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.”
Exo 13:21 And יהוה went before
them by day in a column of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a column of
fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night.
Exo 13:22 The
column of cloud did not cease by day, nor the column of fire by night, before
the people.
The further Egypt and idolatry are behind us, the more
freely we are enabled to receive and follow YHVH’s guidance. Even in the
wilderness we can lose our way if we do not follow closely YHVH's instruction.
Isa 30:20 Though יהוה gave you bread
of adversity and water of affliction, your Teacher1 shall no longer
be hidden. But your eyes shall see your Teacher1, Footnote: 1Or teachers. See
also Joel 2:23.
Isa 30:21 and your
ears hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the Way, walk in it,” whenever
you turn to the right, or whenever you turn to the left.
Exo 14:1 And יהוה spoke to
Mosheh, saying,
Exo 14:2 “Speak to
the children of Yisra’ĕl, that they turn and camp before Pi Haḥiroth,
“Pi Ha chariot” “Pi” means “mouth” “ha chariot” – lit. holes or cavities. The
implication may be that death and life will issue from the words we speak
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Pro 18:21 Death and life are in the power of
the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.
Pro 10:19 When words are many, Transgression is not
absent, But he who restrains his lips is wise.
See 14:14 – Israel was commanded to be silent
while YHVH destroyed Yisrael’s enemies. (Josh 6:10)
Amo 5:13 Therefore the wise keep silent at
that time, for it is an evil time.
….between Miḡdol
and the sea, opposite Baʽal Tsephon – camp before it by the sea.
“Migdol” means “tower” it can also infer a stronghold.
“Baal Tsephon” could refer to a hidden or mysterious foreign deity -Mysterious
and hidden demonic strongholds will confront those who have chosen to leave
Egypt behind them. Deliverance from these strongholds are possibly linked to
the words of our mouths.
Exo 14:3 “For
Pharaoh shall say of the children of Yisra’ĕl, ‘They are entangled (confused or
perplexed)in the land, the wilderness has closed them in.’
Exo 14:4 “And I
shall harden the heart of Pharaoh, and he shall pursue them. But I am to be
esteemed through Pharaoh and over all his army, and the Mitsrites shall know
that I am יהוה.” And they did
so.
Exo 14:5 And it
was reported to the sovereign of Mitsrayim that the people had fled, and the
heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people. And they said,
“Why have we done this, that we have let Yisra’ĕl go from serving us?”
Exo 14:6 So he
made his chariot ready and took his people with him.
Exo 14:7 And he
took six hundred choice chariots, and all the chariots of Mitsrayim with
officers over all of them.
When we are at our most vulnerable the enemy will try to
destroy us but YHVH will miraculously deliver us – see Rev 12 – there is
protection in the “wilderness”
Exo 14:8 And יהוה hardened the heart of Pharaoh sovereign of
Mitsrayim, and he pursued the children of Yisra’ĕl, but the children of
Yisra’ĕl went out defiantly – lit, ‘’uplifted hand’’
Exo 14:9 And the
Mitsrites pursued them, and all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his
horsemen and his army, and overtook them camping by the sea beside Pi Haḥiroth,
before Baʽal Tsephon.
Exo 14:10 And when
Pharaoh drew near, the children of Yisra’ĕl lifted their eyes and saw the
Mitsrites coming up after them. And they were greatly afraid, so the children
of Yisra’ĕl cried out to יהוה.
Exo 14:11 And they
said to Mosheh, “Did you take us away to die in the wilderness because there
are no graves in Mitsrayim? What is this you have done to us, to bring us up
out of Mitsrayim?
Note how the Yisraelites begin to ‘’sin with their
mouths’’ – the biggest problem man has, lies ‘’one inch below his or her nose’’
– the words we speak.
Exo 14:12 “Is this
not the word that we spoke to you in Mitsrayim, saying, ‘Leave us alone and let
us serve the Mitsrites?’ For it would have been better for us to serve the
Mitsrites than to die in the wilderness.”
Exo 14:13 And
Mosheh said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the
deliverance of יהוה, which He does
for you today. For the Mitsrites whom you see today, you are never, never to
see again.
Exo 14:14 “יהוה does fight for
you, and you keep still.” See Josh 6:10
Exo 14:15 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Why do you cry to Me? Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, and let them go forward.
Exo 14:16 “And
you, lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it,
and let the children of Yisra’ĕl go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
Exo 14:17 “And I,
see I am hardening the hearts of the Mitsrites, and they shall follow them. And
I am to be esteemed through Pharaoh and over all his army, his chariots, and
his horsemen.
