11/29/2019

Parashat 9 Portion 37 Ber 40:1-23 Yesh 29:8-14, 18-19 Matt 5:1-16 Mark 7:6-9


Bar’chu et YHVH ha-m’vorach, Baruch YHVH ha-m’vorach l’O’lam va-ed! Baruch ata YHVHEloheinu 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.)

Isa 29:10  For יהוה has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets. And He has covered your heads, the seers. 
Isa 29:11  And the entire vision is to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men give to one who knows books, saying, “Read this, please.” And he said, “I am unable, for it is sealed.” 
Isa 29:18  And in that day the deaf shall hear (‘’shemu’’ masc. pl.)) the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see (‘’tirena’’ fem.pl.) out of gloom, and out of darkness. 
When the leaders and prophets ‘’hear’’ the ‘’kehilah’’ or called out ones will see.

Dan 12:9  And he said, “Go, Dani’ěl, for the words are hidden and sealed till the time of the end.[b] Footnote: bSee Dan_12:4

Gen 40:1  And after these events it came to be that the cupbearer and the baker of the sovereign of Mitsrayim sinned against their master, the sovereign of Mitsrayim. (bread and wine are covenant symbols)
Gen 40:2  And Pharaoh was wroth with his two officers,(Heb – sarisaiv – his eunuchs) the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

The Hebrew word for “officers” is “saris” and comes from the Hebrew verb “seres” which means to castrate or distort. This alludes to the fact that all officers and leaders of a false religious system are “castrated” by the system and are unable to produce a life- giving word (distorted word) that can reveal to us the fullness of who Yahshua is. It is not a coincidence that only a remnant are born again from an incorruptible seed.

1Pe 1:23  having been born again – not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible – through the living Word of Elohim, which remains forever… (not a distorted word)

Gen 40:3  So he put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Yosĕph was a prisoner.
Gen 40:4  And the captain of the guard put Yosĕph in charge of them, and he served them. So they were in confinement for some time.
Gen 40:5  Then the cupbearer and the baker of the sovereign of Mitsrayim, who were confined in the prison, dreamed a dream, both of them, each man’s dream in one night and each man’s dream with its own interpretation.

The Hebrew word used for prison is “sohar” Strongs 5470 – meaning a “house of roundness”
It is rather ironic that the English word “church”(kirke) can also refers to a “house of roundness”
http://askelm.com/doctrine/d980927.htm 

Gen 40:6  And Yosĕph came in to them in the morning and looked at them and saw that they were sad.
Gen 40:7  And he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in confinement of his master’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”
Gen 40:8  And they said to him, “We each have dreamed a dream, and there is no one to interpret it.” And Yosĕph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to Elohim? Relate them to me, please.”
Gen 40:9  So the chief cupbearer related his dream to Yosĕph, and said to him, “See, in my dream a vine was before me,
Gen 40:10  and in the vine were three branches, and it was as though it budded – its blossoms shot forth, and its clusters brought forth ripe grapes.
Gen 40:11  “And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand. So I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”
Gen 40:12  And Yosĕph said to him, “This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days.
Gen 40:13  “Yet, within three days Pharaoh is going to lift up your head and restore you to your place, and you shall put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand according to the former ruling, when you were his cupbearer.
Gen 40:14  “But remember me when it is well with you, and please show kindness to me. And mention me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this house.
Gen 40:15  “For truly I was stolen away from the land of the Heḇrews. And also I have done naught that they should put me into the dungeon.”
Gen 40:16  And the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, and he said to Yosĕph, “I also was in my dream and saw three white baskets were on my head,
Gen 40:17  and in the uppermost basket all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head.”
Gen 40:18  And Yosĕph answered and said, “This is the interpretation of it: The three baskets are three days.
Gen 40:19  “Yet, within three days Pharaoh is going to lift off your head from you and hang you on a tree. And the birds shall eat your flesh from you.”
Gen 40:20  And on the third day, Pharaoh’s birthday, it came to be that he made a feast for all his servants. And he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and of the chief baker among his servants,
Gen 40:21  and he restored the chief cupbearer to his post of cupbearer again, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand,
Gen 40:22  but he hanged the chief baker, as Yosĕph had interpreted to them.
Gen 40:23  And the chief cupbearer did not remember Yosĕph, but forgot him.

This is covenantal language – bread and wine – in YHVH’s covenant there is both life and death. The cup bearer and baker could be a hidden reference to those who minister YHVH’s covenant to His people.

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.

Rom 10:4  For Messiah is the goal1 of the ‘Torah unto righteousness’ to everyone who believes. Footnote: 1Or end purpose; not termination.

