He That Has An Ear... What Is In A Name

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That also through them The האור Light, רפואה The Healing and The ואהבה Love of ישועת יהוה Yeshuath YHWH may come back to הארץ The Land of Israel?

 

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What's In A Name? by haRold Smith from Jerusalem, Israel "And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it. It was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it my belly was made bitter." Revelation 10:10 "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight!" Isaiah 5:20-21 "A full soul loathes the honeycomb, but to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet." Proverbs 27:7 Sweet and bitter words have been laid before us to partake of as we will. Some of those words are sweet to the taste but become very bitter to the belly. Other words, while bitter to the taste, cause a sweetness that satisfies the belly - and ministers Life to our spirit. The choice is left to us as to which words we eat and what becomes a part of us. How hungry are you for Truth today? Or, have you become so full, so sure of what you have come to believe that there is no room left for inspection? How far are you willing to go to embrace the fullness of Truth laid before you by the Father today? Be careful how you answer, for your answer could determine your station in eternity. Hard words of Truth that are meant to draw us nearer to the Source of Life become a stumbling block and a source of contention for those who do not embrace them (click on the highlighted words to view the scripture verses), Are you willing to lay aside the encumbrances the tradition of men would have you to believe in order that you might abide in the Presence of the Source of Life - regardless of the cost? Or, are you content, is your belly full, in what other men have decided is Truth? Are you willing to partake of the Tree of Life for yourself regardless of how bitter that fruit may initially seem to taste? Or, do you desire to feed upon only what seems sweet? Are you even aware what encumbrances of tradition are in your life, preventing you from eating of that fruit and abiding in the Light it contains? How much darkness are you embracing unaware and calling it light? It is amazing to listen to intelligent, thoughtful people who absolutely believe we are in the grips of a "worldwide conspiracy" perpetrated by evil men and, yet, are not able to see the most successful of all conspiracies placed right in front of their noses by what has been handed to them to believe through the tradition of men. For instance, are you aware that the Name of God, YaHoVeH, appears over 6,500 times in scripture - yet, not once does His Name ever appear in any of our "modern" translations? It has been replaced in these translations by the names Jehovah, Adonai or LORD - none of which has any equivalency appearing in the original Hebrew those scriptures were written in. Wherever you see the capitalization of "LORD" or "GOD" in the scriptures, that is where the Name of YHVH appeared in the original manuscripts. Why do you think that is? Did that just happen by accident - a quirk? Or was it by design? Does the term "replacement theology" come to mind? The same is true of the name "Jesus". For centuries, we have been taught that "Jesus" is merely the English equivalent to the Hebrew name given the "the Christ". The argument goes that names change depending upon the culture in which the name is spoken, despite the fact such is NOT the case with virtually every other Hebrew name one can think of. Even today people go out of their way to refer to an Israeli by his or her Israeli (Hebrew) name so as not to appear politically incorrect. Examples include Benyamin Netanyahu, Ariel Sharon, Ehud Barak and Yitzak Rabin among others. If YOU were to go into another country with a predominantly different language, your name does not change - even if there is an equivalency in their language for your name. You are still who you were called by when you were birthed. You may be gracious in the face of ignorance that would insist on calling you something else but, after learning the truth of your name, to continue to call you something else would be rude and disrespectful. To be called by another name without your involvement, even with good intentions, would be an affront to you, your parents who named you and what your name stands for. Why, then, has it become necessary to change the Name of the Son of God and blatantly obliterate the Name of the One True God from the only books that speak to us of Who He Is? Naming is the act of identifying the essence of something and causing it to be as a purpose in the life of the thing or person so named. The English language evolved out of Greek and Latin influences; thus, it embraces the inherent philosophies of those languages. While names in Greek and Latin tend to be abstract in nature, in Hebrew the word spoken and the thing identified are identical - they cannot be separated. It is what gives the person their identity. To say "God is good" is to also say "good is God" - they are the same. It is named as a purpose. Its purpose is to separate from the rest, to call apart - the definition of what it means to be "holy" (Strong's H6944 - Hebrew kodesh). Removing the name from the purpose is the same as causing it not to be. Might it seem plausible then, that if the enemy is unable to convince us there is no God, what better way to capture us than to cause us to believe in another God unawares, calling it by another name to divert our focus? To embrace a religion that promotes a belief in a god other than whom the One True God says He is would bring us to a point of separation from the God of Truth as evidenced by the first and third commandments. That separation begins by changing the Name of God and, thereby, removing the Power inherent in that Name - causing it not to be. Entire religious institutions have been built around the verse found in John 3:16 - but without the context of the following two verses and what those words originally meant. The word "condemned" used in this passage comes from the Greek word krino. "Condemnation" comes from a variation of that same Greek word, krisis. Both of those Greek words carry the same meaning - "to separate". What separates us from the Source of Life? Yeshua said that by not believing "in the Name" of the only Son of God we are already separated from the Father. Now, it does not say, "except for those who mean well". Re-read this passage again with the meaning of the words in place - "For YHVH so loved the world that he gave His only Son, that whoever believes in YHVH should not perish but have eternal life. For YHVH did not send His Son into the world to separate the world from Him (YHVH), but in order that the world might be saved through Him. Whoever believes in Him is not separated from Him (YHVH), but whoever does not believe is separated already, because he has not believed IN THE NAME of the only Son of God." John 3:16-18 Names mean things - the same way words mean things. From Genesis to Revelation, there is a distinctive emphasis in scripture placed on both the