Blessed are You, YHVH our Elohim, You have set us apart by Your commandments and have commanded us to actively study Your Torah. Please YHVH, our Elohim, sweeten the words of Your Torah in our mouths and in the mouths of all Your people Israel. May You open our eyes to see marvellous truths from Your Torah. Thank You for calling us who were once gentiles excluded from the citizenship of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise having no expectation and without Elohim- but now through the blood of Messiah we have gained access into the covenant and have obtained citizenship into the commonwealth of Israel. Blessed are You, YHVH, Who teaches Torah to His people Israel. Amein
זאת הארץ
‘’this is the land’’ which falls to you as an
inheritance….
Destruction comes upon the world when they seek to divide
YHVH’s inheritance - Joe 3:2 then I shall gather all nations, and
bring them down to the Valley of Yehoshaphat. And I shall enter into judgment
with them there for My people, My inheritance Yisra’ěl, whom they have
scattered among the nations, and they have divided up My land. See
Zech 14:1-7
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
14:3 And יהוה
shall go forth, and He shall fight against those nations, as He fights in the
day of battle.
Zec
14:4 And in that day (Yom Kippur)His feet shall stand upon the Mount
of Olives, which faces Yerushalayim on the east. And the Mount of Olives
shall be split in two, from east to west, a very great valley, and half of
the mountain shall move toward the north and half of it toward the south. (emphasis
added)
‘’It
is interesting to compare the future biblical borders and land division with
the current situation in Israel. Clearly, the future borders include
both the Gaza strip and the West Bank! They also include significant
parts of present-day Syria i.e. up to Hamath, and probably all of Lebanon. Are
the politicians listening?’’
Exo
23:31 “And I shall set your border from the Sea of Reeds to the Sea of
the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River, for I shall give the
inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before
you.
Exo
23:32 “Do not make a covenant with them nor with their mighty ones.
Exo
23:33 “Let them not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me
when you serve their mighty ones, when it becomes a snare to you.”
Before these borders come into affect the earth
will become almost completely desolate - Isa 6:11 Then I said, “יהוה, until
when?” And He answered, “Until the cities are laid waste and without
inhabitant, and the houses are without a man, and the land is laid waste, a
ruin, Isa 6:12 and יהוה has removed men far away, and
the forsaken places be many in the midst of the land.
Isa 24:3 the earth is completely emptied
and utterly plundered, for יהוה has spoken this word.
Isa
24:4 The earth shall mourn and wither, the world shall languish and
wither, the haughty people of the earth shall languish. Isa 24:5 For
the earth has been defiled under its inhabitants, because they have
transgressed the Torot,[a] changed[b] the law, broken the everlasting covenant
Modern
religion fails to grasp the reality of the post-apocalyptic world as outlined
in the scriptures – a renewed world where a remnant of humanity sow and plant
and reap and harvest and raise families – when Messiah rules the earth with a
rod of iron - Rev 2:26 “And he who overcomes, and guards My works
until the end, to him I shall give authority over the nations, Psa_2:8. Rev
2:27 and he shall shepherd them with a rod of iron, as the potter’s
vessels shall be broken to pieces.
A world governed by the Torah of YHVH alone – Mat 5:17-19
– far from the current narrative of being ‘’raptured’’ and going to heaven.
Rom 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you prove what is that good and well-pleasing and perfect desire of Elohim.
זאת הארץ
Num
34:1 And יהוה
spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Num
34:2 "Command the children of Yisra’ěl, and say to them, ‘When you
come into the land of Kena‛an, this is the land which falls to you as an
inheritance, the land of Kena‛an to its boundaries:
*Num
34:3 Then your southern border shall be from the Wilderness of Tsin along
the border of Eḏom,
and your southern border shall be eastward from the end of the Salt Sea.
Num
34:4 Then your border shall turn from the southern side of the Ascent of
Aqrabbim, continue to Tsin, and be on the south of Qaḏěsh Barněa, and it shall go on to Ḥatsar Addar, and continue to
Atsmon.
Num
34:5 And the border shall turn from Atsmon to the wadi of Mitsrayim, and
it shall end at the Sea.
