10/10/2025

Parashat 2 Portion 6 ‘’Beresheet’’ Gen 8:15-9:17 Is 42:7-15, 21

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 – Ameyn

צא מן־התבה – ‘’come out of the ark’’ (the time has come)

יצא   yâtsâ' - to go out, come out, exit, go forth this word appears in different forms 7 times in this Torah portion (also 9:18)

Last week we looked at Bob Mumford’s teaching on ‘’transitioning’’ we continue this week on this theme. A theme which is very foundational in Rabbinic thinking. The rabbis taught that the soul’s journey was a continual rhythm of “entering” (כניסה) and “leaving” (יציאה) — both in this world and in its spiritual pilgrimage toward Olam Ha-Ba. Some scholars believe that this pattern will continue until the beginning of the eighth day.

Psa 121:7 יהוה guards you from all evil; He guards your being. 

Psa 121:8 יהוה guards your going out (יצא) and your coming in Now and forever. 

 בֵּית הַכְּנֶסֶ  (Beit Knesset) – literally “house of gathering” or “house of entering together.”

So, the word carries both the idea of coming in and of gathering together — entering a space, a covenant, or a relationship.

“Each departure from one level is an entry into another. From concealment into revelation, from lesser light into greater.”

 Life in Torah is not static but a sacred journey — every exile is preparation for an entry,

every leaving is a call to higher nearness

 Passover is about leaving Egypt, preparing to enter the Promised land.

Shavuot is about leaving a broken covenant and entering into a renewed covenant.

Sukkot is about leaving this earthly dwelling, preparing to dwell in His permanent dwelling.

 This pattern—Yetzi’ah → K’nisah → Yeshev (going out, entering in and settling and resting)—mirrors the entire movement of spiritual life, from leaving the lower world, entering into covenant, and resting in divine intimacy. (bridal chamber – depending how far we are willing to be transformed –(being transformed into the same likeness from esteem to esteem – 2 Cor3:18 )

 Rev 18:4  And I heard another voice from the heaven saying, "Come out (צאו) of her, my people..

  ואשמע קול אחר מן־השמים אמר צאו ממנה עמי

So “come out” often marks a moment of transformation — leaving judgment, captivity, or impurity and entering a new covenant reality.

The lesson we learn from (צא) which is used about 12 times in Parashat Noach, is that YHVH takes the initiative in calling us out of one situation and leading us onto the next, we in turn need favour and mercy to respond to His calling. Our obedient response or lack of obedient response could prove most critical in the last days. (Rev 18:4 …"Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues)

Maybe Yahshua’s words ‘’many are called but few are chosen’’ has to do with those who are invited to the marriage super of the Lamb. Rev 19:9  And he said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who have been called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’ ” And he said to me, “These are the true words of Elohim.” (to be excluded from the marriage super of the Lamb does not mean you have been excluded from the kingdom)

Gen 8:15 And Elohim spoke to Noa, saying, Gen 8:16 “Go (Heb ‘’tze’’) out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons’ wives with you. Gen 8:17 “Bring out (Heb ‘’ho tze’’) with you every life form of all flesh that is with you: of birds, of cattle and all creeping creatures – the creeping creatures on the earth. And let them teem on the earth, and bear and increase on the earth.” (be fruitful used 3 times in this portion)Gen 8:18  So Noa went out,(Heb ‘’va yatze’’) and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him, Gen 8:19  every beast, every creeping creature, and every bird, whatever creeps on the earth, according to their kinds, went out (Heb ‘’va yatzu’’)of the ark. 

Note the repeated use and emphasis of the Hebrew root word ‘’yatze’’ or ‘’come out’’

In vs 17 this word appears in its hyphil form ie ‘’cause to come forth’’ this word is deliberately misspelled in the Torah scroll. Why? Our attention has been drawn to “separation’’ Perhaps drawing our attention to the fact that not all food is clean. (you may think it is ok to eat all food, however not all food is ‘’clean’’) This would also be the first-time man began to eat meat. YHVH would never contradict Himself regarding ‘’kashrut’’

  ואשמע קול אחר מן־השמים אמר צאו ממנה עמי

 Rev 18:4  And I heard another voice from the heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people…   Yahshua uses the same root word ‘’tza’’ when casting out demons – Mark 1:25, 9:25

We unknowingly use the same word when chasing away an irritating animal or insect – ‘’tza tza’’

Rashi comments that at this time the earth was uninhabitable.

