Bar’chu et
YHVH ha-m’vorach, Baruch YHVH ha-m’vorach l’O’lam va-ed! Baruch ata YHVH Elohim
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 YHVH our Elohim – Giver of the Torah – Amein.’)
Rom
12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the
renewing of your mind, so that you prove what is that good and well-pleasing
and perfect desire of Elohim.
The instructions of the Torah have become strange and, in
some cases,completely unacceptable to our western civilization, including all
the word religions. Because of this YHVH will destroy every creed culture and
religion that exults itself above His Torah -see Haftarah.
Isa 34:1 Come near, you nations, to hear.
And listen, you people! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, the world
and all its offspring.
Isa 34:2 For the displeasure of יהוה is against all the
nations, a and His wrath against all their divisions. He shall put them under
the ban, He shall give them over to the slaughter, Footnote: aSee footnote Jer_30:11.
Jer
30:11 For I am with you,’ declares יהוה, ‘to save you. Though I make a complete end of all nations a where
I have scattered you, yet I do not make a complete end of you. But I shall
reprove you in judgment, and by no means leave you unpunished.’ Footnote: aSee Jer_46:28,
Isa_34:2, Isa_45:17, Dan_2:44, Amo_9:8, Hag_2:22.
After the end time destruction YHVH will fill the earth with
the knowledge of the fullness of His Esteem – Hab 2:14 for the earth shall
be filled with the knowledge of the esteem of יהוה, as the waters cover the sea!a Footnote: a Isa_11:9.
This Torah portion gives us valuable insight as to how life
under Messiah will be.
Marrying Female Captives
Deu 21:10 “When you go out to fight against your
enemies, and יהוה your Elohim shall give them into your hand, and you shall take
them captive,
Deu 21:11 and shall see among the captives a woman
fair of form, and shall delight in her and take her for your wife,
Deu 21:12 then you shall bring her home to your
house, and she shall shave her head and trim her nails,
Deu 21:13 and put aside the mantle of her
captivity, and shall dwell in your house, and mourn her father and her mother a
month of days. And after that you shall go in to her and be her husband, and
she shall be your wife.
This ‘’captive woman’’ reminds us of Messiah’s Gentile
bride – Mat 25 – Parable 10 virgins.
Deu 21:14 “And it shall be, if you are not pleased
with her, then you shall let her go at her desire, but you do not sell her at
all for silver. Do not treat her harshly, since you have humbled her.
Inheritance Rights of the Firstborn
Deu 21:15 “When a man has two wives, one loved and
the other unloved, and they have borne him children, both the loved and the
unloved, and the first-born son is of her who is unloved,
Deu 21:16 then it shall be, on the day he makes his
sons to inherit his possessions, he is not allowed to treat the son of the
beloved wife as first-born in the face of the son of the unloved, who is truly
the first-born.
Deu 21:17 “But he is to acknowledge the son of the
unloved wife as the first-born by giving him a double portion of all that he
has, for he is the beginning of his strength – the right of the first-born is
his.
A Rebellious Son
Deu 21:18 “When a man has a wayward and rebellious
son who is not listening to the voice of his father or the voice of his mother,
and who, when they have disciplined him, does not listen to them,
Deu 21:19 then his father and his mother shall take
hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city, to the gate of his
city,
Deu 21:20 and shall say to the elders of his city,
‘This son of ours is wayward and rebellious. He is not listening to our voice,
he is a glutton and a drunkard.’
Deu 21:21 “Then all the men of his city shall stone
him to death with stones. Thus you shall purge the evil from your midst. And
let all Yisra’ěl hear, and fear – Yesh 3:12
A Man Hanged on a Tree Is Cursed
Deu 21:22 “And when a man has committed a sin
worthy of death, then he shall be put to death and you shall hang him on a
tree.
Deu 21:23 “Let his body not remain overnight on the
tree, for you shall certainly bury him the same day – for he who is hanged is
accursed of Elohim – so that you do not defile the land which יהוה your Elohim is giving
you as an inheritance - Gal
3:13 Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the Torah, having become a
curse for us – for it has been written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs upon a
tree.” – Deu_21:23. (We all deserve the death penalty for our
rebellion and disobedience)
(Talmud, Sanhedrin 46b; Rashi) This is a degradation of
the divine King in whose image man is created, and the Israelites are G‑d’s
children. This is analogous to a case of two identical twin brothers. One
became king, while the other was arrested for robbery and hanged. Whoever saw
him would say, “The king is hanging!”
Various Laws
Deu 22:1 “When you see your brother’s ox or his
sheep straying away, you shall not hide yourself from them. Return them to your
brother without fail.
Deu 22:2 “And if your brother is not near you, or
if you do not know him, then you shall bring it to your own house, and it shall
be with you until your brother seeks it, then you shall return it to him.
Deu 22:3 “And so you do with his donkey, and so you
do with his garment, and so you do with whatever your brother loses, which he
has lost and you have found. You are not allowed to hide yourself.
Deu 22:4 “When you see your brother’s donkey or his
ox fall down on the way, you shall not hide yourself from them. Help him raise
them without fail.
Deu 22:5 “A woman does not wear that which pertains
to a man, nor does a man put on a woman’s garment, for whoever does this is an
abomination to יהוה your Elohim.
Deu 22:6 “When you come upon a bird’s nest along
the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, with the mother
sitting on the young or on the eggs, do not take the mother with the young
–
Deu 22:7 let the mother go without fail, and take
the young for yourself, so that it might be well with you, and that you shall
prolong your days.
The ‘’Perfect Storm’’ of a last days world war is brewing. Only
His People established in His Torah will survive and triumph over these end
time events.
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)