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.)
The
sages teach that our entire life history is encapsulated in the song of Moshe
and that “If Israel was wise, they might study these
verses in the Song of Moshe to know their latter end”.
Moshe starts his wilderness ministry with a song, (Ex
15) now he ends it with a song – why? Only
YHVH can create real and lasting harmony in our lives. Music is also very
powerful and used by those whose hearts seek to draw near to YHVH. Haftarah: 2 Samuel
22:1-51 – David also sings a song after YHVH delivers him from great danger.
We see an amazing
structure to this song in the Torah scroll. It is written in two columns. (70
lines)
In this teaching I have
presented in bold the words written
on the right- hand side of the scroll, the sentences not in bold are the
sentences on the left- hand side of the scroll.
I believe that every word in this song of Moshe points the words and redemption
of Messiah, in fact the sages expressed concern that this text hints at another
“deity”, and have “altered” parts of the text to try and avoid this confusion.
So when we sing this song now and in the great
tribulation it is going to be like a deliverance song, it is going to be a
testimony of our lives and a confession that He alone is able to save us and we
will proclaim that even though we may be unworthy He has made us worthy and
redeemed us. It will be the key to help
us understand all that will unfold in the last days.
Rev 15:3 And they sing the song of Mosheh the servant
of Elohim, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvellous are Your
works, יהוה Ěl Shaddai!
Righteous and true are Your ways, O Sovereign of the set-apart ones!
1.Dev 32:1 “Give ear, O
heavens, and let me speak; - (right hand side)
א הַאֲזִינוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם, וַאֲדַבֵּרָה;
See Gen 1:1 and Disciples ‘prayer in Mat
6:9-13 for the Hebrew pattern of right and left. Right is often associated with
that which comes from heaven and left for that which comes from earth.
Moshe called heaven and earth to bear witness
to the calamities that would befall Israel if they continued in rebelling
against YHVH and His Torah. Moshe also called heaven and earth to witness the
redemption of an obedient end time remnant.
In the last days heaven and earth will witness
the judgment and deliverance of Israel- See the pattern given in the Book of
Revelation – heaven and earth.
Moshe first
addresses the heavens. These words appear on the right- hand side of the Torah
reading.
Note the Hebrew word
“give ear” is “ha azinu” it is a hiphyl imperative verb. The Hebrew word used
here for speak is “ve adaberah” this is a cohortative verb which means that the
speaker wishes to emphasize desire and intention. Note this verb is preceded by
a “vav consecutive” meaning that the tense has reversed. It is therefore the
imperfect tense and denotes an action that still needs to be completed.