10Parsha Miketz – At the End -
B’reshit 41:1- 44:17,
Haftorah
Z’kharyah 2:14-4:7, 1 M’lakhim 3:15-4:1, 7:40-50
1st Corint.2:1-5
Daniel ben Ya'acov Israel
(updated 2019)
At the end of this parsha
you will find an interesting chart concerning Ya'acov descendants and their children. The Torah doesn't give any
information concerning the wives from each of the children. The book of Yasher unveils their name and origins. I was amazed to see that the wife of the
greatest part of them where from.
You will know when you read; also concerning the age
of Benjamin at his marriage which stand
in a shocking position compare with today's principle. A point should be mention
is that first of all the women were virgin. The age doesn't mean that they had a sexual relation at this
time! Sad that so many neglect the reading of this book mentioned two times in
the book of Yoshua and the 2nd
Book of Sh'muel. We have now trained
ourselves to read the different “Parsha”
in the four levels of the “Pardes” in
order to see what יהוה has prepared for those who seek him in His word.
יהושע says in Mattityahu 7:7 “seek and you shall find”.
King David writes in Psalm 25:” The secret (sod) of יהוה is for them that fear him”.......
The Hebrew word for “fear” is Strong’s # H3373 ירא yârê' yaw-ray'
From H3372; fearing; morally
reverent: - afraid, fear (-full)................
We all know that “the
fear of יהוה is
the beginning of wisdom” (Prov. 9:10), and it’s also the open door for knowledge
(da’at) Prov.1:7
We are going to scrutinize Yoseph’s life in the light of the coming Messiah and see the
parallels between both of them. For
those who read my “Parsha” for the
first time, I have written many times that Torah is a progressive revelation we
go from the concealed to the revealed. The world today cannot understand
because for most of the readers, the Torah is just a book with a literal
meaning and remain conceal to them. Have you not heard people saying: “the bible is only a story from people”
or even from Christians: “the bible is
the story of the ancestors”. This statement is true, but the purpose of יהוה when making Moshe record the Torah was not only to
make a “record” from many events from the beginning (B’reshit), but to reveal
Messiah, in order that every man’s mouth be shut and יהוה’s people build their faith in
the Torah and not in the doctrines of men! Shaul
says:" faith comes by hearing and
hearing the word of Elohim” (Rom.10:17). The word of Elohim is the Torah!
יהוה says through the prophet Yeshayahu (Isaiah) in chapter 46:9-10 that He speaks the end from
the beginning.
Have you ever asking yourself, how come that Moshe
could write these five books from “B’reshit
to D’varim” (Genesis-Deuteronomy),
this is a very long period about 2500 years?
I found out something interesting and since have I take more interest in
Torah’s understanding. The book of Yasher (the Just/righteous in Hebrew) is
mentioned twice in the Tanakh (2nd
Samuel 1:18 and Yoshuah 10:13). This
book was well known among the people at this time and I guess that it was also
in Moshes’ time and also by King David and other Psalm writers has we are going
to see. The book of Yasher helps us to understand that Torah was taught to all יהוה’s people from the beginning (Adam).
Moshes didn’t had a “big vision” and
suddenly started to write the Torah. The Torah is divided in two parts:
A) The first part is the recall of the creation from the
Beginning (B’reshit) to Moshe’s time B) The second part is יהוה’s revelation to Moshe at Sinai,
and call "the Torah of Moshe"
Act 13:39 and by him all that believe are justified
from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law (Torah) of Moses.
1Co 9:9 for it
is written in the law (Torah) of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of
the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth YHWH take care for oxen?
Many
years was I asking myself how Moshe could have such a “vision” to write all
this details? Reading the Torah, after a while things became clear. I saw in this book many
things and understood that the patriarchs from Adam on, taught their children
in יהוה’s way as it is also said in the “Sh’ma” which is the Pillar of
the Yehudin’s faith.
Deu 6:6 “And these Words which I am commanding you today
shall be in your heart,
Deu 6:7
and you shall impress (teach) them upon
your children, and shall speak of them when you sit in your house, and when
you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up,
First let us look
back to the Parsah “Miketz” and follow Yoseph tribulation in Egypt.
The word "Tribulation"
comes from the Latin word “tribulum”
which was an instrument used to separate the corn wheat from its husk, before
it could be used for making bread. The
husk represents the impurity of life which covers each of us, and must be
removed. When יהוה bring us through life’s tribulation it is to remove
this husk (impurities) and make us vessels of gold, refined and pure.
The
context: First Pharaoh is here a picture of “G-d on earth", indeed Pharaoh was
many time called “g-d”. Egypt in the
Torah is a microcosm of the world
today. To avoid mistake, we need to understand that Pharaoh from Yoseph’s time
is not the same Pharaoh from Moshe’s time; and so other Pharaoh, other situation. In this
context Pharaoh is a metaphor for “God on earth”. If we want to understand, we have to
know that all that happened to the children of Israel including at the time of
the prophet is a shadow of what is going today in the world we are living. I have read many interpretations concerning
prophecy which contradict one another, especially concerning the interpretation
of the book of Revelation. I don’t pretend to know everything, far from me and
I am grateful when I learn from a brother or when I find a web site which
contributes to develop my understanding. Unfortunately it seems to be a great
competition in יהוה’s household! I hope to be able to bring soon a Midrash concerning this book of Revelation which for sure will surprise
many, but everything in its time!
The context of the Torah is I say it again a shadow of what we see today. Egypt was
the microcosm of what will happen to Ya’acov’s
descendants after Messiah departure to the Father.
Col 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or
in drink, or in respect of a holyday, or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath
days:
Col 2:17
which are
a shadow of things to come; but the
body of the Messiah. …..
Don't think that Sha'ul
here is writing that these things are not important, he just make clear against
the popular belief at this time that all this thinks where shadow and not the full image
of things to come. Meat, drink, holiday (feast of יהוה), new moon Shabbat are all
pointing to things to be reveal in Messiah יהושע and in no way nullified, in Sha’ul time the Pharisee and other groups like the Essenes had enforced their regulations, enactments, decrees and
oral laws, (takanot, ma’asim, gezerot)
Barnes write:……. You are not responsible to man for your conduct, but
to Christ; and no man has a right to impose that on you as a burden from which
he has made you free. יהושע has not made us free from following the Torah , but from the penalty
of death which was brought by the breaking of the Torah (read my midrash:"Only Ten Commandments).
When you see the shadow of something
you are close to the image, shadow and image are both one, no
shadow without the image! Sha'ul wrote this letter at the time
when the "world" was under
the pagan Roman control and his system of worship that had great influence on
people. Before that the Greek had already spoiled the mind of the people.
Further this letter like all other letter are not written to common people but here to the believers in יהושע living in
Colossae . Greeks also indulged in
schools of logic and philosophy (wisdom
of man) and their thinking spread in the Roman world of this days and today
in the all world. I remind you that in college and university Greek Philosopher
and others have a great audience (listeners).
Sha'ul
write: " Let no man therefore judge………………… but the
body of the Messiah..
In other words: "don't
let pagans outside the Torah tell you what is good for you".
Christians in their lack of understanding use these verses to promote
lawlessness. Sh’lomoh write in Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) 1:9 What
has been is what shall be, what has been done is what shall be done, and there is no new matter under the sun.
In other words if you want to know the end, just study
the beginning. We cannot understand the book of Revelation if we reject the
study of Torah. We can already see Messiah in the first nineteen verses of
B’reshit chapter one. Don’t mistake me, not in the literal text, we will have
to go in the “sod”(mystery) going
through the “remez” and “drash” levels.
Yoseph in the “remez” (hint) and “sod” (hidden or mystery) is a picture of יהושע , like Yoseph beloved of his father and we are going to see the numerous
parallel in the “parasha”.
41:1.
“….at the end of two years’ time”. It looks that we also today find
ourselves in the same situation at the
end of two full years, or two thousand years when we consider that one day
equals one thousand years (Psalm 90:4). Today HaSatan the g-d of this world (spiritual entity of Pharaoh) try to
build his own Kingdom but as it was with Pharaoh, יהוה will
deliver His people from his hand at Messiah Second Advent, the same as it was
with Yoseph. Yoseph
is a picture of יהושע who came to save his brethren in the midst of a pagan
system, born as a man, he was rejected of his brethren and was raised at the
right hand of Pharaoh! Can you see
the parallel with יהושע?
Joh
1:11 He (יהושע) came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
Do you know that יהושע is our
brother announced by the prophets?
Act 7:37 “This is the Mosheh who said to the children of
Yisra’ĕl, ‘יהוה your Elohim shall raise up for you
a Prophet like me from your brothers.
Him you shall hear.’
Rom 8:29 because those whom He knew beforehand, He also
ordained beforehand to be conformed to the likeness of His Son, for Him to be the first-born among many brothers. Heb 2:11
for both He who sets apart and those who are being set apart are all of One, for which reason
He (יהושע) is not ashamed to call them
brothers,
Heb
2:12 saying, “I shall
announce Your Name to My brothers, in the midst of the congregation I shall sing praise
to You.” Heb 2:17 So in every way He
(יהושע) had to be made like His brothers, in order to become a compassionate and trustworthy
High Priest in matters related to Elohim, to make atonement for the sins of the
people.
If יהושע is “Elohim” the creator, as many scholars
want to believe, which is a teaching emanating from Roman Catholic Christianity,
then according to this few verses, you and I must be יהוה’s brothers! This seems to be inaccurate and a false conclusion
(see my midrash: יהושע G-d or Son of Elohim).
In this Parsha,
we are going to see how יהוה will turn
Egypt (the world system) over to Yoseph
(the saviour of his brethren) a shadow
of what will soon become reality for you and me.
Gen 41:1
and it came to be, at the end of two
years’ time, that Pharaoh had a dream, and saw him standing by the river, Gen 41:2 and saw seven
cows coming up out of the river, fine looking and fat, and they fed amongst
the reeds,
Gen 41:3
then saw seven other cows coming up after them out of the river, ugly and lean
of flesh, and stood by the other cows on the bank of the river....
