Dev/Deut
29:10(9) – 30:20
"This day" is a reference to Yom
Teruah, the day on which we all stand in judgment before YHVH (the Torah reading of Nitzavim is always read
on the Shabbat before “Rosh Hashanah”/Yom Teruah) - Rabbi Israel Baal Shem
Tov.”
Who is it that is standing and why are they
standing?
Once again this Torah portion gives us
critical eschatological insight concerning those who will stand before the Lamb
of YHVH in the end days.
We are once again confronted with the age
old debate about predestination – Armenianism verses Calvanism.
Let
us attempt to establish some kind of Hebraic perspective on this issue:
We
start with the closing verses of this week’s Torah portion –
Deu 30:14 “For the Word is very near you, in your mouth
and in your heart – to do it.
Deu 30:15 “See, I have set before you today life and
good, and death and evil,
Deu 30:16 in that I am commanding you today to love יהוה your Elohim, to walk in His ways,
and to guard His commands, and His laws, and His right-rulings. And you shall
live and increase, and יהוה your
Elohim shall bless you in the land which you go to possess.
Deu 30:17 “But if
your heart turns away, and you do not obey, and shall be drawn away, and shall
bow down to other mighty ones and serve them,
Deu 30:18 “I have
declared to you today that you shall certainly perish, you shall not prolong
your days in the land which you are passing over the Yardĕn to enter and
possess.
Deu 30:19 “I have
called the heavens and the earth as witnesses today against you: I have set
before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore you shall
choose life, so that you live, both you and your seed,
Deu 30:20 to love יהוה your Elohim, to obey His voice, and
to cling to Him – for He is your life and the length of your days – to dwell in
the land which יהוה swore to
your fathers, to Aḇraham, to Yitsḥaq, and to Yaʽaqoḇ, to give them.”
“Hebraic ethics is rooted in the doctrine
of human responsibility that is freedom of the will. “All is in the hands of
YHVH except the fear of YHVH” is an undisputed maxim of the sages. And to
subject our will to the will of our Father in Heaven is the great purpose of
man’s life on earth. Josephus states that the doctrine of free-will was
maintained by the Pharisees both against the Sadducees, who attributed
everything to chance, and the Essenes, who ascribed all the actions of man to
predestination and Divine Providence. “Free-will is granted to every man. If he
desires to incline towards the good way, and be righteous, he has the power to
do so; and if he desires to incline towards the unrighteous way, and be a
wicked man, he has the power to do so. Since this power of doing good and evil
is in our own hands, and since all the wicked deeds which we have committed
have been committed with our full conscience, it benefits us to turn to
penitence and forsake our evil deeds; the power of doing so being still in our
hands. The Free-will of man remains one
of the fundamental pillars of the Torah. – Maimonides” end quote taken and
adapted from Hertz Chumash.
The apostolic writings add to this
important issue by stating:
Rom 9:15 For He says to Mosheh, “I shall favour whomever
I favour, and I shall have compassion on whomever I have compassion.”
(Ex/Shemot 33:19)
Rom 9:16 So, then, it is not of him who is wishing,
nor of him who is running, but of Elohim who shows favour.
Rom 9:17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this
same purpose I have raised you up, to show My power in you, and that My Name be
declared in all the earth.”
Rom 9:18 So, then, He favours whom He wishes, and He
hardens whom He wishes.
Rom 9:19 Then you shall say to me, “Why does He still
find fault? For who has resisted His counsel?”
Rom 9:20 But who are you, O man, to talk back to
Elohim? Shall that which is formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made
me like this?”
Rom 9:21 Does not the potter have authority over the
clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for value and another not for
value?
Rom 9:22 And if Elohim, desiring to show wrath, and to
make His power known, with much patience tolerated the vessels of wrath
prepared for destruction,
Rom 9:23 and that He might make known the riches of
His esteem on vessels of compassion, which He had prepared beforehand for
esteem,
Rom 9:24 even whom He called, not only us of the Yehuḏim, but also of the
gentiles?
The severity of the
above scripture is verified once again in this week’s Torah portion:
Deu 29:18 lest there should be among you a man or woman
or clan or tribe, whose heart turns away today from יהוה our
Elohim, to go and serve the mighty ones of these nations, lest there should be
among you a root bearing bitterness or wormwood.
