Parashah 43: Masa'ei (Stages)

Parashah 43: Masa'ei (Stages); Numbers 33:1 through 36:13.

Haftarah (Writings and Prophets): Jeremiah 2:4-28 and 3:4.
B'rit Hadasha (New Testament): James 4:1-12.

Summary & Overview

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Numbers 33:1 | Israels Journey from Egypt Reviewed

Numbers 33:50 | Instructions for the Conquest of Canaan
Numbers 34:15 | The Appointed Boundaries of Canaan
Numbers 34:16 | The Leaders Appointed to Divide the Land
Numbers 35:1 | Cities for the Levites
Numbers 35:9 | Cities of Refuge
Numbers 36:1 | Marriage of Female Heirs

Last week we looked at the power of words and the unwritten Commandments
that apply to our lives. We also discovered a bit more about the enemy that is
represented by the five kings of Midian that we will face as we approach the
border to the Promised Land. In this week's portion, we will reflect back on
Israels journey from where they started leaving Egypt, up to the point of
receiving their inheritance. This is the last reading from the Book of Numbers or
the last few steps we will take in the Wilderness, and we find YHWH's people
waiting on the east side of the Jordan, as they prepare to enter the Promised
Land that was promised to their fathers many years before.

Breaking Camp
The Torah portion starts with the words, these are the
stages or journeys of the children of Israel that went
out of the land of Egypt. The word journeys or stages
is the word masaei icm that means to break camp,
is also the name of this Torah Portion. Those who do
camping will know that breaking up the camp is not as
much fun as to go camping or set up the camp. Here
the Israelites had to break up their camp in Egypt and
had to do that 22 times until they finally break camp in Kadesh-Barnea to enter
the Promised Land. The name Kadesh-Barnea means holiness of an innocent
son and that is prophetic of Yshua, the innocent Son of YHVH who died for all
mankind so that they can enter the Land of Promise, the Kingdom of YHVH.
The interesting thing about them breaking up camp 22 times is that there are 22
almond blossoms on the Menorah that depict the Appointed Times of YHVH as
well as the watching eyes of the Watchmen represented and symbolised by
the almond that looks like an eye. The gematria of number 22 means, woe, to
be joined or united, inward parts, thorn and falling. All these things have to do
with the event that will happen prior to entering the Promised Land and the
Second Coming of Messiah as we will discover in this Torah Portion.

Personal Application: The gift of life YHVH gave you is like a camping
experience and every situation you face that is unpleasant, is a breaking up
camp experience where you have to leave something behind that you
became familiar with, and go in a new direction every time, breaking up
camp as you go. This is one of the reasons why YHVH made Israel travel
through the wilderness instead of going straight to the Promised Land in
order to sort them out and prepare them and unify them as a Nation. In the
same way, will YHVH move you around in your life, joining with different
people and fellowshipping with many people over your lifetime, in order to
prepare and shape you so that you will become part of one nation called
Israel.
This word masaei is usually applicable to Messianic congregations who
generally consists of a small group that uses facilities shared by others and
have to set up and break down before and after every meeting. This is similar to
the first-century church where they met in houses within smaller groups that
were intimate and where people had good relationships with one another.
Masaei comes from the root word
nasa icn that means to pull up, to pull
out, journey, go forth and is first found in
Scripture in Gen 11:2 where the people of
the earth traveled (nasa) from the East to
a plane in the land of Shinar to build a
great city and a tower that reach to
heaven, called the Tower of Babel.
Shinar rins means place of two
rivers and consists of two parts ]s shen that means teeth and hate and the
second part ri ar that means enemy. Babylon means mixing and
confusion, mixing two different sources of water. Quite interestingly this term is
found in the Book of Revelation where the system called Babylon will be
destroyed by YHVH. Thinking about this effort by man to reach towards God
through their efforts building the Tower and the efforts of man today to build
these impersonal Mega Churches, gives us the idea that they are both rooted in
this same concept and is a church system that does not come from YHVH but
from man. This is opposite to the church structure you find in the Bible, and
these Mega Churches are built to accommodate thousands of people at a time
and most of the time will not know the people sitting next to you. These
churches are large, impersonal and there is no intimacy or unity among
members.

