Daily Bible Portion (Tuesday)
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"HE DWELT"
(Weekly Reading>>Genesis 37:1-40:23, Amos 2:6-3:8, Acts 7:9-16)
The man represents Yeshua/Jesus, who knows His sheep and the pastures where they are grazing. In John 4:7-21 we see Yeshua goes directly to this same location in search of the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel. When He comes to Jacob’s well in the region that was given to Joseph, He falls into dialogue with a lady who is shown to be living outside the Torah principles and lifestyle just as Dinah had. In their dialogue Yeshua makes known to her that He is the Messiah, the One they have been waiting for. In Him there is restoring all things.
Today, unfortunately, the territory around Shechem, which is rightfully Joseph’s land, has been sold by the House of Judah and given away to foreigners. To them that land is no longer valuable because in their eyes Joseph is dead, so they are no longer grazing their Father’s sheep in that region.
When Joseph found that his brothers were not in Shechem, he traveled another ten miles to a region known as Dothan. Dothan was a city of commerce with very pagan influences close to the main highway that stretched all the way to Egypt. The Hebraic understanding of these Scriptures is that the brothers were indulging themselves and not caring for the sheep, which also meant that the brothers were not guarding over their commitment to the principles held in the Torah.
The brothers had not respected their father’s request in shepherding his sheep and were off following after their own desires, lusts and preferences. Dothan means two wells. The wells were dried up, which represented a person’s life as being spiritually dry and without life (Torah). It also reflected a community’s spiritual dryness, as commerce and material wealth tempt fleshly desires. When the brothers saw Joseph approaching they knew he would report their bad behavior to their father thus their hatred of him activated the plotting of his murder. The brothers had completely fallen out of Yahweh’s right ways (Olam Haba) by allowing a stronghold of bitterroot judgments (Olam Hahez) to control their imaginations and actions. Permitting the realm of death to live within their hearts brought a downfall of great moral decay with thoughts of assassination. Consequently they could no longer think logically. Being outside the Gospel causes the heart to become dysfunctional and disconnected. When this happens morals and responsibilities are no longer an issue. Morals are connected to the heart and if the heart is disconnected then moral decay sets in and a lawless society prevails. Therefore, we see Joseph’s brothers actually choosing murder to cover their wayward deeds as a viable answer. In this mindset they felt perfectly justified in pronouncing the death sentence over Joseph as a way to exterminate him.
Joseph’s story is prophetic of Yeshua, whose jealous brothers, the chief priest, the Sanhedrin and Torah teachers at the time, also schemed to eliminate Him.
Only Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn by Leah, spoke up. He recommended, instead of murder throwing Joseph into one of the empty wells. In proposing this, Reuben secretly hoped to return later to free him. However, Reuben never had an opportunity as Yahweh had a better plan for Joseph; a walk toward maturity called circumcision of the heart that would lead to salvation/redemption of the soul and the redemption of all Israel.
When Joseph approached his brothers they stripped him of his cotonet pasim/plaid tallit - representative of his firstborn priestly rank, a position of power and authority (just as Yeshua was stripped of His priestly garment), and threw him into the empty cistern. He was already dead in the brother’s minds.
continues tomorrow...
"HE DWELT"
(Weekly Reading>>Genesis 37:1-40:23, Amos 2:6-3:8, Acts 7:9-16)
The man represents Yeshua/Jesus, who knows His sheep and the pastures where they are grazing. In John 4:7-21 we see Yeshua goes directly to this same location in search of the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel. When He comes to Jacob’s well in the region that was given to Joseph, He falls into dialogue with a lady who is shown to be living outside the Torah principles and lifestyle just as Dinah had. In their dialogue Yeshua makes known to her that He is the Messiah, the One they have been waiting for. In Him there is restoring all things.
Today, unfortunately, the territory around Shechem, which is rightfully Joseph’s land, has been sold by the House of Judah and given away to foreigners. To them that land is no longer valuable because in their eyes Joseph is dead, so they are no longer grazing their Father’s sheep in that region.
When Joseph found that his brothers were not in Shechem, he traveled another ten miles to a region known as Dothan. Dothan was a city of commerce with very pagan influences close to the main highway that stretched all the way to Egypt. The Hebraic understanding of these Scriptures is that the brothers were indulging themselves and not caring for the sheep, which also meant that the brothers were not guarding over their commitment to the principles held in the Torah.
The brothers had not respected their father’s request in shepherding his sheep and were off following after their own desires, lusts and preferences. Dothan means two wells. The wells were dried up, which represented a person’s life as being spiritually dry and without life (Torah). It also reflected a community’s spiritual dryness, as commerce and material wealth tempt fleshly desires. When the brothers saw Joseph approaching they knew he would report their bad behavior to their father thus their hatred of him activated the plotting of his murder. The brothers had completely fallen out of Yahweh’s right ways (Olam Haba) by allowing a stronghold of bitterroot judgments (Olam Hahez) to control their imaginations and actions. Permitting the realm of death to live within their hearts brought a downfall of great moral decay with thoughts of assassination. Consequently they could no longer think logically. Being outside the Gospel causes the heart to become dysfunctional and disconnected. When this happens morals and responsibilities are no longer an issue. Morals are connected to the heart and if the heart is disconnected then moral decay sets in and a lawless society prevails. Therefore, we see Joseph’s brothers actually choosing murder to cover their wayward deeds as a viable answer. In this mindset they felt perfectly justified in pronouncing the death sentence over Joseph as a way to exterminate him.
Joseph’s story is prophetic of Yeshua, whose jealous brothers, the chief priest, the Sanhedrin and Torah teachers at the time, also schemed to eliminate Him.
Only Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn by Leah, spoke up. He recommended, instead of murder throwing Joseph into one of the empty wells. In proposing this, Reuben secretly hoped to return later to free him. However, Reuben never had an opportunity as Yahweh had a better plan for Joseph; a walk toward maturity called circumcision of the heart that would lead to salvation/redemption of the soul and the redemption of all Israel.
When Joseph approached his brothers they stripped him of his cotonet pasim/plaid tallit - representative of his firstborn priestly rank, a position of power and authority (just as Yeshua was stripped of His priestly garment), and threw him into the empty cistern. He was already dead in the brother’s minds.
continues tomorrow...