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,
you have selected us from among all the peoples,
and have given us your Torah.
Blessed are you, YHVH, giver of the Torah. Ameyn.)
Gen 41:1 And it came to be, at the end of two years’
time, that Pharaoh had a dream, and saw him standing by the river,
Gen 41:2 and saw seven cows coming up out of the
river, fine looking and fat, and they fed amongst the reeds,
Gen 41:3 then saw seven other cows coming up after
them out of the river, ugly and lean of flesh, and stood by the other cows on
the bank of the river.
Gen 41:4 And the ugly and lean of flesh cows ate up
the seven fine looking and fat cows. Then Pharaoh awoke.
Gen 41:5 And he slept and dreamed a second time and
saw seven heads of grain coming up on one stalk, plump and good,
Gen 41:6 and saw seven lean heads, scorched by the
east wind, coming up after them.
Gen 41:7 And the seven lean heads swallowed the seven
plump and complete heads. Then Pharaoh awoke and saw it was a dream.
Gen 41:8 And it came to be in the morning that his
spirit was moved, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Mitsrayim and
all its wise men. And Pharaoh related to them his dreams, but there was no one
who could interpret them for Pharaoh.
Gen 41:9 Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh,
saying, “I remember my crimes this day.
Gen 41:10 “When Pharaoh was wroth with his servants,
and put me in confinement in the house of the captain of the guard, both me and
the chief baker,
Gen 41:11 each one of us dreamed a dream in one night,
he and I. Each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream.
Gen 41:12 “And there was with us a Heḇrew youth, a servant
of the captain of the guard. And we related to him, and he interpreted our
dreams for us. To each man he interpreted according to his own dream.
Gen 41:13
“And it came to be, as he interpreted for us, so it came to be. He
restored me to my office, and he hanged him.”
Gen 41:14
Then Pharaoh sent and called Yosĕph, and they hurriedly brought him out
of the dungeon. And he shaved and changed his garments, and came to Pharaoh.
Gen 41:15
And Pharaoh said to Yosĕph, “I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one
to interpret it. Now I myself have heard it said of you that you understand a
dream, to interpret it.”
Gen 41:16
And Yosĕph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It is not in me, let Elohim answer
Pharaoh with peace.”
Gen 41:17
And Pharaoh said to Yosĕph, “See, in my dream I stood on the bank of the
river
Gen 41:18
and saw seven cows coming up out of the river, fine looking and fat, and
they fed amongst the reeds,
Gen 41:19
then saw seven other cows coming up after them, poor and very ugly and
lean of flesh, such ugliness as I have never seen in all the land of Mitsrayim.
Gen 41:20
“And the lean of flesh and ugly cows ate up the first seven, the fat
cows.
Gen 41:21
“Yet when they had eaten them up, no one would have known that they had
eaten them, for they were as ugly as at the beginning. Then I awoke.
Gen 41:22
“Also, I looked in my dream and saw seven heads coming up on one stalk,
complete and good,
Gen 41:23
then saw seven heads, withered, lean, scorched by the east wind, coming
up after them.
Gen 41:24
“And the lean heads swallowed the seven good heads. And I spoke to the
magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”
Gen 41:25 And Yosĕph said to Pharaoh, “The dream of
Pharaoh is one. Elohim has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do:
Gen 41:26
“The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads are seven
years – it is one dream.
Gen
41:27 “And the seven lean and ugly cows
which came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty heads scorched by
the east wind are seven years of scarcity of food.
Gen 41:28
“This is the word which I spoke to Pharaoh: Elohim has shown Pharaoh
what He is about to do.
Gen 41:29 “See, seven years of great plenty are coming
in all the land of Mitsrayim,
Gen 41:30 but after them seven years of scarcity of
food shall arise and all the plenty be forgotten in the land of Mitsrayim. And
the scarcity of food shall destroy the land,
Gen 41:31 and the plenty shall not be remembered in the
land, because of the scarcity of food following, for it is very severe.
Gen 41:32 “And the dream was
repeated to Pharaoh twice because the word is established by Elohim, and Elohim
is hastening to do it.
Gen 41:33 “And now, let Pharaoh look for a discerning
and wise man, and set him over the land of Mitsrayim.
Gen 41:34 “Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint
overseers over the land, to take up one-fifth of the land of Mitsrayim in the
seven years of plenty.
Gen 41:35 “And let them gather all the food of those
good years that are coming, and store up grain under the hand of Pharaoh, and
let them keep food in the cities.
