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Re'eh Parasha Thoughts, Studies, and Comments
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The goal of this section is to get everybody's studies, thoughts, and opinions on anything in the weeks parasha. This includes, word studies, thoughts on verses, history, related subjects, and anything that may help us to understand this Torah Portion. Even if it's just an observation on the smallest part, it can help others who may not have seen it that way. The goal is then as we visit the parasha (Torah Portion) each year we will create a collection of studies and thoughts on this portion and everyone will benefit by having a broader view of the portion. Shalom!
A disciple should diligently search for the truth and humbly deny and reconsider it's possession.
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Re'eh Parasha Message Lovingneighbor 2005-6
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Give and Receive
For Parasha Re'eh
By Lovingneighbor 8-19-2006
This weeks Parasha is in the book of Deuteronomy also called Devarim, and is called Re'eh which means 'Behold'. In this weeks parasha:
- Blessings for obediance and cursings for disobediance
- Command to destroy other forms of worship from the promised land
- Over Yarden YHWH will choose a place to place His name and there you shall bring your offerings and rejoice
- Don't forsake the Levi
- Don't enquire after the ways of worshipping other gods
- Don't take away or add to the Torah
- Testing a prophet and the punishment for false prophets
- Clean and unclean animals explained again
- Tithing, Tabernacle Tithe, and 3rd year Tithe to the poor and stranger
- 7th Year of release, and blessings for giving to the poor and to the Hebrew bondservant after 6 years of service
- Ordinance of Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot explained again
- Haftarah Future Messianic prophecies of Tziyon and the people
In this weeks parasha there is a central underlying theme of Giving. Giving starts with God, and as his sons we are also expected to give as He has given. The word for give is nawthan. It is first used in Gen 12:7 where God promises to give Avram the promised land. The concept though starts in Gen 1:17 where he puts the lights in heaven to "Give" light to the Earth. Interesting because Messiah says he is the light of the world.
Joh 8:12 Then spake Yahushua again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
In proverbs 6:23 we also see the Law or Torah is light. So one could see that in Genesis the first Word spoken or given to the Earth was let there be light (His son and the Torah are the first thing Given from God to the Earth). This was the gift given from God from the foundation of the world. When the world recieved it(God's Word), it brought forth fruit and multiplied. Yahushua is also called the word and in the same way when the world received God's Word life sprang out in every way so also when people receive His son life will spring out. As Messiah said He came to give life, and to give life more abundantly. So the first test is whether we will hear or receive God's Word. Without doing this you can not interact on other levels with God it is the very foundation. Whether we will receive his Word.
Pro 28:9 He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
Next is having a willing heart. The Hebrew word awbah meaning to be willing or consent. This precedes shema in the process which is to hear and take in.
Isa 1:19 If you be willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land:
Here we have the two words used together as a progressive thought. Though many see the word shema as hear and obey, I think it isbetter understood as hear and take in or understand. Just as it is used in the verse about the tower of Babel.
Gen 11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Shema seems to me to at it's center be the taking inside of information. The ear acts as a door but as we have all heard before some people can have information go in one ear and out the other. This I think is what seperates the Hebrew word awnah which is to heed or hear and shema which is translated as hear and understand or take in, or hear and obey, or to hearken. It is the same in the Shema, "Shema Yisra'el YHWH our God, YHWH is one. The concept here is not in this first subject a verb of obediance, but to take in and not allow it to escape. This is captured in the fact that YHWH is one. When two become one there is no more seperation accept for adultery. I believe our loving Him with all our heart , soul , and strength is to be made one with YHWH. This means YHWH enters into us and the two become one. The reason people see this word as hear and obey may be do to this although the concept of obey is only directly translated this way 89 out of 1159 times.
So we see there is a difference between hearing something as far as receiving information and and hearing and bringing it in to themselves. See where I see the concept of obediance in the word shema is that it denotes a type of command to hear and understand. This is where the obediance comes from because the sender is advising one to hear and understand. In itself it is a unwavering statement. It reminds me of when Messiah says truly I say unto you. This prhase is not a suggestion nor is it a theory, He is telling you how it is and you need to listen and understand or as we say take it to heart. This is similar to when they said Messiah taught with authority not like the pharisees. The blessings have always start from shema. This is to hear with a willing heart and bring it in.