Deu 29:19 “And it
shall be, when he hears the words of this curse, that he should bless himself
in his heart, saying, ‘I have peace though I walk in the stubbornness of my
heart,’ in order to add drunkenness to thirst.
Deu 29:20 “יהוה would not forgive him, but rather,
the displeasure of יהוה and His
jealousy shall burn against that man, and every curse that is written in this
book shall settle on him, and יהוה shall
blot out his name from under the heavens.
Deu 29:21 “And יהוה shall separate him for evil, out of
all the tribes of Yisra’ĕl, according to all the curses of the covenant that
are written in this Book of the Torah.
Overview of Parasha:
“On the last day of his life, Moshe gathers all the people, young and
old, lowly and exalted, men and
women, in a final initiation. The covenant includes not only those who
are present, but even those generations yet unborn. Moshe admonishes the people
again to be extremely vigilant against idol worship because, in spite of having
witnessed the abominations of Egypt, there will always be the temptation to
experiment with foreign philosophies as a pretext for immorality. Moshe
describes the desolation of the Land of Israel which will result from failure
to heed YHVH’s mitzvoth (commandments). Descendants of that generation and
foreigners alike will remark on the singular desolation of the Land and its
apparent inability to be sown or to produce crops. The conclusion will be
apparent to all- Hebrews have forsaken the One who protects them in favor of
powerless idols. Moshe promises, however, that the people will eventually
repent after both the blessings and the curses have been fulfilled. However
assimilated they will have become among the nations, eventually YHVH will bring them back to Eretz Yisrael.
Moshe tells the people to remember that fulfilling the Torah is not an impossibility;
rather it’s within the grasp of every Hebrew. The parasha dramatically
concludes with Moshe comparing the Hebrew People’s choice to follow the Torah
to a choice between life and death. Moshe exhorts the people to choose life.” (Ohr Somayach)
Blessing for the Torah:
Baruch atah YHVH, Eloheynu, Melech ha-O’lam, asher bachar banu m’kol
ha-amim,
v’natan lanu eht Torah-to. Baruch atah YHVH, noteyn ha-Torah. Ameyn.”
(Blessed are you, YHVH, our Elohim , King of the Universe,
(Blessed are you, YHVH, our Elohim , King of the Universe,
ou 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 (the years when Nitzavim is read separately):
- 29:10-12
(9-11 Heb.)
- 29:13-15
(12-14 Heb.)
- 29:16-29
(15-28 Heb.)
- 30:1-6
- 30:7-10
- 30:11-14
- 30:15-20
- Maftir:
30:18-20
Haftarah: Yeshayahu/Isaiah 61:10 – 63:9
Isa 61:10 I greatly rejoice in יהוה, my
being exults in my Elohim. For He has put garments of deliverance on me, He has
covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with
ornaments, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Isa 62:1 For
Tsiyon’s sake I am not silent, and for Yerushalayim’s sake I do not rest, until
her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her deliverance as a lamp that
burns.
Isa 62:4 No longer are you called “Forsaken,” and no
longer is your land called “Deserted.” But you shall be called “Ḥephtsiḇah,”(my
desire is in her) and your land “Married,” for יהוה shall
delight in you, and your land be married.
Isa 62:6 I have set watchmen on your walls, O
Yerushalayim, all the day and all the night, continually, who are not silent.
You who remember יהוה, give yourselves no rest,
Isa 62:7 and give
Him no rest till He establishes and till He makes Yerushalayim a praise in the
earth.
Isa 62:10 Pass through, pass through the gates! Prepare
the way for the people. Build up, build up the highway! Remove the stones. Lift
up a banner for the peoples!
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.
Isa 63:5 “And I looked, but there was none helping,
and I was astonished that there was none upholding. So My own arm saved for Me,
and My wrath upheld Me.
Isa 63:6 “And I trod down peoples in My displeasure, and
made them drunk in My wrath, and brought down their strength to earth.”
Isa 63:7 Let me recount the kindnesses of יהוה and the praises of יהוה, according to all that יהוה has done for us, and the great
goodness toward the house of Yisra’ĕl, which He has done for them according to
His compassion, and according to His many kindnesses.
Isa 63:8 And He
said, “They are My people, children who
do not act falsely.” And He became their Saviour.
Isa 63:9 In all
their distress He was distressed, and the Messenger of His Presence saved them.
In His love and in His compassion He redeemed them, and He lifted them up and
carried them all the days of old.