Exo 14:18 “And the
Mitsrites shall know that I am יהוה, when I am
esteemed through Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”
And so it will be again in the last days – YHVH will make
a complete end of the false messiah and all his servants in the last days when
they seek to pursue and destroy YHVHs chosen remnant -
Exo 14:19 And the
Messenger of Elohim, who went before the camp of Yisra’ĕl, moved and went
behind them. And the column of cloud went from before them and stood behind
them,
Exo 14:20 and came
between the camp of the Mitsrites and the camp of Yisra’ĕl. And it was the
cloud and the darkness, and it gave light by night, and the one did not come
near the other all the night.
Exo 14:21 And
Mosheh stretched out his hand over the sea. And יהוה caused the sea
to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry
land, and the waters were divided.
Exo 14:22 And the
children of Yisra’ĕl went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, and the
waters were a wall to them on their right and on their left. (the sea of reeds
not the Red sea)
These waters symbolize a
‘’baptism’’ or “Mikveh” an act of obedience, crossing from life to death.
‘’Mikveh’’ is associated with the Hebrew verb ‘’ kiveh’’ which means to hope.
We need to understand that we do not just assume that those who start this
spiritual journey will complete it.
Heb
11:1
כי האמונה היא בטחון במה־שנצפה לו והוכחת דברים שאינם נראים׃
A literal Hebrew expanded interpretation of Hebrews
11:1 could read ‘’ The one true faith ‘’ha emunah’’ the ancient faith of our
fathers Avraham Yitschak and Yakov as revealed and taught by our Messiah
-Yahshua and his true followers – This Hebraic faith and this Hebraic faith
alone is the essence and expectation of what we anticipate of what we are yet
to see.
Exo 14:23 And the
Mitsrites pursued and went after them into the midst of the sea, all the horses
of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.
Rev 12:15 And out of his mouth the serpent
spewed water like a river after the woman, to cause her to be swept away by the
river.
Rev 12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and
the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon had
spewed out of his mouth.
Rev 12:17 And the dragon was enraged with the
woman, and he went to fight with the remnant of her seed, those guarding the
commands of Elohim and possessing the witness of יהושע Messiah
Exo 14:24 And it
came to be, in the morning watch, that יהוה looked down
upon the army of the Mitsrites through the column of fire and cloud, and He
brought the army of the Mitsrites into confusion.
Exo 14:25 And He
took off their chariot wheels, so that they drove them with difficulty. And the
Mitsrites said, “Let us flee from the face of Yisra’ĕl, for יהוה fights for them against the Mitsrites.”
Exo 14:26 Then יהוה said to Mosheh, “Stretch out your hand
over the sea, and let the waters come back upon the Mitsrites, on their
chariots, and on their horsemen.”
Exo 14:27 And
Mosheh stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its usual
flow, at the break of day, with the Mitsrites fleeing into it. Thus יהוה overthrew the Mitsrites in the midst of
the sea,
Exo 14:28 and the
waters returned and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the army of
Pharaoh that came into the sea after them, and not even one was left of them.
Exo 14:29 And the
children of Yisra’ĕl walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea, and the
waters were a wall to them on their right and on their left.
Exo 14:30 Thus יהוה saved Yisra’ĕl that day out of the hand of
the Mitsrites, and Yisra’ĕl saw the Mitsrites dead on the seashore.
Exo 14:31 And
Yisra’ĕl saw the great work which יהוה had done in
Mitsrayim, and the people feared יהוה, and believed יהוה and His servant Mosheh.
Exo 15:1 Then Mosheh and the children of Yisra’ĕl sang
this song to יהוה, and spoke, saying, “I sing to יהוה, for He is highly exalted! The horse and
its rider He has thrown into the sea!
This song is called the “song of the sea” – “shirat ha
yam”
Vv 1-10 describe YHVH’s great victory over the Egyptian
foe.
Vv 11-13 describe
that no deity is comparable to YHVH.
Vv 14-16 describe how the exodus impacted other nations.
Vv 17-18 are prophetic that describe YHVH’s continuing
reign, now and into the future.
Exo 15:2 “Yah is
my strength and song, and He has become my deliverance. He is my Ěl, and I
praise Him – Elohim of my father, and I exalt Him.
Exo 15:3 “יהוה is a man of battle, יהוה is His Name.
Exo 15:4 “He has
cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea, and his chosen officers are
drowned in the Sea of Reeds.
Exo 15:5 “The
depths covered them, they went down to the bottom like a stone.
Exo 15:6 “Your
right hand, O יהוה, has become
great in power. Your right hand, O יהוה, has crushed
the enemy.
Exo 15:7 “And in
the greatness of Your excellence You pulled down those who rose up against You.
You sent forth Your wrath, it consumed them like stubble.
Exo 15:8 “And with
the wind of Your nostrils the waters were heaped up, the floods stood like a
wall, the depths became stiff in the heart of the sea.
Exo 15:9 “The
enemy said, ‘I pursue, I overtake, I divide the spoil, my being is satisfied on
them. I draw out my sword, my hand destroys them.’
