"Standing - To Go Forth"
Deut 29:10-30:20; Deut 31:1-31:30; Isa 61:10-63:9; Isa 55:6-56:8;
Rom 10:1-12; Rom 10:14-18
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Over the next few days, as we lead up to Rosh HaShannah, it is a great time to look back at our lives over the past year and consider if there is anyone that we have done wrong or hurt in some way. This time of year serves as a reminder that G-D truly does expect us to ask for forgiveness from all of those who we have hurt or let down in some way during this past year. I would like to take this time to personally ask each of you to forgive me for anything I have done this year that failed to live up to your expectations of me. Thank you for being open-hearted enough to forgive. Remember, Yeshua said if we don't forgive we will not be forgiven.
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Deut 30:8 says these words
�And thou shalt
return and hearken to the voice of the LORD, and do
all His commandments which I command thee this day.�
These prophetic words were spoken By G-D through
Moshe just before the Children of Israel entered
into the Promised Land. They spoke of a future time
when the People of G-D would make teshuvah
(repentance) and begin once again to obey the
mitzvot (commandments). We know that these words
were not spoken to the people of that day, but were
spoken about a people in the future. I believe that
these prophetic words were spoken through time to
reach our hearts. We as believers in Messiah Yeshua
have had our hearts circumcised, as spoken of in
verse six of this same chapter as well as in Jeremiah 4:4 and Romans 2:29 in the Brit
Chadasha. We need to understand that as a result of our
being born anew we are to live our lives as a
fulfillment of this prophesy. We, having
circumcised hearts, should listen to G-D�s voice and
walk in all of the commandments G-D has given us. In
other words, our repentance should result in a change
of direction, and give us an unquenchable desire to
serve G-D.
5765 - Vayelech
While reading this week's Parsha I came upon these verses, beginning with verse nine. Moshe has just written down the whole Torah and has come to the end of his lifetime. He gave his last words to us at the end of the book of Deuteronomy. While giving his last messages to the nation of Israel it is important to note that the desire of Moshe’s heart was that they would remember to gather each year of sh’mittah and read the whole Torah. Something to note is that when the Torah was to be read it clearly says in verse 12 to assemble all Israel including what were called “Foreigners” or people who were not born in Israel. These “foreigners” were not only to hear the Word read but were also required to obey the Torah.
9 Then Moshe wrote down this Torah and gave it to the cohanim, the descendants of Levi who carried the ark with the covenant of ADONAI, and to all the leaders of Isra'el. 10 Moshe gave them these orders: "At the end of every seven years, during the festival of Sukkot in the year of sh'mittah, 11 when all Isra'el have come to appear in the presence of ADONAI at the place he will choose, you are to read this Torah before all Isra'el, so that they can hear it. 12 Assemble the people-the men, the women, the little ones and the foreigners you have in your towns -so that they can hear, learn, fear ADONAI your God and take care to obey all the words of this Torah; 13 and so that their children, who have not known, can hear and learn to fear ADONAI your God, for as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Yarden to possess."
I have heard many people make statements that the Torah is just for the “Jew” and not for the Non-Jew. However, a simple study of the scriptures will clearly inform any honest scholar that G-D’s Torah is as this section of Text tells us: for all who are Israel, natural born or Foreigner. There is and always will be One Torah for all. It matters not what men say; what really matters is what G-D’s Word says. There is no such teaching within scripture that gives a different set of commandments for different groups. There is one Torah, One Plan, and One Messiah for all people everywhere. Understanding this truth lets us also know that our redemption and our inheritance are equal because G-D’s mercy is equal for all of us.
5765 - Nitzavim
Deut 30:8 says these words:
“And thou shalt return and hearken to the voice of the LORD, and do all His commandments which I command thee this day.”
These prophetic words were spoken By G-D through Moshe just before the Children of Israel entered into the Promised Land. They spoke of a future time when the People of G-D would make teshuvah (repentance) and begin once again to obey the mitzvot (commandments). We know that these words were not spoken to the people of that day, but were spoken about a people in the future. I believe that these prophetic words were spoken through time to reach our hearts. We as believers in Messiah Yeshua have had our hearts circumcised, as spoken of in verse six of this same chapter as well as in Jeremiah 4:4 and Romans 2:29 in the Brit Chadasha. We need to understand that as a result of our being born anew we are to live our lives as a fulfillment of this prophesy. We, having circumcised hearts, should listen to G-D’s voice and walk in all of the commandments G-D has given us. In other words, our repentance should result in a change of direction, and give us an unquenchable desire to serve G-D.