Parashat 47 Portion 157 ‘’Re eh’’ Deut 14:1-15:6 Is 63:8-16 + 65:9 Ps 119:97-120

Baruch atah, YHVH Eloheinu, Melech haolam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu laasok b’divrei Torah.

Blessed are You, YHVH our Elohim, King of the universe, who has made us set apart through His commandments and commanded us to engross ourselves in the words of the Torah. Blessed are You, YHVH, Giver of the Torah – Amein.

בנים אתם – ‘’sons are you..’’

YHVH begins this Torah portion by first addressing the responsibility of the men to build and protect YHVH’s laws and legacy – on earth. (Heb ‘’banah’’ means to build)

Clean and Unclean Food

Deu 14:1  “You are the children of יהוה your Elohim. Do not cut yourselves nor shave the front of your head for the dead, (Hebrew men are not like other men – seeking an identity outside YHVH)

Deu 14:2  for you are a set-apart people to יהוה your Elohim, and יהוה has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a treasured possession above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. 1 Pet 2:9

Deu 14:3  “Do not eat whatever is abominable. 

Deu 14:4  “These are the living creatures which you do eat: ox, sheep, and goat, 

Deu 14:5  deer, and gazelle, and roebuck, and wild goat, and mountain goat, and antelope, and mountain sheep. 

Deu 14:6  “And every beast that has a split hoof divided in two, chewing the cud, among the beasts, you do eat. 

 

‘’Dairy cows spend almost 8 hours a day chewing their cuds for a total of almost 30,000 chews daily. It can be said that a content cow is one who is seen chewing her cud. In reality there is quite a bit of truth in this statement. When cows chew their cuds, they secrete saliva. This saliva contains a natural antacid which helps to buffer the rumen or first compartment of the stomach. Proper buffering of the rumen allows a cow to digest forages better and to eat more feed which helps her produce more milk.

What stimulates a cow to chew her cud? When a cow chews her cud, she is regurgitating a bolus of food into her mouth which she rechews and re-swallows - a small rounded mass of a substance, especially of chewed food at the moment of swallowing.’’

 

Deu 14:7  “But of those chewing the cud or those having a split hoof completely divided, you do not eat, such as these: the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit, for they chew the cud but do not have a split hoof, they are unclean for you. 

Deu 14:8  “And the pig is unclean for you, because it has a split hoof, but does not chew the cud. You do not eat their flesh or touch their dead carcasses. 

 

Most people in the world do not really give much thought to what they eat. They may even say ‘’we have bigger problems in the world than to worry about eating pork’’ Perhaps one of the reasons for many problems is that people eat so much pork and other forbidden food- Rom 14:17

 

Pork's Dominance: Pork constitutes a significant portion (36%) of global meat intake, underscoring its importance in diets worldwide. This high percentage indicates pork's popularity, driven by its flavour, versatility in cooking, and cultural significance in many regions.

Consumption Trends: The current consumption stands at 112.6 kilotons, with an expected rise to 129 kilotons by 2031. This projection suggests a steady increase in pork demand, likely influenced by population growth, economic development, and changing dietary preferences.’’

In 2024, China is expected to consume over 58.1 million metric tons of pork, which is more than half of the world's total – approximately 1,5 billion pigs slaughtered every year.

 

Deu 14:9  “These you do eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales you do eat. 

Deu 14:10  “And whatever does not have fins and scales you do not eat, it is unclean for you. 

Deu 14:11  “Any clean bird you do eat, 

Deu 14:12  but these you do not eat: the eagle, and the vulture, and the black vulture, 

Deu 14:13  and the red kite, and the falcon, and the buzzard after their kinds, 

Deu 14:14  and every raven after its kind, 

Deu 14:15  and the ostrich, and the nighthawk, and the seagull, and the hawk after their kinds, 

Deu 14:16  the little owl, and the great owl, and the white owl, 

Deu 14:17  and the pelican, and the carrion vulture, and the fisher owl, 

Deu 14:18  and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe and the bat. 

