Blessed are You, YHVH our Elohim, Creator of the universe, who desires covenantal intimacy with His called-out ones – blessed are these whom You have called and given a heart that longs for and deeply desires this covenantal life. Please, YHVH, our Elohim, sweeten the words of Your Torah in our hearts and in the hearts of Your people, the family of Israel. May we and our offspring and the offspring of Your people, the house of Jacob – all of us – know Your Name and study Your Torah so that we may sincerely love one another and love You above all. Please uncover our eyes and open our hearts that we may carefully examine and receive the marvels and mysteries of Your Torah. Blessed are You, YHVH, who has enterd into covenant with the set apart ones of Israel – through Yahshua our Messiah - Amein.
וישׁב
Gen
37:1 And
Ya‛aqoḇ dwelt (וישׁב) in the land of his father’s sojournings, (מגורי) in the land of Kena‛an.
וישׁב יעקב בארץ מגורי אביו בארץ כנען׃
The sages focus heavily on the contrast between “settled”
(vayeshev) implying permanence, rest, and tranquility and “sojourning”
(megurei) implying impermanence, strangerhood and pilgrimage.
The word ‘’megurei’’ underscores that the land was still
only a place of sojourning for Jacob’s family (as it had been for Abraham and
Isaac). Jacob wanted permanent peaceful settlement after his turbulent life
(Esau, Laban, Dinah, etc.), but YHVH disrupted that desire with the Joseph
saga. The sages see this as a divine caution against seeking and expecting too
much ease in this world.
This highlights that the full inheritance and security of
the land had not yet arrived
Some midrashim connect it to the broader theme that true
“settling” for the righteous only comes in the World to Come, not in this
imperfect world.
Ramban emphasizes the contrast with Esau: Esau and his
descendants took permanent possession (achuzah) of their land (Mount Seir –
which didn’t prove that permanent either)
‘’Megurei’’ carries an emotional tone of alienation,
hostility and impermanence, even in the Promised Land, Jacob still feels like a
stranger and a temporary dweller and sometimes even a trespasser unwelcome in
the land promised to them by YHVH.
This opening verse is often read as a theological lesson:
Righteous people cannot expect complete rest and security in this world; trials
often follow attempts at tranquility. It also foreshadows the long exile and
sojourning of a chosen people.
Heb 11:8 By belief, Aḇraham
obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he was about to receive
as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
Heb 11:9 By belief, he sojourned in the land of
promise as a stranger, dwelling in tents with Yitsḥaq and Ya‛aqoḇ,
the heirs with him of the same promise,
Heb 11:10 for he was looking for the city having
foundations, whose builder(בונה)
and maker (architect מכוננה)
is Elohim. (מכוננה)
- her founder, her establisher.
Mat 16:18 Yahshua says ‘’ I shall build (אבנה)My assembly, and the gates
of She’ol shall not overcome it’’
Heb
11:13 In belief all these died, not having received the promises, but
seeing them from a distance, welcomed and embraced them, and confessed that
they were aliens and strangers on the earth.
Heb
11:39 And having obtained witness through the belief, all these did not
receive the promise,c Footnote: cSee Heb_11:13. (the promise of
what? The Messiah? The promised land and all its abundance? Victory over our
enemies? – views differ.)
Heb
11:40 Elohim having provided what is better for us, that they should not
be made perfect apart from us. (perfect 100% pure)
Gen 37:2 This is the genealogy of Ya‛aqoḇ. (Although it says, "of
Jacob," the narrative immediately focuses on Joseph at seventeen years old
and his brothers.) Yosěph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock
with his brothers. And the young man was with the sons of Bilhah and the sons
of Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Yosěph brought an evil report of them to his
father.
Genesis 37:2 singles out the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah,Dan,
Naphtali, Gad, - sages and scholars believe the reason must be important but
have long debated on these reasons for singling out the sons of the concubines
– however, there is no unified agreement why it is recorded in the Torah in
this way. (maybe concubines’ children were not as highly esteemed or even less
loved than the children from their madams – Leah and Rachel – maybe like
Yahshua’s disciples - fishermen)
Gen 37:3 And Yisra’ěl loved Yosěph more than all
his children, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a long
robe.
