“Deborah’s Drash”
“Sitting at the feet of
Yeshua”
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Messianic Jews/Hebrews 11 –The Faith Chapter
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Ephesians
3:17 Amplified Translation
17 May Christ through your
faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your
hearts! May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love,[2]
Quote Of The Day:
Everyman’s
Talmud
“The Sages
pointed out that faith was the distinquishing feature in the lives of the
heroes of the Bible and also of Israel by which they merited the special favour
of God.”
Deborah’s Drash Commentary:
Faith that passed the test
17 By faith Abraham, when he was put to the test [while the testing of
his faith was still in progress], had already brought Isaac for an offering; he
who had gladly received and welcomed [God’s] promises was ready to
sacrifice his only son, [Gen. 22:1–10].
18 Of whom it was said, Through Isaac shall
your descendants be reckoned. [Gen. 21:12].
19 For he reasoned that God was able to raise
[him] up even from among the dead. Indeed in the sense that Isaac was
figuratively dead [potentially sacrificed], he did [actually] receive him back
from the dead.
Genesis 21:12
12
But God said to
Abraham, “Do not be distressed because of the lad and your maid; whatever Sarah
tells you, listen to her, for through Isaac your descendants shall be named.[3]
Genesis 22:1-10
1 Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!”
And he said, “Here I am.”
2 He
said, “Take 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.”
3 So
Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his
young men with him and Isaac his son; and he split wood for the burnt offering,
and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.
4 On
the third day Abraham raised his eyes and saw the place from a distance.
5 Abraham
said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go
over there; and we will worship and return to you.”
6 Abraham
took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son, and he took
in his hand the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together.
7 Isaac
spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my
son.” And he said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for
the burnt offering?”
8 Abraham
said, “God will provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.”
So the two of them walked on together.
9 Then they came to the place of which God had told him; and Abraham
built the altar there and arranged the wood, and bound his son Isaac and laid
him on the altar, on top of the wood.
10
Abraham stretched out
his hand and took the knife to slay his son.[4]
Any of us who are parents would be
horrified to obey such a request, for it is against everything that is
instilled in us. As parents we do
everything to protect our children to keep them safe from harm and heal their
wounds and nurture them.
This was no little test of faith, this
was a test of obedience to the Word of Yahweh, G-d gave him the son and now was
asking him to give back to Him what came from Him in the first place, Isaac
meant more to Abraham than anything in this world because he was the son of
promise, yet he was willing to obey G-d without compromising.
The fact is that Abraham by faith
believed that even if he had to go through slaying his son, that Yahweh would
raise him up again because they had a covenant and the promise was to be
through his seed. In Abraham’s mind his
son was already dead and resurrected, for he instructed the servant that they
were going to go up and sacrifice and both return to him! See Gen. 22:5
Abraham and G-d had a Covenant…
Covenant – Noah Websters
Dictionary
COVENANT, n. [L, to come; a coming
together; a meeting or agreement of minds.]
1. A mutual consent or agreement
of two or more persons, to do or to forbear some act or thing; a contract;
stipulation. A covenant is created by deed in writing, sealed and executed; or
it may be implied in the contract.
2. A writing containing the terms
of agreement or contract between parties; or the clause of agreement in a deed
containing the covenant.
3. In theology, the covenant of
works, is that implied in the commands, prohibitions, and promises of God; the
promise of God to man, that mans perfect obedience should entitle him to
happiness. This do, and live; that do, and die.
The covenant of redemption, is the
mutual agreement between the Father and Son, respecting the redemption of
sinners by Christ.
The covenant of grace, is that by
which God engages to bestow salvation on man, upon the condition that man shall
believe in Christ and yield obedience to the terms of the gospel.
4. In church affairs, a solemn
agreement between the members of a church, that they will walk together
according to the precepts of the gospel, in brotherly affection.
COVENANT, v.i. To enter into a formal
agreement; to stipulate; to bind ones self by contract. A covenants with B to convey
to him a certain estate. When the terms are expressed ti has for before the
thing or price.