Deu 14:19  “And every creeping insect that flies is unclean for you, they are not eaten. 

Deu 14:20  “Any clean bird you do eat. 

Deu 14:21  “Do not eat whatever dies of itself. Give it to the stranger who is within your gates, to eat it, or sell it to a foreigner. For you are a set-apart people to יהוה your Elohim. Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk. 

 

Tithes

Deu 14:22  “You shall tithe without fail all the yield of your grain that the field brings forth year by year. 

Deu 14:23  “And you shall eat before יהוה your Elohim, in the place where He chooses to make His Name dwell, the tithe of your grain and your new wine and your oil, and of the firstlings of your herds and your sheep, so that you learn to fear יהוה your Elohim always. 

Deu 14:24  “But when the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to bring the tithe, or when the place where יהוה your Elohim chooses to put His Name is too far from you, when יהוה your Elohim is blessing you, 

Deu 14:25  then you shall give it in silver, and shall take the silver in your hand and go to the place which יהוה your Elohim chooses. 

Deu 14:26  “And you shall use the silver for whatever your being desires: for cattle or sheep, for wine or strong drink, for whatever your being desires. And you shall eat there before יהוה your Elohim, and you shall rejoice, you and your household. 

Deu 14:27  “And do not forsake the Lěwite who is within your gates, for he has no part nor inheritance with you. 

Deu 14:28  “At the end of every third year you bring out all the tithe of your increase of that year and store it up within your gates. 

Deu 14:29  “And the Lěwite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the sojourner and the fatherless and the widow who are within your gates, shall come and eat and be satisfied, so that יהוה your Elohim does bless you in all the work of your hand which you do. 

 

The Sabbatical Year

Deu 15:1  “At the end of every seven years you make a release of debts. 

Deu 15:2  “And this is the word of the release: Every creditor is to release what he has loaned to his neighbour, he does not require it of his neighbour or his brother, because it is called the release of יהוה. 

Deu 15:3  “Of a foreigner you could require it, but your hand is to release whatever is owed by your brother. 

Deu 15:4  “Only, there should be no poor among you. For יהוה does greatly bless you in the land which יהוה your Elohim is giving you to possess as an inheritance, 

Deu 15:5  only if you diligently obey the voice of יהוה your Elohim, to guard to do all these commands which I am commanding you today. 

  רק אם־שׁמוע תשׁמע בקול יהוה אלהיך לשׁמר לעשׂות את־כל־המצוה הזאת אשׁר אנכי מצוך היום׃

Deu 15:6  “For יהוה your Elohim shall bless you as He promised you. And you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. And you shall rule over many nations, but they do not rule over you. 

 

Both our salvation and blessings come through faith and obedience.

 

Generally speaking believers don’t like to admit that we have all fallen short in these two areas. In these days a tiny remnant of believers are getting tired of being disobedient.

 

Rom 11:32 For YHVH locks up all together(not them) in stubbornness, that He should be merciful to all."

 

Luke 18:8 ….at the coming of the Son of Mankind, will He be finding the faith on the earth?

 

If we reflect on the instructions of this Torah portion and consider the track record of the church (even the Jews) for the past 2000 years – we must conclude we have all shown bad faith and gross disobedience when it comes to YHVH’s laws.

How can a group of believers justify the fact that they have deliberately disobeyed and changed YHVH’s laws for the past 2000 years?

 

Let us remind ourselves of how critical faith and obedience are:

 

Joh 3:36  “He who believes(faith) in the Son possesses everlasting life, but he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of Elohim remains on him.” 

 

All believers need to sincerely ask themselves – has YHVH ever been pleased when His children have disobeyed Him? And how long will YHVH still tolerate our disobedience?

 

Some believers believe that we and the world are about to find out the painful and devastating consequences for our disobedience in the near future.

There has never been a time in human history where mankind need to more carefully reflect on what lies ahead for all of us in the coming days.

No amount of human persuasion will change the minds of the masses, however the powerful intervention of YHVH into human affairs will.