Name of God and the Name of the Son of God. So, if we are to understand Who the Son of God says He Is, we must start by understanding what His Name means The question then arises - just what is the true Name of the Son of God and what does it mean? We must constantly be reminded that every letter in the Book was written by Hebrews from a Hebrew mindset out of a Hebrew culture to a Hebrew audience. Therefore, in scripture there are only two classifications of people - the Hebrew family of YHVH, known as the House of Israel and "others". These "others" are known as goyim (Hebrew for Gentiles) - the other nations. The term "Gentile believer" is an oxymoron (a concept that is made up of contradictory words) because to be a "Gentile" (from a Hebrew context) is to be a worshipper of pagan gods. A person is either a believer in the One True God of Israel OR they are a Gentile, an "other" - there is no middle ground. Therefore, anyone who thinks the Jewish parents of the Jewish Messiah that were strong adherents to the Judaic principles and lived in a Jewish contextual setting would give their son a Greek name is lacking in common sense. How, then, did we get to the English name "Jesus" if His Name given at birth was Hebrew? Remember that the English language had not yet come into existence at the time of His Birth. Just as the English language evolved out of Greek and Latin underpinnings, so has the name "Jesus" evolved. Linguistically, however, there is a problem with the English letter "J". There is no comparable letter or sound to be found in either the Hebrew, Latin or Greek languages that even remotely resembles the English letter "J". In fact, the letter "J" did not even appear in the English language until roughly only 500 years ago during the Dark Age when knowledge was held captive and even possessing a Bible manuscript was punishable. So, the name "Jesus" and "Jehovah" (also surfacing around that same period) could not have possibly existed historically until only recently. Until the letter "J" found its way into the English language, the Son of God was called by the Greek name Iesous. Strong's G2424 points to the Hebrew origin this Greek name is derived from as Yehowshuwa, The spelling police would want to deflect this discussion into an argument over the most proper way to spell a Hebrew name using English letters. Whether it is spelled Yeshua, Yahshua or Yahoshua the principal focus to be made is that His Name is Jewish - not Greek. Regardless of how it is spelled, the point of this discussion is to show that His Hebrew Name is formed from a derivative combination of two Hebrew words - YaHoVeH (the proper name for the Father, meaning the Present Presence and yasha' (Strong's H3467, meaning "delivers", or "saves"). From the Greek, "Iesous" was then transliterated into the Latin "Iesus" and, with the invention and substitution of the English letter "J" - to "Jesus" (NOTE: in the original 1611 version of the King James Bible there was no “J” letter contained in this manuscript because it did not yet exist. James was spelled "Iames" and Jesus was spelled "Iesous"). (ibid, Oxford Dictionary. Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Encyclopedia Americana). "She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Yahshua (YAH delivers), for He (YHVH) will save His (Hebrew) people from their sins." Matthew 1:21 When the apostle Sha'ul (whose name was also replaced by "Paul") was delivering his testimony to Agrippas of his blinding encounter with the Son of YHVH in Acts 26, he says that this Spirit spoke to him in the Hebrew language and told him His Name was "Jesus" - but, how can that be if the name "Jesus" was non-existent at the time and is not found in Hebrew? And don't you think that the Son of God would have known what His own Name was in Hebrew? The Hebrew name given to the Son of God at birth is Yeshua and means "YHVH delivers", thus fulfilling the promise YHVH made to sens a Messiah through which He would redeem His People. The Greek word christos (from which we get "Christ") is also a contrived word meaning anointed one, savior of mankind and was manufactured to take our eyes off of Yahshua as the Messiah of Israel sent as a kinsman redeemer to pay the ransom required to restore YHVH's family of Israel to its original state of relationship with Him enjoyed in Gan Edan (the Garden of Eden). YHVH is not the God of mankind - He is defined as and defines Himself as the "Holy One of Israel". There is no such word as "christ" in Hebrew. Hence, just as there is no "christ", there can be no "anti-christ" - there is only anti-Messiah of which there have been and will continue to be many. To not believe in the Name of the Messiah of Israel is to believe in something other than the Messiah YHVH promised to His Hebrew people. "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." Acts 4:12 What difference does it make which version of His Name is used? After all, He knows my heart - right? Aren't they all talking about the same God anyway? No, they are not. To simply call darkness Light does not make the darkness any brighter and is an affront to the True Nature of Light. Light and darkness cannot abide in the same space at the same time - it is a universal law. To pray over darkness as though it were Light does not change the properties of what makes darkness, dark - regardless of how well intentioned my motivation may be. If the properties of His Name, the Nature and Characteristics inherent in that Name, are dismantled from His Name it causes Him not to be - He is replaced by something else and that something else becomes another god. The Power of His Name becomes severed from our lives. "Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Yeshua every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Yeshua Messiah is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Philippians 2:9-11 This information places a conflicting emphasis on the words of John 3:16-18 from the tradition we have been handed. Now we can see that it is being in the Presence of the Source of Life, of Light, YaHoVeH, which delivers us from the bondage of darkness and becomes our salvation as we embrace Who He Is. Revelation 19:10 tells us to worship the Father, not the Son. We are told to hold to theTestimony of the Life of the Son which consistently pointed to the Father. As light is shed on Who is our savior, the whole of post-Resurrection writings takes on an entirely different texture. So, then - what was the purpose of Yahshua, if not to save all mankind? (see the Gospel). His Purpose was to restore to Israel that avenue to relationship in the Presence of the God Who abides in eternity that they might be the "Light to the Nations" - through which that same pathway into the Presence of Life He desired from the beginning is offered. When we access that pathway to abide in the Presence of the Eternal One today, this is what is known as "Eternal Life". "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me (YHVH) has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life." Yahshua in John 5:24
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December 25th Birth of the Antichrist & Satan Claws

