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. Amein.
Summary:
We continue with Parashat ‘Lech lecha’’ ‘’lech’’ is a Hebrew
command to ‘’walk’’ or ‘’halach’’ ‘’lecha’’ (preposition with a pronoun –
‘’towards yourself’’) Taking responsibility to discover our purpose and journey
here on earth. We do the ‘’walking’’ Choosing the right path in life is
determined by walking in the footsteps of Messiah. 1Jn 2:6 The one who says he stays in Him
ought himself also to walk, even as He walked.
Interestingly and perhaps not co incidental the human foot
has 26 bones. The name of YHVH has a Hebrew numerical value of 26. Yud = 10,
hey = 5, vav = 6, hey =5 - total = 26.
Zec
3:7 “Thus said יהוה of hosts, ‘If you walk (halach) in My ways, and if you guard My
duty, then you shall also rule in My house, and also guard My courts. And I
shall give you access (halach) among those stationed there.
Summarizing
Ber 14:1-24 ‘’Verses 1-12 We have here an account of the first war
that we read of in scripture. A war between those who would bless Abrahams
promised seed and those who despised and refused to bless YHVH’s choice of the
promised seed.
Verses 13-16 Abram didn’t start this war but was
supernaturally empowered to end it.
The Battle of the Valley of Siddim, also
often called the War of Nine Kings or the Slaughter of
Chedorlaomer,Persian king) is an event in the Hebrew Scriptures in the book
of Genesis 14:1–17 that occurs in the days of Abram and Lot. The Valley of
Siddim was the battleground for the cities of the Jordan River plain revolting
against Mesopotamian rule
The Book of Genesis explains that during the days of Lot,
the valley of Siddim was a river valley where the Battle of Siddim occurred
between four Mesopotamian armies and five cities of the Jordan plain. According
to the biblical account, before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, the
Elamite King Chedorlaomer had subdued the tribes and cities surrounding the
Jordan River plain. After 13 years, four kings of the cities of the Jordan
plain revolted against Chedorlaomer's rule. In response, Chedorlaomer and
three other kings started a campaign against King Bera of Sodom and four other
allied kings.
The Northern forces overwhelmed the Southern kings of the
Jordan plain, driving some of them into the asphalt or tar pits that littered
the valley. Those who escaped fled to the mountains, including the kings of
Sodom and Gomorrah. These two cities were then spoiled of their goods and
provisions and some of their citizens were captured. Among the captives was
Abram's nephew, Lot.
When word reached Abram while he was staying in Elonei
Mamrei – Hevron - with Aner and Eshcol, (allies of Abraham) he immediately
mounted a rescue operation, arming 318 of his trained servants, who went in
pursuit of the enemy armies that were returning to their homelands. They caught
up with them in the city of Dan, flanking the enemy on multiple sides during a
night raid. The attack ran its course as far as Hobah, north of Damascus, where
he defeated Chedorlaomer and his forces. Abram recovered all the goods and the
captives (including Lot).
After the battle, Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out
bread and wine and blessed Abram, who gave him a tenth of the plunder as
tithes. Then Bera, king of Sodom, came to Abram and thanked him, requesting
that he keep the plunder but return his people. Abram declined, saying, "I
swore I would never take anything from you, so you can never say 'I have made
Abram rich.'" What Abram accepted from Bera instead was food for his 318
men and his Amorite neighbours. Wikipedia
יהי בימי אמרפל - And it came to be in the days of Amraphel
Gen 14:1 And it came to be in the days of Amraphel
sovereign of Shin‛ar, Aryoḵ sovereign of Ellasar, Keḏorla‛omer sovereign of Ěylam, (Persia/Iran) and Tiḏ‛al sovereign of Goyim,(King of the nations)
According to Rabbinic
tradition, Amraphel is Nimrod, the mighty hunter who built Babel and
led the world’s first rebellion against YHVH. His name reflects both his speech
and his darkness: he “said (amar)” and “caused to fall (hiphil
nefilah).”
It implies a deceiver
through speech — one who uses words to obscure truth and lead others into
spiritual ruin. Amar (אָמַר)
— “he said,” or “word/speech.” Phel
(פֶל) — from the
root npl (“to fall”) or apel (“dark”), as in “aphelah” —
“darkness.”
(Arioch (אַרְיוֹךְ)
Meaning: “Fierce lion,” “lion-like,” or “ferocious one.”)
