This week the Torah cycle begings anew, “Bereshiet”, or literally, In the Beginning.
This is the bedrock the ‘foundation’ upon which all that follows rests. And it’s perhaps one of the most densely “information packed” sets of chapters in the entire Book. In the beginning is not just the creation story, or the garden story, or even ‘the Fall,’ and a whole lotta begattin‘
It’s really about Authority, and obedience, marriage, deception, and exile.
First, the Erev Shabbat (Friday evening) overview and intro:
People who understand that — whether it’s the human eye, a bird’s wing, the DNA double helix, the night sky, or Maxwell’s equations — that there MUST be a Creator, may not be so convinced that the Bible really IS His Word. Study Genesis!
And have them start ‘in the beginning.’ But, as Mark points out, if you REALLY want to understand just how much “information” is packed into even the first verse of that Word, get as close as you can to the Original, because it is literally impossible to translate it all into any other form. Even mathematics…
But that part of the story that ultimately tells us about the human condidtion, and “Adam-kind,” just begins in chapter 3!
“B’reshiet: In the Beginning…A Failure of ‘Covering’ – and THEN Comes the Deluge!” “
The combined two-part teaching is here, via the Hebrew Nation Radio page.
This week is THE final parsh the Torah (“V’zot HaBaraka- Deuteronomy chapters 33 and 34) and completes the reading of the Torah for the annual cycle, as well as the ‘renewed cycle,’ which begins in Bereshiet (or Genesis) 1. Likewise, it is also the final High Holy Day, or ‘Last Great Day,’ of the Fall Moedim, or Appointed Times, of Yahuah known as Sukkot, or the Feast of Tabernacles.
First, the Erev Shabbat (Friday evening) overview and intro:
Because this week marks the END of the annual Torah cycle, and the beginning (In the Beginning!) of the next, as well as the end of the week of the annual cycle of His Appointed Times, the cycle that marks His birth as the “Torah Made Flesh,” and perhaps part of the greatest cycle of all — still building to a Climax of Biblical Proportions — it is ever-so-apropos to talk about cycles, and even something Mark calls the “Frequency Domain.” How is that important? And how do if affect how we should walk that “narrow path,” today? This time around…
“V’zot HaBaraka: The Frequency Domain – the Split and the Switch’ ” “
The combined two-part teaching is here, via the Hebrew Nation Radio page.
This week marks the first Sabbath — and first Holy day — of the Feast of Sukkot, or Tabernacles. Not only is it one of THE most joyous of His Moedim, it is always of special significance, and perhaps particularly this year.
Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa Fellowship begins to lay it all out during the Erev Shabbat (Friday evening) overview:
The Sabbath day teaching is about the “rest of the story,” because there is FAR more. It is a look back at the history, and the historic prophecy, and almost by definition, a look ahead at things yet to be fulfilled.
And here, as so properly fits THIS time of the season, the theme is “JOY!”
“Sukkot: We CAN be Joyful in ‘such a time as this’ ” “
The combined two-part teaching is here, via the Hebrew Nation Radio page.
This week is the second-to-last parsha in the Torah (“Ha’azinu – Deuteronomy chapter 32) and also marks a major element of the Already-in-Progress Fall Moedim, or Appointed Times, of Yahuah. Be sure to listen to this one, and share it, ASAP!
First, the Erev Shabbat (Friday evening) overview and intro:
The Sabbath day teaching has to start “inside-out” this week, because of the ‘times and the seasons.’ We are near the front end of the Fall Holy Days, approaching the Day of Atonement, and also so very much of what looks like are described as judgments of Yah. And things are literally “coming to a head,” probably violently, world-wide.
Why does so much of what we see in Scripture THIS WEEK seem to point to things we see, well, RIGHT NOW, too?
“Ha’azinu: The Rock, Bad Things, and Other Stuff We ‘inherited from our fathers’ ” “
The combined two-part teaching is here, via the Hebrew Nation Radio page.
Since this week, by most readings of the Hebrew calendar anyway, begins the time of the Fall Feasts, starting with Yom Teruah, the regular Torah portion that would complete the cycle, and the Book of Deuteronomy, is briefly delayed.
Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa Fellowship for a look at some special readings for the first of the Moedim, beginning with a review of Genesis 21 and 22, concerning the birth and ‘binding’ of Yitzak (Isaac), during the Erev Yom Teruah and Erev Shabbat teaching:
The Sabbath day teaching begins with a look at ‘blowing the shofar.’ Since His moedim are so often pictures of things to come, and even things in-progress, it’s important we pay attention to the times, the seasons, and the lessons, and WATCH!
“Yom Teruah: ‘You Were Slaves in Egypt – and are headed back that direction.’ “
The combined two-part teaching is herevia the Hebrew Nation Radio page.
Double parsha “Nitzavim-Vayeylech” (Deuteronomy 25:10 through chapter 31) is – in any number of ways — one of the most “fundamental” in all of Scripture. It addresses the esence of what has become the “Big Lie” of the Whore Church. If you’re looking for a simple, yet forceful, statement of what separates a “Torah-obedient mindset” from most of what we learned in ‘sun-god-day school,’ it’s here. And it contains one of the the central teachings of the Torah in what might be called the most basic ‘two word’ summary of what Yahuah gave us that makes us human, and sets apart the nature of ‘free will.’
No wonder you don’t hear it quoted very often, much less in context.
Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa Fellowship, first for a look at the whole thing, from what that Big Lie is, to what it means, during the Erev Shabbat overview:
…and then for the Sabbath day teaching. Mark suggests that the parallels between that “this day,” and our own “THIS day,” are undeniable. We, too, stand on the brink, ready for the promises outlined, and SUBJECT TO THE VERY SAME CONDITIONS.
But it’s the promises we need to count on, ‘ha yom!”
“Nitzavim/Vayelech: ‘Choose HaYom Who You Will Serve – and Overcome “
The combined two-part teaching is here, via Hebrew Nation Radio:
Parsha “Ki Tavo” (Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8) not only concludes what might be called Moses’ “Final Address” to the people of Israel, prior to his death and their crossing into the land, but the most famous set of “blessings and cursings” in all of Scripture.
Some will claim that this is all “Olde Testament,” and thus somehow “done away with,” and besides we have been kicked out of the land to boot. But, still, isn’t it increasingly obvous that’the whold world’ is literally becoming a hell on earth and these curses truly bring that point home?
Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa Fellowship first for a look at the whole parsha, during the Erev Shabbat overview:
…and then for the Sabbath teaching, which again picks up with the question we have been so carefully taught to ASK, but not “search out the Truth for ourselves” to find the increasingly clear answer:
“What POSSIBLE relevance does THIS have today?” After all, the Deep State, tyrannical state governors, Congress, and the whole waste-stream media all utterly DESPISE the God of the Bible, all He Wrote, and certainly all that He stands for.
And besides, the sun-god-day church has taught us it’s all done awwy with anyway, ‘nailed to the cross.’
Oh – and don’t forget – we were kicked out of the land, for cause, anyway.
So that’s where we start.
“Ki Tavo: If the ‘Olde’ Has Been ‘Done Away With’ – then Why Are the Plagues Worse than EVER?”
Parsha “Ki Tetzi” (Deuteronomy 21:10-25″9) is said to contain more ‘mitzvot’, or commandments, than any other parsha in the Torah. It is also one of the very most “politically incorrect.”
This portion, not surprisingly, also includes some of the examples most cited by atheists, satanists, and wannabe tyrants of all stripes as to why they hate the Bible almost as much as they do the Author Who Wrote it.
And the fact that this is so obviously the case is about as clear an explanation of why ‘the whold world’ is literally becoming a hell on earth as you will find.
Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa Fellowship first for a look at the whole “twisted by the unlearned and untaught” thing, during the Erev Shabbat overview:
…and then for the “no holds barred” Sabbath teaching, which picks up where the Whore Church tries to leave it: “done away with,” irrelevant, and too embarrasing to talk about, except perhaps derisively.
While there are number of what might be, to those of us who now know we “inherited lies from our fathers,” disconnected and unrelated bits of ‘legalism,’ there are in fact SEVERAL consistent themes.
