Parsha Phineas

From Rabbi Jack

Matthew 22:{37-39}: {22:37} "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. {22:38} This is the first and great commandment. {22:39} And the second is like unto it, you shall love your neighbor as yourself."

Everything in God's Word comes down to these two simple commandments; receiving God's love and then using His love to love. It all depends on our ability to receive love and share love. 

Many people have trouble receiving love and just as many have trouble expressing love. In fact, there are Believers that demonstrate love to outsiders but they have a hard time demonstrating love to their own families, the ones they are supposed to love the most. Perhaps they cannot demonstrate love to their spouse or their children because they are not comfortable with love and have no concept of what love is. They do works instead of being loving, yet they crave acceptance. They think that somehow, some way, through their self-sacrifice, through working hard and being a good provider, they are demonstrating love. This is what their understanding of love is. Sadly, this reflects on their life as a Believer, because they have a hard time accepting and receiving the type of love that comes from God. Some people mistake sex for love; it is not! Sex without true intimate, godly love, demonstrated in the relationship, is just lust and lust cannot replace to true love. The apostle Paul said that even if you sacrifice everything and do not have love you have nothing. Do you know that when you are uncomfortable with love your walk with God is adversely affected! All of Yeshua’s teaching comes down to our ability to receive love and then to love. 

If you believe that you have to do “things” to feel like you have a place in God’s heart, then you are going to require your spouse and children to earn your love, which will result in them learning not understanding love. A lot of people did not grow up being held and hugged by their parents. That could be because there was a lot of hurt and pain in their home, so they learned to hide their emotions. You need to be willing to forgive whatever it is that caused you to be uncomfortable with love and to start receiving Yeshua’s love so that you can finally give true love.  

From Ellen

We are not praying this so that we could humiliate anyone, although as we know we can and do humiliate ourselves, but to pray against it.  We need to pray against evil continually because this is an evil world!  If you are not recognizing the evil in our world then you are probably not following Yeshua to the fullest.  Ahh there in itself is an error. Following Yeshua when it is convenient is also an error, it is like being almost pregnant or almost saved!  When we accept Yeshua as our Lord and Savior there has to be a decision made that we are all in.  I am not saying that we have to be so pious that most unbelieving people would find us sort of annoying but they do have to see something in us that is different.  If we just line up with the world we show no witness.  I know, I know how hard it is to not look like the world but we must emit something that would entice the world to want what we have.  I will not try to fool myself because I enjoy labels just as much as the next girl.  But I will say this…if we exert energy in trying to be like the next girl what will happen to our witness?   

We need to walk very carefully because the ministry God has given us is to a mixed multitude.  Here in Israel, it is very difficult, so our internal light needs to be very bright.  Sadly, we usually wake up to news that there were fallen soldiers during the nightly battles so our countenance and light is sometimes dimed.  When we are ministering in Africa, we acknowledge that there are many that do not have suitable homes, lack food on the table or are always in need and we ask the Lord to help us help them without instilling an element of enablement.  Bottom line is how we choose our choices. 

There is one choice that needs our attention at all times, that is if we are following Yeshua.  That choice of the wide gate or the narrow gate!  I know that if we have smartphones, we have AI, (artificial intelligence).  I asked my AI concerning the “gates”.  Here is what AI said and I quote… “The narrow gate is a metaphor used by Yeshua in the Bible, particularly in Matthew 7.13-14 to represent the path of discipleship and true life, which is contrasted with a wide gate leading to destruction. This concept emphasizes that following Yeshua requires dedication, sacrifice, and a commitment to His teachings, while the wide gate represents a life of ease and worldly pleasure that ultimately leads to spiritual ruin.” AI went on to say… “The narrow gate is small and few will choose it and it requires denying oneself and following Yeshua…” very challenging do you not think?  Last but not least AI said… “The narrow represents the ONLY way to eternal life and a relationship with God.” This to me is emphasizing the importance of making the right choice. I could not have said it better… 

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Shabbat Shalom 

Jack & Ellen

Commentary: Phineas

D’VAR TORAH

PINCHAS – PHINEAS

BAMIDBAR (NUMBERS) {25:10} - {30:1}

Numbers {28:1-2}: {28:1} "The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, (28:2} Command the children of Israel, and tell them, My offering, My food for My offerings made by fire, of a sweet savor to Me, shall you observe to offer to Me in their due season."

