Blessing for the Torah:
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.)
Zec 14:1 See, a day shall come for יהוה, and your spoil shall be divided in your
midst.
Zec 14:2 And I shall gather all the nations to
battle against Yerushalayim.a And the city shall be taken, the houses
plundered, and the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into exile, but
the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Footnote: a Joe_3:2,
Zep_3:8, Rev_16:14.
Zec 14:9 And יהוה shall be Sovereign over all the earth1.
In that day there shall be one יהוה, and His Name
one. Footnote: 1Isa. 24:23, Dan. 2:44, Rev. 11:15.
Context:
“All nations will be
gathered together by YHVH against Jerusalem, and will take the city
and plunder it, and lead away the half of its inhabitants into captivity (Zec_14:1,
Zec_14:2). YHVH will then take charge of His people; Yahshua will
appear upon the Mount of Olives, and by splitting this mountain, prepare a safe
way for the rescue of those that remain, and come with all His set apart ones (Zec_14:3-5) to complete His kingdom. From
Jerusalem a stream of salvation and blessing will pour over the whole land (Zec_14:6-11);
the enemies who have come against Jerusalem will be miraculously smitten, and
destroy one another (Zec_14:12-15). The remnant of the nations, however,
will turn to YHVH, and come yearly to Jerusalem, to keep the feast of
Tabernacles (Zec_14:16-19); and Jerusalem will become thoroughly set apart (Zec_14:20,
Zec_14:21). From this brief description of the contents, it is perfectly
obvious that our chapter contains simply a further expansion of the summary
announcement of the judgment upon Israel, and its refinement (Zec_13:7-9).
Zec_14:1, Zec_14:2 show how the flock is dispersed, and for the
most part perishes; Zec_14:2-5, how the YHVH
brings back His hand
over the small ones; vv. 6-21, how the rescued remnant of the nation is endowed
with salvation, and the kingdom of YHVH completed by the
reception of the believers out of the heathen nations. There is no essential
difference in the fact that the nation of Israel is the object of the prophecy
in Zec_13:7-9, and Jerusalem in ch. 14. Jerusalem, as the capital of the
kingdom, is the seat of Israel, the nation of YHVH; what happens to it,
happens to the people and kingdom of YHVH.”
Zep 3:8 “Therefore wait for Me,”
declares יהוה, “until the day I rise up for plunder. For
My judgment is to gather nations, to assemble reigns, to pour out on them My
rage, all My burning wrath. For by the fire of My jealousy all the earth shall
be consumed. (this verse contains every
letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
The Conversion of the Nations
Zep 3:9 “For then I shall turn unto the
peoples a clean lip,[b] so that they all call
on the Name of יהוה, to serve
Him with one shoulder. Footnote: bOr language.
Hebrew Alphabet
Our
portion from the Nazarene Talmud (Second Writings/Messianic Scripture
wrongfully called New Testament) supports the significance of this truth.
Mar
12:28 And one of the scribes coming near, hearing them reasoning
together, knowing that He had answered them well, asked Him, “Which is the
first command of all?”
Mar
12:29 And יהושע answered him, “The
first of all the commands is, ‘Hear, O
Yisra’ěl, יהוה
our Elohim, יהוה
is one. Deu_6:4
Mar 12:30 ‘And you
shall love יהוה your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your being, and
with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first command.
Mar 12:31 “And the
second, like it, is this, ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is
no other command greater than these.”
Mar 12:32 And the
scribe said to Him, “Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there
is one Elohim, and there is no other besides Him.
Mar 12:33 “And to
love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the
being, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbour as oneself, is
more than all the burnt offerings and offerings.”
Mar
12:34 And when יהושע saw that he answered wisely, He said to him, “You are not far
from the reign of Elohim.” And after that no one was bold enough to
question Him.
Deu 6:4 “Hear, O Yisra’ĕl: יהוה our Elohim, יהוה is one!
ד שְׁמַע, יִשְׂרָאֵל:
יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ, יְהוָה אֶחָד.
In the Torah “sefer”- scroll, the ‘’ayin” of the
‘’shemah’’ and the ‘’daleth’’ of the ‘’echad” are enlarged. The Hebrew word “Ayin Daleth”
pronounced “Ed” means a “witness.” When Ayin Daleth is pronounced “Ad” it means
eternal. Together we conclude that those who declare the “Shema” in “Spirit and
in Truth” are the eternal witnesses of YHVH’s redemptive plan and purpose
through Messiah.
Paradoxically “Ed” spelled the
same as “witness” in Hebrew can also refer to a woman’s menstrual cloth – see
Yesh/Is 64:6
Amo 3:1 Hear(shemah) this word that יהוה has spoken against you, O children of
Yisra’ĕl, against the entire clan which I brought up from the land of
Mitsrayim, saying,
Amo 3:2 “You alone have I known of all the clans of
the earth, therefore I punish you for all your crookednesses.”