Israels Journey from Egypt Reviewed

Paul describes Israels journey so beautiful in his letter to the assembly in
Corinth and sums it up with a wealth of wisdom that we can learn from their
experiences and example.
1 Cor 10:1-11 Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that
all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, 2 all were
baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 all ate the same spiritual
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food, 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that
spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Messiah.
5 But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were
scattered in the wilderness. 6 Now these things became our examples, to
the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted. 7
And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, The
people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. 8 Nor let us
commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twentythree thousand fell; 9 nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them also
tempted, and were destroyed by serpents; 10 nor complain, as some of
them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer.11 Now
all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for
our admonition (instruction), upon whom the ends of the ages have come.
Israel was blessed in so many ways as
they travelled through the Wilderness;
they ate manna every day, they had
water from a rock, they followed a pillar
of cloud by day and pillar of fire by night
and knew where YHVH wanted them to
go every day. Comparing this to a
believer living in this times would be like
someone who hears YHVHs voice every day, knowing which step to take next,
having all their needs met supernaturally, food and water appearing on a daily
basis without them having a job. They received all these blessings every day
and yet, YHVH was not happy with them.
In the same way, we can perceive our blessings as a sign of the health of our
relationship with Him, but that is the wrong way to measure, as seen in this
example Paul gave us. Dont ever take YHVHs favour and blessings as a sign
that He is pleased with His people. YHVH blesses His people because He is
good, and not as a reaction to our goodness. Yes, we are blessed if we do the
right thing. But sometimes we mess up and He still blesses us like a loving
Father. His measure of your holiness is not related to the blessings in your life
because He lets it rain over the just and the unjust. YHVH loved the children of
Israel but was not pleased with them, any parent will understand this regarding
their children.
In verse 6 Paul warns us not to be like the Israelites who craved after physical
and evil things. The fact of the matter is that every one of us craves after
something evil at some stage of our lives and more often than you think. The
source of these cravings are rooted in the Tree we (Adam) ate from, where
there are fruits that are good, and fruits that are evil. YHVH wants us to crave
and eat only the good fruits, but they exist alongside the evil fruits that are so
attractive to the eye or the flesh.
The thing you desire is usually connected to a need you have. For example, you
will crave a particular food if your body needs certain nutrients and minerals.
We are all part of a fallen creation, and that causes us to want to fill the
emptiness that is a result of this fallen state where we crave the missing parts,
longing for the substance that is only found in YHVHs Word that we need for
our recovery or restoration. The problem is we want to fill this need ourselves,
instead of allowing YHVH to fill it. This makes us crave things that are evil,
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things that are pleasant to the eye, instead of craving the things that are good
for us, the things we really need.
This is because of our ignorance or foolishness that we desire fleshly or
physical things to fill our spiritual hunger. YHVH wants to give us all the good
spiritual food that we need to grow up healthy and strong, just like a loving
Father would.
Luke 11:10-11 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and
to him who knocks, the door will be opened. 11What father among you, if
his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for an
egg, will give him a scorpion?
Personal Application: We seek the snake or Serpent,
instead of the fish, and seek the scorpion instead of
the egg. Our Father reaches out His hand from within
the fallen world full of snakes and scorpions, offering
you a fish and egg that is good, not evil. The situation
we might find ourselves in is similar to the fallen
creation, full of snakes and scorpions, full of evil
because of sin, but we need to seek His hand within these diversions in order
to receive His goodness and kindness that is good. It is so easy to look the
serpent in the eye and choose the gifts from his hand that is evil, this is
because we are fleshly orientated and miss the hand of the Father you will
only see when you are spiritually inclined.
Q What do the snakes and scorpions represent?
Serpent: We have looked at the snake, the nachash, that represents the
authority of the Serpent, better known as Lucifer. He is the opposer that has
infiltrated all areas of life and areas of authority, the media, political, religion and
education establishments, in order to provide or dictate an evil option people
can choose form.
Scorpions are mentioned in the Book of Revelation that gives this verse an end
time context and has to do with the events that will take place prior to entering
the Promised Land, that is called the Tribulation. [Rev 9:5]
What we learn from this in relation to this Torah Portion is that we need to be
prepared and aware of the things that are coming prior to the appearing of
Messiah. Connecting the scorpion with the egg will give us more insight into the
tactics of the scorpion prior and during the times of the Tribulation.
Egg and Fish: Egg is the Hebrew word challamuwth that means
purslane and tasteless. Purslane is a green leaved plant whose
leaves have more omega-3 fatty acids than in some of the fish oils
and is very nutritious, thus the connection to the fish in Luke 11 and
can be eaten instead of fish. This word is only found once in Scripture
in Job 6:6 where the question is asked if savoury food can be created
and eaten without salt, comparing it to the tasteless attributes of the
white of an egg. The egg gives us further insight to the need of salt in our lives
because of its ability to give taste to food and to preserve it. YHVH wants us to
be like salt so that we can give taste to this world while we preserve His Ways.
Matt 5:13-16 You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its
flavour, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be
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thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. 14 You are the light of the
world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.
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do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand,