They covenanted with him for
thirty pieces of silver. Mat 26.
COVENANT, v.t. To grant or promise by
covenant.
Genesis 17:5 KJV with Strongs Numbers
Gen 17:5 Neither
shall thy name8034 any more be
called7121 Abram87, but thy name8034
shall be Abraham85; for a father1 of many1995
nations1471 have I made thee5414. Abraham:
that is, Father of a great multitude
Gen 17:6 And I will
make6509, 0 thee exceeding3966, 3966 fruitful6509, and I will make5414
nations1471 of thee, and kings4428 shall come out3318 of thee.
Gen 17:7 And I will
establish6965 my covenant1285 between me and thee and thy seed2233 after thee310
in their generations1755 for an
everlasting5769 covenant1285, to be a God430
unto thee, and to thy seed2233 after
thee310.
Gen 17:8 And I will
give5414 unto thee, and to thy seed2233 after thee310,
the land776 wherein thou art a
stranger4033, all the land776 of Canaan3667,
for an everlasting5769 possession272; and I will be their God430. wherein...:
Heb. of thy sojournings
Gen 17:9 And God430 said559
unto Abraham85, Thou shalt keep8104 my covenant1285
therefore, thou, and thy seed2233
after thee310 in their generations1755.
Gen
17:10
This is my covenant1285, which ye shall keep8104, between me and you and thy seed2233 after thee310;
Every man child2145 among you shall
be circumcised4135.
Gen
17:11
And ye shall circumcise5243
the flesh1320 of your foreskin6190; and it shall be a token226 of the covenant1285 betwixt me and you.
Gen
17:12
And he that is eight8083 days3117 old1121
shall be circumcised4135 among you,
every man child2145 in your
generations1755, he that is born3211 in the house1004,
or bought4736 with money3701 of any stranger1121, 5236, which is
not of thy seed2233. he that is eight...: Heb. a son of eight days
Covenant 1285 – Hebrew 1285 briyth ber-eeth'
from 1262 (in the sense of cutting
(like 1254)); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of
flesh):--confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league.
What we have is a picture of our future Redemption,
because Abraham was willing to give up his son, his only son and the heir of
all the covenant promises and by faith already receive him back from the dead
by faith, Yahweh also would send His son, His only Begotten son Yeshua to be
the sacrifice for our sins and die on the execution Stake/Cross but be raised
from the dead on the third day. What a
picture of redemption! You see Abrahams
sacrifice of Isaac would have accomplished nothing with regards to atonement,
it was only a test of his obedience to his covenant relationship with
Yahweh. Because Abraham by his actions
already had given up Isaac, but Yahweh provided a sacrifice instead of Isaac,
the same way he provided the sacrifice of Yeshua, the Lamb of G-d who takes
away the sins of the world.
Genesis 22:11-18
11 But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and
said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”
12 He
said, “Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do nothing to him; for
now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your
only son, from Me.”
13 Then
Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught
in the thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered him
up for a burnt offering in the place of his son.
14 Abraham
called the name of that place The Lord Will Provide, as it is said
to this day, “In the mount of the Lord
it will be provided.”
15 Then the angel of the Lord
called to Abraham a second time from heaven,
16 and
said, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the Lord,
because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,
17 indeed
I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of
the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall
possess the gate of their enemies.
18
“In your seed all the
nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”[5]
What Yahweh was showing Abraham was that
He would send His son, He was going to provide the sacrifice for our sins not
man. Because Abraham was willing to
give his son, G-d in turn would give His son as the sacrifice…Isaac being a type
of Messiah/Christ.
Yahweh found a man that would fully obey
him no matter what, faith that passed the test of obedience. Yahweh did not want a human sacrifice, he
wanted to see if Abraham would obey, for it would take obedience for the
promises to be fulfilled and in Abraham G-d found a man that would obey and
keep the covenant without hesitation or questioning.
Romans 4 – Amplified
Bible
[BUT] IF so, what shall we say about Abraham, our
forefather humanly speaking—[what did he] find out? [How does this affect his
position, and what was gained by him?]