Gen 41:36 “And the food shall be for a store for the
land for the seven years of scarcity of food which shall be in the land of
Mitsrayim, and do not let the land be cut off by the scarcity of food.”
Gen 41:37 And the word was good in the eyes of Pharaoh
and in the eyes of all his servants.
Midrash on Portion:
Pharoah wanted a sign
that Yosef was telling the truth.
Yasher 48
62 And the king answered and said unto Joseph, Who sayeth and who
knoweth that thy words are correct? And he said unto the king, This shall be a
sign for thee respecting all my words, that they are true and that my advice is
good for thee.63 Behold thy wife sitteth this day upon the stool of delivery, and she will bear thee a son and thou wilt rejoice with him; when thy child shall have gone forth from his mother's womb, thy first born son that has been born these two years back shall die, and thou wilt be comforted in the child that will be born unto thee this day.
64 And Joseph finished speaking these words to the king, and he bowed down to the king and he went out, and when Joseph had gone out from the king's presence, those signs which Joseph had spoken unto the king came to pass on that day.
65 And the queen bare a son on that day and the king heard the glad tidings about his son, and he rejoiced, and when the reporter had gone forth from the king's presence, the king's servants found the first born son of the king fallen dead upon the ground.
Yasher 49
9 And all the officers
answered the king and said, But surely it is written in the laws of Egypt, and
it should not be violated, that no man shall reign over Egypt, nor be the
second to the king, but one who has knowledge in all the languages of the sons
of men.
10 Now therefore our
lord and king, behold this Hebrew man can only speak the Hebrew language, and
how then can he be over us the second under government, a man who not even
knoweth our language?
11 Now we pray thee send
for him, and let him come before thee, and prove him in all things, and do as
thou see fit.
12 And the king said, It
shall be done tomorrow, and the thing that you have spoken is good; and all the
officers came on that day before the king.
13 And on that night the
Lord sent one of his ministering angels, and he came into the land of Egypt
unto Joseph, and the angel of the Lord stood over Joseph, and behold Joseph was
lying in the bed at night in his master's house in the dungeon, for his master
had put him back into the dungeon on account of his wife.
14 And the angel roused
him from his sleep, and Joseph rose up and stood upon his legs, and behold the
angel of the Lord was standing opposite to him; and the angel of the Lord spoke
with Joseph, and he taught him all the languages of man in that night, and he
called his name Jehoseph. End quote.
Here we see two very interesting parallels of
how Yosef saves Egypt and how Yahshua came to redeem mankind.
1.The death of the first
born.
2.The proclamation of
this redemptive message in all the
languages of the world – Shavuot or Pentecost.
Pharoah also gives Yosef
a gentile wife – Yahshua was also given a gentile wife – gentiles – those who would be grafted into
the olive tree – Yisrael.
Later on Pharoah
changes Yosef’s name to - Zaphnath-paaneah; - an Egyptian word, of which
the most accredited interpretations are "the Salvation of the World,"
(Furst, Jablonsky, Rosellini, and others); "the Rescuer of the World"
(Gesenius); "the Prince of the Life of the
World" (Brugsch); "the Food of Life," or "the Food of the
Living"
Yoch/Joh 6:35 And יהושע said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall
not get hungry at all, and he who believes in Me shall not get thirsty at all.
Midrash on the dreams:
End-Time Spiritual Famine - Douglas S. Winnail
YHVH inspired the prophet Amos to record: "Behold, the days are coming, says YHVH that I will send a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of YHVH. They shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they shall run to and fro, seeking the word of YHVH, but shall not find it" (Amos 8:11–12). This prophecy refers to a time when "the end has come upon My people Israel" (Amos 8:2), and it has dual applications to both the ancient nation of Israel and to modern nations descended from ancient Israel. A "famine" of hearing the truth occurs when the nations of Israel are taken over by a foreign power that prohibits the proclamation and practice of the true biblical faith. This happened around 720BC when Assyrians carried the northern 10 tribes of Israel into captivity. It will happen again during the Tribulation, when the modern descendants of ancient Israel are punished for their sins (Matthew 24:9; Hosea 5:5; Jeremiah 22:5–9).
Hos 5:3 “I have known Ephrayim, and Yisra’ĕl has not
been hidden from Me. For now, O Ephrayim, you have whored, Yisra’ĕl is defiled.
Hos 5:4 “Their deeds do not allow them to turn back
to their Elohim, for the spirit of whorings is among them, and they do not know
יהוה.
