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Parashat 44 Portion 127
Dev/Deut 22:1-3:22 Hab 3:8-19
Rev 19:11-21
Deu 29:29 “The secret matters
belong to יהוה our Elohim,
but what is revealed belongs to us and to our children forever, to do all the
Words of this Torah.
The first seven passukim (verses) of this parashah remind
us of how when Yisrael was just about to enter into the land of Yisrael, they
were turned back because of their disobedience to YHVH’s command to occupy the
land and were caused to wander in the
wilderness for another 38 years.
1Co 10:11 And all these came upon them as examples, and
they were written as a warning to us, on whom the ends of the ages have come,
1Co 10:12 so that he who thinks he stands, let him take
heed lest he fall.
Deu 2:1 “Then we turned and set out into the
wilderness, the way of the Sea of Reeds, as יהוה spoke to me,
and we went round Mount Sĕʽir, many days.
Deu 2:2 “And יהוה spoke to me, saying,
Deu 2:3 ‘You have
gone around this mountain long enough, turn northward.
Deu 2:4 ‘And
command the people, saying, “You are about to pass over into the border of your
brothers, the descendants of Ěsaw, who live in Sĕʽir,
and they are afraid of you. So be on your guard.
Deu 2:5 “Do not
strive with them, for I do not give you any of their land, no, not so much as
one footstep, because I have given Mount Sĕʽir to
Ěsaw as a possession.
Deu 2:6 “What food
you buy from them with silver you shall eat. And also, what water you buy from
them with silver you shall drink.
Deu 2:7 “For יהוה your Elohim has blessed you in all the
work of your hand. He has known your wandering through this great wilderness.
These forty years יהוה your Elohim
has been with you, you have not lacked any matter.” ’
To understand this section we need a revelation of who
and what Esaw represents here on earth. What is the hidden truth of Esaw?
Oba 1:6 “How Ěsaw shall be searched out! His hidden
treasures(matters) shall be sought out!
Oba 1:10 “Because of your violence against your
brother Yaʽaqoḇ, let shame cover you.
And you shall be cut off forever.
Oba 1:18 “And the house of Yaʽaqoḇ shall be a fire, and
the house of Yosĕph a flame, but the house of Ěsaw for stubble. And they shall
burn among them and they shall consume them, so that no survivor is left of the
house of Ěsaw.” For יהוה has spoken.
Who is Esaw and who is Yakov? They are defined by their
destinies.
The blessing (destiny) of Yakov by Yitzchak - 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!”
The blessing of Esaw: - 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.”
Our enemy is most dangerous when he cannot be seen
– Ovad 1:6 prophecies that the hidden treasures or matters of Edom (Esaw) will
be revealed to those who search them out. Our most dangerous enemy has been
hidden right under our noses for centuries. Esaw’s favourite hiding place has
been in religion - Christian religion –
Jewish religion and Islamic religion. The most dangerous enemy is the one who
deceives you, who pretends to be your friend, who claims to really have your
interests at heart but is only concerned about how they can manipulate and
control you for the sake of their cause.
Esaw will earn
his living by the sword, plundering from wars or working as a mercenary, often
in the name of their God. We see this is what Esaw has done. So, Esaw gets
second place, yet it is said that he will one day gain DOMINION which means he
will have first place.
Further, reading
Esaw’s blessing in order, it appears Esaw will break the yoke AFTER he gets DOMINION he will break the burden of Yakov from his
neck AFTER he gets the DOMINION.
Keep this in mind. It
implies that there is a particular time in history when Esaw will rise to
power.
The method this spirit
behind Esaw uses to get into power is through integration and assimilation.
In an article on
"Edom", the Jewish Encyclopdia (1925 edition), has this statement:
"(In 163BC) Judas Maccabeus conquered the [Edomite[ territory for a time.
They [the Edomites] were again subdued by John Hyrcanus (about 125 BC), by whom
they were forced to observe Jewish rites and laws. They were then incorporated
with the Jewish nation, and their country was called by the Greeks and Romans,
"Idumea." With Antipater began the Idumean dynasty that ruled over
Judea till its conquest by the Romans . . . From this time the Idumeans ceased
to be a separate people."
Why? – because
they assimilated into all the nations of the world.
In Num 31:16 we
see how Bilaam advised to destroy Yisrael – by causing them to intermarry with
the nations around them.
One of the most
famous Edomites in the Scriptures was Herod. It is a historical fact that Herod
is recognized not as a Jew from the Tribe of Judah, but as an Idumaean an
Edomite.
Clarke's
Commentary says that Constantine and the emperors after him were all Edomites.
This comes from Adam Clarke’s commentary on ISAIAH 34: "This chapter points out the future destruction of Rome, which is here
called Bosra; for Bosra was a great city of the Edomites. Now the major part of
the Romans are Edomites, who profess the law of Jesus. The Emperor Caesar was
an Edomite, and so were all the emperors after him.