This is the the main concept of the shema, then it is followed with and you shall love YHWH The first verb shema is tied to the statement YHWH our God YHWH is one. This isn't something to be obeyed, it is something to be understood. The second verb then is you shall love, tied to the remainder of the verse. But the concept of understanding is the essential part of the first subject of the shema because if you really understand that YHWH is one, there is no vairableness then you know you must love him with no vairiablness and you can count on him and His word and we also should be striving to be as He is to the point we are one with Him. Messiah says this in John when he says
Joh 17:21 That they all may be one; as you, Father, art in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that you have sent me.
Our word and deed solid and unchanging and our love for him solid and unchanging. I don't believe deep love is produced by obediance. Obediance though can be a fruit of love. Deep love comes from really understanding a person, and yourself, and the value of your relationship.
We see the difference from hearkening and actually doing them in verses like:
Deu 7:12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:
Three things are mentioned: Hearken, Keep, and Do. I make this observation so you don't confuse hearkening or even obeying as the actual doing. I believe it is more the willing heart submiting to the authority. between hearing it and bringing it in and actually completing it there can be a disconnect. But for the most part bringing the information in and giving it a habitation so that it doesn't go in one ear and out the other is what Yisra'el stumbled with first in the wilderness. This is why I think the blood was to be on the doorpost of their house because this is the concept of God's teachings and his word having a habitation with us. The blood being on the house is the first step, the blood being in the house is the second step. because God's teachings start on the outside just looking to be received. But the real goal is for His word to be inside us. As the word says the life is in the blood. This is made clear in the beginning of this parasha when He says about his Word, whoever hearkens to it will be blessed, and whoever doesn't (will not receive it) will be cursed. But there is a difference between the biblical word awnah meaning to heed or hear, and the word shema meaning to hear and obey. In our English translations we usually translate them both as hear, but you'll se most people when talking to God use the word awnah and when God talks to people he uses shema. We ask him to hear us, but His goal is for His word to be within us. Shema and Awsah is the difference of us recieving the blood out of the animal, and us applying it to our doorpost.God talks with Shema because He is speaking truths that cannot be changed and he wants us to take them inside. For this reason I think Messiah said their ears are dull of hearing to the pharisees, they would not shema to the word of God. They heard it but would not take it in. In the same way Yisra'el was given the promised land and would not receive it so they wandered in the wilderness. It was their curse because they would not shema.
The next roadblock in the process after hearkening is to keep, this problem started all the way back with Eve. She recieved the Word of God concerning the Tree of Knowledge. She got past the first step she hearkened to the Word of God , but though she received it with Joy once the testing came she withered because she had no root of Trust in God. Thus was Adam the root of the problem because notice the information was given first hand to Adam, we have no scripture to see if God directly told Eve but I would think it came from her husband. This is like a generation in that the 1st generation information came directly fro the source. Eve most likely was second generation on this command. Look how in one generation the information with no real root of love and the right spirit fell away from God. How much more for the whole world as it grows further away from a love for God and His Torah. She lacked the water that comes through the root that would have protected her in her time of testing. That water is love for God. Messiah speaks of these ways we receive the Word in the parable of the sower. No wonder he says to His disciples no you not this parable? How then will you understand all parables. This means this is the first lesson to understand and it points all the way back to man's first sin. Their sin was a reflection of what they did once they received a Gift of God (His instruction ie Torah). This is like the Law at sinai, they recieved it then quickly withered away and made the calf when testing came (Moses being away from them), or the manna that they recived at first with joy, but didn't keep that same thankfulness for it. Even your wife whom God gives you may be received for a time but then not appreciated and devalued until you reach the point of wantingsomething else. This leads to adultery. But the first test is when God gives do you receive. Then do you hold onto His gift when your tested. This is the concept of faithfullness. Being faithful is continued trust and maintaining of something. Like a garden that needs constant watering and gaurding from those who would seek to devour it. This is the concept of keeping. It's also the concept of just scales and weights. See, the value we give something is supposed to be accurate and remain the same. Appreciation spawns from this, in that when you don't have something you put a huge value on it, probably close to the real value becuase you know what it's like without it. It isn't the full value because you don't yet know what it is like to have it. This should actually add to the value. You add the knowledge of not having it and the benefits from having and you should have a full appreciation of the value of it. This is just weights and measures. But we tend to be inconsistent, we find value at one point then it devalues once we get it. Our lack of continual thankfullness is part of our problem of unjust weights. Coupled with putting higher weights on things like idols then we should. Just like the continuall offering to YHWH in the temple we must appreciate consistently God and His word and all things He gives us. This is the concept of faith, faithfullness, and keeping. So when he says to hearken, keep, and do His commandments. we start to see where we are on the path. Once we can hearken and keep what we have hearkened and brought in. That continual blood on the doorpost protects us and blesses us. This is the whole process of recieving. It is essencially leting come in the ear and giving it a permanent place to stay with a lock on the doors to keep anyone from stealing it. With us bringing in His word and Keeping or guarding it from going out or being stolen we have actully received the Gift of God.
