“Deborah’s Drash”
“Sitting at the feet of
Yeshua”
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Psalm 119:72-74 Amplified Bible [i]
Vs.72 The law from Your mouth is better
to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces
Vs. 73 Your hands have made me,
cunningly fashioned and established me; give me understanding that I may learn
your commandments
Vs 74 Those who reverently and
worshipfully fear You will see me and be glad, because I have hoped in Your
word and tarried for it.
Quote Of The Day:
Torah
Rediscovered – Berkowitz p.13
“Through
Yeshua’s teachings run the underlying assumption that God’s covenant people are
to have a living meaningful and on going relationship to Torah. In other words in Yeshua’s thinking, one of
the Torah’s main purposes is to describe the lifestyle of the redeemed
community”
Deborah’s Drash Commentary:
Gleanings From Psalm 119
Vs.72 The law from Your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold
and silver pieces
7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is
pure, enlightening
the eyes.
9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of
the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than
gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and
in keeping of them there is great reward.
12 Who can understand his errors?
cleanse thou me from secret faults.
13 Keep back thy servant also from
presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be
upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
14 Let the words of my mouth, and the
meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my
redeemer.
Psalms 19:7-14 (KJV)
The Word of Yahweh is priceless. I can not even imagine what it would be
like not having His Word with me and in my heart, my Bible is my most precious
possession, and if someone told me that I had to leave my home and I could only
take one personal possession with me, I would take my Bible for my salvation is
found within its pages.
Do we desire His word above all the
gold and silver in the World? What are
some of the benefits of the Torah/Word of Yahweh?
#1. The Law (Law (Torah) – Connotes the whole will of
God as imparted to man for his teaching) is perfect
– There is no flaw in His Word (I am speaking of the original Hebrew texts)
- It is the Word that shows humanity
that they are in a need of a Redeemer
and it is His Word that has brought us to Messiah Yeshua – The savior of the
World.
#2. The
Testimony (Testimonies (edot)- Revelation (Torah) as a witness of God
and His righteousness)
of Lord is sure, making wise the simple – God is righteous, just and those who fear Him he
gives wisdom and understanding on how to operate in the Kingdom of Yahweh, His
Kingdom of Righteousness. Yeshua/Jesus
also taught us in the Brit Hadasha/New Testament how to walk in the Kingdom of
God.
- 6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his
mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
7 He layeth up sound
wisdom (Hebrew - Towshiyah or
tushiyah – The meaning is help, aid, support, to lift up (that which is erect),
salvation, insight, wisdom, counsel, understanding)
for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
Prov 2:6-7 (KJV)
#3.The
Statues of the Lord are right (-Statutes (hukim)—Permanent laws
regulating the life of an individual as a member of society) – It is in His
Word that we find out how a Holy community is to live. His Torah/Word, regulations are right –
anything outside His Word is wrong.
#4. The
Commandment of the Lord is pure (-Commandments (mitzvot)-There is a great reward for walking in them)
enlightening the eye. There is great
reward in being a doer of the Torah/Word.
As we study the Word it reveals God and His glory to us, and the beauty
of His love for mankind as seen in the Life, Death and Resurrection of Yeshua
Ha Mashiach/ Jesus the Messiah and tells us how we are to live as His Holy
people.
#5. The
fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever. What does it mean to fear the Lord? It means to be in awe of Him , to respect, to trust and reverence
Him because He is Holy, He is Yahweh, He is the Creator and we are His
sheep. It means to tremble for joy in
His presence. It means to love Him and
to be in awe of His mercy, compassion, grace and Love.
Hebrew Honey
16 Better is little with the fear of
the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Prov 15:16 (KJV)
31 And Israel saw that great work which the
LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the
LORD, and his servant Moses.
Ex 14:31 (KJV)
Yarah means – To
reverance, to Trust
5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together,
and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea
shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
Isaiah 60:5 (KJV)
Fear – Yarah – To
tremble for joy.
There is a Godly fear that
Yahwehs people need to walk in as shown above.
But there is also a fear must
also grip the heart of the lost and
ungodly who need to repent, lest they die in their sins and will then stand before the Holy One of
Israel whom they have spurned and
rejected by rejecting His Son Yeshua Ha Mashiach/ Jesus The Messiah.
7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD
be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with
the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
2 Chron 19:7 (KJV)
Pachad means:- To
tremble, to be in trepidation, to be on ones guard, terror
28 And fear not them which kill the body,
but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy
both soul and body in hell.
