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.)
Isa 51:4 “Listen to Me, My people, and give ear to
Me, O My nation, for the Torah goes forth from Me, and My right-ruling I set as
a light to peoples.
Isa 51:7 “Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,
a people in whose heart is My Torah: do not fear the reproach of men, nor be
afraid of their revilings.
Isa 51:16 “And I have put My Words in your mouth,
and with the shadow of My hand I have covered you, to plant the heavens and lay
the foundations of the earth, and to say to Tsiyon, ‘You are My people.’
”
Joh
1:1 In the
beginning was the Word, and the Word was with(toward-‘’pros’) (‘’ton’’
the) Elohim, and the Word
was Elohim.
בראשית היה הדבר והדבר היה את האלהים ואלהים היה הדבר׃
Joh
1:2 He was in the beginning with Elohim.
Joh
1:3 All came to be through Him, [a] and without Him not even one came to be that came to be. Footnote: a Eph_3:9,
Col_1:16, Heb_1:2, Heb_11:3, 2Pe_3:5, Psa_33:6.
Joh
1:4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
Joh
1:5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not
overcome it.
Joh
1:9 He was the true Light, which enlightens every man, coming into the
world.
Joh
1:10 He was in the world, and the world came to be through Him, and the
world did not know Him.
Joh
1:11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
Joh
1:12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the authority to become
children of Elohim, to those believing in His Name,
Joh
1:13 who were born, not of blood nor of the desire of flesh nor of the
desire of man, but of Elohim.
Joh
1:14 And the Word became flesh and pitched His tent among us, and we saw
His esteem, esteem as of an only brought-forth of a father, complete in favour
and truth.
Also see 1Co 8:6 - for us there is one Elohim, the Father (YHVH), from whom
all came and for whom we live, and one Master יהושע Messiah, through whom all came and through whom we live. (Yahshua is not
the Creator of Heaven and earth. His and our Father is. And the earth was
created through Yahshua (with Him in mind - therefore ''through whim all came''
- some Messianics believe that Yahshua is the Creator).
Gen 1:1 In the
beginning (of this 7000 year period) Elohim created the heavens and the earth.
(outside of this redemptive 7000 - year period
there is no measurement of time)
א בְּרֵאשִׁית, בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים, אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ.
The very first
letter in the Torah is the letter “beit” This “beit” which means “house” and it
is an enlarged “beit” in the Torah scroll and gives rise to speculation as to
its hidden meaning. The Hebrew verb bara ("created") employed by this
verse specifically means the creation of something from nothing (Ibn Ezra;
Nachmanides) This dispels the evolution theory.
Gen 1:2 And the earth came to be1 formless
and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of Elohim
was moving on the face of the waters. Footnote: 1Or the earth
became.
ב וְהָאָרֶץ, הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ, וְחֹשֶׁךְ, עַל-פְּנֵי תְהוֹם; וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים, מְרַחֶפֶת עַל-פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם
Let us consider
that the seven days of creation are a pattern of the restoration of all things.
We observe that the earth became or was “chaotically empty” or “tohu vavohu”
This may have been when haSatan and one third of his messengers were cast out
of heaven – see Rev 12:4; Is 14:12-16
We can see the
pattern in this seven- day creation account the “tikkun olam” or restoration
and healing of all matters – including the healing of nations and individuals.
We also see in this seven - day creation account a pattern to the study and
understanding of the Torah.
‘’YHVH looked into the Torah and created the
world. Man looks into Torah and sustains (heals) the world.’’
We need to recognize there is only “chaotic
emptiness” without YHVH’s ‘’Ruach’’, His Word, His Torah, His Messiah.
Gen 1:3
And Elohim said, “Let light come to be,” and light came to be.
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, יְהִי אוֹר; וַיְהִי-אוֹר
When we start on the first day of the week/Yom
Rishon to sincerely begin to study and seek the truth in the weekly Torah
portions or ‘’parashiot’’ we realize that without the ‘’illuminating’’ of the
portion by His Ruach we have limited understanding of YHVH’s Word and Ways. (This
is now after we finished studied together on the previous day the Seventh
Day/Shabbat the previous Torah portion that we start studying the new Torah portion
on the First day of the week on our own until we come together on the next
Shabbat as a Kehillah.)
Gen 1:4
And Elohim saw the light, that it was good. And Elohim separated the
light from the darkness.
Gen 1:5
And Elohim called the light ‘day’ and the darkness He called ‘night.’
And there came to be evening and
there came to be morning, the first day (Yom Rishon). (The Scriptural day begins with sunset and ends with
sunset unlike the Gregorian calendar that changed it to begin with midnight and
ends with midnight.)
For any kind of
creating and restoration to take place there needs to be recognition that YHVH
is the Elohim of distinction. He does not mix things that essentially differ.
Then YHVH fills what He separates in order to bring revelation in understanding
of who He is and how we can become one with Him.
Gen 1:6 And Elohim said, “Let an expanse come to be
in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”
Gen 1:7 And Elohim made the expanse, and separated
the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the
expanse. And it came to be so.
Gen 1:8 And Elohim called the expanse ‘heavens.’ And
there came to be evening and there
came to be morning, the second day (Yom Shene).
Water speaks of
life. YHVH brings about a separation between life and life. Note the Torah does
not say this was good. This is perhaps because YHVH did not want heavenly life
and earthly life to be separated. Luk 11:2 And He
said to them, “When you pray, say: Our Father in the heavens, let Your Name be
set-apart, let Your reign come, let Your desire be done on earth as it is in
heaven.
