Friday, May 9, 2014
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May 10, 2014
Shabbat Shalom
Loved One!
(This Torah
Study is attached and available at the website below)
Some ask why we are on a different schedule of the Torah Cycle
than the mainstream and the Orthodox. For me it is about restoration of all
things- explanation is continued at end of this week’s study…
Don’t
forget Mother’s Day Loved One—hey we all have Mothers or at least all of us
have had mothers. Let’s give honor where it is due. (And commanded)
(Exodus
20:11) “For in six days יהוה made the
heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh
day. Therefore יהוה blessed the Sabbath
day and set it apart. (Exodus 20:12) “Respect
(Honor) your father and your mother, so that your days are
prolonged upon the soil which יהוה your Elohim is giving
you.
Our Elohim works miracles- let’s
learn how to accommodate Him and allow His help in overcoming the wicked plans
against us- watch the video and learn about intimacy of a pure heart!
Mat 5:8 “Blessed are the clean (pure) in heart, because they shall see Elohim. Footnote: Psalms 24:3-4.
Loved One-
there is no such thing as grace to purposely continue to sin! Last week I
shared a video from Bobby Conner and want to give a link again today about what
I consider a very good understanding of the seriousness of the times and how we
must learn to walk set apart and how the CLOUD of WITNESSES applies to us today!
Funny in a way—because he does not yet understand the Shabbat—but in his
defense- I must say –he knows Yahshua far more intimately than many of us---and
HEARS and DOES what Yahshua tells Him daily…interesting to say the least. You
will enjoy this short 55 min video conversation…about the CLOUD OF WITNESSES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWjAoT0V0_k
LOVED ONE- WHAT ARE WE SAYING?
(Pro 18:21) Death and life are in the power of the
tongue, and those loving it eat its fruit.
Why are death and life in the
tongue? I believe I was shown the answer
to this some 20 plus years ago. Yep- its true- I am getting older- uhhh-
mature! hehe Let me share the story of how Yahshua (Jesus) taught me the power of life in death is in our tongues and
why we are commanded to BLESS AND DO
NOT CURSE. Again; (Pro 18:21) Death and life are in the power of the
tongue, and those loving it eat its fruit. Note we will eat its (Our tongues) fruit.
I had been uttering the same prayer
for several years asking for the salvation of one who was very close and dear
to me. I started down the hall from my office to my Board Room to meet other
believers for our morning fellowship, coffee, donuts and prayer. Typical,
healthy Christians- hehe. Our office was one of Christian stock brokers,
attorneys and CPA’s who worked together in financial and estate planning and we
considered ourselves brothers and sisters with common prayer interests. With
that setting; I will continue that fate filled morning. I started toward the
hall from my desk and I heard these words- very clearly and boldly in my
spirit- “Do not pray for her today!” What would you have done? Rebuke the
devil? Yep so did I: “I rebuke you satan- you will not stop me from praying for
their salvation!” Only to hear the funniest chuckle and these words “You cannot
rebuke me son, I am the King of all Kings!” Startled by this response- I
stammered my bewilderment- “Lord if that is really you- why would you ever ask
me to not pray for their
salvation?” Remember, I had prayed daily for their salvation for over 2 years
at this point so He replied lovingly with a series of questions followed by my
response, “Have you asked me to save her son?” “You know I have Lord- wish you would do it.” “Do you think I have heard you, son?” “Yes Lord,
sometimes I am a hypocrite, but not that big of one- I wouldn't even ask if I didn't think you could!” “Do you think it is within my
power to save her son?” “Yes Lord I would not even ask if I did not
think you could hear- I sure wish you would!” “Do you
think it is my will to save her son?” “Yes Lord, your word says; it is
your will that none perish”
“You know son, if you ask ANYTHING according to the will
of the Father, and you know that I have heard you- you HAVE the thing you ask
for!” (I didn't realize at the time He was
quoting: (1Jn 5:14) and this is the boldness that we have in Him, that if we
ask whatever according to His desire, He hears us. (1Jn 5:15) And if we know that He hears us, whatever we
ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.)
Then He asked one final question; “What would you do, son, if you knew you had the thing you
have asked for?” He gave me no time to respond as He answered His own
question; “You would be dancing and leaping and
praising me!” “But NO- you continue to ask daily for the same thing as though
your many prayers will be finally heard.” In my defense I offered
feebly, “but Lord I was just using the Scripture about the unjust judge who was
being pestered by the woman and he finally responded positively!” He responded
quickly and with finality; “Son, I am NOT the unjust judge- all I require is that you ask
and believe and give me thanks BEFORE you see the thing hoped for. It is not faith if you can already see it-
that is a report- and walking by the flesh- what you can see and touch.”
A few short years later as I was in
so many fiery trials as were most of my believing friends (Many were going through divorces, job losses, bankruptcies, cancer
battles, etc.) ; I spoke a blunt statement and challenge to the Lord, “Lord Isaiah 54:17 is NOT true- why do
you have it in the Bible?” (Isa 54:17)
“No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which raises
against you in judgment you shall prove wrong. This is the inheritance of the
servants of יהוה, and their righteousness from me,” declares יהוה.
It seemed to me and my friends
that satan was forming weapons that were prospering quite well against us!
Yahshua quickly responded; “I destroyed the works of
hell!” I responded, “How can you say that Master- they are responding
pretty well against us; we are going through all manner of attacks and most of
us are totally losing the battles, so how can you even state that?” He replied again “I
destroyed the works of hell!” I responded, if that’s true how come we
are going through all this heartache and struggle and loss?” He replied a third
time- “I destroyed the works of hell- but not your tongue. Satan shows
you the storm and you agree with what is SEEN- and speak against my promise
like the 10 spies did. I destroyed his power but not yours. Your power of life
and death I have deposited in your tongue so you can walk in agreement with me
and what I say or you can agree with satan’s plans for you and agree with the
storm he sends. It is entirely in your choice who you agree with. If you agree
with me, I AM the way, the Truth, and the Life, and the resurrection power- you
receive my promises- if you agree with the storm and speak and prophesy it in
agreement with satan- you get death and his results as that is all he has-
since I have condemned him!”: He has no power left except to deceive you and
steal your power as a son or daughter of Elohim!” “If you disagree with me- you
LIE and are indeed a liar and agree with the father of lies- I AM still the
TRUTH!” “Please stop agreeing with the FACTS that are seen- they are
temporary.”
(2Co 4:16)
Therefore we do not lose heart, but even if our outward man is
perishing, the inward man is being renewed day by day. (2Co
4:17) This slight momentary
pressure is working for us a far more exceeding and everlasting weight of
esteem (glory). (2Co 4:18) We
are not looking on what is seen
(fact-flesh realm), but on what is not seen. (The promise of His Word not yet seen) For
what is seen passes away, but what is not seen is everlasting.1
Footnote: 1 See 5:7, and Rom. 8:24, Heb.
11:1 & 13.
Let’s change what we speak if our
facts and circumstances don’t line up
with His promises- for what is SEEN is indeed only temporary and His promise (Unseen) will be forever! (Mar 13:31) “The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall
by no means pass away.” So let’s
grasp and confess the plan of YHWH and what Yahshua was sent for: (Rom 10:8) But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” – that is,
the word of belief which we are proclaiming (Speaking agreement with): (Rom 10:9)
that if you confess with your mouth
the Master יהושע and believe in your heart that Elohim has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved. (Rom 10:10)
For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and one
confesses with the mouth, and so is saved. (Rom 10:11)
Because the Scripture says, “Whoever puts his trust in Him shall not be
put to shame.” (Rom 10:12) Because there is no distinction between
Yehuḏite and Greek, for the same Master of all is rich to all those calling
upon Him. (Rom 10:13) “Everyone who calls on the Name of יהוה shall be saved.” (The Greek
word saved is SOSO and it is defined as saved, healed, made whole and
delivered- it means from every attack by hell’s minions!) So as you and I can easily see above we must
confess or speak words that Yahshua- this is not just about salvation for when
you die; it is about our deliverance from every attack from hell- we confess (Speak) Yahshua- the WORD! The WORD made
flesh and dwelled among us but always the WORD!
(John 1:1)
In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with Elohim, and the Word
was Elohim. (John 1:2) He was in the beginning with Elohim. (John 1:3) All came to be through Him,1 and without
Him not even one came to be that came to be. Footnote:
1 1 1 Eph. 3:9, Col. 1:16, Heb. 1:2, Heb. 11:3, 2 Peter 3:5, Ps. 33:6. (John 1:4) In
Him was life, and the life was the light of men. (John
1:5) And the light shines in the
darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
Let’s all recognize a vital TRUTH:
(Pro 18:21) Death
and life are in the power of the tongue, and those loving it eat its fruit.
