Beresheet/Genesis
18:1-33
Blessing for the Torah:
Baruch atah YHVH, Eloheynu, Melech ha-O’lam, asher
bachar banu m’kol ha-amim,
v’natan lanu eht Torah-to. Baruch atah YHVH, noteyn
ha-Torah. Ameyn.”
(Blessed are you, YHVH, our Elohim , King of the Universe,
(Blessed are you, YHVH, our Elohim , King of the Universe,
you have selected us from among all the peoples, and
have given us your Torah.
Blessed are you, YHVH, giver of the Torah. Ameyn.)
This Torah portion addresses the great controversy
over whether Yahshua is YHVH in the flesh. This issue concerns the doctrine of
the so called trinity.
The author of this study does not wish to engage in a
debate over this issue. He accepts the fact that this is an extremely divisive
issue within the church as well as within the Messianic movement.
The author of this study does not believe that Yahshua
is YHVH Himself. This author believes that Yahshua is the brought-forth Son of
YHVH, born of the virgin Miriam almost 2000 years ago; that Yahshua has the
fullness of YHVH dwelling within him and is presently seated at the right hand
of the Father waiting for the Father’s instructions to return to earth and rule
for 1000 years.
This Torah portion also sums up how the spirit of
Yahshua is truly manifested and recognized amongst us: First there is a promise
of blessing followed by the warning of judgment.
Yeshayahu/Isa 61:1 The Spirit of the Master יהוה (YHVH) is upon Me, because יהוה has anointed Me to bring good news
to the meek. He has sent Me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim release
to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound,
Isa 61:2 to
proclaim the acceptable year of יהוה, and the day of vengeance of our
Elohim, to comfort all who mourn,
Note whenever there is a true manifestation of Yahshua’s
ministry there will be true deliverance from bondage and the proclamation of
blessing as well as vengeance.
How can there ever be a true manifestation of Yahshua’s
ministry where there is disregard for the Torah of YHVH???
Gen 18:1 And יהוה appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamrĕ, while he was
sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day.
The sages believe that this was the third day after Avraham’s
circumcision and he was most probably in a great deal of pain.
Why is it so difficult to imagine that YHVH could send a
messenger to represent Himself??
When the messenger of YHVH stands before you it is just
as good as if YHVH Himself stood before you because when a messenger of YHVH
stands before you, he has a message from YHVH for you.
Yochanan/Joh 1:18 No one has ever seen Elohim. The only
brought-forth Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He did declare.
1Ti 6:16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in
unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or is able to see, to whom be
respect and everlasting might. Amĕn.
This first verse could almost be a prophetic reminder of
and end time generation in pain because their flesh has been dealt with in a
powerful way by YHVH and now they are waiting at the entrance of the Promised
Land, studying the Torah. The phrase Terebinth trees of Mamre could be alluding
to the kind of wood used for making yokes. Mamre means “strength.” We conclude
that there is a strength that comes from waiting and studying Torah. This could
be our final preparation before entering into the Messianic age – waiting for The
promised Anointed Messenger of YHVH – Yahshua himself.
Gen 18:2 So he
lifted his eyes and looked, and saw three men standing opposite him. And when
he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the
ground,
Gen 18:3 and said,
“יהוה, if I
have now found favour in Your eyes, please do not pass Your servant by.
Gen 18:4 “Please
let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under
the tree.
Gen 18:5 “And let
me bring a piece of bread and refresh your hearts, and then go on, for this is
why you have come to your servant.” And they said, “Do as you have said.”
Gen 18:6 So Aḇraham
ran into the tent to Sarah and said, “Hurry, make ready three measures of fine
flour, knead it and make cakes.”
Gen 18:7 And Aḇraham
ran to the herd, took a tender and good calf, gave it to a young man, and he
hurried to prepare it.
The scriptures encourage us to entertain strangers:
Heb 13:2 Do not forget to receive strangers, for by so
doing some have unwittingly entertained messengers.
Gen 18:8 And he
took curds and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them,
and he stood by them under the tree as they ate.
Here we see that milk and meat were mixed, this raises
questions about the halacha (custom) of not mixing the two. It is possible that
there was a time lapse between the consumption of the two.
Gen 18:9 And they
said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “See, in the tent.”
Gen 18:10 And He
said, “I shall certainly return to you according to the time of life, and see,
Sarah your wife is to have a son!” And Sarah was listening in the tent door
which was behind him.
Gen 18:11 Now Aḇraham
and Sarah were old, well advanced in age, and Sarah was past the way of women.
Gen 18:12 And
Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old, shall I have
pleasure, my master being old too?”
Gen 18:13 And יהוה said to
Aḇraham,
“Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I truly have a child, since I am old?’
Gen 18:14 “Is any
matter too hard for יהוה? At the appointed time I am going
to return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah is to have a son.”
Appointed time according to the sages was the 15 of Aviv,
the first day of the Feast of unleavened bread (Chag ha Matzot).
Gen 18:15 But
Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. And He said,
“No, but you did laugh!”
Gen 18:16 And the
men rose up from there and looked toward Seḏom,
and Aḇraham went with them to send them away.
Gen 18:17 And יהוה said, “Shall I hide from Aḇraham
what I am doing,
Gen 18:18 since Aḇraham
is certainly going to become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of
the earth shall be blessed in him?
Gen 18:19 “For I
have known him, so that he commands his children and his household after him,
to guard the way of יהוה, to do righteousness and
right-ruling, so that יהוה brings to Aḇraham
what He has spoken to him.”
The true descendants of Abraham will not have an obscure
Messianic revelation and understanding of the last days. These will walk in the
Torah of YHVH. They will understand that Messianic life comes only
supernaturally and that this life is accompanied by intercession and taking up
one’s execution stake AND THAT ONLY A REMNANT ARE WILLING TO RECEIVE AND WALK
IN TRUE MESSIANIC REVELATION.
Today in our time we are once again witnessing the
restoration of true Messianic life.
Gen 18:20 And יהוה said,
“Because the outcry against Seḏom and Amorah is great, and because their sin is very
heavy,
Gen 18:21 “I am
going down now to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry
against it that has come to Me, and if not, I know.”
Luk 17:26 “And as it came to be in the days of Noaḥ, so also shall it be
in the days of the Son of Aḏam:
Luk 17:27
“They were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were
given in marriage, until the day that Noaḥ
went into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
Luk 17:28
“And likewise, as it came to be in the days of Lot: They were eating,
they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting,
they were building,
Luk 17:29
but on the day Lot went out of Seḏom
it rained fire and sulphur from heaven and destroyed all.
Luk 17:30
“It shall be the same in the day the Son of Aḏam is revealed.
Gen 18:22 So the
men turned away from there and went toward Seḏom,
but יהוה still
stood before Aḇraham.
Gen 18:23 And Aḇraham
drew near and said, “Would You also destroy the righteous with the wrong?