and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine
before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father
in heaven.
Meditating on these passages in context of the end times will give us insight
regarding the enemy that has the authority of the Serpent and tactics like a
Scorpion, who try to prevent us from getting spiritual food, namely fish, and be
the salt of the world.
Spiritual Insight: The good that we should crave is the salted fish that we
need that will strengthen us and give taste and meaning to your life. The
good fruit is symbolised by the fish, that the good Father gives to His
children. The counterfeit or substitute for fish is symbolised by the purslane
that is tasteless but still contains all the nutrients you need. It is easier to pick
the leave from a plant that is growing on land than to catch a fish that is in the
water. This makes it an attractive option but has no salt.
The Water represents YHVHs Word and the true essence
we need for this life that is good, fish can only be found in
water (His Word). The evil option is the plant that grows
on land (the world) that contains similar nutrients (wisdom).
The danger is that the plant exists in the same medium
like the scorpion, on land (the world) where people try to
pick its leaves to satisfy their spiritual hunger, causing them
to be stung by the scorpion who is guarding this plant.
In saying this, the fish is found only in water, but the
nachas or snake can also exist in this same
medium, that is the Word of YHVH, and manifest in
the form of false prophets and teachers. They come
and attack the fishermen that are seeking good fish
in the water (Word). This enemy has infiltrated
religions and denominations and will try to poison
man with its venom of false teachings as they eat the
good fish.
The Scorpion will try to sting you when you are looking for answers in the
world seeking mans wisdom, and the Serpent will try to poison you as you
seek YHVHs wisdom in His Word. The only form of good food is Yshua,
Who is the Word. He has all the answers we need that are the good
nutrients, that is eaten with salt that gives it flavour and meaning to your life.
You can only eat the fish He provides through having a relationship with Him
and His Word.

Keep Standing to the End

In 1 Cor 10:11 Paul teaches that all these things that happened to Israel are
beneficial to us, these lessons can be used for our instruction as we approach
the border of the end of the ages. Paul reflects back to the journey Israel
experienced over a 40-year period, from the time they left Egypt, to the time he
calls the end of the ages, the time Israel reached the border of the Promised
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land. That is where we are currently finding ourselves at, and that makes this
Book of Numbers so relevant.
1 Cor 10:12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he
fall. 13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to
man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tested beyond what
you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of go
through it, that you may be able to bear it.
Learn from the Torah as much as you can so that you can be equipped when
the time of the end approaches, so that you that stand and not fall, and be able
to help those who are down trotted. If you think that you are strong and will not
fall, then this warning is for you. Guard your hearts and stay humble and
teachable. You will be tested and will go through left hand experiences that
will sometimes push you off balance and cause you to fall. Look towards YHVH,
seek His Image in every trial and situation and pray that He will change you so
that you can be formed into His Image. Seek the blessing beyond the trial and
the change He is bringing to your life and character. Within these trials and
temptations, you may feel weak, but you have the power of choice to choose
the good fruit and reject the evil. You need to seek the hand of the Father
that holds the fish in the midst of the temptation, that is symbolised by the
Serpent.
Q How do I receive the fish or blessing from the hand of the Father when I
face the Serpent or bad situation?

