Parashat 9- Vayeishev – and he settled
Genesis/Beresheet 37:1 - 40:23
Some commentaries suggest that the title of this week’s parasha “vayeishev”- “and he settled” is also perhaps the reason why Yakov experienced so many trials. The fathers of our faith, they say, were not settlers but pilgrims. Settling down can cause spiritual stagnation and prevent one from reaching your destination.
Perhaps the title of this week’s parasha contains a prophetic message that the descendants of Yakov will settle down once again in the land of Yisrael forever when the Messiah returns.
The root of the Hebrew word used in this week’s parasha is “yashav”. This word is often found in the Torah and can be defined as to “sit, settle or reside”
From a “Hebraic” perspective we understand that to “yashav” is a temporary blessing, enjoyed only for short periods of time during our pilgrimage here on earth.
We see this was the pattern of our fathers.
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 Yaʽaqoḇ, the heirs with him of the same promise,
Heb 11:10 for he was looking for the city having foundations, whose builder and maker is Elohim.
Heb 11:13 In belief all these died, not having received the promises [1] but seeing them from a distance, welcomed and embraced them, and confessed that they were aliens and strangers on the earth. Footnote: 1See v. 39.
Heb 11:14 For those who speak this way make it clear that they seek a fatherland.
Today we understand that to be a pilgrim does not mean you have to change your address every few months. However as “pilgrims” here on earth we have discovered that the “scenery” of our lives can change dramatically from time to time. In fact we know that this is the evidence that we are being led by the Ruach of YHVH. When we have set our hearts to pilgrimage we discover that our lives are definitely not “boring” and we learn to accept both the pain and the joy of this journey.
tehillim/Psa 84:5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, Your Highways are in their heart.
Psa 84:6 Passing through the valley of weeping, They make it a fountain; The Teacher also covers it with blessings.
Psa 84:7 They go from strength to strength, Appearing before Elohim in Tsiyon.
Yakov knows what it means to go through the valley of suffering “bacah” now he finds himself “sitting” he is in a kind of transition. Yakov has just suffered the loss of the love of his life – Rachel - and we know that he is about to suffer another loss – the apparent death of his favourite son – Yosef. This deception of his sons nearly killed Yakov. The journey almost became totally unbearable for him. Some of you reading this know what this means.
The sages tell us that Yaakov Avinu (our father Yakov/Jacob) wanted to live in peace and tranquillity. YHVH said "Is it not enough for the righteous that they have their reward in the world-to-come - they also want to live in this world in serenity?"
What is that sustains one on this journey?
Passion!
The passion for truth, for His kingdom, for His Messiah, for Yerushalayim and the ultimate passion for YHVH Himself; to love Him with all your heart, being and might.
Tehillim/Psalm 73:25 Whom do I have in the heavens? And I have desired no one besides You on earth.
Every time we recite the “shema” we are expressing that the deepest desire of our hearts is to honour Him and love Him in the deepest way imaginable. We know that we are not fully capable of this but we believe that this will one day be the ultimate all -consuming reality of our lives.
Wonder of wonders miracle of miracles YHVH surrounds us with those extremely special relationships and other gifts here on earth that keep this ultimate reality alive and growing. (See Talmud, Sota 2 concering the Zivug)
Number Nine.
The 9th letter of the Aleph-bet is the letter tet, which can mean “to surround with goodness”.
The number nine paints a picture of bearing fruit and giving.
Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustworthiness, Gal 5:23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no Torah. (There is no specific instruction given concerning the measure of the giving and the receiving of these gifts.)
1 Corinthians 12:7-10 also mentions the nine gifts of the Ruach Ha kodesh (the Set apart Spirit).
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,
(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.)
Torah Readings:
1. 37:1-11
2. 37:12-22
3. 37:23-36
4. 38:1-30
5. 39:1-6
6. 39:7-23
7. 40:1-19
Maftir: 40:20-23
Haftarah: Amos 2:6 – 3:8
Aliyah Rishon – 37:1-11
Gen 37:1 And Ya’aqov dwelt in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Kena’an.
Gen 37:2 This is the genealogy of Ya’aqov. Yosĕph, 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 Yosĕph brought an evil report of them to his father.