 God's Covenant with Noah

 Gen 8:20 And Noa built a slaughter-place (Heb – ‘’mizbeach’’ first appearance of this word) to יהוה and took of every clean beast and of every clean bird and offered ascending offerings on the slaughter-place. Gen 8:21  And יהוה smelled a soothing fragrance, and יהוה said in His heart, “Never again shall I curse the ground because of man, although the inclination (yetzer) of man’s heart is evil from his youth, and never again strike all living creatures, as I have done, 

 What then is the remedy?

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. (note ‘’becoming’’)

Despite our condition the scripture tell us:

Rom 8:1 There is, then, now no condemnation to those who are in Messiah יהושע, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. Rom 8:3  For the Torah being powerless, in that it was weak through the flesh, Elohim, having sent His own Son in the likeness of flesh of sin, and concerning sin, condemned sin in the flesh, 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.

 Gen 8:20 And Noa built a slaughter-place to יהוה and took of every clean beast and of every clean bird, and offered ascending offerings on the slaughter-place. 

Gen 8:21 And יהוה smelled a soothing fragrance, and יהוה said in His heart, “Never again shall I curse the ground because of man, although the inclination of man’s heart is evil from his youth, and never again strike all living creatures, as I have done, 

Gen 8:22 as long as the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.” 

 Gen 9:1 And Elohim blessed Noa and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase, and fill the earth. 

Gen 9:2 “And the fear of you and the dread of you is on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the heavens, on all that creeps on the ground, and on all the fish of the sea – into your hand they have been given. 

Gen 9:3 “Every creeping creature that lives is food for you. I have given you all, as I gave the green plants. 

Gen 9:4 “But do not eat flesh with its life, its blood. 

Gen 9:5 “But only your blood for your lives I require, from the hand of every beast I require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man’s brother, I require the life of man. 

Gen 9:6 “Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood is shed, for in the image of Elohim has He made man. 

Gen 9:7 “As for you, be fruitful and increase, bring forth teemingly in the earth and increase in it.” 

Gen 9:8 And Elohim spoke to Noa and to his sons with him, saying, 

Gen 9:9 “And I, see, I establish My covenant with you and with your seed after you, 

Gen 9:10 and with every living being that is with you: of the birds, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, every beast of the earth. 

Gen 9:11 “And I shall establish My covenant with you, and never again is all flesh cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again is there a flood to destroy the earth.” 

Gen 9:12 And Elohim said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living being that is with you, for all generations to come: 

Gen 9:13 “I shall set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. 

Gen 9:14 “And it shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud, 

Gen 9:15 and I shall remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living being of all flesh, and never again let the waters become a flood to destroy all flesh. 

Gen 9:16 “And the rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I shall see it, to remember the everlasting covenant between Elohim and every living being of all flesh that is on the earth.” 

Gen 9:17 And Elohim said to Noa, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.” 

 YHVH desires covenant, He desires to heal and bring people together. Religion tends to separate people from each other and from His covenant.

 Additional Midrash from Ellen G White: (Seven Day Adventist)

Adam and Christ:

 The Two Bridegrooms A study in love, obedience, and redemption (based on Ellen G. White’s writings with Scriptural parallels)

 1. The Pattern of Love and Loss – Adam, the First Bridegroom

 Key Texts: Genesis 3:6 — “She took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.” 1 Timothy 2:14 — “Adam was not deceived…”

 Ellen G. White: “Love, gratitude, and loyalty to the Creator—all were overcome by a deep love and emotional connection to Eve. He resolved to share her fate; if she must die, he would die with her.” (Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 56–57) Adam’s love was human but misplaced. He could not bear separation from his bride—even if it meant separation from God. His love led to death because it was love without obedience.

 2. The Redeeming Counterpart – Christ, the Second Adam Key Texts: Romans 5:18–19 — “By the disobedience of one man many were made sinners… by the obedience of One shall many be made righteous.” Ephesians 5:25–27 — “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it.” Ellen G. White: “Christ was treated as we deserve, that we might be treated as He deserves.” (Desire of Ages, p. 25) “The plan of redemption reveals a love so vast that it can never be fully comprehended.” (Education, p. 263) Christ reverses Adam’s act. He enters death not from fear of losing His bride, but to redeem her back to holiness. Love that once disobeyed is now love that obeys unto death.