2 For if Abraham was justified (established as
just by acquittal from guilt) by good works [that he did, then] he has grounds
for boasting. But not before God!
3 For what does the Scripture say? Abraham believed in (trusted in) God, and it was credited to
his account as righteousness (right living and right standing with God). [Gen.
15:6].
4 Now to a laborer, his wages are not counted
as a favor or a gift, but as an obligation (something owed to him).
5 But to one who, not working [by the Law],
trusts (believes fully) in Him Who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited
to him as righteousness (the standing acceptable to God).
6 Thus David congratulates the man and
pronounces a blessing on him to whom God credits righteousness apart from the
works he does:
7 Blessed and happy and to be
envied are those whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered up and
completely buried.
8 Blessed and happy and to be
envied is the person of whose sin the Lord will take no account nor
reckon it against him. [Ps. 32:1, 2].
9 Is this blessing (happiness) then meant only
for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We
say that faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.
10 How then was it credited [to him]? Was it
before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was
circumcised.
11 He received the mark of circumcision as a
token or an evidence [and] seal of the righteousness which he had by
faith while he was still uncircumcised—[faith] so that he was to be made the
father of all who [truly] believe, though without circumcision, and who thus
have righteousness (right standing with God) imputed to them and
credited to their account,
12 As well as [that he be made] the father of
those circumcised persons who are not merely circumcised, but also walk in the
way of that faith which our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
13 For the promise to Abraham or his posterity,
that he should inherit the world, did not come through [observing the commands
of] the Law but through the righteousness of faith. [Gen. 17:4–6; 22:16–18].
14 If it is the adherents of the Law who are to
be the heirs, then faith is made futile and empty of all meaning and the
promise [of God] is made void (is annulled and has no power).
15 For the Law results in [divine] wrath, but
where there is no law there is no transgression [of it either].
16 Therefore, [inheriting] the promise is the
outcome of faith and depends [entirely] on faith, in order that it might
be given as an act of grace (unmerited favor), to make it stable and
valid and guaranteed to all his descendants—not only to the devotees and
adherents of the Law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, who is
[thus] the father of us all.
17 As it is written, I have made you the father
of many nations. [He was appointed our father] in the sight of God in Whom he
believed, Who gives life to the dead and speaks of the nonexistent things that
[He has foretold and promised] as if they [already] existed. [Gen. 17:5].
18 [For Abraham, human reason for] hope being
gone, hoped in faith that he should become the father of many nations, as he
had been promised, So [numberless] shall your descendants be. [Gen. 15:5].
19 He did not weaken in faith when he
considered the [utter] impotence of his own body, which was as good as dead
because he was about a hundred years old, or [when he considered] the
barrenness of Sarah’s [deadened] womb. [Gen. 17:17; 18:11].
20 No unbelief or distrust made him
waver (doubtingly question) concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong and
was empowered by faith as he gave praise and glory to God,
21 Fully satisfied and assured that God
was able and mighty to keep His word and to do what He had
promised.
22 That is why his faith was credited to him as
righteousness (right standing with God).
23 But [the words], It was credited to him,
were written not for his sake alone,
24 But [they were written] for our sakes too.
[Righteousness, standing acceptable to God] will be granted and credited
to us also who believe in (trust in, adhere to, and rely on) God, Who raised
Jesus our Lord from the dead,
25 Who was betrayed and put to death
because of our misdeeds and was raised to secure our justification (our
acquittal), [making our account balance and absolving us from all guilt before
God].[6]
Alfred Edersheim –
That the “God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob”
is also the “God and Father of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,” and that “they
which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham,”—these are among the
most precious truths of revelation. They show us not only the faithfulness of
our God, and the greatness of our privileges, but also the marvellous wisdom of
the plan of salvation, and its consistency throughout. For the Bible should be
viewed, not only in its single books, but in their connection, and in the unity
of the whole. The Old Testament could not be
broken off from the New, and each considered as independent of the other. Nor
yet could any part of the Old Testament be disjoined from the rest. The full
meaning and beauty of each appears only in the harmony and unity of the whole.