Num
34:6 As for the western border, you shall have the Great Sea for a
border, this is your western border.
Num
34:7 And this is your northern border: From the Great Sea you mark out
your borderline to Mount Hor,
Num
34:8 from Mount Hor you mark out your border to the entrance of Ḥamath, and the edge of the border shall be toward Tseḏaḏ,
Num
34:9 and the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and it shall end at Ḥatsar Ěnan. This is your northern
border.
Num
34:10 And you shall mark out your eastern border from Ḥatsar Ěnan to Shepham,
Num
34:11 and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riḇlah on the east side of Ayin, and the
border shall go down and reach to the eastern side of the Sea of
Kinnereth.
*Num 34:12 And the border shall go down along the Yarděn, and it shall end at the Salt Sea. This is your land with its surrounding boundaries.’ ”
Num
34:13 And Mosheh commanded the children of Yisra’ěl, saying, “This is the
land which you inherit by lot, which יהוה has commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the
half-tribe.
Num
34:14 “For the tribe of the children of Re’uḇěn according to the house of their
fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gaḏ according to the house of their
fathers, have received their inheritance. And the half-tribe of Menashsheh has
received its inheritance.
Num
34:15 “The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance
beyond the Yarděn of Yeriḥo
eastward, toward the sunrise.”
List of
Tribal Chiefs
Num
34:16 And יהוה
spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Num
34:17 “These are the names of the men who divide the land among you as an
inheritance: El‛azar the priest, and Yehoshua son of Nun.
Num
34:18 “And take one leader of every tribe to divide the land for the
inheritance.
Num
34:19 “And these are the names of the men. From the tribe of Yehuḏah: Kalěḇ son of Yephunneh.
Num
34:20 “And from the tribe of the children of Shim‛on: Shemu’ěl son of
Ammihuḏ.
Num
34:21 “From the tribe of Binyamin: Eliḏaḏ son of Kislon.
Num
34:22 “And a leader from the tribe of the children of Dan: Buqqi son of
Yoḡli.
Num
34:23 “From the sons of Yosěph: a leader from the tribe of the children
of Menashsheh, Ḥanni’ěl
son of Ěphoḏ.
Num
34:24 “And a leader from the tribe of the children of Ephrayim: Qemu’ěl
son of Shiphtan.
Num
34:25 “And a leader from the tribe of the children of Zeḇulun: Elitsaphan son of Parnaḵ.
Num
34:26 “And a leader from the tribe of the children of Yissasḵar: Palti’ěl son of Azzan.
Num
34:27 “And a leader from the tribe of the children of Ashěr: Aḥihuḏ son of Shelomi.
Num
34:28 “And a leader from the tribe of the children of Naphtali: Peḏah’ěl son of Ammihuḏ.”
Num 34:29 These are the ones יהוה commanded to divide the inheritance among the children of Yisra’ěl in the land of Kena‛an.
This
redistribution of the land of Israel finally takes place during the millennial
rule of Messiah.
Division of the Land
Eze 47:13 Thus said the Master יהוה, “This
is the border by which you inherit the land, according to the twelve tribes of
Yisra’ěl, two portions for Yosěph.
Eze 47:14 “And you shall inherit it, each one the
same as his brother. For I lifted My hand in an oath to give it to your
fathers, and this land shall fall to you as your inheritance.
Eze 47:15 “And this is the border of the land on
the north: from the Great Sea, the way of Ḥethlon, as one goes to Tseḏaḏ,
Eze 47:16 "Ḥamath, Běrothah, Siḇrayim, which is between the border of Dammeseq and the border of Ḥamath, Ḥatsar Hattiḵon, which is on the border of Ḥawran.
Eze 47:17 “And the border shall be from the Sea to Ḥatsar Ěnan, the border of Dammeseq, and on the north
toward the north is the border of Ḥamath. This
is the north side.
Eze 47:18 “And the east side is from between Ḥawran, and Dammeseq, and Gil‛aḏ, and the land of Yisra’ěl; the Yarděn, from the border to the eastern side
of the sea you are to measure. This is the east side.