Does He get hungry? Does God need to eat? Even if God did get hungry would He need us to provide Him with food?

Psalm 50:12 "If I were hungry, I would not tell you: for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof."

So obviously God does not need our provisions in order for Him to exist. In any case, God is Spirit and does not need food. So then, what is meant by the statement in the passage I read from Numbers? I will repeat it:

Numbers 28:2 Command the children of Israel, and tell them, My offering, My food for My offerings made by fire, of a sweet savor to Me, shall you observe to offer to Me in their due season.

Your Bible translation may translate the Hebrew word “lechem” as bread instead of as “food,” as my translation does, and this translation is correct as well. However, the implication of the passage is not regarding a bread offering, but in actuality it is any type of grain offering.

The food of the Holy Spirit that takes up residence inside of us at salvation, we’re told in Scripture, lives off of the food of the Word of God.

Luke 4:4 "And Yeshua answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word of God."

As we read and ingest the Word of God through our daily devotions and reading of the Bible, the Holy Spirit in us grows and we become more Spirit centered and less fleshly/worldly centered. In other words, we receive the power to reject sin and walk in the commandments of God.

Hebrews 4:12 "For the Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."

The soul of man is his thoughts, mind and emotions. Our soul is very powerful. If left unchecked, even after salvation, our soul can dominate our spirit. Our human spirit is what connects us to God. God is Spirit and all the human spirit needs to do is to connect with the Spirit of God in order to overpower the soul. The human spirit requires this connection to the Spirit of God in order to function as we were created to function, as children made in the image of God. Our soul is always drawn towards sin. So, when the human spirit is connected to the Spirit of God it can control our soul and bring it into submission to the Word of God. How does this occur? Through the food of the Word of God, the Holy Spirit in us is strengthened and acts like a two-edged sword that breaks or severs the power the soul has over the human spirit.

Now, just as the Holy Spirit eats the Word of God, God eats the sacrifices of His people. Allow me to explain.

Psalm 51:17 "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise."

It was never the offering of animals that God was after. It was what the offering of animals represented that He truly cared about. Sin separates man from God. The sacrifices restore man to a correct relationship with God. This is food to God!  He eats the humility, brokenness and the restoration of the people He created. Today, our praise, our love and adoration of God, through repentance, is food for Him and a sweet smell in His Nostrils. 

End

Vayakhel - And He Gathered

From Rabbi Jack

Galatians {5:19} “Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, indecency, {5:20} Involvement with the occult and with drugs; in feuding, fighting, becoming jealous and getting angry; in selfish ambition, factionalism, intrigue {5:21} Envying, murders, drunkenness, reveling, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of God.”

What is absolutely vital for us to understand as Believers, is that we have to be willing to submit to God. We have to be transparent, exposing our true feelings and our true condition to God's cleansing light. We have to see ourselves as He sees us, not as we perceive ourselves. Without doing this we cannot be liberated by God's truth. 

The term “NEFESH” in Hebrew means “SOUL” but it also means “a living being” or “the animal part of us”. So, we can see that the term nefesh refers to our animal nature, the animal instinct of our human make-up. This should give us all a good indication of how the power of the soul expresses itself in us. It causes even Believers to walk in their own natural power. It causes them to serve God with their own strength according to their own ideas. They rationalize everything, they covet physical sensation and often confuse it as evidence of God's presence.

Many Believers are so blinded by their souls that they actually think they are spiritual. They avoid sin by sheer willpower, not by God’s power and of course they ultimately fail because their souls get the better of them. Doing good works makes them feel good about themselves and of course it impresses others. What is wrong with this?  It is the intent! If the intent is wrong the good works are wrong! These Believers are actually satisfying their soul not their spirit, so what they are doing has nothing to do with God, it is all about them; their self-satisfaction. The sad part is, they think they are being spiritual.