Hos 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
When the scripture says to hearken and keep his commandments, this is part of the process. The final test is do you do. Because when you do you actually are giving it back both to your self as in the statement "for your good", to God as in glory and obediance as in the form of worship, and others who come in contact with you as Messiah says let your light so shine, that men will see your good works and glorify God. This is the cycle of righteousness. God gives, we receive, and we give back, then God gives us more, we receive,and we give back more.
This concept can be seen in tithing. You are to give a tenth to God of what he has given you. If you don't do this what you have will be taken from you(curse), If you do, you will be blessed even more then you gave. We know this from the concept of the Hebrew bondman. It is said,
Deu 15:18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
If we really look at this verse and others in this parasha we see he said he was worth a double hired servant. See you not only got what you payed for, but by sending him away with plenty you obeyed God and therefore God will bless you in all you do. So you not only got your dollars worth but you mutiplied your reward by giving to him as YHWH commanded you because He will make you more fruitful. We see this with the Levi also. If you obey God and give them as your commanded he will bless you. And remember when your being stingy with your possessions that God was the one who gave them to you in the first place. He has a pattern of giving and then asking for it back to see if you love the gift more than the giver. In this very way it's not wise because if you love the giver he can give you even more, but if you love the gift more than the giver you will receive no more than you have gotten. This is why I think Messiah says to the rich they have already received their reward. So now what's next?
The final process is to Do. I beleive the whole concept of the Shema of being one has profound effects. The aleph and the tau. beginning and the end makes an unbreaking cycle. That means as one is ending another keeps the chain going. I beleive this to be true in the doing of God's Word. When we do in relation to giving and receiving we are giving. As Messiah said a house on a hilltop is not easily hid. He also said:
Mat 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Our works are a light to the world. Just as Messiah was the light of the world in the beginning. I can only put two and two together and it forces the question what works did He do in the beginning that gave light to the world and glorified the Father in heaven? I beleive the answer is in the verse in rev:
Rev 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
The Lamb offered up Himself from the foundation of the Earth for us and I believe this is the light of the world,the good works of our Messiah. To give light to a world that walked in darkness to bring Glory to His Father!