It speaks of the “toldot” or genealogy of Yakov but then it goes on to tell the story of Yosef. Why? Because Yosef’s life is an amazing prophetic fulfillment of how the Messiah would accomplish the gathering of the 12 tribes of Israel to settle or “va yashev” in the land of Israel one day, again, forever.“ And Yosĕph brought an evil report of them to his father.”
In this context we believe evil or “ra-a” does not mean “lashon ha ra – a” or gossip, but Yosef was speaking the truth about their actions.
Gen 37:3 And Yisra’ĕl loved Yosĕph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a long robe.
The issue of favoritism evokes strong feelings of “unfairness” in us. The fact is that even YHVH seems to show special favour to some and not to others. See Rom 9. This is not easy to explain. Let us take some comfort in the following scriptures:
Yeshayahu/Isa 55:8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares יהוה.
Isa 55:9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.
Php 2:5 For, let this mind be in you which was also in Messiah יהושע,
Php 2:6 who, being in the form of Elohim, did not regard equality with Elohim a matter to be grasped,
Php 2:7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, and came to be in the likeness of men.
Php 2:8 And having been found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, death even of a stake.
Php 2:9 Elohim, therefore, has highly exalted Him and given Him the Name which is above every name,
Php 2:10 that at the Name of יהושע every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,
Php 2:11 and every tongue should confess that יהושע Messiah is Master, to the esteem of Elohim the Father.
Ber/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.
This is the same kind of treatment Yahshua received from his brothers when he was here.
Yochanan/Joh 15:25 but...that the word might be filled which was written in their Torah, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’
Gen 37:5 And Yosĕph dreamed a dream, and told it to his brothers. So they hated him even more.
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.
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.”
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.
Study the particulars of these two dreams carefully; they refer to the first and second comings of Yahshua.
Aliyah Sheni 37:12-22
Gen 37:12 And his brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Sheḵem.
Gen 37:13 And Yisra’ĕl said to Yosĕph, “Are not your brothers feeding the flock in Sheḵem? Come, I send you to them.” So he said to him, “Here I am.”
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.
The Torah is concealing a mystery in vs 14 because Hebron is not in a valley but on a hill. Why would the Torah deliberately make this kind of error?
The sages teach that Hebron was the burial place of Avraham. Avraham was called a friend of YHVH. The Hebrew meaning of “Hebron” comes from two Hebrew words “chaver na eh” meaning “pleasant companion”. This is possibly a reference to the kind of journey that Yosef would be travelling; from a valley of despair he would become a “pleasant companion” to his brothers and his father.
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?”
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 Yosĕph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.
“Dothan” means a place of “two wells” In Aramaic Dothan can mean “double law” The reference here is obvious, the brother of Yosef were not in “good place” because they were not been established in the Torah of YHVH alone, they were drinking from another law or well as well. This is the sad state of mankind up to this day. We seek life where no life can be found.
Gen 37:18 And they saw him from a distance, and before he came near them, they plotted against him, to kill him.
Gen 37:19 And they said to each other, “See, this master of dreams is coming!
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’uḇĕn heard and rescued him from their hands, and said, “Let us not take his life.”
Gen 37:22 And Re’uḇĕn 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.
When the great Shepherd of the sheep (Yahshua) came to seek and save the lost sheep of the house of Yisrael, his brothers also plotted to kill him.
Aliyah Shlishi 37:23-36
Gen 37:23 So it came to be, when Yosĕph had come to his brothers, that they stripped Yosĕph of his robe, the long robe which was on him.
Gen 37:24 And they took him and threw him into a pit. And the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
Gen 37:25 And they sat down to eat a meal. And they lifted their eyes and looked and saw a company of Yishma’ĕlites, coming from Gil’ad 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?
Gen 37:27 “Come and let us sell him to the Yishma’ĕlites, 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 Yosĕph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Yishma’ĕlites for twenty pieces of silver. And they took Yosĕph to Mitsrayim.
The price of a dead slave was 30 pieces of silver – Shemot/Exo 21:32 “If the ox gores a male or female servant, he is to give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox is stoned.
