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In this weeks reading from Parsahat Re\u2019eh (Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17<\/span><\/em>), Moshe says \u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b8\u05e0\u05b9\u05db\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e0\u05b9\u05ea\u05b5\u05df \u05dc\u05b4\u05e4\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05d4\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05db\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05bc\u05e7\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4: meaning \u201cSee, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse.\u201d<\/span><\/em> Moshe says the blessing comes if we \u201clisten and obey.\u201d<\/span><\/em> The curse comes to those who turn aside from the way God has commanded. The blessing is for those who remain \u201cwithin\u201d<\/span><\/em> the covenant, and the curse are for those who remain \u201coutside\u201d<\/span><\/em> of the covenant. This suggests that those who turn away from God\u2019s ways are turning away from the covenant. Those inside the covenant live inside of the Promised Land, walk according to the commands, and enjoy the blessing and protection of God. Those outside of the covenant have no part in God\u2019s promises and do not regard God\u2019s word as a guide for life. What does this say regarding the tribes of Reuben and Gad who requested to remain on the other side of the Jordan river? These things provide for us a good response for the reason Moshe wrote the book of Deuteronomy. Are there areas in your life that desire to remain on the other side of the Jordan River in the wilderness as opposed to the Promised Land?<\/p>\n In this week\u2019s reading, remaining within the covenant is emphasized as Moshe continues to speak to the people stating over and over again, \u201c12:5 But you shall seek the LORD at the place which the Lord your God will choose…\u201d<\/span><\/em> According to these scriptures, God is establishing His name in the Land and the Place (\u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05e7\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd) of His choosing. In addition, the Lord is also establishing His Name in the People of His choosing. Today, in Yeshua the Messiah, the Lord has established a place for His name in us forever.<\/p>\n Reading through the blessing and the curses, the question for us today is \u201chave we forgotten the most important aspect of the covenant according to the Torah, the commandment to be joyful unto the Lord?\u201d Is being joyful an important command? In Parashat Re\u2019eh, we are told to be joyful before the Lord and in the work of our hands. This is spoken in the context of change, 12:8 \u2018You shall not do at all what we are doing here today, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes; (NASB)<\/span><\/em> we are to live with joy in the commands of God and stop complaining!<\/p>\n \u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05d3\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05d9\u05d1<\/strong> Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 12:5-14<\/span><\/em><\/strong> The Torah portion this week states, \u05d6 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05db\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b6\u05dd-\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05dd \u05dc\u05b4\u05e4\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05d5\u05bc\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05de\u05b7\u05d7\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b6\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05db\u05b9\u05dc \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b7\u05d7 \u05d9\u05b6\u05d3\u05b0\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b6\u05dd \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b8\u05ea\u05bc\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8\u05b7\u05db\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8: \u05d7 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05ea\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05b9\u05d5\u05bc\u05df \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05db\u05b9\u05dc \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05e2\u05b9\u05e9\u05b4\u05b9\u05d9\u05dd \u05e4\u05bc\u05b9\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d4\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5: 12:7 \u2018There also you and your households shall eat before the Lord your God, and rejoice in all your undertakings in which the Lord your God has blessed you. 12:8 \u2018You shall not do at all what we are doing here today, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes; (NASB)<\/span><\/em> Simchat Torah, the joy of Torah, according to Parashat Re\u2019eh, is drawn into the context of something changing. Moshe says the children of Israel are not to do according to what they think is right in their own eyes. Now, according to the Torah narrative, the congregation of Israel has been moving about in the wilderness from place to place. According to the book of Numbers, they spent the last 40 years in the wilderness and are now ready to enter the promised land. They have spent the last 40 years in the presence of the Lord God following the mitzvot that Moshe had given them, explained to them, and commanded them to follow, both now and when they enter the Promised Land. Moshe is again giving us this \u201cnow and then\u201d point of view. What is it about the \u201cnow and then\u201d perspective that Moshe is giving them saying to not do what seems right in their own eyes in the Promised Land? (Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 12:8 \u2018You shall not do at all what we are doing here today, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes; NASB<\/span><\/em>?)