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Post by R' Y'hoshua Moshe on Aug 1, 2004 17:13:15 GMT -8
Here is the Torah Reading Schedule for this week: "Ekev - Because"  : Deuteronomy (Devarim) 7:12-11:25May the following be our prayer... "Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy ." - Psalms 119:18 Also, please share with us what our Heavenly Father has shown you, or ask any questions that you may have. The discussion for the haftarah portion of the reading may be found at this link: theloveofgod.proboards3.com/index.cgi?board=Prophets&action=display&n=1&thread=447Shalom chaverim (peace friends), Reuel |
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Post by R' Y'hoshua Moshe on Aug 8, 2004 16:46:21 GMT -8
"Therefore you shall keep the commandment, the statutes, and the judgments which I command you today, to observe them. Then it shall come to pass, because you listen to these judgments, and keep and do them, that YHVH your G'd will keep with you the covenant and the mercy which He swore to your fathers. And He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flock, in the land of which He swore to your fathers to give you. You shall be blessed above all peoples; there shall not be a male or female barren among you or among your livestock. And YHVH will take away from you all sickness, and will afflict you with none of the terrible diseases of Egypt which you have known, but will lay them on all those who hate you. " - Devarim (Deuteronomy) 7:11-15 Are we listening?? Do we wonder sometimes why we are not experiencing the full blessing of our Heavenly Father? Do we wonder sometimes why we are sick? Do we wonder why we have to work so hard to maintain something that is not prospering? The above passage can be one of the explanations. "If you should say in your heart, 'These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?'-- you shall not be afraid of them, but you shall remember well what YHVH your G'd did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt: the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs and the wonders, the mighty hand and the outstretched arm, by which YHVH your G'd brought you out. So shall YHVH your G'd do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid. Moreover YHVH your G'd will send the hornet among them until those who are left, who hide themselves from you, are destroyed. You shall not be terrified of them; for YHVH your G'd, the great and awesome G'd, is among you."- Devarim (Deuteronomy 7:17-21) Essentially we say the same thing found in verse 17 above when we do not follow G-d's commandments out of fear that we will not be provided for. Or, we may say this for the fear of man, and what he can do to us. Don't we do this in our families from time to time? Those whom are in subjection to the father sometimes act in rebellion because they feel like they will not be provided for, or because of a lack of trust they feel like they have to take things into their own hands, and do whatever is right in their own eyes. But, what does G'd, our Father say to us when we are fearful to carry out His commands?... "You shall not be terrified of them; for YHVH your G'd, the great and awesome G'd, is among you."If we are faithful to Him...He will be strong on our behalf... "For the eyes of YHVH run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him..." - 2 Divre haYamim (Chronicles) 16:9 If we continue to be faithful to Him, He will overcome our enemy little by little, and we will have victory... "And YHVH your G'd will drive out those nations before you little by little; you will be unable to destroy them at once, lest the beasts of the field become too numerous for you." - Devarim (Deuteronomy) 7:22 "Nor shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you be doomed to destruction like it. You shall utterly detest it and utterly abhor it, for it is an accursed thing. - Devarim (Deuteronomy) 7:26 We need to remember that when we come into contact with the pagan nation in which we live that we are not to bring any accursed thing into our homes. What is considered to be an abomination? Read the , and ask Adonai yourself. Do we bring accursed music, movies, magazines, pornographic materials, or heretical teachings into our homes? Or, do we perhaps suffer those in our home whom do so? Do we fool ourselves saying that surely we will not be affected? Shalom chaverim, Reuel
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Post by R' Y'hoshua Moshe on Aug 8, 2004 17:43:01 GMT -8
"You shall remember all the way which YHVH your G'd has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not. He humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you didn't know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of YHVH does man live."- Devarim (Deut.) 8:2-3 Does the above passage sound famaliar?? It is helpful to read Yeshua's statement found in Mat.4:4 in the light of this passage. The context is being tested to see whether, or not we will keep G-d's commandments. Both these passages refer to -all- G-d's words, and not just the ones that we choose, or just the commandments that we find in the Brit HaDashah (New. Test.). Sha'ul (Paul) agrees as we see in 2Timothy 3:16. "You should know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so YHVH your G'd chastens you. Therefore you shall keep the commandments of YHVH your G'd, to walk in His ways and to fear Him." - Devarim (Deut.) 8:5-6 Are you currently being chastened by G'd? This is because He loves you. Do you wish to avoid the chastening of G'd? Than keep His commandments.  Also, notice how His is described as "His ways". They are not just the ways of the Jewish people. His ways are for all of His people. "When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless YHVH your G'd for the good land which he has given you." - Devarim (Deut.) 8:10 Notice how we are to bless G'd after we eat? The actually calls for us to pray after we have eaten. But, of course there is nothing wrong with praying before, and after. But, I always thought that my prayers are more appreciative after a full stomach.  11 "Beware that you do not forget YHVH your G'd by not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes which I command you today, 12 lest--when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses and dwell in them; 13 and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold are multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; 14 when your heart is lifted up, and you forget YHVH your G'd who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; 15 who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty land where there was no water; who brought water for you out of the flinty rock; 16 who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do you good in the end-- 17 then you say in your heart, 'My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.'