Rev 19:9 And he said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those
who have been called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’ ” And he said to me,
“These are the true words of Elohim.”
Rev 19:11 And I saw the heaven opened, and there was a
white horse. And He who sat on him was called Trustworthy and True, and in
righteousness He judges and fights.1 Footnote: 1See Acts
10:42.
Rev 19:12 And His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on
His head were many crowns, having a Name that had been written, which no one
had perceived except Himself1 – Footnote: 1See 2:17.
Rev 19:13 and
having been dressed in a robe dipped in blood – and His Name is called: The
Word of יהוה.1 Footnote: 1John
1:1 & 14.
Aliyah
Rishon 29:10-12
Deu 29:10 “All of you are standing today before יהוה your Elohim: your leaders, your
tribes, your elders and your officers, all the men of Yisra’ĕl,
“Standing” “Netzavim” is a niphal verb. A niphal verb is
a “passive” verb. In other words we may assume all those who are standing are
standing because YHVH had something to do with their standing.
Rom 14:4 Who are you that judges another’s servant? To
his own master he stands or falls. But he shall be made to stand, for Elohim is
able to make him stand.
These are standing “today” in Hebrew “ha yom” which means
a specific day. It is not just by chance that parashat Netzavim is always read
on the Shabbat a week before Yom Teruah (Rosh ha shannah for the Jews).
We know that Yom Teruah points to the time when Yahshua
will meet His bride to be, just before the great marriage supper of the Lamb.
This is a time when the righteous dead will be raised.
They will stand before Yahshua (Netzavim) together with those who were caught
up in the air to meet the Messiah. The same image we see when a young Hebrew
couple are lifted into the air on their wedding day by the guests.
Today this is a word to those
who feel too weak to carry on – He says “Netzavim” you can stand because I will
help you stand and stay standing. In fact we will not only stand but we will
move forward. (The title and theme of our next parasha – “Vayelech” to
go, walk, come) We will stand and then proceed to move to a higher level
towards becoming one with the very essence of YHVH.
Let us however not forget that this day “ha
yom” is also a day of judgment. This is why the month of Elul precedes “THE day”
– a time of searching ourselves and preparing to be with Yahshua forever (yamim
noraim – days of awe).
Rom
14:10 ….. we shall all stand before the
judgment seat of Messiah.
Deu 29:11 your
little ones, your wives, and your sojourner who is in the midst of your camp,
from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water,
Great and small shall stand together. The sages say we
will recognize the beauty and uniqueness of each person, no one will despise
the other. This reminds us of a day when the body of Messiah will stand before
him – united and complete.
1Co 12:14 For indeed the body is not one member but
many.
1Co 12:15 If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I
do not belong to the body,” does it therefore not belong to the body?
1Co 12:16 And if the ear says, “Because I am not an
eye, I do not belong to the body,” does it therefore not belong to the body?
1Co 12:17 If all the body was an eye, where would be
the hearing? If all hearing, where would be the smelling?
1Co 12:18 But now Elohim has set the members, each one
of them, in the body, even as He pleased.
1Co 12:19 And if they all had been one member, where
would the body be?
1Co 12:20 And now, there are indeed many members, but
one body.
1Co 12:21 And an eye is unable to say to the hand, “I
have no need of you,” or again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
1Co 12:22 But much rather, those members of the body
which are thought to be weaker are necessary.
1Co 12:23 And to those of the body which we think to be
less respected, these we present greater respect. And our unseemly members
have greater seemliness,
1Co 12:24 whereas our seemly members have no
need. But Elohim blended together the body, having given greater respect to
that member which lacks it,
1Co 12:25 that there should be no division in the body,
but that the members should have the same concern one for another.
1Co 12:26 And if one member suffers, all the members
suffer with it; or if one member is esteemed, all the members rejoice with it.
1Co 12:27 And you are a body of Messiah, and members
individually.
1Co 12:28 And Elohim has appointed these in the
assembly: firstly emissaries, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, after that
miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, ministrations, kinds of tongues.
Deu 29:12 so that
you should enter into covenant with יהוה your Elohim, and into His oath, which יהוה your Elohim makes with you today,
This is that great
day when
those who are in Messiah will enter into a marriage covenant with him.
Aliyah
Sheni 29:13-15
Deu 29:13 in order to establish you today as a people
for Himself, and He Himself be your Elohim, as He has spoken to you, and as He
has sworn to your fathers, to Aḇraham, to Yitsḥaq, and to Ya’aqov.
