44Parsha
Va’etchanan – I plead
D’varim
3:23-7:11, YeshaYahu 40:1-26, Mark 12:28-34
Daniel ben Ya’acov
This “Parasha” goes on with Mosheh speaking to the children of Israel, before
he dies. Remember it is the last month (D’varim
1:3). We saw in the last parasha
that Moshe spoke to the generations who
were not born in Egypt or under 20 years old at the time they left Mitzrayim (Egypt).
The second reading from the book of Deuteronomy is named Va'etchanan (ואתחנן), which means "and I besought." The title comes from the first verse of the reading, which says, "I also pleaded (va'etchanan) with Yehovah at that time" (Deuteronomy 3:23). The portion completes the historical prologue of the Deuteronomy covenant document and begins a rehearsal of the stipulations. Part of that rehearsal is a repetition of the Ten Commandments and the famous first passage of the Shema: Deuteronomy 6:4-9.
Portion Outline
- TORAH
- Deuteronomy 3:23 | Moses Views Canaan from Pisgah
- Deuteronomy 4:1 | Moses Commands Obedience
- Deuteronomy 4:41 | Cities of Refuge East of the Jordan
- Deuteronomy 4:44 | Transition to the Second Address
- Deuteronomy 5:1 | The Ten Commandments
- Deuteronomy 5:22 | Moses the Mediator of God's Will
- Deuteronomy 6:1 | The Great Commandment
- Deuteronomy 6:10 | Caution against Disobedience
- Deuteronomy 7:1 | A Chosen People
- PROPHETS
- Isaiah 40:1 | God's People Are Comforted
It seems
good to Elohim to bring all the Torah into remembrance; we see that יהוה is long suffering with his people. This “parasha” is also a promises from יהוה to His people
to be with them if they keep the Torah.
We should
also have in mind that these words are also for us today. To keep the Torah today is to stay under the shadow
of the Almighty (Psalm 91:1). Unfortunately, Christian tradition, coming from
the teaching of the “mother of harlots”, the Roman Catholic Church has rejected
the Torah, by making a “saviour” who
does not consider the Torah to be
kept. This is the great delusion written by Sha’ul
to the Thessalonians (2nd
Tessal. 2:3-12).
Today in the year 2011, יהוה has already started to call his people out of the
world system, to return to the Torah and walk in the truth. Everyday in the
four corners of the earth people open their eyes to the truth (Psalm 119:142,
151,160)...
Before we
start I want us to see the duality of the scriptures between the p'shat (litteral) and the sod (secret, mystery). The wording of
the text reveals what Moshe is
speaking as a prophet. We are now in the last month of the last year of the
forty years. If you remember I explained in another parasha how the forty years
in the wilderness are a microcosm of the 2000 years between the first advent of Yeshua HaMoschiach and his second advent to establish the Kingdom
of the Father. (40 (years in the wilderness)
x 50 (length of one Yovel 7 x7
years=50) = 2000.
Now the
wording tells us something which brings
the Torah alive in us: Moshe was not
able to enter the Promise Land and
YHWH told him to chose Yehoshua a
shadow of the Moschiach to come, to
enter the Promise Land.
Deu 3:28 But charge Jehoshua (son of Nun), and encourage him, and strengthen him: for
he shall go over before this people,
and he (Yehoshua) shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt
see.
Now let us
try to read in the sod following
verses:
Deu 5:2 YHWH our Elohim made a covenant with us (our
forefathers) in Horeb.
Deu 5:3
YHWH made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us (believers today), even us, who are all of us here alive this day
(2011).
Can you
see? It was now forty years (2000 years) all those who left Egypt (Mitzrayim) died in the wilderness
because of their UNBELIEF, save Caleb son
of Yepuneth and Yehoshua son of Nun.
Where are our forefathers, are they not dead in the wilderness since two
thousand years?
Is it
enough to belief "Jesus" and
reject the Torah ? Do you think that
YHWH is a respecter of person? How do we prove that we believe YHWH? Is it not by keeping His
commandments (1 Yochanan 2:3-6)
The
entrance into the Promise Land is done with the LAST GENERATION at Moshe's death?
Are we not
the last generation, are we not those waiting for the soon coming of Moschiach Yehoshua, to bring us into
the Promise Land?
Why is it
so? Moshe gives the answer:
Deu 7:7 YHWH
did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number
than any people; for ye were the
fewest of all people:
Deu
7:8 But
because YHWH loved you, and because
he would keep the oath which he had
sworn unto your fathers, hath
YHWH brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of
bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
What is the
promise and to whom did Elohim made a
promise?
Gen 15:8 And he
said, SoverignYHWH, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
Gen 15:9 And he
said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three
years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
Gen 15:10 And he
took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one
against another: but the birds divided he not.
Gen 15:11 And
when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
Gen 15:12 And
when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror
of great darkness fell upon him.
Gen 15:13 And he
said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land
that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four
hundred years;
Gen 15:14 And
also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they
come out with great substance.
Gen 15:15 And
thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Gen 15:16 But in
the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the
Amorites is not yet full.
Gen 15:17 And it
came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking
furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces (animals
cut in two parts the sign of the covenant).
Gen 15:18 In the
same day YHWH made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed
have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river
Euphrates:
Gen 15:19 The
Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
Gen 15:20 and the
Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
Gen 15:21 and the
Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
Yehovah will accomplish what He promised to our
forefather Abram, confirmed to Itzahk and Ya'acov.
I will show
you what beautiful things YHWH embed
in His Word.
Yehoshua son of Nun. The name of Yehoshua's father is "Nun".
Nun: Strong's #H5126 נוּןnûn noon,
From H5125;
perpetuity; Nun or Non,
the father of Yehoshua: - Non, Nun.
H5125 A primitive root; to resprout,
that is, propagate by shoots
(generation); figuratively, to be perpetual: - be continued.
Is it not beautiful, we could
say: Yehoshua the SOn of Perpetuity who
RESPROUT !
Is it not here an allegory to our
Master Yehoshua Son of Elohim (PERPETUAL)
the sprout of Jessie (Father of Dawid)?
Chapter 3:23-29. Moshe recall his plead to יהוה to enter, to go over to see the
promise Land. יהוה was wroth with him and told him to charge Yehoshua (son of Nun) and to encourage him, because he was chosen
from יהוה
to lead the children of
Israel after Moshe’s departure.
This
question remains, why יהוה doesn’t change His mind
and let Moshe enter the promise Land? The Answer lies in the duality of the
Torah. First we have the literal text and the account of the deliverance or our
forefathers, which was an event taking place in Moshe’s time. Secondly and this
is very important for us to understand, that the physical deliverance of our
forefathers is the picture of our spiritual deliverance and show us what is
going on with our inner man. All their struggles are images of our own spiritual
life. Our carnal man is under the influence of the world and Sha’ul explains how to overcome:
Gal 5:16 and
I say: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not accomplish the lust of the flesh. Gal 5:17 for the flesh lusts against the
Spirit, and the Spirit against
the flesh, and these are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you desire to
do.
In these
verses we see the duality between the carnal nature and the inner man. Sha’ul explains very well why it is so. It
has been for a long time overseen. Many books have been written concerning the
Torah and the condition of the Torah under the renewed covenant. Many believers
are still struggling to read the weekly “Parasha”
because they don’t understand why it is so important. They love the truth and follow
many of the commandments, but lack the efficiency of the Torah in their life
for a simple reason.
I am going
to show that if we understand why we should read the Torah, we will have a new
start in our life.
Sha’ul speaks to the Corinthians believers and explains concerning the resurrection of
our Master יהושע. Let’s have a look at it.
1Co 15:22 For as all die in
Aḏam (spiritual death),
so also all shall be made alive in
Messiah....I will not take
it out of context I just want to make it easy to understand what was going on
in this chapter. Sha’ul was speaking
to the believers in Corinth, because
some believed that there is no resurrection. Sha’ul continues his “midrash”
(teaching) to explain the difference between the first Adam (mankind) and the
last Adam (Messiah יהושע).
Sha’ul goes on speaking about the different bodies
and comes to the point to make the difference between the first Adam and the
last Adam.
1Co 15:45 and so it has been written, “The first man Aḏam became a living being (natural man),”
the last Aḏam a life-giving Spirit (spiritual man). .....1Co 15:46 the spiritual, however,
was not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. ....1Co 15:47
the first man (Adam)
was of the earth, earthy; the
second Man (Yehoshua) is the Master from heaven. 1Co 15:48 as is the earthy, so also are those who are
earthy; and as is the heavenly, so also are those who
are heavenly. ....1Co 15:49 and as we have borne the likeness of the earthy (first Adam), we shall also
bear the likeness of the heavenly (Moschiach Yehoshua Rom. 8:29). 1Co 15:50 and this I say, brothers,
that flesh and blood is unable to inherit the reign (Kingdom) of Elohim,
neither does corruption inherit incorruption.
Verse 45, Sha’ul explains the difference between
the first Adam from Gan Eden and the Last Adam, יהושע
Messiah.
Verse 46 he goes on explaining that the
natural was first. 47, the first man (Adam)
was of the earth and the last Adam was a life-giving ruach (spirit).
We must not
overlook the word “last Adam”. Here
the Greek word is “eschatos” meaning:
“final”, “uttermost”, in other words, that after him there will be no other,
can you see what Sha’ul is saying? יהושע
is the final, last, uttermost part of the creation, hidden from the
creation of the world, but reveal in the last days.
Now how do
we connect that with our forefathers?
When the Ruach HaQodesh (Set Apart Spirit) was
given to the talmidin (disciples)? It
was at Shavuot / Pentecost: not before. This means that before this time, people
were living under the conditions of the first
Adam and so it was with Myriam the
mother of יהושע:
Gal 4:4 but when the fullness of the time was come,
YHWH sent forth his Son, made of a
woman, made (born) under the law,
She also
was righteous according to the righteousness of the Torah if you will she was
under the righteousness of the obedience of the “flesh”, the carnal nature, obedient to the Torah….
