Parashat 45 Portion 129 Dev/Deut 4:1-49 Yerm 20:4-11 Heb 3:7-19

Blessing for the Torah:

Bar’chu et YHVH ha-m’vorach, Baruch YHVH ha-m’vorach l’O’lam va-ed! Baruch ata YHVH Eloheinu melech ha-olam. Asher bachar banu m’kol ha-amim, v’na-tan lanu eht Torah-to. Baruch atah YHVH, noteyn ha-Torah. Ameyn.”

(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.)

    Deu 4:1  “And now, O Yisra’ĕl, listen(shema) to the laws and the right-rulings which I am teaching you to do, so that you live, and shall go in and possess the land which יהוה Elohim of your fathers is giving you.

“    and now” – “ve ata” the desert wonderings are over and “now” the time has come for Yisrael to possess the land. The whole purpose of the desert wonderings was to prepare Yisrael to “shema” and embrace all instruction of the Torah that they had received in the wilderness so that they would never have to wonder in another “wilderness” ever again.

Deu 4:2  “Do not add to the Word which I command you, and do not take away from it¹, so as to guard the commands of יהוה your Elohim which I am commanding you. Footnote: ¹See also 12:32, Prov. 30:6, Rev. 22:18-19. Rom 7:12

Sadly, many Christians believe that the doctrine of “grace” has “taken away” our need to be obedient to the Torah – not to gain salvation but the evidence of our salvation – Fruit – Matt 3:10

See Commentary – Tim Hegg on Romans, page 166 -  Rom 6:10-15 – Rom 7

Vs 5 But how does the Torah stir up the sinful passions? The work of the law, in the absence of the Spirit, . . . is to inflame our hearts still more, so that they burst forth into rage and lustful desires – Gal 5:18-21

Challenged by the law which claims man for God and for his neighbor, man’s self-cen­teredness—the sinful ego—recognizes that it is being called in question and attacked, and so seeks all the more furiously to defend itself – Ps 119:165

Yahshua warned the teachers of YHVH’s Word in his time and in our time not to teach and exalt the doctrines of men above the Torah of YHVH.

Mar 7:6  And He answering, said to them, “Well did Yeshayahu prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it has been written, ‘This people respect Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.

Mar 7:7  And in vain do they worship Me, teaching as teachings the commands of men.’¹ Footnote: ¹See Isa. 29:13, 2 Ki. 17:19, and Mt. 15:3-9.

Parashat 45 Portion 128 - Dev/Deut 3:23-29 Yerm32:16-23 Yoch 5:28-29.

Bar’chu et YHVH ha-m’vorach, Baruch YHVH ha-m’vorach l’O’lam va-ed! Baruch ata YHVH Eloheinu melech ha-olam. Asher bachar banu m’kol ha-amim, v’na-tan lanu eht Torah-to. Baruch atah YHVH, noteyn ha-Torah. Ameyn.”

(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.)

Joh 5:30  I can do nothing of My own self…..because I do not seek My own will, but the will of the Father who has sent Me.

Joh 5:31  “If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not true.

Joh 5:32  “There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true.

      Jer 32:21  ‘And You have brought Your people Yisra’ĕl out of the land of Mitsrayim with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great fearsome deeds.

     Jer 32:22  ‘And You gave them this land, of which You swore to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey.

     Jer 32:23  ‘And they came in and possessed it, but they did not obey Your voice nor did they walk in Your Torah. They did not do all that You commanded them to do, so You brought all this evil upon them. (See also context of Yer 29:11-14)

Title for this Torah Portion – “Life doesn’t always work out the way you want it to”.

BUT YHVH will always work out all matters so that they will work together for the good to those who love YHVH and are called according to His purpose – Rom 8:28

Deu 3:23  “And I pleaded (Heb – ve et chanan) with יהוה at that time, saying,

Deu 3:24  ‘O Master יהוה, You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your strong hand, for who is a mighty one in the heavens or on earth who does according to Your works and according to Your might?

Deu 3:25  ‘I pray, let me pass over and see the good land beyond the Yardĕn, this good hill country, and Leḇanon.’

Deu 3:26  “But יהוה was enraged(Heb – “hitavar” – to pass over and ignore) with me, for your sake, and would not listen to me, and יהוה said to me, ‘Enough of that! Speak no more to Me about this matter.

Deu 3:27  ‘Go up to the top of Pisgah,(a place of contemplation) and lift up your eyes westward, and northward,(Ps 75:6) and southward, and eastward, and look with your eyes, for you do not pass over this Yardĕn.

Deu 3:28  ‘But charge Yehoshua, and strengthen him and make him brave, for he shall pass over before this people and causes them to inherit the land which you see.’

Deu 3:29  “And we dwelt in the valley opposite Bĕyth Peʽor.

Beth Peor was a place connected to shame, humiliation, defeat and even death – see Num 25:3 and  34:6.

“The occurrences of the verb  (pa'ar) indicate adjunction with strong passion or feeling, usually not very positive (Job 16:10, Isaiah 5:14, Job 29:23), and describe the wide opening of the mouth, hence perhaps alluding to other body cavities.” – passionate about doing what was wrong -  (Abarim-publication) 

The word for feminine in Hebrew is “nekevah” which amongst other meanings can also mean a