Bosra or Botzrah was only a nick name for the city of
Rome. Botzra is actually one the chief cities of Edom. In the last days this
very stronghold of Esaw will become the place of refuge for a fleeing multitude
of Yakov - those who have the testimony
of Yahshua and keep the commandments.
Rev 12:17 And the dragon was enraged with the woman,
and he went to fight with the remnant of her seed, those guarding the commands
of Elohim and possessing the witness of יהושע Messiah.
Mic 2:12 “I shall certainly gather all of you, O Yaʽaqoḇ, I shall bring
together the remnant of Yisra’ĕl, put them together like sheep of the fold,
like a flock (Botzra) in the midst of their pasture, they being noisy(distressed)
because of men.
Mic 2:13
“The breach-maker (Yahshua) shall go up before them. They shall break
out, and pass through the gate, and go out by it, and their sovereign (Yahshua)
pass before them, with יהוה at their
head!”
Isa 63:1 Who is this coming from Eḏom, with garments of
glowing colours from Botsrah, who is robed in splendour, striding forward in
the greatness of His strength? “It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to
save.”
Isa 63:2 Why
is there red on Your raiment, and Your garments like one who treads in the
winepress?
Isa 63:3 “I
have trodden the winepress alone, and from the peoples no one was with Me. And
I trod them down in My displeasure, and I trampled them in My wrath. Their blood
is sprinkled upon My garments, and I have defiled all My raiment.
Isa 63:4
“For a day of vengeance is in My heart, and the year of My redeemed has
come.
Mal 1:3 but I have hated Ěsaw, and have laid waste
his mountains and his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness.” (repeated
Rom 9:13)
“There is a
reason YHVH hated Esau that is not explained in the current Bible. This is
because the Christian Bible leaves out some very important Books that were once
in the Bible, but now we call them extra-Biblical. The Book of Jasher gives us
more perspective on this.
Jasher 26:17 And
the boys grew up to their fifteenth year, and they came amongst the society of men.
Esau was a designing and deceitful man, and an expert hunter in the field, and
Jacob was a man perfect and wise, dwelling in tents, feeding flocks and
learning the instructions of YHVH and the commands of his father and mother”
The Edomites were
the founders of the Catholic Church under Constantine. And Esau was a pagan who
would have practiced the moon god religion of his Canaanite and Ishmaelite
wives.
Heb 12:17 For you know that afterward, when he wished
to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance,
though he sought it with tears.
The word “profane”
means “heathenish or wicked”,
according to Strong’s 952.
“Now, am I saying
that all Christians are Edomites? No. Are all orthodox Jews Edomites? No. I am
not. Just as there are true believers in Yeshua in Christianity, who upon
hearing the truth of Torah turn in repentance and start observing Torah, so are
there these kinds of believers among the orthodox and all other sects of
Judaism. People live what they learn until Abba opens their eyes. I even
believe there are people in Islam who will turn to the Elohim of Yakov. Even they are not Edomites!”
Deu 23:5 “But יהוה your Elohim
refused to listen to Bilʽam, and יהוה your Elohim
turned the curse into a blessing for you, because יהוה your Elohim
loves you.
Deu 23:6 “Do not
seek their peace nor their good, all your days, forever.
Deu 23:7 “Do not
loathe an Eḏomite, for he is your brother. Do not loathe a Mitsrite,
because you were a stranger in his land.
Deu 23:8 “The children of the
third generation born to them do enter the assembly of יהוה.
Deu 2:8 “And when
we passed beyond our brothers, the descendants of Ěsaw who dwell in Sĕʽir,
away from the way of the desert plain, away from Ěylath and Etsyon Geḇer, we
turned and passed over by way of the Wilderness of Mo’aḇ.
Deu 2:9 “And יהוה said to me, ‘Do not distress Mo’aḇ, nor
stir yourself up against them in battle, for I do not give you any of their
land as a possession, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as a
possession.’ ”
Deu 2:10 (The
Ěmites had dwelt there formerly, a people as great and numerous and tall as the
Anaqim.
Deu 2:11 They were
also reckoned as Repha’ites, like the Anaqim, but the Mo’aḇites
call them Ěmites.
Deu 2:12 And the Ḥorites
formerly dwelt in Sĕʽir, but the descendants of Ěsaw dispossessed them and
destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their place, as Yisra’ĕl did to
the land of their possession which יהוה gave them).
Deu 2:13 “ ‘Now
rise up, and pass over the wadi Zereḏ.’ So
we passed over the wadi Zereḏ.