The robe given to Joseph in Genesis 37:3 is understood by
scholars and commentators to be a princely or royal garment. It signified
that Joseph was to be honoured above his older brothers, often interpreted as
Jacob designating him as the future head of the household, a right typically
reserved for the firstborn.
Gen 37:4 But when his brothers saw that their
father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and were not able
to speak peaceably to him.
Gen 37:5 And Yosěph dreamed a dream, and told it to
his brothers. So they hated him even more. (true of Joseph and true of
Messiah)
‘’God isn’t fair He is just’’ -Is 55:8,9 - Bob Mumford.
Gen 37:6 And he said to them, “Please listen to
this dream which I have dreamed:
Gen 37:7 “See, we were binding sheaves in the midst
of the field, and see, my sheaf rose up and also stood up. And see, your
sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheaf.”
Gen 37:8 And his brothers said to him, “Shall you
indeed reign over us? Shall you indeed rule over us?” So they hated him even
more for his dreams and for his words.
The Hebrew gives us more insight - Gen 37:8 ויאמרו לו אחיו המלך תמלך
עלינו אם־משׁול תמשׁל בנו
Lit
‘’are you going to be our king, yes our king
or (אם)
have dominion – yes complete dominion over us (בנו)’’
Gen 37:9 And he dreamed still another dream and
related it to his brothers, and said, “See, I have dreamed another dream, and
see, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars bowed down to me.”
Some interpreters (especially those who see Joseph as
a strong type or foreshadowing of the Messiah) do view the two dreams
in Genesis 37:8 and 37:9 as carrying possible symbolic or typological
significance related to the two comings of the Messiah (first coming in
humility/suffering and second coming in esteem and universal rule).
Gen 37:10 And he related it to his father and his
brothers. And his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that
you have dreamed? Shall we, your mother and I and your brothers, indeed come to
bow down to the earth before you?”
Gen 37:11 And his brothers envied him, but his
father guarded the word.
Isa
8:14 “And He shall be for a set-apart place, but a stone of stumbling and
a rock that makes for falling to both the houses of Yisra’ěl,
Isa
53:1 Who
has believed our report? And to whom was the arm of יהוה revealed?
Isa
53:2 For He grew up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of
dry ground. He has no form or splendour that we should look upon Him, nor
appearance that we should desire Him –
Isa
53:3 despised and rejected by men, a man of pains and knowing sickness.
And as one from whom the face is hidden, being despised, and we did not
consider Him.
Isa
53:4 Truly, He has borne our sicknesses and carried our pains. Yet we
reckoned Him smitten·, stricken by Elohim, and afflicted.
Isa
53:5 But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our
crookednesses. The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes
we are healed.
Isa
53:6 We all, like sheep, went astray, each one of us has turned to his
own way. And יהוה has laid on Him the
crookedness of us all.
Isa
53:7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted, but He did not open His
mouth. He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its
shearers is silent, but He did not open His mouth.
Isa
53:8 He was taken from prison and from judgment. And as for His
generation, who considered that He shall be cut off from the land of the
living? For the transgression of My people He was stricken.
Isa
53:9 And He was appointed a burial-site with the wrong, and with the rich
at His death, because He had done no violence, nor was deceit in His mouth.a
Footnote: a 1Pe_2:22.
Isa
53:10 But יהוה was pleased to crush Him, He
laid sickness on Him, that when He made Himself an offering for guilt, He would
see a seed, He would prolong His days and the pleasure of יהוה prosper in His hand.
Isa
53:11 He would see the result of the suffering of His life and be
satisfied. Through His knowledge My righteous Servant makes many righteous, and
He bears their crookednesses.
Isa
53:12 Therefore I give Him a portion among the great, and He divides the
spoil with the strong, because He poured out His being unto death, and He was
counted with the transgressors, and He bore the sin of many, and made
intercession for the transgressors.
Joseph Sold by His Brothers
Gen 37:12 And his brothers went to feed their
father’s flock in Sheḵem.
