Psa 119:18/19 Please open our eyes YHVH that we might see hidden and wonderful truths in Your Torah. Father we are strangers and sojourners here on earth, please do not hide the council of your Torah from us.
Blessed
are those to whom You have shown mercy to walk in Your Torah of truth in loving
kindness and obedience. Amein.
הנה ילדה מלכה
‘’Behold Milchah gave birth’’…. Milchah’s
name comes from the word ‘’malchah(queen’’) because kings and
covenant would come from her from her line comes Rebekah, from Rebekah
comes Jacob; from Jacob comes Israel
It is possible that the scribes who compiled these
divisions, did so intentionally.
The Hebrew name רִבְקָה
(Rivqāh) comes from the רבק
(rbq) — “to tie firmly / bind” (S4770)
Gen 22:22 and Keseḏ,
and Ḥazo, and Pildash,
and Yiḏlaph, and
Bethu’ěl.”
Gen 22:23 And Bethu’ěl brought forth Riḇqah. These eight Milkah bore
to Naḥor, Aḇraham’s brother.
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Rising / exaltation
·
Stability
·
Vision
·
Divine elevation
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Continuity
·
Royal destiny
This is why the rabbis associate Milcah with malchah:
·
Not because she ruled
·
But because from her comes the line that
produces Israel
·
And ultimately kingship (Davidic line of
Messiah)
Gen 22:24 And his concubine, whose name was Re’uwmah,
also bore Teḇaḥ, and Gaḥam, and Taḥash, and Ma‛aḵah.
The name derives from the Hebrew root ראם (r'm or ra'am), a verb
meaning "to rise," "to be exalted."
Names of Reumah’s sons, combined also provide a
prophetic narrative:
·
Tevaḥ
(טֶבַח) – slaughter
/ sacrifice
↳
Echoes the Akedah context
·
Gaham (גַּחַם)
– burning / glowing heat
↳
Intensity, zeal and purification
·
Taḥash
(תַּחַשׁ) – covering
/ protection
↳
Used later for Mishkan (Tabernacle) coverings
·
Ma‘akhah (מַעֲכָה) – pressure → strength
↳
Endurance under the force of trials.
The key passages appear in the early chapters (typically
Chapters 1–4, depending on the translation/division):
·
Chapter 1: Joachim, a wealthy and pious
man, is publicly reproached for being childless ("without child" or
implied barrenness in the couple), as he has no offspring to continue his line.
He is grieved and withdraws to the desert to fast and pray.
·
Chapter 2: Anna explicitly laments her
childlessness/barrenness, mourning "my widowhood; I shall bewail my
childlessness."
·
Chapter 3–4: Angels announce to both
Joachim and Anna that their prayers have been heard, and Anna will conceive.
When Joachim returns, Anna rejoices: "Now I know that the Lord God has
blessed me exceedingly; for, behold the widow no longer a widow, and I the childless
[or barren] shall conceive." She then gives birth to Mary.
This theme of the couple's barrenness sets up Mary's
miraculous birth as a sign of divine favour, paralleling biblical patterns.
And the priest
said unto Joseph: Unto thee hath it fallen to take the virgin of the Lord and
keep her for thyself. 2 And Joseph refused, saying: I have sons, and I am an
old man, but she is a girl: lest I became a laughing-stock to the children of
Israel. And the priest said unto Joseph: Fear the Lord thy God and remember
what things God did unto Dathan and Abiram and Korah, how the earth clave and
they were swallowed up because of their gainsaying. And now fear thou, Joseph,
lest it be so in thine house. And Joseph was afraid and took her to keep her
for himself. And Joseph said unto Mary: Lo, I have received thee out of the
temple of the Lord: and now do I leave thee in my house, and I go away to build
my buildings, and I will come again unto thee. The Lord shall watch over thee.
Midrash – Maybe this is why this Torah portion includes
the family history of Isaac – the promised son ….Behold Milchah gave birth….