Gen 41:8 and it came to be in the morning that his spirit was moved, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Mitsrayim and all its wise men. And Pharaoh related to them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh.
Gen 41:8 and it came to be in the morning that his spirit was moved, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Mitsrayim and all its wise men. And Pharaoh related to them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh.
In this dream again the number seven indicate the “divine completion on earth” This is the sign of the coming supernatural change marked by the following number eight which mark the “Olam Haba” or “Eternity”.
Greg killian an orthodox
Jews wwho believe in Mashiach Yehoshua, gives this interesting explanation:
Seven: The invisible “Creator” in connection with the
“Created”, the One (Echad, יהוה) with the six. Nachmanides
(12th century Spain) explains the Kabbalistic concept: Seven is the number of the natural world.
There are seven days in the week, seven notes on the musical scale and seven
direction(left, right, up, down, forward, back and centre), seven represented
by the seven days of Succoth is the world of nature. “Eight” represented by Shemini Atzeret, is that which is beyond
nature, the eighth day of the Feast of
Succoth.
Seven:
completeness, rest (Shabbat), healing, used as a flag for an important even
like the “Millennium kingdom”.
Some few examples: B’reshit 7:10, Sh’mot 24;16, Begin
Millennium Vaykra 8:31-33, 16:14, Yehoshua 6:16, Revelation 15:1, 16:1, 6:1,
Flag examples Nehemiah 7:7, Daniel 9:25, 2 Divrei HaYamin (2nd
Chronicles) 23:1. Shabbat, Sh’mot 20:8, Matt.12:1, Marqos 2:23, Luquas 6:1, Removal
of demons and healing: Marqos 1:21-34, 3:1-5, 6:1-6.
Verse
12, Yoseph was
a Hebrew
and NOT a “Jew” as many want to call him today. Brethren let us love
one another with a pure heart and not with man’s traditions.
Verse
14, they brought him out of the dungeon........
Dungeon
Strong’s # H953 בּור bôr bore From H952 (in
the sense of H877); a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or prison): - cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
The prophet Yeshayahu
sees the spiritual fulfilment of the “dungeon”.
Later Luke explains that this “dungeon” could not stop Elohim’s fulfilment for
him Yoseph / יהושע to save
his brethren, but look the parallel between the Torah with Yoseph's condition, the Prophet Yeshayahu speaking of יהושע and Luke
also speaking of יהושע:
Isa 53:8 He was taken from prison* (dungeon)
and from
judgment. And as for His generation, who considered that He shall be cut off
from the land of the living? For the transgression of My people He was
stricken. Isa
53:9 and He
was appointed a grave with the wrong, and with the rich at His death, because
He had done no violence.
*Here the word for prison is:
H6115 עוֹצֶר `otser (o'-tser) n-m.
H6115 עוֹצֶר `otser (o'-tser) n-m.
1. closure
2. also constraint
[from H6113]
KJV: X barren,
oppression, X prison
But carry the same idea.
But carry the same idea.
Act 2:24 “Him Elohim
raised up, having loosed the pangs of death, because it was impossible that He
could be held in its grip.
Gen 41:9 then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “I remember my crimes this day...
Gen 41:16 And Yosĕph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It is not in me, let Elohim answer Pharaoh with peace.”
Gen 41:16 And Yosĕph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It is not in me, let Elohim answer Pharaoh with peace.”
Gen 41:17 and Pharaoh said to Yosĕph, “See, in my dream I stood on the bank of the river...
Gen 41:24 “And the lean heads swallowed the seven good heads. And I spoke to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”
Spiritual
interpretation:
Pharaoh’s dream is a signal for us today as we hear
the rulers of the world and economic system saying that there is not enough
food to feed the people in the all world.
The prophet Amos warns us that the last Famine will be the worst of all:
Amo 8:11
“See, days are coming,” declares the Master יהוה, “that I
shall send a hunger (famine) land, not a
hunger (famine) for bread, nor a thirst for water, but
for hearing the Words of יהוה.
Spiritual for natural, people today think mostly to
feed their belly and reject יהוה’s
eternal Torah. Pharaoh
sees cows and corn in his dream.
Cows
are clean animals and the fat ones represent “righteous believers”. Corn
is used to make bread, and we know that bread is a picture of יהושע, the bread of life (Yochanan 6) also of spiritual food.
Verse
18 the fat cows feed in a meadow, grazing the grass. His action represents
believers taking the words of the Torah in order to chew it or meditate on the
Torah. Verse 20 the lean cows represent the believers before the
coming of Messiah who have “no appetite”
for the Torah “the grass” and oppress
the fat ones (righteous believers) by their false ways and false doctrines.........
Mat 23:15 Woe unto you,
scribes and Pharisees (Rabbis), hypocrites! For ye compass sea and land to make
one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell
(Gehenna) than yourselves.................
How
many "teachers",
"leaders" in messianic congregations put people under bondage
giving them false doctrines, not knowing themselves to discern between right
and left?
Yoseph
was brought before Pharaoh: ---
Verse 25, Yoseph tells Pharaoh that both dreams are one and the same dream,
the lean cows, the lazy and unfaithful
believers (lean cows) have taken the place of the righteous believers (fat cows) who ate the bread (corn, good ears,
word of Torah)
Luk 18:8 “I say to you that He shall do right to them
speedily. But when the Son of Aḏam
comes, shall He find the belief on the earth?”
2Ti 2:18 who have missed the goal concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection has
already taken place, and overthrow the
belief of some.
1Ti 6:21 which some, having professed it, have missed the goal
concerning the belief. Favour be with you. Amĕn.
Compare what Kefa
writes to the remnant:
1Pe 1:7 in order that the
proving of your belief – much more precious than gold that perishes, and proven by fire (Word of יהוה)
– might be found to result in praise and
respect and esteem at the revelation of יהושע Messiah, (Yoseph
was revealed to his brethren during the famine)
1Pe 1:9 obtaining the
goal of your belief: a deliverance of lives.
1Pe 5:9 Resist him, firm
in the belief, knowing that the same hardships are experienced by your
brotherhood in the world.
1Jn 5:4 because everyone having been born of Elohim overcomes
the world. And this is the overcoming
that has overcome the world: our belief.
Verse
25 – 37 Now Yoseph
reveals Elohim’s plan of “salvation” to Pharaoh (Head of the world system
today). Remember that Messiah יהושע will come
to save Elohim’s people, the House of
Ya’acov to rule over them forever (Luke 1:33)......
Verse
32: Nothing can change what יהוה has
established, "twice", is
the number for division and also the confirmation of divine purpose..........
Yoseph tells Pharaoh the reason why יהוה gave two dreams:
Yoseph tells Pharaoh the reason why יהוה gave two dreams:
Isa 55:11 so is My Word that goes forth from My mouth – it does not return to Me empty, but shall do what I please, and shall certainly accomplish what I sent it for.
Yoseph
plan pleased Pharaoh verse 37. ......
Now Pharaoh (g-d on earth) will empower Yoseph and seat him at his right hand,
verse 40 nobody will be greater than Yoseph
except Pharaoh himself:
Spiritual application:
Act 2:34 “For Dawiḏ did not ascend into the heavens, but he
himself said, ‘יהוה said to my Master, “Sit at My right hand,
Col 3:1 If, then, you were raised with Messiah, seek the matters which are above, where Messiah is, seated at the right hand of
Elohim.
1Co 15:28 and when all are made subject to Him, then the
Son Himself shall also be subject to Him (YHWH) who put all under Him, in order that Elohim be all in
all.
Gen 41:25 and Yosĕph said to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one. Elohim has shown Pharaoh what He is
about to do:...
Verse
40 Nobody will be greater than Yoseph except Pharaoh:
Spiritual
application:
Php 2:9 Elohim,
therefore, has highly exalted Him (יהושע) and given Him the Name which is
above every name, Php 2:10
that at the Name of יהושע every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of
those on earth, and of those under the earth,
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.
Joh 5:26 “For as the Father possesses life in Himself, so He gave also to the Son to possess life in
Himself, Joh 5:27
and He (YHWH) has given Him (יהושע) authority also to do judgment, because He is the Son of Aḏam. Joh 5:30
“Of Myself I am unable to do any matter. As I hear, I judge, and
My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own desire, but the desire
of the Father who sent Me.
We see Yoseph’s
life been fulfilled in Messiah and like Yoseph
was born to protect his brethren, are you doubting that יהושע will
protect you from the world famine today?
Are you יהושע’s brethren? He says that you are, so you don’t have to worry,
for what you will eat or what you will wear, for He will provide. This is the
truth from the Torah. Halleluyah!
Gen
41:40 “be over
my house, you yourself, and at your mouth all my people shall kiss – only in the throne I am
greater than you.”
Gen 41:41 and Pharaoh said to Yosĕph, “See, I have set you over
all the land of Mitsrayim.” Gen 41:42
and Pharaoh took his seal-ring off his hand and put it on Yosĕph’s hand. And he
dressed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck. Gen 41:43 and he had him ride in the second chariot which he
had. And they cried out before him, “Bow
the knee!” And he set him over all the land of Mitsrayim.
Spiritual
application: Just compare the verse 43 with the following.
Php 2:9 Elohim,
therefore, has highly exalted Him (יהושע) and given Him the Name
which is above every name, Php 2:10
that at the Name of יהושע every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of
those on earth, and of those under the earth,
Can you see the parallel between the natural (Yoseph) and the spiritual (יהושע Messiah)?
Sha’ul
told us in the book of Romans that we should not be conformed to the world but
transformed by the renewing of our mind. The only process to be renewed and
transformed is to study the Torah and pray to Aba יהוה for
revelation knowledge. The renewing of our mind takes effort on our side. The mind
can only be renewed by removing the old
thoughts accumulated during past years and replace with the Torah
Gen 41:44 and Pharaoh said to Yosĕph, “I am Pharaoh, and without a word from you let no man lift his hand or foot in all the land of Mitsrayim.” Gen 41:45 and Pharaoh called Yosĕph’s name Zaphnath-Paʽnĕaḥ. And he gave him as a wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On and Yosĕph went out over all the land of Mitsrayim.