Matt 10:28 (KJV)
#6 The
Judgements (Ordinances (mishpatim, beter translated “judgments”) The
judicial standard for fair dealings)
of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. God is fair and just with His dealings with mankind, He has
provided a way of escape through Yeshua Ha Mashiach, those who reject His
Torah/Word will be righteously judged by His Torah/Word. They are judged
because He provided atonement for their sins through Yeshua and they rejected
His provisions.
18 He that believeth on him is not
condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not
believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John 3:18 (KJV)
Vs. 73 Your hands have made me, cunningly fashioned and established
me; give me understanding that I may learn your commandments
We need to remember where we came from and who
brought us into being, we are to submit to the Lord are Maker and ask Him to
teach us through His Ruach HaKodesh/ Holy Spirit.
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and
wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul
knoweth right well.
15 My substance was not hid from thee, when
I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the
earth.
16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet
being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which
in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Psalms 139:14-16 (KJV)
It is Yahweh who gave us life and the free will to
serve Him. Those who serve Him out of
love and obedience and fear, He loves with an everlasting Love (Ahavah Olam).
This Ahavah Olam is found in Yeshua HaMashiach.
3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying,
Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness
have I drawn thee.
Jer 31:3 (KJV)
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave
his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but
have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world
to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not
condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not
believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that light
is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their
deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the
light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the
light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
John 3:16-21 (KJV)
Vs 74 Those who reverently and worshipfully fear You will see me and
be glad, because I have hoped in Your word and tarried for it.
We are to Hope in
His Word and Tarry (wait) for His promises to be fulfilled in our lives,we
do this by standing in faith on His Word through prayer. Remember He is watching over his Word to
perform it in our lives.
5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why
art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for
the help of his countenance.
Psalms 42:5 (KJV)
22 For we know that the whole creation
groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
23 And not only they, but ourselves
also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within
ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that
is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
25 But if we hope for that we see not, then
do we with patience wait for it.
26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our
infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the
Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be
uttered.
27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth
what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the
saints according to the will of God.
28 And we know that all things work
together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according
to his purpose.
Romans 8:22-28 (KJV)
17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in
the knowledge of him:
18 The eyes of your understanding being
enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the
riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 And what is the exceeding
greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his
mighty power,
20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he
raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the
heavenly places,
21 Far above all principality, and power,
and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world,
but also in that which is to come:
22 And hath put all things under his
feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
23 Which is his body, the fulness of him
that filleth all in all.
Eph 1:17-23 (KJV)
3 Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us
again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and
undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
5 Who are kept by the power of God through
faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now
for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
7 That the trial of your faith, being much
more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might
be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom,
though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy
unspeakable and full of glory:
9 Receiving the end of your faith, even
the salvation of your souls.
1 Peter 1:3-9 (KJV)
18 That by two immutable things, in which it
was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have
fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
19 Which hope we have as an anchor
of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the
veil;
Heb 6:18-19 (KJV)
1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen.
Heb 11:1 (KJV)
Yahweh will fulfill His Word, His every promise
to us who have put our Hope in Messiah Yeshua, and He will fulfull every
promise and prophecy concerning Israel, for it is impossible for Yahweh to
lie. His Torah/Word is Truth.
Our
Messiah’s prayer was this
17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy
word is truth.
John 17:17 (KJV)
17 Set them apart
for holiness by means of the truth your word is truth. [2]
John 17:17 Complete Jewish Bible
Bonus: Prayers of The Bible
Torah Nuggets:[ii]
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Halacha – The Way One Walks or Goes- Derived from
the Hebrew word “Halakh” which means “To Walk”. The Way to follow the Torah/Word of God.
In this weeks Torah Portion, what is God
saying to me today about my walk with Him?
How can I apply this Torah Portion with
my walk with Yeshua this week?
Bible Study Nuggets From Daily Bible Reading:
Golden Nuggets From Gods Word: (Write
the Revelations and Insights you have received from Him today)
Word from the Lord (Write out verse,
quote or anything that was spoken to you by the Ruach HaKodesh/The Holy Spirit.
Today I will….
(write down how you will apply what the Lord has spoken to your heart through
His Holy Word to your daily walk with Him in your Journal.)
Worship Time - Psalm
100:4 “I will adore you Adonai” Put in your favorite Worship CD or Tape and Praise
Adonai-See Amidah #1-4 Below and Shema
Waiting Time - Psalm
62:5 – I will wait in Your presence and surrender my thoughts to you! Clear
your mind of the clutter and focus on Ha Shem.
