Blessed are You, YHVH our Elohim, You have set us apart by Your commandments and have commanded us to actively study Your Torah. Please YHVH, our Elohim, sweeten the words of Your Torah in our mouths and in the mouths of all Your people Israel. May You open our eyes to see marvellous truths from Your Torah. Thank You for calling us who were once gentiles excluded from the citizenship of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise having no expectation and without Elohim- but now through the blood of Messiah we have gained access into the covenant and have obtained citizenship into the commonwealth of Israel. Blessed are You, YHVH, Who teaches Torah to His people Israel. Amein
יפקד יהוה - ‘’pâqad’’
Strongs 6485 verb meaning ‘’reckon,
visit, punish, appoint, look after, care for’’
Num 27:15 And Mosheh spoke to יהוה, saying,
Num 27:16 “Let יהוה, the Elohim of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
טז יִפְקֹד יְהוָה, אֱלֹהֵי הָרוּחֹת
לְכָל-בָּשָׂר, אִישׁ, עַל-הָעֵדָה.
The use of a future tense verb ‘’yifkod’’ is also possibly referring to the coming future Messiah. The context of this appointment is also significant – YHVH, the Elohim of all flesh will appoint such a ‘’man’’ to rule over His Congregation (witnesses). A congregation that comprises all peoples of the world- Those who have come into faith obedience to the Elohim of all flesh and His Messiah.
YHVH has clearly established His standard of truth – and outside of His truth there is no truth.
Isa 8:16 Bind up the
witness, seal the Torah among my taught ones.
Isa 8:17 And I shall wait on יהוה, who hides His face from the house of Ya‛aqoḇ. And I shall look for Him. Isa 8:20 To the Torah and to the witness! If they do not speak according to this Word, it is because they have no daybreak.[a] Footnote: aOr light.
The only true witnesses of YHVH
on earth are those who have the testimony of Yahshua established on every word,
teaching and doctrine found in the Torah and the Apostolic scriptures. Most
people on earth including believers disagree with this truth statement or do
not understand it. (you cannot select which truths to obey)
It is this disagreement which causes YHVH to hide Himself and the reason He is about to bring a devastating destruction on earth.
Judgment on the Whole Earth
Isa 24:1 See, יהוה is making
the earth empty and making it waste, and shall overturn its surface, and shall
scatter abroad its inhabitants.
Isa 24:2 And it shall be –
as with the people so with the priest, as with the servant so with his master,
as with the female servant so with her mistress, as with the buyer so with the
seller, as with the lender so with the borrower, as with the creditor so with
the debtor;
Isa 24:3 the earth is
completely emptied and utterly plundered, for יהוה has spoken this word.
Isa 24:4 The earth shall
mourn and wither, the world shall languish and wither, the haughty people of
the earth shall languish.
Isa 24:5 For the earth has
been defiled under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the Torot,[a]
changed[b] the law, broken the everlasting covenant.[c] Footnotes: aTorot -
plural of Torah - teaching. b Jer_23:36. cSee also Isa_13:9, Isa_13:11,
Isa_26:21, Isa_66:24, Mic_5:15, Zep_1:2-18.
Isa 24:6 Therefore a curse shall consume the earth, and those who dwell in it be punished. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth shall be burned, and few men shall be left.
This is the warning and the
lesson of Parashat Pinchas.
It is only the Messiah who can
lead us out of this ‘’astonishingly chaotic’’ situation. Jer 4:23
Num 27:17 who goes out before them and comes in before them, who leads them out and brings them in, so that the congregation of יהוה be not like sheep without a shepherd.”
יז אֲשֶׁר-יֵצֵא לִפְנֵיהֶם, וַאֲשֶׁר יָבֹא
לִפְנֵיהֶם, וַאֲשֶׁר יוֹצִיאֵם, וַאֲשֶׁר יְבִיאֵם; וְלֹא תִהְיֶה, עֲדַת יְהוָה,
כַּצֹּאן, אֲשֶׁר אֵין-לָהֶם רֹעֶה.
His leadership action (active verb) causes us (hyphil verb) to come out of bondage (Egypt) and into the promised kingdom.