Let’s remember also to
not find ourselves in VAIN WORSHIP Let’s not
get so enamored with events and daily distractions- that is- usually things we
enjoy more than spending time fellowshipping with YHWH- things like TV, games,
computer, etc. - as these are labeled as “IDOLS” and restrict us and limits us
to vain meaningless worship; which depicts our relationship with our loving
Creator. Here’s
why we MUST forsake traditions and yes even “hobbies” that are not lined
up with His Torah (Instructions- Word-Law): Our doctrines (DOINGS) MUST
line up with the word forever established in Heaven if we expect our Creator to
confirm His word with signs and wonders following as also He told Jeremiah- “I
am watching over my word to perform it!”— (Jeremiah 1:11) And the word of יהוה came to me,
saying, “What do you see, Yirmeyahu?” And I said, “I see a branch of an almond
tree.” (Jeremiah 1:12) And יהוה
said to me, “You
have seen well, for I am watching over my word to do it.” (Matthew 15:8) ‘This people draw near to me with
their mouth, and respect me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. (Matthew 15:9)
‘But in vain do they worship
me, teaching as teachings the commands of men.’ ”1 Footnote: 1 Isa.
29:13, Mk. 7:7, 2 Ki. 17:19.
Do WE in error also worship Him in vain?
And the King James: (Mat 15:8) this
people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their
heart is far from me. (Mat 15:9) But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines (doings) the commandments
of men.
Here is the
answer for our prayer dilemmas LOVED ONES! SPEAK HIS WORDS DAILY ABOUT OUR PETITIONS AND CONCERNS! Our
need is never supplied by others- that is- we seem to want others (horizontal relationships) to do
the changing and sometimes we foolishly
pray- YAH change so and so- we even think and pray if our children- our boss,
our husbands- our parents, our wives, our girlfriends, our boyfriends, our
teachers etc. WOULD CHANGE all would be well. Loved One we cannot even change
ourselves much less others. Our Heavenly Father alone can do that so our
prayers need to be about obedience VERTICAL with us and the Father. IF we will
obey Him vertical He can and will CHANGE US! We must humble ourselves and
submit to His words. We change as He will not- He is the same yesterday, today
and forever. That only leaves us to change. When we submit- forget now about
horizontal relationships changing- we can only submit for ourselves- hasatan
will flee and we will receive Yahshua’s peace. He has overcome this world so we
can be in good cheer and FEAR NOT! Remember in our loving obedience to our
Heavenly Father- we bless those that curse us and pray for those that
spitefully use us! (Luke 6:27)
“But I say to you who are hearing: Love your enemies, do good to those
hating you. (Luke 6:28) “Bless those
cursing you, and pray for those insulting you.
Now
let’s look at our need to flee the culture of this world.
(Jas
4:4) Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity
with Elohim? 1 Whoever therefore intends to be a friend of
the world makes himself an enemy of Elohim. Footnote: 1 Mt.
13:22, Luke. 4:5-6, Luke. 14:33, Rom. 12:2, 1 John 2:15-17. (Jas 4:5) Or
do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose? Does the Spirit which
dwells in us intensely crave unto envy? (Jas 4:6) But He gives greater favor. Because of this
He says, “Elohim resists the proud, but gives favor to the humble.”
(Jas
4:7) So then subject (Submit ourselves to His words and instructions – Torah- as this
obedience is always a VERTICAL choice) yourselves to Elohim. Resist the devil 1 and he shall flee from you. Footnote: 1 Or adversary. (Jas 4:8) Draw
near to Elohim and He shall draw near to you. Cleanse hands, sinners. And
cleanse the hearts, you double-minded! (Jas 4:9) Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter
be turned to mourning and your joy to dejection. (Jas
4:10) Humble yourselves in the
sight of the Master, and He shall lift you up. (Jas
4:11) Brothers, do not speak
against one another. He that speaks against a brother and judges his brother
speaks against Torah and judges Torah. And if you judge Torah, you are not a
doer of Torah but a judge. (Jas 4:12) There is one Lawgiver and Judge, who is able
to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another?
We cannot fix
others as that is a horizontal prayer, that is to say they are on our level and
much like us; we can only submit vertically to obey the Father as He alone can
change- and then only if we so choose! Let’s continue to choose LIFE! (Deuteronomy 30:19)
“I have called the heavens and
the earth as witnesses today against you: I have
set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore
you shall choose
life, so that you live, both you and
your seed, (Deuteronomy 30:20) to love יהוה your Elohim, to obey His voice, and to cling to Him – for He is your life and the
length of your days – to dwell in the land which יהוה
swore to your fathers, to Aḇraham, to Yitsḥaq, and to Yaʽaqoḇ, to give
them.”
With those lessons on our hearts and minds’ let’s look at this
week’s Torah Scriptures!
This
Week’s Torah Scriptures: Tole’dot
“Generations”
Genesis
25:19-28:9; Malachi 1:1- 2:17; Romans 9:6-13
Note the plan of YHWH in verse 23!