Eze 47:19 “And the south side toward the South is
from Tamar to the waters of Meriḇah by Qaḏěsh, along the Wadi to the Great Sea. This is the south
side toward the South.
Eze 47:20 “And the west side is the Great Sea, from
the border to the point opposite Ḥamath. This
is the west side.
Eze 47:21 “And you shall divide this land among
yourselves according to the tribes of Yisra’ěl.
Eze 47:22 “And it shall be that you divide it by
lot as an inheritance for yourselves, and for the strangers who sojourn in your
midst and who bear children among you. And they shall be to you as
native-born among the children of Yisra’ěl – with you they have an inheritance
in the midst of the tribes of Yisra’ěl.a Footnote: a Isa_14:1, Isa_56:6-8,
Rom_11:17-26, Eph_2:19, Eph_3:6, Rev_21:12.
Eze 47:23 “And it shall be that in whatever tribe the stranger sojourns, there you give him his inheritance,” declares the Master יהוה.
Cities for the Levites
Num 35:1 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh in the desert
plains of Mo’aḇ by
the Yarděn of Yeriḥo,
saying,
Num
35:2 "Command the children of Yisra’ěl that they shall give the
Lěwites cities to dwell in from the inheritance of their possession. Also give
the Lěwites open land around the cities.
Num
35:3 “And they shall have the cities to dwell in, and their open land for
their cattle, and for their herds, and for all their livestock.
Num
35:4 “And the open land of the cities which you give the Lěwites are from
the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits all around.
Num
35:5 “And you shall measure outside the city on the east side two
thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west
side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits. And the
city is in the middle. This is to them the open land for the cities.
Num
35:6 “And the cities which you give to the Lěwites are the six cities of
refuge, which you give to the man-slayer to flee to, and to these you add
forty-two cities.
Num 35:7 “All the cities which you give to the Lěwites are forty-eight, these with their open land.
The concept of prisons is foreign in the Torah. Cities of refuge were ‘’holding places’’ for those suspected of committing crimes, until proven guilty or not guilty. The roads to the cities were meant to be well marked and wide for easy accessibility.
Num 35:8 “And the cities which you give are from the possession of the children of Yisra’ěl. From the larger tribe you give many, from the smaller you give few, each one gives some of its cities to the Lěwites, in proportion to the inheritance that each inherits.”
The Set Apart District during Millennial Reign of Messiah
Eze 45:1 “And when you divide the land by lot into
inheritance, offer a contribution to יהוה, a set-apart portion of the
land, in length twenty-five thousand cubits long, and in width ten
thousand, this being set-apart throughout its border all around. (Approx
12kmx 5km)
Eze 45:2 “Of this a square plot is to be for the
set-apart place, five hundred by five hundred, with fifty cubits around it for
an open space.
Eze 45:3 “And from this measure you are to measure:
twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand wide. And in it is to
be the set-apart place, the Most Set-apart Place.
Eze 45:4 “This is to be a set-apart portion of the
land, belonging to the priests, the attendants of the set-apart place, who draw
near to serve יהוה. And it shall be a place for their houses
and set-apart ground for the set-apart place.
Eze 45:5 “And twenty-five thousand cubits in
length and ten thousand in width is for the Lěwites, the attendants of the
House, for them for a possession, twenty rooms.
Eze 45:6 “And give the city as possession: five thousand cubits wide and twenty-five thousand long, beside the contribution of the set-apart portion – it belongs to all the house of Yisra’ěl.
Psa 16:6 Boundary lines have fallen to me in
pleasant places; Indeed, a good inheritance is mine.
Psa 16:10 For You do not leave my being in She’ol,
Neither let Your Lovingly-committed One see corruption. Acts 2:31-3
(Prophecy about Yahshua who was resurrected’ (His being wasn’t left in She’ol)
on the third day before His body could start to decay).
Psa 16:11 You show me the path of life; In Your presence is joy to satisfaction; At Your right hand are pleasures forever.
Rev 20:6 Blessed and set-apart is the one having part in the first resurrection. The second death possesses no authority over these, but they shall be priests of Elohim and of Messiah, and shall reign with Him a thousand years. Rev 3:5
Blessed are you YHVH,
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 – Amein.