The price of a live slave was 20 pieces of silver. The religious leaders had no intention of keeping Yahshua alive they desperately wanted him dead.
Gen 37:29 And Re’uḇĕn returned to the pit, and see, Yosĕph was not in the pit. And he tore his garments.
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 Yosĕph’s robe, killed 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?”
Gen 37:33 And he recognised it and said, “It is my son’s robe. An evil beast has devoured him. Yosĕph is torn, torn to pieces.”
Gen 37:34 And Ya’aqov 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 the grave 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.
Aliyah Reviee 38:1-30
This is a parentheticical chapter about the life of Yahuda and covers a period of about 20 years.
Gen 38:1 And at that time it came to be that Yehuḏah left his brothers, and turned aside to a man, an Aḏullamite whose name was Ḥirah.
The Sages say that Yehudah/Judah left his home because he was so depressed about what he had done to his brother Yosef.. In this chapter we see that Yahuda looses his wife and two sons.
Gen 38:2 And Yehuḏah saw there a daughter of a certain Kena’anite whose name was Shuwa. And he took her and went in to her.
Gen 38:3 So she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Ěr.
"Er” spelled backwards is reish ayin which means evil. “Er” also means to “awaken” Perhaps Yehudah’s became aware of the evil he had done. Later we see how deeply he repented.
Gen 38:4 And she conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name Onan.
Gen 38:5 And she conceived yet again and bore a son, and called his name Shĕlah. And he was at Keziḇ when she bore him.
Gen 38:6 And Yehuḏah took a wife for Ěr his first-born, and her name was Tamar.
According to the Midrash, Tamar was the daughter of Noach’s son (Ber Rabbah 85:10) Obviously she was the daughter of a foreigner who lived in Kena’an/Canaan. It would be inconceivable to believe that Tamar was of Kena’anite/Canaanite decent as her offspring were to become part f the Messianic line.
Gen 38:7 But Ěr, Yehuḏah’s first-born, was evil in the eyes of יהוה, and יהוה took his life.
Gen 38:8 And Yehuḏah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife and marry her, and raise up an heir to your brother.”
Gen 38:9 And Onan knew that the offspring would not be his. And it came to be, when he went in to his brother’s wife, that he spilled on the ground, lest he should give an offspring to his brother.
Gen 38:10 But what he did displeased יהוה, so He took his life too.
Gen 38:11 Then Yehuḏah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house until my son Shĕlah is grown.” For he said, “Lest he also die as his brothers did.” And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
Gen 38:12 And after a long time the daughter of Shuwa, Yehuḏah’s wife, died. And Yehuḏah was comforted, and went up to his sheep-shearers at Timnah, he and his friend Ḥirah the Aḏullamite.
Gen 38:13 And it was reported to Tamar, saying, “See, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
Gen 38:14 And she took off her widow’s garments, and covered herself with a veil and wrapped herself, and sat at the entrance to Ěnayim which was on the way to Timnah. For she saw that Shĕlah was grown, and she was not given to him as a wife.
Judges 14 also speaks of Timnah - this is the place where Shimshon was deceived by his wife.
Gen 38:15 And Yehuḏah saw her, and reckoned her for a whore, for she had covered her face.
Gen 38:16 And he turned aside to her by the way, and said, “Please let me come in to you,” for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, “What do you give me to come in to me?”
Gen 38:17 And he said, “Let me send you a young goat from the flock.” And she said, “Do you give me a pledge until you send it?”
Gen 38:18 So he said, “What pledge should I give you?” And she said, “Your seal and your cord and your staff that is in your hand.” And he gave them to her, and went in to her, and she conceived by him.
Gen 38:19 And she arose and went away, and removed her veil and put on the garments of her widowhood.
Gen 38:20 And Yehuḏah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend the Aḏullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand, but he did not find her.
Gen 38:21 And he asked the men of that place, saying, “Where is the cult prostitute who was beside the way to Ěnayim?” And they said, “There was no cult prostitute in this place.”
Gen 38:22 And he returned to Yehuḏah and said, “I have not found her. And the men of the place also said there was no cult prostitute in this place.”