 

Gen 6:3  And יהוה said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever in his going astray.

 

·        Deuteronomy 28:15-68: Describes the curses that will befall those who disobey YHVH's laws. 

·        Hebrews 3:7-8: Warns against hardening one’s heart against YHVH and the danger of falling away from faith. 

 

Rom 2:4  Or do you despise the riches of His kindness, and tolerance, and patience,[a] not knowing that the kindness of Elohim leads you to repentance? Footnote: a 2Pe_3:9. 

Rom 2:5  But according to your hardness and your unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of Elohim, 

Rom 2:6  who “shall render to each one according to his works”:b Psa_62:12. Footnote: bSee footnote Mat_16:27. 

Rom 2:7  everlasting life to those who by persistence in good work seek for esteem, and respect, and incorruptibility; 

Rom 2:8  but wrath and displeasure to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness; 

Rom 2:9  affliction and distress on every human being working what is evil, of the Yehuḏi first, and also of the Greek; 

Rom 2:10  but esteem, respect, and peace to everyone working what is good, to the Yehuḏi first and also to the Greek. 

Rom 2:11  For there is no partiality with Elohim. 

 

Through great turmoil and tribulation the world will soon discover that the Torah of YHVH (which includes all the writings found in our Second Writing’s scriptures) is the most profound and the most important document on earth and in the heavens. All of humanity both living and dead will also come to realize the consequences of lightly esteeming any of His Words.

 

While the light of His truth still shines in this world – there is hope for mankind.

 

Mat 5:16  “Let your light so shine before men, so that they see your good works and praise your Father who is in the heavens. Mat 5:17  “Do not think that I came to destroy the Torah or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to complete.”

 

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.

Parashat 47 Portion 156 ‘’Re eh’’ Deut 13:2 – 14:3

Baruch atah, YHini Eloheinu, Melech haolam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu laasok b’divrei Torah.

Blessed are You, YHVH our Elohim, King of the universe, who has made us set apart through His commandments and commanded us to engross ourselves in the words of the Torah. Blessed are You, YHVH, Giver of the Torah – Amein.

כי־יקום בקרבך ‘’when there arises in your midst ….

This Torah portion of 21 verses is about YHVH testing how serious His people are about obeying, guarding and doing His Torah.

Jer 6:16  Thus said יהוה, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; and find rest for yourselves. But they said, ‘We do not walk in it.’ 

1Jn 2:19  They went out from us, but they were not of us, for if they had been of us, they would have stayed with us – but in order that it might be made manifest that none of them were of us. 

In this verse we can assume that some believers (who like to pick and choose what they will accept and reject in the Torah) will leave groups that are passionate about obeying and walking in the light of all of YHVH’s Torah.

כי־יקום בקרבך ‘’when there arises in your midst ….

Deu 13:1  “When there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he shall give you a sign or a wonder, (leaders who profess they are the real deal – with amazing evidence)

Deu 13:2  and the sign or the wonder shall come true, of which he has spoken to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other mighty ones – which you have not known – and serve them,’ 

Deu 13:3  do not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for יהוה your Elohim is trying you to know whether you love יהוה your Elohim with all your heart and with all your being. (false teachers avoid the Torah or do violence to the Torah)

 

Mat 24:24  “For false messiahs and false prophets shall arise, and they shall show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones. 

Mat 24:25  “See, I have forewarned you. (false messiah’s or “anointed ones’’ are able to speak with great authority and conviction)

 

Deu 13:4  “Walk after יהוה your Elohim and fear Him, and guard His commands and obey His voice, and serve Him and cling to Him. 

Deu 13:5  “And that prophet or that dreamer of dreams is put to death, because he has spoken apostasy against יהוה your Elohim – who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim and ransomed you from the house of bondage – to make you stray from the way in which יהוה your Elohim commanded you to walk. Thus you shall purge the evil from your midst. 