(Gen 25:19)
And this is the genealogy of Yitsḥaq,
Aḇraham’s son. Aḇraham brought forth Yitsḥaq. (Gen
25:20) And Yitsḥaq was forty
years old when he took Riḇqah as wife, the daughter of Bethu’ĕl the Aramean of
Paddan Aram, the sister of Laḇan the Aramean. (Gen
25:21) And Yitsḥaq prayed to יהוה for his wife,
because she was barren. And יהוה answered his prayer,
and Riḇqah his wife conceived. (Gen 25:22) And within her the children struggled
together, and she said, “If all is right, why am I this way?” So she went to
ask יהוה. (Gen 25:23) And יהוה
said to her, “Two
nations are in your womb, and two peoples shall be separated from your body.
And one people shall be stronger than the other, and the older serve the
younger.” (Gen 25:24) And when the days were filled for her to give
birth, and see, twins were in her womb! (Gen 25:25) And the first came out red all over, like a
hairy garment, so they called his name Ěsaw. (Gen
25:26) And afterward his brother
came out, with his hand holding on to Ěsaw’s heel, so his name was called
Yaʽaqoḇ. And Yitsḥaq was sixty years old when she bore them. (Gen 25:27)
And the boys grew up. And Ěsaw became a man knowing how to hunt, a man
of the field, while Yaʽaqoḇ was a complete man, dwelling in tents. (Gen 25:28)
And Yitsḥaq loved Ěsaw because he ate of his wild game, but Riḇqah
loved Yaʽaqoḇ. (Gen 25:29) And Yaʽaqoḇ cooked a stew, and Ěsaw came in
from the field, and he was weary. (Gen 25:30) And Ěsaw said to Yaʽaqoḇ, “Please feed me
with that same red stew, for I am weary.” That is why his name was called
Eḏom. (Gen 25:31) But Yaʽaqoḇ said, “Sell me your birthright
today.” (Gen 25:32) And Ěsaw said, “Look, I am going to die, so
why should I have birthright?” (Gen 25:33) Then Yaʽaqoḇ said, “Swear to me today.” And
he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Yaʽaqoḇ. (Gen
25:34) Yaʽaqoḇ then gave Ěsaw
bread and stew of lentils. And he ate and drank, and rose up and left. Thus
Ěsaw despised his birthright.
John 14:21 from
Yahshua comes to mind- Obedience = Love---- Also I believe we are fast
approaching scarcity of food worldwide…it is important that we search out the
scriptures as DEEP CALLS TO DEEP
(Gen 26:1)
And there was a scarcity of
food in the land, besides the first scarcity of food which was in the
days of Aḇraham. And Yitsḥaq went to
Aḇimeleḵ, sovereign of the Philistines, in Gerar. (Gen
26:2) And יהוה appeared to
him and said, “Do not go down to Mitsrayim, live in the land which I command
you. (Gen 26:3)
“Sojourn in this land. And I shall be with you and bless you, for I give
all these lands to you and your seed. And I shall establish the oath which I
swore to Aḇraham your father. (Gen 26:4) “And I shall
increase your seed like the stars of the heavens, and I shall give all these
lands to your seed. And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be
blessed, (Gen 26:5) because Aḇraham obeyed my voice and guarded
My Charge: My commands, my laws, and My Torot1.” Footnote: 1 Torot
- plural of Torah, teaching (Gen 26:6) And
Yitsḥaq dwelt in Gerar. (Gen 26:7) And when the men of the place asked about his
wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” thinking,
“lest the men of the place should kill me for Riḇqah, because she is
good-looking.” (Gen 26:8) And it came to be, when he had been there a
long time that Aḇimeleḵ sovereign of the Philistines looked through a window,
and he watched and saw Yitsḥaq playing with Riḇqah his wife. (Gen 26:9) So
Aḇimeleḵ called Yitsḥaq and said, “See, truly she is your wife! So how could
you say, ‘She is my sister’?” And Yitsḥaq said to him, “Because I said, ‘Lest
I die on account of her.’ ” (Gen 26:10) And
Aḇimeleḵ said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people had
almost lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us.” (Gen 26:11)
And Aḇimeleḵ commanded all his people, saying, “He who touches this
man or his wife shall certainly be put to death.” (Gen
26:12) And Yitsḥaq sowed in that
land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold, and יהוה
blessed him. (Gen 26:13) And the man grew great and went forward until
he became very great. (Gen 26:14) And he came to have possessions of flocks and
possessions of herds and a great body of servants, and the Philistines envied
him. (Gen 26:15) And the Philistines had stopped up all the
wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Aḇraham his father,
and filled them with dirt. (Gen 26:16) And Aḇimeleḵ said to Yitsḥaq, “Go away
from us, for you are much mightier than we.” (Gen
26:17) So Yitsḥaq went from
there and pitched his tent in the wadi Gerar, and dwelt there. (Gen 26:18)
