Blessed are You, HaKadosh Baruch Hu, (‘’The Set Apart One Blessed is He) Creator of the universe, whose blessings have fallen upon all mankind through Moshiach Ben David – The Tree of Life – who established the root and fruit of Your Torah on earth through which all the families of the earth are blessed.
Please, YHVH, our Elohim, sweeten the words of Your Torah in
our hearts and in the hearts of Your people, the family of Israel. May we and
our offspring and the offspring of Your people, the house of Jacob – and all
Jacob’s adopted family – know Your Name and study Your Torah empowering us to
sincerely love one another and to love You above all. Please uncover our eyes
and open our hearts that we may carefully examine and understand the marvels
and mysteries of Your Torah- Amein.
Calling YHVH HaKadosh Baruch Hu – ‘’The Set
Apart One Blessed is He’’ - (often phonetically rendered as Kodesh Barachu
or Hakodesh Borchu) is significant because it represents one of the
most common and foundational titles for YHVH in rabbinic Judaism, bridging the
gap between His infinite distance and His immediate closeness to humanity
ואלה
שׁמות – ‘’these are names’’ (note no
inclusion of the definite article ‘’the’’ because the list of names has never
stopped)
Man
creates religious systems (doctrines and creeds) to seek to know and make YHVH
known – YHVH appoints men and women to make His Name and His ways known to all
mankind – yet mankind is unable to
escape the bondage of corruption here on earth.
Religion enslaves – only the Messiah will eventually set
us free.
According to biblical chronology, Israel were slaves in
Egypt for either 430 years or 210 years, depending on how the text is
calculated –
Exodus 12:40: "Now the length of time the
Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years."
Genesis 15:13: YHVH tells Abraham that his
descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, where they will be
enslaved and mistreated for 400 years (a rounded figure of the 430
years, accounting for the years they spent in slavery after Joseph's generation
died) -
The Septuagint and some Jewish interpretations understand
the 430 years as covering the period from the covenant with Abraham to
the Exodus – various views exist.
Mankind up to this present day has never fully recovered
from this Egyptian slavery – and all humanity is about to be plunged into an
evil global captivity such as mankind it has never known.
‘’In the
latter days we shall understand it perfectly’’ - Jer_30:24
Some might say ‘’ but Christ has set me free, I’m nobodies
slave’’ if so, why does the state lay claim to more than half your income? We
just need to look around us – Mankind has never created a religious, political,
social, or educational system that has not enslaved the masses.
We all wrestle with principalities and powers of darkness.
In spite of these harsh realities -
Psa
24:1 The
earth belongs to יהוה, And all that fills it – The world and those who dwell in
it.
Satan does not own a single atom of creation. Instead, he is
merely the "god" over the corrupt, temporary spirit of the times—the
religious cultural mindsets, pride, and false philosophies of unredeemed
humanity.
2Co
4:4 in whom the mighty one of this age (‘’ God of this world’’ ho
theos tou aiōnos toutou. – Gk word
aiōn does not mean the physical planet (kosmos). It means "this
present age" or the current temporal epoch) has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, so that
the enlightening of the Good News of the esteem of Messiah, who is the likeness
of Elohim, does not shine on them
"This present age" legally began the moment
Adam and Eve succumbed to temptation and rebelled.
Act 1:6 So when they had come together, they asked
Him, saying, “Master, would You at this time restore the reign to Yisra’ěl?”c
Footnote: cAlso see Luk_1:33.
Act 1:7 And He said to them, “It is not for you to
know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.
Act 1:8 “But you shall receive power when the
Set-apart Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in
Yerushalayim, and in all Yehuḏah
and Shomeron, and to the end of the earth.”
Joh 8:31 So יהושע
said to those Yehuḏim who
believed Him, “If you stay in My Word, you are truly My taught ones,
Joh 8:32 and you shall know the truth, and the
truth shall make you free.”
Joh 8:33 They answered Him, “We are the seed of Aḇraham, and have been servants
to no one at any time. How do you say, ‘You shall become free’?”
Joh 8:34 יהושע answered them,
“Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone doing sin is a servant of sin.