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Double Portion Inheritance and Maria Merola

That also through them The האור Light, רפואה The Healing and The ואהבה Love of ישועת יהוה Yeshuath YHWH may come back to הארץ The Land of Israel?

 

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December 25^th Birth of the Antichrist

By Maria Merola

  Pictured here is the god that is worshiped in Freemasonry called “Baphomet.” He is actually Satan the “horned god” who is half human with the head of a goat. His astrological sign is “Capricorn” the goat beginning on the Zodiac Cycle from December 22^nd through January 21^st. Back in 1981, before I was born again, I had dabbled in the Zodiac and I found a book entitled “Jesus Was a Capricorn.” Even Kris Kristofferson had written a song entitled “Jesus Was a Capricorn” back in the 1970’s which became popular. You see Satan wants us to believe that Yahu’shua (Jesus) was born on December 25^th because he wants us to believe that “Jesus was a reincarnation of Lucifer.” In other words, Satan wants to be Jesus the Messiah so that he can be worshiped!

 

Why Does Satan Like December 25^th for the Birth of Messiah?

Ever since the Tower of Babel, beginning with Nimrod and his reincarnated son Tammuz (Ezekiel 8:14), there have been many pagan false Messiahs. Each of these characters are fallen angels who took on the identity of “ascended masters” who were supposedly reincarnations of the “Universal Christ” for all religions. In essence, this is “Gnosticism” the false doctrine that teaches that “Yahu’shua (Jesus) the Messiah of Israel did not come in the flesh.”  This doctrine teaches instead that our Messiah was merely a reincarnation of all the other pagan gods who came before him on December 25^th. This is how Satan has been preparing the entire world to accept the Antichrist. He has been doing this since the beginning of the creation by gradually changing the truth into a lie so that even the “elect” could be deceived. 