Pharaoh called Yoseph
“Zaphnah-Paneah:
Keil and Deltiztsch give following interpretation: according to Rosellini
and more recent Egyptologists, to the Coptic P-sont-em-ph-anh, i.e., sustentator
vitae, support or sustainer of life,
with reference to the call entrusted to him by God.
Josephus
in his writing "Antiquities of the Jews”
writes following in book: ii chapter 6:1:
JOSEPH
was now grown up to thirty years of age, and enjoyed great honours from the
king, who called him Psothom Phanech, out of regard to his prodigious degree of wisdom;
for that name denotes the revealers of secrets.
He also
married a wife of very high quality; for he married the daughter of Petephres, (4) one of the priests of Heliopolis; she was a virgin, and her name was Asenath
Verse
46, Yoseph
enter his ministry like יהושע at the
age of Thirty years old!
Gen 41:46
Now Yosĕph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh sovereign of
Mitsrayim. And Yosĕph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went
throughout all the land of Mitsrayim.
Spiritual
explanation of the dream:
----
47. “The seven
years of plenty” represent the beginning of Messiah ministry when believers
from the House of Yehudah and the House of Israel (gentiles) turned back
to the Torah during the first
century. 49. “much grain as the
sand of the sea”, corn as the sand of the sea! Think about who shall be like
the sand of the sea but only a remnant shall be saved.
Gen 32:12 “For You said, ‘I shall certainly do good to you, and
shall make your seed as the sand of the
sea, which are too numerous to count.’ ” (Elohim to Ya’acov).
Isa 10:22 for though your people, O Yisra’ĕl, be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return – a decisive end, overflowing with
righteousness.
Hos 1:10 “Yet the number of the children of Yisra’ĕl shall be as the sand of the sea, which is not measured nor counted. And
it shall be in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’
they shall be called, ‘You are the sons of the living Ěl.’
Rom 9:27 And Yeshayahu cries out on behalf of Yisra’ĕl,
“Though the number of the children of Yisra’ĕl be as the sand of the sea, the
remnant shall be saved.
Rev 13:1 and I stood on
the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having
seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads names
of blasphemy.
Rev 20:8 and he shall go out to lead the nations astray which
are in the four corners of the earth, Goḡ and Maḡoḡ, to gather them together
for battle, whose number is as the sand
of the sea. .......
As
I was looking for “the sand of the sea” the Ruach
gave me understanding concerning the book of Revelation. The Torah is the source of our Revelation not
the other way round, through or by the Ruach
HaQodesh.
Revelation 13:1 and 20:8 who is like the sand of the
sea? Are they not the descendants of Abraham,
Itzahk and Ya’acov? Are they not among the Christians assemblies
today? Yochanan write chapter 13 that
he saw a beast coming out of the “sea” when Yochanan
“stood on the sand of the sea”. Think about that. Who are this people? And who
is the beast? What is the sea?
Rev 17:1 and there came one of the seven angels which
had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will
shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many
waters:Rev 17:15 and he saith
unto me, The waters which thou
sawest, where the whore sitteth, are
peoples, and multitudes, and nations,
and tongues.
When
writing these verses by the hand of Yochanan,
the Spirit of יהושע had the prophet Yrmeyahu
in mind speaking of Babylon:
Jer 51:13 O thou that
dwellest upon many waters,
abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
Jer 51:8 Babylon is
suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so she
may be healed. Jer 51:9
We would
have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every
one into his own country: for her
judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies................
This
is the first beast the one empowered by HaSatan
verse 2 (dragon)
Revelation
20:8 who lead the people today, is it not HaSatan (verse 7) leading Gog and Magog
against those whose number is as the sand of the sea? Now knowing who these
people are, can you see who the remnant are? Are you among the remnant or are
you among those who are as the sand of the sea?
Gen 41:47
and in the seven years of plenty the ground brought forth generously...
Gen 41:49 Thus Yosĕph gathered very much grain, as the sand of the sea, until he ceased counting, for it was without number.
Gen 41:49 Thus Yosĕph gathered very much grain, as the sand of the sea, until he ceased counting, for it was without number.
Verse
49, we can see the revelation behind the literal text. “…much
grain, as the sand of the sea…… it was without number” This was the situation
at Moshe’s time when people had left Egypt as we can read:
Deu 10:22 “Your fathers went down to Mitsrayim with seventy beings, and now יהוה your Elohim has made you as numerous as the stars of the
heavens. Deu 28:62 “And you shall be left with few men (remnant), although you had become as numerous as the stars of the heavens, because
you did not obey the voice of יהוה your
Elohim. ………
This situation is the same today as it was under Moshe. As we are coming closer to the
end of the age, believers are like the sand of the sea, but only a remnant will
be saved, because of the same reason as it was with Moshe..............
50-53.
Yospeh got children from Asenath. Let us first look at Yoseph’s wife name “Asenath”.............
Keil and Delitzsch give us following information:
Asenath, Ἀσενέθ (lxx), possibly connected with the name Neith, the Egyptian Pallas. Poti-Phera, Πετεφρῆ (lxx), a Coptic name signifying ille qui solis est, consecrated to the sun (φρη
with the aspirated article signifies the
sun in Memphitic). On was the popular name for Heliopolis (Ἡλιούπολις, lxx), and according to Cyrill. Alex. and Hos_5:8
signifies the sun; whilst the
name upon the monuments is ta-Râ
or pa-Râ, house
of the sun
(Brugsch, Reisebericht, p. 50). From a very early date
there was a celebrated temple of the sun here, with a learned priesthood, which held the first place among the priests'
colleges of Egypt (Herod. 2, 3;
Hengst. pp. 32ff.). This
promotion of Joseph, from the position of a Hebrew
slave pining in prison to the highest post of honour in the Egyptian kingdom,
is perfectly conceivable, on the one hand, from the great importance attached
in ancient times to the interpretation of dreams and to all occult science,
especially among the Egyptians, and on the other hand, from the despotic form
of government in the East; but the miraculous power of God is to be seen in the
fact, that God endowed Joseph with the gift of infallible interpretation, and
so ordered the circumstances that this gift opened the way for him to occupy
that position in which he became the preserver, not of Egypt alone, but of his
own family also. And the same hand of God, by which he had been so highly
exalted after deep degradation, preserved him in his lofty post of honor from
sinking into the heathenism of Egypt; although, by his alliance with the
daughter of a priest of the sun, the most distinguished caste in the land, he
had fully entered into the national associations and customs of the land.
This
is of course very interesting when we know that nowadays, those pretending to
worship “Christ”, are followers of
the same Egyptian belief, the worship of the sun, demonstrated in their
different feast like “christmas” and “easter” (isthar) and their worship day
the “sun-day” or “day of the sun”, “valentine’s
day”, “new year” and more.
Like
Yoseph, Messiah יהושע will have
to go to the spiritual Egypt to save the remnant of those who will follow him
in the Torah. Asenath is a picture of pagan nations where Yoseph / יהושע will bring the Torah.
Manasheh
which means “forgetting” Ephraim
which means “fruitful”
Yoseph says that Elohim has made
him to forget his father’s house
and caused him to be fruitful in the
land of his affliction!.......
We
need to see the spiritual aspect which is found in יהושע Messiah.
The House of Israel (Ephraim and Manasheh) are fruitful (many descendants) in
the land of affliction (the world today) and have forgotten their ancestors (Abraham,
Itzahk, Ya’acov, Yospeh, King David, Yehoshua)
Read: Hoshea 13; 1, 4, 6, 12, 12:8,
7:8-12. .....
Hos 13:1
When Ephraim
spake, there was trembling in Israel*, he exalted himself; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
The
verse 1 his full of misinterpretation which lead people to believe what is not
in the Hebrew text:
Hos 13:1 c'dabar `ef'rayiM r'TaT naSa` hu` b'yiS'ra`al vaye`'shaM baba,al vayamoT
Hos 13:1 c'dabar `ef'rayiM r'TaT naSa` hu` b'yiS'ra`al vaye`'shaM baba,al vayamoT
“As Ephraim spake he lifted
panic in Israel and he is being guilty and in the Ba’al he is dying”.
The context of the verse is found is found in 1st King:18:17-40
Hos 13:4 Yet I am YHWH thy Elohim from the land of Egypt,
and thou shalt know no elohim but me:
for there is no saviour beside me. Hos 13:6 according to
their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me. Hos 13:12
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid. Hos 12:8 and Ephraim
said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that
were sin. Hos 7:8 Ephraim, he
hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim
is a cake not turned. Hos 7:9
strangers
have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and
there upon him, yet he knoweth not. Hos 7:10 and
the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to YHWH their Elohim, nor seek him for all this.
Hos 7:11
Ephraim
also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to
Assyria. Hos
7:12 when they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls
of the heaven; I will chastise them,
as their congregation hath heard.
Remember
Ephraim is the House of Israel, the
Northern Kingdom separate from the House of Yehudah.
Gen 41:50 and to Yosĕph were born two sons before the years of
scarcity of food came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On,
bore to him. Gen 41:51 and Yosĕph called the name of the first-born
Menashsheh, “For Elohim has made me
forget all my toil and all my father’s house.” Gen 41:52 and the name of the second he called Ephrayim, “For Elohim has caused me to bear fruit in the
land of my affliction.”
Gen 41:53
and the seven years of plenty which were in the land of Mitsrayim came to an
end,
54-57.Here
again we are going to see how the spiritual and natural mix together.
As it was at Yoseph’s time it is today there is now in
the years 2009 since many years more and more scarcity of food and people cry
to “g-d”, the “g-d” of this world they turn to the rulers of the world for
solution, like the Egyptians turned to Pharaoh. Pharaoh told them to go to Yoseph and to do whatever he wills say.