Our
forefathers were carnal, not spiritual, except man like Abraham called “the
father of faith/Trust” Isaac, Ya’acov,
Yoseph and others (Noah, Enoch…) Moshe was called by יהוה
and the Ruach of יהוה
was upon him but didn’t dwell in him. This is why he failed when he stroke the
rock the second time, his carnal nature dominate his action....Abraham, Itzahk, Ya’acov, Moshe, David and many others were types and ante-types of what will be
later with those who will follow יהושע.
Today when
reading the Torah we should always have in mind that we see our carnal man in
the account of our forefathers, especially those coming out of Mitzrayim (Egypt).
I hope this
will help to understand. You see when we dig a bit we see more then the plain
text, called in Hebrew understanding the “peshat”,
the literal text.
Chapter 3:25 ‘I pray,
let me pass over and see the good land beyond the Yardĕn, this good hill
country, and Leḇanon.’
Let me
pass over: Strong’s
#H5674 עבר ‛âbar aw-bar'.A primitive root; to cross
over; used very widely of any transition
(literally or figuratively; transitively, intransitively, intensively or
causatively); specifically to cover
(in copulation): - alienate, alter, X at all, beyond,
bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over),
convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter,
escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by,
forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun,
make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass (-age, along, away,
beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) + proclaim
(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, + raiser of taxes,
remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make) sound, X speedily, X
sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress (-or), translate, turn away,
[way-] faring man, be wrath.
We have
here again the dual explanation. The first is the “peshat” or literal sense, to cross over Yarden in order to enter the promise land.
The second
level is the so called “remez” of
hint behind the literal going up to the drash
(midrash or teaching) and the “sod”,
the mystery of the Torah. Remember יהוה call the land,
“the land that flow with milk and honey”. Milk and honey are an allegory for
the Torah:
Psa 81:16 He should have fed them also with
the finest of the wheat: and with honey
out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
Psa 119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter
than honey to my mouth!
In
following verse we can see the connection between honey and the Torah:
Pro 24:13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb,
which is sweet to thy taste:Pro 24:14 so
shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then
there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
Rev 10:10 and
I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and
as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
Jer 32:22 and
hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give
them, a land flowing with milk and honey;
Milk a metaphor for the
nourishing of the soul by the Torah.
Honey a metaphor for the
sweetness brought by the Torah obedience.
1Co 3:2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were
not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
Heb 5:12 For
when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you
again which be the first principles of the oracles of YHWH; and are become such
as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. Heb 5:13
for every one that useth milk is
unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a
babe.
1Pe 2:2 as
newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: Also to go over or cross over is to
change position. In the natural it is physically, but it points also to Messiah who brings us into the promise
land, the Kingdom (Malkut) of Elohim The condition for the children of
Israel to enter the Promise Land was to keep the commandments and TRUST יהוה
that He will bring them there.
The condition for “talmidin” (disciples) today to enter the
Kingdom of Elohim is to believe and
TRUST יהושע
and accept the Yoke of the Torah.
No Torah equals no Kingdom! How do we know that?
Matt.7:22 “Many shall say to Me in that day, ‘Master, Master, have
we not prophesied in Your
Name, and cast out demons in
Your Name, and done many mighty works in Your Name?’ .....Mat 7:23 “And then
I shall declare to them, ‘I never knew you, depart from Me, you who work lawlessness (iniquities)!’
Lawlesness:Srong’s
#458 : anomia an-om-ee'-ah
From G459; illegality, that is, violation
of law or (generally) wickedness: - iniquity, X transgress (-ion of) the law, unrighteousness.........G459 anomos,
an'-om-os...........From G1 (as a negative particle) and G3551; lawless, that is, (negatively) not
subject to law; (by
implication a Gentile), or
(positively) wicked: - without
law, lawless, transgressor, unlawful, wicked.
We see that lawlessness is the rejection
of the Torah: “not subject to the law”.
There are many denominations in the
world today they all proclaim to have the truth and to build the Kingdom of
G-d. They all have a common factor that holds them to the Roman Catholic Church
“the mother of harlots”. They ALL reject
the Torah!
The Ruach (Spirit) is drawing more and more people
to keep the Torah and to comfort them in their walk in order to enter the “Malkut”, the Kingdom of Elohim.
Deu 3:25 ‘I pray, let me pass over and see the good
land beyond the Yardĕn, this good hill country, and Leḇanon.’ .............Deu 3:26 “But יהוה was
enraged with me, for your sake, and would not listen to me, and יהוה said to me, ‘Enough of that speak no more to Me
about this matter!’
“Enough of
that speak no more to me about this matter!” Schulz a commentator make following comparison with Sha’ul:
2Co 12:8 Concerning this I pleaded with Elohim three
times to take it away from me.
2Co 12:9
And He said to me, “My
favour is sufficient for you,
for My power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, then, I shall rather boast
in my weaknesses, so that the power of Messiah rests on me.
We can see
the changeless character of יהוה
Deu 3:27 ‘Go up to the top of Pisgah, and
lift up your eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and
look with your eyes, for you do not pass over this Yardĕn. Pisgah: The
place where Balaam was with the
Moabite King Balak to curse the
Children of Israel (carnal man):
Num 23:13 and Balaq said to him, “Please come with me
to another place from where you see them. You only see the extremity but not
all of them. Curse them for me from there.” Num 23:14 and he took him to the field of Tsophim, to the top of Pisgah……………
It is there
that Balaam spoke:
Num 23:19 “Ěl
is not a man, to lie; nor a son of man, to repent! Has He said, and would He not do it; or
spoken, and would not confirm it? Num 23:20 “See,
I have received, to bless. And He has blessed, and I do not reverse it.
Num 23:21 “He has not
looked upon wickedness in Yaʽaqoḇ, nor has He seen trouble in Yisra’ĕl. יהוה
his Elohim is with him, and the shout of a Sovereign is in him. Num 23:22
“Ěl who brought them out of Mitsrayim, is
for them like the horns of a wild ox. Num 23:23 “For
there is no sorcery against Yaʽaqoḇ, nor is there any divination
against Yisra’ĕl. Now it is said to Yaʽaqoḇ and to Yisra’ĕl,
‘What has Ěl done!’
Num 23:24 “Look, a
people rises like a lioness, and lifts itself up like a lion; it lies not down
until it devours the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain.” Num 23:25
and Balaq said to Bilʽam, “Do not curse
them at all, nor bless them at all!” Num 23:26 and
Bilʽam answered and said to Balaq, “Have I not spoken to you, saying, ‘All that
יהוה speaks, that I do’?” Num 23:27 and Balaq
said to Bilʽam, “Please come, let me
take you to another place. It might be right in the eyes of Elohim that you
curse them for me from there.”
The other
place was “Baal Peor” or “Beyth Peor”Deu 3:29 “And
we dwelt in the valley opposite Bĕyth Peʽor.
Beith-Peor is the place where Balaam was with the King of Moab Balak to curse the Children of Israel:
Num 23:28 and
Balaq took Bilʽam to the top of Peʽor, that overlooks the wasteland. Beith-Peor,
the House of Peor or “Head of Peor” also Baal Peor: Peor was a pagan
deity worshiped by the Moabites and others tribes.
Closing the chapter three, I would
like to point out again the difference between Mosheh and יהושע. Have you ever asked
yourselves how is it that Moshe couldn’t enter the promise land and died before
it has been a guess to me many years?
Another thought brought by my wife Chanah is to see that like Moshe died
before the Children of Israel could
enter the Promise Land, so יהושע
also died at his first coming and couldn’t bring the Children of Israel (you and me) into the Kingdom until the
appointed time.
The answer
is not obvious, rather lies in the difference between Mosheh and יהושע. The first, Mosheh was chosen of יהוה
Elohim to
deliver the Children of Israel (carnal man) from their physical bondage, Mitzrayim
(Egypt).
The second יהושע
was chosen of יהוה Elohim to deliver the spiritual man from the bondage of sin, transgression of the
Torah (1st Yochanan 3:4).
The reverse
of Messiah’s work is to bring now the spiritual man to maturity having
abolished the death penalty which was again us and nailed it to the stake, in
order to deliver us from the power of sin:
Col 2:13 and you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with
him (Messiah), having forgiven you all trespasses;
Col 2:14 blotting
out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to
his cross;
Moshe was
also carnal and reacted in carnal manner:
The apostle
were well acquainted with the time of restoration still to come:
Act 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that
your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the
presence of YHWH;
Num 20:7 and יהוה
spoke
to Mosheh, saying, Num 20:8 “Take the rod and
assemble the congregation, you and your brother Aharon. And you shall speak
to the rock before their
eyes, and it shall give its water. and you shall bring water for them out of
the rock and give drink to the congregation and their livestock.”
Num 20:9 and Mosheh took
the rod from before יהוה as He commanded
him. Num 20:10 and Mosheh and Aharon assembled the assembly
before the rock. And he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels, shall we bring
water for you out of this rock?” Num 20:11 Then Mosheh lifted his hand
and struck the rock twice with his rod. And much water came out, and the congregation and
their livestock drank. Num
20:12 But יהוה spoke
to Mosheh and to Aharon, “Because you did not believe Me (had no faith), to set Me
apart in the eyes of the children of Yisra’ĕl, therefore you do not bring this assembly into the
land which I have given them.” We have here the reason why Aharon
and Mosheh couldn’t enter the promise
land: “you did not believe me to set me
apart in the eyes of the Children of Israel (Carnal man).What is the
difference in יהושע’s behavior?
Mat 26:40 and
He (Yehoshua) came to the taught ones (disciples) and found them asleep, and
said to Kĕpha, “So, were you not able to watch with Me one hour? Mat 26:41 “Watch and pray, lest you enter into trial.
The spirit indeed is eager, but the flesh is weak.”Mat 26:42 again He went away, a second time, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if
it is impossible for this to pass unless I drink it, let your will be done.” יהושע surrender his life fully to יהוה
and his flesh was
already “crucified”! He was the saviour of the spiritual man, the one who
deliver us from the fleshly (carnal) nature.