You need to be aware of the Fathers hand in the first place and know
there is a blessing behind all this pain. That is the firsts step.
The situation you face is in the natural, and that makes it
difficult to see the hand of the Father behind the emotions of
fear, anger or confusion that you may experience. Emotions
are a distraction that allows you to become a puppet of the
enemy. If you follow your feelings, then you will always be
manipulated to follow the wrong path, making the wrong
choices. You have to do what you know is right, and keep
on doing that until the emotions clear, and then you will find
the hand of the Father in that situation.
You have to act on the things you do not see and try not to
be blinded by the things you do see, which are the bad
situation with its evil fruits.
Know that the highest blessing is to be transformed, or to
receive the good fruit that will fill that void in you that triggered the bad
situation in the first place.
Whenever you face a bad situation, you just say to yourself, what a
pleasure, joy and privilege, acknowledging the blessing behind the
situation and the great opportunity to be transformed and changed by
your Father into His image and likeness.
Then pray and thank the Father for changing you according to His will,
and by praying this, will open you up to receive the fish or spiritual food
that will nourish and transform you.

Receiving the Inheritance

Num 34 :16-18 And YHVH spoke to Moses,
saying, 17 These are the names of the men who
shall divide the land among you as an
inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the
son of Nun. 18 And you shall take one leader of every tribe to
divide the land for the inheritance.
YHVH told Moses to call out the leaders in order to divide the land as an
inheritance that will be given to every tribe. Prior to this YHVH commanded
Moses to do a census of the people, similar to what He commanded at the
beginning of the Book of Numbers, just after they left Egypt 40 years earlier.
This second census is prior to them entering the Promised Land where each
tribe will receive their inheritance as promised.
Num 26:52 56 Then YHVH spoke to Moses, saying: 53 To these the
land shall be divided as an inheritance, according to the number of
names. 54 To a large tribe you shall give a larger inheritance, and to a
small tribe you shall give a smaller inheritance. Each shall be given its
inheritance according to those who were numbered of them. 55 But the
land shall be divided by lot; they shall inherit according to the names of
the tribes of their fathers. 56 According to the lot their inheritance shall be
divided between the larger and the smaller.
The people of Israel did not get an inheritance based on their numbers when
they left Egypt, they received an inheritance based on what they gained or lost
after the Wilderness experience. Some tribes grew in number after the 40 years
and some shrunk in number, overall the number of the people of Israel
decreased in number compared to when they left Egypt, and there are a
valuable lesson and warning in this.
Spiritual Application: We tend to be obsessed with our first census or
salvation experience and think that the reward YHVH promised will be based
on that, but our reward is actually based on the outcome of our wilderness
experience, living for Him. Over the 40-year period the old was dying off and
the new was born and grew up, and a lot died because they rebelled and
sinned against YHVH. In the same way, should your old man or nature die
and your new man grow and exceed the old nature in quantity and stature
because your inheritance will be based on that.
There is a warning in this lesson and that is that we cannot pride ourselves
based on the fact that we are saved because your salvation can be lost,
just like the lives that were lost in the wilderness because of their rebellion,
stubbornness, pride, idolatry, fornication and other related sins. Holiness is
not an option; it is a lifestyle that will safeguard your salvation so that you
can be preserved until the end. We need to be salted by the Word and walk
in holiness. Paul says in Phil 2:12 that we must work out our salvation with
fear and trembling, and this example in this Torah Portion confirms this fact.
Salvation is by faith, but your reward is based on your works. Matt 6:19 teaches
us that we should lay up for ourselves treasures in heaven that are a result of
your good works walking in the faith because faith without works is dead.