Gen 37:13 And Yisra’ěl said to Yosěph, “Are not
your brothers feeding the flock in Sheḵem?
Come, I send you to them.” So he said to him, “Here I am.”
Shechem as a Place of Danger and Past Sin Shechem carries
heavy baggage for Jacob’s family.
(Note the dotted letters over “את צאן”
suggesting a future reference to the Messianic age)
The Hidden Meaning: The Midrash (Genesis
Rabbah 84:13) suggests that the dots, which often signal that a word should be
deleted or changed, imply the brothers were neglecting their duties to their
father's sheep, highlighting their animosity towards Joseph and their insincerity
towards their father. (a problem that persists in both houses of Israel)
Irony and Foreshadowing of Family Division Shechem is not
a neutral place. It later becomes a site of major division in Israel’s history
(the kingdom splits there after Solomon — 1 Kings 12). In the Joseph story, it
symbolizes the growing fracture in Jacob’s family. The brothers’ journey to
Shechem separates them physically from their father and sets up the betrayal
that will send Joseph to Egypt — ironically preserving the family through
famine later. (great tribulation)
Joseph’s (Yahshua’s) obedient response (“Here I am” —
hineni) echoes Abraham’s readiness (Genesis 22) and shows his loyalty to his
father despite knowing his brothers hate him. Jewish sages (Rashi, Ramban,
etc.) see divine orchestration here: YHVH uses this journey (and even the
mysterious “man” who redirects Joseph to Dothan in v. 15–17) to fulfill His
purposes. What looks like a family errand is part of YHVH’s plan to get Joseph/Yahshua
to Egypt, from where where he will eventually save the family and fulfill his
dreams. Mt 2:15 - “Out of Mitsrayim I have
called My Son.” Exo_4:22-23, Hos_11:1,
Rev_21:7.
Gen 37:14 And he said to him, “Please go and see if
it is well with your brothers and well with the sheep, and bring back word to
me.” So he sent him out of the Valley of Ḥeḇron, and he went to Sheḵem.
Hebron is located
on a hill (actually part of the Judean hill country, at a high elevation of
about 3,000 feet / 900+ meters above sea level), yet Genesis 37:14 says Jacob
sent Joseph “out of the valley (עֵמֶק
/ emek) of Hebron.”
In other words, the word emek is deliberately chosen to
hint at the depth/mystery of YHVH’s decree or the profound divine plan. By
sending Joseph from the “valley/depth of Hebron,” the Torah reveals the hidden
counsel of YHVH’s counsel. (The Torah is like a parable)
‘’According to Matthew 13:10-17, Yahshua spoke in
parables to reveal the secrets of the kingdom of heaven to his disciples
while concealing them from those with hardened hearts. Parables served to fulfil
prophecy by separating listeners who genuinely sought understanding from those
who saw and heard without perceiving, thereby revealing individual spiritual
conditions’’
Gen 37:15 And a certain man found him, and see, he
was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying, “What do you
seek?” מה־תבקשׁ (Jn 20:15 - ־מִי תְבַקֵּשִׁי)
“who do you seek’’
Gen 37:16 And he said, “I am seeking my brothers.
Please inform me where they are feeding their sheep.”
Gen 37:17 And the man said, “They have left here,
for I heard them say, ‘Let us go towards Dothan.’ ” So Yosěph went after his
brothers and found them in Dothan - some interpret "Dothan"
(from dat meaning law – Persian/Aramaic) as the place where
the brothers sought a legal loophole or "double law" to justify their
actions against Joseph. The destruction of the Temple is seen as the ultimate
consequence when the law is used as a weapon of division rather than a source
of unity.
Maybe ‘’Dothan or double law or two wells’’ refers how
Israel would be divided – having two laws - like Jew and gentile – Jews have
the Torah, gentiles have the New testament.
Or maybe, ‘Dothan’’ or double law refers to that time
when Israel committed one of the most treacherous acts imaginable against YHVH –
while YHVH was preparing an eternal marriage covenant with His people Israel –
a ‘’ketubah’’ – the 10 sayings – Israel was having an idolatrous affair with a strange
‘’god’’ YHVH was so angry He broke the ‘’ketubah’’ the marriage covenant and
wanted to destroy the entire nation.
