{"id":3530,"date":"2014-12-21T12:44:35","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T12:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=3530"},"modified":"2014-12-21T12:44:35","modified_gmt":"2014-12-21T12:44:35","slug":"bits-of-torah-truths-parashat-vayigash-jacob-judah-and-a-messianic-expectation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/bits-of-torah-truths-parashat-vayigash-jacob-judah-and-a-messianic-expectation\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Vayigash, Jacob, Judah, and a Messianic Expectation"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this week\u2019s reading from Parashat Vayigash (Shemot \/ Genesis 44:18-47:27<\/span><\/em>) the Parashah begins with Benjamin having the cup of Joseph and the sons of Israel trying to explain to Joseph that they must bring their brother back to their father.\u00a0 Judah offers himself in the place of Benjamin (44:8-34<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0 Joseph reveals himself to his brothers (45:1-8<\/span><\/em>) and says, 45:8 \u2018Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt. (NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Joseph calls for Israel and his brothers to move to the land of Goshen to live near him since the famine was going to continue for another five years (45:9-15<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0 Pharaoh ordered that the best land be given to Jacob and his family (45:9-24<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0 Israel makes an offering to the Lord God Almighty and travels to Egypt (45:28-46:26<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0 We learn that Jacob is 130 years old (47:9<\/span><\/em>) and the people were settled in the land of Goshen and Joseph fed them because of the famine (47:11-13<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0 The famine grew very severe and the people gave all their money in order to obtain food to survive (47:14-15<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0 After the money was gone, the people brought their livestock and cattle to pay for the food (47:16-17<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0 After this the people sold their land and themselves into slavery in order to buy grain for food to survive (47:18-21<\/span><\/em>) and the people grew numerous in the land of Goshen (47:27<\/span><\/em>).<\/p>\n

This week, Joseph revealed himself to his brothers, but his emotions were so overwhelming, he broke down and cried out of the love that he had for his brothers.<\/p>\n

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Bereshit \/ Genesis 45:1-4<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\n 45:1 Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried, \u2018Have everyone go out from me.\u2019 So there was no man with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 45:2 He wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard of it. 45:3 Then Joseph said to his brothers, \u2018I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?\u2019 But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence. 45:4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, \u2018Please come closer to me.\u2019 And they came closer. And he said, \u2018I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. (NASB)<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Following the events and the dialogue that took place between Joseph and his brothers, Joseph brought His entire family to Egypt and to Goshen so that he could take care of them during the great famine. (Bereshit \/ Genesis 46-47<\/span><\/em>)\u00a0 We read according to Bereshit \/ Genesis 46:27 and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt were two; all the persons of the house of Jacob, who came to Egypt, were seventy. 46:28 Now he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to point out the way before him to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. (NASB)<\/span><\/em> (\u05db\u05d7\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d3\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05d7 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e4\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05e1\u05b5\u05e3 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b9\u05ea \u05dc\u05b0\u05e4\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d2\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b8\u05d1\u05b9\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05e6\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d2\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05df:)\u00a0 These Scriptures are tell us that Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph.\u00a0 What is the significance of this passage?\u00a0 The rabbis discuss this verse from a messianic perspective according to Midrash Rabbah Bamidbar, Parashat 45, Part 1<\/span><\/em> (\u05de\u05d3\u05e8\u05e9 \u05e8\u05d1\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e8\u05d0\u05e9\u05d9\u05ea \u05e4\u05e8\u05e9\u05d4 \u05de\u05d4 \u05e1\u05d9\u05de\u05df \u05d0):<\/p>\n

