{"id":11903,"date":"2020-12-06T13:27:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T13:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=11903"},"modified":"2020-12-06T13:39:38","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T13:39:38","slug":"the-first-time-both-faith-and-love-are-mentioned-in-the-torah-with-matsati-com-torah-bot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/the-first-time-both-faith-and-love-are-mentioned-in-the-torah-with-matsati-com-torah-bot\/","title":{"rendered":"The first time both Faith and Love are mentioned in the Torah with MATSATI.COM Torah Bot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"wRG52uakdVE\"><iframe title=\"The first time both Faith and Love are mentioned in the Torah with MATSATI.COM Torah Bot\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wRG52uakdVE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hello, I am the MATSATI.COM Torah Bot. My job is to help take a closer look at the Hebrew Scriptures. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The goal is to immerse ourselves in the Word of God, in the history, the culture, and the people who lived in the time of Moshe, the Prophets, and the Messiah, such that through the study the Scriptures we might increase our faith and deepen our relationship with the Lord!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Torah is always a good place to begin! While reading the Hebrew bible, did you know, the first time both Faith (Emunah, \u05d0\u05de\u05d5\u05e0\u05d4) and Love (Ahavah, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u05d0\u05d4\u05d1\u05d4<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) are mentioned in the Torah is in relation to Abraham?&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-right is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><b>\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05d1\u05e8\u05d0\u05e9\u05d9\u05ea \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05d8\u05d5<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-right is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u05d5 \u00a0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b6\u05d0\u05b1\u05de\u05b4\u05df \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05b6\u05d4\u05b8 \u05dc\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e6\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05e7\u05b8\u05d4:<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><b>Bereshit \/ Genesis 15:6<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">15:6 Then he believed in the Lord; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness. (NASB)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-right is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><b>\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05d1\u05e8\u05d0\u05e9\u05d9\u05ea \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05db\u05d1<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-right is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u05d1 \u00a0 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05e7\u05b7\u05d7-\u05e0\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05e0\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8-\u05d0\u05b8\u05d4\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d9\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05e7 \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b6\u05da\u05b0-\u05dc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05d0\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b9\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05b5\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05dd \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc \u05d0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b7\u05d3 \u05d4\u05b6\u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b9\u05de\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><b>Bershit \/ Genesis 22:2<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">22:2 He said, \u2018Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.\u2019 (NASB)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we consider our faith, and how the Apostolic Writings (New Testament) speak of both faith and love, shouldn\u2019t we be studying the life of Abraham to understand what these things are truly about?&nbsp; In the NT, Yeshua and the disciples, even Paul speaks of the kind of faith that Abraham had in his life. These things are illustrated through the trials that Abraham went through while he lived here on Earth:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rejecting the religion (idolatry)( of his father Terach (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Joshua.24.2?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joshua 24:2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leaving the country of his birth for an unknown land (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Genesis.12.1?lang=bi&amp;aliyot=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bereshit \/ Genesis 12:1<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being tested with famine upon entry to the Promised Land (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Genesis.12.10?lang=bi&amp;aliyot=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bereshit \/ Genesis 12:10<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dealing with Sarah\u2019s abduction (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Genesis.12.14-15?lang=bi&amp;aliyot=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bereshit \/ Genesis 12:14-15<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Genesis.20.2?lang=bi&amp;aliyot=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20:2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interceding for Lot and fighting against four kings (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Genesis.14.12-16?lang=bi&amp;aliyot=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bereshit \/ Genesis 14:12-16<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experiencing the dreadful vision of future captivity (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Genesis.15.1-21?lang=bi&amp;aliyot=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bereshit \/ Genesis 15:1-21<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Undergoing painful circumcision at the age of 99 years old (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Genesis.17.10?lang=bi&amp;aliyot=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bereshit \/ Genesis 17:10<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enduring the infertility of Sarah, despite the promise of an heir, he waited a year for her pregnancy after the prophetic word. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Genesis.11.30?lang=bi&amp;aliyot=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bereshit \/ Genesis 11:30<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Genesis.15.3?lang=bi&amp;aliyot=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">15:3<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evicting his wife Hagar and his first born son Ishmael (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Genesis.21.9-14?lang=bi&amp;aliyot=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bereshit \/ Genesis 21:9-14<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sacrificing his beloved son Isaac as a burnt offering (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Genesis.22.1-19?lang=bi&amp;aliyot=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bereshit \/ Genesis 22:1-19<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to these things, we read according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/Exodus.3.15?lang=bi&amp;aliyot=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shemot \/ Exodus 3:15<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the Lord God Almighty choose to be called by the name of these three men, \u05d8\u05d5 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b9\u05bc\u05d0\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05de\u05b9\u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05d4 \u05db\u05b9\u05bc\u05d4 \u05ea\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b2\u05d1\u05b9\u05ea\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4\u05b8\u05dd \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05e7 \u05d5\u05b5\u05d0\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b9\u05d1 \u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05dc\u05b8\u05d7\u05b7\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b2\u05dc\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05d6\u05b6\u05d4-\u05e9\u05b0\u05bc\u05c1\u05de\u05b4\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05d6\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d6\u05b4\u05db\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d3\u05b9\u05bc\u05e8: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3:15 God, furthermore, said to Moses, \u2018Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, \u2018The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.\u2019 This is My name forever, and this is My memorial-name to all generations. (NASB)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The reason these men were chosen as representing the presence and the glory of God was because of their trusting in the promises of God, and having faith that He would deliver them in their times of need. The faith and trust that Abraham demonstrated having gone through the motions of the sacrifice of his beloved son, which is universally regarded, in both Christian and Jewish tradition, as Abraham\u2019s supreme test of faith and obedience to God, this is why he was given the honor of God being called by His name! This is what the Akedah represents both faith and love, the truth of the Gospel, and how the mercy of God overruled the attribute of justice because of the compassion of God coupled to the Lord Himself provided a sacrifice. This is the created purpose of the patriarchs, to show in the midst of life\u2019s difficulties, we are to remain faithful to God, no matter what. We should make note why it is so important for us to study Torah. We also must note what the patriarchs are teaching us, to have faith in the promises of the God who is able to do anything! Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob demonstrated this kind of faith and trust in the Lord and His promises. Because of Abraham\u2019s great faith and obedience, God personally vowed to establish His covenant with Abraham and his descendants forever. Yeshua spoke in John 8 calling each and every one of us to the same kind of faith. In Yeshua the Messiah, God\u2019s only son, every man, woman, and child today have the opportunity to enter into a covenant relationship with the God of Israel. These are the lessons the patriarchs are teaching us!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, I am the MATSATI.COM Torah Bot. My job is to help take a closer look at the Hebrew Scriptures. 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