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The Voice Of Our Father
By Humble Talmid
Shemot - שמות : "Names"
Torah : Shemot (Exodus) 1:1–6:1
Haftarah : Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 27:6–28:13; 29:22–23 (Ashk.)
Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 1:1-2:3 (Seph.)
This parisha is very important. There are many aspects to the way our Father put this
together. We do not have time to write the books that would be needed to gleam all of the
application and dash, or understanding that the Father has in store for us. Today we will only
touch on a few points that I find absolutely important for our growth in our walk with YHWH and
His Son, our Mashiach, Yahushua.
First we see the children of Israel being blessed: "they were fruitful, increased
abundantly, multiplied and grew mighty, and the land was filled with them". As YHWH has
promised Avraham, his people were growing mighty and many. Although we see an evil pharaoh
stepping in the middle of the process and wanting to stop the promise out of fear that he would
be overcome in a time of war. A man, given earthly authority. He chooses to afflict them in
hopes that they will decrease in number. Yet through there afflictions, they chose to grow
stronger. The more they were afflicted, the more the people of Israel grew strong and
multiplied. In this there is a very important model.
There is one out there that would love nothing more than to see the number of YHWH’s
children decrease. So we see the first attack is by affliction. Afflictions vary per individual and
incident. I am sure not everyone received the same amount of affliction, although the word
simply tells us that they were afflicted. We need to make sure however that we continue to grow
in number and in spirit. Faith is something that many would argue over, yet I believe Faith is,
knowledge of the truth being acted upon, which establishes it within our lives and makes our fire
burn brighter, encouraging us take action more often.
The next attack comes by way of the children, namely, the male children. Pharaoh
orders the midwives to kill all the male children, yet because they fear YHWH, they deceive
pharaoh and save the male children alive. He then orders that all the male children born must be
cast into the river and drown. Interesting enough that he orders the male children to be killed,
but also by way of which they are to die is by drowning. Just a thought, but didn’t we read not
to long ago about our Father destroying all of Satan’s children except for Noach and his family by
drowning them? Satan often copies the things that the Father does. This could be viewed as a
kind of a way to get back at the Father. Just a thought however, do not take it as doctrine!
It is through the male children that YHWH’s promise is to be carried out. You can see
that Satan would love to stop this. This attack comes to us today by way of all of our children
especially, our male children. Our society today has changed drastically within the last 50 years
it is amazing. It is scary how often we see homes being broken up by husbands leaving their
wives and children for adulterous relations. How often do we see in the news children doing
heinous crimes that we would not even think were possible? How often do you walk into the
grocery store to find all types of advertisement with all types of adulterations posted all over! TV
commercials are the worst I think. You can be watching one thing and suddenly you are viewing
various parts of peoples anatomies, viewing people doing things they aught not to be, and
viewing people becoming things they should not, by means of magic or who knows what. We
think it is only for a moment, it will not hurt or affect these little ones. People, these
commercials are designed to be remembered by us adults! You’ve heard that children when they
are born have extremely sensitive hearing, so we make sure that the music is not turned up to
loud. But you must also remember there minds are just as sensitive, if not more, they take in
more in their first five years of living than their next 25 years. This is the attack. WE WILL
FALL if we do not warn and keep our children safe in the word of our Father!
Don’t take it lightly , our children watch us and see everything we look at and everything we
do and everything we say. We are there school.
Ok, that was the introduction; now let’s get down to business! This parisha takes us
through the birth of Moshe’, his brief life in Egypt, his flee to the desert, his becoming a
shepherd, his calling by YHWH to bring his people out of Egypt, and his reactions. As I
mentioned at the beginning, there is so much within this text to go over, but I am only going to
touch on two vary important topics. One is the burning bush and the other is the voice of our
Father, hence the title.
Calvin Miller wrote in his book, The Finale; "Take your visions. Give me
photographs. The book of visions always has blank pages, for the mystics can never
agree on what they saw. The album’s filled with photographs where lens and light
and silver nitrate record the moments as they were. A steady light may be observed.
A flash, however brilliant, is debated". Let us be that steady light, constantly burning for our
Father.
"For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light;
and reproofs of instruction are the way of life." - Proverbs 6:23
The moment of the burning bush has many thoughts and observations. One of the
points that I would like you to ask yourself is, why did the Father chose a burning bush to reveal
his plans to Moshe’? Moshe’ was to be the leader and savior for the children of Israel, a great
man with much responsibility.
One of the things that I gleamed from this is that we all have to start somewhere, and
we are all at different stages in life, growing in the faith of our Father. Moshe needed an
example of what YHWH could do to man. We are going to dig in just in theory for a moment so
just hang in there and mind you this is just theory and not doctrine so make sure you do your
own study. In description this bush was a bramble or meaning to ***. A description of a
thorny or prickly bush of sorts. Probably had no leaves or needles just a bush of stock.