Gen 38:23 And Yehuḏah said, “Let her take them for herself, lest we become despised, for I sent this young goat and you have not found her.”
Gen 38:24 And it came to be, about three months after, that Yehuḏah was informed, saying, “Tamar your daughter-in-law has whored, and see, she has conceived by whoring.” And Yehuḏah said, “Bring her out and let her be burned!”
Gen 38:25 When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “By the man to whom these belong, I am pregnant.” And she said, “Please examine whose these are: the seal and the cord and the staff.”
Tamar uses the Hebrew words “haker na” meaning “please identify”. These were the very same words Yehudah used when he asked his father Yakov to identify the bloodied garments of his son Yosef in 37:22.
This is why Yehudah is so quick to repent as he realizes his own guilt in this brother’s disappearance.
Gen 38:26 And Yehuḏah examined and said, “She has been more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shĕlah my son.” And he never knew her again.
Gen 38:27 And it came to be, at the time for giving birth, that see, twins were in her womb.
Gen 38:28 And it came to be, when she was giving birth, that the one put out his hand. And the midwife took a scarlet thread and bound it on his hand, saying, “This one came out first.”
Gen 38:29 And it came to be, as he drew back his hand, that see, his brother came out! And she said, “How did you break through? This breach be upon you!” So his name was called Perets.
Gen 38:30 And afterward his brother came out who had the scarlet thread on his hand. So his name was called Zeraḥ.
Peretz is a picture of Messiah who “breaks forth” The red string speaks of redemption and it appears only for a short time, as Messiah appeared first only for a short time.
Apparently it is highly unlikely that an unborn child will cause one of his limbs to protrude from his/her mother before they are born. This was a highly unusual event pointing us to Messiah.
Aliyah Chamish 39:1-6
Gen 39:1 And Yosĕph had been taken down to Mitsrayim. And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, a Mitsrite, bought him from the Yishma’ĕlites who had taken him down there.
Gen 39:2 And it came to be that יהוה was with Yosĕph, and he became a prosperous man, and was in the house of his master the Mitsrite.
Gen 39:3 And his master saw that יהוה was with him and that יהוה made all he did to prosper in his hand.
Gen 39:4 So Yosĕph found favour in his eyes, and served him, and he appointed him over his house, and gave into his hand all that he had.
Gen 39:5 And it came to be, from the time that he appointed him over his house and all that he had, that יהוה blessed the Mitsrite’s house for Yosĕph’s sake. And the blessing of יהוה was on all that he had in the house and in the field.
Gen 39:6 And he left in Yosĕph’s hand all that he had, and he did not know what he had except for the bread which he ate. And Yosĕph was handsome in form and appearance.
Aliyah Shishi 39:7-23
We see that our Messiah Yahshua could not be seduced by the seduction of a manmade religion in his time and he too paid a high price.
How willing are we today to suffer for a cause that is that this world despises and rejects?
Gen 39:7 And after these events it came to be that his master’s wife lifted up her eyes to Yosĕph and said, “Lie with me.”
Gen 39:8 But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, my master does not know what is with me in the house, and he has given into my hand all that he has.
Gen 39:9 “No one is greater in this house than I, and he has not withheld whatever from me but you, because you are his wife. And how shall I do this great evil and sin against Elohim?”
Gen 39:10 And it came to be, as she spoke to Yosĕph day by day, that he did not listen to her, to lie with her, to be with her.
Gen 39:11 And it came to be on a certain day, when Yosĕph went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the house was inside,
Gen 39:12 that she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran outside.
Gen 39:13 And it came to be, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and fled outside,
Gen 39:14 that she called to the men of her house and spoke to them, saying, “See, he has brought in to us a Heḇrew to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice.
Gen 39:15 “And it came to be, when he heard that I lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me, and fled and went outside.”
Gen 39:16 And she kept his garment with her until his master came home.
Gen 39:17 And she spoke to him these same words, saying, “The Heḇrew servant whom you brought to us came in to me, to mock me, Gen 39:18 so it came to be, as I lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me and fled outside.”