<\/p>\n The answer may be related to Moshe explaining that they are going to have to begin to take responsibility for themselves, to obey and live for the Lord. In the wilderness, they have Moshe and the presence of God (pillar of cloud and fire<\/em>) as a constant reminder. Each man does what he thinks is right, but then is reminded daily to turn from his sin (to perform Teshuvah<\/em>) and to seek the Lord daily. In the Land in which they are going, they will experience first hand the destructive nature of the enemy. Not only in the sense of war, but even in the times of peace, when the people will have peaceful contact with the nations, as they did in Parashat Pinchas. At this point another enemy enters in, the enemy of deception which starts with \u201ceach man doing what \u2018seems\u2019 right in his own eyes.\u201d<\/span><\/em> The concept here is to remember the Torah commands for the purpose of having a sure foundation upon which we may stand, so that we do not go to the left or to the right. The reason being, the enemy desires to place a lie in our hearts. If the lie takes root (a person believes it<\/em>), this will result in the enemy shouting in the midst of God\u2019s sanctuary similar to what Asaph says in Tehillim \/ Psalms 74:4<\/span><\/em>. This was the point and purpose of the Lord God giving Israel the Torah and the instructions on the Moedim so the people would remember what the Lord has done and at various times during the year and would turn to the Lord in Teshuvah and seek Him. This is why the Scriptures state, 12:10 \u2018When you cross the Jordan and live in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to inherit, and He gives you rest from all your enemies around you so that you live in security, 12:11 then it shall come about that the place in which the Lord your God will choose for His name to dwell, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution of your hand, and all your choice votive offerings which you will vow to the Lord. 12:12 \u2018And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance with you. (NASB)<\/span><\/em> The inheritance, the rest, the commandments, living for the Lord, and blessing, all result in the joy of the Lord in our hearts. The appointed times, the Moedim (\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e2\u05b2\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd) were given to be a reminder of the greatness of God, His deliverance and salvation for His people. The Moedim consist of eight appointed times:<\/p>\n These are supposed to be times of memorial, of joy, and of remembering the mighty deliverance and salvation of God. The Septuagint states, according to Tehillim \/ Psalms 74<\/em><\/span>, that the enemy boasts in the midst of the Moedim (Feasts) for the purpose of lifting themselves up to take credit for their oppression of Israel. The enemy is self glorifying. They erect a standard for signs in the sanctuary providing for us an illustration of conquering and establishing their name in the holy place as opposed to establishing the name of the Lord in the holy place of God. If we allow the enemy to place a lie in our hearts, if we give in to sin, or set up idols in our hearts (Ezekiel 14<\/span><\/em>), this is the same as establishing the name of the enemy as opposed to the name of God in the holy place of our hearts.<\/p>\n Asaph in Tehillim \/ Psalms 74<\/span><\/em> states the enemy cuts, smashes, destroys, and burns what is the Lords (74:5-7<\/span><\/em>), and they determine in their hearts to completely subdue the people of God. Asaph continues stating, 74:9 We do not see our signs; There is no longer any prophet, Nor is there any among us who knows how long. (NASB)<\/em><\/span> and then asks the Lord, 74:10 How long, O God, will the adversary revile, And the enemy spurn Your name forever? (NASB)<\/span><\/em> These things happening appear to be a sign to Asaph that the Lord has removed his hand that holds back the enemy from doing these things (74:11<\/span><\/em>). This brings up an interesting observation about the rabbis in their understanding of time and the deliverance that God sends for His people.<\/p>\n The rabbinic understanding of time is not as a linear sequence of events as we understand the meaning of time being measured linearly or progressively. The Jewish thinking tends to regard time as circular in the sense that moving forward requires the hand of the Lord to overcome sin, its consequences, and the enemy, which then brings God\u2019s deliverance and salvation. This is a recurring theme, in a circular sense, throughout the weeks, months, and years of one\u2019s life. As we learn, we grow, we repent, we turn, and we draw nearer to the Lord, we find this pattern happening throughout our lives and relationship with God. This understanding of time is taken from the Hebrew language itself. Some of the sages note that the Hebrew word for \u201cyears (a long period of time)\u201d<\/span><\/em> shanah (\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4) shares the same root as both the words for \u201cto study, to repeat, to review\u201d<\/span><\/em> (\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4) and \u201cto be changed, to