See, when we give we start the cycle again. In this he is the Aleph receiver, and the Tau Giver. And when He gives we all receive and are expected even as Avraham to give so that other's may receive. Avraham was willing to Give to God in both obediance and of something very costly to himself. As a result of his giving back after he received all of us have right to life because he has become one with Messiah who gave all he had after God had given Him life, he gave it for us. This theme repeats all through the scripture. Yitzchak(Isaac) was given to Avraham by God and asked for back to see if Avraham loved the gift more than the giver. It is a huge test we will all confront I beleive at one point or another or all through our life. As God gives you will you love it more than Him. As Messiah asked Kefa(Peter) do you still love me more than them. He was tested in that he wouldn't give up the life God gave him for His Messiah the first time. He denied Him for fear of death when he said he would die for Him. This is like the parable of the rich man. It says he kept the commandments since his youth and Messiah did not correct him on that which says alot for this man. Yet God's word says if you keep His commandments everything you do shall prosper. So why was he rich? Because he kept the commandments. He received a blessing from God and was now being asked for it back, and he was grieved because great was hid gift from God. Now before we get all haughty on the rich man, let's not forget that he kept the commandments his whole life and though it says He was grieved we don't know what he ended up doing as he was told to go sell all he had. The point I'm making is that to think it was not hard for Avraham to lay Yitzchak on the altar is ridiculous as thinking that the Father wasn't troubled by watching Hid son suffer and die because He knew everything would be OK in the end. These are tough things to go through. Many scoff at the rich man and yet who has given everything up even their life to follow Messiah. By everyones gift the are shining to a world of people walking darkness. Just as Messiah did first so we are to be one with Him and do as he did. By our good works and the faith of keeping His words and hearing them will we be made complete. Asah is the word for do, meaning to do, make or complete. so the goal of the the Torah or the law is the completion of the law. As the seed (word) is planted in the Earth it starts as a gift and once recieved must die(give all it has) so that it may be reborn and recieve life more abundantly. This paints the picture of families. we are born as a gift from God when two become one. New life is born given by God, then it must do as was done by their father and in that they will be blessed and give life to more children, it multiplies and only happens when we hearken to God who said be fruitful and multiply and when we keep this and do this our struggles make way for greater blessings. Out of one seed many are born and out of the giving of one many receive. As the many then give, many more will receive and their blessing is disproportianate to what they gave. My Messiah's life being given, one life, how many more thousands were gained.
This is the heart of this message. When the Hebrew bondservant was to be sent away with great provision some thought it cost them for something that wouldn't return. Yet God says when you shema and keep my word and perform it I will give to you more than you gave. The word says he is like a double hired servant . Because he worked and you paid him, and you gave him extra when he was done, but you helped your brother with a job, he worked and you received his work, plus you received a blessing that all you put your hand to shall prosper. All for some extra sheep, maybe some wine and bread. When Giving to the poor it is the same way. Some Jewish sages say that when you give to the poor it is actually he who has given the greater gift because he has given you the opportunity to perform a mitzvah (commandment) but I say he has given you even a greater gift because he has given you the opportunity to be blessed far beyond that by the father as it says all you do shall prosper when you keep God's commandments, on top of that he has helped you learn more about the abundance from keeping God's commandments and he is teaching you the true weights and measures of God. We must be prepared ot shema, to take inside of us what God says, and we must give it a place to dwell a tabernacle for the Word and spirit of God. And keep it and gaurd it from ourselves and the enemy so we do not defile ourselves so that God's word does not dwell within us. Then we must do all he has written. In this way we give back all we have inside us through us to the outside world. This process produces the light of Heaven and the light of the world. We must receive his word and take it in, gaurd and keep it inside us and complete it by living it out in good works. God gives, we receive and keep, and then we give back in living out His word, the more we give the brighter this light even unto our death may our light shine and may God be glorified.
A disciple should diligently search for the truth and humbly deny and reconsider it's possession.
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Re'eh Parasha 2006-7 Message Lovingneighbor
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Before You
For Parasha Re'eh
By Lovingneighbor 8-11-2007
This weeks Parasha is in the book of Devarim also called Deuteronomy, and is called Re'eh which means 'Behold'. In this weeks parasha:
- The commandments are a blessing if you keep them and a cursing if you don't
- Yisra'el is to bless Mount Gerizim and curse Mount Eval when they pass over Yarden
- You shall utterly destroy all the idolatry in the land
- When you come into the land you shall bring all your offerings to the place YHWH chooses
- You may not offer or eat of your tithes in any other place than where YHWH tells you
- Don't forsake the Levi'im