Hos 5:5 “And the
Excellency of Yisra’ĕl shall witness to his face, and Yisra’ĕl and Ephrayim
stumble in their crookedness. Yehuḏah
shall also stumble with them.
Hos 5:6
“With their flocks and herds they go to seek יהוה, but do
not find Him – He has withdrawn from them.
(This is a very stern warning – in spite of a restoration of scriptural truth most believers harden their hearts and refuse to return to the ancient paths.)
“The prophet Daniel explains how this
"famine" of hearing the truth will come about in the last days. In a
vision, Daniel saw a "little horn" dominating the last seven revivals
of the Roman Empire (the fourth beast; see Daniel 7:7–8, 19–20). This little
horn will be a prominent religious figure (and his church), teaching blasphemous
doctrines that contradict Scripture. This "horn" will work to change
the calendar of religious observances, and will persecute those who follow
Scripture (Daniel 7:21, 24–25).
(The Scriptures Version of Dan 7:25 and it speaks words against the Most High,
and it wears out the set-apart ones of the Most High, and it intends to
change appointed times1 and law2, and they are given into its hand
for a time and times and half a time. Footnotes: 1This is another word
for festivals. 2Changing the law amounts to lawlessness. Read in 2 Thess.
2:3-12 about “the lawless one” and the “lawlessness” which would take over (indeed,
it has already taken over!) in the set-apart place, and also about Messiah’s
judgment upon the lawless “prophets” in Mt. 7:23, and the lawless “believers”
in Mt. 13:41! )
History records that the bishops of Rome presided over councils that changed the weekly day of worship from the biblical Sabbath (the day observed by Yahshua, His disciples and believers in the apostolic era; see Luke 4:16; Acts 13:42–44; 16:11–13; 17:2) to Sunday. Pagan sun worshipers already observed Sunday; one rationale for the change was that it would make it easier for pagans to convert to this new form of "Christianity." In a similar manner, Easter was substituted for the biblical Passover, and winter solstice celebrations were "Christianized" to attract pagans into the fold. (Christmas (25th of Dec), the pagan day of pagan idols was also Christianized). Roman law backed these ecclesiastical decisions to accept non-biblical doctrines and practices in the name of "Christianity." In recent years, the papacy has re-emphasized Sunday as a day of worship, and has urged the adoption of European laws enshrining Sunday as a holiday. Such laws could be used in the future to actively discourage observance of the biblical Sabbath and to promote conformity to Sunday observance.
Daniel saw a vision of another "little horn\ that would cause the daily offerings/sacrifices in the temple in Jerusalem to cease and would \cast truth down to the ground" (Daniel 8:8–14). This dual prophecy was initially fulfilled by Antiochus Epiphanes when he sacked Jerusalem in 168BC, set up a statue of Zeus in the Temple and offered swine blood on the altar—a great offense to the Jewish people. Antiochus pressured Jewish priests to compromise their religious practices and to accept the process of Hellenization. The Expositor's Bible Commentary states that Antiochus' actions foreshadow "a determined effort made by a ruthless dictator to completely suppress the biblical faith" at the end of the age, who will attempt to foster religious uniformity (see comments on Daniel 8:11–12).
In yet another vision, Daniel prophesied that a powerful end-time leader, with links to a revived Roman system, will make a seven-year covenant that will at first permit the Jewish people to resume sacrifices, "but in the middle of the week he shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering" (Daniel 9:26–27). This covenant will begin as a token of religious toleration, but after three-and-a-half years "all pretense of religious toleration will be dropped" as this ruler attempts to enforce conformity to a corrupt religion (Expositor's Bible Commentary). This influential end-time religious leader, and his efforts to stifle and obliterate true biblical religion, are clearly linked to the actions of false teachers at the end of the age (Daniel 12:11; Matthew 24:3, 11, 15; Revelation 17:1–5). End quote.
Could this dream Pharoah had apply to
the seven year tribulation as recorded in the book of Revelation? Where both
famine and abundance will be found?
Joe 2:23 And you children of Tsiyon, be glad and
rejoice in יהוה your
Elohim, for He shall give you the Teacher of Righteousness, and cause the rain
to come down for you, the former rain and the latter rain, as before.
Joe 2:24 And the
threshing-floors shall be filled with grain, and the vats shall overflow with new
wine and oil.
Joe 2:25 “Then I
shall repay you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the crawling
locust, and the consuming locust, and the gnawing locust, My great army which I
sent among you.