And Yitsḥaq dug again the wells of water which they had dug in the days
of Aḇraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death
of Aḇraham. And he called them by the names which his father had called them. (Gen 26:19)
But when Yitsḥaq’s servants dug in the wadi and found a well of running
water there, (Gen 26:20) the herdsmen of Gerar
strove with Yitsḥaq’s herdsmen, saying, and “The water is ours.” And he called
the name of the well Ěseq, because they strove with him. (Gen 26:21)
And they dug another well, and they strove over that one too, and he
called its name Sitnah. (Gen 26:22) And he moved from there and dug another well,
and they did not strive over it. And he called its name Reḥoḇoth, and said,
“For now יהוה has made room for us, and we shall bear
fruit in the land.” (Gen 26:23) And from there he went up to Be’ĕrsheḇa. (Gen 26:24) and יהוה
appeared to him the same night and said, “I am the Elohim of your father
Aḇraham. Do not fear, for I am with you, and shall bless you and increase your
seed for My servant Aḇraham’s sake.” (Gen 26:25) And he built an altar there, and called on
the Name of יהוה, and he pitched his
tent there, and the servants of Yitsḥaq dug a well there. (Gen 26:26)
And Aḇimeleḵ came to him from Gerar, with Aḥuzzath, one of his
friends, and Piḵol the commander of his army. (Gen
26:27) And Yitsḥaq said to them,
“Why have you come to me, seeing you have hated me and have sent me away from
you?” (Gen 26:28) But they said, “We have clearly seen that יהוה is with you. And we said, ‘Please, let
there be an oath between us, between you and us. And let us make a covenant
with you, (Gen 26:29) that you do no evil to us, as we have not
touched you, and as we have done only good toward you, and have sent you away
in peace. You are now blessed by יהוה.’
” (Gen 26:30) and he made them a feast, and
they ate and drank. (Gen 26:31) And they rose early in the morning and swore
an oath with one another. And Yitsḥaq let them go, and they departed from him
in peace. (Gen 26:32) And on the same day it came to be that the
servants of Yitsḥaq came and informed him about the well which they had dug,
and said to him, “We have found water.” (Gen 26:33) So he called it Shiḇah. Therefore the name
of the city is Be’ĕrsheḇa to this day. (Gen 26:34) And when Ěsaw was forty years old, he took as
wives Yehuḏith the daughter of Be’ĕri the Ḥittite, and Basemath the daughter
of Ělon the Ḥittite. (Gen 26:35) And they were a bitterness of spirit to
Yitsḥaq and Riḇqah.
Hunting we shall go
to steal back what you already sold?
(Gen 27:1)
And it came to be, when Yitsḥaq
was old and his eyes were too dim to see, that he called Ěsaw his elder son and
said to him, “My son.” And he answered him, “Here I am.” (Gen 27:2) And
he said, “See now, I am old, I do not know the day of my death. (Gen 27:3)
“Now then, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go
out to the field and hunt wild game for me. (Gen 27:4) “And make me a tasty dish, such as I love,
and bring it to me to eat, in order that my being does bless you before I die.”
(Gen 27:5)
And Riḇqah heard when Yitsḥaq spoke to Ěsaw his son. And Ěsaw went to
the field to hunt wild game and to bring it. (Gen
27:6) And Riḇqah spoke to
Yaʽaqoḇ her son, saying, “See, I heard your father speak to Ěsaw your brother,
saying, (Gen 27:7) ‘Bring me wild game and make
me a tasty dish to eat, and bless you in the presence of יהוה before my
death.’ (Gen 27:8) “And now my son, listen to my voice according
to what I command you. (Gen 27:9) “Please go to the flock and bring me two
choice young goats, and I make a tasty dish from them for your father, such as
he loves. (Gen 27:10) “And you shall take it to your father, and he
shall eat it, so that he might bless you before his death.” (Gen 27:11)
And Yaʽaqoḇ said to Riḇqah his mother, “See, Ěsaw my brother is a
hairy man, and I am a smooth-skinned man. (Gen 27:12) “What if my father touches me? Then I shall
be like a deceiver in his eyes, and shall bring a curse on myself and not a
blessing.” (Gen 27:13) But his mother said to him, “Let your curse
be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go, get them for me.” (Gen 27:14)
And he went and fetched them and brought them to his mother, and his
mother made a tasty dish, such as his father loved. (Gen
27:15) And Riḇqah took the best
garments of her elder son Ěsaw, which were with her in the house, and put them
on Yaʽaqoḇ her younger son. (Gen 27:16) And she put the skins of the young goats on
his hands and on the smooth part of his neck. (Gen
27:17) Then she gave the tasty
dish and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Yaʽaqoḇ. (Gen 27:18)