Midrash Rabbah Bamidbar, Parashat 45, Part 1<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\n And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph (Bereshit \/ Genesis 46:28).\u00a0 This illustrates the verse, The wolf and the lamb shall feed together (Isaiah 65:25).\u00a0 Come and see how all whom the Holy One blessed be He, has smitten in this world He will heal in the future that is to come.\u00a0 The blind will be healed, as it says, Then the eyes of the blind will be opened (Isaiah 35:5); the lame, Then will the lame man leap as a hart (Isaiah 35:6); the dumb, And the tongue of the dumb will sing.\u00a0 Thus, all will be healed, save that as a man departs this life so will he return resurrected.\u00a0 If he departs blind, he will return blind; if he departs deaf, he will return deaf; if he departs dumb, he will return dumb; if he departs lame, he will return lame.\u00a0 As he departs clothed, so will he depart clothed, as it says, It is changed as clay under the seal; and they stand as in a garment (Job 38:14).\u00a0 Now from whom do you learn this?\u00a0 From Samuel the Ramathite.\u00a0 When Saul brought him up from the dead, what did he say to the woman?\u00a0 What form is he of?\u00a0 And she said, an old man comes up; and he is covered with a robe (1 Samuel 28:14).\u00a0 For even so was he clothed in life, as it says, Moreover his mother made him a little robe (1 Samuel 2:19).\u00a0 Why does a man return as he went?\u00a0 So the wicked of the world will not say, After they died God healed them and then brought them back!\u00a0 Apparently, these are not the same but others.\u00a0 If so, says God to them, let them arise in the same state in which they went, and then I will heal them.\u00a0 Why so?\u00a0 That you may know that before Me there was no God formed, neither will any be after Me (Isaiah 43:10).\u00a0 After that animals will be healed, as it says, The wolf and the lamb will feed together. (possibly healed, in this context is to be understood to mean, from their evil bent; thus the wolf will be healed form its predatory instincts.)\u00a0 But the one that brought the blow upon all will not be healed, as it says And dust (earth) will be the serpent\u2019s food.\u00a0 Why so?\u00a0 Because it brought all down to the dust (the earth).\u00a0 Another interpretation of \u201cwolf\u201d and \u201clamb\u201d is that wolf alludes to Benjamin, as it says, Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth (Bereshit \/ Genesis 49:27), while lamb alludes to the tribes, as it says, Israel is a scattered sheep (Jeremiah 50:17).\u00a0 Shall feed together, when is that?\u00a0 When Benjamin goes down with them.\u00a0 Jacob indeed said to them.\u00a0 My son will not go down with you (Bereshit \/ Genesis 42:38); yet when the hour came that they went down and Benjamin with them, they watched over and guarded him.\u00a0 And thus of Joseph too it says, and he lifted up his eyes and saw Benjamin with them, they watched over and guarded him.\u00a0 And thus of Joseph too it says, And he lifted up his eyes and saw Benjamin his brother, and he said, God be gracious unto you, my son (Bereshit \/ Genesis 43:29).\u00a0 The lion (Isaiah 65:25) alludes to Judah, as it says, Judah is a lion\u2019s whelp (Bereshit \/ Genesis 49:9); like the ox, to Joseph, as it says, And of Joseph he said, His beauty is that of his firstling bullock (Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 33:13, 17).\u00a0 All these were found eating together, as it says, And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and portions were taken, etc. (Bereshit \/ Genesis 43:33).\u00a0 And the lion will eat straw like the ox, therefore, we read, And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph.<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Hebrew text states that Judah was sent before Jacob \u05dc\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b9\u05ea \u05dc\u05b0\u05e4\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d2\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4 \u201cto direct his face to Goshen.\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 The midrash takes Bereshit \/ Genesis 46:28<\/span><\/em> and uses Jacob sending Judah ahead of him to illustrate the \u201cwolf and the lamb\u201d<\/span><\/em> feeding together (Isaiah 65:25 \u201cThe wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent\u2019s food. They will do no evil or harm in all My holy mountain,\u201d says the LORD. NASB<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0 The wolf and the lamb grazing together and the lion eating straw like the ox, these words point to the discord in the harmony of Nature in the sense of the fall of creation into sin and the resulting pain of death, survival, and suffering.