Torah Parashah - B'shallach - After he had let go - January 31

B’shallach  31 Jan 2015

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Sh’ma

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Torah Parashah - B’shallach (After he had let go)

Sh’mot (Exodus) 13:17- 17:16 RSTNE p 58

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Some things to pick up...

I want to cover a couple things from Matthew Nolan’s last few teachings.

We are going to talk about the word...

 “Serpent”

1.  Sh’mot (Exodus) 7:9 RSTNE p 53

          “When Pharaoh shall speak to you, saying, Show a miracle for yourselves:  then you shall say to Aharon, Take your rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.”

That word “serpent” is (not sure of spelling) tanien (how it sounds)

ְל ַת ִנּין

l’thnin

Tanien means = whale, dragon, dinosaur, sea monster, serpent, snake

So if we go back to the “law of first mention” - the first place we find this same word - Tanien is in

2.  Sh’mot 4:3 RSTNE p 51

          “And He said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moshe fled from before it.”

ְל ָנ ָחשׁ

lnchsh

Here the word is nachash  = nun hey sheen (I think)  anyway, it means here...  telling, conjure, snake, metal, smooth, bronze, copper

So let’s go to

3.     B’midbar (Numbers) 21:8 RSTNE p 124

          “And YHWH said to Moshe, Make a fiery serpent and set it upon a pole:  and it shall come to pass, that everyone that is bitten, when he looks upon it, shall live.”

First of all “serpent” is not originally in this text - it was added because it replaced a word...  

ָשָׂרף

that word is  sheen - resh- pey  = Seraph or Seraphim

A Seraph is YHWH’s fiery attendant at His altar!

Moshe lifts up...  what??

going back to “first mention”...  of Sh’mot 4:3...BRONZE...

Now let’s go to

4.     Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 6:2 RSTNE p 297

          “Above it stood seraphim;  each one had six wings; with two he covered his face and with two he covered his feet and with two he flew.”

ְשׂ ָר ִפ י ם

seraphim

Which takes us back to Sh’mot 7:9

So... YHWH had the people look at was not a snake on a stick... but a bronze seraphim... who guards the altar.

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Torah Parashah - B’shallach (After he had let go)

Sh’mot (Exodus) 13:17- 17:16 RSTNE p 58

1. People walking out of Mitzrayim - not on the high way to avoid war, but through the wilderness.

2.  They took the bones of Yoseph

3.  Pillar of cloud by day and pilar of fire by night.

4.  Camp at Pi-Hahiroth and Ba’al-Tzephon

          Pi-Hahiroth = “mouth of freedom”

          Ba’al-Tzephon = “the hidden god of the north”

-  YHWH is offering a choice - They are leaving the gods of Egypt but would they walk in freedom, or would they get entangled in the gods of Canaan?  Ba’al is Canaan’s god.

5.  Sea of Reeds parting... Isra’el going through safely and Mitzrayim all killed.

6.  Miryam’s song and dance

          See footnote for Sh’mot 15:20 on p 60

          “In Yisrael women are fully equal and able to serve YHWH in their assigned roles.”

7.  Chapter 15 - 1st song of Moshe

8.  Came to the wilderness of Sin, and murmured against Moshe and Aharon.

9.  Quails came up and covered the camp

10.  Manna

11.  Rephidim ... Amalek.

          Amalek = son of Elphaz by concubine Timnah.  Grandson of Essau.  = DOUBT.

          Always attack on Shabbat.

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Let’s go back to p 59 

Sh’mot 14:13-14

          “And Moshe said to the people, Fear not, stand still, and see the Y’hushua (Salvation) of YHWH, which He will show to you. today; for the Mitzrim whom you have seen today, you shall see them again no more le-olam-va’ed.  14  YHWH shall fight for you, and you shall stay still.”

14:14  “you shall stay still”  (STAND STILL)

          “stand still” or “be silent”

Hebrew word is “charash” - to cut, plow, engrave, be silent.

4:13 “Fear not, stand still and see the Yahsusha of YHWH which he will show to you?

Yatsab =to place, set, stand, set or station oneself, present oneself - (Hithpael) to station oneself, take one's stand, stand, present oneself, stand with someone.

OKay - so here they are... Isra’el, they’ve seen the plagues and they know the miracle that they are out of Mitzrayim ... and they’ve come to this place... the Sea of Reeds is in front of them, their are mountains on both sides of them and Pharaoh’s army is behind them....

There is NO way out that they can see...  and what does YHWH tell Moshe to tell them... 

Be quiet

Stand still.

What would instinct say... but RUN!!

But the key is understanding the Hebrew word here in

Sh’mot 14:13 -

the English is “stand still”

The Hebrew word is Yatsab as we said.

But there is more to Yatsab.

Yatsab means to present oneself and stand with someone.

Stand with who?

Let’s back up...

Sh’mot 14:13  “FEAR NOT”

So.. get this picture... 

the water, the mountains, the Egyptian ARMY...  and

YHWH says...

Fear not... stand still and be quiet.

YHWH is saying to Isra’el...

-     Trust me,  Stand with me and be quiet... and what and see what i will do for you.

Has HE ever said - “Watch and see what i will do for you.”  ??

Because that is what He said to Isra’el in a life or death situation.

And that is what YHWH is saying to us today...

“Watch and see what I will do for you.”

There are times when HE gives us clear direction to DO something or many somethings...

and there are times when HE calls us to stand in faith and not talk...  and SEE HIM work in our lives.

But oh my ... does it take trust.

If you follow the Torah parashah  we get to...

Sh’mot 16:4  “.....that i may test them whether they will have their halacha in My Torah, or not.”

“That i may test them” ??!!!   to see if we are going to follow His instructions?... 

He says...    “gather a certain amount”

Listen to my instructions....

How does this relate to our lives today?

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 Manna... Sh’mot 16

I find it very interesting that i never understood before that they had to gather the manna and then they had to DO something with it to eat it....

Sh’mot 16:31 it was like little coriander seed... and some say they had to grind it up and and water and bake it...

The Word says it was like wafers and honey. 

First they had to stand still and now they have instructions to DO something.

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And we have talked before about

Sh’mot 17

Rephidim ... Amalek.

          Amalek = son of Elphaz by concubine Timnah.  Grandson of Essau.  = DOUBT.

          Always attack on Shabbat.

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Let’s go back to

Sh’mot 16:35  “And the children of Yisrael did eat manna 40 years, until they came to the land inhabited; they did eat manna until they came to the borders of the land of Kanaan.”

Manna - the bread / lechem YHWH provided while they were in the wilderness.

Manna was a foreshadow of better lechem/bread to come.

Yochanan 6:32-47 RSTNE p 760

          {“Y’shua said unto them, Amain, Amain i say to you... I am the lechem (bread) of Eloha.”}

So the manna that came from the shamayim (heavens) was miraculous, it points to the TRUE BREAD of LIFE - Y’shua haMashiach.

Manna got its name Manna because Manna means “what is it.”

and that is how bread is today...

Most people don’t know they are supposed to be fed in churches.

Most people don’t eat the BREAD that we have... the Torah...

The invitation is ... are you eating the Bread of Life?

Is His presence within you??

Are you finding that there are times to STAND STILL and BE QUIET and times to gather bread??

Are there times to “Watch and see” what YHWH will do for you ?

and are there times to GATHER THE BREAD???

Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 31:1-10

Notzrim in verse 6...

          footnote: “the world Notzrim speaks of watchmen (guards) appointed by YHWH and assigned tot he task of watching over the restoration of all Yisra’el ...

The word Notzrim and the root is Natzar.  The real explanation of the Hebrew word is = to safe keep, to keep unit a later time, to hide it in a way that will be revealed later.”

I am suggesting to you today... we are Notzrim....

 - “Watchmen (guards) appointed by YHWH and assigned to the task of watching over the restoration of all Yisra’el ...

...the root is Natzar.  The real explanation of the Hebrew word is = to safe keep, to keep unit a later time, to hide it in a way that will be revealed later.”

I believe this is us.

Matthew Nolan was talking about Yirmeyahu 31 in his last Shabbat teaching and he quoted verse 8... and said

“and with them, the blind and the lame”

and then he went on to say...

we were once blind and lame... we sat in pews like the blind and the lame are still doing...

but look at the Word right here...

at least some of the “blind and lame” are going with the Notzrim!!!!

But currently...

Ahmos 8:11 RSTNE 465

          “Behold, the days come, says the Mater YHWH, that I wiill send a famine in the land, not a famine of lechem nor a thirst for mayim, but of hearing the words of YHWH.”

So the question is... do you spend time Standing and being quiet and watching what YHWH will/ is doing in your life

and DO you gather BREAD??

Do you study His Word..... 

the famine is growing and we are called to lead the blind and the lame and set the captives free...

We have to know the Word / Torah to do this!!

Notzrim -”(guards) appointed by YHWH and assigned to the task of watching over the restoration of all Yisra’el ... “

-”the root is Natzar.  The real explanation of the Hebrew word is = to safe keep, to keep unit a later time, to hide it in a way that will be revealed later.”

We can not lead the blind and lame

nor can we set the captives free....

if we don’t know Torah / the written Word of YHWH and

the LIVING WORD.

amein.