the meaning, seeing יהושע looking for those of the House of Israel the descendants
from Rahel.
When Nathan’el recognized יהושע to be the Son of Elohim,
יהושע gives two powerful declarations:
● 1st”Because I say to you, I saw
you under the fig tree” this referring to the prophet Micah:
Mic 4:4 but each one shall sit under his vine and under his fig tree, with no one to make
them afraid, for the mouth of יהוה of hosts has spoken. Mic 4:5 for all the peoples walk, each
one in the name of his mighty one, but we walk in the Name of יהוה our Elohim forever and ever
●2nd. יהושע refers to the account of Ya’acov’s dream to tell
Nathan’el that the middle Pillar is now there and the way to heaven is now
open.
Joh 1:43
on the following day יהושע wished to go to Galil, and He found
Philip and said to him, “Follow Me.”
Joh 1:44 and Philip was from Bĕyth
Tsaiḏa, the city of Andri and Kĕpha. Joh 1:45 Philip found Nethanĕ’l and said
to him, “We have found Him whom Mosheh wrote of in the Torah, and the prophets:
יהושע of Natsareth – the son of Yosĕph.” Joh 1:46 and Nethanĕ’l said to him, “Is
it possible for any good matter
to come out of Natsareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” Joh 1:47 יהושע saw Nethanĕ’l coming toward Him,
and said of him, “See, truly a
Yisra’ĕlite, in whom is no deceit!” Joh 1:48 Nethanĕ’l said to Him, “From
where do You know me?” יהושע answered
and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I
saw you.” Joh 1:49 Nethanĕ’l answered and said to
Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of Elohim! You are the Sovereign of Yisra’ĕl!” Joh 1:50 יהושע answered and said to him,
“Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? Greater
than that you shall see” Joh 1:51 and He said to him, “Truly,
truly, I say to you, from now on you shall see the heaven opened, and the
messengers of Elohim ascending and descending upon the Son of Aḏam.” May יהוה bless you through יהושע Messiah our Master;
Daniel
ben Ya’acov Israel