And the gospel account of the Messiah also begins with
the family history of Messiah.
Mat
1:2 Aḇraham brought forth Yitsḥaq, and Yitsḥaq brought forth Ya‛aqoḇ, and Ya‛aqoḇ brought forth Yehuḏah and his brothers.
Also, in church tradition, Messiah would be called a ‘’god’’
or a ‘’deity’’ and not a man – ‘’Adam’’ means ‘’man’’ – Yahshua is referred to
as the ‘’second or last Adam’’ 1 Cor 15:45
Eze
34:17 And as for you, O My flock, thus said the Master יהוה, “See, I am judging between sheep and
sheep, between rams and goats.
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. ‘’
Yet the same Scriptures call us to humility: "The
secret things belong to YHVH" (Deuteronomy 29:29). We seek, test, and
repent as we go—trusting His mercy covers sincere seekers on all sides of these
divides.
Grace and shalom as you continue testing and seeking. If
you'd like to explore specific commentaries or counter-views further, I'm here.
1Jn 3:8 The one doing sin is of the devil, because the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of Elohim was manifested: to destroy the works of the devil.
Tit
2:14 who
gave Himself for us, to redeem us from all lawlessnessb and to cleanse for
Himself a people, His own possession, ardent for good works
This
was YHVH master plan from the beginning – YHVH’s ‘’checkmate’’ on all the
powers of evil and darkness. What Being in heaven or on earth could match YHVH’s
genius plan of redemption – YHVH would defeat the powers of hell and darkness
through a man – the second Adam -a perfect man – Yahshua – the Messiah.
1Co
2:8 which no one of the rulers of this age knew, for if they had known,
they would not have impaled the Master of esteem.
The
first promise of our Messianic redemption also begins with a woman.
"and you
shall bruise him (on the) heel" The serpent will strike or bruise this
same "he" on the heel — a painful but non-fatal wound.
Heb
2:15 and deliver those who throughout life were held in slavery by fear
of death.
Heb
2:16 For, doubtless, He does not take hold of messengers, but He does
take hold of the seed of Aḇraham.c Footnote: cSee Isa_41:8-9.
Heb
2:17 So in every way He had to be made like His brothers, in order
to become a compassionate and trustworthy High Priest in matters related to
Elohim, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
Heb
2:18 For in what He had suffered, Himself being tried, He is able to help
those who are tried.
The Scripture repeatedly distinguishes YHVH as the only
self-existent one:
·
YHVH is “from everlasting to everlasting”
·
YHVH is the source of life, not a recipient of
it
·
YHVH alone has no beginning and no end.
Yahshua, by contrast:
·
is ‘’brought forth’’
·
is sent
·
receives life, authority, esteem, and power
A being who receives cannot be self-existent.
Yahshua explicitly denies self-existence
Yahshua repeatedly speaks in dependency language:
·
He does nothing “from himself”
·
He speaks what he hears
·
He seeks YHVH’s will, not his own
·
YHVH raises him from the dead
This is incompatible with self-existence.
Scripture says YHVH’s fullness dwells in Yahshua —
not that Yahshua is the self-existent source of that fullness. Col
2:9-15
2Co
11:3 But I am afraid, lest, as the serpent deceived Ḥawwah by his trickery, so your
minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Messiah.
2Co
11:4 For, indeed, if he who is coming proclaims another יהושע,a whom we have not proclaimed, or if you
receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different Good
News which you have not accepted, you put up with it well enough!
AI response - ‘’History suggests most of us, in one way or another, lean toward the calf. The question is whether we recognize it when we do.’’
I personally believe this will become the single most
important issue in the last days – the true identity of the Messiah.
Act
17:31 because He has set a day on which He is going to judge the world in
righteousness by a Man whom He has appointed,b having given proof of this to
all by raising Him from the dead.” Footnote: bSee Act_10:42.
Gen
23:1 And
Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years, the years of the life of
Sarah.