Ellasar (אֶלָּסָר)
— The Domain of Shadowed Power - El = “God” or “divine power.” Asar or Lassar could mean
“hidden” or “restrained.” Mystically, Ellasar can be read as “Divine
power hidden in constraint” — the potential of Gevurah (strength)
distorted into oppression. (religion?)
The name Kedorlaomer comes from an Elamite/Akkadian
source, often transcribed Kutir-Lagamāl. Kutir / Kedor ≈
“servant” or “bound one.” In Midrash Kedorlaomer represents harsh decree and
enslavement: He subjugates the five cities for twelve years → symbol of long
oppression by the powers of cruel justice. ( Ěylam, (Persia modern day
Iran)
There is hope of restoration even for Elam/Iran:
Jeremiah 49:34–39
— Elam’s bow will be broken, but YHVH will “set His throne in Elam.”
"A confederation of Kings, from the Persian Gulf who
took the trouble to attack the 5 little Cities of the Plain. An empire as large
as Assyria or Babylon or Persia, not ruled by one country or one King but a
confederation, defeated by Abraham and 318 of his household’’.
The gematria of Abram’s chief servant,
Eliezer אליעזר is 318, the number of initiates that
Abraham took with him to battle. (Eliezer means ‘’Elohim will help,
similar to ‘’parakletos’’ in Greek – Joh 14:16 “And I shall ask the Father, and He shall give you
another Helper, to stay with you forever).
Yasher 16:2 - 2. And these four kings went up
with all their camps, about eight hundred thousand men, and they went as they
were, and smote every man they found in their road
Siddim, Sodom,
Gomorrah, and others — aren’t random geography; according to the
midrash, they carry spiritual codes describing demonic forces and
archetypes, that would seek to destroy the promised seed right throughout
history.
Gen 14:2 that they fought against Bera
(son of evil) sovereign of Seḏom,
Birsha(iniquity) sovereign of Amorah, Shinaḇ
(father of changing) - sovereign of Aḏmah, Shem’ĕḇer sovereign of Tseḇoyim, and the sovereign of Bela,
that is Tsoʽar. –
Gen 14:3 All these joined together in the Valley
of Siddim, that is the Salt Sea -‘’valley of Siddim is found only three times
in the Scriptures – Gen 14:3,8,10)
Midrash: The Valey of Siddim symbolizes a spiritual
descent — a place of corruption, lust, and rebellion against divine order. “Siddim”
may not mean “demons,(shedim)” but it represents the energetic
territory of the demonic — the region of moral collapse and divine absence,
where Sodom thrived. This area around the dead sea is the lowest place on earth
1,300 feet (430 meters) below sea level – before its destruction it looked like
‘’Amazon forest’’.
Gen 14:4 Twelve years they served Keḏorlaʽomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
Gen 14:5 And in the fourteenth year Keḏorlaʽomer and the sovereigns that were with him came and
smote the Repha’im (Bashan) in Ashteroth Qarnayim,
(goddess Astarte) and the Zuzim in Ḥam,(not Noahs son) and the Ěmites (giants)in Shawĕh Qiryathayim,
Gen 14:6 and the Ḥorites (cave dwellers) in
their mountain of Sĕʽir, as
far as Ěl Paran, which is by the wilderness. (later
became stronghold of Edomites – also possible location of Petra))
Gen 14:7 And they (conquerers)turned back and came to Ěn
Mishpat, that is Qaḏĕsh, and smote all the country of the Amalĕqites,
and also the Amorites who dwelt in Ḥatsetson Tamar.
Gen 14:8 And the sovereign of Seḏom, and the sovereign of Amorah, and the sovereign
of Aḏmah, and the
sovereign of Tseḇoyim, and
the sovereign of Bela, that is Tsoʽar,
went out and joined together in battle in the Valley of Siddim,
Gen 14:9 against Keḏorlaʽomer sovereign of Ěylam, and Tiḏʽal
sovereign of Goyim, and Amraphel sovereign of Shinʽar, and Aryoḵ
sovereign of Ellasar – four sovereigns against five.
Gen 14:10 And the Valley of Siddim had many tar pits.
And the sovereigns of Seḏom
and Amorah fled and fell there, and the remainder fled to the mountains.
Gen 14:11 And they took all the goods of Seḏom and Amorah, and all their
food, and went away.
Gen 14:12 And they took Lot, Aḇram’s brother’s son who dwelt in Seḏom,
and his goods, and left.
No direct biblical connection exists between these 9
kings in Genesis 9 and the ten kings in Daniel 7:24 and Rev 17:12— they
illustrate the Scripture’s overarching theme of rising and falling powers in
history, those seeking to destroy the promised seed.