1Pe 2:21 for
to this you were called, because Messiah also suffered for us, leaving
us an example, that you should follow His steps,1 Footnote: 11 Cor. 11:1, 1 John 2:6. 1Pe 2:22 “who committed no sin,1 nor was deceit
found in His mouth,”2 Footnotes: 1John
8:55, John 15:10, 2 Cor. 5:21, John 3:5. 2Isa.53:9. 1Pe 2:23 who, being reviled, did not revile in
return; suffering, did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;
Php 2:6 who, being in the form (that is shape or nature) of
Elohim, did not regard equality with Elohim a matter
to be grasped,
Php 2:7 but emptied Himself, taking the form* (that is shape or nature) of a servant, and came
to be in the likeness of men. Php 2:8 and having been found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, death even of a
stake.
Php 2:9 Elohim, therefore(because
of that, for this reason), has highly exalted Him and given Him
the Name which is above every name, Php 2:10 that at the Name of יהוה every
knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under
the earth, (Yeshayahu 45:23)
Php
2:11 and every tongue should confess that יהושע Messiah is Master, to the esteem
(glory) of Elohim the Father.
*Form: Strong’s # G3444 μορφή morphe (mor-fay') n.
1. shape
2. (figuratively) nature
The nature of Elohim
refers to b’reshit 1:26. The image of Elohim, in his likeness*:
Likeness: H1823 דְּמוּת dmuwth (dem-ooth') n-f.
1. resemblance
2. (concretely) model, shape
3. (adverbially) like
[from H1819]
KJV: fashion, like (-ness, as), manner, similitude.
The
reason of been, exulted, was because יהושע humbled himself and was obedient
even unto death. It was not before his death that יהושע was proclaimed to be Messiah (even
if few of his talmidim recognize him to be Moschiach), he was chosen of יהוה but the
position was given him at the resurrection of the death (Phil.2:9).
Rom 1:4 who was designated
Son of Elohim with power, according to the Set-apart Spirit, by the resurrection from the dead:
יהושע Messiah, the Master of us,
Act 13:33 that Elohim has filled this for us, their
children, having raise up יהושע, as
it has also been written in the second Psalm, ‘You are My Son, today
I have brought You forth.’ We see that Luke and Sha’ul
had the same understanding as when יהושע received the “son ship”: “At the resurrection from the dead”. This may
disturb those who believe that יהושע is the “creator”, but they are many scriptures who
show the process of יהושע becoming “son”!
Act 13:22 “And having removed him, He raised up for them
Dawiḏ as sovereign, to whom also He gave witness and said, ‘I have found
Dawiḏ the son of Yishai, a man after My own heart, who shall do all My desires.’ Act 13:23 “From this one’s seed (David’s sperma), according to the promise,
Elohim raised up for Yisra’ĕl a Saviour, יהושע,
Messiah is not a name but a title a
position let us have a close look according to the “International Standard Bible Encyclopedia”: 1. Meaning and Use of the Term:
“Messias”
(Joh_1:41; Joh_4:25
the King James Version) is a transcription of Μεσσίας, Messı́as,
the Greek representation of the Aramaic. “Messiah”
is thus a modification of the Greek form of the word, according to the Hebrew...The term is used in the Old Testament of
kings and priests, who were consecrated to office by the ceremony of anointing.
It is applied to the priest only as an adjective - “the anointed (moschyiach/messiah)
priest” (Lev_4:3, Lev_4:5, Lev_4:16;
Lev_6:22 (Hebrew 15). Its substantive
use is restricted to the king; he only is called “YHWH's anointed
(maschyiach/messiah),” e.g. Saul (1Sa_24:6,
1Sa_24:10 (Hebrew 7, 11), etc.); David
(2Sa_19:21 (Hebrew 22); 2Sa_23:1, “the anointed of the God of Jacob”);
Zedekiah (Lam_4:20). Similarly in the
Psalms the king is designated “mine,” “thine,” “his anointed (maschyiach/messiah).” Thus also even Cyrus* (Isa_45:1), as
being chosen and commissioned by Yehowah
to carry out His purpose with Israel.
Some think the singular “mine anointed” in Hab_3:13
denotes the whole people; but the Hebrew text is somewhat obscure, and the
reference may be to the king. The plural of the substantive is used of the patriarchs, who are called
“mine anointed ones” (Psa_105:15; 1Ch_16:22), as being Yehowah's chosen, consecrated servants, whose persons
were inviolable....It is to be noted that “Messiah” as a special title is never
applied in the Old Testament to the unique king of the future, unless perhaps
in Dan_9:25 f (māshı̄aḥ
nāghı̄dh, “Messiah-Prince”), a difficult passage, the interpretation of
which is very uncertain. It was the later Jews of the post-prophetic period
who, guided by a true instinct, first used the term in a technical sense.
*Cyrus a pagan King chosen to be “messiah” anointed of
Elohim:
Cyrus (Heb. Koresh), the
celebrated “King of Persia” (Elam)
who was conqueror of Babylon,
and issued the decree of liberation to the Jews (Ezr_1:1,
Ezr_1:2). He was the son of Cambyses,
the prince of Persia,
and was born about 599 B.C. In the year 559 B.C. he became king of Persia, the kingdom of Media
being added to it partly by conquest. Cyrus was a great military leader, bent
on universal conquest. Babylon fell before his
army (538 B.C.) on the night of Belshazzar's feast (Dan_5:30),
and then the ancient dominion of Assyria was
also added to his empire (cf., “Go up, O Elam” - Isa_21:2)....Hitherto
the great kings of the earth had only oppressed the Jews. Cyrus was to them as
a “shepherd” (Isa_44:28; Isa_45:1). God employed him in doing service to
his ancient people. He may possibly have gained, through contact with the Jews,
some knowledge of their religion.
So we can
see that the term “messiah”(Moschiach)
and its derivatives are not only for Yehoshua,
who was The Messiah,
chosen to be called “Son of Elohim”
by the resurrection from the dead!
Conclusion:
There was many “messiah” before יהושע,
but none of them were declared “Son
of Elohim”!
Chapter 4
Deu 4:1 “And now, O Yisra’ĕl, listen (shema) to the
laws (choquim) and the right-rulings (mishpatim) which I am teaching you to do,
so that you live, and shall go in and possess the land which יהוה
Elohim of your fathers is giving you.
The first verse uses the word
“listen” which in English has not the same meaning as the Hebrew word.
Listen:
Strong’s # H8055 שׁמע shâma‛shaw-mah'.
A primitive root; to hear
intelligently (often with
implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively to tell, etc.): - X attentively, call (gather) together, X
carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently,
discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear (-ken, tell), X indeed,
listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient,
obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim (-ation), publish, regard, report, shew
(forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever [heareth],
witness.
The “Sh’ma”’ is an
important daily prayer among the Yehudin (Jews) even today which is proclaim
during the morning and evening prayer contained in D’varim 6:4-9.
We see that “sh’ma” contain the
obligation to “hear” and to “do”.
Ya’acov the brother of
our master יהושע brings it to the point:
Jas 1:21 Therefore put away all filthiness and overflow of evil, and receive with meekness the implanted Word,1 which is able to save your lives. Footnote: 1See Mt.
13:4-23...Jas 1:22 And become
doers of the Word, and not hearers only,1 deceiving yourselves
(by only hearing). Footnote:
1See Mt. 7:24-27, Lk. 6:46-49, Lk. 8:21, Rom.
2:13, Heb. 4:11, Rev. 22:14.
Jas 1:23 Because if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror, Jas 1:24 for he looks at himself and goes away, and
immediately forgets what he was like.
Jas 1:25 But he that looked into the perfect Torah, that of
freedom, and
continues in it, not becoming a hearer that forgets, but a doer of work, this one shall be blessed in his
doing of the Torah...
It is very
sad to see today the stubbornness of millions of people among Christianity who prefer to follow the
traditions of man then the truth.
I don’t condemn
people, I make clear that we must turn back to the Torah (to make "shuv"turn back to the right
way) and follow יהושע in order to be counted as “talmidin”
(disciples) of Messiah.
In the
verse one, Moshe says that by hearing
and keeping the statutes and the judgments, they will live! Let us look if this
teaching is different from יהושע’s teaching:---
Mat 19:17 And He said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except One
– Elohim. But if you
wish to enter into life, guard* the commands.”1 Footnote:1See Lk. 10:28, John 12:50, Rev. 22:14.
* Guard: In Hebrew,
the word for "guard" is "shamar", meaning to hedge around
in order to protect, like the shepherd set a hedge of thorn around his flock
during the night to protect them from predators. We are commanded to PROTECT
the commandments from those predators outside
who come and tell us that the Torah is
done away!
Rev 22:14 “Blessed are those1 doing His commands,2 so that the authority shall be theirs unto the
tree of life, and to enter through the gates into the city... Footnotes: 1See Mt. 19:17. 2Long
before the books were compiled to form “The New Testament,” Rev. 22:14 was
quoted, as it is here given, by Tertullian (CE 208), and by Cyprian (CE 251) –
see the well-known Antenicene Fathers.
Verse 2 “Do not add to the Word which I command you, and do not take
away from it1, so
as to guard the commands of יהוה your Elohim which I am
commanding you. Footnote: 1See also 12:32,
Prov. 30:6, Rev. 22:18-19
Compare with:
Rev 22:18 for I witness to everyone hearing
the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to them, Elohim shall add to him the plagues that are
written in this book, Rev 22:19 and if anyone takes away from
the words of the book of this prophecy, Elohim shall take away
his part from the Book of Life, and out of the set-apart city, which are written in this Book.
Moshes continues to admonish the children of Israel,
telling them that what he did was not on his own but came from יהוה
his Elohim. Does it sound familiar to you? Let
see what יהושע
says:
Deu 4:5 “See, I have taught you laws and
right-rulings, as יהוה my Elohim commanded me, to do
thus in the land which you go to possess
Does it
sound familiar to you? Let see what יהושע says:
Joh 12:49 “Because I spoke not from Myself, but the Father who sent Me has given Me a command,1
what I should say and what I should speak. Footnote: 1See 7:16
Joh 12:50 “And I know that His command is everlasting life.1 Therefore, whatever I speak, as the
Father has said to Me, so I speak.”
Joh 7:16 יהושע answered
them and said, “My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me…
We see the harmony between Moshe and יהושע’s
teaching.