Joh 8:35 “And the servant does not stay in the
house forever – a son stays forever.
Joh 8:36 “If, then, the Son makes you free, you
shall be free indeed.
Joh 8:37 “I know that you are the seed of Aḇraham, but you seek to kill
Me, because My Word has no place in you.
Joh 8:38 “I speak what I have seen with My Father,
and you do what you have heard from your father.”
“you will be free” or “you shall be free.”
So grammatically, it is future tense, not past
tense – vs 36
Joh
6:54 “He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood possesses everlasting
life, and I shall raise him up in the last day.
And yet, Israel Increases Greatly in Egypt – in spite of being enslaved – and so do we.
Exo 1:3 Yissasḵar,(‘’reward
or wages’’) Zeḇulun, (‘’dwelling
or cohabitation’’) and Binyamin; (‘’son of my right hand’’)
Exo 1:4 Dan (‘’judge’’) and Naphtali,(‘’my
struggle’’) Gaḏ (‘’good
fortune’’) and Ashěr. (‘’contentment’’)
"...בְּנֵי
יִשְׂרָאֵל הַבָּאִים מִצְרָיְמָה..."
...bnei Yisrael haba'im Mitzraimah...
Haba'im is a present participle, literally meaning
"who are coming to Egypt." Commentators like Rav Moshe
Feinstein note that the Torah phrases this in the continuous present tense. It
signals that this dynamic isn't trapped in past history. Every generation
facing spiritual exile, or joining the Jewish people, is actively "coming"
into the story
Exo 1:6 And Yosěph died, and all his brothers, and
all that generation.
Exo 1:7 And the children of Yisra’ěl were fruitful
and increased very much, multiplied and became very strong, and the land was
filled with them.
Pharaoh Oppresses Israel
Exo 1:8 Then a new sovereign arose over Mitsrayim,
who did not know Yosěph,
Exo 1:9 and he said to his people, “See, the people
of the children of Yisra’ěl are more and stronger than we,
Exo 1:10 come, let us act wisely towards them, lest
they increase, and it shall be when fighting befalls us, that they shall join
our enemies and fight against us, and shall go up out of the land.”
Exo 1:11 So they set slave-masters over them to
afflict them with their burdens, and they built for Pharaoh supply cities,
Pithom and Ra‛amses.
Exo 1:12 But the more they afflicted them, the more
they increased and grew, and they were in dread of the children of
Yisra’ěl.
Exo 1:14 and they made their lives bitter with hard
bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all kinds of work in the field, all
their work which they made them do was with harshness.
2Co
4:8 being hard pressed on every side,b but not crushed; being perplexed,
but not in despair; Footnote: bSee 1Co_1:8.
2Co
4:9 being persecuted, but not forsaken; being thrown down, but not
destroyed;
2Co
4:10 always bearing about in the body the dying of the Master יהושע, that the life of יהושע might also be manifested in our
body.
2Co
4:11 For we, the living, are always delivered to death for the sake of יהושע, that the life of יהושע might also be manifested in our mortal
flesh,
2Co
4:12 so that death indeed is working in us, but the life in you.
Exo 1:16 and he said, “When you deliver the Hebrew
women, and see them on the birthstools, if it is a son, then you shall put him
to death, but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”
Exo 1:17 But the midwives feared Elohim, and did
not do as the sovereign of Mitsrayim commanded them, and kept the male children
alive.
Exo 1:18 So the sovereign of Mitsrayim called for
the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this, and kept the male
children alive?”
Exo 1:19 And the midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because
the Hebrew women are not like the Mitsrian women. For they are lively and give
birth before the midwives come to them.”
Exo 1:20 So Elohim was good to the midwives, and
the people increased and became very numerous.
Exo 1:21 And it came to be, because the midwives
feared Elohim, that He provided households for them.
Exo 1:22 And Pharaoh commanded all his people,
saying, “Throw every son who is born into the river, and keep alive every
daughter.”
Pharaoh acts as a clear type (foreshadowing) of Satan.