And he went to his father and said, “My father.” And he said, “Here I
am. Who are you, my son?” (Gen 27:19) And Yaʽaqoḇ said to his father, “I am Ěsaw
your first-born, I have done as you said to me. Please rise, sit and eat of my
wild game, so that your being might bless me.” (Gen
27:20) But Yitsḥaq said to his
son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” And he said,
“Because יהוה your Elohim brought it to me.” (Gen 27:21)
Then Yitsḥaq said to Yaʽaqoḇ, “Please come near, so that I feel you,
my son, whether you truly are my son Ěsaw or not.” (Gen
27:22) And Yaʽaqoḇ went near to
Yitsḥaq his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice is the voice of
Yaʽaqoḇ, but the hands are the hands of Ěsaw.” (Gen
27:23) And he did not recognize
him, for his hands were hairy like his brother Ěsaw’s hands, and he blessed
him. (Gen 27:24) And he said, “Are you truly my son Ěsaw?” And
he said, “I am.” (Gen 27:25) And he said, “Bring it near to me, and let me
eat of my son’s wild game, so that my being might bless you.” So he brought it
near to him, and he ate. And he brought him wine, and he drank. (Gen 27:26)
And his father Yitsḥaq said to him, “Please come near and kiss me, my
son.” (Gen 27:27) And he came near and kissed him. And he
smelled the smell of his garments, and blessed him and said, “See, the smell of
my son is like the smell of a field which יהוה
has blessed. (Gen 27:28) And Elohim give you of the dew of the
heavens, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine. (Gen 27:29)
Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be master over your
brothers, and let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be those cursing
you, and blessed be those blessing you!” (Gen 27:30) And it came to be, as soon as Yitsḥaq had
finished blessing Yaʽaqoḇ, and Yaʽaqoḇ had hardly left the presence of
Yitsḥaq his father, that Ěsaw his brother came in from his hunting. (Gen 27:31)
And he too had made a tasty dish and brought it to his father, and said
to his father, “Let my father rise and eat of his son’s wild game, so that your
being might bless me.” (Gen 27:32) And his father Yitsḥaq said to him, “Who are
you?” And he said, “I am your son, your first-born, Ěsaw.” (Gen 27:33)
Then Yitsḥaq trembled exceedingly, and said, “Who was it then who
hunted wild game and brought it to me? And I ate all of it before you came, and
I have blessed him. Yea, he is blessed.” (Gen 27:34) When Ěsaw heard the words of his father, he
cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless
me, me too, O my father!” (Gen 27:35) And he said, “Your brother came with deceit
and took your blessing.” (Gen 27:36) And Ěsaw said, “Was his name, then, called
Yaʽaqoḇ? He has caught me by the heel these two times. He took my birthright,
and see, now he has taken my blessing!” And he said, “Have you not reserved a
blessing for me?” (Gen 27:37) Then Yitsḥaq answered and said to Ěsaw,
“See, I have made him your master, and all his brothers I have given to him as
servants. And I have sustained him with grain and wine. And what, then, shall I
do for you, my son?” (Gen 27:38) And Ěsaw said to his father, “Have you only
one blessing, my father? Bless me, me too, O my father!” And Ěsaw lifted up his
voice and wept. (Gen 27:39) And Yitsḥaq his father answered and said to
him, “See, your dwelling is of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of the
heavens from above. (Gen 27:40) And by your sword you are to live, and serve
your brother. And it shall be, when you grow restless, that you shall break his
yoke from your neck.” (Gen 27:41) And Ěsaw hated Yaʽaqoḇ because of the
blessing with which his father blessed him, and Ěsaw said in his heart, “The
days of mourning for my father draw near, then I am going to kill my brother
Yaʽaqoḇ.” (Gen 27:42) And the words of Ěsaw her older son were
reported to Riḇqah, and she sent and called Yaʽaqoḇ her younger son, and said
to him, “See, your brother Ěsaw comforts himself concerning you, to kill you.
(Gen 27:43)
“And now, my son, listen to my voice, and rise, flee to my brother
Laḇan in Ḥaran. (Gen 27:44) “And stay with him a few days, until your
brother’s wrath turns away, (Gen 27:45) until
your brother’s displeasure turns away from you, and he forgets what you have
done to him. And I shall send and bring you from there. Why should I be
bereaved of you both in one day?” (Gen 27:46) And Riḇqah said to Yitsḥaq, “I am disgusted
with my life because of the daughters of Ḥĕth. If Yaʽaqoḇ takes a wife from
the daughters of Ḥĕth, like these who are the daughters of the land, what is
my life to me?”