People today have turned to the false Messiah, the “Anti-messiah” the son of perdition, only a remnant follow the true
Messiah, יהושע of Nazareth, not “Jesus
from Rome”.
Verse
57 we read that all countries came to Yoseph in Egypt (world system) to buy
corn (bread of life). Is it not today
so, that people from Africa, Asia, India and other world countries want to take
part of the world wealth. Some of the lowest people sell themselves for a small
loan to make dirty jobs, while the governments from all over the world come all
together to join the leadership of the UN (United Nations) the New World Order,
proclaimed by the leaders of the so called “powerful nations”. Today as I am writing this parsha December 19. 2009 (updated 2010) the
governments of almost all world nations are gathered together in Denmark at the
Copenhagen Summit to find a "solution"
for the climate, what they say. They cost of this meeting is evaluated at
400 million Euros, just to meet, a huge sum of money and they are not able to
agree on anything. This is "powder"
in the eyes of blind people who have forsaken the only true Elohim to follow the way of Satan. My question
is: What do you think bring this temperature change, the Carbone as these so said scientist or the sins of the World? If you
know the answer which is obvious you will understand a lot. They try to stop
temperature to rise, but with their system promote, immorality, greed,
homosexuality, war in the name of a so call "peace", use selection
for stay permit in the so rich countries which
are in endless debt e.g. France in 2009 now with 1 500 billions will reach
the amount of two thousand billions debt, the US are close to Ten trillions
debt. Greece fails to honour its debt and can run into Bankruptcy, today (2010) Ireland as just call EU for help with a 80
billion bailout Portugal is at the door
and in spite of rejecting newspapers assumptions should be the next
knocking at the EU for help Spain should
follow soon, when France will come is not said but may be US will also be the
nation falling in a shameful way soon also and others countries even Arabs
country like Doubai as called his
Neighbours for help to avoid bankruptcy. Mammon is the G-d of this World under the leadership of Satan. The only safe food to find today is at יהושע's feet receiving the Torah and
be fed and safe.........
Gen 41:54
and the seven years of scarcity of food began to come, as Yosĕph had said. And
the scarcity of food was in all lands, but in all the land of Mitsrayim there
was bread...
Gen 41:57 and all the earth came to Yosĕph in Mitsrayim to buy grain, because the scarcity of food was severe in all the earth.
Gen 41:57 and all the earth came to Yosĕph in Mitsrayim to buy grain, because the scarcity of food was severe in all the earth.
Chapter
42.Now we are going to see Yoseph (יהושע Messiah) taking care of his brethren, in the land of
Egypt (world system). We will see the two aspect of messiah,
●A).
The loving and carrying one who love and take care for his brethren
●B). The
one who chastise, in order to bring back the House of Ya’acov to repentance (T’shuvah).
Verse 1
Ya’acov (a picture of Elohim the Father) send his children (full House of
Israel) to Egypt (world system) to buy corn (bread of life) so that they may
live and not die! See the spiritual meaning behind the P’shat.(literal) meaning. The dead are those who have no spiritual
life; below some few examples of “dead” in the spiritual sense. Do not mistake
me, this spiritual dead lead to the final death if it is not reversed by the
life that is in יהושע Messiah.
Rom 4:19 and not having grown weak in belief, he did
not consider his own body, already dead,
being about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s womb,
Abraham’s body was spiritually dead. At this time he was one
hundred years old and we know that he will have other children after Sarah died with Keturah.
Rom 6:7
For he who has died has been made
right from sin. Rom
6:11 So you
also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin,
but alive to Elohim in Messiah יהושע our Master. (to be dead to sin is
to have no power to transgress the Torah) Rom 7:6 But now we have been released from the Torah, having died to what we were
held by, so that we should serve in newness of Spirit and not
in oldness of letter. Eph 2:5
even when we were dead in trespasses,
made us alive together with Messiah – by favour you have been saved.
People who are not quickened
by Messiah יהושע are considered to be “dead”, they have no substance (the Ruach of יהושע) in themselves to be raised from the dead at the first
resurrection.
Gen 42:1
and when Yaʽaqoḇ saw that there was grain in Mitsrayim, Yaʽaqoḇ said to his
sons, “Why do you look at each other?” Gen 42:2 and he said, “See, I have heard that there is grain
in Mitsrayim. Go down to that place and buy for us there, and let us live and not die.” Gen 42:3 and Yosĕph’s
ten brothers went down to buy grain in Mitsrayim.
Verse 3. Yoseph’s ten brethren. Ten is the number for the sum of all number.
Greg Killian writes:” Ten- The number designating a complete whole –
representing the whole direction which Elohim
exercises. According to the book of
Yasher they went down during the twentieth year of Yospeh been in Egypt: Twelve years spent between Potiphar's service
and jails, seven years during the time of harvest abundance and the beginning
of the Famine during the Twentieth year.
Testimony as the way; the word (dabar)
has Ten Commandments. A testimony can be good or bad. The knowledge of a good
vs. evil message: Satan. Those that
have the testimony of יהוה (those that know the way)”.
Verse 3……they
went down……..An indication for lowing themselves, the time has now
come to bow down before Yoseph. Benjamin does not go at first! We are
going to try to understand why later.
Gen 42:4 but Yaʽaqoḇ did not send Yosĕph’s brother Binyamin
with his brothers, for he said, “Lest some harm come to him.”Gen 42:5 and the sons of Yisra’ĕl went to buy grain among
those who journeyed, for the scarcity of food was in the land of Kenaʽan. Gen 42:6 and Yosĕph was
the governor over the land, he was
the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Yosĕph’s brothers came
and bowed down before him with their faces to the earth.
Yoseph
ruled over Mitzrayim like יהושע rule over the all world, “and Yoseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces
to the earth”. Do you remember Yoseph’s
dream? Yoseph in Breshit 37 had two
dreams. The first we read that only his brother’s sheaves bowed down to his
sheaf (verse 7) this is Ya’acov’s
children first coming to Egypt.
.........
Gen 37:5 and Yosĕph dreamed a dream, and told it to his brothers. So they hated him even
more. Gen 37:6 and he said to them, “Please listen to this dream
which I have dreamed: Gen 37:7 “See, we were binding sheaves in the midst of the
field, and see, my sheaf rose up and also stood up. And see, your
sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheaf.” Gen 37:8
and his brothers said to him, “Shall you indeed reign over
us? Shall
you indeed rule over us?” So
they hated him
even more for his dreams and for his words.
Back to the today’s Parasha.
Gen 42:7
and Yosĕph saw his brothers and
recognised them, but he acted as a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly,
and said to them, “Where do you come from?” And they said, “From the land of
Kenaʽan to buy food.” Gen 42:8
so Yosĕph recognised his brothers, but they did not recognise him.
7-8
Read:
---- Joh 7:8
“You go up to this festival. I am not yet going up to this festival, for My
time has not yet been filled.” Joh 7:9 and having said this to them, He stayed in Galil. Joh 7:10 but when His brothers had gone up to the festival,
then He also went up, not openly,
but as it were in secret. Joh 7:11 The Yehuḏim, therefore, were seeking Him at the
festival, and said, “Where is He?”
Gen 42:9
And Yosĕph remembered the dreams
which he had dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You
have come to see the nakedness of the land!”
10-17.
Time of testing has come for Yoseph’s
brethren, for three days. Three is also a divine number which also demonstrate
completion of beginning, middle and end, or past, present and future, or
thoughts, words and deeds. The third
day is the time of salvation, the “Millennium”
.................
Question: Who will bow down to יהושע when he comes back, are not all
of the House of Ya'acov to bow down
before Him? And not only them but the all world! יהוה gave this dreams to Yoseph
so that he could remember when time has come that it is יהוה' will and to reveal what will be with our Master יהושע, no coincidence.
For
testing read:
Pro
3:11 My son,
do not despise the discipline of יהוה, and do not
loathe His reproof;
Pro 3:12 for whom יהוה loves He reproves, as a father the son whom he delights in 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 (2nd
Tessal.1:4-5).
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.
Verse
15 Yospeh
requires of his brethren that they bring Benjamin,
his brother from Rahel (Rachel) their
common mother. Benjamin is the only
one, not having been born in the House of Laban
the pagan and idolater uncle, but on the way back to Canaan. Benjamin means “son of the right hand”. The right side is the side of “mercy”. Benjamin was later after the splitting of the kingdom into two
Houses, to be joined to the House of Yahudah
(1 King 12:18-21, 2nd Chronicle 11:12, Roman 11:1) .
1Ki 12:18 and when Sovereign Reḥaḇʽam sent Aḏoram, who was
over the compulsory labour, all Yisra’ĕl stoned him with stones, and he died.
And Sovereign Reḥaḇʽam hastily mounted his chariot to flee to Yerushalayim. 1Ki 12:19 Thus Yisra’ĕl revolted against the house of Dawiḏ to
this day. 1Ki 12:20 and it came to be when all Yisra’ĕl heard that Yeroḇʽam
had come back, they sent for him and called him to the congregation, and set
him up to reign over all Yisra’ĕl. There was none who followed
the house of Dawiḏ, except the tribe of Yehuḏah only. 1Ki 12:21
and Reḥaḇʽam came to Yerushalayim, and he assembled all the house of Yehuḏah with the
tribe of Binyamin,
one hundred and eighty thousand chosen brave men, to fight against the house of
Yisra’ĕl, to bring back the reign to Reḥaḇʽam son of Shelomoh. 2Ch 11:12 and shields and spears in every city, and made them
very strong. Thus Yehuḏah and Binyamin
were his
.
Rom 11:1 I say then, has Elohim rejected His people? Let it
not be! For I also am a Yisra’ĕlite, of the seed of Aḇraham,
of the tribe of Binyamin...............
Today, Benjamites
are also considered to be “Jews” and
we are going to see that Yoseph
(Messiah) will make himself known to his brethren first through Benjamin. Could it be that today many
from the so called “Jews” having
turned to Messiah are those “Benjamin”
the First “Jews” having recognize Messiah יהושע (Yoseph), while those of Yoseph’s
House (Ephraim) will be encouraged to walk in the Torah through their examples?..........