Deu 29:14
“And not with you alone I am making this covenant and this oath,
Deu 29:15
but with him who stands here with us today before יהוה our
Elohim, as well as with him who is not here with us today.
These words and this promise include those who were not
present when these words were spoken; those who keep the commandments and have
the testimony of Yahshua.
Rev 14:12 Here is the endurance of the set-apart ones,1
here are those guarding the commands of Elohim and the belief of יהושע.2 Footnotes: 1In
12:17 they are called “the remnant”
This is why we prepare ourselves during this month of
Elul to get ready to meet our Messiah.
Aliyah Shlishi 29:16-29
Deu 29:16 “For you know how we dwelt in the land of
Mitsrayim and how we passed through the nations which you passed through,
Deu 29:17 and you saw their abominations and their
idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were with them,
Deu 29:18 lest there should be
among you a man or woman or clan or tribe, whose heart turns away today from יהוה our Elohim, to go and serve the mighty ones of these nations,
lest there should be among you a root bearing bitterness or wormwood.
Deu 29:19 “And it
shall be, when he hears the words of this curse, that he should bless himself
in his heart, saying, ‘I have peace though I walk in the stubbornness of my
heart,’ in order to add drunkenness to thirst.
In these days an awakening is beginning to take place
amongst believers both Jewish and gentile that to make light of the Torah of
YHVH is the worst possible error any human being can ever make. (see Yesh./Is
24)
Wormwood:
“Heb. la'anah, (to curse) the Artemisia absinthium of
botanists, is known as “Wilde-als” by the Afrikaans community. Wilde-als brandy
is a popular folk medicine still made and sold today. It is
noted for its intense bitterness. In the symbolical language of the Apocalypse
(Rev 8:10, Rev 8:11) a star is represented as falling on the waters of the
earth, causing the third part of the water to turn wormwood.
It is cultivated in cottage gardens on account of its fragrance. So it
smells good but tastes bad. It is used to remedy many bodily ailments which
include arousing sexual desire.
It should be noted that there is some
toxicity in the herb, as there is in absinthe. It is well known that absinthe,
when consumed in high quantities, can cause symptoms such as addiction,
hallucinations and epileptic attacks.
Its botanical name comes from the Greek goddess “Artemis” was one of the most widely venerated of the Ancient Greek deities. Her Roman equivalent is Diana and she is frequently portrayed wearing a moon crown. (See Acts 19)
Its botanical name comes from the Greek goddess “Artemis” was one of the most widely venerated of the Ancient Greek deities. Her Roman equivalent is Diana and she is frequently portrayed wearing a moon crown. (See Acts 19)
The
effects of addiction to wormwood describe the condition of many living in our
days. People have become addicted to lawlessness, the more they are lawless
(Torahless) the more intoxicated they become. Intoxicated people have continual
hangovers accompanied by thirst. To quench the thirst (for more lawlessness)
they consume more of the drug and so the vicious circle continues.
Deu 29:20 “יהוה would not forgive him, but rather,
the displeasure of יהוה and His jealousy shall burn against
that man, and every curse that is written in this book shall settle on him, and
יהוה shall blot out his name from under
the heavens.
Deu 29:21 “And יהוה shall separate him for evil, out of
all the tribes of Yisra’ĕl, according to all the curses of the covenant that
are written in this Book of the Torah.
The blessing spoken out at this time of the year during
these appointments/moadim is:
"L'shanah tovah tikatev v'taihatem" (or to women,
"L'shanah tovah tikatevi v'taihatemi"), which means "May you be
inscribed and sealed for a good year."
Deu 29:22 “And the
generation to come of your children who rise up after you, and the foreigner
who comes from a far land, shall say when they see the plagues of that land and
the sicknesses which יהוה has sent
into it:
Deu 29:23 ‘All its
land is sulphur, salt, and burning; it is not sown, nor does it bear, nor does
any grass grow there, like the overthrow of Seḏom and Amorah, Aḏmah and
Tseḇoyim, which יהוה
overthrew in His displeasure and His wrath.’
Deu 29:24 “And all
nations shall say, ‘Why has יהוה done so
to this land? What does the heat of this great displeasure mean?’