Gen 14:13 And one who had escaped came and
informed Aḇram the Heḇrew, for he dwelt by the
terebinth trees of Mamrĕ the Amorite, brother of Eshkol and
brother of Anĕr, and they had a covenant with Aḇram.
Mamre – strength of fatness also bitterness – Gen 18:1
Promise of Yitzchak was given at Mamre. Avraham’s wife was buried in a cave –
Machpelah near Mamre – Gen 23:16-19. All the patriachs and their wives (except
Rachel) buried there.
Gen 14:14 And when Aḇram
heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his three
hundred and eighteen trained servants who were born in his own house,
and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
Gen 14:15 And he and his servants divided against them by night
and smote them and pursued them as far as Ḥoḇah,( "hiding
place" or "place of concealment".) which is on the left of
Damascus. Rev 6:15-17
Gen 14:16 So he brought back all the goods and also brought
back his brother Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the people.
Gen 14:17 And after his return from the defeat of Keḏorlaʽomer and the sovereigns who were with him, the
sovereign of Seḏom came
out to meet him at the Valley of Shawĕh, that
is, the Sovereign’s Valley. (‘’ Shawĕh’’ meaning level
– only found once in scriptures)
Gen 14:18 And Malkitseḏeq sovereign of Shalĕm brought
out bread and wine. Now he was the priest of the Most High Ěl.
"There is no city as Biblical as Jerusalem, but it
was neither built nor named by the Israelites. Remnants of a Canaanite town
called Salem date back to the early bronze age, and the first Biblical mention
of this place is in Genesis 14:18, where Abraham and Melchizedek meet
Perhaps
the name Jerusalem was never changed, but only Hebraized, because it seems to
mean Reign of Peace.
Jerusalem
was to be the radiating heart of a world of completeness and wholeness. It
seems that history supplied her with a most suiting name – Abiram
publications.’’
Gen 14:19 And he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Aḇram of the Most High Ěl, Possessor of the heavens and earth.
Gen 14:20 “And blessed be the Most High Ěl who has delivered
your enemies into your hand.” And he gave him a tenth of all.
The significance about Melchizedek was not only the place
of His rule and ministry in Yerushalayim; but that he operated in two offices
as both priest and king. He has been recognized as the father of the Semetic
race who would carry the seed of Messiah.
Gen 14:21 And the sovereign of Seḏom said to Aḇram,
“Give me the people, and take the goods for
yourself.”
Gen 14:22 But Aḇram
said to the sovereign of Seḏom,
“I have lifted my hand to יהוה, the Most High Ěl, the Possessor of the heavens and earth,
Gen 14:23
not to take a thread or a sandal strap or whatever is yours, lest you should
say, ‘I have made Aḇram rich,’
Gen 14:24
except only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went
with me: Anĕr, Eshkol, and Mamrĕ. Let them take their portion.”
Abram knew
that he couldn’t take any reward or credit for the enormous victory YHVH had
given him.
Heb 7:1 For this Malkitseḏeq, sovereign of Shalĕm, priest
of the Most High Elohim, who met Aḇraham
returning from the slaughter of the sovereigns and blessed him,
Heb 7:2 to whom also Aḇraham gave a tenth part of all, his name being translated, indeed, first,
‘sovereign of righteousness,’ and then also sovereign of Shalĕm, that is,
‘sovereign of peace,’Heb 7:3 without father, without mother, without
genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but having been
made like the Son of Elohim, remains a priest for all time.
7 Reasons Why Melchizedek is
NOT Christ || Spiritual Insights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sV1NqaTdwI
‘’The pre-existence of Christ is a central tenet of
mainstream Christianity. It explores the nature of Christ's pre-existence as
the Divine fundamental reality that supports all truth regarding the Logos
or Word, described in John 1:1–18, ‘’Today there are many believers who
question the truth of this doctrine.
Belief in a pre-existing “God the Son” diminishes the full
force of the gospel message by shifting focus from the Saviour’s triumphant
resurrection to his assumed pre-existence.
The concept of a pre-incarnate Christ is a fundamental
doctrine in Roman Catholicism, affirming that the second person of the
Trinity, God the Son (the Logos), existed before his incarnation as Jesus.
Gen 14:18 And Malkitseḏeq sovereign of Shalĕm brought out bread and wine.
Now he was the priest of the Most High Ěl.
The events of this Torah portion conclude with Abram
bringing a tithe of the spoils to the righteous king of Jerusalem – Melchizedek.