Deu 13:6  “When your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own being, entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other mighty ones’– which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers, 

Deu 13:7  of the mighty ones of the people which are all around you, near to you or far off from you, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth – 

Deu 13:8  do not agree with him or listen to him, nor shall your eye pardon him, nor spare him or conceal him, 

Deu 13:9  but you shall certainly kill him. Your hand is first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people, 

Deu 13:10  and you shall stone him with stones until he dies, because he sought to entice you away from יהוה your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, from the house of bondage. 

Deu 13:11  “And let all Yisra’ěl hear and fear, and not again do any such evil matter as this in your midst. 

 

Communities who have engrossed themselves in the study of YHVH’s Torah will quickly recognize ‘’counterfeit’’ teachers who seek to infiltrate their communities. These transgressors will be warned to repent or face the consequences.

 

The problem is that our communities have become so infiltrated by deception that it has become almost impossible to root out this deception – See the parable of the weeds in Mat13:24-30.

 

The prophet Jeremiah weeping for YHVH’s people expresses his grief in Jer 8:21  For the breach of the daughter of my people I have been broken. I have grown sad; astonishment has taken hold of me. Jer 8:22  Is there no balm in Gil‛aḏ, is there no healer there? Why has the healing of the daughter of my people not come? 

Jer 9:3  “And they bend their tongue like a bow. Falsehood, and not truth, prevails on the earth. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they have not known Me,” declares יהוה. 

Jer 9:4  “Let everyone beware of his neighbour and not trust any brother. For every brother catches by the heel, and every neighbour walks with slanderers. 

Jer 9:5  “And everyone deceives his neighbour, and no one speaks the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak falsehood, and have wearied themselves to crook. 

Jer 9:6  “You live in the midst of deceit; through deceit they have refused to know Me,” declares יהוה. Jer 9:7  Therefore thus said יהוה of hosts, “See, I shall refine them, and shall try them, for what shall I do because of the daughter of My people? Jer 9:12  Who is the wise man, that he understands this? And to whom has the mouth of יהוה spoken, that he declares it? Why has the land perished, has it been burned up like a wilderness, with none passing through? Jer 9:13  And יהוה says, “Because they have forsaken My Torah which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice,a nor walked according to it, Jer 9:14  but they have walked according to the stubbornness of their own heart and after the Ba‛als, which their fathers had taught them.” 

 

How do we define deception? Yahshua Himself does so in Mat 5:17

 

Mat 5:17  “Do not think that I came to destroy the Torah or the Prophets.e I did not come to destroy but to complete.

 

Let us look at this statement more closely in the Greek. – First of all there are 4 aorist Greek verbs in this sentence. We recall from our previous Torah portion that an aorist Greek verb is a past tense verb in the process of awaiting its complete fulfilment. It is ‘’undefined’’ and ‘’conditional’’in other words the exact completion of the verb is yet to be fully revealed and its perfect completion is guaranteed by YHVH Himself.

 

Concordant Literal Version (https://studybible.info/CLV) Mat 5:17 You should not infer that I came to demolish the law or the prophets. I came not to demolish, but to fulfill.

 

‘’infer’’ or ‘’nomikos’’ G3543 – ‘’ according (or pertaining) to law,’’ ‘’do not think that the law can ever become unlawful’’  this Greek word is saying ‘’ you cant make something unlawful that is lawful.

 

‘’demolish’’ or ‘’katalusai’’ G2647 ‘’ From G2596 and G3089; to loosen down (disintegrate), that is, (by implication) to demolish (literally or figuratively); specifically (compare G2646) to halt for the night: - destroy, dissolve, be guest, lodge, come to nought, overthrow, throw down.’’

 

‘’demolish’’ repeated twice in this verse 17.

 

‘’fulfil’’ or ‘’pieroo’’ G4137’’ ‘’ From G4134; to make replete, that is, (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute (an office), finish (a period or task), verify (or coincide with a prediction), etc.: - accomplish, X after, (be) complete, end, expire, fill (up), fulfil, (be, make) full (come), fully preach, perfect, supply.’’

 

One of the most dangerous deceptions facing mankind is that the Torah is for the Jews and the New Testament is for the Christians. The question then remains, who was Yahshua addressing in Mat 5:17-19? There are more references to the Torah in the NT than in OT.

 

This diminishing of the Torah will result in the destruction of this world – see Isaiah 24.

 

Deu 13:12  “When you hear someone in one of your cities, which יהוה your Elohim gives you to dwell in, saying, 

Deu 13:13  Some men, sons of Beliya‛al, have gone out of your midst and led the inhabitants of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other mighty ones” ’ – mighty ones whom you have not known – 

Deu 13:14  then you shall inquire, search out, and ask diligently. And see if the matter is true and established that this abomination was done in your midst, 

 

‘’Sons of Belial’’ – Meaning Worthlessness, Obsolete, Beyond Purpose

Etymology From the noun בליעל (belial), worthlessness, from the verb בלה (bala), to wear out.

Related names • Via בלה (bala): Babel

A less accepted theory is that belial comes from beli 'ol, meaning “without yoke”; the definition would remain about the same, however: a “son of Belial” would be someone who is “lawless” or “rebellious.”’’

 

Deu 13:15  you shall certainly strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, putting it under the ban, and all that is in it and its livestock, with the edge of the sword. 

Deu 13:16  “And gather all its plunder into the middle of the street, and completely burn with fire the city and all its plunder, before יהוה your Elohim. And it shall be a heap forever, never to be built again. 

Deu 13:17  “And none of that which is put under the ban is to cling to your hand, so that יהוה turns from the fierceness of His displeasure and shall show you compassion, love you and increase you, as He swore to your fathers, 

Deu 13:18  when you obey the voice of יהוה your Elohim, to guard all His commands which I command you today, to do what is right in the eyes of יהוה your Elohim. 

Clean and Unclean Food

Deu 14:1  “You are the children of יהוה your Elohim. Do not cut yourselves nor shave the front of your head for the dead, 

Deu 14:2  for you are a set-apart people to יהוה your Elohim, and יהוה has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a treasured possession above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. 

Deu 14:3  “Do not eat whatever is abominable. 

 

Paul confessed the following about his dedication to the Torah -Act 24:14  “And this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the Elohim of my fathers, Exo_3:15 believing (Gk ‘’avowing’’) all that has been written in the Torah and in the Prophets.

 

2Co 6:14  Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers (Gk ‘’apistos’’ disobedient) For what partnership has righteousness and lawlessness? And what fellowship has light with darkness? 

2Co 6:15  And what agreement has Messiah with Beliya‛al? Or what part does a believer have with an unbeliever? 

2Co 6:16  And what union has the Dwelling Place of Elohim with idols? For you are a Dwelling Place of the living Elohim, as Elohim has said, “I shall dwell in them and walk among them, and I shall be their Elohim, and they shall be My people.”a Lev_26:12 Footnote: aSee also Exo_29:45, Lev_26:12, Jer_31:1, Ezk_37:27. 

2Co 6:17  Therefore, “Come out from among them and be separate, says יהוה, and do not touch what is unclean, and I shall receive you. Isa_52:11. 

2Co 6:18  “And I shall be a Father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to Me, says יהוה the Almighty.” Isa_43:6, Hos_1:10. 

 

2Jn 1:9  Everyone who is transgressing and not staying in the teaching of Messiah does not possess Elohim.b The one who stays in the teaching of Messiah possesses both the Father and the Son.c Footnotes: b 1Ti_6:3. cSee 1Jn_1:3, 1Jn_2:22, 1Jn_5:20. 

2Jn 1:10  If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house nor greet him, 

2Jn 1:11  for he who greets him shares in his wicked works.

 

Tit 3:9  But keep away from foolish questions, and genealogies, and strife and quarrels about the Torah, for they are unprofitable and useless. 

Tit 3:10  Reject a divisive man after the first and second warning, 

Tit 3:11  knowing that such a one has been perverted, and sins, being self-condemned. 

