Parsha “Vayigash” teaching from Shabbat Shalom Mesa

This week we see the conclusion to the ‘cliff-hanger’ story of Miketz, where Yosef has tested his brothers, and they stand before him accused, and evidently guilty, of theft.

And this week, as Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship likes to put it, Judah ‘draws near’ (Vayigash, Genesis 44:18 through 47:27) and “mans up.” And, perhaps to put it mildly, that surprises his brother Yosef. And certainly changes history. Or, more to the point, puts it on the track Yah evidently intended all along.

The Erev Shabbat reading tells the story, and IS the central teaching for our instruction and blessing.

The Sabbath day midrash this week, connected largely to the haftorah reading from Ezekiel chapter 37, and for reasons that may, at first, not seem obvious, will no doubt “offend many.”

Indeed, that was what Yahushua told us He would do. And so will we, when we “walk in obedience” to Him, and “for His Name’s sake.”

Which is why this teaching includes not only an “adult content,” warning, but more. After all, even the phrase “man up” will offend many in a world where the very concept of patriarchy, or “men being men,” and not espousing the proper PC BS, already “offends many.” How much more so, then, His Truth – as actually Written?

The Sabbath day midrash begins with the observation that there are SO many aspects of this story that are prophetic, from Judah honoring his word to his father [Father] to the promised ‘great deliverance’ (past, long past, their present, and our future) to the “ruach of Yakov” being revived…into Israel.

But why is the haftorah portion that goes with this story from Ezekiel 37, and the “two sticks?”

It is certainly obvious that this is another of those prophecies that has NOT yet been fulfilled. Just as both of the “two whoring wives,” Aholah and Aholibah, and their descendants, the Whore Church and the Whore Synagogue, are both still scattered, still in exile…they are not even remotely “echad.”

And, if that terminology is “offensive” to some (we have, after all, been warned) then how much more so that both of those adulterous bodies still call the Son of Yah, the Torah Made Flesh, and the Messiah Himself, a “liar”?

Mark suggests that a good part of that answer, and more, lies in warnings like Hosea 5:15. They aren’t even about ready to “acknowledge their offense,” against Him.

“Vayigash: Lost Sheep, but Still Two Sticks – the Whore Church and Whore Synagogue

The combined two-part teaching is here, via Hebrew Nation Radio.

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Parsha “Miketz” teaching from Shabbat Shalom Mesa

Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship this week for a two-part look at parsha ‘Miketz’ (Genesis chapter 41 through 44:17) – arguably the second installment in the life of Joseph, and his rise to the Number Two position in all Egypt, with at least a start of the ‘testing’ of his long-lost brothers, and even a cliff-hanger at the end.

As usual, the Erev Shabbat reading is first:

The Sabbath day midrash may be about “what can we learn from this story?” It may even illustrate – again – that His ‘torah’ is about FAR more than just “law,” because here is another example of a parsha that doesn’t really have any statutes, or commandments, but does certainly have a lot of instruction for us it it. Especially now.

The Brit Chadasha reading this week comes largely from Romans chapter 10, where the contrast between what too many people have been mis-taught in sun-god-day skool and His Truth is almost shocking, especially when we consider the lessons of the tests Yosef set up for his brothers. Have they learned anything? Can the same people who sold him into slavery now be trusted?

And how about those who will eventually come to us when the lies and liars they trusted are revealed to be what they perhaps “knew, or should have known” they were? Can we discern between those who need our help, covering, blessing, and provision, and might even be His “malachim,” and “wolves in sheep’s clothing?”

“Miketz: Testing, Filtering, and Being Open to Surprises”

The combined two-part teaching is here, via Hebrew Nation Radio.

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Parsha “Vayeshev” teaching from Shabbat Shalom Mesa

Parsha ‘Vayeshev’ (Genesis chapters 37 through 40) appears to be mostly the first installment in the life of Joseph, and at least an introduction to his brothers, but is far more. The story begins with a description of his dreams, which turn out to be not only a key component of his life, but the lesson as well.