Gen 1:9 And Elohim said, “Let the waters under the
heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And
it came to be so.
Gen 1:10 And Elohim called the dry land ‘earth,’ and
the collection of the waters He called ‘seas.’ And Elohim saw that it was good.
Gen 1:11 And Elohim said, “Let the earth bring forth
grass, the plant that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit
according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth.” And it came to
be so.
Gen 1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, the plant
that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose
seed is in itself according to its kind. And Elohim saw that it was good.
Gen 1:13 And there came to be evening and there came to be morning,
the third day (Yom Shelishi).
The third day has
Messianic significance. Yahshua was raised from the dead on the third day. He
will return back to earth for the second time on the third day – third
millennium –
For the first time
human life can be sustained on earth – Thus we see the use of the word ‘’good’’
twice.
Note the first
three days were days of separation – the next three days are days where YHVH
fills what He has separated to sustain life as it was meant to be sustained –
Jn 10:10.
When we study Torah
– by the third day there is a special anointing to see Messiah in the weekly
portion – Rom 10:4
Gen 1:14 And Elohim said, “Let lights come to be in
the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be
for signs and appointed times, and for days and years,
Gen 1:15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of
the heavens to give light on the earth.” And it came to be so.
Gen 1:16 And Elohim made two great lights: the greater
light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, and the stars.
Gen 1:17 And Elohim set them in the expanse of the
heavens to give light on the earth,
Gen 1:18 and to rule over the day and over the night,
and to separate the light from the darkness. And Elohim saw that it was good.
Gen 1:19 And there came to be evening and there came to be morning,
the fourth day (Yom Revii).
On the fourth day
YHVH provides a Messianic redemptive time line (appointments or ‘’moedim’’)
that will guide and rule our lives until the Eighth day when He will eventually
be joined to us as He was joined to Adam and Chawwah (Eve) in the garden of
Eden.
YHVH has given us a
calendar and an appointment diary to guide our lives until the “Eighth day.”
We cannot follow
YHVH as we were meant to if we chose another calendar. It is significant that
the Roman Catholic Church found it necessary to change YHVH’s calendar? The
Gregorian calendar name after one of the Roman Catholic popes!
Our lives can only
come into harmony with YHVH when we follow His appointments. Following YHVH’s
appointments allows us discernment of the times we are living in.
Gen 1:20 And Elohim said, “Let the waters teem with
shoals of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth on the face of
the expanse of the heavens.”
Gen 1:21 And Elohim created great sea creatures and
every living creature that moves, with which the waters teemed, according to
their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And Elohim saw that it
was good.
Gen 1:22 And Elohim blessed them, saying, “Bear fruit
and increase, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds increase on
the earth.”
Gen 1:23 And there came to be evening and there came to be morning,
the fifth day (Yom Chamishi).
Now YHVH fills the
earthly realm (sea) and the heavenly realm (sky) with life. We must however bring
together the fulness of life above and the fulness of life below… ‘’Your will
be done on earth as it is done in heaven…..’’
Gen 1:24 And Elohim said, “Let the earth bring forth
the living creature according to its kind: livestock and creeping creatures and
beasts of the earth, according to its kind.” And it came to be so.
Gen 1:25 And Elohim made the beast of the earth
according to its kind, livestock according to its kind, and all that creep on
the earth according to its kind. And Elohim saw that it was good.
Gen 1:26 And Elohim said, “Let Us make man in Our
image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea,
and over the birds of the heavens, and over the livestock, and over all the
earth and over all the creeping creatures that creep on the earth.”
Gen 1:27 And Elohim created the man in His image, in
the image of Elohim He created him – male and female He created them.
Gen 1:28 And Elohim blessed them, and Elohim said to
them, “Bear fruit and increase, and fill the earth and subdue it, and rule over
the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over all creatures
moving on the earth.”
Gen 1:29 And Elohim said, “See, I have given you every
plant that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree
whose fruit yields seed, to you it is for food.
Gen 1:30 “And to every beast of the earth, and to
every bird of the heavens, and to every creeping creature on the earth, in
which there is life, every green plant is for food.” And it came to be so.
Gen 1:31 And Elohim saw all that He had made, and see,
it was very good. And there came to be evening
and there came to be morning, the sixth day (Yom Shishi).
On the sixth day
YHVH creates animal life – then He creates the highest form of life – man and a
woman in His image. Now YHVH can fully represent Himself on earth. Will this
life He created bring honour or dishonour? Will this life establish YHVH’s
presence on earth? Yes!
This highest form
of life finds its highest purpose for being when it is conformed into the image
of Messiah.
Messianic life is
about giving and laying down your life. For us to experience this kind of life
we need to allow the Set Apart Spirit to search our hearts to make sure we are
giving to YHVH what He requires of us – our time, treasure and talents. When we
respond to Him and His Word as He requires the heavens open for us. The whole
offering system was about giving to YHVH.
Gen 2:1 Thus the
heavens and the earth were completed, and all their array.
Gen 2:2 And on the seventh day (yom Shabbat)
Elohim completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day
from all His work which He had made.
Gen 2:3 And Elohim blessed the seventh day and
set it apart, because on it He rested from all His work which Elohim in
creating had made.
Now finally YHVH
wants His people to gather together on the Sabbath
(Shabbat) and reflect from the Torah the true meaning of life and YHVH’s
purpose to be joined to His people for ever and ever.
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.)