Note the use of the future tense verbs connected to the finished work of Messiah – the man appointed by YHVH to rule over all His congregation (witnesses). Yehoshua did not finish the task successfully.
In other words, we know who we are, we know where we came
from, and we know how to reach our destination. We know it is Elohim who is working in us both to desire and to
work for His good pleasure. Phil 2:13
The Torah is powerless without the Messiah to bring about
lasting change – and it always requires a response of obedience from His
people. Not just a ‘’once off’’ response but an ongoing daily response. (a sinner’s
prayer on its own is insufficient dear brothers and sisters)
Note how the Torah introduces the future Messiah:
Num 27:18 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Take Yehoshua son of Nun with you, a man in
whom is the Spirit. And you shall lay your hand on him, (or ordain him)
Num 27:19 and shall set him before El‛azar the
priest and before all the congregation, and give him command before their
eyes,
Num 27:20 and shall put some of your esteem upon
him, so that all the congregation of the children of Yisra’ěl obey him. (has
this ever happened?) Josh 24:15,19.
Num 27:21 “And he is to stand before El‛azar the
priest, who shall inquire before יהוה
for him by the right-ruling of the Urim. At his word they go out, and at his
word they come in, both he and all the children of Yisra’ěl with him, all the
congregation.”
Num 27:22 And Mosheh did as יהוה commanded him, and took Yehoshua and set him before El‛azar the
priest and before all the congregation,
Num 27:23 and laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as יהוה commanded by the hand of Mosheh.
We know that Messiah descends from the tribe of Yehuda (Judah). Yet here in the Torah is suggests that He is associated with the tribe of Ephraim – Yehoshua son on Nun – an Ephraimite - why?
At his first coming Yahshua introduces his ministry as coming initially for the lost tribes of the house of Yisrael. The house of Ephraim.
Mat 10:5 יהושע sent these
twelve out, having commanded them, saying, “Do not go into the way of the
nations, and do not enter a city of the Shomeronim,
Mat 10:6 but rather go to
the lost sheep of the house of Yisra’ěl.
The Faith of a Canaanite Woman
Mat 15:21 And יהושע went out
from there and withdrew to the parts of Tsor and Tsiḏon.
Mat 15:22 And see, a woman
of Kena‛an came from those borders and cried out to Him, saying, “Have
compassion on me, O Master, Son of Dawiḏ! My daughter is badly
demon-possessed.”
Mat 15:23 But He did not
answer her a word. And His taught ones came and asked Him, saying, “Send her
away, because she cries after us.”
Mat 15:24 And He
answering, said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of
Yisra’ěl.”[d] Footnote: dSee Mat_10:6.
Mat 15:25 But she came and
was bowing to Him, saying, “Master, help me!”
Mat 15:26 And He
answering, said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to
the little dogs.”
Mat 15:27 But she said,
“Yes Master, for even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their
masters’ table.”
Mat 15:28 And יהושע answering, said to her, “O woman, your belief is great! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.
Why would Yahshua and His disciples focus on Ephraim – the so called lost tribes? Because YHVH issued the 10 tribes with a certificate of divorce.
Jer 3:8 “And I saw that for all the causes for which backsliding Yisra’ěl had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Yehuḏah did not fear, but went and committed whoring too.
We were excluded from the common wealth of Israel because of our idolatry.
Eph 2:12 that at that time you were without Messiah, excluded from the citizenship of Yisra’ěl and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no expectation and without Elohim in the world. Eph 2:13 But now in Messiah יהושע you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah.
Paul goes on to warn us not to
be arrogant – speaking of the Jews he says -Rom 11:8 As it has been
written, “יהוה has given
them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see and ears not to hear, unto this
day.” Deu_29:4, Isa_29:10. Rom
11:11 I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Let it not
be! But by their fall deliverance has come to the nations, to provoke them
to jealousy. Deu_32:21. Rom 11:12 And if their fall is
riches for the world, and their failure riches for the nations, how much more
their completeness! Rom 11:13 For I speak to you, the nations, inasmuch
as I am an emissary to the nations, I esteem my service,
Rom 11:14 if somehow I
might provoke to jealousy Deu_32:21 those who are my flesh
and save some of them. Rom 11:15 For if their casting away is the
restoration to favour of the world, what is their acceptance but life from the
dead?
Rom 11:16 Now if the
first-fruit is set-apart, the lump is also. And if the root is set-apart, so
are the branches.
Rom 11:17 And if some of
the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, have been
grafted in among them, and came to share the root and fatness of the olive
tree,
Rom 11:18 do not boast
against the branches. And if you boast, remember: you do not bear the
root, but the root bears you!
Rom 11:19 You shall say
then, “The branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.”
Rom 11:20 Good! By
unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by belief. Do not be arrogant, but
fear.
Rom 11:21 For if Elohim
did not spare the natural branches, He might not spare you either.
Rom 11:22 See then the
kindness and sharpness of Elohim: on those who fell sharpness, but toward you
kindness, if you continue in His kindness, otherwise you also shall be
cut off.
Rom 11:23 And they also, if they do not continue in unbelief,
shall be grafted in, for Elohim is able to graft them in again.
Rom 11:24 For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more shall these who are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
Have you ever wondered why the parable in Mt 25 speaks about 10 virgins?
For us to come into a covenant with YHVH we had to first be released from the requirement of the law to be in a covenant with Yahshua.
Laws Concerning Divorce
Deu 24:1 “When a man takes a wife and shall marry her,
then it shall be, if she finds no favour in his eyes because he has found a
matter of uncoveredness[a] in her, and he shall write her a certificate of
divorce, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house, Footnote:
aProof that she is not a maiden, indicating that she had previously been
fornicating. See also Mat_5:32 and Mat_19:9.
Deu 24:2 and if she left
his house and went and became another man’s wife,
Deu 24:3 and the latter
husband shall hate her and write her a certificate of divorce, and put it in
her hand, and send her out of his house, or when the latter husband dies who
took her to be his wife,
Deu 24:4 then her former husband who sent her away is not allowed to take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled, for that would be an abomination before יהוה. And do not bring sin on the land which יהוה your Elohim is giving you as an inheritance.
Once again Paul addresses this
crisis:
Released from the Law
Rom 7:1 Or do you not know, brothers – for I speak to
those knowing the Torah – that the Torah rules over a man as long as he
lives?
Rom 7:2 For the married
woman has been bound by Torah to the living husband, but if the husband dies,
she is released from the Torah concerning her husband.
Rom 7:3 So then, while her
husband lives, she shall be called an adulteress if she becomes another man’s.
But if her husband dies, she is free from that part of the Torah, so
that she is not an adulteress, having become another man’s.
Rom 7:4 So my brothers,
you also were put to death to the Torah (that part of the Torah Deut 24)
through the body of Messiah, for you to become another’s, the One who was
raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to Elohim.
Rom 7:5 For when we were
in the flesh, the passions of sins, through the Torah, were working in our
members to bear fruit to death.
Rom 7:6 But now we have been released from the Torah,(the part of the Torah concerning remarriage) having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in newness of Spirit and not in oldness of letter.
Now we can begin to understand the critical role the remnant of Ephraim has in the restoration of all things.
Daily weekly
monthly and annual disciplined instructions required for guarding YHVH’s
Appointed Times.
‘’113 bulls, 1,086 lambs, 1,000 bottles of
oil and wine, and to top it all off, over a ton of flour. That is what is
required for one year of offerings as outlined in Numbers 28!’’
Num 28:1 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Num 28:2 "Command the children of Yisra’ěl,
and you shall say to them, ‘Take heed to bring My offering, My food for My
offerings made by fire as a sweet fragrance to Me, at their appointed
time.’
Num 28:3 “And you shall say to them, ‘This is the
offering made by fire which you bring to יהוה: two male lambs a year old, perfect ones, daily, a continual
ascending offering. Num 28:4 The one lamb you prepare in the
morning, and the other lamb you prepare between the evenings, Num
28:5 with one-tenth of an ěphah of fine flour as a grain offering mixed
with one-fourth of a hin of pressed oil, Num 28:6 a continual
ascending offering which was offered at Mount Sinai for a sweet fragrance, an
offering made by fire to יהוה, Num
28:7 and its drink offering, one-fourth of a hin for each lamb. Pour out
the drink to יהוה as an offering in the set-apart
place. Num 28:8 And the other lamb you prepare between the evenings.