Thus they all form links of one unbroken chain, reaching from the beginning to
the time when the Lord Jesus Christ came, for whom all previous history had
prepared, to whom all the types pointed, and in whom all the promises are “Yea
and Amen.” Then that which God had spoken to Abraham, more than two thousand
years before, became a blessed reality, for “the Scripture, foreseeing that God
would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto
Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. So then they which be of
faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.” That this one grand purpose should
have been steadily kept in view, and carried forward through all the
vicissitudes of history, changes of time, and stages of civilisation,—and that
without requiring any alteration, only further unfolding and at last
completion,—affords indeed the strongest confirmation to our faith. It is also a precious comfort to our hearts; for we see how
God’s purpose of mercy has been always the same; and, walking the same
pilgrim-way which “the fathers” had trod, and along which God had safely guided
the Covenant, we rejoice to know that neither opposition of man nor yet
unfaithfulness on the part of His professing people can make void the gracious
counsel of God:— And this it is which we learn from the unity of
Scripture.[7]
“He loved us from the first
of time,
He loves us to the
last.”
“Our Father Abraham” By Marvin Wilson[8]
“The biblical phrase “our father Abraham” (John
8:53, Acts 7:2) thus expresses the family relationship that every person of
faith has with “the man of faith” (Gal. 3:9).
The New Testament writers argue that those who display Abraham’s faith
and deeds are Abraham’s true offspring (John 8:31-41). James reminds his readers that Abraham, as
father of the faithful, is called “Gods friend” (James 2:23 cf 2 Chr.
20:7). Furthermore, James links all
Christians to this exemplary patriarch by speaking of him as our ancestor
Abraham” (James 2:21), a man whose “faith was made complete by what he did”
(v22). Indeed, the New Testament
emphasizes that before Abraham was circumcised, he believed God and acted upon
that belief (Romans 4:9-12). In sum,
according to the book of Hebrews, Abraham’s faithful obedience, from the moment
God called him (Heb. 11:8ff), serves as an inspiring witness to the Church
(12:1), that new people of God both rooted in Abraham and numbered among his
children.”
To obey is better than sacrifice.
Deu 13:4 Ye shall walk after Jehovah
your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye
shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
Deu 27:10 Thou shalt therefore obey
the voice of Jehovah thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I
command thee this day.
Deu 30:2 and shalt return unto Jehovah
thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee
this day, thou and thy children, with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul;
Deu 30:20 to love Jehovah thy God, to obey his voice, and to cleave unto him; for he is
thy life, and the length of thy days;
that thou mayest dwell in the land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers, to
Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
1Sa 15:22 And Samuel said, Hath Jehovah
as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of
Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than
sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
1Pe 4:17
For the time is come for judgment to begin at the house of God:
and if it begin first at us, what shall be the end of them that obey
not the gospel of God?
Faith Is Obedient To
The Word of G-d
Bonus: Prayers of The Bible – Prayers From The Life
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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.[9]
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[ii] and The Artscroll Seder Series[iii].
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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 Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[3]The New American Standard
Bible, 1995 Update, (La Habra, California: The Lockman Foundation) 1996.
[4]The New American Standard
Bible, 1995 Update, (La Habra, California: The Lockman Foundation) 1996.
[5]The New American Standard
Bible, 1995 Update, (La Habra, California: The Lockman Foundation) 1996.
[6]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[7]Edersheim, Alfred, Bible
History: Old Testament, (Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.)
1998.
[8] “Our Father Abraham’ by Marvin R. Wilson Phd, Eerdmans publishing Copyright 1989 Marvin R. Wilson
[9]The Jewish New Testament, (Clarksville, MD: Jewish
New Testament Publications) 1996.
[i] 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.
[ii] This book is filled with Scripture Prayers to help you pray the Word – Harrison House Publishers, Germaine Copeland –Available in any Christian Book Store
[iii] You can order The Art Scroll Seder Series through Amazon. Com or First Fruits of Zion