Some people feed on other people’s problems so they get physical pleasure and satisfaction out of helping others. They even function better when they are feeling sorry for someone else. In reality they simply want to do what makes them feel good and what feeds their hang-ups. So, all their prayers and striving after God's Will, are purely outward; they are really only satisfying their own animal natures. They love the feelings but not necessarily God! Only the power of God through the Holy Spirit can make this type of person see that their walk is centered on self and not God.

So how do you deal with your soul? By dying to self, by truly laying bare your most inner feelings; by exposing your animal self to the light of God and asking Him to reveal your ugliness to you so that you can see yourself as you truly are, as He sees you.

From Ellen

I was contemplating what I should write about and the Lord reminded me that there is nothing new under the sun.  So here goes…

In Isaiah 43.19 we read “Behold, I do a new thing: now it shall spring forth: do you not perceive it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” 

God is speaking to us and exhorting us to forget the past and look ahead to the future! I believe God wants the people of Israel to know that He is doing something significant, corporately and individually. He is showing them in His exhortation that He can do the impossible. For instance, making rivers in the desert and making a way in the wilderness…God can and will do the impossible in my life and in your life.

Yeshua reiterates in Revelation 21.5, “And He who is seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.”  Yes, this scripture is talking about a new world but also giving us instruction in our lives.  We must read the word and see what it means and where it is leading us in our present state.  God led the Israelites out of Egypt, He led Abraham out of his rural home and most importantly God took Yeshua though death, resurrection and ascension.  If He did all these things He can do exceedingly more in our lives. All you have to do is ask!

 I know you are thinking that He is God and we are just people but there is always a path to take.  Remember that God is the way maker and if you are truly following Him, He will give you instruction just like He gave us the Ruach, the Holy Spirit, to guide us.  Here are some suggestions to speak to the Holy Spirit each day before you pray:

1 I trust You, Lord.

2 I need You, Holy Spirit.

3 Thank You Yeshua for giving us the Ruach.

4 Forgive me Abba.

5 Help me to obey You.

6 Speak to me Holy Spirit.

7 I will follow You.

8 I am Yours, Lord.

9 Let Your Will be done.

10 I believe in Your Power.

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Parashoit Beshalach - After He Had Let Go

 

From Rabbi Jack  1 Thessalonians {4:3} It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; {4:4} that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable, {4:3} not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God; {4:6} and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister. The Lord will punish all those who commit such sins, as we told you and warned you before. {4:7} For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. {4:8} Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you His Holy Spirit. Paul is saying that marriage is superior to living together like the pagans were doing. The point of the passage is that there are consequences for abandoning this principle of being holy and honorable and the evidence today seems to bear this out. Parents who have chosen to live together instead of marrying have raised young adults who see living together or just having sexual encounters as a viable option to marriage. Couples today are suffering and our society is deteriorating because the sins the parents committed in having children out of wedlock and in living together instead of getting legally married before God and man, is being passed down to their children. So now the children are committing the same sin their parents committed. The parent’s sin is being visited upon their children, just like the Lord said. It is a spiritual demonic curse that parents have passed down to their children. But it does not only manifest itself in the children having sex before marriage or living together in fornication instead of marrying, but it also manifests itself in other ways; homosexuality, sexual perversion, drug addiction, psychological problems, low self-esteem, depression and the list goes on. Brother, sister, if you are not legally married to the person you call husband or wife, if you do not have that “legal marriage certificate,” do yourself, your children and your future generations the favor of getting it and get right with God.  Because right now you are a fornicator, no matter how long you have been together. You are living in sin and I do not think I need to tell you where that will get you!

