11/30/2018

Parashat 48 Portion 161 Dev 18:14-20:9 Ps 123:1-125:5 Michah 5:11-6:8 Mk 15:1-5



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.’)

There is an enlarged ‘’tav’’ in ‘’tamim” in Deu 18:13 ’Tamim tiyehe’’  “Be perfect before יהוה your Elohim, - what is complete or entirely in accord with truth and fact (neuter adjective/substantive)
We are ‘’becoming’’ the righteousness of YHVH through Yahshua - 2Co 5:21  For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of Elohim. 
Like ‘’fortune tellers’’ the teachings and prophecies of many theologians and spiritual leaders have ‘’cast a spell’’ on believers, teaching them to ‘’spiritually project’’ themselves to a place of spiritual superiority and power. Many assume and claim spiritual wisdom and authority that if closely investigated proves to be a sham and a deception.

Deu 18:14  for these nations whom you are possessing do listen to those using magic and to diviners. But as for you, יהוה your Elohim has not appointed such for you. 

Gal 3:1  O senseless Galatians! Who has put you under a spell, not to obey the truth…. 2Co 11:3  But I am afraid, lest, as the serpent deceived Ḥawwah by his trickery, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Messiah. 
2Co 11:4  For, indeed, if he who is coming proclaims another יהושע,a whom we have not proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different Good News which you have not accepted, you put up with it well enough! Footnote: a Mat_24:5 and Mat_24:23-24, Joh_5:43
We have no excuse not to walk as our Master walked.
2Pe 1:3  as His Mighty-like power has given to us all we need for life and reverence, through the knowledge of Him who called us to esteem and uprightness. 
2Pe 1:4  Through these there have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, so that through these you might be partakers of the Mighty-like nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world, caused by lust. 

A New Prophet like Moses –  Moshe knew that the coming Messiah would bring great blessing.

Deu 18:15  “יהוה your Elohim shall raise up for you a Prophet b like me from your midst, from your brothers. Listen to Him, Footnote: bSee footnote at Deu_18:18
Deu 18:16  according to all you asked of יהוה your Elohim in Ḥorěḇ in the day of the assembly, saying, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of יהוה my Elohim, nor let me see this great fire any more, lest I die.’ 
Deu 18:17  “And יהוה said to me, ‘What they have spoken is good. 
Deu 18:18  I shall raise up for them a Prophetc like you out of the midst of their brothers. And I shall put My Words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. Footnote: cSee also Act_3:22-26, and Act_7:37
Deu 18:19  And it shall be, the man who does not listen to My Words which He speaks in My Name, I require it of him. 
Deu 18:20  But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My Name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other mighty ones, even that prophet shall die.’ 
Deu 18:21  “And when you say in your heart, ‘How do we know the word which יהוה has not spoken?’ – 
Deu 18:22  when the prophet speaks in the Name of יהוה and the word is not, or comes not, that is the word which יהוה has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him. 

Isa 29:10  For יהוה has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets. And He has covered your heads, the seers. (concealed or hidden the truth)

Laws Concerning Cities of Refuge – Messiah has become the city of refuge to all those who deserve death because of their disobedience to YHVH, but have been given a second chance.

Rom 3:23  for all have sinned and fall short of the esteem of Elohim, 
Rom 3:24  being declared right, without paying, by His favour through the redemption which is in Messiah יהושע
Rom 3:25  whom Elohim set forth as an atonement, through belief in His blood, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His tolerance Elohim had passed over the sins that had taken place before, 
Rom 3:26  to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He is righteous and declares righteous the one who has belief in יהושע

Rom 6:23  For the wages of sin is death,c but the favourable gift of Elohim is everlasting life in Messiah יהושע our Master.