18 "And you shall remember YHVH your G'd, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth..."Notice in the first 11 in the above passage that G'd actually describes us as forgetting Him when we don't keep His commandments. Isn't this true for us many times? G'd begins to prosper us and we become lifted up in our hearts, and forget that it is G'd whom has blessed us. We actually think that it was by our own hand that we aquired those things with which we are blessed. We must remember that every good gift comes from Him... "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." - Ya'akov (James) 1:17 Shalom, Reuel
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Post by R' Y'hoshua Moshe on Aug 8, 2004 17:52:15 GMT -8
"3 Therefore understand today that YHVH your G'd is He who goes over before you as a consuming fire. He will destroy them and bring them down before you; so you shall drive them out and destroy them quickly, as YHVH has said to you.
4 " Do not think in your heart, after YHVH your G'd has cast them out before you, saying, 'Because of my righteousness YHVH has brought me in to possess this land'; but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that YHVH is driving them out from before you. 5 It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you go in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations that YHVH your G'd drives them out from before you, and that He may fulfill the word which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 6 Therefore understand that YHVH your G'd is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked people."
- Devarim (Deut.) 9:3-6
Notice that G'd says that He does not bring Israel back into the land because of their righteousness. He does it because He is faithful even when we are not. He is a covenant keeping G'd. Baruch HaShem!
Shalom,
Reuel
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Post by R' Y'hoshua Moshe on Aug 8, 2004 20:48:46 GMT -8
"And you shall circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and you shall not harden your neck any more."- Devarim (Deu.) 10:16 Notice how circumcision of the heart has always been a requirement...even before the Brit HaDashah (New. Test.), and that it did not somehow replace the commandment to circumcise the flesh. "For YHVH your G'd, He is the G'd of gods, and the L'rd of lords; the great, the mighty, the fearful G'd who does not lift up faces, nor take a bribe." - Devarim 10:17 It is interesting to note that the Brit HaDashah recognizes Yeshua HaMashiach as L'rd of Lords... "These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them. For He is L'rd of lords and King of kings. And those with Him are the called and elect and faithful ones." - Revelation 17:14 The question is, are there two "L'rd of Lords", or are they one in the same? "He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the stranger in giving him food and clothing. Therefore love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt." - Devarim 10:19-18 Israel will do well to remember the above passage. They are to love the stranger whom joins himself to Israel. Israel is not to express covenantal arrangonce in regards to Gentiles. They are not to be viewed as second class citizens, but equal heirs according to the promise... "...which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit, that the nations should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partaker of His promise in Messiah through the good news." - Ephesians 3:5-6 In fact, native born Israelites (Jewish people) are to love Gentiles whom join themselves to Israel as themselves.... "The stranger that dwells with you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself. For you were strangers in the land of Egypt. I am Jehovah your God." - Vayyikra (Lev.) 19:34 In other words, there should not be a spirit of seperation, or arrogance between Jew, and Gentile in any Messianic fellowship. I have heard several testimonies of how this has been the case to the  of several Messianic fellowships. "You shall fear YHVH your G'd. You shall serve Him, and you shall hold fast to Him, and swear by His name."- Devarim (Deut.) 10:20 Does this mean that we should swear by the name of YHVH as we see in the following passages; 1Samuel 25:26, 1Samuel 26:16, 2Samuel 15:21, 1King 18:10, 2King 15:20? Or, does this mean that what we say should be in the authority of our Heavenly Father as we see in 2Peter 4:11? Perhaps both. And, if Judaism of the past used the name of the Father, why not now? Shalom, Reuel
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Post by R' Y'hoshua Moshe on Aug 8, 2004 21:18:18 GMT -8
"...a land which YHVH your G'd cares for; the eyes of YHVH your G'd are always on it from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. - Devarim (Deut.) 11:12 Notice how very special HaEretz Yisrael (The Land Of Israel) is to our Heavenly Father. This is indeed the "Holy Land". Wouldn't it be nice to live in the land in which G'd especially cares for, and in which He always has His eyes upon? One day...  "And you shall lay these Words up in your hearts, and in your souls... " - Devarim (Deut.) 11:18 We see here the admonition to lay the words of in our hearts. In other words, I believe this is a command to memorize the words of His that it becomes part of us. One of the ways to do this is to participate in our weekly discussion And, if we continue to read in verse 18... "...and shall bind them for a sign on your hand. And they shall be for frontlets between your eyes."Personally, I believe that the first admonition to "bind them for a sign on your hand" has more of a literal application compared to the following passage that says "and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes". The phrase "as frontlets" to me does not mean to literally bind something accross your forehead, but it means that His should be on our mind...almost as if His is bound to our head. "And you shall teach them to your sons by speaking of them as you sit in your house, and as you walk in the way, and as you lie down, and as you rise up. And you shall write them on the side posts of your house, and on your gates"As men, and leaders of our families we have a commandment given by the L'rd to pass on His to our children, and to our family, and everyone within our jurisdiction. This is a most serious commandment that we must observe. May Adonai equip us to be more, and more observant in this area. Shalom v'ahava b'Yeshua HaMashiach (Peace, and love in the name of Yeshua The Messiah), Reuel
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Post by The 614th Mitzvot on Aug 9, 2004 11:13:43 GMT -8
Enjoying talking to yourself?  Just kidding. I have nothing to add, I think you pretty much covered it. |
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Post by R' Y'hoshua Moshe on Aug 9, 2004 11:57:54 GMT -8
I know...where have you been all week?  Maybe once I post the discussion for this week's reading you will join me? If anything, it is for my own benefit. You would think for a observant discussion forum that we would have a few more people discussiong the weekly portion.  Oh well, it will not detour me.  Shalom, Reuel |
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Post by The 614th Mitzvot on Aug 9, 2004 12:02:14 GMT -8
Oh well, what can you do? Can we force thier eyes  ? No I think we should just continue on our own; I guess your Rabbi Sha'ul and I'm Rab Silas. Just kidding, but I am still waiting for the next Parshah! Where is it? |
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Post by R' Y'hoshua Moshe on Aug 9, 2004 14:05:22 GMT -8
I have been kind of slow this week. Well, not really, I have been very busy with other ministry work. I will try to get it started sometime today. Yom tov, Reuel |
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Post by Mark on Jul 9, 2009 4:08:54 GMT -8
In Deuteronomy 1:31, Moses describes Adonai as a father who bears his son (carrying him over dangerous ground). In Deuteronomy 8:5 we see that, also as a father, Adonai chastens his children. This is a good thing. The writer of Hebrews refers directly to this passage:
Heb 12:5-11 KJV And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: (6) For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. (7) If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? (8) But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. (9) Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? (10) For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. (11) Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
This line of thought is somewhat masked in our English Bibles when we compare Deuteronomy 6:7 with Deuteronomy 11:19. The texts seem to mirror each other; but there is a distinct difference in what is being said.
In Deuteronomy 6:7, the word translated "teach" is the word "shaw-nan" which means to point out, to impart knowledge, to open up that little cranium and pour the information in. In Deuteronomy 11:19, the word translated teach is "lah-med". This is the ox goad (or cattle prod) that one pokes the heels of an ox to steer it in a particular direction.
These ideas are necessary to bring together: Adonai carries us but also chastens us. He instructs us but also disciplines us. He points us in the way that we should go, then "encourages" us to maintain on the path by motivating us to not veer off.
This gives room for some interesting speculation to what was in the mind of Saul of Tarsus on the road to Damascus when Messiah Yeshua said to him, Saul, Saul, it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks (the goads)." It is as though Saul likely had the information. He knew the truth about Yeshua as the Messiah (as many of the Sanhedrin did (see John 3:2)); but was enraged by it (Paul would later describe himself as being made crazy by the believers in Yeshua).
We can glean quite an understanding by these verses as to how Adonai deals with us as teh loving Father. First, He's not going to discipline you concerning anything that He has not instructed you; and second, He is going to discipline you concerning everything that He has instructed you. He knows that His way concerning your life is for your very best. He knows that you need Him. He will allow you to hunger but only so that He will have the opportunity to feed you with manna.
As a parent, I often have to allow my children to come to the place of understanding that they weally need my help. Sometimes I will give them instructions, then allow them to disobey, just so that they have an opportunity to recognize the inevitable consequences of their disobedience... maybe Dad really knew what he was talking about after all.
Walk closer to Adonai. Heed the discipline and follow His loving instructions. He's not steering you through the rough paths. He's carrying you through those. It is where He can safely instruct you in the things that you need to learn that you are enduring hardship. I know it doesn't feel like that. But, you can trust Him.
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Post by alon on Aug 11, 2017 15:05:15 GMT -8
This weeks par'shah.
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: Deuteronomy (Devarim) 7:12-11:25
of several Messianic fellowships.
Just kidding.