Moses intervenes –
Exo
32:10 “And now, let Me alone, that My wrath might burn against them and I
consume them and I make of you a great nation.”
Exo
32:11 But Mosheh pleaded with יהוה his Elohim, and said, “יהוה, why does Your wrath burn against Your
people whom You have brought out of the land of Mitsrayim with great power and
with a strong hand?
Exo
32:12 “Why should the Mitsrites speak, and say, ‘For evil He brought them
out to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the
earth’? Turn from the heat of Your wrath, and relent from this evil to Your
people.
Exo
32:13 “Remember Aḇraham, Yitsḥaq, and Yisra’ěl, Your servants, to whom You swore by Yourself, and
said to them, ‘I increase your seed like the stars of the heavens. And all this
land that I have spoken of I give to your seed, and they shall inherit it
forever.’ ”
Exo
32:14 And יהוה relented from the evil which
He said He would do to His people.
Exo
32:15 And Mosheh turned and went down from the mountain, and in his hand
were the two tablets of the Witness, tablets written on both their sides,
written on the one and on the other.
Exo
32:19 And it came to be, as soon as he came near the camp, that he saw
the calf and the dancing. And Mosheh’s displeasure burned, and he threw the
tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.
Exo
34:1 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Cut two tablets of stone
like the first ones, and I shall write on these tablets the Words that were on
the first tablets which you broke.
Maybe
Dothan reminded us of covenantal renewal – a second set of tablets – the same
covenant – renewed.
The
New Covenant
Jer
31:31 “See, the days are coming,” declares יהוה, “when I shall make a renewed covenant
with the house of Yisra’ěl and with the house of Yehuḏah,a Footnote: a Heb_8:8-12,
Heb_10:16-17.
Jer
31:32 not like the covenant I made with their fathers in the day when I
strengthenedb their hand to bring them out of the land of Mitsrayim, My
covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares יהוה. Footnote: bCommonly understood as “take
hold of.”
Jer
31:33 “For this is the covenant I shall make with the house of Yisra’ěl
after those days, declares יהוה: I shall put My Torah in their inward parts, and write it on
their hearts. And I shall be their Elohim, and they shall be My people.
Hesed: The Hebrew Word That Changes How You Read the
Entire Bible
https://youtu.be/Qqvf4b8w5kk?si=wAVXuy_GqAH40evc
Gen 37:18 And they saw him from a distance, and
before he came near them, they plotted against him, to kill him.
And so Yahshua was sent by YHVH to renew this ancient
covenant – and we killed Him.
And YHVH looks for an intercessor – a Moses – and He can’t
find one.
Eze
22:30 “And I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand
in the breach before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it –
but I did not find one!
Isa
59:16 And He saw that there was no man, and was astonished that there was
no intercessor. So His own arm saved for Him, and His righteousness upheld
him.
Yahshua
and Yahshua alone is YHVH’s Righteousness – and we are BECOMING that
righteousness – 2Co 5:21 For He made Him who
knew no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness
of Elohim.
Isa 48:8 “No, you have not heard; no, you have not
known; no, from of old your ear has not been open. Because I knew that you are
indeed treacherous and are called ’a transgressor from the womb.’
Isa 48:9 “For My Name’s sake I postponed My
displeasure, and for My praise I held it back from you, so as not to cut you
off.
Isa 48:10 “See, I have refined you, but not as
silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.a Footnote: aSee
also Deu_8:2-16.
Isa 48:10 הנה
צרפתיך ולא בכסף בחרתיך בכור עני׃
If we
were refined as silver none of us would survive – so, YHVH preserves a not yet
fully refined remnant and continues to refine them in His millennial kingdom –
not by fire but by His Word –
Jer
50:20 “In those days and at that time,”(era) declares יהוה, “the crookedness of
Yisra’ěl shall be searched for, but there shall be none; and the sin of Yehuḏah, but none shall be found. For I
shall pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.