The first census is your salvation experience and the second census is the
handing out of the rewards (if you are present). Luke 8:18 states that he that
has, more will be given, and he that has little, that will be taken away. This is
referring to the second census where YHVH will be handing out the rewards to
those who endured as good and faithful servants till the end.
1 Cor 3:12-15 Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver,
precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13 each ones work will become clear;
for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire
will test each ones work, of what sort it is. 14 If anyones work which he
has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyones work is
burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through
fire.
Everything that you do in this life will be tested; if it was out of
obedience to Him, or was it because of your own selfish
thoughts. The fire of YHVH will test the quality of every mans
work, and if it stands the test of fire, it is like gold or silver or a
precious stone that is valuable and will be rewarded. If it is of stubble or wood, it
has no value and will be consumed by the fire. These works are from mans
own selfish desires and will be consumed by fire, leaving the person with only
his first census experience, and will be saved but without a reward.
Three types of Believers will be tested:

The first category is believers in Messiah who have the leaving Egypt
experience and are counted in the first census. They are very happy to
be saved and are waiting for the mothership to beam them up, waiting
for the rapture. They are selfish in their faith, and their works will be
consumed by fire, but they will be saved.

Then there are believers in Messiah that are more concerned with being
right, having an obsession regarding the truth but became irrelevant and
useless when it comes to working for the Kingdom and reaching other
people for Him. Their faith is selfish, and they are more concerned about
pleasing the Master than helping others. They despise sinners and see
themselves superior to other denominations because they have the truth
which makes them right. Their focus is on right and wrong but do not
have tolerance and love. They use the Word as a sword and stab others
to death if someone differs from them. They do not have good works,
and they are more of a loss to the Kingdom than a gain, and their works
will be consumed by fire.

Then there are believers in Messiah that have a passion for YHVH and a
heart for people. They are effective in bringing people into the Kingdom
and look after those who are part of their Assembly. They reach out to
others and do good, and these mitsvots are the doorway to reaching
people in the world. They do not do these works to be saved but so that
other can be saved. Believers like this will receive a great reward, and
their works will stand the test of fire.

Spiritual Insight: The same principle is true regarding judgement and

salvation. YHVH is like light, and a consuming fire and sin is like darkness.
Judgement is when we are brought into His presence, and if there is any
darkness in us, it will be consumed by His fire. Whatever is light, will remain,
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and if your are saturated completely with sin and darkness, you will be
entirely destroyed and not be saved. The more that its left over of you, the
greater your will be the reward that is accounted to you, together with your
salvation.
Some believe that we will never be judged if they follow Messiah. The fact is
that the judgement that you as a believer will receive will be different to the
judgment an unbeliever will receive. People in the world will be judged because
they were not present at the first census or have not undergone spiritual
conversion. We as believers will be judged based on the second census,
based on what you have done with the talents or truth you have received and
if your works reflected your faith and if you have increased that which your
Father has entrusted you.

Responsibilities of Leaders
Most leaders want their flocks to increase and
multiply and sometimes try to push them in order
to grow. The irony in that is that it is the
responsibility of the shepherd to ensure that the
flock is healthy because a healthy flock will
reproduce and grow by itself. It is the job of the
shepherds to feed the sheep, giving them the
healthy balanced truth so that they are well fed
and be nourished, grow and multiply.
The second role of the Shepherd is to protect his flock. Leaders should do this
by keeping them away from false and man-made doctrines and teach them to
discern false teachings and not listen to false teachers. If the flock is sick, the
leader is held accountable, and his works will not stand the test of fire. By the
fruit of the flock, you will now the leader. The other danger is that there are so
many resources and information on the internet, which is good on the one hand,
but there are so many bad teachings out there that will cause the flock to
become sick and those internet teachers will be held accountable.
If the leaders are focused on numbers or money, then it will manifest in his flock
because they will reproduce after their own kind and the people they lead will
have the wrong focus as well, generating futile works of stubble and wood.

Thorn in your Side

Num 33:55 But if you do not drive out the inhabitants
of the land from before you, then it shall be that those
whom you let remain shall be pricks in your eyes and
thorns in your sides, and they shall harass you in the land
where you dwell. 56 Moreover it shall be that I will do to
you as I thought to do to them.
Pricks is the word sek ;s that means thorn and is only
found here in this verse in this Torah Portion. Sek comes from
the root word sakak that means to screen over, to fence, to
hedge in, to cover oneself, to protect.

