Now, on to the portion!
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Parasha Lech L'cha is the 3rd Torah Portion in Genesis.
It goes from Genesis 12:1-17:27. This Torah Portion is extremely full of information and we could be here for weeks just looking at every single
detail and what it means, but let's get this out of the way.
Abram is a picture of us,coming out of the land, family, and religions that he had.
He had faith that YHVH was the One and Only true Elohim and he decided to follow Him wherever YHVH would take him, with faith that YHVH would
protect Him no matter what. It is a picture of many of us today.
Many of us have had to leave family, friends, and churches behind,
and some of us have even had to move from where we were from. Why?
Because we had faith that YHVH was the One and Only
true Elohim and that no matter what happened, He was in control
and that He was going to protect us no matter what. Sure, we have our falls. Sometimes we lose some of our faith in YHVH and think that
our way is better than YHVH's way. But Abram fell as well.
He lost some faith after so many years of waiting, and he didn't have
enough faith to tell the whole truth about Sarai when they were in Egypt.
But through all that, YHVH was still faithful to him, and YHVH is still
faithful with us, as long as we return back to Him with humble hearts.
Many of us are like Abram in many ways. It just shows once
again how YHVH is smarter than we are and that He
shows us our future by what has happened in the past.
Praise Yah!
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We see in chapter 14 about a king named Melchizedek.
But if you read the rest of verse 18,
you will see something so prophetic and amazing:
Genesis 14:18
And Malkitsedeq sovereign of Shalem brought out bread and wine.
Now he was the priest of the Most High El.
Now this is really cool. Ready for this? The word Melchizedek in
Hebrew is actually 2 words, the 1st is 'Melek' and the 2nd is 'Tsadik(Tsedeq)'. Melek means 'king' and Tsadik(Tsedeq) means 'Righteousness'.
So combined it means Melektsedeq, the 'KING of RIGHTEOUSNESS'!!
Now we probably already know who it is, but let's keep going.
The word here for Sovereign is also 'Melek', which means king.
It says here though that he was the king of Shalem. But guess what?
Shalem is the same word as Shalom, which means 'peace'!
So this King of Righteousness is also the King of Peace, but not just peace,
but completeness. And don't we see somewhere in the Scriptures
that it says something about a king or prince of peace?
Isaiah 9:6
For a Child shall be born unto us, a Son shall be given unto us, and the rule is on His shoulder. And His Name is called... Prince of Peace.
Wow! There is ONLY ONE person that this could possibly be.
Yahshua the Messiah! Now, we figured that out by just reading 1/2 of the verse. Once you figure out that this is Yahshua, then it gets really easy
to decipher the rest of the verse. It says that He brought out bread and wine. Hmm... and isn't that the same thing that Yahshua did with His disciples?
Matthew 26:26-27
And as they were eating, Yahshua took bread, and having blessed, broke and gave it to the taught ones and said, “Take, eat, this is My body.”
27 And taking the cup, and giving thanks,
He gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you.
28 “For this is My blood, that of the renewed covenant,
which is shed for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Now, we could go through a whole other 3 hour study on the renewed covenant
or the Jewish customs with the bread and wine or so on and so forth, but I
think it is suffice to say that Yahshua didn't create anything new when He did this. In fact, He was the 1st one to do it!
Now, we know that the bread represented life, and the wine represented
the blood of the new covenant, so with this and what we have already said,
let's use those phrases and put them in the verse and see what it says:
And the King of Righteousness, the Prince of Peace brought
out the life and the blood. Now He was the priest of the Most High El.
Once again, WOW! Now we can understand better the secret,
which by the way is the meaning for Sedom(look at verses 17 and 22).
HalleluYAH!
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Hebrews 11:1,8
Now belief(faith) is the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen.
8 By belief(faith) Abraham, when he was called to go out into a
place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed;
and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Faith!!! Faith isn't just some flimsy, in-your-heart type feeling. It is an action. It is your belief. It is your walk, your way, your life supply. Without faith we are dead. And faith without works is also dead, as James says:
James 2:14-26
My brothers, what use is it for anyone to say he has belief(faith) but does not have works? This belief(faith) is unable to save him.
And if a brother or sister is naked and in need of daily food,
16 but one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,”
but you do not give them the bodily needs, what use is it?
17 So also belief(faith), if it does not have works, is in itself dead.
18 But someone might say, “You have belief(faith), and I have works.”
Show me your belief(faith) without your works,
and I shall show you my belief(faith) by my works.
19 You believe that Elohim is one. You do well.
The demons also believe – and shudder!
20 But do you wish to know, O foolish man,
that the belief(faith) without the works is dead?
21 Was not Aḇraham our father declared right by works
when he offered Yitsḥaq his son on the altar?
22 Do you see that the belief(faith) was working with his works,
and by the works the belief(faith) was perfected?
23 And the Scripture was filled which says, “Aḇraham believed Elohim, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.” And he was called, “Elohim’s friend.”
24 You see, then, that a man is declared right by works,
and not by belief(faith) alone.
25 In the same way, was not Raḥaḇ the whore also declared right by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?
26 For as the body without the spirit is dead,
so also the belief(faith) is dead without the works.
Now, that isn't saying that works makes you saved,
because no one can be saved by works(Ephesians 2:8-9).
But our faith is useless unless we show it by what we do.
YHVH made us so that we could bless Him, but you can't bless
anyone just by saying that you are saved. However, you can bless
YHVH and others by SHOWING that you are saved, because if we are saved,
we should ACT like we are saved. I know sometimes that's hard,
but once again remember that sometimes it was hard for Abraham too.
We all make mistakes but we must repent of those mistakes and get
back to the narrow path as quickly as possible so that YHVH can be glorified!
Amen!
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I was just thinking about how Abraham had to wait 25 YEARS
for YHVH's covenant to start becoming a reality. In chapter 17 we
see that Abraham laughed when YHVH said that Sarah was going to have a son. He never would have imagined at that time that just 1 year later he
would have a son from Sarah. They were 100 and 90 years old!
But as we see again, and Again, and AGAIN(!!!!), YHVH is smarter
than we are and His timing isn't our timing. If Noah would have decided
to wait a couple of years to build the ark, then he would have been too
late and there wouldn't be a single human, land animal, or bird alive.
There would be just millions of fish all over the earth! But thanks be to
YHVH that isn't the case and He is ALWAYS in control. He always has
a plan for us, even if He delays it for 25 or more years.
Praise Yah!
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May YHVH be praised for the hidden things that He is revealing us
in these last days. May you continue to look for His ways and follow His paths,
and may YHVH give you Shalom/Shalem all your days.
Numbers 6:24-26
“YHVH bless you and guard you;
25 YHVH make His face shine upon you, and show favor to you;
26 YHVH lift up His face upon you, and give you peace.”
Until next time...
Shalom!
Christian Jesus Montanez Dodd
Servant and Emissary of Yahshua, Child of YHVH
HalleluYAH!