 

Our response to our situation in the light of the coming judgment: A plea for mercy.

 

Isa 64:4  Since the beginning of the ages they have not heard nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen any Elohim besides You, who acts for those who wait for Him. 

Isa 64:5  You shall meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, who remembers You in Your ways. See, You were wroth when we sinned in them a long time. And should we be saved? 

Isa 64:6  And all of us have become as one unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as soiled rags. And all of us fade like a leaf, and our crookednesses, like the wind, have taken us away. 

Isa 64:7  And there is no one who calls on Your Name, who stirs himself up to be strengtheneda in You; for You have hidden Your face from us, and have consumed us because of our crookednesses. Footnote: aCommonly understood as “Take hold of.” 

Isa 64:8  And now, O יהוה, You are our Father. We are the clay, and You our potter. And we are all the work of Your hand. 

Isa 64:9  Do not be wroth, O יהוה, nor remember crookedness forever. See, please look, all of us are Your people! 

Isa 64:10  Your set-apart cities have become a wilderness, Tsiyon has become a wilderness, Yerushalayim a waste. 

Isa 64:11  Our set-apart and comely House, where our fathers praised You, has been burned up with fire. And all that we treasured has become a ruin. 

Isa 64:12  In view of all this, would You restrain Yourself, O יהוה? Would You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure? 

 

 

Mat 24:22  “And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would be saved, but for the sake of the chosen ones those days shall be shortened. 

 

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.

Parashat 47 Portion 155 ‘’Re eh’’ Dev 12:20-13:12 Is 42:18-25 Jn 8:31-59

Blessed are You, YHVH our Elohim, King of the universe, who has made us set apart through His commandments and commanded us to actively study Torah. Please YHVH, our Elohim, sweeten the words of Your Torah in our mouths and in the mouths of all Your people Israel. May we and our offspring, and the offspring of Your people, the House of Israel, may we all, together, know Your Name and study Your Torah for the sake of fulfilling Your desire. Blessed are You, YHVH, Who teaches Torah to His people Israel. Blessed are You, YHVH our Elohim, King of the universe, Who chose us from all the nations and gave us the Torah. Blessed are You, YHVH, Giver of the Torah – Amein

כִּי-יַרְחִיב ‘’when He will enlarge…’’

“..from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates…”Gen 15:18’’ - God's Promise - gave Israel More than 2 Million square Kilometers! Israel would be more than 100 times larger than its current size of about 20,770 square km!’’

Our understanding of our redemption will also be enlarged.

Deu 12:20  “When יהוה your Elohim enlarges your border as He has promised you, and you say, ‘Let me eat meat,’ because you long to eat meat, you eat as much meat as your being desires. 

Deu 12:21  “When the place where יהוה your Elohim chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you shall slaughter from your herd and from your flock which יהוה has given you, as I have commanded you, and you shall eat within your gates as much as your being desires. 

Deu 12:22  “Only, as the gazelle and the deer are eaten, so you are to eat of it. The unclean and the clean alike eat of it. 

Deu 12:23  “Only, be strong not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, do not eat the life with the meat. 

Deu 12:24  “Do not eat it, you pour it on the earth like water. 

Deu 12:25  “Do not eat it, that it might be well with you and your children after you, when you do what is right in the eyes of יהוה. 

Deu 12:26  “Only, the set-apart gifts which you have, and your vowed offerings, you are to take up and go to the place which יהוה chooses. 

Deu 12:27  “And you shall make your ascending offerings, the meat and the blood, on the slaughter-place of יהוה your Elohim. And the blood of your slaughterings is poured out on the slaughter-place of יהוה your Elohim, and you eat the meat. 

Deu 12:28  “Guard, and obey all these words which I command you, that it might be well with you and your children after you forever, when you do what is good and right in the eyes of יהוה your Elohim. 

Why all the talk about slaughterings and blood? Because NO ONE WILL EVER ENTER INTO THE PRESENCE OF YHVH WHO THINKS THEY DESREVE TO BE THERE.