Deu 4:6 “And you shall guard and do them, for this is your wisdom and your understanding before the eyes of the peoples who hear all these
laws, and they shall say, ‘Only a wise and understanding people is this great
nation!’Deu 4:7 “For what great nation is there which has Elohim
so near to it, as יהוה our
Elohim is to us, whenever we call on Him?
Deu
4:8 “And what great nation is
there that has such laws(choquim) and righteous right-rulings(mishpatim) like
all this Torah which I set before you this day? Deu 4:9 “Only, guard (shamar) yourself, and guard (shamar)your life diligently, lest you forget the
Words your eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from your heart all the
days of your life. And you shall make them known to your children and your
grandchildren.
It
is amazing that today all around the world we see that each country has his own
laws and statutes. No man dares to break the laws and so to undergo the penalty
for it. Why then is it so that people who proclaim to love G-d reject
vehemently the Torah?
2Co 4:4 in whom the mighty one of this age1(HaSatan)
has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, so that the enlightening of the Good
News of the esteem (glory) of Messiah, who is the likeness of Elohim, does not
shine on them.
May
be you will think, I take this verse out of context? Just read what Yochanan writes:
1Jn 2:15 Do not love the world nor that
which is in the world. If
anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.1Jn 2:16 Because all that is in the world – the lust of the flesh, the lust of
the eyes, and the pride of life – is not of the Father but is of
the world. 1Jn 2:17 and the world passes away, and the lust of it, but the one doing the desire of Elohim remains forever.
This
chapter is not only to remind the children of Israel what they should do, but
also it is a prophecy, about what will befall them after the departure of
Moshe.
Indeed
the children of Israel will walk in the commandments until the death of Yehushua son of Nun.
One of the
central points is that doing the commandments are part of entering eternal
life. Christianity tells people that to keep the Torah is “legalism” and bondage that you are cursed if you want to keep the
commandments. The Torah teaches the opposite!
Mat 19:16 and,
behold, one came and said unto him (Yehoshua), Good Rabbi, what good thing shall I do, that I may
have eternal life?
Mat 19:17 and he
said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is,
Elohim: but if thou wilt enter
into life, keep the commandments.
Verse 13. Deu 4:13 “And He made known to you His covenant which He commanded you to do,
the Ten Words, and He wrote them on two tablets of stone.
We see here
clearly the ten commands are the covenant (brit
in Hebrew). All others commands (mitzvoth)
hang on this ten.
Verses14-19
Deu 4:14 “And יהוה
commanded me at that time to teach you laws and right-rulings, for you to do
them in the land which you pass over to possess. Deu 4:15 “Therefore, diligently guard (shamar) yourselves, for you saw no form when יהוה
spoke to you at Ḥorĕḇ out of the midst of the fire,
Why they didn’t saw any form?
Deu 4:16 lest you should do corruptly and shall make for yourselves a carved
image in the form of any figure – the likeness of male or female, Deu 4:17 the likeness of any beast that is on the earth or
the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the heavens, Deu 4:18 the likeness of any creature that creeps on the
ground or the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth; --- Deu 4:19 and lest you lift up your eyes to the heavens, and
shall see the sun, and the moon, and the stars – all the host of the heavens –
and you be drawn away into bowing down to them and serving them, which יהוה
your Elohim has allotted to all the peoples under all the heavens.
Moshe
attaches the fact to “see” יהוה with Idolatry. This is what we see
all around the world in different religions where people are in bondage.(Bouddha, Kkrishna,…), having made carved image, and figure, in the form of
statues, images, even in the form of animals, while other worship the sun as it
is many times in south America and other places. I have seen people worshiping
“G-d“ and “Jesus” whom they know through the Roman Catholic religion and still
bringing “offering” to the sun!...The warning goes further quoting the second
commandment.
Verse 19 there is a warning
concerning the adoration of the sun and the moon.
We know that mitzrayim is the worship of the sun in the Mithras religion.
Eze 8:1 and
it came to be in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month,
as I sat in my house with the
elders of Yehuḏah sitting
before me, that the hand of the Master יהוה fell
upon me there.
Eze
8:2 and I looked and saw a
likeness, like the appearance of fire. From His waist and downward the
appearance was like fire, and from His waist and upward the appearance of
brightness, like glowing metal.
Eze
8:3 and He stretched out the
form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my hair. And the Spirit lifted me up
between the earth and the heavens, and brought me in visions of Elohim to
Yerushalayim, to the door of the north gate of the inner court, where the seat
of the image of jealousy (semel hakkinah
the image of some pagan god) was, which
causes jealousy ("qana" as in Sh'mot 20:5).
Eze
8:4 and see, the esteem of
the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl was there, like the vision that I saw in the plain.
Eze
8:5 and He said to me, “Son
of man, please lift your eyes toward the north.” And I lifted my eyes
northward, and north of the altar gate I saw this image of jealousy in the
entrance. Eze 8:6 and He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are
doing, the great abominations which the house of Yisra’ĕl are doing here, driving Me away from My
set-apart place? And you are to see still greater abominations.” Eze 8:7 Then He brought me to the door of the court. And I
looked and saw a hole in the wall. Eze 8:8 and He said to me, “Son
of man, please dig into the wall.” And when I dug into the wall I saw a door. Eze 8:9 and He said to me, “Go in, and see the evil abominations1 which they
are doing there.” Footnote: 1See 6:4,
Dt. 4:19, Dt. 17:3, 2 Ki. 23:4-11, 2 Chr. 14:5, Job 31:29, Jer. 19:13, Jer.
44:17, Acts 7:42. Eze
8:10 And I went in and looked
and saw all kinds of creeping creatures, abominable beasts, and all the
idols of the house of Yisra’ĕl, carved all around on the walls. Eze 8:11 and facing them stood seventy men of the elders of
the house of Yisra’ĕl, and in their midst stood Yaʽazanyahu son of Shaphan. Each one had a censer in
his hand, and a thick cloud of
incense went up. Eze
8:12 and He said to me, “Son
of man, have you seen what the elders
of the house of Yisra’ĕl are doing in the dark, each one in the room of his
idols? For they say, ‘יהוה
does not see us, יהוה has
forsaken the land.’ ” Eze
8:13 and He said to me, “You are to see still
greater abominations which
they are doing.” Eze 8:14 and He brought me to the door of the north gate of
the House of יהוה, and I saw women sitting there, weeping for Tammuz . Eze 8:15 Then He said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of
man? You are to see still
greater abominations than these.” Eze 8:16 and
He brought me into the inner court of the House of יהוה.
And there, at the door of the Hĕḵal (Temple) of יהוה,
between the porch and the altar, were about
twenty-five
men with their backs toward the Hĕḵal (Temple) of יהוה and their faces toward the east, and they were bowing
themselves eastward to the sun
Tammuz: The name of a Phoenician deity, the Adonis of the Greeks. He was originally
a Sumerian or Babylonian sun-god, called Dumuzu,
the husband of Ishtar, who
corresponds to Aphrodite of the Greeks.
The worship of these deities was introduced into Syria in very early times
under the designation of Tammuz and
Astarte, and appears among the Greeks in the myth of Adonis and Aphrodite, who are identified with Osiris and Isis of the Egyptian pantheon, showing how widespread
the cult became. The Babylonian myth represents Dumuzu, or Tammuz, as a
beautiful shepherd slain by a wild boar, the symbol of winter. Ishtar long mourned
for him and descended into the underworld to deliver him from the embrace of
death (Frazer, Adonis, Attis and Osiris). This mourning for Tammuz was
celebrated in Babylonia by women on the 2nd day of the 4th month, which thus
acquired the name of Tammuz (see CALENDAR). This custom of weeping for Tammuz
is referred to in the Bible in the only passage where the name occurs (Eze_8:14). The chief seat of the cult in Syria
was Gebal (modern Gebail, Greek Bublos) in Phoenicia, to the South of which the river
Adonis (Nahr Ibrahı̂m) has its mouth, and its source is the
magnificent fountain of Apheca (modern ‛Afḳa), where was the celebrated
temple of Venus or Aphrodite, the ruins of which still exist. The women of
Gebal used to repair to this temple in midsummer to celebrate the death of
Adonis or Tammuz, and there arose in connection with this celebration those
licentious rites which rendered the cult so infamous that it was suppressed by
Constantine the Great.
The name Adonis, by which this deity was known to the
Greeks, is none other than the Phoenician אדון, 'Ādhōn, which is the same in Hebrew. His death is
supposed to typify the long, dry summer of Syria and Palestine, when vegetation
perishes, and his return to life the rainy season when the parched earth is
revivified and is covered with luxuriant vegetation, or his death symbolizes
the cold, rough winter, the boar of the myth, and his return the verdant
spring.
Considering the disgraceful and
licentious rites with which the cult was celebrated, it is no wonder that
Ezekiel should have taken the vision of the women weeping for Tammuz in the
temple as one of the greatest abominations that could defile the Holy House.
See ADONIS…(2) The fourth month of the Jewish year, corresponding to July. The
name is derived from that of a Syrian god, identified with Adonis (Eze_8:14).(ISBE)(International
Standard Bible Encyclopedia).
The
prophet YirmeYahu spoke also from
this abominations:
Jer 43:8 and the word of יהוה came to Yirmeyahu in
Taḥpanḥes, saying,
Jer
43:9 “Take large stones in
your hand, and you shall hide them before the eyes of the men of Yehuḏah, in
the clay in the brick courtyard which is at the entrance to Pharaoh’s house in
Taḥpanḥes. ..Jer
43:10 “Then you shall say to
them, ‘Thus said יהוה of
hosts, the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, “See, I am sending, and I shall bring
Neḇuḵaḏretstsar the sovereign of Baḇel, My servant. And I shall set his
throne above these stones that I have hidden. And he shall spread his canopy
over them. Jer 43:11 “And he shall come and smite the land of Mitsrayim, bringing death to
those appointed for death, and captivity
to those for captivity, and
the sword to those for the sword. Jer 43:12
“And he shall set fire to the houses of the mighty ones of Mitsrayim. And he
shall burn them and take them captive. And he shall cover himself with the land
of Mitsrayim, as a shepherd puts on his garment, and he shall go out from there
in peace. Jer
43:13 “And he shall break the
stone pillars of the House of the Sun which are in the land of
Mitsrayim, and he shall burn the
houses of the mighty ones of the Mitsrites with fire.” ’ ” The King James give this verse:--- Jer 43:13 He shall breakH7665
also(H853) the imagesH4676 of Bethshemesh,H1053 thatH834
is in the landH776 of Egypt;H4714
and the housesH1004 of the godsH430 of the EgyptiansH4714 shall he burnH8313 with fire.H784
Bet-Shemesh: Strong’s # H1053....בּית שׁמשׁ bêyth shemesh bayth sheh'-mesh.
