Bar’chu et
YHVH ha-m’vorach, Baruch YHVH ha-m’vorach l’O’lam va-ed!
Baruch ata YHVH
Eloheinu melech ha-olam asher bachar banu m’kol ha-amim,
v’na-tan lanu eht
Torah-to. Baruch atah YHVH, noteyn ha-Torah. Ameyn.”
(Bless
YHVH the blessed One; Blessed is YHVH, the blessed One for all eternity.
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
Jas 1: Do not go astray, my beloved brothers.
Jas 1: Every good gift and every perfect gift is
from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change,
nor shadow of turning. a Footnote: a See Mal_3:6.
Jas 1:18 Having purposed it, He brought us forth by the
Word of truth, for us to be a kind of first-fruits of His creatures.
This weeks Torah
Portion contains the very essence, the DNA of YHVH’s Word – the 10 sayings -‘’asaret
ha devarim’’
Pirkei Avot
– The Ethics of the Fathers- chapter 5 says with 10 utterances the world was
created.
Deu
5:1 And
Mosheh called all Yisra’ěl, and said to them, “Hear, O Yisra’ěl, the laws and right-rulings
which I speak in your hearing today. And you shall learn them, and guard to
do them.
Deu
5:2 “יהוה our Elohim made(Heb -‘’carat’’ or cut) a covenant with us in Ḥorěḇ.
There can be no covenant without the shedding of blood – Exo 24:7 And he took the Book of the Covenant and read in the
hearing of the people. And they said, “All that יהוה has spoken we shall do, and obey.” Exo 24:8 And Mosheh took the
blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, “See, the blood of the covenant
which יהוה has
made(‘’çarat’’) with you concerning all these
Words.”
Heb 9:11 But Messiah, having become a High Priest
of the coming good matters, through the greater and more perfect Tent
not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,
Heb 9:12 entered into the Most Set-apart Place once
for all, not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood, having
obtained everlasting redemption.
Heb 9:13 For if the blood of bulls and goats and
the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the defiled, sets apart for the cleansing of
the flesh,
Heb 9:14 how much more shall the blood of the
Messiah, who through the everlasting Spirit offered Himself unblemished to
Elohim, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living
Elohim?
Heb 9:15 And because of this He is the Mediator of
a renewed covenant, so that, death having taken place for redemption of the
transgressions under the first covenant, those who are called might receive the
promise of the everlasting inheritance.
Heb 9:16 For where a covenant is, it is necessary
for the death of the covenanted one to be established.
Heb 9:17 For a covenant over those dead is firm,
since it is never valid while the covenanted one is living.
Heb 9:18 Therefore not even the first covenant
was instituted without blood.
Heb 9:19 For when, according to Torah, every
command had been spoken by Mosheh to all the people, he took the blood of
calves and goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both
the book itself and all the people,
Heb 9:20 saying, “This is the blood of the
covenant which Elohim commanded you.” Exo_24:8.
Heb 9:21 And in the same way he sprinkled with
blood both the Tent and all the vessels of the service.
Heb 9:22 And, according to the Torah, almost all is
cleansed with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
Heb
9:1 Now the
first covenant indeed had regulations of worship and the earthly
set-apart place.
Heb
9:2 For a Tent was prepared: the first part, in which was the lampstand,
and the table, and the showbread, which is called the Set-apart Place.
Heb
9:3 And after the second veil, the part of the Tent which is called Most
Set-apart,
Heb
9:4 to which belonged the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant
overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that held the
manna, and the rod of Aharon that budded, and the tablets of the
covenant,
Please note the
word ‘’covenant’’ is written in italics and does not appear in the original
manuscripts. We understand the blood of the sacrifices were required for
entrance into the ‘’first part’’ but only the blood if Yahshua could gain us
access into the ‘’second part’’ the Most Set Apart Place.
Deu
5:3 “יהוה did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, those
who are here today, all of us who are alive.
Deu
5:4 “יהוה spoke with you face to face on the mountain from the midst of
the fire.
The only time YHVH spoke in an audible voice to His
people.
Deu
5:5 “I stood between יהוה and you at that time, to declare to you the Word of יהוה –
for you were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up the mountain –
saying:
Deu
5:6 I am יהוה your Elohim who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, out
of the house of bondage.
“Anochi” “I and only I alone” –
Isa 43:10 …..Before Me there was no Ěl
formed, nor after Me there is none.
Isa 43:11 “I,
I am יהוה, and
besides Me there is no saviour. (Heb moshiah)
Isa 45:5 ‘I am
יהוה, and
there is none else – there is no Elohim besides Me.
Act 4:12 “And there
is no deliverance in anyone else, for there is no other Name under the heaven
given among men by which we need to be saved.”
The Gk word
“soteria” is often translated “salvation” but means “deliverance or safety.”
Deu
5:7 You have no other mighty ones against My face.
YHVH has no equals
– Not even Yahshua - Php 2:6 who,
being in the form of Elohim, did not regard equality with Elohim a matter to be
grasped,
Joh 4:23 “But the hour is coming, and now is, when
the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the
Father also does seek such to worship Him.