Why do the pagans want to associate the real Yahu'shua Messiah (Jesus Christ) with the date of December 25^th? The answer is quite simple. December 22^nd begins the Zodiac cycle of “Capricorn” the “Goat of Mendez” which is also Satan or Baphomet, the “horned god” who is worshiped by Satanists and High Degree Masons. The pagans want us to believe that Yahu’shua Messiah (Jesus Christ) was a reincarnation of Lucifer on December 25th the month of “Capricorn the Goat”!

Capricorn is Capricornus a Latin compound of “goat-head.” “Capra” means head in Latin while “cornus” means horn. The original Greek Aegocerus means “goat-horned.”

 

The name “Santa Claus” & Anagrams

Have you ever noticed how easy it is to transform “Satan” from “Santa”? Just move the letter “N” to the end. And presto! “Satan” appears. . .

An internet Google search on “Satan Claus” [not Santa Claus – but SATAN Claus] found over 1,700 hits! Obviously, there are many that tie the two together.

The rearranging of letters (called anagrams) to hide secret names or words has long been practiced in the occult. The Jewish Encyclopedia writes of the Jewish occult book called the Kabbala:

The golden age for anagrams began with the Kabbalah. The Platonists had strange notions as to the influence of anagrammatic virtues, particularly of anagrams evolved from names of persons. It is not surprising, therefore, that the Kabbalists, like all the Neoplatonists, pretended to discover occult qualities in proper names and in their anagrams.

http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/

Another name for Satan is Sanat. He also likes to be called “Natas” which is a root word for the name “Natasha” in Russian this is a word that means “Christmas.”

He simply rearranges the letters in his name at will. Who wears a red suit and claims to be “omnipresent” (everywhere at once) and “omniscient” (all-knowing) like God?

The song “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” says: “…he sees you when you’re sleeping; he knows when you’re awake.”

But this is blasphemy against the one true God of Israel YHWH. Who comes out of a “fire” place? Who takes the attention away from our Messiah Yahu’shua (Jesus Christ)? Who entices children with materialism? Santa is often referred to as “Father Christmas.” The word “mas” pertains to the Catholic mass wherein our Messiah Yahu’shua (Jesus) is crucified over and over again. The Roman Catholic Church took the pagan holiday called “Saturnalia” for “Sat” or “Satan” and changed it into the birthday of our Messiah Yahu’shua (Jesus)----another identity switch of Yahu’shua (Jesus) for Satan.

Saturn is “STUR” in Chaldean for Nimrod.

One of the most well-known anagrams in the occult world is the name of Sanat Kumara. Sanat is better known as Satan. Constance Cumbey, writes in her best-selling, New-Age expose, The Hidden Dangers of the Rainbow, . . . they [New Agers] freely call Sanat Kumara (Satan) 'God'. And their doctrinal reference books by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and Alice Ann Bailey freely cross-reference Sanat Kumara with Venus. In occult writings, Lucifer and Venus are one and the same." (Constance Cumbey, The Hidden Dangers of the Rainbow, p. 138)

Texe Marrs writes of ‘Sanat’ in Dark Secrets of the New Age:

“. . . the New Age offers a being called Sanat Kumara. ‘Sanat’ is obviously a thinly veiled reference to Satan; nevertheless, New Age teachers evidently believe that the new spelling will alleviate the concerns of those not yet ready to confess Satan as their Lord and Messiah…..” Texe Marrs, Dark Secrets of the New Age, pp. 79-80 Interesting.

. . Where does that put Lord S-A-N-T-A?

H.P. Blavatsky, the Satanist and new age teacher writes in The Secret Doctrine:

“…Many a mysterious sacred name. . . conveys to the profane ear no more than some ordinary, and often vulgar [common] word, because it is concealed anagrammatically or otherwise…” H.P. Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine, Vol II, p. 78

Like S-A-N-T-A?

Blavatsky also writes, “…the name is not important – but the letters.”

“The name isn't important. It is the letters….” H.P. Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine, Vol II, p. 350  Blavatasky’s anagrams were used to disguise who her true god was. Blavatasky openly taught Satan is mankind’s true redeemer, creator and Saviour.

And now it stands proven that Satan, or the Red Fiery Dragon, the ‘Lord of Phosphorus’ and Lucifer, or ‘Light Bearer’, is in us; it is our Mind — our tempter and Redeemer, our intelligent liberator and Saviour. . .HP Blavatasky, The Secret Doctrine p. 513

Satan, the Serpent of Genesis is the real creator and benefactor, the Father of Spiritual mankind. For it is he . . . who opened the eyes of the automaton (Adam) created by Jehovah. . . he still remains in Esoteric Truth the ever loving messenger . . .H.P. Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine, Vol 3, p. 243 

Gail Riplinger writes in her excellent book, “New Age Bible Versions” on the use of anagrams in the occult world:

“Lucifer's True Identity as Satan is Revealed as the Anagram, a Transposition of Letters, To Obscure It. “Blinds,” as esoterics call them, include scrambling the letters of a name to hide the true meaning of a word from the uninitiated…”--- Gail Riplinger, New Age Bible Versions, p. 52

It is interesting Mrs. Riplinger also raises a red flag about the anagram Santa:

“Gods of the New Age include Sanatan and Sanatsiyata, . . . New Agers say each name is ‘concealed anagrammatically’ ‘and are aliases,’ and are 'an anagram used for Occult purposes. Is Santa, the great usurper of Christ's attention at Christmas, an anagram? “Ole Nick” is listed among the fallen angels or devils in the Dictionary of Fallen Angels. Scholars concur that Christ was born in the fall on the 4th day of the feast of tabernacles. December 25th is actually "the feast in honor of the birth of the son of the Babylonian queen of heaven, later called Saturnalia by the heathen Romans….”---Gail Riplinger, New Age Versions, p. 52

It is also worth noting, Santa is Spanish for holy. Santa is also from the Latin word Sanctus which means also saintly, holy. Our English words “saint, sanctify, et al” comes from Santa. Sounds like Satan’s “I will be like the most High" plan is in action.

Is “Claus” another anagram for “Lucas”?

It’s no secret Lucas and Lucis are new-age “code words” for Lucifer. The Alice Bailey founded new age, occult publishing company was originally named Lucifer Publishing Company but in 1924 the name was cleverly changed to Lucis Trust. By the way, the Lucifer worshiping Lucis Trust is a major player in the works of the United Nations formerly located in the United Nations building but now located on prime-time 1200 Wall Street.

It’s no coincidence that Santa Claus sounds like “Satan's Claws” for he is described as one who comes like a roaring lion to devour:

1^st Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 

Well…..The Name “Santa Claus” Literally Means Satan Claws!

Where did the “Klaus” in “Santa Claus” come from?? Santa “CLAWS” (Claus) literally comes from the meaning behind the “Claws” of Krampus, the Devil!

The name Krampus originates from the Old High German word for claw (Krampen).

As time passed Krampus’ feet were replaced with “CLAWS” or sometimes with hooves and (sometimes one of each) and his body itself became covered in fur and he wore little or no clothing. Sometimes a common “devil” type tail is also added. Eventually his tongue became obscenely long as did his horns.

Since the demon Krampus comes from the word for claw, we can soundly suggest that Santa Claus and Satan Claws come from the same Evil Root.

Krampus – “The word Krampus originates from the Old High German word for CLAW (Krampen)”…..Paganism in the Eastern Alps Article; “Krampus” http://www.Answers.com/

“Krampus is the survivor of a pagan tradition that preceded Christianity and the word Krampus originates from the Old High German word for CLAW (Krampen).” ……Christmas in Salzburg and Linz 2005, Austria Travelers, Special Interest Tours in Austria

Torah 2 The Nations, Sat, Dec 11, 2010

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Tora 2 The Nations

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Becoming something you never imagined – Manna you can use.

Every Torah lesson is special and this exceptional teaching from brother David Mathews of Manna From Heaven Ministries is especially significant as he explored the volumes of information found in the numerous names found in the portion- Mikets. In many cases, you are the meaning of your name and if the enemy had poor intentions for you, Abba/Father YHVH has a plan to change that into the powerful, beauty He intends you to be. Listen to find out how everyone who will has the opportunity to be... Read→

Can you find Cindy or Devorah? Final Return Conference

If you actually looked in the picture to find them, sorry – they aren’t in that picture – I just wanted to see if you’d look. BUT, we do have live interviews with Tony Robinson, Jim Staley, Bill Cloud, Dan and Sylvia Calderon, Steve Berkson, Rico Cortez, Jimmie Black and others including our own Cindylou and Devorah Bat Yah. That’s all in hour #2. Hour number 1 is another informative and instructional dialog with Norman Willis so you can get everything you are... Read→

Torah 2 The Nations

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Joined To HaShem Newsletter, December 10 2010

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December 10 2010
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	In this issue...   Streaming Video Torah Commentary Quick Links... Mike's Itinerary Resources Torah Is Life Web Site Links Kingdom Paths Linen Hebraic Woodworking Join our mailing list!	TEACHING THE HEBRAIC PERSPECTIVE OF FAITH IN AND OBEDIENCE TO THE ONE TRUE GOD Streaming Video Vayigash "And he came near" Genesis 44:18-47:27 Ezekiel 37:15-28 *Archived teaching from 2009* VIDEO Torah Commentary Vayigash "And he came near" Genesis 44:18-47:27 Ezekiel 37:15-28 Seeing the Big Picture Just seeing his brother's faces must have been very hard because of Joseph's memories of the day he was sold into slavery. He had asked himself many times if he had truly forgiven them for their actions. But seeing their faces was the true test. The plan of Joseph to hide the goblet in the pack of Benjamin had worked. The brothers now stood before him and the final testing of their hearts was playing out very well. Joseph could hear the change that had happened in these men. Through the experience they had learned the word humility at a level no one would have ever thought possible. As Judah stood before Joseph trying to bargain, his words were no longer about his own welfare, but about someone else's. Judah had learned a lesson and knew all too well what happened when you thought of yourself first and only. In the days prior to this meeting, as the boys traveled back to Egypt, Joseph had thought much about the place he found himself in. His dreams were coming to pass right before his eyes. It would be important to him to see the actions of his brothers and to witness the changes that had happened to them. But more important to Joseph would be his own actions. Had he truly forgiven them? In his heart he thought so, but he knew all too well that actions speak much louder than thoughts. It weighed heavily on Joseph what the next meeting with his brothers would bring, not as much regarding their attitude, but rather his. Now his brothers stood before him. He could no longer hold back his emotions. He had to tell them who he was. In the dream they had bowed down before him. In his position he now had the power over them to bring this dream to pass. With one word they would all bow and become his servants, but somehow it just did not seem right. This was no doubt what they all deserved, but his love for them and a deep forgiveness would overcome even his dream. Instead of humbling the boys with his presence, Joseph found himself humbled by theirs. All of a sudden, in the moment before he told them who he was, he saw for the first time the big picture. He was not anyone special. He had simply been the one chosen for the task. The events of his life had not been about him, but rather about them. Why had he been the one of the twelve chosen to go before and prepare for this day? Many of the others might have been better for the job, but he was the one. A deep sense of humility swept through Joseph. It reached every fiber of his being in an instant. With the humility came a love for his brothers he had never known before. The emotion this brought on was overwhelming him. With urgency he sent his Egyptian servants out of the room. Family business was to be a personal thing; no pagan visitors would be allowed to join in. Joseph knew that part of his dream had been based upon the pride of his youth. Yes it would come to pass, but the ending would be a bit different. Pride would turn to humility. Bows would be turned to tears flowing from a heart of love. His brothers as servants would never be part of the picture, for in the end they were family. A family once broken and in dysfunction was now on the way to walking in a unity they had never known or dreamed of. This account has much to say to us. We, like Joseph have been sent ahead of our brothers to store the grain of His Word. We have been looking to the grain called Torah and have been storing it in our hearts and lives. Many of our brothers and sisters, both in physical and spiritual senses, have been wasting those precious grains by reading but not doing. They continue to grind the grain of Torah under their feet with observance of pagan holidays. We sit and wait, sometimes in the prison and sometimes in the palace, simply living our lives before them. We can feel rejected, hurt and even at times indifferent to the attitudes of those around us, but the account of Joseph continues to give us hope to keep walking and not turn back. I have said it now for the third week, "In the end, the heretic becomes the hero." But what will be the attitude of the hero when the family is brought to our feet in the end? Will we in pride tell them to bow, or will we follow the example of Joseph? Will we see the big picture and understand that what we have learned and lived was never about us, but rather was all for them in the end? This is a question yet to be seen, but it does cause us at the very least to consider our calling in a bit of a different light. Shabbat Shalom, Mike PRINT VERSION