Deu 2:14 “And the
time we took to come from Qaḏĕsh Barnĕa until we passed over the wadi Zereḏ was
thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of battle was consumed
from the midst of the camp, as יהוה had sworn to
them.
Deu 2:15 “And
also, the hand of יהוה was against
them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp until they were consumed.
Deu 2:16 “And it
came to be, when all the men of battle had finally perished from among the
people,
Deu 2:17 that יהוה spoke to me, saying,
Deu 2:18 ‘This day
you are to pass over at Ar, the boundary of Mo’aḇ.
Deu 2:19 ‘And when
you come near the children of Ammon, do not distress them nor stir yourself up
against them, for I do not give you any of the land of the children of Ammon as
a possession, because I have given it to the descendants of Lot as a
possession.’
Deu 2:20 (That was
also reckoned as a land of Repha’ites. Repha’ites formerly dwelt there. But the
Ammonites call them Zamzummim,
Deu 2:21 a people
as great and numerous and tall as the Anaqim. But יהוה destroyed them
before them, and they dispossessed them and dwelt in their place,
Deu 2:22 as He had
done for the descendants of Ěsaw, who dwelt in Sĕʽir,
when He destroyed the Ḥorites from before them. They dispossessed them and dwelt
in their place, even to this day.
Deu 2:23 And the
Awwim who dwelt in villages as far as Azzah, the Kaphtorim who came from
Kaphtor, destroyed them and dwelt in their place).
Deu 2:24 ‘Arise,
set out and pass over the wadi Arnon. See, I have given into your hand Siḥon the
Amorite, sovereign of Ḥeshbon, and his land. Begin to possess it, and stir up
yourself against him in battle.
Deu 2:25 ‘This day
I begin to put the dread and fear of you upon the peoples under all the
heavens, who, when they hear the report of you, shall tremble and shake because
of you.’
Deu 2:26 “Then I
sent messengers from the Wilderness of Qeḏĕmoth
to Siḥon sovereign of Ḥeshbon,
with words of peace, saying,
Deu 2:27 ‘Let me
pass over through your land on the highway. I shall go on the highway and turn
neither to the right nor to the left.
Deu 2:28 ‘What
food you sell me for silver I shall eat, and what water you give me for silver
I shall drink. Only let me pass over on foot,
Deu 2:29 as the
descendants of Ěsaw who dwell in Sĕʽir and
the Mo’aḇites who dwell in Ar did for me – until I pass over the
Yardĕn to the land יהוה our Elohim is
giving us.’
Deu 2:30 “But Siḥon
sovereign of Ḥeshbon would not let us pass over, for יהוה your Elohim
hardened his spirit and strengthened his heart, to give him into your hand, as
it is this day.
Deu 2:31 “And יהוה said to me, ‘See, I have begun to give Siḥon and
his land over to you. Begin to possess – in order to possess his land.’
Deu 2:32 “And Siḥon and
all his people came out against us to fight at Yahats,
Deu 2:33 and יהוה our Elohim gave him over to us, so we
smote him, and his sons, and all his people.
Deu 2:34 “And we
took all his cities at that time, and we put the men, women, and little ones of
every city under the ban, we left none remaining.
Deu 2:35 “Only the
livestock we took as plunder for ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which
we captured.
Deu 2:36 “From Aroʽĕr,
which is on the edge of the wadi Arnon, and the city that is by the wadi, as
far as Gilʽaḏ, there was not one city too high for us. יהוה our Elohim gave all to us.
Deu 2:37 “Only you
did not go near the land of the children of Ammon – anywhere along the wadi
Yabboq, or to the cities of the mountains, or wherever יהוה our Elohim had forbidden us.
Deu 3:1 “Then we turned and went up the way to
Bashan. And Oḡ sovereign of Bashan
came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Eḏreʽi.
Deu 3:2 “And
יהוה said to me,
‘Do not fear him, for I have given him and all his people and his land into
your hand. And you shall do to him as you did to Siḥon
sovereign of the Amorites, who dwelt at Ḥeshbon.’
Deu 3:3 “So יהוה our Elohim also gave into our hands Oḡ
sovereign of Bashan, with all his people, and we smote him until he had no
survivors remaining.
Deu 3:4 “And we
captured all his cities at that time. There was not a city which we did not
take from them: sixty cities, all the district of Argoḇ, the
reign of Oḡ in Bashan.
Deu 3:5 “All these
cities were fenced with high walls, gates and bars, besides a great many
unwalled towns.
Deu 3:6 “And we
put them under the ban, as we did to Siḥon
sovereign of Ḥeshbon, putting the men, the women, and the children of every city under the ban.
Deu 3:7 “But all
the livestock and the spoil of the cities we took as booty for ourselves.