Isa 48:11 “For My own sake, for My own sake,
I do it. For how (should My name)be profaned? And My esteem I do not give to
another.
Isa 48:11
למעני למעני אעשׂה כי איך יחל וכבודי לאחר לא־אתן׃
On
account of Me – On account of Me – I shall do this – how can My esteem be
profaned? I will not give it to another. (no one can claim any credit for their
performance)
‘’The phrase "but not as silver" in Isaiah
48:10 indicates that while YHVH does refine his people through affliction,
he does not put them through the same intense, total refining process
used for silver. If YHVH were to refine them with the extreme severity required
to remove all dross from silver, it would result in their
destruction, rather than their purification’’
It is practically impossible to purify silver to 100%
Silver in its molten state will reflect your image – almost
perfectly. Once it is poured it loses its almost perfect reflective ability.
If YHVH does not shorten the end time tribulation
(purification) none of us will survive – Mat 24:22 “And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would
be saved, but for the sake of the chosen ones those days shall be
shortened.
In the Messianic Kingdom, this cycle is
finally broken and our ‘’refining’’ (100%) comes through the Torah as taught by
Yahshua –
Isa 2:2 And it shall be in the latter days that the
mountain of the House of יהוה is established on the top of the
mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills. And all nations shall flow to
it.
Isa 2:3 And many peoples shall come and say, “Come,
and let us go up to the mountain of יהוה, to the House of the
Elohim of Ya‛aqoḇ, and
let Him teach us His ways, and let us walk in His paths, for out of Tsiyon
comes forth the Torah, and the Word of יהוה
from Yerushalayim.”
Isa 2:4 And He shall judge between the nations, and
shall reprove many peoples. And they shall beat their swords into ploughshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against
nation, neither teach battle any more.
Isa 2:5 O house of Ya‛aqoḇ, come and let us walk in the light of יהוה.
Gen 37:19 And they said to each other, “See, this
master of dreams is coming! (Only Yahshua ‘’the dreamer’’ can purify us
100%.
Gen 37:20 “Now, then, come and let us now kill him
and throw him into some pit, and shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’
Let us then see what comes of his dreams!”
Gen 37:21 But Re’uḇěn
heard and rescued him from their hands, and said, “Let us not strike his
being.”
Gen 37:22 And Re’uḇěn
said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit which is in the
wilderness, and do not lay a hand on him” – in order to rescue him out of their
hands, and bring him back to his father.
Gen 37:23 So it came to be, when Yosěph had come to
his brothers, that they stripped Yosěph of his robe, the long robe which was on
him. (sound familiar?)
Gen 37:24 And they took him and threw him into a
pit. And the pit was empty, there was no water in it. (sound familiar?)
Gen 37:25 And they sat down to eat a meal. And they
lifted their eyes and looked and saw a company of Yishma‛ělites, coming from
Gil‛aḏ with their camels,
bearing spices, and balm, and myrrh, going to take them down to
Mitsrayim.
Gen 37:26 And Yehuḏah
said to his brothers, “What would we gain if we kill our brother and conceal
his blood? (Judas (from the tribe of Judah) did not kill the Messiah, he
paid 30 pieces of silver to sell him as a slave)
Gen 37:27 “Come and let us sell him to the
Yishma‛ělites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our
flesh.” And his brothers listened.
Gen 37:28 And men, Miḏyanite
traders passed by, so they pulled Yosěph up and lifted him out of the pit, and
sold him to the Yishma‛ělites for twenty pieces of silver. And they took Yosěph
to Mitsrayim.
Gen 37:29 And Re’uḇěn
returned to the pit, and see, Yosěph was not in the pit. And he tore his
garments. (Reuben knew this would destroy his father)
Gen 37:30 And he returned to his brothers and said,
“The boy is gone! And I, where am I to go?”