Throughout scripture it seams as the bramble or thorny bush is used in many different places to
almost represent the world and all its thorns. To *** adds pain. Remember do your own study
on the bramble, or bush. In those times it seems that the bramble was used at the threshing
floors. It seems as though it would be placed around the threshing stone to keep the animals
from eating the grains. So picture this, the threshing stone surrounded with bramble. This is a
beautiful picture for your studies with the wheat and the tears, how the grain is threshed, and
how it ties to the end of days.
I like to think that this represents the world and the evil therein, twisting and turning in
all its ways, lacking any water, or fruit. The fire usually represents testing though our lives, or
cleansing and purifying. It is almost a picture of what the Father is about to take Moshe’ and the
children of Israel through. We all have to go through the twists and pricks of this world in our
physical lives, and be tried by the fire before we come to the threshing floor. And who is at the
threshing floor. What will happen at the threshing floor? Make a study of this! Hopefully we
and our offerings will not be consumed by the fire. As we are passing through the world we are
also in the midst of the fire, being tested and purified yet we are not being consumed by it.
This bush would probably be consumed in fire anyway be the end of a summer’s heat.
Yet the scriptures tell us that YHWH appeared to Moshe’ in a flame of fire out of this bush. It
does not tell us if the Father set the bush on fire or not but it does say that he was in the midst
of the fire, and it says that the bush was not consumed. Can you think of another instance in
scripture where there was a great fire and yet some persons were not consumed because
someone was in the midst of the fire with them?
I think it might be safe to say that we, twisting through this life, filled with pains and
sorrows, thirsting for something more, begin to be consumed in the things of this world. Only if
we call out and the Father dwells with us within the flames, can we have a chance to be
cleansed, purified, and used to glorify our Father and shine his light using the same thing that
the enemy would use to destroy us. Through fire, light is given off. In the same example of the
children of Israel when pharaoh afflicted them, they chose to grow mighty and fruitful. I believe
it is a choice that our Father sets before us, " I call heaven and earth to record this day
against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore
choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live…" Deu 30:19. It is up to us to chose
daily if we will be consumed by the fire of the enemy or if we will allow the Father to use us
through our afflictions to SHINE on to a lost generation and a lost people.
I think the Father was showing Moshe’ who he wanted him to be and what a wonderful
and intriguing site it is when YHWH is with him. It took a little shaking up and a few trials for
Moshe’ to realize this but we all have our testing and our times of growth. Each walks at a
different pace. If we overcome sin and the world, we will not be consumed by it! Just make
sure your being tested by the fire.
My last point I would like to focus on is on the listening of our Fathers voice. Yahushua
answered them, "I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's
name, they bear witness of me. But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep,
as I said unto you. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man
pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and
no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one".
John 10:25-10:30
I was driving down the road this last week with my children when suddenly I hear an "I
love you daddy" from the back seat. I immediately answered back "I love you too". A few
second later one of the children asked, "Daddy, who told you that"? I told them "It was Aemon
of course". "How did you know that without looking"? "You are my children and I know your
voices well" I told them. They were amazed and giggled in the back seat.
Moshe’ had been a shepherd for his father in law Yitro and new all about the tending of
sheep. It tells us in scripture that he led that flock to the backside of the desert and came to the
mountain of Elohim. Sheep learn there master’s voice so they can act when called upon. We are
considered sheep. Do you know your masters voice? Who is your master? Husbands be gentle
with your wives. Ha Ha Ha. No, really, do you know whom you serve and if he called you would
you here him. Would he know you if you called out to him? Have you spent enough time with
him that he would recognize your voice?
It says that the Father saw Moshe’ had stopped and turned aside to look at the site of a
bush burning yet not being consumed. It says that he called out to Moshe’ and Moshe’ heard his
voice and replied, "Hear am I". This was the beginning of Moshe’s walk toward the same Elohim
of Avraham, Yitzhak, and Ya’akov. He stumbled a few times during his walk, but the key is, he
walked. What would have happened if he would not have answered out to YHWH when he
called him? What do think would have happened if the children of Israel would not listen to
Moshe or pay attention to the signs the Father put before them? They were consumed and died
in the wilderness.
Whose voice will you hear calling your name when the end comes? When you take your
last breath, and life passes from your body, whom will people say you followed? Whose voice
was most engrained in your memory? Remember this next week to choose life and light.
Remember to listen and act if the Father is leading you to act. Spend time with him and you will
most assuredly know who is calling when your time comes.
I would like to remind all of you that there are many, many other thoughts in this week’s
parasha. I would implore you to study well and test all that is said here today by the words of
our El, YHWH. Blessed be his name, forever and ever!
Shalom and Blessings,
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