Gen 39:19 And it came to be, when his master heard the words which his wife spoke to him, saying, “Your servant did to me according to these words,” that his displeasure burned.
Gen 39:20 Then Yosĕph’s master took him and put him into the prison, a place where the sovereign’s prisoners were confined. And he was there in the prison.
Gen 39:21 But יהוה was with Yosĕph and extended kindness to him, and He gave him favour in the eyes of the prison warden.
Gen 39:22 And the prison warden gave into the hand of Yosĕph all the prisoners who were in the prison, and whatever was done there was his doing.
Gen 39:23 The prison warden did not look into any point that was under Yosĕph’s hand, because יהוה was with him. And whatever he did, יהוה made it prosper.
Aliyah Sheviee 40:1-23
Gen 40:1 And after these events it came to be that the cupbearer and the baker of the sovereign of Mitsrayim sinned against their master, the sovereign of Mitsrayim.
Gen 40:2 And Pharaoh was wroth with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
Gen 40:3 So he put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Yosĕph was a prisoner.
Gen 40:4 And the captain of the guard put Yosĕph in charge of them, and he served them. So they were in confinement for some time.
Gen 40:5 Then the cupbearer and the baker of the sovereign of Mitsrayim, who were confined in the prison, dreamed a dream, both of them, each man’s dream in one night and each man’s dream with its own interpretation.
Gen 40:6 And Yosĕph came in to them in the morning and looked at them and saw that they were sad.
Gen 40:7 And he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in confinement of his master’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”
Gen 40:8 And they said to him, “We each have dreamed a dream, and there is no one to interpret it.” And Yosĕph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to Elohim? Relate them to me, please.”
Gen 40:9 So the chief cupbearer related his dream to Yosĕph, and said to him, “See, in my dream a vine was before me,
Gen 40:10 and in the vine were three branches, and it was as though it budded – its blossoms shot forth, and its clusters brought forth ripe grapes.
Gen 40:11 “And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand. So I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”
Gen 40:12 And Yosĕph said to him, “This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days.
Gen 40:13 “Yet, within three days Pharaoh is going to lift up your head and restore you to your place, and you shall put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand according to the former ruling, when you were his cupbearer.
Gen 40:14 “But remember me when it is well with you, and please show kindness to me. And mention me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this house.
Gen 40:15 “For truly I was stolen away from the land of the Heḇrews. And also I have done naught that they should put me into the dungeon.”
Gen 40:16 And the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, and he said to Yosĕph, “I also was in my dream and saw three white baskets were on my head,
Gen 40:17 and in the uppermost basket all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head.”
Gen 40:18 And Yosĕph answered and said, “This is the interpretation of it: The three baskets are three days.
Gen 40:19 “Yet, within three days Pharaoh is going to lift off your head from you and hang you on a tree. And the birds shall eat your flesh from you.”
Gen 40:20 And on the third day, Pharaoh’s birthday, it came to be that he made a feast for all his servants. And he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and of the chief baker among his servants,
Gen 40:21 and he restored the chief cupbearer to his post of cupbearer again, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand,
Gen 40:22 but he hanged the chief baker, as Yosĕph had interpreted to them.
Gen 40:23 And the chief cupbearer did not remember Yosĕph, but forgot him.
Yahshua was born in Beit Lechem – the house of bread. He too was hanged on a tree.
Yahshua like a cup bearer sits at the right hand of the Father in heaven.
This Torah portion causes one to seriously consider the life of Yahshua as it relates to Yosef. There is a very serious warning in the apostolic scriptures in 2 Cor. 11:3,4.
2Co 11:3 But I am afraid, lest, as the serpent deceived Chawwah 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 (Yahshua) 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.
The real Messiah was a Jewish rabbi who taught an extremely strict observance of the Torah and his good news was about how YHVH would bring together again the tribes of Yisrael and all those who were grafted into them back to Yerushalayim to be joined together with Messiah in the future.
The church has not replaced Yisrael and is in error when they preach or teach any other kind of “Jesus” or “gospel” or receive any kind of spirit that does not lead them to the real Yahshua.
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 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. Ameyn.
Please note these notes are under construction and are subject to correction and are in no way a final authority on any subject.