Warning Against Idolatry – which has imprisoned ALL of mankind.

The word ‘’Elohim’’ is repeated 17 x in the next few verse.

The Name Elohim has something to do with powers: The Powers That Be;

Maimonides wrote: "I must premise that every Hebrew [now] knows that the term Elohim is a homonym, and denotes God, angels, judges, and the rulers of countries ..."

Homonym noun - each of two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins

Deu 12:29  “When יהוה your Elohim does cut off from before you the nations which you go to dispossess, and you dispossess them and dwell in their land, 

Deu 12:30  guard yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire about their mighty ones, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their mighty ones? And let me do so too.’[c] Footnote: cSee also Deu_18:9, Lev_18:3, Jer_10:2, Ezk_11:12 and Ezk_20:32, Eph_4:17, and 1Pe_4:3.

Eph 4:17  So this I say, and witness in the Master, that you should no longer walk as the nations walk,[c] in the futility of their mind,

Deu 12:31  “Do not do so to יהוה your Elohim, for every abomination which יהוה hates they have done to their mighty ones, for they even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their mighty ones. 

‘’The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that there are around 73 million induced abortions each year worldwide. This is equivalent to about 200,000 abortions per day.’’

Deu 12:32  “All the words I am commanding you, guard to do it – do not add to it nor take away from it.[d] Footnote: dSee also Deu_4:2, Pro_30:6, Rev_22:18-19. 

Deu 13:1  “When there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he shall give you a sign or a wonder, 

Deu 13:2  and the sign or the wonder shall come true, of which he has spoken to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other mighty ones – which you have not known – and serve them,’ 

Deu 13:3  do not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for יהוה your Elohim is trying you to know whether you love יהוה your Elohim with all your heart and with all your being. 

Deu 13:4  “Walk after יהוה your Elohim and fear Him, and guard His commands and obey His voice, and serve Him and cling to Him. 

Deu 13:5  “And that prophet or that dreamer of dreams is put to death, because he has spoken apostasy against יהוה your Elohim – who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim and ransomed you from the house of bondage – to make you stray from the way in which יהוה your Elohim commanded you to walk. Thus you shall purge the evil from your midst. 

This is one of the major signs of apostacy and false leaders – they will subtly, sometimes even in the name of religion, persuade the masses that they are ‘’God’s’’ gifted and called out servants that will guide you and bring you into a life of blessing and abundance – but never do – its all just an illusion of the real truth.

Deu 13:6  “When your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own being, entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other mighty ones’– which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers, 

Deu 13:7  of the mighty ones of the people which are all around you, near to you or far off from you, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth – 

Deu 13:8  do not agree with him or listen to him, nor shall your eye pardon him, nor spare him or conceal him, 

Deu 13:9  but you shall certainly kill him. Your hand is first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people, 

Deu 13:10  and you shall stone him with stones until he dies, because he sought to entice you away from יהוה your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, from the house of bondage. 

Deu 13:11  “And let all Yisra’ěl hear and fear, and not again do any such evil matter as this in your midst. 

Deu 13:12  “When you hear someone in one of your cities, which יהוה your Elohim gives you to dwell in, saying, 

Deu 13:13  Some men, sons of Beliya‛al, have gone out of your midst and led the inhabitants of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other mighty ones” ’ – mighty ones whom you have not known – 

 

When it comes to understanding and obeying YHVH the scriptures says - Isa 42:18  “Hear, you deaf! And look, you blind, and see. Isa 42:19  “Who is blind but My servant, or deaf as My messenger (‘’mIshulam’’ one who is in a covenant with YHVH) whom I send? Who is blind as he who is at peace, and blind as servant of יהוה? Isa 42:20  “You see much, but do not guard; ears are open, but do not hear.” Isa 42:21  It has delighted יהוה, for the sake of His righteousness, to make the Torah great and esteemed. Isa 42:22  But this is a people robbed and plundered, all of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden in prison houses. They have become a prey, with no one to deliver – for plunder, and no one to say, “Restore!” (or return ‘’shuv’’) Jn 8:31-59

Isa 42:23  Who among you gives ear to this, pays attention and hears for the time to come? 