From H1004 and H8121; house
of (the) sun; Beth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine: -
Beth-shemesh. Here we
can see that the idolatry to worship the sun come from Mitsrayim. (Egypte). The
prophet goes on and writes:
Jer 44:15 Then all the men who
knew that their wives had burned incense to other mighty ones (elohim), and all
the women who stood by, a great assembly, and all the people who dwelt in the
land of Mitsrayim, in Pathros, answered Yirmeyahu, saying,
Jer 44:16 “We are not going to listen to
you in the matter about which you spoke to us in the Name of יהוה!
Jer
44:17 “But we shall do whatever has gone out of our own mouth, to burn
incense to the sovereigness of the heavens (Ishtar) and pour out drink
offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our
sovereigns and our heads, in the cities of Yehuḏah and in the streets of
Yerushalayim. And we had plenty of food, and were well-off, and saw no evil. Jer 44:18 “But since
we ceased burning incense to the sovereigness of the heavens (Ishtar) and
pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked all and have been consumed
by the sword and by scarcity of food. Jer 44:19 “And when we burned
incense to the sovereigness of the heavens and poured out drink offerings to
her, did we make cakes for her, to
idolize her, and pour out
drink offerings to her, without our husbands?
The
Queen of heaven is known to be Ishtar
also called Simeramis
The King
James gives us some other details:
Jer 44:19 and whenH3588 weH587 burned incenseH6999 to
the queenH4446 of heaven,H8064 and poured outH5258 drink offeringsH5262 unto her, did we makeH6213 her cakesH3561
to worshipH6087 her, and pour outH5258 drink offeringsH5262 unto her, withoutH4480 H1107 our men?H376 .....
Christianity:
- The cult
of Maria queen of heaven take place in 345
CE and confirmed by Pope Sixte III.
- 346 C.E.
The feast of the sun is changed with the “birth
of Christ”.
- Council
of Ephesus in 431C.E, Pope Celestin First declares the
divine motherhood.
- Council
of Latran in 649C.E, Martin First
proclaims the everlasting virginity of Maria.
- 8 December
1854C.E
Pope Pie IX gives the dogma on the Immaculate Conception.
- 1950C.E
Pie XII declares the dogma of assumption body and soul. Pope Jean Paul the second declared Maria queen of heaven during his
pontificate.
All this
has been seen by Moshe before he died, he warns the children of Israel verse
23, and prophecy that יהוה
will scatter them out
of the land. He calls heaven and earth to be witness against the children of
Israel and told them that they will be scattered among the nations.
At this
time, the children of Israel are united the House of Yehuda and the House of
Israel are still One. The prophecy does not touch Yehuda only but both Houses.
Deu 4:29 “But from there (from among the
nations, verse27) you shall seek יהוה your
Elohim, and shall find, when you search for Him with all your heart and with all your being..Deu
4:30 “In your distress, when
all these words shall come upon you in
the latter days (the days we are living now), then you shall return to יהוה
your Elohim and shall obey (shama) His
voice. Deu
4:31 “For יהוה
your Elohim is a compassionate Ěl, He does not forsake you, nor destroy you,
nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He swore to them.
When are
the “last days”?
Heb 1:2 has in these last days
spoken to us by the Son, whom He has appointed heir of all, through whom also He made the ages,
Act 2:17 ‘And it shall be in the last
days, says Elohim, that I shall pour out of My Spirit on all flesh. And
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see
visions, and your old men shall dream dreams,
Since the
first coming of Messiah יהושע we are living in the last days:
Eph 1:10 to administer at the completion
of time, to gather together in one all in Messiah, both which are in the
heavens and which are on earth, in Him, ...
The
completion of time is the period between the first coming and the second coming
of Messiah.
Deu 4:30 When thou art in tribulation,H6862 and allH3605
theseH428 thingsH1697 are comeH4672
upon thee, even in the latterH319
days,H3117 if thou turnH7725 toH5704
the YHWHH3068 thy Elohim,H430 and shalt be obedientH8085 unto his voice;H6963.........
Tribulation: Strong’s # H6862 צר צרtsar tsâr tsar, tsawr From H6887; narrow;
(as a noun) a tight place
(usually figuratively, that is, trouble); also a pebble (as in H6864); (transitively) an opponent (as crowding): - adversary, afflicted (-tion), anguish, close,
distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble......
Reading the
strong’s description we can see which time it is about.
Mat 7:13 “Enter in through the narrow gate! Because the gate is wide –
and the way is broad – that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter
in through it. Mat 7:14 “Because the gate is narrow and
the way is hard pressed1 which leads
to life, and there are few who find it....
Let us read
what is Strong’s Greek word for “narrow”,
in the gospel of MattytiYahu: Narrow:Strong’s # G2346 thlibō
thlee'-bo Akin to the base of G5147;
to crowd (literally or
figuratively): - afflict, narrow,
throng, suffer tribulation, trouble...
We see that
both words speak of the same situation in the later days: The time period of
tribulations.
4:39 “And you shall know today, and shall recall to
your heart that יהוה Himself is Elohim in the
heavens above and on the earth beneath; there is none else.
Deu
4:40 “And you shall guard His
laws and His commands which I command you today, so that it is well with you
and with your children after you, and so that you prolong your days on the soil
which יהוה your Elohim is giving you for
all time.” ……We can
find some verses in proverbs speaking about the length of life….
Pro 9:10 The fear of יהוה is
the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the
Set-apart One is understanding.
Pro
9:11 For by me your days become many, and years of life are added to you….
Pro 10:27 The fear of יהוה prolongs days, but the years of the wrong ones are shortened….
To keep the commandments add days
and prolong life!........
Chapter 5.
Deu 5:1 and Mosheh called all
Yisra’ĕl, and said to them, “Hear, O Yisra’ĕl, the laws and right-rulings which
I speak in your hearing today. And you
shall learn them, and guard (shamar) to do them. .....
Not only a hearer but a doer of the
word! Ya’acov wrote these words. Ya’acov has been considered for a long
time and is still today for an apostle who was not important in the renewed
covenant. Been יהושע’s brother it is told in Christianity that he
didn’t believe יהושע to be Messiah. I will encourage those who like the truth, to listen to
the program of EliyYahu ben David , even if I don’t agree with
the Christian way to present this program. Fact is that he speak about “James the just” or “Ya’acov HaTzadeek”, been the pillar of the government at the time
of the apostles. The roman catholic has been always striving to put “Peter” has the most important apostle,
but history shows that it was Ya’acov
who ruled during this time.(www.tsiyon.org).
Ya’acov was able to keep the unity in
the assembly in Jerusalem compounded from those believing יהושע and those keeping only the Torah. We
can see this in Sha’ul epistle in
Roman 14 and 15. After the murder of Ya’acov
there was a split in the Assembly between those following יהושע and those following the Torah after
the letter.......
Act 15:1 and certain men came down from Yehuḏah and were teaching the brothers,
“Unless you are circumcised, according
to the practice of Mosheh, you are unable to be saved.”
Act 15:2 So when Sha’ul and Barnaḇah had no
small dissension and dispute with them, they arranged for Sha’ul and Barnaḇah
and certain others of them to go up to Yerushalayim, to the emissaries and elders, about this question...............
Act 15:7 And when there had been much dispute, Kĕpha rose up and said to them,
“Men, brothers, you know that a good while ago Elohim chose among us, that by
my mouth the gentiles should hear the word of the Good News and
believe............................
Act 15:13 And after they were silent, Yaʽaqoḇ
answered, saying, “Men, brothers, listen to me...................................
Act 15:19 “Therefore I (Ya’acov) judge
that we should not trouble those from among the gentiles who are turning to
Elohim..........................
By reading
this passage in Acts 15 we see what the position of Ya’acov was. All the apostles went to him to hear his decision. Ya’acov was the brother of יהושע,
he was a direct descendant from King
David by blood and had the right of ruling over Israel when יהושע
went to the Father.
Chapter 6.---- Moshe will recall the commandments to the
children of Israel. The reason once again is that many of them where not
present the day יהוה gave them at
Mount Sinai.....We notice verse 12 is a difference with the one in Sh’mot 20.
The first
time we read Sh’mot 20:8 remember
the Shabbat day......
Here we
read: Keep the Shabbat day......Keep: Strong’s # H8104 שׁמר shâmar shaw-mar'
Shin(300), mem (40), resh(200) (total540).....A primitive root; properly
to hedge about (as with thorns), that is, guard; generally to
protect,
attend
to, etc.: - beware, be
circumspect, take heed (to self),
keep (-er, self), , regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve watch
(-man)....The word
used in Sh’mot 20:8 is......
Remember:Strong’s # 2142 זכר
zâkar zaw-kar'
zayin (7)Khaf (20), resh ((200) (total227)....A primitive root; properly
to mark (so as to be recognized), that is, to remember; by implication to mention; also (as denominative from H2145) to be
male: - X burn [incense], X earnestly, be male, (make)
mention (of), be mindful, recount, record (-er), remember, make to be
remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, X still, think
on, X well......
We see
Moshe tell the children of Israel that they have to take heed to observe the
Shabbat and to mark it.....
Today יהוה calls his people back to the Torah to keep the Shabbat and the feast.
The Shabbat is the “mark” of יהוה as it is in Sh’mot 20:8 and we must take heed to guard (shamar) it and keep it as it is written in D’varim, for
it is the sign between יהוה
and His people.....
Exo 31:16 Wherefore
the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath
throughout their generations, for a
perpetual covenant.
Exo 31:17
It is a sign between me and the
children of Israel for ever: for in
six days YHWH made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was
refreshed.
Deu 5:32 “And you shall guard (shamar) to do as יהוה your Elohim has commanded you
– do not turn aside, to the right or to the left.