Joe 2:26 “Then you
shall eat – eat and be satisfied – and shall praise the Name of יהוה your
Elohim, who has done with you so wondrously. And My people shall never be put
to shame.
Joe 2:27 “And you
shall know that I am in the midst of Yisra’ĕl1, and that I am יהוה your
Elohim and there is no one else. And My people shall never be put to shame.
Footnote: 1See Isa. 24:23.
Joe 2:28 “And
after this it shall be that I pour out My Spirit on all flesh. And your sons
and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men dream dreams, your young men
see visions.
Joe 2:29 “And also
on the male servants and on the female servants I shall pour out My Spirit in
those days.
Joe 2:30 “And I
shall give signs in the heavens and upon the earth: blood and fire and columns
of smoke,
Joe 2:31 the sun
is turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the
great and awesome day of יהוה.
THE CHURCH
WAS INITIATED AND HAS BEEN MAINTAINED BY AN INCOMPLETE AND OFTEN FALSE IMAGE OF YAHSHUA. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THE CHURCH CAN CONTINUE TO SURVIVE. THE TRUE
IMAGE OF YAHSHUA IS THAT HE IS THE ANOINTED ONE (MESSIAH) WHO WAS BROUGHT
FORTH AT THE APPOINTED TIME, FROM THE TRIBE OF YEHUDAH; A JEWISH RABBI WHO UPHELD
AND TAUGHT PROPER TORAH OBSERVANCE AS LONG AS HEAVEN AND EARTH ARE STILL IN EXISTENCE.
THIS IS THE
GREAT DECEPTION - THE TRUTH APPEARING AS THE TRUTH IS NOT THE TRUTH.
THE COMING
GREAT ABUNDANCE AND OUTPOURING OF THE RUACH OF YHVH HAS TO DO WITH A COMPLETE
AND UNDEFILED MANIFEST ION OF WHO THE SON OF MAN TRULY IS – YAHSHUA HA MASHIACH
–
JUDMENT IS
COMING ON THE EARTH BECAUSE THE SON OF MAN HAS BEEN MISREPRESENTED BY THOSE WHO
CALL THEMSELVES HIS FOLLOWERS.
2Co 11:3 But I am afraid, lest, as the serpent
deceived Ḥawwah by his trickery,
so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Messiah.
2Co 11:4
For, indeed, if he who is coming proclaims another יהושע,1 whom we have not
proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received,
or a different Good News which you have not accepted, you put up with it well
enough! Footnote: 1Mt. 24:5 & 23-24, John 5:43.
Is it possible that the seven years of famine have to do
with the sick image which has been portrayed of the son of man and seven years
of plenty have to do with an unhindered full revelation of who the son of man
is?
Jas 1:25 But he that looked into the perfect Torah,
that of freedom,1 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. Footnote: 1See 2:12.
Rev 3:7 “And to the messenger of the assembly in
Philadelphia write, ‘He who is set-apart, He who is true, He who has the key of
Dawiḏ, He who opens and no
one shuts, and shuts and no one opens, says this:
Rev 3:8 “I
know your works – see, I have set before you an open door, and no one is able
to shut it – that you have little power, yet have guarded My Word, and have not
denied My Name.
Rev 3:9
“See, I am giving up those of the congregation of Satan, who say they
are Yehuḏim and are not, but
lie. See, I am making them come and worship before your feet, and to know that
I have loved you.
Rev 3:10
“Because you have guarded My Word of endurance, I also shall guard you
from the hour of trial which shall come upon all the world, to try those who
dwell on the earth.
Rev 3:11
“See, I am coming speedily! Hold what you have that no one take your
crown.
Rev 3:12 “He
who overcomes, I shall make him a supporting post in the Dwelling Place of My
Elohim, and he shall by no means go out. And I shall write on him the Name of
My Elohim and the name of the city of My Elohim, the renewed Yerushalayim,
which comes down out of the heaven from My Elohim, and My renewed Name.
“Baruch atah YHVH, Eloheynu, Melech ha-‘Olam, asher
natan lanu Toraht-emet, v’chay-yeh o’lam nata-b’tochenu. Baruch atah YHVH,
noteyn ha-Torah. Ameyn.”
(Blessed are you Yahweh, our Elohim, King of the
Universe, you have given us your Torah of truth, and have planted everlasting
life within our midst. Blessed are you, YHVH giver of the Torah – Ameyn
Please
note these notes are under construction and are subject to correction and are
in no way a final authority on any subject.