Parasha Achrei Mot-Kedoshim (After the Death)

from Rabbi Jack… Bible link
Nehemiah {8:10} "Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”’ This passage of scripture tells us that the joy of the Lord is our strength, but many people confuse joy with happiness. Joy is something inherent with salvation. There is a certain joy in knowing and receiving Messiah Yeshua as Lord and Savior that truly surpasses all understanding. It allows a believer to have joy in the most difficult circumstance because salvation brings along with it the knowledge that no matter what the situation God is in control and has us covered, so there is no fear because He has promised: Jeremiah {29:11} "For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Based on this promise a Believer in Messiah Yeshua will never lose their joy. Happiness on the other hand is a human emotion that is easily affected by circumstance, attitude and emotion. It is often difficult to maintain happiness because our minds are constantly inundated with deluded thoughts and we have to constantly seek outside sources to replenish the emotion of happiness. It is a state of wellbeing that ebbs when good things happen or when we get our way and wanes when bad things happen and we do not get our way, it is also dependent on the moment. Not so with joy, it is not dependent on anything external nor can anything external affect or change it. It is totally internal and comes from the Holy Spirit living inside of us. Joy for a Believer is constant throughout life, simply because “…the joy of the Lord is our strength.”
from Ellen… Bible link
Absalom was David haMelech’s (King David’s) favorite son. Absalom was handsome, charismatic, cunning and very jealous. When we read the second book of Samuel year after year, our Lord gives us more and more understanding. I thought how could a favorite son be jealous of his father and plan to overthrow the kingdom? In the book of Judges, how could the Lord bless Manoach and his wife with a son and eventually have that son, Samson, die such a horrific death and so young? Also, how could Yeshua allow Judas Iscariot to be treasurer? What do you think? Well, you know that I am going to tell you what I think! We, as humans made of flesh and blood, are so finite. We see only what is in front of our eyes while our God in Heaven not only sees beyond the physical, He knows the beginning to the end! He not only sees the beginning to the end but has planned each situation for His outcome. Absalom dies hanging from his hair caught in a tree before he could overtake David haMelech’s kingdom; Samson dies as he pulls down the stadium of the Philistines' killing all the people; and Judas Iscariot…well we all know that the Lord used him to Yeshua’s end, which is in all reality the beginning, hallelujah! Now here is my question for you: Are you in a situation whereby you may very well die to do the will of God? Are you being placed in an arena of marginal believers wanting to destroy what God has begun? Be aware that wherever you have placed yourself, whether it be for good or for evil, God is in control and the outcome is of Him!!!
Yours in Messiah Yeshua, "…while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Messiah Yeshua." (Titus 2:13) Rabbi Jack & Ellen
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