\u00a0 These Scriptures are describing different classes of animals living together and even laying side by side.\u00a0 Note that the serpent will not strike at the heal at this future time, however, its food will continue to be the dust of the earth, the serpent\u2019s food does not change as we see occurring for the lion and the wolf.\u00a0 These verses in Isaiah draw in a picture of the messianic era in which the Lord in heaven will change the world that we know it and every creature will be at peace with one another.\u00a0 What is interesting is how the rabbis connect a prophecy of a future expectation of the redemption of all creation and peace to Jacob sending Judah before him to Joseph.\u00a0 The rabbis make a connection with the peace between Judah and Joseph with the messianic expectation of all of creation.<\/p>\n

The midrash continues saying that the eyes of the blind will be healed, the lame will walk, and the deaf will hear in the world to come.\u00a0 On the other hand, another rabbi interprets this that the previous interpretation is a problem for the wicked who are raised and God heals them.\u00a0 The second interpretation says that a man will be raised in the world to come just as he was in the world today.\u00a0 The reason is so that the unrighteous cannot say that God has performed for him a miracle.\u00a0 The midrash continues saying \u201cThe wolf and the lamb will feed together. (Possibly healed, in this context is to be understood to mean, from their evil bent; thus the wolf will be healed form its predatory instincts.)\u00a0 But the one that brought the blow upon all will not be healed, as it says And dust (earth) will be the serpent\u2019s food.\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 The midrash is describing the righteous in the world to come will be changed, the wicked on the other hand will remain the same.\u00a0 This is similar to John\u2019s writing in the Revelation 22:11 22:11 \u2018Let the one who does wrong, still do wrong; and the one who is filthy, still be filthy; and let the one who is righteous, still practice righteousness; and the one who is holy, still keep himself holy.\u2019(NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 The midrash appears to be discussing the resurrected state of the righteous verses the unrighteous.\u00a0 The unrighteous will raise and are said to be in the same state as they left this world (midrash rabbah), the Scriptures say the wicked will suffer \u201cshame\u201d<\/span><\/em> and \u201ceverlasting contempt\u201d<\/span><\/em> (Daniel 12:2<\/span><\/em>, \u05d1\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e8\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b7\u05d3\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05ea-\u05e2\u05b8\u05e4\u05b8\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b8\u05e7\u05b4\u05d9\u05e6\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e8\u05b8\u05e4\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd:).\u00a0 Exactly what this effect will be is is easy to speculate about, however, one cannot say precisely; it does seem that the shame and contempt is connected to the fate of the body.\u00a0 The Hebrew term for \u201cshame\u201d<\/span><\/em> is harapot (\u05dc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e8\u05b8\u05e4\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea), signifying \u201creproaches,\u201d<\/span><\/em> in the sense of being victim of the reproaches of others.\u00a0 The word \u201ccontempt\u201d<\/span><\/em> suggests the idea of \u201csomething abhorrent\u201d<\/span><\/em> (Brown Driver Briggs Lexicon<\/em>).\u00a0 Think about this for a moment, there will be no \u201chandsome men\u201d<\/span><\/em> and \u201cglamour girls\u201d<\/span><\/em> in hell.\u00a0 This text illustrates a nightmare scenario with images of Dante\u2019s Inferno and of the most horrid environment of suffering, shame, and dispare.\u00a0 The midrash states that in the world to come, the Lord will change the bent towards evil, that is illustrated in the wolf being healed from its predatory instincts.\u00a0 Judah is described as the lion, and Joseph the ox, where both will eat together side by side, and this is synonymous to Judah being sent before him unto Joseph, both men being at peace with one another, this is interpreted from the text in Bereshit \/ Genesis 46:28<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n