From marriage, vows, and “divorce” (what IS, and what is NOT!) to economics and why the world stands on the brink of well-deserved collapse, this one hits as close to the heart of ‘evil’ as we can handle. “Ki Tetzi: ‘Thus you shall put away the evil from among you’ “
The combined two-part teaching is here, via the Hebrew Nation Radio page.
Parsha “Shoftim” (Deuteronomy 16:18 – 21:9) is in large part about “justice, justice you SHALL pursue.” The name of the portion means “judges,” and that is certainly an important part of the instruction, but it is just the beginning. Somehow, lessons for and about kings (also ignored more often than not) are fundamental, as are things that have to do with war. But it’s things that defile the land, and those in it, from idolatry to innocent blood, that are literally at the ‘heart of the matter.’ Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa Fellowship takes a two-part look at a lesson that is at least up front most striking for how far we have come away FROM anything related to ‘justice,’ certainly in Yahuah’s eyes.
The Erev Shabbat overview:
The Sabbath Day ‘deeper look’ will — AGAIN — upset some. But so does the whole of Torah. Not just because of the volumes of innocent blood, rampant idolatry (even is those who do it don’t know to call it such) and total rejection of what Scripture calls “justice”, but because there is so much here that raises questions neither of the two whoring houses wants to answer.
Up front, Mark cautions about the danger of “over-spiritualization”. There’s certainly a ‘higher bar,’ or burden of proof to take instruction that has an obvious, physical, societal, practical application and say, ‘but wait – there’s more!’. And there is.
We are still in exile because there are still lessons to learn.
Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa Fellowship takes a two-part look at what at the thrid in the set of the most foundational parashot in the whole of Torah, “Re’eh” (Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17). Yes, it’s still a hard-hitting, undeniable condemnation of the Whore Church and its idolatry, not to mention what has become of AmeriKa, and thus why and what we are to “come out” of those ‘lies we have inherited from our fathers.”
The Erev Shabbat overview:
The Sabbath Day ‘deeper look’ will — AGAIN — upset some. It should. Perhaps even more than the last parsha, because this one is just so “in your face” undeniable. And the consequences are literally, life and death.
If we even begin to understand the depth of the instruction in this parsha, we can see how abhorrent the idolatry that once got the ‘sons of Israel’ – BOTH kingdoms, northern and southern, “kicked out” of the land is to Him. And STILL IS!
First Moses, then many other prophets warned of the ‘curses’ which come as a consequence of rebellion to Yahuah. Today, what can only be called accurately the ‘whore church’ tells people to accept idolatry that Yah Himself calls “abomination.” They espouse some of the biggest lies in human history, including that He Himself did away with His own Word, and ‘nailed it to the cross.’ Because He somehow isn’t the same, “yesterday, today, and tomorrow,” that He can’t be trusted to keep His promises, and that when He said “not one yod or tiddle” of His instruction (‘torah’) will pass as long as heaven and earth still exist – obviously He was lying.
For those that have trouble explaining to friends and family just exactly what we should “come out of,” and why, this parsha continues to build on the foundation already established.
Given how unequivocal it is, and how clear it is that if “another jesus, whom we have NOT preached,” had in fact, “done away with the Law,” then he would have been a liar and the truth not in him. Deuteronomy 13, in this parsha, makes it clear why such a false prophet WOULD be deserving of death, and why Yahushua made it so clear that He would NOT change so much as “one yod or tiddle” of His Instruction so long as heaven and earth still exist.
No wonder the whore church would prefer we not read this.
He HATES idolatry. And the world literally wallows in it today.
Yet what begins this portion is one of the most fundamental ideas in Scripture, and the nature of what it means that He made us human: We have a CHOICE.
Just about every lie that we have “inherited from our fathers” in the whore church, and pagan world, is in this parsha, one way or another, from what is NOT food, to what ARE His set-apart times.
Be forewarned. This one, too, will be troubling to those who “have not a love of the Truth.” But that lesson has again, never been more important.
“Re’eh: The Curses Should Be Obvious By Now”
The combined two-part teaching is here, via Hebrew Nation Radio.