Mat 12:38  Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from You.” 
Mat 12:39  But He answering, said to them, “A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Yonah. 
Mat 12:40  “For as Yonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the great fish, Jon_1:17 so shall the Son of Aḏam be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 
Mat 12:41  “Men of Ninewěh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Yonah, and look, a greater than Yonah is here. 

11/21/2019

Parashat 9 Portion 36 Ber 39:1-23 Yesh 52:13-53:12 Acts 16:16-40

Bar’chu et YHVH ha-m’vorach, Baruch YHVH ha-m’vorach l’O’lam va-ed!
Baruch ata YHVHEloheinu 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.)  

Gen 39:1  And Yosĕph had been taken down to Mitsrayim. And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, a Mitsrite, bought him from the Yishmaʽĕlites who had taken him down there.

א  וְיוֹסֵף, הוּרַד מִצְרָיְמָה; וַיִּקְנֵהוּ פּוֹטִיפַר סְרִיס פַּרְעֹה שַׂר הַטַּבָּחִים, אִישׁ מִצְרִי, מִיַּד הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִים, אֲשֶׁר הוֹרִדֻהוּ שָׁמָּה.
1 And Yosef was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, a eunuch(saris) of Pharaoh's, the chief of executioners, an Egyptian man, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites, that had brought him down thither.

Why is there such a difference between the Hebrew and the English translation. Yosef embodies Messianic life. Yet this Messianic life was placed in subjection to an impotent master – man made religion. This impotent master has great power and has executed millions and millions of people throughout the ages. It appears that our idolatry has placed us under the power of this false religion to this day..
‘’Potiphar’’ means ‘’belonging to the sun’’ – to this day most Christians belong to ‘’Sunday worship’’

Sun-day worship is the setting aside of the First Day of the week for the worship of the sun deity, known in Babylon as Tammuz, in Persia as Mithras, in Greece as Helios and in Rome as Sol Invictus, the "unconquerable sun". Sun worship originated in Babylon with the Bible character known as Nimrod setting himself up as a "mighty one" in the earth by subjugating the population of that time to his authority and control (Genesis 10:8-12). Pagan sources name his wife as Semiramis who became identified as the Queen of heaven. Jewish historical sources state that he was killed by one of the patriarchs because of the evil he was bringing into the earth.  After his death, Semiramis his wife, became pregnant and bore a son (Tammuz) which was claimed to be of divine origin, having been conceived from the now risen "Nimrod". Nimrod/Tammuz and his mother-wife, Semiramis, founded the great pagan religions centered around this counterfeit representation of the messianic hope of mankind. "Sun worship was the earliest idolatry ." -Fausset Bible Dictionary , p. 666’’
Gen 39:2  And it came to be that יהוה was with Yosĕph, and he became a prosperous man, and was in the house of his master the Mitsrite. (many believers in Yahshua have become prosperous in the house of sun worship)

Yosef was a slave, yet he prospered and managed his master’s household. This teaches us that one’s circumstances do not determine one’s success in life. This is one of the sure evidences of the presence of Messianic Hebraic life. Yahshua the rabbi looked after 12 other men and their families.

The 4 Hebrew letter Name YHVH is used 8 times in this portion. The only time in the entire Yosef story – Why? – It's all about YHVH our Heavenly Father.  Eight is the number of perfection. YHVH will do a perfect work in each of us whom He has called.