It is first found in Scripture in Gen 25:20 where it describes the Ark of the
Covenant where the cherubims stretch out their wings over the Ark to cover
(sakak) the mercy seat.
Eyes is the word ayin that is first found in Scripture in Gen 3:5 within the
words of the Serpent to Eve where he said; For Elohim knows that in the day
you eat thereof (fruit from the tree of knowledge), then your eyes (ayin) shall
be opened, and you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. These words
sound similar to what YHVH said when they started to build the Tower of
Babel; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them,
making them powerful as gods.
Spiritual Insight: The inhabitants that are left in the land
after they took possession of their inheritance, will be like
a prick in the eye, that is related to the Garden of Eden
with a Tree of Knowledge in the midst of it, that can
cause you to stumble and sin. This object in their midst
was the temptation that caused them to be drawn to it
because of the lust of the eye of the flesh, seeking its
power.
The Serpent will always tempt you with the things YHVH
made off limit to His people. The reason you left this
object in your land is because you see some potential or
benefit it holds and your selfish motives deem it as
valuable. YHVH told them to remove these inhabitants
from their land so that they will not become temptations or
pricks in the eye, drawing them into their pleasures, practices and culture.
The end result of sparing the inhabitants is seen in the symbolic language
where the wings of the archangels covered the mercy seat, but the wings
protected the Ark from you, block your access to YHVHs grace, just like He
guarded the Tree of Life when He blocked the entrance to the Garden of
Eden with winged angels and flaming sword because of sin. This teaches us
that the lust of the eye will cause you to stumble, adopting the knowledge
from the trees of the nations, eating its fruit, partaking in their knowledge.
This will cause YHVH to cover or seal away His mercy from you, and you
will experience His wrath.
Thorn is the word tsen ]o that is first found in Scripture in Job 5:5.
Job 5:5 Whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the
thorns, (tsen) and the robber swallows up their substance.
This verse does not make a lot of sense on its own, but if you look at every
Hebrew word individually and add their other meanings, it can read as follows:
In the time of the harvest, the ones failing in their strength will devour
and destroy anything in their way, even take the bride from among the
thorns, (tsen), becoming a snare that entraps, eagerly covers her virtue
and substance and her offspring.
We have seen the symbolism of the bird that is trapped in a cage, singing
perfect songs, that we looked at in the Torah Portion 41 (Pinchas), studying
Hosea 9 in the context of the place of rebellion, called Baal Peor.
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Relating that picture with this passage in Job 5 gives us the insight that the
Bride is the bird that the enemy wants to entrap in a cage or snare, that exist
because of the thorns left in our lives that can cause us to stumble.
YHVH commanded us to remove these thorns in our eyes so that they will not
cause us to be entrapped because the enemy is keen to get as many birds in
his cage as possible as he sees the time of the Harvest (Judgement) draws
near.
1 Pet 5:8-9 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls
around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9 Resist him,
standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers
throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.
The wisdom within this Torah Portion warns us against pricks and thorns in our
lives that are similar to the inhabitants spared in the land after receiving their
inheritance. These people cause Israel to stumble and be entrapped by the
enemy that still existed within those people. Not only that, YHVH said that he
will do to you as He intended to do with those wicked nations you spared.
Q What do these Pricks and Thorns represent to us on a personal level?
After you become a follower of Messiah, YHVH wants you to get rid of the
things that still exist in your life that is from your old nature or previous
culture that might be of pagan origin, things that are contrary to what He
stipulates in His Word. These can be fleshly habits, secret sins, objects from
other religions like statues of buddha or a picture that represent a foreign god.
There might even be traces that connects you to the occult and Freemasonry.
Then there are your friends, people you spend time with prior to your
conversion that might be a stumbling block. Festivals that you might enjoy
within your culture that is rooted in things opposing to YHVHs Word. These
things might create an open door that allows this entrapping force into your
life that wants to swallow you up, as well as your family.
There is an excellent resource available that can assist in you getting rid of
these inhabitants who still occupy and share your land. It is a video called
House Cleaning by Tiaan Guldenhuys that I highly recommend. (Search this
video on YouTube)
May YHVH have mercy on us all as we search our lives and come humbly
before Him in submission and a repentive heart. May He find our works
pleasing and worthy of a reward when we see Him when He comes as the
Judge with fire in His eyes.

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