Do not turn
to the right or to the left. Tradition explains in Hebrew teaching that in the
tree of life there is three pillars. The right is the side of mercy, represented
by Abraham, the left the side of
judgment or strictness represented by Isaac
and the middle pillar the one who unite both, represented by Ya’acov. The middle pillar that is Messiah.
The right
side is also called: Yetzer Tov , the
good inclination. The left side is called the Yetzer Hara, the evil inclination. There is no such thing as
“original sin” in Hebrew teaching. Man does not need to be free from “original
sin”, but shall choose to walk the path of righteousness which is the middle
pillar….
Chapter 6. ---- This is the most well know chapter among the Yehudin, the chapter of the Sh’ma…
Every Jews
recite the sh’ma in the morning’s
prayer and before to go to sleep. …Verse 2……… and that thy days may be
prolonged. …It seems to be clear: You want to have long life keep the Torah!
Pro 3:1 My son, do not forget my Torah, And let
your heart watch over my commands;....Pro 3:2 for length of days and long life and peace they add to you.....
Today we
see people dying very young, through sicknesses, or accident. They have been
stolen from their peace. Has יהוה
changed? Is he no more
there to protect His people? Or is it that we
have forgotten to keep the Torah....
Mic 7:5 Trust no friend, rely on no companion, guards the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom. Mic 7:6 for son is despising father, daughter rises up against her mother,
daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, the enemies of a man are the men of his own house.(compare
with יהושע’s teaching in Matt. 10:21,36)Mic 7:7 as for me, I look to יהוה, I wait for the Elohim of my
deliverance, my Elohim does hear me. Mic 7:8 do not rejoice over me, O my enemy. When I have
fallen I have risen, when I sit in darkness יהוה is a
light to me. Mic 7:9 I bear the displeasure of יהוה,
for I have sinned against Him, until He pleads my case, and shall execute
right-ruling for me, until He
brings me out into the light and I look on His righteousness.
Mal 4:1 “For look, the day shall come,
burning like a furnace, and all the proud, and every wrongdoer shall be stubble.
And the day that shall come shall burn
them up,” said יהוה of hosts, “which leaves to
them neither root nor branch. Mal
4:2 “But to you who fear My Name the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with
healing in His wings. And you shall go out and leap for joy like calves
from the stall. Mal
4:3 “And you shall trample
the wrongdoers, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day
that I do this,” said יהוה of
hosts. Mal 4:4 “Remember
the Torah of Mosheh, My servant, which I commanded him in Ḥorĕḇ for all Yisra’ĕl
– laws and right-rulings. Mal
4:5 “See, I am sending you Ěliyah1
the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome day of יהוה. Footnote: 1Lk.
1:17…;
Mal 4:6 “And he shall turn the hearts of the fathers to
the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite
the earth with utter destruction1.”
* Mat 10:34 “Do not
think that I have come to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace
but a sword,1 Footnote: 1In Lk. 12:51 the word “division” is
used, while “sword” has the same meaning here. ...Mat 10:35 for I have come to bring division, a man against his father, a daughter
against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law – Mat 10:36 and a
man’s enemies are those of his own household.1 Footnote: 1Lk.
12:53, Mic. 7:6.
Deu 6:7 and thou shalt teach them diligentlyH8150 unto thy children,H1121 and shalt talkH1696 of them when thou sittestH3427 in thine house,H1004 and when thou walkestH1980 by the way,H1870
and when thou liest down,H7901 and
when thou risest up.H6965
Deu 6:8 and thou shalt bindH7194 them for a signH226 uponH5921
thine hand,H3027 and they shall beH1961 as frontletsH2903 betweenH996
thine eyes.H5869 Deu 6:9 and thou shalt writeH3789 them uponH5921
the postsH4201 of thy house,H1004 and on thy gates.H8179
It is the
responsibility to the father and the mother to teach their children the way of יהוה. Today we see
many are disappointed about the behaviour of their children. They forget to ask
themselves what they have “planted” in their life. Most family goes to work
both, and put the children in a day care place. They come to pick the children
late in the afternoon and come home tied and have no time for the children. Is
it יהוה’s fault when
children go their own ways?
Remember Yochanan says: do not love anything in
the world …….
Today
people want to have the best life standard, make vacation, and possess two cars
and the brand new TV. Women have never enough from new clothes and shoes.....
How can
this be harmonized with family life where the children are in the midst of the family
and receive education from loving parents instead of the teaching of the world?
Therefore
Moshe warn the children of Israel:
Deu 6:10 “And it shall be, when יהוה your
Elohim brings you into the land of which He swore to your fathers, to Aḇraham,
to Yitsḥaq, and to Yaʽaqoḇ, to give you great and good cities which you did not build, Deu
6:11 and houses filled with
all kinds of goods, which you did
not fill, and wells dug which you did not dig, vineyards and
olive trees which you did not plant, and you shall eat and be satisfied –
Deu 6:12 be on
guard, lest you forget יהוה
who brought you out of the
land of Mitsrayim, from the house of bondage. Deu 6:13 “Fear יהוה your Elohim and serve Him,
and swear by His Name.
Deu
6:14 “Do not go after other
mighty ones (elohim), the mighty ones of the peoples who are all around you,
Many times
when all goes fine, we have the tendency to forget lightly where we get all these
goodness. In Judaism we learn that
there are two conditions when the danger of sin increases: First when we
receive great blessing from our Elohim
and the second is when all goes bad, we think, there is no reason to keep going
this way. All goes wrong anyway!
Deu 6:14 “Do not go after other mighty ones, the mighty ones
(elohim) of the peoples who are all around you, ............
The king
James speaks from “gods”. ---- Who are this “gods” today? People very
often will laugh if you tell them about going after other “gods”. They don’t
realize that everything that keeps us from worshiping יהוה Elohim, is a “god” unto us. For some it is
base ball, for other soccer, or TV, or music and all its demonic power on the
mind of young people. There is much more to say about “gods”, for today the
life has so many “gods” to entangle people. They don’t even realize that they
are prisoners and their mind set on things that put in bondage......
2Co 4:4 in whom the mighty one (god) of this age
has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, so that the enlightening of the Good
News of the esteem (glory) of Messiah, who is the likeness of Elohim, does not
shine on them.....
Chapter 7:1-11---- יהוה says to remove the seven nations that are in
the promise land verses 1-2.....Verse 3-4 יהוה
commands the
children of Israel to keep distance from the people and not to intermarry with them. The reason is clear and simple: for
they will turn away thy son from following me that they may serve other gods!
How it is
today? I have met people in the Philippines, mostly Christians who have no
problem to intermarry with Romans Catholics boys or girls! We even have some
among messianic who do it also, saying that the matte will turn to their faith!
יהוה warns that it will be the other way.
How it is
with you, are you teaching your children to avoid intimacy with neighbours who
have not the same belief?
If you are
sons or daughter, how it is with you? Are you aware of the danger of
compromise?
יהוה commands them to destroy their
altars, and break down their statues, cut down their groves and burn their
graven images....How it is with your neighbours or may be in the school all
those who adore “music idols” or “football idols” they go to put poster in
their rooms. Some as I saw in Germany
clothe themselves with the club colours and shout like one man to demonstrate
their allegation to their idols.
Deu 7:6 “For you are a set-apart people to יהוה your
Elohim. יהוה your Elohim has
chosen you to be a people for Himself, a treasured possession above all the peoples on the face of the earth.
Deu 7:7 “יהוה did
not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more numerous than any
other people, for you were the least of
all peoples, Deu
7:8 but because of יהוה loving you, and because of Him guarding (shamar) the
oath which He swore to your fathers,
יהוה has brought you out with a
strong hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of
Pharaoh sovereign of Mitsrayim. ….Deu 7:9 “And you shall know that יהוה
your Elohim, He is Elohim, the trustworthy Ěl guarding covenant and kindness
for a thousand generations with those who love Him, and those who guard His
commands,…
.יהוה make clears the reason why he chose the
children of Israel. He is El of
covenant. The covenant he did to Abraham,
Ytzak and Ya’acov. יהוה made an oath to Abram to do what he
promised.....Gen 22:16 and said, “By Myself I have sworn, declares יהוה,
because you have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only son, Gen 22:17 that I shall certainly bless you, and I shall
certainly increase your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which
is on the seashore, and let your seed possess the gate of their enemies.
Gen
22:18 “And in your seed all the
nations of the earth shall be blessed, because
you have obeyed (shama) My voice.”
The word
used here in verse 16 for sworn is the same word as used for the word oath in D’varim 7:8
Sworn:Strong”s
# H7621 שׁבוּעה shebû‛âh sheb-oo-aw'.......Feminine
passive participle of H7650; properly
something sworn, that is, an oath: - curse, oath, X sworn....;H7650shâba‛ shaw-bah'
A primitive root; properly to be
complete, but used only as a
denominative from H7651; to seven oneself, that is, swear
(as if by repeating a declaration seven times): - adjure, charge (by an oath,
with an oath), feed to the full [by mistake for H7646],
take an oath, X straitly, (cause to, make to) swear.
Deu 7:10 but repaying those who hate Him to their face, to destroy them. He does
not delay to do so with him who
hates Him, He repays him to his face.
Read what Sha’ul write to the Romains:
Rom 12:19 Beloved,
do not revenge yourselves, but give place to the wrath, for it has been
written, “Vengeance is Mine, I shall
repay,” says יהוה.
May יהוה
the Elohim of peace
guide your path in his Torah.
Psa 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to
my path.
Haftorah
Keil and Delitzsch
commentary:
In this first address the prophet vindicates
his call to be the preacher of the comfort of the approaching deliverance, and
explains this comfort on the ground that Jehovah, who called him to this
comforting proclamation, was the incomparably exalted Creator and Ruler of the
world. The first part of this address (Isa_40:1-11)
may be regarded as the prologue to the whole twenty-seven. The theme of the
prophetic promise, and the irresistible certainty of its fulfilment, are here
declared. Turning of the people of the captivity, whom Jehovah has neither
forgotten nor rejected.....
Verse 2 Barnes:---Isa 40:2 ....Speak
ye comfortably - Hebrew, על־לב ‛al-lēb as in the margin, ‘To
the heart (leb).’ The heart is the seat of the affections.