Exo 15:10 “You did
blow with Your wind, the sea covered them, they sank like lead in the mighty
waters.
Exo 15:11 “Who is
like You, O יהוה, among the
mighty ones? Who is like You, great in set-apartness, awesome in praises,
working wonders?
Exo 15:12 “You
stretched out Your right hand, the earth swallowed them.
Exo 15:13 “In Your
kindness You led the people whom You have redeemed, in Your strength You guided
them to Your set-apart dwelling.
Exo 15:14 “Peoples
heard, they trembled, anguish gripped the inhabitants of Philistia.
Exo 15:15 “Then the
chiefs of Eḏom were troubled, the mighty men of Mo’aḇ,
trembling grips them, all the inhabitants of Kenaʽan
melted.
Exo 15:16 “Fear
and dread fell on them, by the greatness of Your arm they are as silent as a
stone, until Your people pass over, O יהוה, until the people,
whom You have bought, pass over.
Exo 15:17 “You
bring them in and plant them in the mountain of Your inheritance, in the place,
O יהוה, which You have made for Your own
dwelling, the set-apart place, O יהוה, which Your
hands have prepared.
Exo 15:18 “יהוה reigns forever and ever.”
“Kotvei Shilachim” – writings of the “sent ones” the
Apostles – Midrash.
Rom 8:4 so that the righteousness of the Torah should
be completed in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the
Spirit.
When the Yisraelites
left Mitsrayim and went through the mikvah of Moshe through the Red sea, they
were guided by the cloud and by the fire symbolized by the Ruach Ha Kodesh.
Mat 3:10 “And the axe is already laid to the root of
the trees. Every tree, then, which does not bear good fruit is cut down and
thrown into the fire.
Mat 3:11 “I indeed immerse you in water unto
repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I
am not worthy to bear. He shall immerse you in the Set-apart Spirit and fire.
Mat 3:12 “His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He
shall thoroughly cleanse His threshing-floor, and gather His wheat into the
storehouse, but the chaff He shall burn with unquenchable fire.”
We see that for Shaul,
the life one who is justified by faith is a life lived in and by the Ruach Ha
Kodesh.
Commentary Romans 1:1
Tim Hegg
“1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Messiah
Yeshua.
Paul is
taking his thought back to 7:1-6, not to 7:25, for 7:7-25 is a clarification of
7:1-6. Having made the clarification (lest any should think the Torah to be
evil since it causes sin to have its power), Paul reiterates the general truth
of 7:1-6, i.e., that since a death has occurred (the death of the believer in
union with Yeshua), the condemnation of the Torah against sin is assuaged(alleviated)
and can never again claim rightful authority over the child of YHVH.
Paul has
already shown conclusively that mankind carries the penalty of sin inherited
from Adam (chapter 5), that as sinners mankind does not seek for YHVH (3:10ff),
and that in man’s weakness to overcome sin, he stands condemned by the
righteous Torah (5:16). This state of condemnation in which mankind exists can
be overcome only through the just payment of sin by a substitute, illustrated
time and time again by the sacrificial victim within the Temple, and fulfilled
by the One to whom the sacrifices pointed, Yeshua our Messiah. Paul’s
perspective is that only the person who is in union with Yeshua, who is “in”
Him, having thus undergone death and resurrection in union with Him—only this
person stands as uncondemned in the eyes of Heaven.
Modern
Judaisms (by this I mean those of so-called “rabbinic Judaism” following the
destruction of the Temple and foundational for the growth of what today is
generally referred to as “orthodox Judaism”) have, on the one hand, much to say
about sin, yet in another sense, consider it almost in a peripheral way.
. . .
the concept of sin in and of itself is never fully developed or clarified in
Judaism. . . . concern with sin itself occupies an insignificant place in
Jewish thought. . . . Sin is viewed as a correlate(associate) of mitzva; it is
treated not as a separate independent entity but rather as a shadow-essence or
even, at times, a reverse image of mitzva.
. . . In every
case, that is to say, it [sin] is conceived as the negation of something else,
and not as an independent entity in its own right”
Jer 17:9 “The heart is crooked above all, and
desperately sick – who shall know it?
It was
thus through the life-giving Spirit, in connection with the work of Yeshua,
that the sinner is made new and given both the will and ability to live life in
accordance with the Torah. (This points back to 2:13, “for not the hearers of
the law [are] righteous before YHVH, but the doers of the law shall be declared
righteous”). Thus, since the “requirements” of the Torah are actually
accomplished in the life of the believer, this is proof of a position of
righteousness before YHVH.
But how
do those who are “in Yeshua Messiah” fulfill the righteous requirement of the
Torah when, obviously, no one is able to obey the Torah fully and continually?
Once again Cranfield has said it well: