Guardian Angel Teaching #10 - Oct 3, 2015
Torah Parashah ~ Vezot ha’Bracha ~ This
is the Blessing
D’varim 33:1- 34:12 RSTNE p 164
Guardian Angel - Radah/rule and who/what
was cursed.
Torah Parashah - Vezot ha’Bracha
D’varim 34 RSTNE p 165
Moshe died...
34:
7
“And Moshe was 120 years old when he died:
his eye was not dim, nor his natural force gone.
8
And the children of Yisrael wept for Moshe in the plains o Moav 30 days: so the
days of weeping and mourning for Moshe were ended.
and then notice what happened...
34:9 “And Yahoshua the son of Nun was
full of the Ruach of Chochmah (wisdom); for Moshe had laid his hands upon him:
and the children of Yisra’el listened to him and idd as YHWH commanded Moshe.
Moshe goes and the Ruach / Spirit of
Chochmah (wisdom) fills Yahushua !!
Now at the end of Luka - Y’shua is about
to leave the talmidim (disciples)...
Luka 24:44-53
RSTNE p 753
So Y’shua is going to leave - ascend and
what does He say will happen?
Luka 24:49
“And, see, I will send the Promise of My Abba upon you; but remain in
the city of Yahrushalayim, until you are clothed with power from on high.”
(They were to stay in the beit hamikdash
- the Temple - they were in the temple at the time of the outpouring...)
So then
vs 50 “And He led them out as far as to
Beth-Anya - “House of Figs”, and He
lifted up His ands, and made bracha over them.
51 And it came to pass, while He blessed
them, He departed from them, and went up into the shamayim.
52 and they worshipped Him, and returned
to Yahrushalayim with great simcha:”
Let’s look at the foot note for Luka
24:50
“Beth- Anya, or “House of Figs.” There is tremendous symbolism here, as Y’shua
blesses both houses in His final earthly benediction, as both houses make up
the fig tree, a symbol of national Yisra’el throughout Scripture.”
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Isn’t it interesting that Moshe leaves
and Yahoshua is filled with the Ruach ...
Y’shua leaves and Ruach HaKodesh comes
to fill His people!
Plus - Yahoshua is the “more correct”
Hebrew name of the Messiah...
do you see all the “type/shadow/
prophecy of Messiah, here in Yahoshua leading....
- He
was leading to the promised land.
- He
was given authority from his Father and his “father”.... Mashiach from YHWH and Joshua from Moshe (his
“father”)...
Read the first part of Joshua 1.
“I will never leave you or forsake you”
= this is how we can cope when we have the Spirit with in us!!
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This week I was listening to a man talk
about their pain and fears for their daughter - who is not embracing - their term - “Jesus”......Y’shua - to say
the least.
He talked about how they asked her if
she was “still a christian”...
Her response was “YES - but I just don’t
believe all of it.”
And he was very upset by this...
and my first thought was...
“Well Christianity picks and chooses
what it wants to believe from the Word as well - so i don’t know why you are
upset. She is just doing what you have
done - only about different verses.”
- Which
of course i did not say to him. - but i
sure wanted to!!
- He
was upset with his daughter - for much of what she has been doing.
What he should have said is he’s upset because she is picking
different parts of the Word not to
follow -than he did.
(And honestly, this is greatly troubling
to all parents.)
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The world is all a mess.... we know
this... and yet it almost surprises
us... when we bump into it.
It is like - the people are being backed
into a corner... things keep happening in front of them and they are invited to
see - to Sh’ma Yisra’el - to wake up and see and know the truth... and all many
of them seem to be aware of is they are backed into a corner. BUT if they would just turn around they would
discover - there is a door they can Teshuvah through... to find freedom.
Romans 12:1-2 RSTNE p 848
12:2 “And be not conformed to this olam
hazeh (this world): but be transformed by the ongoing renewing of your mind,
that you may discern what is that tov, acceptable, and even the perfect will of
YHWH.
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In the Guardian Angel by Skip Moen,
He talks about this mess.
Let’s look at : (as in the handout)
B’re’shiyt 1:26-27 “And Elohiym
said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness: and let
them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and
over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that
creeps upon the earth.
27 So the Word of Elohiym created ma in
His own image, in the image of Elohiym He created him; male and female
He created them.”
Tselem - “image”
- is a masculine noun
=transferred authority and order over
what destroys.
=To be created in YHWH’s image is to
reflect divine action.
Demut - “likeness” -
is a feminine noun.
=“Being human is ACTING according to YHWH’s
path to life.
It means standing against chaos.
.. It also means knowing what is
permitted and what is not and acting accordingly.
-To be human is to ACT LIKE YHWH
ACTS... to reflect His choices... It is not to BE YHWH... but to reflect Him.
These 2 verses tell us that male and
female were created in the image of YHWH for the express purpose of fulfilling
the prime directive.
What is the prime directive??
The Prime Directive = B’re’shiyt 1:28
“And Elohiym blessed them, and Elohiym
said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, replenish the earth, and subdue it:
and have dominion over .....”
The summary of this task is to “RULE”.
and
with in this task of RULING - Man is to increase, occupy (fill) and subdue.
The Hebrew word for “rule” = “radah”
= and is more accurately translated as
“exercise dominion”
The pictograph of RADAH = “what comes
from the person in the door”
or
- “what comes from the pathway of the person”
RADAH is a verb of TRANSFERRED
authority!
So when men and women exercise RADAH,
they act as YHWH’s regents. They act
on His behalf and, consequently, become paths that lead to His order!!
Please note - that this was what YHWH
said to do - before sin... and this is still what HE has us doing...
Acting on His behalf and consequently,
becoming paths that lead to HIs order!! = that is what He calls us to!!
You also need to know that RADAH is
usually used in a setting with kings - it is royal language. - Attributed to
kings who rule compassionately as well as those who rule by force.
- You might say - it goes with being a
“royal priesthood”.... :)
When YHWH appoints man to RADAH - what
is implied is == ruling according to the
pre-established order of the Creator - YHWH Himself.
and
now “what I think”!!
Radah is a verb about personal
authority!! But I only have it if i follow the One who gives me this authority!
Sort of like - i have a driver’s
license. I can drive. So i can drive however i want - but if i
don’t follow the rules of the authority who gave me that driver’s license - i
will loose that power/authority....
I have it - but it comes from somewhere
else.
Man’s divinely ordained task is to
1.
increase in number
2.
occupy the earth
3.
act as a steward over YHWH’s
creation
4.
have authority over all other
living things
Or said another way:
“The critical terms in this divinely
ordained mission are:
1. flourish
(parah)
2. fill
3. subdue
(kavash) - a word of military force
4. rule
(radah)
In order to accomplish RADAH - he
(man-kind) has to flourish, fill and
subdue!
“Man is YHWH’s symbolic representation
of authority in the physical world.”
Man was supposed to flourish and expand
Eden.... “multiply and fill”
=The project - the prime directive
= to extend YHWH’s rule and reign....
This
requires work.
And how many of us thought that Gan Eden
(garden of eden) was just a place of leisure?!!
Work is a blessed and essential part of
human existence.
In fact
- in this regard WORK IS WORSHIP - because it is fulfillment of
YHWH”s will.
But let’s notice - that in the beginning
- Man did not have to overcome a fallen world....
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And after sin ....
what
happens to this divinely assigned task ??
Moen says...
“The method for fulfilling YHWH’s
plan changes, but the PURPOSE of Man does not change
Man is still created in YHWH’s image,
even after the event of the first sin of man, and as such, is equipped and
charged with the divinely designed purpose.
It is important to note that sin and the
curse - do not alter human design or purpose.
But it does alter the MEANS by which the
task will be accomplished!!
You see....
What was intended to be a joyful
exploration and expansion - after sin become a tedious and laborious
process.
B’re’shiyt 3:17 says... “in sorrow shall you eat from it all
the days of your chayim (life).”
Things are not so easy any more.
**
I gotta say ... one of the talks i do for hospice about brain and thinking... i say... “let me
tell you something you already know, but it bears repeating - ‘life is hard’. It is good and joyous and delightful. BUT it
is also HARD.”
And what I believe is that it is getting
harder and harder...
YHWH’s Word says in Luka 19:40
“if these should hold their shalom, the stones would immediately cry out.”
And the thing we know is - “it is not
getting any easier.”
BUT praise YHWH He provides us with His
strength and courage and His Living Word.
He pours out His Spirits - to guide and direct and encourage us!!
**
So let’s look at what the curse is...
because Man (people) was not cursed.
B’re’shiyt 3:14
“
And YHWH Elohiym said to the serpent, Because you have done this, you
are cursed above all the cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon
your belly shall you go, and dust shall you eat all the days of your chayim.”
B’re’shiyt 3:17
“And
to Ahdahm He said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and
have eaten of the eytz of which i commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of
it: cursed is the ground for your
sake; in sorrow shall you eat for it all the days of your chayim:”
YHWH does not curse Ahdahm and/or Chavah.
