Heb 12:14 Pursue peace with all, and pursue apartness
without which no one shall see the Master…… Heb 12:16 lest there be anyone who whores, or profane
one, like Ěsaw, who for a single meal sold his birthright.
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 day will come when many who seek repentance, will not find
repentance.
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.
Our Torah portion:
Exo 8:20
And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Rise early in the morning
and stand before Pharaoh as he comes out to the water, and say to him, ‘Thus
said יהוה, “Let My people go, so that they serve Me.
Hebrew
word for “work” and “worship” is the same word – “Avod” As long as YHVH’s
people are under the governance of “Egyptian bondage” they cannot worship as
YHVH has called them to worship – in Spirit and in truth.
Religious
worship in “Egypt” is hard work and leaves you empty and tired.
Exo
8:21 “Or else, if you do not let My
people go, see, I am sending swarms of flies on you and your servants, and on
your people and into your houses. And the houses of the Mitsrites shall be
filled with swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they stand.
Exo
8:22 “And in that day I shall separate
the land of Goshen, in which My people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be
there, so that you know that I am יהוה in the midst of the land.
Exo
8:23 “And I shall put a distinction
between My people and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall be.” ’ ”
Even
in the end time great tribulation YHVH will seal and protect a remnant of His
people – Rev 7:4.
We
note that the three groups of judgments described in the book of Revelation
have similarities of the three groups of judgments found in the 10 plagues that
destroyed Egypt.
Exo
8:24 And יהוה did so, and thick swarms of flies came
into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses, and into all the land
of Mitsrayim, and the land was ruined because of the swarms of flies.
כ וַיַּעַשׂ
יְהוָה, כֵּן, וַיָּבֹא עָרֹב כָּבֵד, בֵּיתָה פַרְעֹה וּבֵית עֲבָדָיו;
וּבְכָל-אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם תִּשָּׁחֵת הָאָרֶץ, מִפְּנֵי הֶעָרֹב.
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20 And YHVH did so; and there came
grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants'
houses; and in all the land of Egypt the land was ruined by reason of the
swarms of flies.
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Last
week we had a look at the Hebrew word “shachat
The
word "destroyed" is translated from the Hebrew word shachath,
which means, "to destroy, corrupt, ruin, decay", and, in many verses,
this word has the connotation of "moral decay", "loss of integrity",
or "degradation in righteousness"
The
Hebrew word “arev” has several meanings – for example – “evening” or “mixture.”
Exo
8:25 Pharaoh then called for Mosheh and
Aharon, and said, “Go, slaughter to your Elohim in the land.”
Exo
8:26 And Mosheh said, “It is not right
to do so, for we would be slaughtering the abomination of the Mitsrites to יהוה our Elohim. See, if we slaughter the
abomination of the Mitsrites before their eyes, would they not stone us?
Phaorah
was suggesting that they could worship is Spirit and in Truth in Egypt. Moshe
stated that true Hebrew worship would be blasphemous in the eyes of the
Egyptians as they didn’t believe in sacrificing a lamb, they believed in
worshipping the lamb.
Today
the thought of a restored Temple service with all its accompanying offerings is
unacceptable and even blasphemous to many Jews and Christians.
Exo
8:27 “Let us go three days’ journey into
the wilderness, then we shall slaughter to יהוה our Elohim, as He commands us.”
Three
is a messianic number. Three days separation could mean that we can only
worship in Spirit and Truth when we are separated from false worship and false
worshippers by the true meaning and understanding of who Messiah is – a Jewish
rabbi who came to restore every word and teaching of the Torah to those whom
YHVH calls.
There
will be a severe and cruel persecution of the faithful remnant by self -serving
and deceiving religious leaders in the last days.
Exo
8:28 And Pharaoh said, “I am letting you
go, then you shall slaughter to יהוה your Elohim in the wilderness. Only, do not go very far away!
Pray for me.”
The
Pharoah’s and many religious leaders of this world who oppose the truth, know
deep down in their heart that the faithful remnant possess the truth.
Exo
8:29 And Mosheh said, “See, when I leave
you I shall pray to יהוה, and tomorrow the swarms of flies shall depart from Pharaoh,
from his servants, and from his people. But do not let Pharaoh again deceive,
not to let the people go to slaughter to יהוה.”
Exo
8:30 And Mosheh went out from Pharaoh
and prayed to יהוה.
Exo
8:31 And יהוה did according to the word of Mosheh and
removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his
people. Not one remained.
Exo
8:32 But Pharaoh hardened his heart at
this time too, and did not let the people go.
Exo 9:1 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Go in to Pharaoh and
speak to him, ‘Thus said יהוה Elohim of the Heḇrews,
“Let My people go, so that they serve Me.