This
Torah portion introduces a pattern that would repeat itself over and over again
throughout history – violence against a set apart seed.
In the last days a false Malkitseḏeq presenting himself as the ‘’pre incarnate’’
Christ will form an evil trinitarian alliance with Satan, the Beast and the
false prophet – Rev 12:9, (the dragon, satan himself presenting himself as YHVH
the Father) Rev 13:1-10,(Beast or Antichrist) Rev 13:11-18 – (The false
prophet) This will be an alliance presenting itself as ‘’holy’’ but will
deceive almost the whole world –
Rev
12:9 And the great dragon was thrown out, that serpent of old, called the
Devil and Satan, who leads all the world astray. He was thrown to the earth,
and his messengers were thrown out with him.
The
aim of this unholy alliance will be to gather as many nations and people
possible, even summonsing demonic hybrid creatures to completely and utterly
destroy those who have an Israelite spirit – the spiritual seed of Abraham.
These two verses describe Abraham’s seed.
Gen
22:17 that I shall certainly bless you, and I shall certainly increase
your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore,
and let your seed possess the gate of their enemies.
Gen
22:18 “And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,
because you have obeyed My voice.”
Is it
possible that Abraham had a spiritual seed (stars) and a physical seed (sand –
Heb chol)?
Lev
10:10 states that the Levites were to make a distinction between the
set-apart and the profane,(Heb ‘’chol’’ or common) and between the unclean and
the clean,
1Pe
1:23 having been born again – not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible
– through the living Word of Elohim, which remains forever,
‘’Modern
man with his modern religion (‘’chol’’) continues to pursue his self-interests
and allows his being to be incestuously impregnated by a corrupted seed that
comes from his own religious culture rejecting the perfect seed that comes from
the Word of YHVH.’’ (Lot and his two daughters)
Additional
Midrash:
1Jn
3:9 Everyone having been born of Elohim does not sin, because His seed ( (σπέρμα
– Sperma )stays in him, and
he is powerless to sin, because he has been born of Elohim.
That life changes
their nature, so sin no longer defines them.
The believer may stumble, but cannot live comfortably in
sin, because YHVH’s seed abides within — constantly drawing them back to
righteousness.
Eph
5:26 in order to set it apart and cleanse it with the washing of water by
the Word,f Footnote: f Rev_19:8-9.
Eph
5:27 in order to present it to Himself a splendid assembly, not having
spot or wrinkle or any of this sort, but that it might be set-apart and
blameless.
the phrase “to Himself” in Ephesians 5:27 (Greek: ἵνα παραστήσῃ αὐτὴν ἑαυτῷ) has sparked debate among scholars and translators.
Paraphrased Rendering
“So that He (Yahshua) might present the ‘’ekklessia’’,
glorious and flawless, belonging to Him, (YHVH) for His own delight.” This
keeps the reflexive nuance of heautō but expresses the relational
intent more clearly. In other words, the clear intention of Messiah is to
present to His Father a Bride without spot or wrinkle.
Jeremiah 3:14 – “Return, O backsliding children,
says YHWH; for I am married to you.”
Hosea 2:19–20 – “I will betroth you to Me forever;
I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in lovingkindness and
compassion.”
And this will be the cause of these wars until the end
of days – between those who have more than one husband and receive mixed seed
and those who have only one Husband and receive only His Seed.
Deu
22:10 “Do not plough with an ox and a donkey together.
Deu
22:11 “Do not put on a garment of different kinds, of wool and linen
together.
Deu
22:12 “Make tassels on the four corners of the garment with which you
cover yourself.
Num
15:39 “And it shall be to you for a tzitzitb, and you shall see it, and
shall remember all the commands of יהוה and shall do them, and not
search after your own heart and your own eyes after which you went whoring,
Footnote: bSee Explanatory Notes - “Tzitzit”.
Num
15:40 so that you remember, and shall do all My commands, and be
set-apart unto your Elohim.c Footnote: cAlso see Exo_20:6, Deu_7:9,
Deu_11:1, Deu_30:16, Neh_1:5, Dan_9:4, 1Jn_5:2-3,
2Jn_1:6.
1Jn
4:1 Beloved
ones, do not believe every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of
Elohim, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
1Jn
4:2 By this you know the Spirit of Elohim: Every spirit that confesses
that יהושע Messiah has come in the flesh is of Elohim,
1Jn
4:3 and every spirit that does not confess that יהושע Messiah has come in the
flesh is not of Elohim. And this is the spirit of the anti-messiah which
you heard is coming, and now is already in the world.
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