These Scriptures from Parashat Vayigash this week provide for us a sort of messianic salvation expectation of a future time that is illustrated in Joseph providing for his brothers, saving his entire family, and being at peace with his brothers.\u00a0 Notice within this expectation the nations are included too (Bereshit \/ Genesis 46:27 \u201c… the house of Jacob, who came to Egypt, were seventy\u201d<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0 Those who had joined themselves to Israel also were counted worthy and took part in the salvation of Israel.\u00a0 The rabbis find a messianic hope in this week\u2019s portion by interpreting the words that Judah went before them to Joseph.\u00a0 Joseph\u2019s response breaking down and crying over his brothers illustrates how Joseph had a strong desire to have a personal relationship with each one of them.\u00a0 He functioned as a type of messiah, after having revealed himself to them, they accepted him and also accepted his help that is demonstrated in their all moving to Egypt and to Goshen.\u00a0 In addition to this, when the brothers went before Joseph to buy food, it appeared as if Joseph functioned as a judge to decide who was worthy to receive reward (food, life, salvation).\u00a0 Based upon all of these things, Parashat Vayigash\u2019s description of Joseph is a foreshadowing of Yeshua the Messiah, who takes care of, provides for, and protects, gives salvation, and makes peace, and who will one day return to judge the world.\u00a0 The interesting point is that when Yeshua the Messiah came, he revealed who he was in the works that he performed and his people rejected him.\u00a0 Another parallel to the Messiah is originally Joseph was rejected by his people (family) and accepted by the goyim (Egypt), and only later on his brothers (family) accept him.\u00a0 In a similar manner manner, Yeshua\u2019s people rejected him, while many goyim (non-Jewish peoples) accepted him.\u00a0 The Apostle Paul appears to view this same progression in the history of Israel, Yeshua, and the nations in Romans 11:21-26<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Romans 11:21-26<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\n 11:21 for if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you, either. 11:22 Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God\u2019s kindness, if you continue in His kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off. 11:23 And they also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. 11:24 For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree? 11:25 For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery so that you will not be wise in your own estimation that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; 11:26 and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written, \u2018The Deliverer will come from Zion, He will remove ungodliness from Jacob.\u2019 (NASB)<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Based upon Paul\u2019s words to the Romans, the natural branches, because of their unbelief will be cut off.\u00a0 If they believe, they will be grafted in again.\u00a0 The non-Jewish believers are described as a wild olive tree and the grafting of God into Israel is contrary to nature, the grafting of an uncultivated olive tree (branch) into a cultivated olive tree.\u00a0 Paul is suggesting that the wild and uncultivated branches will be grafted into the cultivated tree.\u00a0 The cultivation is paralleled to Israel, the Torah, and the Lord working on His people to cause them to grow.\u00a0 Paul goes on to say that a partial hardening has occurred to Israel for the purpose of the Gentiles coming into the fold.\u00a0 A day is coming however that all Israel will be saved in the Messiah Yeshua, that the Lord will remove the ungodliness from Jacob.\u00a0 The joyous part of this week\u2019s portion, is that the Lord has provided a wonderful salvation for His people throughout history, and in these last days in and through His Messiah Yeshua.\u00a0 In addition to this, we find the Lord\u2019s desire for all peoples (non-Jewish person)\u00a0 are being brought into the family of God.\u00a0 These people who are described as uncultivated, in the Messiah are able to take hold of the promises, and are expected to obey the commands and live one\u2019s life according to the way of God, all for the love of God and for His glory.\u00a0 Like Joseph who desired a close relationship with his brothers (e.g. his weeping), Our heavenly Father desires a close relationship with us.\u00a0 That end goal has been achieved in His Messiah Yeshua.\u00a0 What an awesome God we serve! BTT_Parashat Vayigash-2014<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this week\u2019s reading from Parashat Vayigash (Shemot \/ Genesis 44:18-47:27) the Parashah begins with Benjamin having the cup of Joseph and the sons of Israel trying to explain to Joseph that they must bring their brother back to their father.\u00a0 Judah offers himself in the place of Benjamin (44:8-34).\u00a0 Joseph reveals himself to his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3533,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bits-of-torah-truth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}