It is there that sorrow and joy are felt. We are oppressed there with grief,
and we speak familiarly of being pained at the heart and of being of a glad or
merry heart. To speak ‘to the heart,’ is to speak in such a way as to remove
the troubles of the heart; to furnish consolation, and joy. It means that they
were not merely to urge such topics as should convince the understanding, but
such also as should be adopted to minister consolation to the heart. ....To
Jerusalem - The direction is not merely to speak to the people in Babylon,
but also to comfort Jerusalem itself
lying in ruins. The general direction is, therefore, that the entire series
of topics of consolation should be adduced - the people were to return from their bondage, and Jerusalem was to
be rebuilt, and the worship of God to be restored.
And cry unto her - In the manner of a crier;
or one making public and loud proclamation (compare Isa_40:3,
Isa_40:9). Jerusalem is here
personified. She is addressed as in ruins, and as about to be rebuilt, and as
capable of consolation from this promise.......That her warfare is
accomplished - Septuagint, ‘That her humiliation (ταπείνωσις tapeinōsis) is accomplished.’ The
Hebrew word (צבא tsâbâ', ‘warfare’) properly means an
army or host (compare the note at Isa_1:9),
and is usually applied to an army going forth to war, or marshalled for battle 2Sa_8:16; 2Sa_10:7.
It is then used to denote an appointed time of service; the discharge of a duty
similar to an enlistment, and is applied to the services of the Levites in the
tabernacle Num_4:28 : ‘All that enter
in to perform the service (Hebrew, to war the warfare), to do the work in the
tabernacle of the congregation.’ Compare Num_8:24-25.
Hence, it is applied to human life contemplated as a warfare, or enlistment,
involving hard service and calamity; an enlistment from which there is to be a
discharge by death.....Isa 40:3 Jamieson, Fausset and Brown in (Daniel add).....crieth
in the wilderness — So the Septuagint and Mat_3:3 connect the words. The Hebrew accents,
however, connect them thus: “In the wilderness prepare ye,” etc., and the
parallelism also requires this, “Prepare ye in the wilderness,”
answering to “make straight in the desert.” Matthew was entitled, as under inspiration, to vary the connection,
so as to bring out another sense, included in the Holy Spirit’s intention; in Mat_3:1, “John the Baptist, preaching in the
wilderness,” answers thus to “The voice of one crying in the wilderness
.....
The
clause, “in the wilderness,” alludes to Israel’s passage through it from Egypt to Canaan (Psa_68:7), YHWH (through Moshe) being their leader; so it shall be at the coming
restoration of Israel (with יהושע), of which the restoration from
Babylon was but a type (not the full realization; for their way from it was not
through the “wilderness”).
Where
John preached (namely, in the wilderness; the type of this earth, a moral
wilderness), there were the hearers who are ordered to prepare the
way of YHWH, and there was to be the coming of the YHWH [Bengel]. John,
though he was immediately followed by the suffering Messiah, is rather the
herald of the coming reigning Messiah, as Mal_4:5,
Mal_4:6 (“before the great and dreadful
day of YHWH”), proves. Mat_17:11
(compare Act_3:21) implies that John is
not exclusively meant; and that though in one sense Elias has come, in another
he is yet to come. John was the figurative Elias, coming “in the spirit
and power of Elias” (Luk_1:17); Joh_1:21, where John the Baptist denies that he
was the actual Elias, accords with this view. Mal_4:5, Mal_4:6
cannot have received its exhaustive fulfilment in John; the Jews always
understood it of the literal Elijah. As there is another consummating advent of
Messiah Himself, so perhaps there is to be of his forerunner Elias, who also
was present at the transfiguration.
Isa 40:1 “Comfort, comfort My people!” says your Elohim. ...Isa 40:2 “Speak to the heart of
Yerushalayim, and cry out to her, that her hard service is completed, that her
crookedness is pardoned, that she has received from the hand of יהוה
double for all her sins.” Isa 40:3 The voice of
one crying in the wilderness, “Prepare the way of יהוה;
make straight in the desert a highway for our Elohim. Isa
40:4 “Let every valley be raised, and every mountain and hill made low.
And the steep ground shall become level, and the rough places smooth. Isa 40:5…………..Barnes commentary:
And
all flesh - All
human beings. The word ‘flesh’ is often used to denote human nature, or mankind
in general Gen_6:12; Psa_65:3; Psa_145:21.
The idea is that the deliverance of his people would be such a display of the
divine interposition, so that all nations would discern the evidences of his
power and glory. But there is fullness and richness in the language which
allows that it is not to be confined to that event. It is more strikingly
applicable to the advent of the Messiah
- and to the fact that through him the glory of יהוה would be manifest to all nations. Rosenmuller supposes that this should be
translated,......And all flesh shall see together
That the
mouth of יהוה
hath spoken it..............................
Isa 40:5 “And the esteem of יהוה
shall be revealed, and all flesh
together shall see it. For the mouth of יהוה has
spoken.”
Isa 40:6 the voice said, “Cry out!” and he said, “What do I
cry?” “All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the
field. Isa 40:7 “Grass shall wither, the flower
shall fade, when the Spirit of יהוה has
blown on it! Truly the people is grass! Isa 40:8
“Grass shall wither, the flower shall fade, but the Word
of our Elohim stands forever1.” Footnote:
11 Peter 1:24-25. ..Isa 40:9
you who bring good news to Tsiyon, get up into the high mountain. You who bring
good news to Yerushalayim, lift up your voice with strength, lift it up, be not
afraid. Say to the cities of Yehuḏah, “See your Elohim!” ….Isa 40:10 see, the Master יהוה
comes with a strong hand, and His arm rules for Him. See, His reward is with
Him, and His recompense before Him.
Isa 40:10 Albert Barnes commentary:---- Behold,
יהוה God will come - (See the note at Isa_40:3) Applied to the condition of the Jews
in exile, this means that God would come to deliver them. Applied to the times of the
Messiah, it means that God would manifest himself in a powerful manner
as mighty to save....With strong hand - (בחזק bechâzâq). Margin,
‘Against the strong.’ So Vitringa and others understand it; and regard it as
referring to the mighty enemies of the people of God, or, as Vitringa
particularly supposes, to the great foe of God and his people - the prince of
darkness - the devil. Lowth also translates it in this manner, ‘Against the
strong one.’ The Septuagint renders it, Μετά ἰσχύος Meta ischuos - ‘With strength.’
This is the more probable meaning - that YHWH would come with the manifestation
of strength and power, able to subdue and vanquish all the enemies of his
people, and to effect their complete and final salvation.....And his arm - The
arm is a symbol of strength, because it is by that that we accomplish our
purposes; by that a conqueror slays his enemies in battle, etc. Thus, ‘Break
thou the arm of the wicked;’ that is, diminish or destroy his power Psa_10:15. ‘I have broken the arm of Pharaoh
king of Egypt’ (Eze_30:21; compare Jer_48:25). Thus it is said of God, ‘Thou hast a
mighty arm’ Psa_89:13, and, ‘His holy
arm hath gotten him the victory’ (Psa_98:1;
compare Exo_6:6). The metaphor is taken
from the act of stretching out the arm to fight in battle, where the arm is the
effective instrument in subduing an enemy.....
Shall rule for
him - Lowth renders the phrase, לו lō, ‘for him,’ ‘over him:’ - ‘And his
arm shall prevail over him;’ that is, over the strong and mighty foe. The
Septuagint renders it, Μετά κυρίας Meta kurias - ‘With dominion.’
But the meaning seems to be, ‘God is mighty by himself; his power resides in his own arm; he is not dependent on
others; he will accomplish the deliverance in such a manner that it shall be
seen that he did it alone; and he shall rule for himself, without any aid, and
so that it shall be manifest that he is the sovereign.’ In the deliverance of
his people from their captivity, he so directed it, that it was manifest that
he was their deliverer and sovereign; and in the redemption of man, the same
thing is apparent, that the arm of God effects the deliverance, and that it is
his own power that establishes the dominion.....Behold, his reward is with
him - He will be ready to confer the appropriate reward on his own people.
The idea seems to be taken from the custom of a conqueror, who distributes
rewards among his followers and soldiers after a signal victory. This was
always done in ancient wars, apparently because it seemed to be an act of
justice that those who had gained the victory should share also in the result,
and this participation of the booty was a stimulus to future effort, as well as
a compensation for their valor. The rewards distributed consisted generally of
that which was taken from the conquered; gold, and silver, and raiment, as well
as captives or slaves (see Gen_49:7; Exo_15:9; 1Sa_30:26;
and particularly Jdg_5:30):
Daniel: The arm is the member of the body through
which the action is done. Here we should understand that the metaphor “His arm rules for Him”, means יהושע
who is the one through
whom everything is done!
Isa 53:1 Who
has believed our report? And to whom was
the arm of יהוה
revealed?
Isa
53:2 for He grew up
before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no form
or splendour that we should look upon Him, nor appearance that we should desire
Him –
Joh 12:35 יהושע, therefore, said to them,
“Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest
darkness overtake you. And he who walks in darkness does not know where he is
going.
Joh 12:36
“While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you become sons of
light.” These words יהושע spoke, and went off and was hidden from them. Joh 12:37 but though He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in Him, Joh 12:38 that the word of Yeshayahu the prophet might be
filled, which he spoke, “יהוה, who
has believed our report? And to whom
has the arm of יהוה been revealed?”
Joh
12:39 because of this they were unable to believe, because
again Yeshayahu said: Joh
12:40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they
should not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn, and I should heal them.”1 Footnote: 1See Mt. 13:15. Joh 12:41 Yeshayahu
said this when he saw His esteem and
spoke of Him. Joh
12:42 Still, even among the
rulers many did believe in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not
confess Him, lest they should
be put out of the congregation,
Joh
12:43 for they loved the praise
of men more than the praise of Elohim. …
Isa
40:11 he feeds His flock like a
shepherd, He gathers the lambs with His arm, and carries them in His bosom,
gently leading those who are with young.
Isa 40:12 who has
measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and measured the heavens with a
span, and contained the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the
mountains in scales and the hills in a balance? Isa 40:13 who has meted out the Spirit of יהוה,
or as His counselor taught Him?