Deu 29:25 “And it
shall be said, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of יהוה Elohim of their fathers, which He
made with them when He brought them out of the land of Mitsrayim.
Deu 29:26 ‘And
they went and served other mighty ones and bowed themselves to them, mighty
ones that they did not know and that He had not given to them,
Deu 29:27
therefore the displeasure of יהוה burned against this land, to bring
on it every curse that is written in this book.
Deu 29:28 ‘And יהוה uprooted them from their land in
displeasure, and in wrath, and in great rage, and cast them into another land,
as it is today.’
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.
Note the 12 titels over
letters in vs 28 and 29. Vs 28 appear over the Lamed. Maybe this is a reference
to Yahshua – the revelation of all things hidden in the word and in the Torah.
Lamed has a gematria of 30, the age when Yahshua starts His ministry. “Lamed”
also means to prick or pierce. “Lamed” could also represents the tribe of Yehudah/Judah,
the staff speaks of leadership. This all could be an illusion to an end time fulfillment
of Yoseph/ Joseph being reconciled to his eleven brothers (remaining eleven
titels in vs 29 – lanu ulevaneinu plus the letter “ayin” of “ad olam” – see the
Hebrew text) - an end time restoration of Joseph (Messiah) and His brothers -
the tribes of Israel (page 1090 Chumash Stones).
Aliyah
Reviee 3-:1-6
Deu 30:1 “And it shall be, when all these words come
upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you shall
bring them back to your heart among all the gentiles where יהוה your Elohim drives you,
“The Melech HaMoshiach ("anointed king") is destined to
arise and restore the kingdom of David to its esteem of old, to its original
sovereignty. He will build the Set Apart Temple and gather the dispersed of
Israel. In his times, all laws (of the Torah) will be reinstated as before; the
offerings will be offered, the Sabbatical year and the Jubilee year instituted
as outlined in the Torah.
Whoever does not believe in him or does not anticipate his coming,
denies not only the other prophets but also the Torah and Moshe. For the Torah
testifies about him: "YHVH shall return your captivity and have compassion
upon you. And He will return and gather you from all the nations amongst whom
YHVH your Elohim has scattered you... If your outcasts shall be at the ends of
the heavens, from there will YHVH your Elohim gather you, from there He will
take you... YHVH will bring you..." These explicit words of the Torah
encapsulate all that has been said [regarding Moshiach] by the prophets...(Mishneh
Torah)”
Deu 30:2 and shall
turn back to יהוה your
Elohim and obey His voice, according to all that I command you today, with all
your heart and with all your being, you and your children,
Deu 30:3 then יהוה your Elohim shall turn back your
captivity, and shall have compassion on you, and He shall turn back and gather you from all the peoples where יהוה your Elohim has scattered you.
“The Hebrew word used
here for "he will return" is not veheishiv -- which means
"he will bring back" -- but veshav, which literally means
"he will come back." (This
implies that he has already been here.) Our sages however learned from this
that the Divine presence resides among Israel, as it were, in all the misery of
their exile, and when the Jews are redeemed, YHVH speaks of it as His own
redemption -- He Himself returns along with Israel's exiles.” Sages (they don’t believe Messiah already has
come for the first time and is coming back for a second time).
Deu 30:4 “If any
of you are driven out to the farthest parts under the heavens, from there יהוה your Elohim does gather you, and
from there He does take you.
Deu 30:5 “And יהוה your Elohim shall bring you to the
land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it. And He shall do
good to you, and increase you more than your fathers.
Deu 30:6 “And יהוה your Elohim shall circumcise your
heart and the heart of your seed, to love יהוה your Elohim with all your heart and with all your being, so
that you might live,
“From the time of the creation of the universe, man had the choice to be
righteous or wicked. So it was for the entire duration of the Torah, in order
that there is merit for us in choosing good and punishment for desiring evil.
But in the ‘days of Moshiach’, the choosing good will be in our nature, and the
heart will not lust for that which is not proper for it will have no desire for
it at all. This is the "circumcision" spoken of here, as lust is a
"foreskin" blocking the heart, and the "circumcision of the
heart" is the removal of any desire
to want to disobey Torah. In those times man will return to what he was
before Adam's sin, when he naturally did what is proper to do and there were no
conflicts and contradictions in his will...”
Aliyah
Chamishi 30:7-10
Deu 30:7
and יהוה
your Elohim shall put all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate
you, who persecuted you.