Gen 42:10
and they said to him, “No, my master, but your servants have come to buy food....
Gen 42:17 and he put them all together in prison for three days.
Gen 42:17 and he put them all together in prison for three days.
Gen 42:18 Now Yosĕph
said to them the third day, “Do this and live, for I fear Elohim: -----
19-22. Beginning of repentance:
19-22. Beginning of repentance:
Hos 5:15 “I shall go, I shall return to My place,
until they confess their guilt and seek My face, in their distress diligently search for Me, and say,
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 ………
Verse 21: Gen 42:21 And they said to each other,
“Truly, we are guilty concerning our brother, for we saw the distress of his
life when he pleaded with us, yet we did not listen, that is why this distress has come upon us.”
Let us see something hidden in
the sod in verse 21:
Jeremiah 30: 7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it:
it is even the time of Jacob's trouble;
but he shall be saved out of it.
Here the word for "distress”
and for "trouble" is the Hebrew word:
Storng's #HH6869 צָּרָה tsarah (tsaw-raw') n-f.
1. tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble)
2. transitively, a female rival
[feminine of H6862]
KJV: adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.
Root(s): H6862
Now let us compare with the words
of Yeshua:
Matt.7: 13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for
wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many
there be which go in thereat:
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto
life, and few there be that find it.
Narrow: Strong's G2346 θλίβω thlibo (thlee'-bo) v.
1. to crowd
{literally or figuratively}
[akin to the base of G5147]
KJV: afflict, narrow, throng, suffer tribulation, trouble
Yeshua is saying in essence, that
those who want to enter the gate, will have to go through tribulation , which
is the same word in Hebrew. What a great revelation! Yehowah speaks the end for
the Beginning.
Verse
25 Yoseph
(Messiah) fill their sack. He gives food like Messiah gives food to his
brethren.....
We read something interesting from the book of Yasher concerning the intention of Yoseph’s brethren in the chapter 51,...
6.
and whilst the sons of Jacob were going on the road, they
repented of what they had done to Joseph, and they spoke to each other, saying, We know that
our brother Joseph went down to Egypt, and now we will seek him
where we go, and if we find him we will take him from his master for a ransom,
and if not, by force, and we will die for him. 7. And
the sons of Jacob agreed to this thing and strengthened themselves on account
of Joseph, to deliver him from the hand of his master, and the sons of Jacob
went to Egypt; and when they came near to Egypt they separated from each other,
and they came
through ten gates of Egypt, and the gate keepers wrote
their names on that day, and brought them to Joseph in the evening.
Yoseph knew of the coming of his
brethren because he had put gate keepers over the all entrance “doors” in
Egypt, and the gate keepers were required to write the name of every man and
his family members before he could enter Egypt. When I read what Yoseph did, it is amazing what we can see today in our countries
with control all for the so called “wellbeing” of citizens from this countries.
This is really the work of the Anti-Messiah.
Today, you cannot enter legally in Europe if you are not registered and fill
all required documents from the secular governments. The new passports are
digital and no way to fake them.
Gen 42:19 “If you are trustworthy, let one of your brothers be
confined to your prison house, and you, go, bring grain for the scarcity of
food of your houses...
Gen 42:28 and he said to his brothers, “My silver has been returned, and there it is, in my sack!” And their hearts sank and they were afraid, saying to each other, “What is this that Elohim has done to us?”
Gen 42:28 and he said to his brothers, “My silver has been returned, and there it is, in my sack!” And their hearts sank and they were afraid, saying to each other, “What is this that Elohim has done to us?”
29-38.We
have seen that Yoseph (Messiah) gave
back all gift to his brethren and gave
them food. This is what יהושע has done for
us and for his brethren from the house of Yehudah.
Free gift, not by work for no man can give ransom for his own soul. We remember
that the two dreams represent the two coming of Messiah. The first time they
will not recognize him and Benjamin is not with them! This is very important
because we know that it is through Benjamin,
Yoseph’s brother that they will be able to recognize him.
Can
you see that Yoseph in spite of having
been sold by his brethren fed them and wait patiently, because Benjamin was not
there to receive their repentance? I have
asked many times why did Yoseph send
them back and waited that Benjamin came. The point here is that unless ALL the
House of Ya'acov repent it was not
possible for Yoseph to make himself
known to them. So it is also with יהושע unless all the Household of
Ya'acov including the "Jews" with
Benjamin repentance is not full. This will be when the Fullness of nation has come in (Rom 11:25). .....Have you tried to give something to
יהוה in order to change something? May be as required by
some pastors, tithe or money in order to be blessed? We learn here that all was for free. Yoseph was to protect his brethren during the famine; he rejected all their gifts, money. He was
placed at the side of Pharaoh by Elohim
for this purpose. Do you understand now the position of יהושע at the right hand of the Father? We have now the struggle to bring Benjamin to Yoseph (Messiah). This is part of changing which each of us goes through.
Ya’acov (Elohim) does not want to let
go Benjamin because he is not convinced that they are changed, but Yoseph condition is that Benjamin come
to him. Messiah will reveal himself to the all House of Ya’acov, no one will be
missed. We have seen that Yoseph
(Messiah) is in Egypt (world system) with his two sons, Manasheh and Ephraim
(House of Israel). At their first coming in Egypt for corn Yoseph’s brethren were not able to recognize their brother; they
were too busy seeking for food and not the “giver of food”. Their repentance
was not completed. At the first coming
of Messiah, the Yehudin were not
ready to recognize יהושע to be: a) Their brother, b)
Messiah, they rejected him. They would have to go through the two days (2000
years) before they can recognize him.......How is it that today most of the "Jews" do not recognize their
brethren, they also (Jews) for a
great part scattered in the four corners of the world?
Gen 42:29
so they came to Yaʽaqoḇ their father in the land of Kenaʽan and reported to
him all that befell them, saying,...
Gen 42:38 but he said, “My son is not going down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is left alone. If any harm should come to him along the way in which you go, then you would bring down my grey hair with sorrow to the grave.”
Gen 42:38 but he said, “My son is not going down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is left alone. If any harm should come to him along the way in which you go, then you would bring down my grey hair with sorrow to the grave.”
Can you see the action the remaining children of Ya'acov have to go back to the Father in
order to bring Benjamin with them? We
have here an allusion to the situation what happen before יהושע will make himself known to his
brethren from Yehuda. They will have
to go to the Father (Elohim) and plead with him and go all together with Benjamin. We will see in the next Parsha how Benjamin will first recognize his brother Yoseph which reflect what happen today with many so call "Jews" who have recognize
their brother יהושע
Zec 12:10 and I will pour upon the house of David (Yehuda), and upon the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, the spirit of favour and of supplications: and they shall look upon me (read him) whom they have pierced,
and they shall mourn for him, as one
mourneth for his only son, and she will be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.......
Here the confusion reigns because of the "me" which lead many thinking
that the one pierced was יהוה, but if you red careful you will see that him, יהושע.was
pierced Some text render it with:……..
JPS
Translation:
Zec 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they shall look unto Me because they have thrust him through; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.
Zec 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they shall look unto Me because they have thrust him through; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.
Indeed when they look to יהוה it is because He is the one who
gave His Son יהושע whom they pierced. How come that יהוה can be pierced if he is not יהושע? Just think the answer is simple and require just a bit Hebrew
understanding, I give you a hint: Read Yochanan
1:1-14 without fancy interpretation, but just as it is written!
Chapter
43. --- We now come to the second going down to Egypt from Ya’acov’s children including Benjamin
to meet Yoseph (Messiah). The wording
is very important because it unveil many hidden truth. First of all verses 8-9 it is Yehudah who offer himself as guarantee for Benjamin’s life. Remember it was also Yehudah who sold Yospeh
to the Ishmaelites (chap. 37:26-27)
and it was the Yehudin who brought יהושע to Pilate:
Joh 18:28 then led they Yehoshua from Caiaphas unto
the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the
judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the
passover.
Joh 18:29
Pilate
then went out unto them, and said, what accusation bring ye against this man?
Joh 18:30
tThey
answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have
delivered him up unto thee. Joh 18:31
Then said
Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is
not lawful for us to put any man to death:
Act 3:12 and when Kepha saw it, he answered unto the
people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on
us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? Act 3:13 The
Elohim of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the Elohim of our fathers, hath
glorified his Son Yehoshua; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the
presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. Act 3:14 but
ye denied the Holy One and the Just,
and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; Act 3:15 and killed the
Prince of life,
whom YHWH hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
יהוה after the
death and resurrection of יהושע waited forty years until the year seventy and because the "Jews" didn't repent, he let Vespasian and Titus destroy the Temple and Jerusalem.
Since then the Yehudin have lived
their own life following not יהוה but the rabies and the Talmud while יהושע was in Egypt (World) to
rescue his brothers from Ephraim, the
House of Israel.
Back to our today's parasha:
This is now part of the restoration, through
repentance at the second coming before יהושע. Yehudah will take the responsibility for his brother who has been
later assimilated and joined to the tribe of Yehudah. In the book of Nehemiah
we see the Yehudin coming back from
their captivity, together with Benjamin
(Nehemayah 11:31). The all book of Nehemiah describe the returning from Babylon’s captivity together with Benjamin at the end of the seventy
years. B’reshit chapter 43 Elohim
unveil what is about to occur many centuries later.
Verse 6
The Torah uses the name “Israel” for Ya’acov. Verse 7 we see that they have not recognize Yoseph (Messiah). It is the “first
advent” or first coming, Ya’acov’s
children are still blind by their own righteousness.
Verse 8
Yehudah will now take responsibility
for his brother Benjamin, the process
of restoration will start. This is how it is today Benjamin and Yehuda equal
“Jews”.
Verse 9
Yehudah will be guarantee for Benjamin’s wellbeing and shall “pay” if
anything happen to him, bearing the blame! Yehudah
has changed and is now sincere in his engagement.