See below for Personal Word Confessions to build up your Faith and Spirit
and to plant the Word in Your Heart
Intercession Time –Ezekial
22:30-31 I will stand in the Gap for
the world and for others as Yeshua is doing for us as our High Priest at the
right hand of The Father
31 Day Cycle of Prayer for the World…(Use a
World Atlas to help you pray for the World)
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*Daily Prayer Reminders: See
Amidah #11-12, 14-17 Below
1 Timothy 2:1 1 First
of all, then, I counsel that petitions, prayers, intercessions and
thanksgivings be made for all human beings, 2 Including kings and
all in positions of prominence; so that we may lead quiet and peaceful lives,
being godly and upright in everything. 3 This is what God, our
deliverer, regards as good; this is what meets his approval.[3]
President,
Government Leaders, Family, Friends, Church, Ministers, Spouse, Children,
Ministries, Schools, Salvation, Missions, World Revival – See 40 Day Prayer
Focus Below
Petition Time – My Abba
Father hears me when I pray and answers when I pray in faith/trust and
according to His Word. Write down personal petitions for today. See Amidah #7-8 Below
Watching
Time – Colossians 4:2a – I will
keep watch in the spirit and be alert to what & who I need to pray
for. See
Amdiah #13
Prayer Alert: Today
Adonai has specifically laid these people upon my heart to pray for: Write it
down in your Prayer Journal
Listening Time: Psalm
85:8 Write down what Ruach HaKodesh/The Holy Spirit has revealed to you today
in Prayer.
Praise, Waiting, Confession, Singing,
Watching, Intercession, Petition, Thanksgiving, Devotions, Meditation,
Listening and Praise
Suggested Prayer
Books: Prayer’s That Avail Much Volumes
1,2 and 3 by Germain Copeland[iii] and The Artscroll Seder Series[iv].
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Recommended Reading For Further Study
Messiah Volume 1, 2 and 3 Avi Ben Mordachi
http://www.millennium7000.com/
Restoring the Two Houses of Israel- Eddie Chumney
The Feasts of Messiah – Eddie Chumney
Who is The Bride of Christ-Eddie Chumney
Who is Israel – Angus and Batya Wooten
Restoring Israels Kingdom – Angus and Batya Wooten
First Fruits of Zion – Torah Club Volume 1,2,3, 4
and 5
Prayer Helps
Shemoneh
Esreh-Amidah and Ha Adonai Tefillah/The Lords Prayer
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[1] An excellent Torah Devotional is the Walk Series, Walk Genesis, Walk Exodus, Walk Leviticus, Walk Number, Walk Deuteronomy , by Jeffery Enoch Feinberg, PHD by Lederer Books, a division of Messianic Jewish Publishers. Easy to read, with Hebrew nuggets, and illustrations. Also FFOZ Torah Club is a more detailed study, and worth enrolling for.
[2]The Jewish New Testament, (Clarksville, MD: Jewish
New Testament Publications) 1996.
[3]The Jewish New Testament, (Clarksville, MD: Jewish
New Testament Publications) 1996.
[i] The Psalmist found great value in the Torah of God. Here in Psalm 119 he breaks the Torah down into eight different categories
-Law (Torah) – Connotes the whole will of God as imparted to man for his teaching
-Testimonies (edot)- Revelation (Torah) as a witness of God and His righteousness
-Precepts (pikudim)- Particular guidelines for the Redeemed
-Way (derech) – The path of life delineated for the Redeemed in the Torah
-Commandments (mitzvot)-There is a great reward for walking in them
-Statutes (hukim)—Permanent laws regulating the life of an individual as a member of society
-Ordinances (mishpatim, beter translated “judgments”) The judicial standard for fair dealings
-Word (debar or imrah) – General term for the expressed will of God
[ii] An excellent Messianic Jewish Devotional called The Walk Series, Walk Genesis, Walk Exodus, Walk Leviticus, Walk Numbers and Walk Deuteronomy by Jeffery Enoch Feinburg, PhD. Published by Lederer Books Messianic Jewish Publishers is a wonderful Daily Devotional to use for studying Torah, along with FFOZ Torah Club which is more detailed. Both will give you additional insights into Torah.
[iii] This book is filled with Scripture Prayers to help you pray the Word – Harrison House Publishers, Germaine Copeland –Available in any Christian Book Store
[iv] You can order The Art Scroll Seder Series through Amazon. Com or First Fruits of Zion