Gen 39:3  And his master saw that יהוה was with him and that יהוה made all he did to prosper in his hand. 
Gen 39:4  So Yosĕph found favour in his eyes, and served him, and he appointed him over his house, and gave into his hand all that he had. 
Gen 39:5  And it came to be, from the time that he appointed him over his house and all that he had, that יהוה blessed the Mitsrite’s house for Yosĕph’s sake. And the blessing of יהוה was on all that he had in the house and in the field. 
Gen 39:6  And he left in Yosĕph’s hand all that he had, and he did not know what he had except for the bread which he ate. And Yosĕph was handsome in form and appearance. 
Gen 39:7  And after these events it came to be that his master’s wife lifted up her eyes to Yosĕph and said, “Lie with me.” (commentators believe Potiphars wife was sexually frustrated because her husband was castrated – many believing men feel emotionally castrated because of the Roman idolatrous origins of the Christian faith. Until this day all RCC priests are called to the life of eunuchs.) 
Gen 39:8  But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, my master does not know what is with me in the house, and he has given into my hand all that he has. 
Gen 39:9  “No one is greater in this house than I, and he has not withheld whatever from me but you, because you are his wife. And how shall I do this great evil and sin against Elohim?” 
Gen 39:10  And it came to be, as she spoke to Yosĕph day by day, that he did not listen to her, to lie with her, to be with her. 
Gen 39:11  And it came to be on a certain day, when Yosĕph went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the house was inside, 
Gen 39:12  that she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran outside. 
Gen 39:13  And it came to be, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and fled outside, Gen 39:14  that she called to the men of her house and spoke to them, saying, “See, he has brought in to us a Heḇrew to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice. 
Gen 39:15  “And it came to be, when he heard that I lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me, and fled and went outside.” 
Gen 39:16  And she kept his garment with her until his master came home.
We too stripped our Messiah of his garment and hung him naked on an execution stake.
Gen 39:17  And she spoke to him these same words, saying, “The Heḇrew servant whom you brought to us came in to me, to mock me, 
Gen 39:18  so it came to be, as I lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me and fled outside.” 
Gen 39:19  And it came to be, when his master heard the words which his wife spoke to him, saying, “Your servant did to me according to these words,” that his displeasure burned. 
Gen 39:20  Then Yosĕph’s master took him and put him into the prison, a place where the sovereign’s prisoners were confined. And he was there in the prison. 
Gen 39:21  But יהוה was with Yosĕph and extended kindness to him, and He gave him favour in the eyes of the prison warden. 
Gen 39:22  And the prison warden gave into the hand of Yosĕph all the prisoners who were in the prison, and whatever was done there was his doing. 
Gen 39:23  The prison warden did not look into any point that was under Yosĕph’s hand, because יהוה was with him.
And whatever he did, יהוה made it prosper.
It is this messianic life of Mashiach ben Yosef in the lives of an end - time group of non- Jews, also known as the “mello ha goyim” – 
Gen 48:19  - that will usher in Mashiach ben David.
The very life Yahshua came to establish in those who would truly follow him. 

“Jewish tradition speaks of two redeemers, each one called Mashiach. Both are involved in ushering in the Messianic era. They are Mashiach ben David and Mashiach ben Yossef.1 (Maschiach been Yosef first and then Maschiach ben David will come)



1.See Sukah 52b; Zohar I:25b; ibid. II:120a, III:153b, 246b and 252a. (See Sha'arei Zohar on Sukah 52a for further relevant sources in the Zohar-writings.)”



We believe that the rabbi’s are speaking of the same Messiah – Yahshua Ha Mashiach.

You can't put this messianic spirit in prison – you cannot kill this spirit, it will rise again – you can't hide this spirit -  you can only restrict movement for a while – a messianic spirit is free even when in prison or bound. A Messianic spirit will willingly submit itself to abuse and confinement, knowing that even these are working out a higher purpose to the esteem of the Father.

The Mystery of Yisrael's Salvation
Rom 11:25  For I do not wish you to be ignorant of this secret, brothers, lest you should be wise in your own estimation, that hardening in part has come over Yisra’ěl, until the completeness of the nations[a] has come in. Footnote: a Gen_48:19

For additional insight... 
Having a grasp of the words Paul used helps us to better understand this ‘Mystery of Yisrael’. Some Bible versions (NIV) translate this phrase until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. This is unfortunate and is more of a paraphrase than a translation.
*** If Paul had meant to say full number he could have used a different Greek word: ‘arithmou’, as in Revelation 7:4, the number of those who were sealed; or ‘telestoi’, “full number of days”, even as his student, Luke, used in Luke 1:43 (NASB).

11/15/2019

Parashat 9 Portion 35 Ber 38:1-40 Yesh/Is 37:31-37 Matt 1:1-17






Bar’chu et YHVH ha-m’vorach, Baruch YHVH ha-m’vorach l’O’lam va-ed!
Baruch ata YHVHEloheinu 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.

Gen 38:1  And at that time it came to be that Yehuḏah left his brothers, and turned aside to a man, an Aḏullamite whose name was Ḥirah.

Rashi comments:  “ va yered yehudah” Yehudah went down – his descent was figurtative in the sense that his brothers deposed him from his position of leadership. This narrative interrupt the story of Yosef to teach how Yehudah’s brothers lowered him in esteem because of the incident with Yosef, for when they saw their father’s intense grief, they blamed Yehudah for it. “You told us to sell him,” they charged. “Had you advised us to send us to send him back to Father, we would have listened!” As a result of their disenchantment with him, Yehudah moved away from the family and settled in Adullam, where he became the business partner of Chirah.”

Adullam means “justice for the people,” the sages tell us that because of Yehudah’s culpability for Yakov’s suffering, he was repaid by losing his two oldest sons, so he would experience the same grief as his father – Sforno.
As the old adage goes “what goes around comes around” or as the second writings succinctly states -
Gal 6:7  Do not be led astray: Elohim is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he shall also reap.