be altered, to be switched\u201d<\/span><\/em> (\u05e9\u05c1\u05bb\u05e0\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4). As a result, the idea of the \u201cJewish year\u201d<\/span><\/em> implies an ongoing \u201crepetition\u201d<\/span><\/em> (Mishnah<\/em>, \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4) or a continuing \u201creview\u201d<\/span><\/em> of the key prophetic events of God\u2019s redeeming history as the people are reliving in their present experiences. This concept comes out from the events of the Patriarchal fathers saying that the lives of the fathers function as parables that may be applied to us as expressed in the phrase \u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05c2\u05b5\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b2\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05de\u05b8\u05df \u05dc\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd (ma\u2019aseh avot siman labanim<\/em>): \u201cThe deeds of the fathers are signs for the children.\u201d<\/span><\/em> The idea then is that the Jewish year repeats itself thematically, but it also changes from year to year as we progress closer to the coming Day of Redemption. Our understanding of the Lord, His ways (according to the Torah), our lives, and our relationship with God, are also a continuing progression in the forward direction if we are spending time in the Scriptures and in prayer. Therefore, there is a tension that is formed in the understanding of the time-line of history, a push-pull relationship that is occurring that is circular, we sin, we repent, we turn from sin, and deliverance comes, where the Lord God is involved in the process of moving our hearts towards repentance and return.<\/p>\n This push-pull dualism follows through in our understanding of the Messiah. For example, in Yeshua\u2019s first coming, he came as our \u201cSuffering Servant\u201d<\/span><\/em> and lived \u201cproverbially\u201d<\/span><\/em> in fulfillment of the Moedim which foreshadowed his reason and purpose for coming, to make atonement for our sins in his blood. In His second coming, he will come as the conquering King. As a result of these things, the Moedim offer us both a remembering of the past, which leads to a hopeful future expectation of the redemption of God. For example, in Pesach meal, in the Seder, we express the reality of Yeshua as the world\u2019s \u201cLamb of God,\u201d<\/span><\/em> just as we commemorate (remember) the deliverance the Lord provides in the proper time, and look forward to the fall holidays in expectation of His rule and reign as our King. The idea of the \u201ccycles\u201d<\/span><\/em> of time, or the \u201ccircular patterns of time and history\u201d<\/span><\/em> suggests that one day we are going to be with the Lord, a time which was foreknown and understood as the Garden of Eden, the glory of heaven. With the hope of the circular nature of history and the Lord returning to His people, Asaph said in Tehillim \/ Psalms 74:12 Yet God is my king from of old, Who works deeds of deliverance in the midst of the earth. (NASB)<\/span><\/em> calling upon the Torah in remembrance, of the dividing of the sea (74:13<\/span><\/em>), subduing the great creatures of the sea (74:14<\/span><\/em>), and the great world wide flood (74:15<\/span><\/em>). He proclaims the Lord is in control of all things (74:16<\/span><\/em>), all of these things are drawn into contrast to the enemy who is small compared to these things (74:17-18<\/span><\/em>). He asks the Lord not to deliver the helpless to the beast (74:19<\/span><\/em>) and to consider the covenant (74:20<\/span><\/em>) and do not let the oppressed be dishonored (74:21<\/span><\/em>).<\/p>\n According to Parashat Re\u2019eh, we are commanded to be joyful, but that is not always an easy task based upon life\u2019s circumstances. Is it possible to always be happy? Is there a difference between being happy as opposed to being joyful? According to the dictionary, \u201cHappiness\u201d<\/span><\/em> is defined as \u201cFeeling pleasure \/ feeling or showing pleasure, contentment, or joy.\u201d \u201cJoy\u201d<\/span><\/em> is defined as \u201c1. great happiness, feelings of great happiness or pleasure, especially of an elevated or spiritual kind 2. something that brings happiness.\u201d<\/span><\/em> According to the definition of happiness and joy, both are intimately connected, one cannot be had without the other. The command to be joyful in the Lord, according to the Torah, is coupled with terrible things happening if we are not joyful in Him according to Parashat Ki Tavo in Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 28:45-50<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 28:45-50<\/span><\/em><\/strong> Moshe says \u201cBecause you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and a glad heart, for the abundance of all things.