Gen 37:31 So they took Yosěph’s robe, slew a male
goat, and dipped the robe in the blood,
Gen 37:32 and sent the long robe and brought it to
their father and said, “We have found this. Please look, is it the robe of your
son or not?” (phrase (הכר־נא)
‘’please look’’ is repeated again in Genesis
38:25: Tamar says this to Judah while
holding his staff, cord, and seal, saying "identify/recognize now" (הַכֶּר־נָא) to whom these belong-
Judah was falsely accusing Tamar)
Gen 37:33 And he recognised it and said, “It is my
son’s robe. An evil beast has devoured him. Yosěph is torn, torn to
pieces.”
Gen 37:34 And Ya‛aqoḇ
tore his garments, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many
days.
Gen 37:35 And all his sons and all his daughters
arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and he said, “Now let me
go down into She’ol to my son in mourning.” So his father wept for him.
Gen 37:36 And the Miḏanites
had sold him in Mitsrayim to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the
guard.
Blessed are
you YHVH, 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 – Amein.
Additional
midrash and challenge:
YHVH -
Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith through Yahshua – Hebrews 12 (summarized)
Do you see what this means— we are surrounded by a crowd of
witnesses past and present who have gone through these same trails - cheering
us on? It means we must move on to spiritual maturity. So then, let us rid ourselves of everything
that gets in the way, and of the sin which holds on to us so tightly, and let
us run with determination the race that lies before us keeping your eyes
on Yahshua, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study
how he did it, because he never lost sight of where he was headed - And now
he’s there, in the place of honour, right alongside YHVH. When you
find yourselves discouraged or depressed, go over this truth again and again
-Torah portion by Torah portion - the journey of our Fathers – Abraham Isaac
and Jacob who endured great suffering but persevered to the end.
In this all-out match against sin and opposition, others
have suffered far worse than you, to say nothing of what Yahshua went
through—all that bloodshed and suffering! So don’t feel sorry for yourselves.
Or have you forgotten how good parents treat children, and that YHVH regards
you as His children?
My dear child, don’t shrug off YHVH’s discipline,
but don’t be crushed by it either.
It’s the child He loves that he disciplines;
the child He embraces, he also corrects.
YHVH is educating you; that’s why you must never give up.
He’s treating you as precious children. This difficulty you’re in isn’t
punishment; it’s training, the normal experience of being a
disciple. We respect our own parents for training and not spoiling us, so why
not embrace YHVH’s training so we can truly live? While we were
children, our parents did what seemed best to them. But YHVH
is doing what is best for us, training us to live according to
His purposes. At the time, discipline isn’t much fun. It always feels like it’s
going against the grain. Later, of course, it pays off big-time, for it’s the
well-trained who find themselves mature in their relationship with YHVH and
with man and receive favour to persevere to the end.
So, no more time for self-pity! No
more dragging your feet! Prepare yourself for a long-distance journey. Help
each other out. And embrace the journey!
Work at getting along with each
other and with the desire of your Heavenly Father. There is an eternal and
great reward - Make sure no one gets left out of YHVH generosity. Keep a sharp
eye out for weeds of bitterness. A weed or two gone to seed can ruin a whole
garden in no time. Watch out for the Esau syndrome: trading away YHVH’s
lifelong gift in order to satisfy a short-term appetite. You well know how Esau
later regretted that impulsive act and wanted YHVH’s blessing—but by then it
was too late, tears or no tears.
So don’t turn a deaf ear to these
gracious words. If those who ignored earthly warnings didn’t get away with it,
what will happen to us if we turn our backs on heavenly warnings? His voice at
Sinai at time shook the earth to its foundations; this time— He states very
clearly —that there will be a far greater shaking of the heavens and the earth
- One last shaking, from top to bottom, stem to stern.” The phrase “one last
shaking” means a thorough housecleaning, getting rid of all the historical and
religious junk so that His unshakable kingdom will stand forever -clear, clean
and uncluttered.
Do you see what we’ve got? An
unshakable kingdom! And do you see how thankful we must be? Not only thankful,
but overflowing with worship, deeply grateful to YHVH. For YHVH is not an
indifferent bystander. He’s actively cleaning house, torching all that needs to
burn, and he won’t quit until it’s all cleansed. YHVH himself is the Fire!