Isa 40:14 with whom did
He take counsel, and who instructed Him, and taught Him in the path of
right-ruling? Who taught Him knowledge, and showed Him the way of
understanding? Isa 40:15 see, nations
are as a drop in a bucket, and are reckoned as dust on the balance. See, He
lifts up isles as fine dust. Isa 40:16 and Leḇanon is not enough to burn, nor its beasts
enough for a burnt offering. Isa 40:17 all nations before Him are as a non-entity, and
they are reckoned by Him as less than a speck, and emptiness. Isa
40:18 and to whom would you
liken Ěl? And what likeness would you compare to Him? Isa 40:19 the
workman moulds a graven image, and the goldsmith overspreads it with gold, and
the silversmith casts silver chains. Isa 40:20 he who is too poor for such an offering
chooses a tree that does not rot. He seeks for himself a skilled craftsman to
prepare a carved image that does not totter. ….
Verses 21-26 commentary from John Gill:
Isa 40:21 Have ye not known? This is
the speech of the prophet, directed to the idolaters, appealing to their own
natural knowledge, who, from the light of nature, might know that idols were
nothing, had no divinity in them: that it is God that made the earth and
governs the world, and who only ought to be worshipped: have ye not heard?
by tradition from the ancients, from your forefathers, who received it from
theirs, and have delivered it to you: --hath it not been told you from the
beginning? from the beginning of your states and kingdoms, and even from
the beginning of the world, by the wisest and best of men that have been in it,
that those things are true before related, and what follow: ---have ye not
understood from the foundations of the earth? the being of God, the
invisible things of him, his eternal power and Godhead, from the things that
are made, even from his founding of the earth; as well as such knowledge and
understanding has been as early as that, and might be continued from it: or, ...have
ye not understood the foundations of the earth (y)?
what the earth is founded upon, and who laid the foundations of it; no other
than that divine Being described in the next words.
Isa 40:22
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,.... Or,
"the globe (z)" of it; for the
earth is spherical or globular: not a flat plain, but round, hung as a ball in
the air; here Yehovah sits as the Master and Sovereign; being the Maker of it,
he is above it, orders and directs its motion, and governs all things in it.
and the inhabitants thereof are as
grasshoppers; or
"locusts (a)"; as one upon a very
great eminence looking down beholds creatures as exceeding small and little;
and if the Israelites were to the "anakim" or giants as grasshoppers,
Num_13:33, much more must puny mortals
be such in the sight of God, and in comparison of him; and this may denote, not
only the minuteness of men, but what weak, impotent, useless, worthless, and
short lived creatures men are: ---- that stretcheth out the heavens as a
curtain; alluding to the firmament or expanse made at the creation, and
still continued; which is as a curtain to himself, which he draws around
himself, he dwelling in the highest heavens, and in light inaccessible to mortals;
and which he stretches out as a canopy around this earth, for the use of the
inhabitants of it: or, "as a little thing"; or, as a little skin (b); and which he stretches out as easily as a man
can stretch out that: --- and
spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in it; for himself to dwell in, and
so stretches out the heavens like curtains about him; tents being made of such,
and often of skins. ...Isa 40:23 That bringeth princes to nothing,....
The great men of the earth, kings, rulers, and nobles, these he brings to the
dust; and all their counsels, schemes, and purposes, come to nothing; and their
monarchies and kingdoms too in time. Where are now the Babylonish, Persian, and
Grecian monarchies, and those great princes that formerly reigned in them? He maketh the judges of the earth as vanity;
their decrees and decisions to stand for nothing, as "tohu" and
"bohu", the first of which words is used here; so that they are no
more regarded and attended to......
Isa 40:24 Yea, they shall not be planted....
As trees are, like the cedars in Lebanon, though they may seem to be such; but
be like the grass of the field, and herbs of the earth: or, "even they
shall be", as if they were "not planted (c)",
they shall not grow and flourish; or they shall be plucked up, and be no more; this is said of the princes and judges of
the earth; nay, ....they shall not be sown; as seed is, which
springing up, brings forth fruit, but so it shall not be with them; or they
shall be as if they had not been sown, no fruit being brought forth by them: ---yea,
their stock shall not take root in the earth; so as to continue and abide,
but they shall soon vanish and disappear, as the most powerful princes and
wisest judges do.
The Targum is, ...."although
they multiply, although they increase, although their children become great in
the earth:''
"and" or "yea", ......he
shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither; as grass withers, when a
severe wind blows upon it: -----and the whirlwind shall take them away as
stubble; which is not able to stand before the force of it; and as unable
are the greatest potentates on earth to stand before the tempest of divine
wrath and vengeance; if God blows but upon them in anger, all their glory and
grandeur, pomp and power, wither away like the flower of the field; and
especially if he comes forth in all the fury of his wrath in a tempestuous way
against them, they are no more able to stand before him that stubble before a
violent storm: see Rev_6:15. The Targum
is, ...."yet, even he will send his fury upon them; and his word shall
take them away, as a whirlwind stubble.''
Isa 40:25
To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal, saith the Holy One?
Or be upon a level with? since the greatest of men on earth are brought to
nothing by him, and are no more: this is repeated from Isa_40:18 and supported with fresh strength of
argument, to show that there is nothing whatever, that is a fit likeness and
similitude, by which to represent the Lo....Isa 40:26 Lift up your
eyes on high,.... From the earth, and the inhabitants of it, even those of
the greatest power and influence in it, to the heavens above, those that are
visible to the eye:
And behold who hath created these
things; that are
seen in the heavens, the sun, moon, and stars;
consider the Creator of them, what a glorious Being he must be; what power he
must be possessed of; what dazzling light he must dwell in; what glory and
majesty he must be clothed with; and how infinitely transcending all mortal
creatures he must be: ---that bringeth out their host by number; not
only into being, at the first creation of them, but at every proper season; causing
the sun to rise every morning, the stars
to appear at night, and the
moon in its revolution; as a general brings forth his army, marshals it
in order, musters it, and takes the number of his soldiers: ---- he calleth
them all by names; suitable to their position and influence; he knows the proper names of them all,
which no astrologer can pretend unto; and this is such knowledge as no general
of an army has; for though the stars are innumerable to men, the names of most
unknown, they are all known to him that
made them, Psa_147:4, --- by the
greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power not one faileth;
through the omnipotence of God, not only the sun and moon, the great
luminaries, are continued in being, and constantly observe their order; but
even every star keeps its place, or performs its course, and retains its
influence, and in every instance obeys the commands of its Creator; never fails
of appearing at his order, and of doing what he appoints it should. Kimchi
gives the sense thus, that according to the virtue and efficacy that there is in
every star, so is its name; and because of the strength and power that is in
everyone of them, they remain unchangeably and unalterably the same as when
they were first created; which not only holds true of the sun and moon, but of
the stars lesser and greater. The Targum is, ...."because of the multitude
of strength, and the power of might, not one is hindered from its order;'' ...Daniel:Let us compare
with what Sha’ul write:---- Rom 1:18 for the wrath of Elohim is
revealed from heaven against all wickedness and unrighteousness of men, who
suppress the truth in unrighteousness, ...Rom 1:19 because that which is known of Elohim is manifest among them, for Elohim
has manifested it to them. ...Rom 1:20 For since the creation of the world His invisible qualities have been
clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, both His
everlasting power and Mightiness, for them to be without excuse, ...Rom 1:21
because, although they knew Elohim, they did not esteem Him as Elohim, nor gave
thanks, but became vain in their reasonings, and their undiscerning heart was
darkened. ....Rom
1:22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, ...Rom 1:23 and changed the esteem of
the incorruptible Elohim into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and
of birds and of four-footed beasts and of reptiles. ..... Isa 40:21 did you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not
been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the
foundations of the earth?
Isa
40:22 It is He who sits above
the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, who
stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to
dwell in, …Isa 40:23 who brings princes to
naught, shall make the rulers of the earth as emptiness. Isa 40:24 hardly have they been planted, hardly have
they been sown, hardly has their stock taken root in the earth, when He shall
blow on them and they wither, and a whirlwind take them away like stubble. Isa 40:25 “And to whom then do you liken Me, or to whom am I compared?” says the
Set-apart One. Isa 40:26 lift up your eyes on
high and see. Who has created these? He who is bringing out their host by
number, He calls them all by name, by the greatness of His might and the
strength of His power – not one is missing. ….
Here in the
gospel of Mark, the scribes come to tempt יהושע after they saw that יהושע
closed the mouth of the
Sadducees who were questioning him on marriage (verses 18-27). The scribes
belonged to the Pharisee and were satisfied with the answer……
Which is
the first commandment of all? — This is the most important, having the first place in observing the
“mitzvoth” (commands), according to D’varim
(Deuter).6:4. The second comes from Vayyiqra
(Lev;)19:18.....Both are the foundation of the Decalogue , the ten commandment, the first been embedded in the
first five commands of the ten commands and pointing to the Love for יהוה , the second pointing to the relation between man
and his neighbour embedded in the last five commands from the Decalogue. This is
crucial to our life style for a perfect walk in the Torah all burnt offerings
and offerings cannot equal with these two commands!
Mar 12:28 and one of the scribes coming near, hearing
them reasoning together, knowing that He had answered them well, asked Him,
“Which is the first command of all?” ....Mar 12:29 and יהושע
answered him, “The first
of all the commands is, ‘Hear, O Yisra’ĕl, יהוה our
Elohim, יהוה
is one.
Mar
12:30 ‘And you shall love יהוה your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your
being, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first command. Mar 12:31 “And the
second, like it, is this, ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’
There is no other command greater than these.” Mar 12:32 and the scribe said to
Him, “Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one Elohim,
and there is no other besides Him. Mar 12:33 “And to love Him with all
the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the being, and with all
the strength, and to love one’s neighbour as oneself, is more than all the
burnt offerings and offerings.” Mar
12:34 and when יהושע saw that he answered wisely, He said to him, “You
are not far from the reign of Elohim.” And after that no one was bold enough to question Him. …….
May יהוה
Elohin bless
you and keep you through Messiah יהושע as you walk in the path of light the
Torah of liberty.