\u201d<\/span><\/em> The significance of the joy the Torah is speaking of is with regard to our giving credit to the Lord for all that we have which includes the good and the bad times. The Apostle James said in James 1:1-9<\/span><\/em> the following:<\/p>\n James 1:1-9<\/span><\/em><\/strong> James begins with the words, \u03c0\u1fb6\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03c7\u03ac\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd \u1f21\u03b3\u03ae\u03c3\u03b1\u03c3\u03b8\u03b5 esteem it complete joy, \u03c0\u1fb6\u03c3\u03b1 \u03c7\u03ac\u03c1\u03b1, where \u201ccomplete joy\u201d<\/span><\/em> suggests \u201cnothing but joy,\u201d<\/span><\/em> which catches the meaning \u05e2\u05dd \u05db\u05dc \u05d4\u05e9\u05de\u05d7\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea \u05e9\u05de\u05d7 \u05d4\u05d0\u05d7\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05dc\u05d9, \u201cWith all joy be rejoicing my brethren,\u201d<\/span><\/em> which corresponds to the Torah portion \u05d5\u05bc\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05de\u05b7\u05d7\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b6\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05db\u05b9\u05dc \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b7\u05d7 \u05d9\u05b6\u05d3\u05b0\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b6\u05dd \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b8\u05ea\u05bc\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8\u05b7\u05db\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 rejoice in all your undertakings in which the Lord your God has blessed you. James may have been thinking on Parashat Re\u2019eh when he wrote to the people to consider it joy when encountering trials (1:2<\/span><\/em>) because this produces the testing of our faith (1:3<\/span><\/em>) which is a direct parallel to what Moshe said to Israel, Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 8:2 Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. (NIV)<\/span><\/em> With these things in mind, we are called to obey the Lord with joy.<\/p>\n This week\u2019s Torah portion, Parashat Re\u2019eh, speaks of being joyful in the Lord, in His word (commands), and in our lives, by the work of our hands to recognize that He is the one who gives us all things. This week\u2019s portion provides us with a greater understanding of James\u2019 exhortation. We are to remain faithful in our walk with our Father in heaven and Yeshua the Messiah, no matter the circumstances. The Tanach (OT) is not simply a history book to be read, but according to the Apostles, the prophets, Moshe, and Yeshua, we are to remember the Lord God in heaven and His mighty deeds with joy and thanksgiving. In doing this, we are living according to the will of our Father in heaven. (Matthew 7<\/span><\/em>). 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\n 12:5 \u2018But you shall seek the LORD at the place which the Lord your God will choose from all your tribes, to establish His name there for His dwelling, and there you shall come. 12:6 \u2018There you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the contribution of your hand, your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock. 12:7 \u2018There also you and your households shall eat before the Lord your God, and rejoice in all your undertakings in which the Lord your God has blessed you. 12:8 \u2018You shall not do at all what we are doing here today, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes; 12:9 for you have not as yet come to the resting place and the inheritance which the Lord your God is giving you. 12:10 \u2018When you cross the Jordan and live in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to inherit, and He gives you rest from all your enemies around you so that you live in security, 12:11 then it shall come about that the place in which the Lord your God will choose for His name to dwell, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution of your hand, and all your choice votive offerings which you will vow to the Lord. 12:12 \u2018And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance with you. 12:13 \u2018Be careful that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every cultic place you see, 12:14 but in the place which the Lord chooses in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you. (NASB)<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
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\nSukkot (Tishri 15-22) also called Tabernacles (note also that this is the first time we read the commandments to dwell in a Sukkah and to wave the arba minim (the four species) in the Torah).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n 28:45 \u2018So all these curses shall come on you and pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you would not obey the Lord your God by keeping His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you. 28:46 \u2018They shall become a sign and a wonder on you and your descendants forever. 28:47 \u2018Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and a glad heart, for the abundance of all things; 28:48 therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in the lack of all things; and He will put an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you. 28:49 \u2018The Lord will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagle swoops down, a nation whose language you shall not understand, 28:50 a nation of fierce countenance who will have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young. (NASB)<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n 1:1 James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad: Greetings. 1:2 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, 1:3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 1:4 And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 1:6 But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. 1:7 For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, 1:8 being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. 1:9 But the brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position; (NASB)<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n