 3. The Restoration of the Bride Key Texts: Revelation 19:7–9 — “The marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife hath made herself ready.” John 3:29 — “He that hath the bride is the bridegroom.”

 Hosea 2:19–20 — “I will betroth thee unto Me forever.” Ellen G. White: “The marriage represents the union of humanity with divinity… The marriage supper of the Lamb is the reception by Christ of His kingdom and the redeemed.” (The Great Controversy, p. 426) The marriage supper of the Lamb is the culmination of divine romance—humanity restored and united again with its Creator.

  4. The Great Exchange: From Adam’s Tree to Christ’s Cross Comparison Table: Adam in Eden — Ate from the forbidden tree; brought death to all; joined his bride in disobedience; feared separation; lost paradise. Christ at Calvary — Hung upon the cursed tree; brought life to all; joined His bride in redemption; restored union; opened paradise again. “Through the yielding of Adam to temptation, the human race was separated from God. Through the sacrifice of Christ, we are reconciled to Him.” (Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 63)

 5. The Final Invitation – The Bride’s Call Key Texts: Revelation 22:17 — “The Spirit and the bride say, Come.” Isaiah 62:5 — “As the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.”

  “The last call of mercy to a perishing world is a revelation of His character of love.” (Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 415) The story that began with Adam’s choice of love over obedience ends with Christ’s obedience born of love. The redeemed become the Bride who mirrors the Bridegroom—perfected love, united again with God. “Adam gave his life for his wife in transgression; Christ gave His life for His bride in righteousness. One act closed the gates of Eden; the other opened the gates of eternity.”

 ‘’Was Ellen White a heretic?’’ Written by a concerned theologian. (for the record the author of this blog disagrees with this concerned theologian)

 https://actheologian.com/2017/01/09/the-false-christ-of-ellen-white/

 ‘’What about Ellen White?  Does she teach a false Christ?  To be fair, I’ll present a few quotes from her writings on each topic.’’ 

E White’s response: “Christ Himself did not suppress one word of truth, but He spoke it always in love. He exercised the greatest tact, and thoughtful, kind attention in His intercourse with the people. He was never rude, never needlessly spoke a severe word, never gave needless pain to a sensitive soul. He did not censure human weakness. He fearlessly denounced hypocrisy, unbelief, and iniquity, but tears were in His voice as He uttered His scathing rebukes.”  – The Desire of Ages, Pg 353, Ellen G. White

(Theologian)My problem with the quote above is that it leaves out the authority, power, and wrath of God.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m not denying the love of God either.  Both are true, as I presented in an older post which you can find HERE the Holiness, Wrath, and Love of God are connected to each other.  If you pull one out, you lose the others.  Instead of presenting the authority and wrath of Christ accurately Ellen White has scaled it back for us.

To demonstrate this, I will compare how Ellen White presents his “scathing rebukes” with the way the Bible does.

“15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables; 16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.; 17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.” John 2:15-17 KJV 

Instead of something closer to the Biblical text Ellen White gives us imagery of a voice cracking in tears.  I think it’s fair to say that Ellen White and I are not thinking about the same person.

 (E White) “Untold evil has come from the heresy of eternal torment. It takes the religion of the Bible, so full of love and goodness, darkens it by superstition and clothes it with terror. Satan has painted the character of God in false colours, making people fear, dread, and even hate our merciful Creator. The repulsive views of God that have spread over the world from the teachings of the pulpit have made millions of people skeptics and unbelievers.” –The Great Hope, Pg 28, Ellen G. White

 (View of the author of this blog)

‘’If our minds are not renewed, concerning YHVH’s mercy and love for humanity, according to all YHVH’s Word, we will die in despair in the coming last days.

 Am I renouncing my Christian faith? No – Im saying for too long we have not been telling the whole truth. ‘’Half a truth is a whole lie’’

 Don’t accuse me of being too rabbinic or too liberal in my theology. I left the church because I lost Jesus in the church. When eventually I left the church Jesus found me again and led me to embrace His and my Father in a manner that I had never known before. Then just for a bonus Jesus ‘’threw in’’ the Torah and said study this carefully it will show you the way back into my Fathers presence - the garden of the New Jerusalem.’’

 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.

 Middle East Deal time to mourn!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPG7l50Pzd0

 How Many Lived Before the Flood? The Math Will Shock You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=479hdnbAtqY