Hi Ellen here… Jeremiah 29.11-12 says “For I know the thoughts I have toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me, and I will listen to you.”.  These verses spoke to me prior to my acceptance of Yeshua; they led me into my salvation and sanctification.  These verses have never left my heart and are always in my mind to this day, more than thirty years later. When we go on a mission trip, we pray for the Lord to lead us, guide us, give us supernatural discernment into all things and make our way a way of peace and righteousness.  We try our very best not to let our “basar”, Hebrew for flesh, to lead us.  We all know that our flesh and emotions can bring us into a place of doubt and even anger. The flesh serves the law of sin (Romans 7.25), brings corruption (Galatians 5.24), has its own wisdom (not the wisdom of God) (2 Corintians 1.12) and nothing good in it (Romans 7.18). The flesh brings disputes and dissensions, that is why the apostle Paul says to die daily!  We must die daily to our own desires and pray continually, “Lord Your will not ours!!!”.  As we prepared for our trips in the past and even now…we ask for divine insight concerning the message we are to bring to individuals and to groups. These messages are hopefully uplifting and encouraging and not pointing fingers at individuals. We know that sometimes a message is not always pleasant but God wants teaching and not coddling. Many of the individuals we encounter on our mission are not receiving of the message we bring, but that is alright because if it is God’s message then it is between them and God.  This is true many times but we remember to leave them in love and encouragement. If you are battling with our current situation then it is imperative that you seek God and ask if it is your flesh, the devil or godly chastisement.  Remember what Yeshua said… “if they hate Me then they will hate you as well (paraphrased)”.  It takes a long time in ministry to be able to discern the hate that sometimes comes against us, but being seasoned, not only in age but also in the Lord we walk away in love. I leave you all with this… “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23.24).

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Parsha Vayigash - And He Drew Near

From Rabbi Jack James {1:2} “My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, {1.3} knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. {1:4} But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” Trials have a tremendous effect on our lives; they have the power to make us or break us depending on how we react to them, how we handle them and who we blame for them. Do you use escape tactics when trials come? Do you start to drink, smoke, binge eat or do you not deal with your trials by denying them? What did James say about trials? Did he say they work bitterness, anger, worry, depression? No! He said that “the testing of your faith produces patience.” Patience is being able to stand under the pressure of trials. Not only do trials build patience in our lives, but they also produce maturity. “But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect” Now, perfect does not mean flawless, it means mature, complete. God wants to develop maturity in your life so you will be more useful in His service and He often uses trails to do it. We cannot understand everything that God does in our life. Our thoughts are not His thoughts and our ways are not His ways. From our perspective the trials we go through can seem unreasonable, but God has a purpose in our trials and we have to view them from His perspective. In fact, He customizes our trials and troubles to suit what He wants to accomplish in your life. Through our various trials and troubles God is working to teach us obedience and to rely on Him and less on ourselves. He leads us into situations that develop our character. He gives us tears and sorrow to keep us tender, hurts to keep us compassionate, failures to keep us humble. God sees the big picture of what we need so as to grow us into the image of His Son. Regardless of why or when or how trials come, they are all designed to bring us into a closer love relationship with Him but only we can decide whether they will or not. When Job suffered the loss of all his material possessions, the loss of his children and even his health, his wife told him to curse God. Job did nothing wrong; he loved and served the Lord. Those trials could have made him bitter; they could have turned him away from God, but instead he gave God the glory and grew through the situation to become a better man.

From Ellen So many things going on in the world and in our lives.  As 2024 ended this past Tuesday we can sit quietly in retrospection.  Did we all repent and rededicate our lives on Chanukah?  Are we entering a new civil year with pure thoughts and abounding hope?  I think that when we see the meaning of this past Hebrew month of Kislev and enter into the new Hebrew month of Tevet, there is hope! I am not a Hebrew speaker but as I have shared in the past my nickname was “Calendar Girl” in our Toronto office.  Each time we approached a new Hebrew month I did a little research on the meaning of that month.  Kislev means purse of the heart…a time to examine what is in our hearts.  Only by this exercise could we have examined, repented, forgiven and rededicated our hearts to Yeshua.  It is for this very reason we play Marty Goetz’s song “Chanukah” each year…as he so eloquently sings “…I dedicate my life to You, Yeshua.” Now for the Hebrew month of Tevet.  Looking at the spelling of Tevet is what led me to write this brief presentation.  The first two letters in the word Tevet are “tet” and “vav” which also makes up the word tov.  We all know the meaning of tov… “GOOD!”  We are also starting our Bible reading plan again with the Book of Genesis where God saw that it was “tov-good” in chapter 1 verse 4.  This word Tevet tells us that the entire month will be filled with God’s goodness.  As we look back in recent times we can see many challenges in our lives and in this world that might bend our hearts to have a critical spirit instead of seeing “tov-good”. Let us thank (toda) God for His goodness and His grace that enables us to see goodness in our lives.  Remember the saying “God is good all of the time!”  Let us strive to be more like Yeshua this Tevet and see the good in all things.  We choose to be happy or sad.  We choose to be needy or content.  We choose to be angry or joyful.  I would say to you today, realize that the consequences we endure in this life is a direct result of our choices. Please prosper and spread the Good News of salvation this month more than you did last month. It is good to praise the Lord and rejoice in song and dance.  Put off your sackcloth and put on your garments of praise because our God is good all of the time! Love you all…