Verse 10.
The word for “lingered or delayed”
in “for if we had not delayed” (lingered) is the Hebrew word Strong’s # H4102 מההּ mâhahh maw-hah' Apparently a denominative from H4100;
properly to question or hesitate, that is, (by implication) to be reluctant:
- delay, linger, stay selves, tarry.
This word is used only twice in the Torah. This
demonstrates the importance of this word. We see that in the “sod” the meaning
of the “reluctance”, “hesitation”, “questioning”, “delay” was for two days (2000 years) before they could
see their brother Yoseph (Messiah). The other time this word is used is when יהוה’s messengers went to Lot,
Abraham’s nephew to deliver him from
the wrath to come (B’reshit 19:16)
This word “mahahh”
is related to the “lost time” between the first time they went to Egypt and the
second time when Yoseph will reveal
himself to them. We see the deep meaning or what is going on in the world
today. The all struggle what our brethren from Yehudah are undergoing is a
spiritual struggle which will be finished on “the third day”, when יהושע Messiah will make himself known to them.
Read:
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.
At his first coming Yoseph’s brother “delayed”, they “lingered” (mahahh) and didn’t recognized him, because their heart was not
right and יהושע could not establish the Kingdom of Elohim. Remember יהושע was to be king, he was King David’s right heir,
nevertheless he chooses to lie down is life for us, in order to redeem us!
Gen 43:1
but the scarcity of food was severe in the land...
Gen 43:10 “For if we had not delayed, truly by now we could have returned this second time.”
Gen 43:10 “For if we had not delayed, truly by now we could have returned this second time.”
11-15.They took the best they have
to convince Yoseph (Messiah) of their
intention. This is a picture of the change of their attitudes; their heart is
in the process of restoration and change. They are now ready to be confronted
to their brother Yoseph (Messiah).
Gen 43:11
and their father Yisra’ĕl said to
them, “If so, then do this: Take some of
the best fruit of the land in your vessels and bring a present down for the
man, a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds.
Gen 43:12
“And take double silver in your hand,
and take back in your hand the silver that was returned in the mouth of your
sacks. It could have been a mistake. Gen 43:13 “And take your brother, and arise, go back to the
man.
This text is so beautiful; in the “sod” that we can
see what our heavenly father has hidden many centuries from the eyes of men,
they couldn’t understand. Like Ya’acov
sons, the heart of our forefathers were not right and they didn’t understood
that only repentance will bring back Yoseph
(messiah) and so the whole House of Ya’acov
will be reunited has it is spoken by the prophets......Ya'acov' sons brought gifts
and pleasant fruits, can you see in the sod
the meaning?...
Gen 43:11
and their father Yisra’ĕl said to
them, “If so, then do this: Take some
of the best fruit of the land in your vessels and bring a present down for the
man, a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds.
Gen
43:12 “And take double silver in your hand, and
take back in your hand the silver that was returned in the mouth of your sacks.
It could have been a mistake. .......
After reading these two verses and to understand we
need to read what Yochanan the immerser says
to the Yehudin:
Mat 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and
Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who
hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Mat 3:8
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for
repentance:
Can you see the connection? Ya'acov' s children brought pleasant
fruits and silver which was the
money to buy! Only true repentance will
restore Ya'acov Israel as it was with
Yoseph so will it be with יהושע when the House of Yehuda will
repent, the all house of Ya'acov will
be restored unto their brother יהושע . Yoseph didn't accepted the gifts because
they came from his father, can you see the duality between Yoseph and יהושע who is like Yoseph only
looking for repentance?...............
Gen 43:14 “And Ěl Shaddai give to you compassion before the
man, so that he shall release your other brother and Binyamin. And I, if I am
bereaved, I am bereaved!” Gen 43:15
and the men took that present and Binyamin, and they took double the amount of
silver in their hand, and arose and went down to Mitsrayim, and stood before
Yosĕph. Gen
43:16 And
Yosĕph saw Binyamin with them, and said to the one over his house, “Bring the
men home, and make a great slaughter, and prepare, for these men are to eat
with me at noon.”
16-34. ---- Now Yoseph (Messiah) sees Benjamin (son of my right hand). In fact
today we can see from the house of Yehudah
(Jews), the first walking in the Torah and seeing Yehoshua as Messiah are spiritual Benjamin. Yoseph decide to make a feast which is a
picture of the feast which will take place when Messiah will return, for the
marriage of the Lamb (Rev.19:7-9).
The brethren are still anxious because they don’t know
if Simeon will be released once the “master” Yoseph (Messiah) will have seen Benjamin. 23.
Yoseph (Messiah) gives them comfort
and release Simeon.
26.
“They bowed themselves to the earth”.
In B’reshit 37 Yoseph dreamed that his brethren will bow before him with his
eleven brothers, this was the first dream!
Gen
43:17 and the
man did as Yosĕph said, and the man brought the men into Yosĕph’s house. Gen 43:18 and the men were afraid because they were brought
into Yosĕph’s house. And they said, “It is because of the silver, which was put
back into our sacks the first time, that we are brought in, to throw himself
upon us and fall upon us, to take us as slaves, our donkeys too.” Gen 43:19 So they came near to the man over the house of
Yosĕph, and spoke to him at the door of the house, Gen 43:20 and said, “O
my master, we indeed came down the first time to buy food, Gen 43:21 but it came to be, when we came to the lodging place,
that we opened our sacks and saw each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack,
our silver in its weight. And we have brought it back in our hand. Gen 43:22 “And we have brought down other silver in our hands
to buy food. We do not know who put our silver in our sacks.” Gen 43:23 But he said, “Peace be with you, do not be afraid.
Your Elohim and the Elohim of your
father has given you treasure in your sacks – your silver had come to
me!” And he brought Shimʽon out to them.
Gen
43:24 and the
man brought the men into Yosĕph’s house and gave them water, and they washed
their feet. And he gave their donkeys fodder. Gen 43:25 and they made the present ready for Yosĕph’s coming
at noon, for they heard that they were to eat there. Gen 43:26 and when Yosĕph came home, they brought him the
present which was in their hand, into the house, and bowed down before him to
the earth. Gen
43:27 and he asked them about their welfare, and
said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?” Gen 43:28 and they said, “Your servant our father is in good
health, he is still alive.” And they bowed their heads down and did obeisance.
Gen 43:29
and he lifted his eyes and saw his
brother Binyamin, his mother’s son, and said, “Is this your younger brother
of whom you spoke to me?” And he said, “Elohim show favour to you, my son.” Gen 43:30 and Yosĕph hurried, for his emotions were deeply moved towards his brother, and he
looked for a place to weep, and
went into his room and wept there. Gen 43:31 then he washed his face and came out, and controlled
himself, and said, “Serve the food.”
29-34. ---- The
appearing of Benjamin brings great
emotion to Yoseph as he can see all
his brothers. The last part of the restoration will take place.....
Prepare food. ...........Yoseph will now organize the order at the table,
Gen 43:32 and they set him a place by himself, and them by themselves, and the Mitsrites who ate with him by themselves, for the Mitsrites could not eat food with the Heḇrews, for that is an abomination to the Mitsrites. Gen 43:33 and they sat before him, the first-born according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth, and the men looked at each other in astonishment. Gen 43:34 and he took portions to them from before him, but Binyamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. And they feasted and they drank with him.
Prepare food. ...........Yoseph will now organize the order at the table,
Gen 43:32 and they set him a place by himself, and them by themselves, and the Mitsrites who ate with him by themselves, for the Mitsrites could not eat food with the Heḇrews, for that is an abomination to the Mitsrites. Gen 43:33 and they sat before him, the first-born according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth, and the men looked at each other in astonishment. Gen 43:34 and he took portions to them from before him, but Binyamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. And they feasted and they drank with him.
32.”the
Mitsrites could not eat food with the
Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Mitsrites”.
This is very interesting has we kn
ow that today, the world system do not follow the Kosher laws according to the book of Vayiqrah 11. The world today call “delicacy” all what is consider unclean by the Torah. People from the world delight eating unclean food! Or to be “vegetarian” which is also against יהוה who gave meat for food.
ow that today, the world system do not follow the Kosher laws according to the book of Vayiqrah 11. The world today call “delicacy” all what is consider unclean by the Torah. People from the world delight eating unclean food! Or to be “vegetarian” which is also against יהוה who gave meat for food.
Chapter 44. ----
Deu 18:10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. Deu 18:11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Deu 18:10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. Deu 18:11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Deu 18:12
for all that do these things are an abomination
unto YHWH: and because of these abominations YHWH thy Elohim doth drive
them out from before thee. Deu 18:13 Thou
shalt be perfect with YHWH thy Elohim .
...........Gen 44:1 and he commanded the one over his house, saying,
“Fill the men’s sacks with food, as they are able to bear, and put each man’s
silver in the mouth of his sack...
Gen 44:17 but he said, “Far be it from me to do this. The man in whose hand the cup was found, he becomes my slave. And you, go up in peace to your father.”
Gen 44:17 but he said, “Far be it from me to do this. The man in whose hand the cup was found, he becomes my slave. And you, go up in peace to your father.”