- If the place Elohim shall put His name is too far for you then you shall eat your increase in your gates
- You shall not eat blood because it is the life of the flesh
- You shall offer you offerings on YHWH's altar pouring out the blood on it and eating the flesh
- You shall not worship YHWH as others worship their elohim
- Even if a prophet does signs and wonders if he tells you to worship other elohim he shall be put to death
- If your family or friend asks you to worship other elohim your hand shall be first to stone them
- If men draw out the people of a city to worship another elohim you shall smite them all
- You shall burn the city and all the spoil in a heap in the midst of it
- You shall not cut yourself nor make baldness between your eyes for the dead because you are holy people
- You may eat the beasts that divide the hoof and chew the cud
- You may not eat the camel, hare, coney, or pig or touch their dead carcase
- You may eat sea creatures that have fins and scales
- You may not eat any unclean birds: eagles, hawks, raven, owls, or vultures
- Every creeping thing that flies is unclean
- You shall not eat that which dies of itself but you may give it to the stranger in your gates
- If the place YHWH shall choose is too far for you to carry your tithe, you shall turn it into money and go there
- Every third year you shall give of your tithe to the Levi, stranger, widow, and fatherless in your gates
- Every seventh year is a year of release of debts called a Yavel
- You may keep the debt of a foreigner but not your brothers unless there is no poor among you
- Yisra'el shall lend to many nations but they shall not borrow
- If there is any poor among you, you shall surely open your hand wide to them
- If a Hebrew man or woman serves you 6 years you shall set them free with increase in the 7th year
- If a manservant or maidservant won't leave, you shall bore their ear to the doorpost and they shall serve you forever
- You shall set apart all the firstlings of your herd and flock and eat them before YHWH
- You shall not offer the lame, blind, or blemished but shall eat them in your gates
- Observe the month of Aviv and keep Pesach and the Feast of Unleavened Bread
- You shall keep the Feast of Weeks and give a freewill offering to YHWH
- You shall keep the Feast of Tabernacles and rejoice before YHWH in all the He has blessed you
- Three times a year shall all males apear before YHWH: Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot
- Haftarah - Yisra'el shall prosper above all nations
In this weeks parasha there is a common theme among the various points and it is ties into the very title of the parasha. Re'eh From the root word Ra'ah Spelled Resh, Aleph, Hay which in the ancient Hebrew pictographs would be Beginning , Strength, Revealed. This implies the revelation of the firstborn in my opinion. We will get into this concept later. The first use of this word is in Gen 1:4 Where Elohim sees the light and divides it from the darkness. We see this concept in the beginning verses of this portion where the blessings for keeping the Torah and cursings for not are told. This is elaborated in the event at Mount Gerizim and Mount Eval where the Priests will read the Blessings and Cursing and the men of Yisra'el half of which are standing on Mount Gerizim will shout amen to the blessings and the other half on Mount Eval will shout amen to the cursings. The Levii'im wil stand in the valley symbolizing humility and also the way and the division between blessings and cursing which shows them as teachers speaking of the blessings and cursings and presenting the choice. They like Messiah the great teacher and servants of YHWH stand between the people who will choose good or evil, they are like th rakeeah dividing the heavens and the earth. They also represent the truth which is what is among Yisra'el in the midst th Priests dwell and they are like the heart of Yisra'el through them Yisra'el become one or echad with Elohim and with the Torah. The people come before the priests to both learn Torah and to be cleansed from their sins or to offer freewill or thanksgiving offerings. The preist look over what the people are doing and bringing to make sure it will be acceptable to Elohim. Messiah acts in this same role but with us. We come before him and he cleanses us preparing us as his bride to be presented before YHWH
Eph 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Eph 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
Eph 5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
In the same way the priests are like the husband to Yisra'el and they will be seen by them in their nakedness and unrighteousness. This pattern follows back to Adam and Chavah in the garden who were naked before Elohim. He then also seeing their nakedness covered them providing a mediator through the life of an animal to cover their nakedness and sin. So the mediator sees or Ra'ah's the wife in her nakedness who comes before them. In this way the Letter of the law is like the Husband who beholds the nakedness of the people. Paul says this in this way.
Rom 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
The law reveals or sees sin. It sets the standard and is then the revealer of sin because sin is measured and defined by the breaking of the law.
1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Next the parasha speaks of destroying all idolatry in the land. This is because Idolarty and false Elohim are likened to lies and YHWH and His Torah is truth. So if you live by a different standard than truth you become blind because your eyes cannot rightly behold what is before you. In this weeks portion the concept of being before you is why there is nor tolerance for idolatry or other forms of worship than that prescribed by Elohim. We are to bring our offerings and tithes which prove YHWH has blessed us before Him. This will prove the level of blessing He has given you and reveal Ra'ah the proportion of your choosing blessings by keeping his Torah.