Blessings from
OBEDIENCE!
(Gen 28:1)
And Yitsḥaq called Yaʽaqoḇ and blessed
him, and commanded him, and said to him, “Do not take a wife from the daughters
of Kenaʽan. (Gen 28:2) “Arise, go to Paddan
Aram, to the house of Bethu’ĕl your mother’s father. And take a wife for
yourself from there, from the daughters of Laḇan your mother’s brother. (Gen 28:3)
“And Ěl Shaddai bless you, and make you bear fruit and increase you, and
you shall become an assembly of peoples, (Gen 28:4)
and give you the blessing of Aḇraham, to you and your seed with you, so that
you inherit the land of your sojourning, which Elohim gave to Aḇraham.” (Gen 28:5) Yitsḥaq sent Yaʽaqoḇ away, and he went
to Paddan Aram; to Laḇan son of Bethu’ĕl the Aramean, the brother of Riḇqah,
the mother of Yaʽaqoḇ and Ěsaw. (Gen 28:6) And Ěsaw saw that Yitsḥaq had blessed
Yaʽaqoḇ and sent him away to Paddan Aram to take himself a wife from there,
and that as he blessed him he gave him a command, saying, “Do not take a wife
from the daughters of Kenaʽan,” (Gen 28:7) and
that Yaʽaqoḇ had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan Aram.
(Gen 28:8)
So Ěsaw saw that the daughters of Kenaʽan did not please his father
Yitsḥaq, (Gen 28:9) and Ěsaw went to Yishmaʽĕl and took Maḥalath
the daughter of Yishmaʽĕl, Aḇraham’s son, the sister of Neḇayoth, to be his
wife, besides the wives he had.
YHWH keeps His promise- (blessing or curse)
(Mal 1:1)
The message of the word of יהוה to Yisra’ĕl by Mal’aḵi. (Mal 1:2) “I have loved you,” said יהוה. “But you asked, ‘In what way have you loved us?’ “Was not Ěsaw
Yaʽaqoḇ’s brother?” declares יהוה. “And I love Yaʽaqoḇ, (Mal 1:3) but I
have hated Ěsaw, and have laid waste his mountains and his inheritance
for the jackals of the wilderness.” (Mal 1:4) If Eḏom says, “We have been beaten down, let
us return and build the ruins,” יהוה of hosts said thus:
“Let them build, but I tear down. And they shall be called ‘Border of Wrongness’,
and the people against whom יהוה is enraged forever. (Mal 1:5) And
your eyes shall see, and you shall say, ‘Great is יהוה
beyond the border of Yisra’ĕl!’ (Mal 1:6) “A son esteems his father and a servant his
master. And if I am the Father, where is my esteem? And if I am a Master, where
is my fear; asked יהוה of hosts to you
priests who despise My Name? But you asked, ‘In what way have we despised Your
Name?’ (Mal 1:7) “You are presenting defiled food on my
altar. But you asked, ‘In what way have we defiled you?’ Because you say,
‘The table of יהוה is despicable.’ (Mal 1:8) “And
when you present the blind as a slaughtering, is it not evil? And when you
present the lame and sick, is it not evil? Bring it then to your
governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you favorably?” said יהוה of hosts. (Mal
1:9) “And now, entreat the face
of Ěl to show favor to us. This has been done by your hands. Would He show favor
to you?” said יהוה of hosts. (Mal 1:10)
“Who among you who would shut the doors, so that you would not kindle
fire on my altar for naught? I have no pleasure in you,” said יהוה of hosts, “Nor do I accept an offering from your hands. (Mal 1:11)
“For from the rising of the sun, even to its going down, My Name is
great among nations. And in every place incense is presented to My Name, and a
clean offering. For My Name is great among nations,” said יהוה of hosts. (Mal 1:12) “But you are profaning me, in that you say,
‘The table of יהוה is defiled, and its
fruit, its food, is despicable.’ (Mal 1:13) “And you said, ‘Oh, what weariness!’ and you
sneered at it,” said יהוה of hosts. and you
brought in plunder, and the lame, and the sick – thus you have brought in
the offering! Should I accept this from your hand?” said יהוה. (Mal 1:14) “But cursed be the
deceiver who has a male in his flock, and makes a vow, but is slaughtering (Gifting) to יהוה
what is blemished. For I am a great Sovereign,” said יהוה of hosts, “and My Name is feared among nations. (Mal 2:1)
“And now, O priests, this command is for you. (Mal
2:2) “If you do not hear, and
if you do not take it to heart, to give esteem to My Name,” said יהוה of hosts, “I shall send a curse upon
you, and I shall curse your blessings. And indeed, I have cursed them,
because you do not take it to heart. (Mal 2:3) “See, I shall rebuke your seed, and scatter
dung before your faces, the dung of your festivals. And you shall be taken away
with it. (Mal 2:4) “And you shall know that I have sent this
command to you, as being my covenant with Lĕwi,” said יהוה
of hosts. (Mal 2:5) “My covenant with him was life and peace, and
I gave them to him, to fear. And he feared me, and stood in awe of My Name. (Mal 2:6) “The
Torah of truth 1 was in his mouth,
and unrighteousness was not found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and
straightness, and turned many away from crookedness. Footnote:
1 Neh. 9:13. (Mal 2:7) “For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and
they seek the Torah from his mouth, for he is the messenger of יהוה of hosts.