To finish this “parasha”
I will take a note from Ortodox Jew
quoted from Nathan Lawrence’s “parasha”
which demonstrate that our brethren from Yehudah
know about Ephraim dispersion and
that Messiah will come for the whole House
of Ya’acov:
---- Let’s note a startling statement from Orthodox Jewish sources: Mesorah Publications ArtScroll Bereishis, vol. 1(b) states in its commentary on Genesis 48:19 regarding Ephraim: “R. Munk explains: ‘while it is true that the dispersion [of the descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh] was caused by the unfaithfulness and sinfulness of Ephraim’s descendants (Hos 7:8ff), Jacob’s blessing was not in vain for “they will return to God” and will have their share in the world to come (Sanhedrin 110b).’ And R. Eliezer adds: ‘Even the darkness in which the Ten Tribes were lost will one day become as radiant as the day’ (according to the version of Avos d’Rabbi Nosson 36). And in the perspective of history, did not these exiled children of the Patriarchs enlighten the nations among whom they were scattered? They did so by teaching their conquerors the fundamental ideas of the knowledge and love of God, ideals they had never forsaken. Hence they too have a messianic vocation and their Messiah, the Mashiach ben Yosef, Messiah son of Joseph (Succah 52a), also called Messiah son of Ephraim (Targum Yonasan on Exodus 40:11), will play an essential role in humanity’s redemption, for he will be the precursor of the Mashiach ben David, Messiah Son of David. It is therefore not surprising to find that the prophet Jeremiah (3:12) speaks affectionately of Ephraim. In this light, Jacob’s words, ‘his offspring’s fame will fill the nations,’ assume the significance of a blessing” (pp. 2121–2122). (emphasis added)
---- Let’s note a startling statement from Orthodox Jewish sources: Mesorah Publications ArtScroll Bereishis, vol. 1(b) states in its commentary on Genesis 48:19 regarding Ephraim: “R. Munk explains: ‘while it is true that the dispersion [of the descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh] was caused by the unfaithfulness and sinfulness of Ephraim’s descendants (Hos 7:8ff), Jacob’s blessing was not in vain for “they will return to God” and will have their share in the world to come (Sanhedrin 110b).’ And R. Eliezer adds: ‘Even the darkness in which the Ten Tribes were lost will one day become as radiant as the day’ (according to the version of Avos d’Rabbi Nosson 36). And in the perspective of history, did not these exiled children of the Patriarchs enlighten the nations among whom they were scattered? They did so by teaching their conquerors the fundamental ideas of the knowledge and love of God, ideals they had never forsaken. Hence they too have a messianic vocation and their Messiah, the Mashiach ben Yosef, Messiah son of Joseph (Succah 52a), also called Messiah son of Ephraim (Targum Yonasan on Exodus 40:11), will play an essential role in humanity’s redemption, for he will be the precursor of the Mashiach ben David, Messiah Son of David. It is therefore not surprising to find that the prophet Jeremiah (3:12) speaks affectionately of Ephraim. In this light, Jacob’s words, ‘his offspring’s fame will fill the nations,’ assume the significance of a blessing” (pp. 2121–2122). (emphasis added)
Haftorah
Zec 3:1
and he showed me Yehoshua the high priest standing before the messenger of יהוה, and Satan
standing at his right hand to be an adversary to him. Zec 3:2 and יהוה said to Satan, “יהוה rebuke you, Satan! יהוה who has chosen Yerushalayim
rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?” Zec 3:3 And Yehoshua was dressed in filthy
garments, and was standing before the messenger. Zec 3:4 and He answered and spoke to
those who stood before Him, saying, “Remove the filthy garments from him.” And
to him He said, “See, I have removed your guilt from you, and shall put costly
robes on you.” Zec 3:5 and I said, “Let them put a
clean turban on his head.” Then they put a clean turban on his head, and they
put garments on him. And the messenger of יהוה stood by. Zec 3:6 and the messenger of יהוה witnessed to Yehoshua, saying, Zec 3:7 “Thus said יהוה of hosts, ‘If you walk in My
ways, and if you guard My duty, then you shall also rule My house, and also
guard My courts. And I shall give you access among these standing here. Zec 3:8 ‘Now listen, Yehoshua the high
priest, you and your companions who sit before you, for they are men of symbol.
For look, I am bringing forth My Servant – the Branch1. Footnote: 1Or
Sprout. See Isa. 4:2, Isa.
11:1, Jer. 23:5, Jer. 33:15, Zech. 6:12….Zec 3:9 ‘See the stone which I have put
before Yehoshua: on one stone are seven eyes. See, I am engraving its
inscription,’ declares יהוה of hosts, ‘and I shall remove the
guilt of that land in one day. Zec 3:10 ‘In that day,’ declares יהוה of hosts, ‘you shall invite one
another, under the vine and under the fig tree.’ ” Zec 4:1
and the messenger who was speaking to me came back and woke me up as a man is
awakened from sleep. Zec 4:2 and he said to me, “What do you see?” So I said, “I
have looked, and see: a lampstand all of gold with a bowl on top of it, and on
the stand seven lamps with seven spouts to the seven lamps. Zec 4:3 “And two olive trees are by it, one at the right of
the bowl and the other at its left.” Zec 4:4 Then I responded and spoke to the messenger who was
speaking to me, saying, “What are these, my master?” Zec 4:5 and the messenger who was speaking to me answered and
said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my master.” Zec 4:6 and he answered and said to me, “This is the word of יהוה to Zerubbaḇel, ‘Not by might nor
by power, but by My Spirit,’ said יהוה of hosts.
Zec 4:7 ‘Who are you, great mountain,
before Zerubbaḇel? A plain! And he shall bring forth the capstone with shouts
of “Favour, favour to it!” ’ ” Zec 4:8 and the word of יהוה came to me, saying,
In the account of Sh'lomoh
we can learn that Messiah cannot be divided and will be given to the faithful
one. The conclusion of this enigma is not easy. ……
I will
quote from Nathan
Lawrence (Hoshana Rabbah) who gives some clues: ---- Both the Parashah and Haftorah passages deal with
prophetic dreams by kings and the future implications of those dreams upon
their kingdoms. Immediately after
Solomon’s dream where he asks YHVH for wisdom, he is confronted with the
opportunity to demonstrate his new gift of divinely originating wisdom. Is this
story of the two unchaste women a prophetic shadow-picture of some future
events to transpire with regard to the nation of Israel (notice verse 8)? Let’s
examine the facts, and then see what prophetic implications may be contained in
the story....................
The Facts
Presented in the Text: ---- The
story concerns two unchaste women. The two women live in one house. No husband
is mentioned. The first woman gave birth to a child, and three days later the
second woman gave birth to her child. The second woman killed her offspring
when she smothered it while asleep. The second woman, instead of grieving the
loss of her child, sought to rob the first woman of her child when at midnight,
while the first woman slept she exchanged her dead child for the other woman’s
live one. One woman cherished her offspring. Both women stood before Solomon,
the king of Israel. The name Solomon (in
Hebrew, Shlomo) derives from
the Hebrew word shalom meaning
“peace.” Solomon proposed to
divide the living child by a sword and give half to each mother. The real mother was willing to give her child
to the other (lying) mother rather than to see it killed. The story does not
tell us which mother, the first or second, was telling the truth. Possible
Prophetic Interpretation --- In many places, Scripture likens the nation of
Israel in its apostate or backslid state to an unchaste woman (e.g. Jer. 3;
18:13–15; Ezek. 16; the Book of Hosea). Scripture shows that the nation of
Israel went from being a single woman (spiritually), to a woman with a split
personality, if you will, when she became two nations (the Southern Kingdom
[the House of Judah] and the Northern Kingdom [House of Israel, Samaria or
Ephraim]). In this state, the Scripture likens her to two unchaste sisters:
Aholah (Samaria) and Aholibah (Judah). (Ezek 23:4ff) Both women give birth to
children—three days apart. If these two unchaste women symbolize the two houses
of Israel represent Jews (the House of Judah) and Christians (the House of
Israel/Ephraim), and three days, according to the year-for-a-day understanding
of biblical prophecy (Ps 90:4; Hos. 5:13-6:3; 2 Peter 3:8), represent three
millennia what can we deduce? Could the first unchaste woman be Judah who gave
birth to a child and killed it (i.e., Messiah Yeshua at his first coming), and
then wanted to take the child of the other woman (Ephraim or Christianity) when
he was born three prophetic days or three thousand years later (Yeshua at his
second coming) and claim it as its own? Possibly, but the passage does not give
us a clue as to which woman was which. So we can’t assume that the first woman
was Judah. Indeed, there were many of Judah (or the Jews) who did accept Yeshua
as their Messiah in the first century, but not long after the Gentile assembly,
in a sense, “killed” the Jewishness of the Messiah and substituted for it a
paganized Greco-Roman Western “Jesus.” Perhaps much of Christianity still longs
for the Jewish baby it “killed” when it divorced itself from its Jewish roots.
After all, what is the focal point of the greatest holiday in Christendom to
this day? The babe in the manger! What can we conclude from this? Perhaps this
passage is saying that both Houses of Israel are guilty of killing their
Messiah-Child. Now let’s speculate on the end time implications of this story.
Notice that both women appear before Solomon, the king of Israel, whose name
means “peace.” Who is coming
back as the Prince of Peace (in Hebrew, Sar
Shalom) to rule from Jerusalem
over Israel and all the nations of the world during a one-thousand-year reign
of glory and splendour like that of Solomon? At his second coming, Yeshua is
coming as the Righteous Judge to divide the goats from the sheep (Matt
25:31–46), the unrighteous from the righteous, those who are liars versus those
who abide in YHVH’s truth. In fact, at Yeshua’s return, what proceeds from his
mouth? (See Rev 19:15, 21.) In Scripture, what does a sword represent? (Eph
6:17 and Heb 4:12). How will King Yeshua judge all people? (John 12:48; Rev
19:13; Deut 18:18–19) In our end-time scenario, Dr. Frank Morgan speculates
that the sword could also represent the Great Tribulation. It will be during
the Great Tribulation when the wheat (the righteous ones of YHVH) will be separated
from the tares (the wicked ones). The woman (faithful Israelites from both
houses of Israel) who truly loves the Son is revealed through this turmoil.