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Parsha Lech Lecha - Go You

From Rabbi Jack 1 Thessalonians {4:3-8}3) It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; 4) that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable, 5) not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God; 6) and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister. The Lord will punish all those who commit such sins, as we told you and warned you before. 7) For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. 8) Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you His Holy Spirit. Paul is saying that marriage is superior to living together like the pagans were doing.  The point of the passage is that there are consequences for abandoning this principle of being holy and honorable and the evidence today seems to bear this out. Parents who have chosen to live together instead of marrying have raised young adults who see living together or just having sexual encounters as a viable option to marriage. Couples today are suffering and our society is deteriorating because the sins the parents committed in having children out of wedlock and in living together instead of getting legally married before God and man, is being passed down to their children. So now the children are committing the same sin their parents committed. The parent’s sin is being visited upon their children, just like the Lord said. It is a spiritual demonic curse that parents have passed down to their children. But it does not only manifest itself in the children having sex before marriage or living together in fornication instead of marrying, but it also manifests itself in other ways; homosexuality, sexual perversion, drug addiction, psychological problems, low self-esteem, depression and the list goes on. Brother, sister, if you are not legally married to the person you call husband or wife, if you do not have that “legal marriage certificate,” do yourself, your children and your future generations the favor of getting it and get right with God.  Because right now you are a fornicator, no matter how long you have been together. You are living in sin and I do not think I need to tell you where that will get you!

From Ellen I am sure the feeling I have is being experienced by many of you as well and when investigated I have identified it.  Control!  Control of what you say? Everything! As I ponder this predicament, I have come to realize how a baby must feel.  Babies must rely solely on the one caring for them.  They are hungry, they need to go to be changed or they may be just plain uncomfortable so they cry. They cry out for the caregiver to pay attention to them and fix whatever circumstance is occurring.  “Ahhh, thank you caring individual for feeding me, changing me and turning me to a right position…but do not leave me because at any moment I will need your attention again.”  Now transfer this as an adult.  If we are healthy and able to navigate on our own in the above-mentioned scenarios then why do we not feel better?  In life the Bible says do not be concerned with tomorrow because tomorrow will worry about itself (Matthew 6.25…).  Also, in Matthew 6.25 it says; do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink or what you will wear, look at the birds of the air, they do not sow or reap and yet our Heavenly Father feeds them…I am of course paraphrasing and if you take the time to read verses 25 and following you will find that worrying or concern will not add a single hour to your life.  We do not feel better because we cannot do anything without the Father.  As believers, true believers we cannot do anything without the help of our heavenly Father so this means to relinquish complete and total control to Him.  Sounds easy but as finite humans our first reaction to anything is to fix it.  When we fix things of our own power it is most likely akin to a band aid but when Father fixes things the circumstance is done, completed and over! Please heed to this warning…time is short and the state of the world is chaotic but remember Jeremiah 29.11-15 says God’s plans and purposes for your life are for a future and a hope and not of calamity.  We all need a caregiver and the best one is the Father in Heaven…so if you are not walking through this upside-down world with Him, it is time!  All you need to do is to relinquish control and receive Yeshua into your life as Lord and Savior and He will take care of the rest.  Love you all!

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Parsha Ha’Azinu (Give-Eat)

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CLICK below to view the video commentary on Parsha “Netzavim-Vayeilech” by Mbugua (Dov) Njuguna

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