Instead of a curse - the lives of Man
will now experience “sorrow”.
“Sorrow” - Strong’s H6093 = pain, labor, hardship,
toil.
The root for “sorrow” is = “atsav”
Biblical synonyms include = sad, to
grieve, to become tired and weary, to become irritated, to writhe, to be
bitter, to feel disgust, anguish, trouble, toil, turmoil.
It’s not pretty.
Generally it is = emotional pain and
distress.
Atsav is used in B’re’shiyt 34:7
for what Jacob’s sons feel when their sister Dinah has been raped.
And
Atsav is used again in B’re’shiyt 6:6
“And
it bothered YHWH that He made man on the earth, and it grieved Him in His lev
(heart).”
6:6
clearly tells us that sorrow, grief, anger, toil and trouble are the
automatic results of sin.
In Hebrew thinking - sin and its
consequences are not thought of as 2 separate things - but as a unit. - a “hand-in-a-glove unity of evil”.
Atsav - sorrow and emotional pain is not
a prescriptive determination... but a descriptive of the natural, inevitable
connection between disobedience and its consequences.
In B’re’shiyt 3, YHWH initiates prescriptive, judicial
punishment upon the serpent. He curses
it.
He also issues a prescriptive judgment
on the ground - cursing it as well.
He doesn’t curse Adam and Chavah - he
just describes how life will be now that sin is in the world...
IT
WILL BE HARD.
We also need to know that that sin did
not originate with Adam and Chavah!
Lucifer sinned before Chavah listened to
the serpent.
Rebellion, disobedience, and the
consequence of separation from YHWH already existed. Adam just let all of this disaster into this
creation.
We need to understand this - When we do
something - positive or negative - we open the barn door wide open for whatever
comes with it. If we sin - we can
expect negative things... if we do
something positive we can expect positive.
This is spiritual. I’m talking
about demons... i’m talking about demons we invite in or keep out of our lives
based on what we believe and what we do.
So when Adam took the fruit from Chava -
he should have said ... let’s put that down... YHWH told me.... but he did not... he chose to not remember
the Word of YHWH and to listen to her... and so he opened the barn doors (so to
speak) wide open by his disobedience - and ATSAV came into his life and into
creation.
The amazing thing is....
The purpose of Man doesn’t change. YHWH never rewrites the prime directive...
it is always to : They act on His
behalf and, consequently, become paths that lead to His order!!
- However
now it has to be done in the context of a world with atsav (sorrow).
We can see this with Adam’s new
reality - he will till the ground.
The command of B’re’shiyt 2:15
summarizes the Prime Directive:
B’re’shiyt 2:15 “And
YHWH Elohiym took the man, and put him into Gan Eden to work it and to
guard it .”
In Hebrew, these words - work it and
guard it mean ...
=
“serve/work”
=
“to guard with great care”
You see - the assignment never changed -
even after sin!
“Adam’s reality is still tied to the ground,
but now he will experience toil. He
will have sorrow, trouble, disappointment, frustration and irritation as he
attempts to fulfill his divine commission.
No matter how hard he works, some part of the earth will be
unresponsive.
He will now live with the knowledge that
productive effort no longer guarantees productive results.”
“Eventually the cursed ground will
capture him completely and he will return to earth, an inevitable consequence
of sin. He will die.”
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Also i can’t help notice that the
serpent is cursed to eat dust... and man dies and returns to dust.
hmmm
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We MUST understand this - MAN was
never cursed by YHWH - it was the ground and the serpent that were cursed.
But the world - where everything is
bothersome and upside down... The world where ha satan is the prince of this
air.... is all messed up - and we need to stop being surprised about
this.........we have to see and know the Truth!!
So, if the Prime Directive - never was
changed...
To act on His behalf and, consequently,
become paths that lead to His order!!
How then do we live?
We have to learn Truth! This is why we are giving out papers to keep
track of your Scripture study - we have to intentionally study!!! We must know the Word - b/c we live in a messed
up world where NOTHING is not messed up...
except the very few things that line up with the Word.
we have to identify the places we have
opened the barn doors wide in our lives and do teshuvah - repent and return to YHWH’s path....
we have to clean up our lives... b/c He
gave us His Spirit to help us... are you flowing in the gifts of the Spirit of
YHWH? He gave us the ability to
overcome.... He calls us to overcome - with His Ruach!!
We have got to live and study
intentionally!!
What we are going to learn is that the
whole problem is - that
sin didn’t curse all of us..... but it did take away YHWH’s order!
WE must walk on the path to His order -
in His order!!
How then will we live??
AMEIN.
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