{"id":7422,"date":"2018-07-09T00:36:40","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T00:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=7422"},"modified":"2018-07-25T23:59:42","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T23:59:42","slug":"bits-of-torah-truths-parshiyot-mattot-massei-the-revelation-of-gods-instruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/bits-of-torah-truths-parshiyot-mattot-massei-the-revelation-of-gods-instruction\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits of Torah Truths, \u05e4\u05e8\u05e9\u05ea \u05de\u05d8\u05d5\u05ea- \u05de\u05e1\u05e2\u05d9, Parshiyot Mattot\/Massei, The Revelation of God\u2019s Instruction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"0DVoZNtdLx0\"><iframe title=\"Bits of Torah Truths, \u05e4\u05e8\u05e9\u05ea \u05de\u05d8\u05d5\u05ea- \u05de\u05e1\u05e2\u05d9, Parshiyot Mattot\/Massei, The Revelation of God\u2019s Instruction\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0DVoZNtdLx0?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>This week we read the following, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u05d5\u05d9\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05d0\u05dc\u05be\u05de\u05e9\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d0\u05de\u05e8<\/span><\/em> <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">31:1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, \u05e0\u05e7\u05dd \u05e0\u05e7\u05de\u05ea \u05d1\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05de\u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05d3\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05d7\u05e8 \u05ea\u05d0\u05e1\u05e3 \u05d0\u05dc\u05be\u05e2\u05de\u05d9\u05da 31:2 \u201cAvenge the Israelite people on the Midianites; then you shall be gathered to your kin.\u201d \u05d5\u05d9\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8 \u05de\u05e9\u05d4 \u05d0\u05dc\u05be\u05d4\u05e2\u05dd \u05dc\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d4\u05d7\u05dc\u05e6\u05d5 \u05de\u05d0\u05ea\u05db\u05dd \u05d0\u05e0\u05e9\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05e6\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d5\u05d9\u05d4\u05d9\u05d5 \u05e2\u05dc\u05be\u05de\u05d3\u05d9\u05df \u05dc\u05ea\u05ea \u05e0\u05e7\u05de\u05ea\u05be\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05d1\u05de\u05d3\u05d9\u05df 31:3 Moses spoke to the people, saying, \u201cLet men be picked out from among you for a campaign, and let them fall upon Midian to wreak the LORD\u2019s vengeance on Midian. \u05d0\u05dc\u05e3 \u05dc\u05de\u05d8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05dc\u05e3 \u05dc\u05de\u05d8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05db\u05dc \u05de\u05d8\u05d5\u05ea \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05ea\u05e9\u05dc\u05d7\u05d5 \u05dc\u05e6\u05d1\u05d0 31:4 You shall dispatch on the campaign a thousand from every one of the tribes of Israel.\u201d \u05d5\u05d9\u05de\u05e1\u05e8\u05d5 \u05de\u05d0\u05dc\u05e4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05d0\u05dc\u05e3 \u05dc\u05de\u05d8\u05d4 \u05e9\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd\u05be\u05e2\u05e9\u05e8 \u05d0\u05dc\u05e3 \u05d7\u05dc\u05d5\u05e6\u05d9 \u05e6\u05d1\u05d0 31:5 So a thousand from each tribe were furnished from the divisions of Israel, twelve thousand picked for the campaign. \u05d5\u05d9\u05e9\u05dc\u05d7 \u05d0\u05ea\u05dd \u05de\u05e9\u05d4 \u05d0\u05dc\u05e3 \u05dc\u05de\u05d8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05e6\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d0\u05ea\u05dd \u05d5\u05d0\u05ea\u05be\u05e4\u05d9\u05e0\u05d7\u05e1 \u05d1\u05df\u05be\u05d0\u05dc\u05e2\u05d6\u05e8 \u05d4\u05db\u05d4\u05df \u05dc\u05e6\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d5\u05db\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d4\u05e7\u05d3\u05e9 \u05d5\u05d7\u05e6\u05e6\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05ea\u05e8\u05d5\u05e2\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d9\u05d3\u05d5 31:6 Moses dispatched them on the campaign, a thousand from each tribe, with Phinehas son of Eleazar serving as a priest on the campaign, equipped with the sacred utensils and the trumpets for sounding the blasts. \u05d5\u05d9\u05e6\u05d1\u05d0\u05d5 \u05e2\u05dc\u05be\u05de\u05d3\u05d9\u05df \u05db\u05d0\u05e9\u05e8 \u05e6\u05d5\u05d4 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05d0\u05ea\u05be\u05de\u05e9\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d9\u05d4\u05e8\u05d2\u05d5 \u05db\u05dc\u05be\u05d6\u05db\u05e8 31:7 They took the field against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and slew every male.<\/span> <\/em>Here in the Torah the Lord commands the people to attach Midean. Note how there are very few people assigned to the attack, only 12,000 men. The people of Midean must not be men of war. In addition, we know that Moshe\u2019s wife is from Midean. How did Moshe\u2019s wife feel about this, the killing of her people? This illustrates for us how we are to choose the Lord and His people over the nations. Moshe puts the priest Pinchas in charge of the men to make war against Midean. <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Midrash Rabbah on Bamidbar Parashat 22 Part 4<\/span><\/em> states that Moshe had delegated this task to others, and that this Midean people were not the same to whom he fled to after fleeing Egypt. <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cAnother interpretation suggests that the Midian of which Cosbi had been a princess was not the same Midian as that which is described in the Book of Exodus. [The Midian which Moses fled to bordered the desert of Sinai, whereas the Midian which is featured in connection with Bileam and Balak is situated in the Arabian peninsula bordering the red sea. Ed.] The reason why Moses chose Pinchas to be the leader of this expedition was that seeing he had commenced with turning away God\u2019s wrath from the people, he should be given a chance to complete this good deed by punishing the seducers of his people.