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.)
In Beresheet/Genesis, chapters 18 and 19 it appears
that the Torah is speaking about two
different kinds of people – Those that have crossed over, the “Ivrim” or the
Hebrews like Avraham and those whose understanding has been veiled and they refuse
to cross over and remain in enemy territory. It is prophetically significant
that Lot’s name means “veiled.”
The Hebrews were following the Torah, those from the house
of Avraham. Lot however is like many believers today that will need to be
rescued in the last days because they have chosen not to cross over from man-
made religion into YHVH’s kingdom because of the veil that remains over their
understanding.
2Co 3:14 But their minds were hardened, for to this
day, when the old covenant is being read, that same veil remains, not lifted,
because in Messiah it is taken away.
2Co 3:15 But to this day, when Mosheh is being read, a
veil lies on their heart.
2Co 3:16 And when one turns to the Master, the veil is
taken away.
2Co 3:17 Now יהוה is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of יהוה is,
there is freedom.
2Co 3:18 And we
all, as with unveiled face we see as in a mirror the esteem of יהוה, are
being transformed into the same likeness from esteem to esteem, as from יהוה, the
Spirit.
Let us not jump to conclusions that the above
scripture refers to the Jews only. It refers to all those who have a faulty
image of the Messiah. Today evidence abounds amongst many believers that their
understanding has become dull when the Torah is read and taught.
Gen 19:1 And the two messengers came to Seḏom in the evening, and
Lot was sitting in the gate of Seḏom.
And when Lot saw them, he rose up to meet them, and he bowed himself with his
face toward the ground,
Rashi
holds forth the fact that the Hebrew word for “sat”, “yoshev”, is written in an
incomplete way, missing the letter vav. That indicates that Lot had been
appointed judge just that day.
However
one must also consider the possibility that the judges only sat in the city
gates to judge during the day. Why then was Lot sitting at the gate during the
evening?
Was
this not perhaps an expectation of hearing or receiving a message from a
messenger or a prophet.
Remember
Lots name means “covering or a veil”; is it not possible that because Lot chose
that which was pleasing to his eye and flesh that there was a veil over his
understanding of what the will and purpose of YHVH was and was he desperately
seeking and waiting to be rescued from his lawless environment.
Perhaps
once again in the last days many will see the futility of their Torahless lives
and grieve at the loss and devastation that has come about in their lives as a
result of their Torahlessness.
We
need to notice that YHVH goes to a great deal of trouble to save a remnant from
Sodom, will He do so again? I believe He will.
…. and he bowed himself
with his face toward the ground….
Quote:
“bowed
with his face to the ground” – The root of this Hebrew word is “shachah”[1][13]
which means to bow down in reverence. The word was translated into Greek as
“proskuneo”[2][14]
which, in large, has the same meaning. Neither of these words represent the
English word “worship” in the sense of “bowing in respect before the Highest”.
It can be understood that way when it is used in connection with
ministry before the Eternal. But this is not its principal meaning. If
“shachah” had meant “worship”, then Lot would have sinned when he bowed down to
the earth before these angels from the Highest.
If
you dig deeply into these terms, you will see that when the Christian Bible
translations speak about worshipping Yahshua or Eloha’s Son, it is not
necessarily correctly translated. It is, rather, an interpretation of these
words, where an implication has been incorporated that is not obvious, it is
in these cases that the catholic trinity
doctrine has coloured the choice of words of the translators.
When
you go through the book of Revelation, you see that the Lamb does not receive
any worship. Only the Father receives that. It is forbidden to worship the Son
in the same way that the Father is to be worshipped. To worship means,
actually, to confess someone as one’s highest authority, and the Son does not
have that authority. The Father is above him and if one worships the Son, the
Father is set aside. He is the One that has given the Son all power.
According to Philippians 2 every knee will bow in Yahshua’s
name. That does not mean that they will bow before Yahshua, but before the
Father in the name of Yahshua; which means that through Yahshua all will
confess the Father as the highest authority. In this way the Father is glorified
through the Son, as it is written in Philippians 2:11:
“and
that every tongue should confess that Yashua HaMashiach is Adon, to the
glory of Eloha the Father.”(MRC revised)
Php
2:11 and every tongue should confess
that יהושע Messiah is Master, to the esteem of Elohim the Father. (The
Scriptures)
Isa 45:23 “I have sworn by Myself, a word has gone out
of My mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, so that to Me every knee
shall bow, every tongue swear.
Isa 45:24 “One shall say, ‘Only in יהוה do I have righteousness and
strength’ – he comes to Him. And all those displeased with Him shall be put to
shame.
Now, one can bow in reverence before the Son and confess the
authority that he has received from the Father, but not in order to worship him
as if he was instead of the Father. In Judaism, a son can never rise above his
father or replace his father during his lifetime. Christianity has replaced the
Father with the Son, by singing to him as if he was th