Joh 4:24 “Elohim is Spirit, and those who worship
Him need to worship in spirit and truth.”
Deu 5:8 You do not make for yourself a carved
image, any likeness of which is in the heavens above, or which is in the earth
beneath, or which is in the waters under the earth,
We may not form any other version of the truth that
originates from the heavens or the earth or from the waters. This includes the
Queen of heaven –
Wikipedia – ‘’Queen of Heaven was a title given to a number of ancient sky goddesses worshipped throughout the ancient Mediterranean and Near East during ancient times. Goddesses known to have been referred to by the title include Inanna, Anat, Isis, Astarte, Hera, and possibly Asherah (by the prophet Jeremiah). In Greco-Roman times Hera, and her Roman aspect Juno bore this title. Forms and content of worship varied. In modern times, the title "Queen of Heaven" is still used by contemporary pagans to refer to the Great Goddess, while Catholics, Orthodox, and some Anglican Christians now apply the ancient title to Mary, the mother of Jesus.’’
See Yer/Jer 44 – the
queen of heavens.
It is demonic strongholds over our minds that prevent us
from seeing and walking in the truth –
see Rev 2:18-29
Deu
5:9 you do not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, יהוה
your Elohim, am a jealous Ěl, visiting the crookedness of the fathers upon the
children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Jas 4:4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not
know that friendship with the world is enmity(hatred) with Elohim?a Whoever therefore intends to be
a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of Elohim.
Deu
5:10 but showing loving-commitment to thousands, to those who love Me and
guard My commands.
Deu
5:11 You do not bring (a) the Name of יהוה your Elohim to naught, for יהוה does not leave him unpunished who brings
His Name to naught. Footnote: aOr lift up, or take.
Falsely claim revelation from YHVH, and allow others to do
so.
Deu
5:12 Guard the Sabbath day, to set it apart, as יהוה your Elohim commanded
you.
Deu
5:13 Six days you labour, and shall do all your work,
Deu
5:14 but the seventh day is a Sabbathb of יהוה your Elohim. You do not do any work – you,
nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female
servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your
stranger who is within your gates, so that your male servant and your female
servant rest as you do. Footnote: bSee footnote at Exo_20:10.
Deu
5:15 And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of
Mitsrayim, and that יהוה your Elohim brought you out from there by a strong hand and by
an outstretched arm. Therefore יהוה your Elohim commanded you to perform the Sabbath day.
Deu 5:16 Respect your father and your mother, as יהוה your Elohim has commanded you, so that your days are prolonged,
and so that it is well with you on the soil which יהוה your Elohim is giving
you.
Deu 5:17 You do not murder.
Deu 5:18 You do not commit adultery.
Deu 5:19 You do not steal.
Deu 5:20 You do not bear false witness against your
neighbour.
Deu 5:21 You do not covet your neighbour’s wife,
nor do you desire your neighbour’s house, his field, nor his male servant, nor
his female servant, his ox, nor his donkey, or whatever belongs to your
neighbour.’
Deu 5:22 “These Wordsc יהוה spoke to all your
assembly, in the mountain from the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the
thick darkness, with a loud voice, and He added no more. And He wrote them on
two tablets of stone and gave them to me. Footnote: c“Word(s)" is very
often used as a synonym for “command(s),” in the Messianic Writings too.
Deu 5:23 “And it came to be, when you heard the
voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire,
that you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders,
Deu 5:24 and said, ‘See, יהוה our Elohim has shown
us His esteem and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst of
the fire. Today we have seen that Elohim speaks with man – and he lives!
Deu 5:25 And now why should we die? For this great
fire is consuming us. If we hear the voice of יהוה our Elohim any more,
then we shall die.
Deu 5:26 For who is there of all flesh who has
heard the voice of the living Elohim speaking from the midst of the fire, as we
have, and does live?
Deu 5:27 You go near and hear all that יהוה our Elohim says, and speak to us all that יהוה
our Elohim says to you, and we shall hear and do it.’
Deu 5:28 “And יהוה heard the voice of
your words when you spoke to me, and יהוה said to me, ‘I have heard the voice of the
words of this people which they have spoken to you. They have done well in all
that they have spoken.
Deu 5:29 Oh, that they had such a heart in them, to
fear Me and to guard all My commands always, so that it might be well with them
and with their children forever!
Deu 5:30 Go, say to them, “Return to your
tents.”
Deu 5:31 But you, stand here by Me, and let Me
speak to you all the commands, and the laws, and the right-rulings which you
are to teach them. And they shall do them in the land which I am giving them to
possess.’
Deu 5:32 “And you shall guard to do as יהוה your Elohim has commanded you – do not turn aside, to the right
or to the left.
Deu 5:33 “Walk in all the ways which יהוה
your Elohim has commanded you, so that you live and it be well with you. And
you shall prolong your days in the land which you possess.
Deu 6:1 “And this is the command, the laws
and right-rulings which יהוה your Elohim has commanded, to teach you to
do in the land which you are passing over to possess,
Deu 6:2 so that you fear יהוה your Elohim, to guard
all His laws and His commands which I command you, you and your son and your
grandson, all the days of your life, and that your days be prolonged.
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 Yahweh, 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