“Chirah” refers to a noble family – Strongs 2437. However the Hebrew root of this word – charar - is to “shame or to wax pale” Strongs 2357 – (Deut 7:1-3 forbids marriage with Canaanites)

This sounds like Yehudah was so down because of what happened that he simply decided to assimilate.
Assimilations is the struggle of Yehudah and all those grafted into the same family tree today. We are so pressured by the world and by the spirt of this world to conform to the pattern of this world.
Instead of taking a stand we succumb to the pressure. This is the curse of the “galut”
See commentary Stones Chumash page 208 vs 2&6-10.

Rom 12:2  And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you prove what is that good and well-pleasing and perfect desire of Elohim.

Gen 38:2  And Yehuḏah saw there a daughter of a certain Kenaʽanite whose name was Shuwa. And he took her and went in to her.

Kenanite – is never referred to as a merchant in the Torah. The Torah describes Kenanites as the descendants of Cham; only later did the word Canaanite, acquire the additional meaning of trade or merchant (Zephaniah 1:11, Ezekiel 16:29). Shuah – meaning wealth.
The Hebrew word “galut” applies to those who live outside the land. The Hebrew word “gala” which means to go into exile can also mean to be naked or uncovered – and thus to be ashamed and vulnerable.

Gen 38:3  So she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Ěr. (Heb – awake)
Gen 38:4  And she conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name Onan. (Heb – strong)
Gen 38:5  And she conceived yet again and bore a son, and called his name Shĕlah.(Heb – petition) And he was at Keziḇ (Heb – false) when she bore him.
Gen 38:6  And Yehuḏah took a wife for Ěr his first-born, and her name was Tamar. (Heb – palm tree)
Gen 38:7  But Ěr, Yehuḏah’s first-born, was evil in the eyes of יהוה, and יהוה took his life.
Gen 38:8  And Yehuḏah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife and marry her, and raise up an heir to your brother.”
Gen 38:9  And Onan knew that the offspring would not be his. And it came to be, when he went in to his brother’s wife, that he spilled on the ground, lest he should give an offspring to his brother.
Gen 38:10  But what he did displeased יהוה, so He took his life too.
Gen 38:11  Then Yehuḏah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house until my son Shĕlah is grown.” For he said, “Lest he also die as his brothers did.” And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.

Book of Jasher 45:23-24
23. And in those days Judah went to the house of Shem and took Tamar the daughter of Elam, the son of Shem, for a wife for his first born Er. 24. And Er came to his wife Tamar, and she became his wife, and when he came to her he outwardly destroyed his seed, and his work was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord slew him.  (Gen 10:22)

‘’The three women in Samson’s life were Gentiles. The first was the woman from Timnah whom he married, the second was the whore from Gaza, and the third was the only woman mentioned by name, Delilah, with whom Samson “fell in love. The Rabbis also learn of Samson’s many liaisons with foreign women from his end. When Samson was imprisoned in Gaza he was a “mill slave [tohen] in the prison” (Jud. 16:21). The Rabbis understand the word “tohen” as meaning sin, specifically sexual misdoing, which they deduce from Job 31:10: “May my wife grind [tithan] for another, may others kneel over her!”
Each of the Philistines would bring his wife to Samson’s prison, that he might impregnate her, so that they would have a child as strong and powerful as Samson. In this vein, the Rabbis cite the popular saying: “Before a wine drinker, set wine, before a plowman, set a basket of roots.” Since Samson was such a womanizer, they brought women to him (BT Sotah 10a). With these statements the Rabbis might mean to demonstrate, once again, that Samson’s beginnings determined his end and that his punishment fit the crime.’’