\u201d<\/span><\/em> Note something here, the rabbinic interpretation is that the wrath of God is connected to the seducers of His people, the nations who work to deceive and lead astray the people of God. Isaiah the prophet states, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cAnd it will come to pass in that day, that the Lord will punish the house of the high heaven on high and the kings of the earth upon the earth. And they will be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the dungeon, and will be shut up in the prison, and after many days will they be punished. Then the moon will be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for the Lord of hosts will reign in the Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before His elders will be glory&#8221;<\/span><\/em> (<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Isaiah 24:21-23<\/span><\/em>). Paul speaks in <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Ephesians 3<\/span><\/em> in the context of the Lord calling the Gentiles to faith in fulfillment of His promise that all the nations will give Him praise. He said that the Lord gave Him mercy allowing him to speak to the Gentile peoples in order to reveal to the Gentiles the mystery of God concerning the richness of His mercy (grace) and the wisdom of God will be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. In Ephesians 6 Paul speaks of the spiritual forces in the <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cheavenly places.\u201d<\/span><\/em> It may be Isaiah is identifying the evil spiritual forces with the gods whom the nations worshiped and the stars in the heavens where all authority and power is under control of the Lord. He may be foreseeing the future expectation of the Lord God in heaven eradicating (putting and end to) the rebellion that had come from since the beginning. (see <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">1 Corinthians 15:25<\/span><\/em>). The idea is the powers that are on high are the one\u2019s who have swayed the nations to worship these false gods and come against the God of Israel. The source of evil for the earthly kingdoms is found in the spiritual forces that lead them to rebellion. Note, the earthly kingdoms, the rulers and peoples, choose to rebel against the Lord. Their rebellion cannot be blamed upon the spiritual forces without personal accountability on the matter. This is consistent with the Lord destroying the princes of the nations who led the people astray. These things reveal to us the power of God over all things, with Yeshua the Messiah having the victory over the spiritual forces and of the Lord protecting His people from the spiritual forces in this world. The Rabbinic commentaries state the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Rabbeinu Bahya, Devarim 23:10 Part 1<\/em><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>\u05d5\u05e0\u05e9\u05de\u05e8\u05ea \u05de\u05db\u05dc \u05d3\u05d1\u05e8 \u05e8\u05e2, \u201dyou shall guard against anything evil.\u201d This is a warning not to insult the sanctity of the Holy Ark, (which while in the Sanctuary was automatically protected against such improper behaviour by the walls of the Sanctuary). When in the camp of the soldiers during war it was not surrounded by walls shielding its sanctity (Numbers 31,6).<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This speaks of something important in the idea of guarding out hearts against evil. What we are taught in the Torah is this, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 1:18 \u05d5\u05b8\u05d0\u05b2\u05e6\u05b7\u05d5\u05bc\u05b6\u05a5\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05b0\u05db\u05b6\u0596\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e2\u05b5\u05a3\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05d4\u05b4\u0591\u05d5\u05d0 \u05d0\u05b5\u05a5\u05ea \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc\u05be\u05d4\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u0596\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05a5\u05e8 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05c2\u05bd\u05d5\u05bc\u05df\u05c3 Thus I instructed you, at that time, about the various things that you should do. (Sefaria)<\/span><\/em> We are told the Lord God has delivered us, He has set us free from sin and death, and He has given us His Word instructing us in regards to what we should do. This is the point of God\u2019s Torah for His people. We are given a picture of how through one man the entire nation was blessed. Through one man the power of God was made known to all of the world. And through one man an entire nation, consisting of a mixed multitude, was delivered from bondage and slavery, set free, raised up, and given God\u2019s holy word to live by. In the Torah we arrive at a point in history when the Lord God raised up a man like no other man, one in whom spoke to God face to face. The Torah reveals to us this future expectation of the power of God over all, with God\u2019s Messiah (Yeshua) bringing victory over the spiritual forces and of His blessing and protection so that we will bear much fruit and bring glory to His Name!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BTT_Parashat-Mattot-Massei-2018.pdf\">BTT_Parashat Mattot-Massei-2018<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we read the following, \u05d5\u05d9\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05d0\u05dc\u05be\u05de\u05e9\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 31:1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, \u05e0\u05e7\u05dd \u05e0\u05e7\u05de\u05ea \u05d1\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05de\u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05d3\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05d7\u05e8 \u05ea\u05d0\u05e1\u05e3 \u05d0\u05dc\u05be\u05e2\u05de\u05d9\u05da 31:2 \u201cAvenge the Israelite people on the Midianites; then you shall be gathered to your kin.\u201d \u05d5\u05d9\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8 \u05de\u05e9\u05d4 \u05d0\u05dc\u05be\u05d4\u05e2\u05dd \u05dc\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d4\u05d7\u05dc\u05e6\u05d5 \u05de\u05d0\u05ea\u05db\u05dd \u05d0\u05e0\u05e9\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05e6\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d5\u05d9\u05d4\u05d9\u05d5 \u05e2\u05dc\u05be\u05de\u05d3\u05d9\u05df \u05dc\u05ea\u05ea \u05e0\u05e7\u05de\u05ea\u05be\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05d1\u05de\u05d3\u05d9\u05df [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7425,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7422","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bits-of-torah-truth","8":"post_format-post-format-video"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7422","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=7422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}