Recognizing that the saviour of Israel must be born a male descendant of
Abraham, the "serpent" attempts a pre-emptive strike.
Prophecy scholars note that the weapon the enemy chooses
is ultimately the weapon YHVH uses to destroy him. Pharaoh tried to drown the
seed of Israel in the water; forty years later, YHVH drowned Pharaoh and the
entire Egyptian army in the waters of the Red Sea (Exodus 14).
When Paul wrote that "all Scripture is breathed
out by Elohim" (2 Timothy 3:16), or when Yahshua explained the
prophecies concerning Himself on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:27), there was
no New Testament canon.
Mat
13:11 He answered them, "You have been given knowledge about the
secrets of the kingdom from heaven, but it hasn't been given to them…
Leviticus is deeply
concerned with distinguishing the set apart (what comes from YHVH) from the
common, (what comes from men) and the clean from the unclean.
Yahshua’s fourth sermon is about instructions for the
assembly of set apart ones (Khehelah) in the ‘’galut’’ or outside the promised
land – Mat 18:
It provides practical instructions for how the newly formed
community of believers must relate to one another. It parallels the book of
Numbers, focusing on community order, leadership, dealing with conflict, and
organizing YHVH’s people as they travel together through the world.
Yahshua’s fifth sermon delivered privately to His
disciples on the Mount of Olives just before His execution – Mat 24-25:
This sermon parallels the book of Deuteronomy. Both serve as
a final farewell address, delivering severe warnings, laying out the choices
between life and death, and looking ahead to the future inheritance of YHVH's
people.
In Deuteronomy, Moses stands on a mountain looking across
the Jordan River into the Promised Land, knowing his death is imminent. In
Matthew, Yahshua stands on the mount of Olives looking across at Jerusalem and
the Temple, knowing He is about to be killed.
Blessings and Curses: Deuteronomy 28 famously
outlines the blessings for obedience and the horrific curses for disobedience.
Similarly, Matthew 24–25 outlines the catastrophic consequences of Jerusalem's
impending judgment alongside the ultimate rewards for those who remain faithful.
Several scholars claim that the coming of the Messiah was
fully imagined in the ancient Jewish texts. Yahshua, moreover, was embraced by
many Jews as this person, and his core teachings were not at all a break from
Jewish beliefs and teachings. Most of Yahshua earliest followers were simply
Jewish. What came to be known as Christianity came much later, as religious and
political leaders sought to impose a new religious orthodoxy that was not
present at the time of Yahshua’s life and did not seek to honour and follow
YHVH’s Torah.
Currently the world is experiencing ‘’the coming birth pains
of Messiah’’ (or Chevelai HaMashiach).
In the context of the biblical phrase Chevlei Mashiach
(the birth pains of the Messiah), this concept has profound implications for
the global community of believers—the Body of Messiah Jew and gentile.
The imagery of a woman in labour dictates that the current
suffering is not meaningless destruction. Instead, it represents the violent
transition into a new state of being - For the Body of Messiah, the climax
of these birth pains results in a mature, unified community that embraces and
internalizes the Torah of Moses – the Root of the faith- and manifests the
fruit of this faith as declared and witnessed in the Apostolic scriptures – for
at least the next 1000 years.
For truly, I say to you, till the heaven and
the earth pass away not one of YHVH’s Words will pass away from both the
Torah and Apostolic scriptures.
And whoever,
then, changes one of the least of these Words, and teaches men so, shall be
called least in the reign of the heavens; but whoever does and teaches them, he
shall be called great in the reign of the heavens.
Psa
119:89 For
ever, YHVH, Your word is settled in heaven.
Mat 24:34 “Truly, I say to you, this generation
shall by no means pass away until all this takes place.
Mat 24:35 “The heaven and the earth shall pass
away, but My words shall by no means pass away.
What "The Word" Really Means in John 1:1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5jdhuq-X74
The Lord's Prayer Is Not a Prayer — It Is a Structure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMHrjsyHMZY
שִׁיבַת מִשְׁפַּחַת יַעֲקֹב
"Shivat
mishpachat Ya'akov"
The restoration of
the family of Jacob