Said another way, the King is able to discern the true “mother” (Believers from
both houses of Israel) through this tribulation. We are given a clue as to who
the real “mother” of the Messiah is by Yeshua himself in Luke 8:21, “And he
answered and said unto them, ‘My mother and my brethren are these which hear
the Word of Elohim, and do it.’” But since the story of the two unchaste women
does not leave us with a clear conclusion as to which woman is Judah and which
is Ephraim, would it be safe to deduce that within each of two houses of Israel
there are sheep and goats: those who have heard and done the will of the
Father, who have abided in the truth of his Word, and who loved and cherished
the Messiah, and those who are wicked and unfaithful? Morgan observes that
while before the king, the two women argued as to whose child it was. Will this
happen at the return of Messiah Yeshua as well? Will the two houses of Israel
be arguing about to whom Messiah belongs? Judaism will be saying, “yours died
(was crucified),” this one is ours! Christianity will be saying: No! You killed
yours and now you intend to take ours! In this way, these two women, depicting
the two houses of Israel, are fighting for “ownership” of the “Son”.
David Pennington suggests the following about this story. Maybe this
could be looked at in a reversal of intentions. Instead of dividing the child
with the sword, we should be bringing it back together into one body (Yeshua).
The Torah has been used for too long to cause division (separation of child);
its purpose was to bring about unity not division. The sword of the Spirit is
the word of Elohim (Eph 6:17; Heb. 4:12). The two harlots represent the
sisters, Judah and Israel. Solomon represents peace and though he brought forth
a sword to divide, Yeshua told Peter to put up the sword (John 18:11). Peerhaps
the reason neither woman was definitely identified was because both Judah (the
Jews) and Israel (or Ephraim/the Christians, see Rom 4:16; 9:8–11; Gal
3:7,9,14,28–29; Eph 2:11–19) have been guilty of the death of the other child
(Messiah Son of Joseph, Yeshua at his first coming) and both claim motherhood
of the living child (Messiah Son of David, Yeshua at his second coming). We would like
to give special thanks to Lynn Davis, Dr. Frank Morgan, Batya Wootten, David
Pennington and Trudy Ewing for their insight into this enigmatic passage of
Scripture, which confirmed my thoughts and yielded some additional nuggets. The Rabbinic Jewish and Christian commentaries
I read on this passage contributed little on its meaning and said nothing about any prophetic
implications.
1Ki 3:15 and Shelomoh awoke, and see, it was a dream! And he
came into Yerushalayim and stood before the ark of the covenant of יהוה, and
offered up burnt offerings and made peace offerings. And he made a feast for
all his servants. 1Ki 3:16 Then two women, whores, came to
the sovereign, and stood before him. 1Ki 3:17 And one woman said, “O my
master, this woman and I dwell in the same house. And I gave birth while she
was in the house. 1Ki 3:18 “And it came to be, the third
day after I had given birth, that this woman also gave birth. And we were
together. There was no one else with us in the house, only the two of us in the
house. 1Ki 3:19 “Then this woman’s son died in
the night, because she lay on him. 1Ki 3:20 “And she rose up in the middle
of the night and took my son from my side, while your female servant slept, and
laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. 1Ki 3:21 “And I rose up in the morning to
nurse my son and saw he was dead. But I looked at him closely in the morning,
and saw he was not my son whom I had borne.” 1Ki 3:22 and the other woman said, “No!
But the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.” And the first
woman said, “No! For the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.”
And they spoke before the sovereign. 1Ki 3:23 and the sovereign said, “The one
says, ‘This is my son, who lives, and your son is the dead one,’ while the
other says, ‘No! For your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’ ”
1Ki 3:24 and the sovereign said, “Bring
me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the sovereign. 1Ki 3:25 and the sovereign said, “Divide
the living child in two, and give half to one, and half to the other.” 1Ki 3:26 and the woman whose son was
living spoke to the sovereign, for she was overcome with compassion for her
son. And she said, “O my master, give her the living child, and by no means
kill him!” But the other said, “Let him be neither mine nor yours, but divide
him.” 1Ki 3:27 and the sovereign answered and
said, “Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him – she is
his mother.”
1Ki 3:28 and all Yisra’ĕl heard of the
right- ruling which the sovereign had rendered. And they feared the sovereign,
for they saw that the wisdom of Elohim was in him to do right-ruling. 1Ki 4:1
and it came to be that Sovereign Shelomoh was sovereign over all Yisra’ĕl. 1Co 2:1
and, when I came to you, brothers, I did not come with excellence of speech or
wisdom, proclaiming to you the witness of Elohim. 1Co 2:2 for I resolved not to know any matter among you except יהושע Messiah and
Him impaled. 1Co 2:3 and I was with you in weakness,
and in fear, and in much trembling.
1Co 2:4 and my word and my preaching
were not with persuasive words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 1Co 2:5 in order that your belief should not be in the wisdom of men but in
the power of Elohim.
Sha’ul
gives us the conclusion of this "midrash”
do not put your trust in man, search Elohim
and He will give you understanding in the right interpretation of the Torah "not with persuasive words of man's
wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit…... May יהוה bless you
and keep you all.
See chart and explanations below from the book of Yasher:
--- Chart
from Ya’acov childrens and their descendents---
Yasher
chapter 45. Context: While Yoseph is in
Egypt during the twenty years of their separation and before the famine.1. and it was at that time in that year, which is the
year of Joseph's going down to Egypt
after his brothers had sold him, that Reuben the son of Jacob went to Timnah
and took unto him for a wife Eliuram,
the daughter of Avi the Canaanite, and he came to her. 2. and
Eliuram the wife of Reuben conceived and bare him Hanoch, Palu, Chetzron and Carmi,
four sons; and Simeon his brother took his
sister Dinah for a wife, and she bare unto him Memuel, Yamin, Ohad,
Jachin and Zochar, five sons. 3. and he afterward came to Bunah the Canaanitish woman, the same is Bunah whom Simeon
took captive from the city of Shechem, and Bunah was before Dinah and attended
upon her, and Simeon came to her,
and she bare unto him Saul.
4. and Judah
went at that time to Adulam, and he came to a man of Adulam, and his name was
Hirah, and Judah saw there the daughter
of a man from Canaan, and her name was Aliyath,
the daughter of Shua, and he took her, and came to her, and Aliyath bare unto Judah,
Er, Onan and Shiloh; three sons. 5. and Levi
and Issachar went to the land of the east, and they took unto themselves
for wives the daughters of Jobab the son of Yoktan, the son of Eber
(Son of Shem); and Jobab the son of Yoktan had two daughters; the name of the
elder was Adinah, and the name of the younger was Aridah. 6. and Levi took Adinah, and Issachar took Aridah, and they came to
the land of Canaan, to their father's house, and Adinah bare unto Levi,
Gershon, Kehath and Merari; three sons. 7. and Aridah bare unto Issachar Tola,
Puvah, Job and Shomron, four sons; and Dan
went
to the land of Moab and took for a wife Aphlaleth, the daughter of Chamudan the Moabite,
and he brought her to the land of Canaan. 8. and Aphlaleth was barren, she had
no offspring, and God afterward remembered
Aphlaleth the wife of Dan, and she conceived and bare
a son, and she called his name Chushim. 9. and Gad and Naphtali went to Haran and took from thence the daughters of Amuram the son of Uz, the son of Nahor (father of Terah
father of Abram descendants from Shem)), for wives. 10. and these are the names
of the daughters of Amuram; the name of the elder was Merimah, and the name of
the younger Uzith; and Naphtali took Merimah, and Gad took Uzith; and brought
them to the land of Canaan, to their father's house. 11. and Merimah bare unto
Naphtali Yachzeel, Guni, Jazer and Shalem, four sons; and Uzith bare unto Gad
Zephion, Chagi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Arali, seven sons. 12. and Asher went forth and took Adon the daughter of Aphlal, the
son of Hadad, the son of Ishmael,
for a wife, and he brought her to the land of Canaan. 13. and Adon the wife of
Asher died in those days: she had no
offspring; and it was after the death of Adon that Asher went to the other side of the river and took for a wife Hadurah the daughter of Abimael, the son of Eber, the
son of Shem.
14. and the young woman was of a comely appearance,
and a woman of sense, and she had been
the wife of Malkiel the son of Elam, the son of Shem. 15. and Hadurah bare
a daughter unto Malkiel, and he called her name Serach, and Malkiel died after
this, and Hadurah went and remained in her father's house. 16. and after the
death of the wife at Asher he went and took Hadurah for a wife, and brought her
to the land of Canaan, and Serach her daughter he also brought with them, and she was three years old, and the damsel was brought up in Jacob's house.
17. and the damsel was of a comely appearance, and she went in the sanctified
ways of the
children of Jacob; she lacked nothing, and YHWH gave
her wisdom and understanding. 18. and Hadurah the wife of Asher conceived and
bare unto him Yimnah, Yishvah, Yishvi and Beriah; four sons. 19. and Zebulun went to Midian, and took for a wife Merishah the daughter of
Molad, the son of Abida, the son of
Midian (tribe of Yethro), and brought her to the land of Canaan. 20. and
Merushah bare unto Zebulun Sered, Elon and Yachleel; three sons. 21. and Jacob sent to Aram, the son of Zoba, the son of Terah,
and he took for his son
Benjamin Mechalia the daughter of Aram, and she came to the
land of Canaan to the house of Jacob; and Benjamin
was ten years old when he took Mechalia the daughter of Aram for a wife. 22.
and Mechalia conceived and bare unto Benjamin Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera and Naaman,
five sons; and Benjamin went afterward
and took for a wife Aribath, the daughter
of Shomron, the son of Abraham (daughter of Keturah) , in addition to
his first wife, and he was eighteen years old; and Aribath bare unto
Benjamin Achi, Vosh, Mupim, Chupim, and Ord; five sons. 23. and in those days Judah went to the house of Shem and
took Tamar the daughter of Elam, the son of Shem, for a wife for his first
born Er. 24. and Er came to his wife Tamar, and she became his wife, and when
he came to her he outwardly destroyed his seed, and his work was evil in the
sight of YHWH, and the Lord slew him. 25. and it was after the death of Er,
Judah's first born, that Judah said unto Onan, go to thy brother's wife and
marry her as the next of kin, and raise up seed to thy brother.
26. and Onan took Tamar for a wife and he came to her,
and Onan also did like unto the
work of
his brother, and his work was evil in the sight of YHWH, and he slew him
also…………………