Deu 19:1  “When יהוה your Elohim cuts off the nations whose land יהוה your Elohim is giving you, and you dispossess them and dwell in their cities and in their houses, 
Deu 19:2  separate three cities for yourself in the midst of your land which יהוה your Elohim is giving you to possess. 
Deu 19:3  “Prepare a way for yourself, and divide into three parts the border of your land which יהוה your Elohim is giving you to inherit, that any man-slayer shall flee there. 
Deu 19:4  “And this matter of the man-slayer who flees there and lives: he who strikes his neighbour unknowingly, not having hated him in time past, 
Deu 19:5  even he who goes to the forest with his neighbour to cut timber, and his hand swings a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbour so that he dies – let him flee to one of these cities and live, 
Deu 19:6  lest the revenger of blood, while his displeasure is hot, pursue the man-slayer and overtake him, because the way is long, and shall strike his being, though he was not worthy of death, since he had not hated him before. 
Deu 19:7  “Therefore I am commanding you, saying, ‘Separate three cities for yourself.’ 
Deu 19:8  “And if יהוה your Elohim enlarges your border, as He swore to your fathers, and has given you the land which He promised to give to your fathers – 
Deu 19:9  when you guard all this command to do it, which I am commanding you today, to love יהוה your Elohim and to walk in His ways all the days – then you shall add three more cities for yourself besides these three, 
Deu 19:10  so that innocent blood is not shed in the midst of your land which יהוה your Elohim is giving you as an inheritance, or blood-guilt shall be upon you. 
Deu 19:11  “But when anyone hates his neighbour, and shall lie in wait for him and rise against him and strike his being so that he dies, then he shall flee to one of these cities, 
Deu 19:12  and the elders of his city shall send and bring him from there, and give him into the hand of the revenger of blood, and he shall die. 
Deu 19:13  “Your eye shall not pardon him, but you shall purge the blood of innocent blood from Yisra’ěl, so that it might be well with you. 
Property Boundaries
Deu 19:14  “Do not remove your neighbour’s boundary, which those in the past have set, in your inheritance which you inherit in the land that יהוה your Elohim is giving you to possess. 

Laws Concerning Witnesses

Deu 19:15  “One witness does not rise up against a man concerning any crookedness or any sin that he commits. At the mouth of two witnesses or at the mouth of three witnesses a matter is established. 
Deu 19:16  “When a malicious witness rises up against any man to accuse him of turning aside, 
Deu 19:17  then both men who have the dispute shall stand before יהוה, before the priests and the judges who serve in those days. 
Deu 19:18  “And the judges shall diligently search and see if the witness is a false witness, who has falsely accused his brother, 
Deu 19:19  then you shall do to him as he thought to have done to his brother. Thus you shall purge the evil from your midst. 
Deu 19:20  “And let the rest hear and fear, and never again do this evil matter in your midst. 
Deu 19:21  “And let your eye not pardon, life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. 
Laws Concerning Warfare
Deu 20:1  “When you go out to battle against your enemies, and shall see horses and chariots and people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them, for יהוה your Elohim, who brought you up from the land of Mitsrayim, is with you. 
Deu 20:2  “And it shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall come and speak to the people, 
Deu 20:3  and shall say to them, ‘Hear, O Yisra’ěl: You are drawing near today to battle with your enemies. Do not let your heart faint, do not fear, or tremble, or be afraid before them, 
Deu 20:4  for יהוה your Elohim is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.’ 
Deu 20:5  “And the officers shall speak to the people, saying, ‘Who is the man who has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man dedicate it. 
Deu 20:6  And who is the man who has planted a vineyard and has not begun to use it? Let him also go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man should begin to use it. 
Deu 20:7  And who is the man who is engaged to a woman and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man take her.’ 
Deu 20:8  “And the officers shall speak further to the people, and say, ‘Who is the man who is afraid and tender of heart? Let him go and return to his house, lest the heart of his brothers faint like his heart.’ 
Deu 20:9  “And it shall be, when the officers have finished speaking to the people, that they shall appoint commanders of the divisions to lead the people. 

The real battle is not against flesh and blood. but against the spiritual forces of darkness resisting the people of the Torah. Therefore, we must not be double minded but certain of victory and that YHVH Himself goes out before us to ensure our complete victory over the enemy.

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