Gen
23:2 And Sarah died in Qiryath Arba, that is Ḥeḇron, in the land of Kena‛an, and Aḇraham came to mourn for Sarah and
to weep for her.
Gen
23:3 Then Aḇraham rose up from beside his dead, and spoke to the sons of Ḥěth, saying,
Gen
23:4 “I am a foreigner and a sojourner among you. Give me property for a
burial-site among you, so that I bury my dead from my presence.”
Gen
23:5 And the sons of Ḥěth answered Aḇraham, saying to him,
Gen
23:6 “Hear us, my master: You are a prince of Elohim among us. Bury your
dead in the choicest of our burial-sites. None of us withholds from you his
burial-site, from burying your dead.”
Gen
23:7 So Aḇraham rose and bowed himself to the people of the land, the sons of Ḥěth.
Gen
23:8 And he spoke with them, saying, “If it is your desire that I bury my
dead from my presence, hear me, and approach Ephron son of Tsoḥar for me,
Gen
23:9 and let me have the cave of Maḵpělah which he has, which is at
the end of his field. Let him give it to me for the complete amount of silver,
as property for a burial-site among you.”
Gen
23:10 And Ephron dwelt among the sons of Ḥěth. And Ephron the Ḥittite answered Aḇraham in the hearing of the sons
of Ḥěth, all who
entered at the gate of his city, saying,
Gen
23:11 “No, my master, listen to me! I shall give you the field and the
cave that is in it. I shall give it to you in the presence of the sons of my
people. I shall give it to you. Bury your dead!”
Gen
23:12 And Aḇraham bowed himself down before the people of the land,
Gen
23:13 and he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land,
saying, “If only you would hear me. I shall give the amount of silver for the
field, take it from me, and let me bury my dead there.”
Gen
23:14 And Ephron answered Aḇraham, saying to him,
Gen
23:15 “My master, listen to me! The land is worth four hundred sheqels of
silver. What is that between you and me? So bury your dead.”
Gen
23:16 And Aḇraham listened to Ephron, and Aḇraham weighed out the silver for
Ephron which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Ḥěth, four hundred sheqels of
silver, currency of the merchants.
Gen
23:17 Thus the field of Ephron which was in Maḵpělah, which was before Mamrě, the
field and the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field,
which were within all the surrounding borders, were deeded
Gen
23:19 And after this Aḇraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Maḵpělah, before Mamrě, that is Ḥeḇron, in the land of Kena‛an.
Gen
23:20 Thus the field and the cave that is in it were deeded to Aḇraham by the sons of Ḥěth as property for a
burial-site.
The four matriarchs' names (שרה רבקה
רחל לאה) also have 13 letters.
Combined = 26 letters which is the gematria of YHVH –
Exo
3:6 And He said, “I am the Elohim of your father, the Elohim of Aḇraham, the Elohim of Yitsḥaq, and the Elohim of Ya‛aqoḇ.” And Mosheh hid his face, for he
was afraid to look at Elohim.
Mat
22:31 “And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read
what was spoken to you by Elohim, saying,
Mat
22:32 ‘I am the Elohim of Aḇraham, and the Elohim of Yitsḥaq, and the Elohim of Ya‛aqoḇ’? Exo_3:6. Elohim is not the Elohim of
the dead, but of the living.”
And YHVH
is the Father of Yahshua and YHVH is the Father of you and me.
Joh
20:17 יהושע said to her, “Do not hold on to Me, for I have not yet ascended
to My Father. But go to My brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My
Father and your Father, and to My Elohim and your Elohim.’ ”
A self-existent deity does not:
·
have a Father
·
ascend to a higher authority
·
speak of obedience completed but reward pending
By saying “my Elohim”, Yahshua places himself under
YHVH, even after resurrection.
Its not just about semantics – it’s about the crystal clear
instructions YHVH has given to us, for us to be restored into an eternal Covenant
Himself.