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December 10, 2010
What is Shabbat Shalom?   Jews all over the world read a portion of the Torah, the Five Books of Moses, in the synagogue every Shabbat morning.  The cycle begins right after the Feast of Tabernacles and concludes the following year at the end of the Feast of Tabernacles.  Traditionally, Jewish families discuss the Torah portion at their Shabbat Table, bringing new insights, each year, to the same inspirational words and stories that they have been reading for years. In this weekly column, Sondra Oster Baras, CFOIC Heartland's Israel Director, shares her personal reflections on the weekly Torah portion. *** Visit the Heartland Heartbeat Blog... If you received this email from a friend and want Shabbat Shalom sent directly to your inbox, please use the link below to join our email list. Join Email List...  If you would like to support the brave men and women who have made their home in Biblical Israel; you can make a contribution to the ongoing work of CFOIC... Support CFOIC... Yakir Say YES! to Israel Samaria Trees	Vayigash (And He (Judah) Approached) Genesis 44:18 - 47:27 This week's portion begins with the most dramatic speech in the Bible -- Judah's plea to Joseph to save his brother Benjamin. "And Joseph could not restrain himself before all that stood by him . . . And he wept aloud . . . And Joseph said to his brothers, 'I am Joseph, is my father still alive?'" (Genesis 45:1-3). The great reunion has taken place. Joseph is reconciled to his brothers, they embrace, and they embark on the journey to bring Jacob and the rest of the family down to Egypt. At the end of the portion, Jacob arrives and is reunited with his beloved Joseph, whom he feared dead all these years. And Joseph settles his family in the Land of Goshen. Although the reunion is moving and we are all relieved that the family is united and Jacob sees his beloved son Joseph, there is another, much more sinister development happening at the same time. For the descent to Egypt for this happy family reunion also portends the long and bitter slavery of the Children of Jacob in Egypt. As the family reunites and settles into their new surroundings, there doesn't seem to be any awareness of the ramifications of this change in location. But, it is impossible that Jacob, at the very least, did not understand what was going to happen. In Genesis chapter 42 verse 2, Jacob says to his sons: "Go down there (Egypt) and bring us food from there." Rashi, the 11th century commentator notes that the numerical value of the Hebrew word "redu" (go down) is 210 and is equivalent to the actual number of years the Children of Israel were enslaved in Egypt. Rashi is, thus, indicating that there was incredible significance in this first directive of Jacob to his sons to go to Egypt, as if he knew, at some unconscious level that with this departure for Egypt would begin the long exile in that land. And Jacob had to know that this long exile would come. G-d Himself promises to Abraham, in the covenant in Genesis chapter 15, that his children would be a stranger in a foreign land and that they would leave that land with great property. This important covenant with G-d would have naturally been passed on to Isaac and Jacob. They would have known, prophetically, that this was coming. Joseph instructs his father and brothers to tell Pharaoh that they are shepherds and request to settle in Goshen, a distance from the center of Egypt -- a place where they can live their own life and worship their own G-d, without having to fear from a people who worship animals and other pagan gods. Joseph understood the potential for persecution should the Children of Israel live among the Egyptians. Perhaps he sensed what could happen to his family after his death -- what actually happened when a new king arises to the throne "who did not know Joseph." (Exodus 1:8) The descent to Egypt is a necessary evil, an event that G-d foretells and then orchestrates. As a result of that descent, there will be a subsequent ascent, the Exodus from Egypt and the formation of the Nation of Israel. Even today, as we watch history, we have a sense that this has been foretold, that it is being orchestrated. We may have a fuzzy idea of how it will all play out, but without the details. For centuries, the Jewish people suffered persecution, but what gave them hope was G-d's promise to eventually return them to their land. Similarly, Jacob's children could hold on to G-d's promise to Abraham: "The fourth generation will return here." (Genesis 15:16). Levy's children descended to Egypt and four generations later, Moses' children entered the Land of Israel. Shabbat Shalom from Samaria, Sondra Sondra Baras Director, Israel Office Did you enjoy hearing Sondra's insights? 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