Parashat 6 Portion 25 – Beresheet/Genesis 27:1-29

Blessing for the Torah:

Baruch atah YHVH, Eloheynu, Melech ha-O’lam, asher bachar banu m’kol ha-amim,

v’natan lanu eht Torah-to. Baruch atah YHVH, noteyn ha-Torah. Ameyn.”

(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. Ameyn.)

1Co 1:25  For the foolishness of Elohim is wiser than men, and the weakness of Elohim is stronger than men.

1Co 1:26  For look at your calling, brothers, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble.

1Co 1:27  But Elohim has chosen the foolish matters of the world to put to shame the wise, and Elohim has chosen the weak of the world to put to shame the strong.

1Co 1:28  And Elohim has chosen the low-born of the world and the despised, and the ones that are not, that He might bring to naught the ones that are,

1Co 1:29  so that no flesh should boast in His presence.

Yitzchak was convinced that Esav was YHVH’s choice, he was the popular charismatic leader and the pride and joy of his father. Esav however was not YHVH’s choice.

In fact YHVH hated Esav and loved Yakov.

Rom 9:13  as it has been written, “Ya’aqoḇ I have loved, but Ěsaw I have hated.”

One of the most frightening realities for believers is that we can be completely deceived and not know it.

Pro 14:12  There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

Yirmeyahu/Jeremiah 17:9  “The heart is crooked above all, and desperately sick – who shall know it?

Matters are complicated when one is confronted with a statement such as:

Yochanan/John 14:6  יהושע (Yahshua) said to him, “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

If Esav were alive today, he could well have been a born again believer and leader in the church.

Yoch/Joh 6:44  “No one is able to come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him. And I shall raise him up in the last day.

Rom 9:15  For He says to Mosheh, “I shall favour whomever I favour, and I shall have compassion on whomever I have compassion.”

Rom 9:16  So, then, it is not of him who is wishing, nor of him who is running, but of Elohim who shows favour.

Parashat 6 Portion 24 Beresheet 26:12-35 – Yeshayahu 65:23-66:8 –Rom 9:6-18

Blessing for the Torah:

Baruch atah YHVH, Eloheynu, Melech ha-O’lam, asher bachar banu m’kol ha-amim,

v’natan lanu eht Torah-to. Baruch atah YHVH, noteyn ha-Torah. Ameyn.”

(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. Ameyn.)

This section starts with the evidence of being in a covenant relationship with YHVH and it ends with the evidence of one (Esav) who does not seek to be in a covenant relationship with YHVH. We see Yitzchak is abundantly blessed even in famine and we see Esav grabbing what he can and grieving his parents for the kind of choices he makes. The sages tell us that Esav was known for taking married woman and doing whatever he pleased.

The evidence of these two spirits still exists today.

Let us ask ourselves this question:

Would our fathers Avraham Yitzchak and Yakov be pleased with the way modern day Christianity and even Judaism conducts itself and its affairs in this world?

Yet we call ourselves children of Avraham, are we truly his children?

Jer 6:16  Thus said יהוה, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; and find rest for yourselves. But they said, ‘We do not walk in it.’

Jer 6:17  “And I raised up watchmen over you, and said, ‘Listen to the sound of the ram’s horn!’ But they said, ‘We do not listen.’

Jer 6:18  “Therefore hear, you nations, and know, O congregation, what is upon them!

Jer 6:19  “Hear, O earth! See, I am bringing evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to My words, nor My Torah – and they rejected it.

I don’t believe there can be any doubt in the mind of a discerning believer that we have rejected our ancient scriptural foundations and replaced them with those laid by men and their doctrines. Many today follow in the paths of Esav, eager to expand and control and take what does not belong to them. The Good News does not belong to the church, it never has or never will, it has and will always be the inheritance of Yisrael.

Resurrection and First fruits

Blessing for the Torah:

Baruch atah YHVH, Eloheynu, Melech ha-O’lam, asher bachar banu m’kol ha-amim,

v’natan lanu eht Torah-to. Baruch atah YHVH, noteyn ha-Torah. Ameyn.”

(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. Ameyn.)

This week there is no Torah portion. I would like to share some thoughts about the “Resurrection” hopefully from a more Messianic point of view.