Gen 38:12  And after a long time the daughter of Shuwa, Yehuḏah’s wife, died. And Yehuḏah was comforted, and went up to his sheep-shearers at Timnah, he and his friend Ḥirah the Aḏullamite.
Gen 38:13  And it was reported to Tamar, saying, “See, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
Gen 38:14  And she took off her widow’s garments, and covered herself with a veil and wrapped herself, and sat at the entrance to Ěnayim which was on the way to Timnah. For she saw that Shĕlah was grown, and she was not given to him as a wife.
Gen 38:15  And Yehuḏah saw her, and reckoned her for a whore, for she had covered her face.
Gen 38:16  And he turned aside to her by the way, and said, “Please let me come in to you,” for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, “What do you give me to come in to me?”
Gen 38:17  And he said, “Let me send you a young goat from the flock.” And she said, “Do you give me a pledge until you send it?”
Gen 38:18  So he said, “What pledge should I give you?” And she said, “Your seal and your cord and your staff that is in your hand.” And he gave them to her, and went in to her, and she conceived by him.
Gen 38:19  And she arose and went away, and removed her veil and put on the garments of her widowhood.
Gen 38:20  And Yehuḏah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend the Aḏullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand, but he did not find her.
Gen 38:21  And he asked the men of that place, saying, “Where is the cult prostitute who was beside the way to Ěnayim?” And they said, “There was no cult prostitute in this place.”
Gen 38:22  And he returned to Yehuḏah and said, “I have not found her. And the men of the place also said there was no cult prostitute in this place.”
Gen 38:23  And Yehuḏah said, “Let her take them for herself, lest we become despised, for I sent this young goat and you have not found her.”
Gen 38:24  And it came to be, about three months after, that Yehuḏah was informed, saying, “Tamar your daughter-in-law has whored, and see, she has conceived by whoring.” And Yehuḏah said, “Bring her out and let her be burned!”
Gen 38:25  When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “By the man to whom these belong, I am pregnant.” And she said, “Please examine whose these are: the seal and the cord and the staff.”

It is rather ironic that the same words “identify if you please” used by Yehudah to ask his father to identify Yosef’s garment(37:32) are the same words Tamar uses when revealing Yehudah’s infidelity with her – see vs 38:25 – “haker na” –

Gen 38:26  And Yehuḏah examined and said, “She has been more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shĕlah my son.” And he never knew her again.
Gen 38:27  And it came to be, at the time for giving birth, that see, twins were in her womb.
Gen 38:28  And it came to be, when she was giving birth, that the one put out his hand. And the midwife took a scarlet thread and bound it on his hand, saying, “This one came out first.”
Gen 38:29  And it came to be, as he drew back his hand, that see, his brother came out! And she said, “How did you break through? This breach be upon you!” So his name was called Perets.
Gen 38:30  And afterward his brother came out who had the scarlet thread on his hand. So his name was called Zeraḥ.

Isa 37:31  “And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Yehuḏah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. (perfect balance between the physical and spiritual)
Isa 37:32  “For out of Yerushalayim comes forth a remnant, and those who escape from Mount Tsiyon – the ardour of יהוה of hosts does this.

The only difference between the name of YHVH and Yehudah is that Yehudah has a  “daleth” – daleth is a symbol of a door. Yehudah was destined to be a doorway for the remnant.

Yud Hey Vay Hey = YHVH. Yud hey vav DALETH hey = Yehudah.

Jer 36:3  “It could be that the house of Yehuḏah hears of all the evil which I plan to bring upon them, so that each one turns back from his evil way, and I shall pardon their crookedness and their sin.”

The key is possibly Yosef – he was the one who united the brothers again.

Is 'The Church' Israel?
So, just what does fullness of the Gentiles mean? There are three prominent views to be considered. First, some say that the ‘Church’ is Israel; thus the fullness of the Gentiles refers to the glory of the Church. The idea that the Church replaces Israel is sometimes called ‘replacement theology.’ This view of the glory of the Church is incorrect for several reasons.

First, not only is this view grammatically impossible, it is contextually impossible. All the way through Romans 11, “Israel” is referred to as the Jewish people, and distinct from the Gentile believers (vv. 2, 7, 25, 26). Also, it is redemptively impossible. In 11:25, it says blindness in part has happened to Israel, but of the “Ekklessia” (called out ones) Paul says that the eyes of our understanding have been enlightened as to who Messiah is (Ephesians 1:18). Thus the Ekklessia/Kehelah as Israel being blind simply makes no sense. Plus, in Romans 11:26 a ‘saved Israel’ is equated with a ‘delivered Jacob’: …The Deliverer will come from Zion, He will remove ungodliness from Jacob. The Ekklessia, which is not spoken about in this chapter, is made up of those already redeemed, both Jews and Gentiles. Here blinded Israel is spoken of as one that is not yet redeemed, but will be. Finally, the view of the glory of the Church is thematically impossible. The whole theme and purpose of Romans 9-11 is to show YHVH’s faithfulness to the Jewish people, who are Israel (see Romans 9:3,4); it simply does not speak of Israel being replaced by, or identified as the Church.

Faithful Friends
The fullness of the Gentiles leading to “all Israel” being saved begs the question: When will this happen? When the greatest Jew-hater of all time, the Anti-Christ, comes on the scene. He will attempt to destroy all the Jews (Revelation 12) as well as all believers in Yeshua (Revelation 13:17), and