Not the flesh but the walk is spiritual and by trusting (faith)
in Yahshua’s deliverance for us
(Rom 9:6)
However, it is not as though the word of Elohim has failed. For they are
not all Yisra’ĕl who are of Yisra’ĕl, (Rom 9:7)
neither are they all children because they are the seed of Aḇraham, but, “In Yitsḥaq your seed shall be called.” (Rom 9:8) That
is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of
Elohim, but the children of the promise are reckoned as the seed. (Rom 9:9) For this is the word of promise,
“At this time I shall come and Sarah shall have a son.” (Rom 9:10) And not only so,
but Riḇqah having conceived by one, our father Yitsḥaq. (Rom 9:11)
Yet, before they were born or had done any good or evil – in order that
the purpose of Elohim, according to choice, might stand, not of works but of
Him who calls (Rom 9:12) it was said to her, “The greater shall serve
the lesser,” (Rom 9:13) as it has been written, “Yaʽaqoḇ I have loved, but Ěsaw I have
hated” One agreed with the plan and words of YHWH, and one rejected those
plans and words.
We
are His incorruptible seed as we have been grafted into the Kingdom of Israel’s
Covenant Promise by trusting and following YHWH! We are SPIRITUALLY reborn!
(1Co
15:50) And this I say, brothers, that flesh and
blood are unable to inherit the reign (Kingdom)
of Elohim, neither does corruption inherit in-corruption. (1Co 15:51)
See, I speak a secret to you: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all
be changed, (1Co 15:52) in a moment, in twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet shall sound, and the
dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. (1Co 15:53)
For this corruptible has to put on in-corruption, and this mortal to put
on immortality. (1Co 15:54) And when this corruptible has put on in-corruption and this mortal has put on immortality, and then shall come to be
the word that has been written, “Death is swallowed up in overcoming.” (1Co 15:55) “O
Death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your overcoming?” (1Co 15:56)
And the sting of death is the sin, and the power of the sin is the
Torah. (1Co 15:57) But thanks to YHWH Elohim who gives us the overcoming
(Victory) through our Master יהושע
Messiah. (1Co 15:58) Therefore, my beloved brothers, (and sisters!) be steadfast, immovable,
always excelling in the work of the Master,
knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Master.
Thanks for your targeted prayers
for Billie and me loved ones- you are much loved and they are our lifeline! Praise Him
who made Heaven and Earth! Hallelu-YAH!
Shalom to your home loved one,
Thurston
Continued
explanation of 2014-15 Torah Cycle restart at beginning of months…
It is about YHWH restoring all
things which sometimes means we are walking alone. I start over annually when
YHWH’s year starts over; this is not to say that I am correct and others are
wrong, I just happen to believe we will never challenge our older brother Judah
by following his traditions. I expect Judah will be moved by our obedience to His
Torah (Words of Scripture) and seeing YHWH’s signs and wonders following our
obedience- Does the statement above mean we are not to grab
the tzitzit of Yehuda and take hold and learn from them? Of course not, we absolutely should learn of them and from them-
just not ingest and keep that which is traditions that go against His words!
Especially since we are the ten
(Ten scattered northern tribes scattered for Easter and sun god day worship
which parallels closely as a pig slop eating prodigal brother)
Let’s
look; (Zechariah
8:22) ‘And many
peoples and strong nations shall come to seek יהוה of hosts in Yerushalayim, and to pray
before יהוה.’ (Zechariah
8:23) “Thus said יהוה of hosts, ‘In those days (Now? YES and in the future also!) Ten men (10 scattered
northern tribes called Ephraim and Israel) from all languages of the
nations take hold, yea, they
shall take hold of the edge of the garment of a man, a Yehuḏite 1,
saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that Elohim is with you.” ’ ” Footnote: 1John 4:22.