Deu 30:8 “And you shall turn back and obey the voice
of יהוה and do all His commands which
I command you today.
Deu 30:9 “And יהוה your Elohim shall make you have
excess in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, and in the
fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground for good. For יהוה turns back to rejoice over
you for good as He rejoiced over your fathers,
Deu 30:10 if you obey the voice of יהוה your Elohim, to guard His
commands and His laws which are written in this Book of the Torah, if you turn
back to יהוה your Elohim with all your
heart and with all your being.
Aliyah
Shishi 30:11-14
Deu 30:11 “For this command which
I am commanding you today, it is not too hard for you, nor is it far off.
This mitzvah which I command you today...
It is not in heaven... (30:11-12) If it were in heaven, you would be required
to climb up there and learn it. - Talmud
Deu 30:12 “It is not in the heavens, to say, ‘Who shall
ascend into the heavens for us, and bring it to us, and cause us to hear it, so
that we do it?’
Deu 30:13 “Nor is it beyond the sea, to say, ‘Who shall
go over the sea for us, and bring it to us, and cause us to hear it, so that we
do it?’
Deu 30:14 “For the Word is very near you, in your mouth
and in your heart – to do it.
Deu 30:14 “For the Word is very near you, in your mouth
and in your heart – to do it. – This verse is quoted in Rom 10:8
Rom 10:4 For Messiah is the goal1 of the
‘Torah unto righteousness’ to everyone who believes. Footnote: 1Or
end purpose; not termination.
Rom 10:5 For Mosheh writes about the righteousness
which is of the Torah, “The man who does these shall live by them.”
Rom 10:6 But the righteousness of belief speaks in
this way, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who shall ascend into the heavens?’ ” –
that is, to bring Messiah down; or,
Rom 10:7 “ ‘Who shall descend into the abyss?’ ” –
that is, to bring Messiah up from the dead.
Rom 10:8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in
your mouth and in your heart” – that is, the word of belief which we are
proclaiming:
Rom 10:9 That if you confess with your mouth the
Master יהושע and believe in your heart that
Elohim has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.
Rom 10:10 For with
the heart one believes unto righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth,
and so is saved.
Let us consider
carefully the kind of “Jesus” we confess as our Master. Remember the times of
ignorance He has winked at and now He wants us to walk in the light of who His
Moshiach truly is (Acts 17:30). It is impossible for YHVH to die and be
resurrected. We must confess and believe in the Yahshua of the scriptures and
not in the Yahshua of our vain imaginations.
Aliyah
Sheviee 30:15-20
Deu 30:15 “See, I have set (given) before you today
life and good, and death and evil,
Our response is to
choose life …..
“What is meant by these words "And you shall choose life?" Is
this a commandment? A promise? A statement of fact? In any case, the Torah has
no doubts about the ultimate outcome of man's choice between good and evil.
"In the end of days," prophesies Moshe, "you will return to YHVH
your Elohim and you will obey His voice" (Deuteronomy 4:30). No matter to
what depths we may fall, no matter how far we may stray from the fulfillment of
his purpose, "YHVH... devises means that the forsaken one be not
forsaken" (II Samuel 14:14). In the words of Maimonides, "The Torah
has already promised that Israel is destined to repent at the end of their
exile and will immediately be redeemed."”
Deu 4:30 “In
your distress, when all these words shall come upon you in the latter days,
then you shall return to יהוה your
Elohim and shall obey His voice.
Deu 30:16 in that I am commanding
you today to love יהוה your Elohim, to walk in His
ways, and to guard His commands, and His laws, and His right-rulings. And you
shall live and increase, and יהוה your
Elohim shall bless you in the land which you go to possess.
Deu 30:17 “But if
your heart turns away, and you do not obey, and shall be drawn away, and shall
bow down to other mighty ones and serve them,
Deu 30:18 “I have
declared to you today that you shall certainly perish, you shall not prolong
your days in the land which you are passing over the Yardĕn to enter and
possess.
Deu 30:19 “I have
called the heavens and the earth as witnesses today against you: I have set
before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore you shall
choose life, so that you live, both you and your seed,
Deu 30:20 to love יהוה your Elohim, to obey His voice, and
to cling to Him – for He is your life and the length of your days – to dwell in
the land which יהוה swore to your fathers, to Aḇraham,
to Yitsḥaq, and to Ya’aqov, to give them.”
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.