As the morning grain offering and its drink offering, you prepare it as an
offering made by fire, a sweet fragrance to יהוה.
Sabbath Offerings
Num 28:9 And on the Sabbath day two lambs a year
old, perfect ones, and two-tenths of an ěphah of fine flour as a grain
offering, mixed with oil, with its drink offering, Num 28:10 the
ascending offering for every Sabbath, besides the continual ascending offering
with its drink offering.
Monthly Offerings
Num 28:11 And on the beginnings of your new moons
you bring near an ascending offering to יהוה: two young bulls and one ram, and seven lambs a year old,
perfect ones; Num 28:12 three-tenths of an ěphah of fine
flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, for each bull; two-tenths of an
ěphah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, for the one
ram;
Num 28:13 and one-tenth of an ěphah of fine
flour, mixed with oil, as a grain offering for each lamb, as an ascending
offering of sweet fragrance, an offering made by fire to יהוה. Num 28:14 And their drink offering is half a hin of
wine for a bull, and one-third of a hin for a ram, and one-fourth of a hin for
a lamb. This is the ascending offering for each new moon throughout the
new moons of the year, Num 28:15 and one male goat as a sin
offering to יהוה is prepared, besides the continual
ascending offering and its drink offering.
Pesach (Passover) Offerings
Num 28:16 And in the first new moon, on the
fourteenth day, is the Pěsaḥa of יהוה,
Footnote: aPassover.
Num 28:17 and on the fifteenth day of this new moon
is a festival. For seven days unleavened bread is eaten.
Num 28:18 On the first day is a set-apart
gathering, you do no servile work. Num 28:19 And you shall bring
near an offering made by fire as an ascending offering to יהוה: two young bulls and one ram, and seven lambs a year old,
perfect ones they are for you, Num 28:20 and their grain offering,
fine flour mixed with oil. Prepare three-tenths of an ěphah for a bull,
and two-tenths for a ram. Num 28:21 Prepare one-tenth of an ěphah
for each of the seven lambs,
Num 28:22 and one goat as a sin offering, to make atonement for you. Num 28:23 Prepare these besides the ascending offering of the morning, which is for a continual ascending offering. Num 28:24 According to these you are to prepare the food of the offering made by fire daily for seven days, as a sweet fragrance to יהוה. It is prepared besides the continual ascending offering and its drink offering. Num 28:25 And on the seventh day you have a set-apart gathering, you do no servile work.
Parashat Pinchas concludes next week with the final
instructions regarding YHVH’s set apart appointments.
These appointments were meant to serve as an inspired outline on how to present an anointed presentation of the Good News of Messiah.
The apostle warns that any misrepresentation of this Good
News will come with a severe curse – Pinchas.
No Other Gospel
Gal 1:6 I marvel that you
are so readily turning away from Him who called you in the favour of Messiah,
to a different ‘Good News’[a] Footnote: a 2Co_11:4.
Gal 1:7 which is not
another, only there are some who are troubling you and wishing to pervert the
Good News of Messiah.
Gal 1:8 However, even if
we, or a messenger out of heaven, bring a ‘Good News’ to you beside what we announced
to you, let him be accursed.
Gal 1:9 As we have said
before, and now I say again, if anyone brings a ‘Good News’ to you beside what
you have received, let him be accursed.
Gal 1:10 For do I now persuade men, or Elohim? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I should not be a servant of Messiah.
Heb 10:39 But we are not of those who draw back to destruction, but of belief to the preservation of life.
Blessed are you YHVH, our Elohim, King of the
Universe, you have given us your Torah of truth, and have planted everlasting
life within our midst. Blessed are you, YHVH giver of the Torah – Amein
Please note these notes are under construction and are
subject to correction and are in no way a final authority on any subject