We are told not to forsake the Levi'im because this is also likened to forsaking the Torah or the letter of the law. If we don't bring forth our fruits and if we don't come before the Torah to learn we cannot then come before YHWH in peace. Many people who say they belive in Elohim don't care about his Torah and what they call the Old Testament. I like to call it the bible Messiah and his followers used. They don't care for the teachings of the Levi'im and the importance of the temple and holy days which as a whole represent the mercy and teachings of God.
Next it goes into the command against eating the blood. The flesh was given to us but not the blood. Funny when Messiah comes he gives his disciples both the flesh and the blood. But at first they were given the flesh only. Just like the letter of the law that was given first because they weren't ready for the blood. As Messiah said to the pharisees if you would belive Moshe you would belive me because he spoke of me. This is likened to Paul saying the law was the schoolmaster who brings us to Messiah. You must first obey the basic ten commandments outwardly before you can start to understand them inwardly. If the law was the schoolmaster who brings us to Messiah then I liken following torah to getting on the bus. If you don't get on how will you ever get to the point where Messiah can teach you the inward parts and spirit of the Torah. As he said to Nicodemus if you don't understand earthly things, how can I show you heavenly things.
Anybody who tries to change the standard of truth which is likened to idolatry is to be put to death from among Yisra'el they are mixing lies into the truth. We see this all over the place with pastors and religions and books and interpretations of men. They not only teach lies but they try and draw you away from Yisra'el by doing this many times in the name of bringing you in their lies are actually taking you out. We must ra'ah and behold these lies and how can we if we don't learn the torah which is likened to not forsaking the Levi'im. Without them every man will do as is right in their own eyes. There is spoil in the cities of those who teach lies and we are not to take the enticement of being famous,gaining recognition for our interpretations, power or rule. This is the oipposite of the pharisees of the time of Messiah which took of the spoil of lies.
Then we have the clean and unclean animals. Of which we are to behold what is before you if it is good for you to take in or not. This is likened to the people telling you different ways to worship Elohim or teaching you to worship other Elohim. If you eat of them you become like them unclean. It's like the old saying you are what you eat. This fits for in the way you study the word of YHWH. If you rightly divide it and revisit it chewing it always which is a model of humility and not thinking you got it down the first time you looked at it. you then will be a clean student of Torah. If you come before the priests you and your offering must be clean and you can't be made right until you can at least recognize a clean animal. this is like repenting. Until you cansee the difference between what you did that was not right and the right and clean thing to do you can not be forgiven. The unrepentant person cannot in that sense bring a pig for an offering and be forgiven. Their lack of knowledge of what they did wrong will leave them blind as the pharisees and as Messiah said so their sin remains with them. They come before him as blind and that is not an exceptable offering.
Finnaly we have the year of tithe and release of debts. As you have learned and eaten of the blessings of YHWH you will behold or ra'ah the levi'im, the stranger, the fatherless and not leave them in lack. This fits what the Master said about letting your light shine. You are no good to them if you yourself don't have any blessings, but after you have been blessed you will remember them also. In the seventh year those who have been following YHWH unlike the foreign nations shall be relieved of their debt and returned to their inheritance. This to me just shows the great reason to study consistently because after cycles and time in the word you will be both forgiven and restored with treasure. This also eludes to forgivness coming when Messiah returns in the millenium or seven day. We will be expected to have worked for the other 6 days studying so that we will not be a foriegner to his torah. This ties to when he said to the many that will come to him in that day, I never knew you, get away from me you who do lawlessness. They are like a foriegner.
The firstlings and all males are tied together in that YHWH will look upon them, they are His. He will behold them and see where they are, the amount of increase He has given them, the first harvest, the giving of the law, and the second harvest are times when men will be examined by YHWH and they shall not appear (ra'ah) before Him empty. This means if they are not blessed thy did not keep His commandments and to come before Him lame, blind, and blemished, lawless, you will not be accepted but cast out. Remember we are to study to learn to judge what comes before us so that when we come before YHWH we will be accepted and forgiven in the time appointed. Shalom!
A disciple should diligently search for the truth and humbly deny and reconsider it's possession.
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