Daily Bible Portion (Friday)
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"AND HE LIVED"
(Weekly Reading>>Genesis 47:28-50:26, 1 Kings 2:1-12, Hebrews 11:21-22)
In the story of Joseph, it was he who revealed the true heart of Torah to his brothers. Accordingly, this prophetic story will again unfold just as it did in Genesis, with the House of Israel revealing the Life in Torah to his brothers the House of Judah, through the liaison of the tribe of Benjamin.
Jacob’s blessing is truly fulfilled in the Messiah, Yeshua. He knew no mere mortal could in himself fulfill the high calling of Israel. Jacob knew that one becomes Israel only when their soul and character becomes like that of the Messiah. Yeshua was sent to restore Israel’s preserved ones, and those who take refuge in Him are forever preserved. They are “the righteous [who] will inherit the land and dwell in it forever” (Psalm 16:1; 37:28).
Two Sticks Become One
Why is this important? Together, the Two Houses, the kingly and priestly lines, are called the order of Melchizedek. According to Scripture, Melchizedek was a king and a priest. King David was a king and a priest in the order of Melchizedek. Yeshua is King and Priest in that same order. When we as a people (House of Judah and House of Israel) come together in the order of Melchizedek, the time of the Messiah’s return is at hand (Genesis 14:18; 2 Samuel 7:12-16).
The Re-Newed New Man
The Death of Jacob/Israel
(Genesis 49:29-50:14)
Jacob again gave detailed instructions about his burial, requesting that his body[Israel-All Twelve Tribes] be returned to the Promised Land. When he finished sharing, he breathed his last and was gathered to his people. Joseph grieved deeply for him. He then directed the Egyptian physicians to embalm his father, a way to keep the body preserved and free from decay. The embalming procedure took forty days, and was a procedure in which many of the vital organs were removed and the body was prepared for dehydration. A total of seventy days would complete the whole mummification process. During that time all Egypt mourned for Israel.
When it came time to bury his father in the Land, Joseph asked Pharaoh’s permission to leave Egypt and return to the land of Jacob/Israel. So well-liked was Joseph that the Egyptians paid honor to his father; all Pharaoh’s officials and dignitaries of his court joined him, as well as all the members of Joseph’s family, his brothers and his father’s household. They traveled in a very large company with chariots and horsemen. Only their children, flocks and herds remained in Goshen.
This would have been Joseph’s first time back in the land since being sold by his brothers. When they reached the burial place they lamented loudly and bitterly. Could they have been weeping over more than the loss of Jacob/Israel? Could they have wept for their Promised Land and the fact they could not stay at this time? Would they have also wept and interceded for Yahweh’s people who would go into captivity in future generations after them and prayed prophetically for their return?
Joseph observed a seven-day period of mourning for his father. During this time the Canaanites of the region said, “The Egyptians are holding a solemn ceremony of mourning.” It is interesting that the Canaanites did not recognize the Israelites among the Egyptians as apparently all had the look of Egypt about them. Could this be the same today, even among those who are returning to Torah and visiting the land of Israel? Yahweh has His people remain hidden for a season, but there will be a time that they are to return permanently according to the Gospel message. They will shed their ‘outer’ garments (mindset and lifestyle habits that are contrary to His Kingdom), and return.
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"AND HE LIVED"
(Weekly Reading>>Genesis 47:28-50:26, 1 Kings 2:1-12, Hebrews 11:21-22)
In the story of Joseph, it was he who revealed the true heart of Torah to his brothers. Accordingly, this prophetic story will again unfold just as it did in Genesis, with the House of Israel revealing the Life in Torah to his brothers the House of Judah, through the liaison of the tribe of Benjamin.
Jacob’s blessing is truly fulfilled in the Messiah, Yeshua. He knew no mere mortal could in himself fulfill the high calling of Israel. Jacob knew that one becomes Israel only when their soul and character becomes like that of the Messiah. Yeshua was sent to restore Israel’s preserved ones, and those who take refuge in Him are forever preserved. They are “the righteous [who] will inherit the land and dwell in it forever” (Psalm 16:1; 37:28).
Two Sticks Become One
Ezekiel 37:16-19 “Son of man, take a stick of wood and write on it, ‘Belonging to Judah and the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick of wood, and write on it, ‘Ephraim’s stick, belonging to Joseph and all the house of Israel associated with him.’ Join them together into one stick so that they will become one in your hand. When your countrymen ask you, ‘Won’t you tell us what you mean by this?’ say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: I am going to take the stick of Joseph – which is in Ephraim’s hand – and of the Israelite tribes associated with him, and join it to Judah’s stick, making them a single stick of wood, and they will become one in my hand.”
Why is this important? Together, the Two Houses, the kingly and priestly lines, are called the order of Melchizedek. According to Scripture, Melchizedek was a king and a priest. King David was a king and a priest in the order of Melchizedek. Yeshua is King and Priest in that same order. When we as a people (House of Judah and House of Israel) come together in the order of Melchizedek, the time of the Messiah’s return is at hand (Genesis 14:18; 2 Samuel 7:12-16).
The Re-Newed New Man
Ephesians 2:14-16 Paul said, “For He [Yeshua] Himself is our peace, who has made the two [House of Judah and the House of Israel] one and has destroyed the barrier [sibling rivalry], the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in His flesh the law [the curses man invoked against himself for disregarding Yahweh’s instructions] with its commandments and regulations [Deuteronomy 28]. His purpose was to create in himself one new [Strong’s G2537 kainos meaning to renew not brand new] man out of the two, thus making peace, and in this one body to reconcile [forgiving] both of them to Yahweh through the cross, by which He put to death their hostility.”
The Death of Jacob/Israel
(Genesis 49:29-50:14)
Jacob again gave detailed instructions about his burial, requesting that his body[Israel-All Twelve Tribes] be returned to the Promised Land. When he finished sharing, he breathed his last and was gathered to his people. Joseph grieved deeply for him. He then directed the Egyptian physicians to embalm his father, a way to keep the body preserved and free from decay. The embalming procedure took forty days, and was a procedure in which many of the vital organs were removed and the body was prepared for dehydration. A total of seventy days would complete the whole mummification process. During that time all Egypt mourned for Israel.
When it came time to bury his father in the Land, Joseph asked Pharaoh’s permission to leave Egypt and return to the land of Jacob/Israel. So well-liked was Joseph that the Egyptians paid honor to his father; all Pharaoh’s officials and dignitaries of his court joined him, as well as all the members of Joseph’s family, his brothers and his father’s household. They traveled in a very large company with chariots and horsemen. Only their children, flocks and herds remained in Goshen.
This would have been Joseph’s first time back in the land since being sold by his brothers. When they reached the burial place they lamented loudly and bitterly. Could they have been weeping over more than the loss of Jacob/Israel? Could they have wept for their Promised Land and the fact they could not stay at this time? Would they have also wept and interceded for Yahweh’s people who would go into captivity in future generations after them and prayed prophetically for their return?
Joseph observed a seven-day period of mourning for his father. During this time the Canaanites of the region said, “The Egyptians are holding a solemn ceremony of mourning.” It is interesting that the Canaanites did not recognize the Israelites among the Egyptians as apparently all had the look of Egypt about them. Could this be the same today, even among those who are returning to Torah and visiting the land of Israel? Yahweh has His people remain hidden for a season, but there will be a time that they are to return permanently according to the Gospel message. They will shed their ‘outer’ garments (mindset and lifestyle habits that are contrary to His Kingdom), and return.
continues tomorrow...