Isa 42:24  Who gave Ya‛aqoḇ for plunder, and Yisra’ěl to the robbers? Was it not יהוה, He against whom we sinned? For they would not walk in His ways, and they did not obey His Torah! 

Isa 42:25  So He has poured on him His burning displeasure and the strength of battle, and it set him on fire all around, yet he did not understand. And it burned against him, yet he did not take it to heart! 

 

Many Christians and Jews will be shocked to discover how bound they truly are. They are in bondage because of their disobedience, and they are powerless to escape from their prisons.

Rom 11:32  For Elohim has shut them all up to disobedience, (Jew and Gentile) in order to have compassion on all. Rom 11:33  Oh, the depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of Elohim! How unsearchable His judgments and untraceable His ways! Hosea 3:5

 

Rom 8:19  For the intense longing[a] of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of Elohim. Footnote: aLit. anxiously looking with outstretched head. 

Rom 8:20  For the creation was subjected to futility, not from choice, but because of Him who subjected it, in anticipation, 

Rom 8:21  that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage to corruption into the esteemed freedom of the children of Elohim. 

Rom 8:22  For we know that all the creation groans together, and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. 

Rom 8:23  And not only so, but even we ourselves who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, we ourselves also groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. 

Rom 8:24  For in this expectation we were saved, but expectation that is seen is not expectation, for when anyone sees, does he expect it? 

Rom 8:25  And if we expect what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with endurance. Heb 11:1

In Ancient Greek, the aorist verb is used in the aorist indicative tense in unrealized past conditional sentences – (aorist means undefined not yet a reality but in is the process of becoming reality) eg ‘’ the faith cannot become a reality without obedience. For 1000 years (in the millennium reign) Yashua is going to teach the remnant bride and the nations the reality of perfect obedience to the Torah. For centuries the church has been teaching that this is a ‘’done deal’’ yet in reality it is  in the process of becoming a done deal in our lives.

Gal 3:22  But the Scripture has shut up (Gk word is aorist) all mankind under sin, that the promise by belief in (Gk ‘’of’’) יהושע Messiah might be given to those who believe. 

Gal 3:23  But before (the) belief came,(Gk aorist – before the coming of the faith accompanied by obedience) we were being guarded under Torah, having been shut up for the belief being about (impending) to be revealed. (the faith that brings us into the presence of the Almighty)

Gal 3:24  Therefore the Torah became our trainer (Gk ‘’pedagogos’’ or boy leader) unto Messiah, in order to be declared right by belief. 

Gal 3:25  And after (the) belief has come, (aorist – now at the coming of the faith) we are no longer under a trainer. (‘’the faith’’ that will bring you into the presence of the Father)

Gal 3:26  For you are all sons of Elohim through (the) belief in Messiah יהושע

Churchmen are quick to state that now in Messiah we no longer need a ‘’boy leader’’ or the Torah. If this was true why are churchmen unable or willing to obey the Torah?

Because like us, we still need the Torah (boy leader) to bring us to Messiah. (also still for the next 1000 years)

This Torah portion is teaching us what Paul said in 2Ti 4:3  For there shall be a time when they shall not bear sound teaching, but according to their own desires, they shall heap up for themselves teachers tickling the ear,[b] Footnote: b Isa_30:10, Jer_5:31, Rom_16:18. 

2Ti 4:4  and they shall indeed turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to myths. 

2Ti 4:5  But you be sober in all matters, suffer hardships, do the work of an evangelist, accomplish your service completely. 

2Ti 3:7  always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 

2Co 1:22  who also sealed us, and gave the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge.

you were sealed with the Set-apart Spirit of promise, 

Eph 1:14  who is the pledge of our inheritance, until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His esteem. 

כִּי-יַרְחִיב ‘’when He will enlarge…’’ our understanding of our redemption will also be enlarged.

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.