Deu 3:8 “And at
that time we took the land, from the hand of the two sovereigns of the
Amorites, that was beyond the Yardĕn, from the wadi Arnon to Mount Ḥermon
Deu 3:9 “(Tsiḏonians
call Ḥermon, Siryon – and the Amorites call it Senir),
Deu 3:10 all the
cities of the plain, all Gilʽaḏ, and all Bashan, as far as Salḵah and
Eḏreʽi,
cities of the reign of Oḡ in Bashan.
Deu 3:11 “For only
Oḡ
sovereign of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Repha’ites. See, his bedstead
was an iron bedstead. Is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? Nine cubits
is its length and four cubits its width, according to the cubit of a man. (about
4m)
Deu 3:12 “And this
land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroʽĕr,
which is by the wadi Arnon, and half the mountains of Gilʽaḏ and
its cities, I gave to the Re’uḇĕnites and the Gaḏites.
Deu 3:13 “And the
rest of Gilʽaḏ, and all Bashan, the reign of Oḡ, I
gave to half the tribe of Menashsheh – all the district of Argoḇ, with
all Bashan, called the land of the Repha’ites.
Deu 3:14 “Yaʽir son
of Menashsheh had taken all the district of Argoḇ, as
far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maʽaḵathites,
and called them after his own name: the Bashan of Hawoth Yaʽir, to
this day.
Deu 3:15 “And to
Maḵir I gave Gilʽaḏ.
Deu 3:16 “And to
the Re’uḇĕnites and the Gaḏites I gave from Gilʽaḏ as far as the wadi Arnon, the middle of the wadi as the
border, as far as the wadi Yabboq, the border of the children of Ammon,
Deu 3:17 and the
desert plain, with the Yardĕn as the border, from Kinnereth as far as the Sea
of the Araḇah, the Salt Sea, below the slopes of Pisgah on the east.
Deu 3:18 “And I
commanded you at that time, saying, ‘יהוה your Elohim
has given you this land to possess. All you sons of might, pass over armed
before your brothers, the children of Yisra’ĕl.
Deu 3:19 ‘But let
your wives and your little ones, and your livestock – I know that you have much
livestock – stay in your cities which I have given you,
Deu 3:20 until יהוה has given rest to your brothers as to you,
and they also possess the land which יהוה your Elohim is
giving them beyond the Yardĕn. Then you shall return, each man to his
possession which I have given you.’
Deu 3:21 “And I
commanded Yehoshua at that time, saying, ‘Your eyes have seen all that יהוה your Elohim has done to these two
sovereigns. יהוה does the same
to all the reigns which you are passing over.
Deu 3:22 ‘Do not
fear them, for יהוה your Elohim
Himself fights for you.’
We need to remind ourselves that the command to put a
people under the ban is an issue that is both painful and unpleasant to even
consider. There are commands in the
Torah that command the total and complete annihilation of
certain people groups.
Deu
7:1 “When יהוה your Elohim
brings you into the land which you go to possess, He shall also clear away many
nations before you: the Ḥittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Kenaʽanites
and the Perizzites and the Ḥiwwites and the Yeḇusites,
seven nations greater and mightier than you.
Deu 7:2 “And when יהוה your Elohim gives them over to you, you
shall smite them and put them under the ban, completely. Make no covenant with
them, and show them no favour.
Deu 7:3 “And do
not intermarry with them – you do not give your daughter to his son, and you do
not take his daughter for your son,
Deu 7:4 for he
turns your sons away from following Me, to serve other mighty ones. Then the
displeasure of יהוה shall burn
against you and promptly destroy you.
Deu 7:5 “But this
is what you do to them: Break down their altars, and smash their pillars, and
cut down their Ashĕrim, and burn their carved images with fire.
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 7:16 “And you shall consume all the peoples whom יהוה your Elohim is
delivering over to you – your eye shall not pardon them. And do not serve their
mighty ones, for that is a snare to you.
Disobedience to these commandments has cost Yisrael
dearly. See Ps 106:34 …
Num 33:55 ‘And if
you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall
be that those whom you let remain shall be pricks in your eyes and thorns in
your sides, and they shall trouble you in the land where you dwell. (own
emphasis)
Num 33:56 ‘And it shall be that I do to you as I
thought to do to them.’ ”
Finally we need to consider the enormous change in
mindset and lifestyle that will come upon an end time generation. A generation
that has completely broken loose from Esaw’s influence and have turned their
backs on everything that attaches them in any way to Esaw. A generation that is
willing to do whatever it costs to reach their destination, even totally
annihilating those whom YHVH has ordered to be so; an end time generation that
has a quality that no other generations have ever possessed; a generation that
will be counted as Israel was in the wilderness – a generation of 600 000
men and their families ready to enter into their inheritance.
Please
note these notes are under construction and are subject to correction and are
in no way a final authority on any subject