The Erev Shabbat reading begins there:

In the Sabbath day midrash, Mark picks up with three of the primary themes from the reading, from some of what we are being taught about dreams, and their interpretation, to the elements of testing, and chastening, and growth that we see in the connected story of Judah, who becomes the father himself of a line of kings, including the Messiah, to…
…the haftorah from the Book of the prophet Amos, which is particularly relevant this week.

Not only is there the obvious connection of Joseph being sold into slavery, but the insight into the point of prophecy itself.

And that is expanded in the related haftorah reading from Amos. Mark notes that the famous understanding from that prophet, “YHVH does nothing but that He does not reveal His secrets to His servants the prophets,” is just part of the connection. When the warnings have been given – and they have! – and even “the lion has roared,” so, “Who can BUT prophesy?”

“Vayeshev: His Plan, His Tools, and His Timing”

The combined two-part teaching is here, via Hebrew Nation Radio.

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Parsha “Vayishlach” teaching from Shabbat Shalom Mesa

Parsha ‘Vayishlach’ (Genesis 32:4 thru chapter 36) begins with an encounter that been delayed at this point for two decades, when Yakov returns home, and has to deal with his brother Esau. Does he still want to kill him?

And who was it that he was wrestling with?

The Erev Shabbat reading begins there:

And the Sabbath day midrash picks up there, and with the theme of a continuing struggle. Some elements of the ‘rhyme’ that is prophecy parallel that story, and others seem to be a bit ‘counter-cyclical.’ (Still, it IS interesting that Esau is Yakov’s Big Brother!)

And the haftorah passages from the single-chapter Book of Obadiah demonstrate that what YHVH says will ultimately befall Edom, who is Esau, hasn’t happened yet; meaning that those elements of that struggle are still in-progress, too.

The night that Yakov spent in prayer, and wrestling with…someone…some ‘ish’, or man…has much to teach us.

How, exactly, did Yakov pray?

Why was he re-named, twice, and yet consistently STILL referred to throughout the Book but both his old, AND new, names?

And, of course, don’t we still wrestle with whoever he did?

“Vayishlach: Lessons from a Wrestling Match”

The combined two-part teaching is here, via Hebrew Nation Radio.

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Parsha “Vayetze” teaching from Shabbat Shalom Mesa

Parsha ‘Vayetze’ (Genesis 28:10 through 32:3) begins the new, and most critical part of the live of Yakov, as he leaves home, goes to the place where he sees His ladder, and then sojourns with the infamous Laban and ultimately takes his four wives, and fathers the twelve tribes.

The Erev Shabbat reading lays it out:

This parsha contains a number of interesting and unforgettable images and lessons:

“Jacob’s Ladder” that reaches to ‘the heavens’ and upon which “angels ascend and descend.”

Yakov meeting Raquel/Rachel. Yakov/Jacob sleeping with ‘the wrong one’ on his wedding night.

The mysteries of ‘mandrakes’ and streaked sticks.

And why Raquel took her father’s pagan idols. As well as what followed.

But Mark was led to focus this year on the fact that this is simply the story of the BEGINNING of Yakov’s journey, in so many ways.

And that’s still true.

And often, the focus of the midrash for this parsha tends to be the drama of Yakov evidently lying to his father Yitzak, while impersonating his brother Esau. But just how great was that deception, really, and how does the context matter?

But Mark suggests the story only begins with, ‘what did Yitzak know, and when did he know it?’
Or, when did he at least figure it out?

We know that there is a conflict described here that is still raging.

“Vayetze: Yakov’s Journey Begins – and Still Rhymes for Us”

The combined two-part teaching is here, via Hebrew Nation Radio.

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Parsha “Toldot” teaching from Shabbat Shalom Mesa

Parsha ‘Toldot’ (Genesis 25:19:1 through 29:9) details the life of the patriarch Yitzak (Isaac) after his marriage, the birth of their twins, and then perhaps one of the more “problematic” deceptions in Scripture.

The Erev Shabbat reading lays it out:

And offten, the focus of the midrash for this parsha tends to be the drama of Yakov evidently lying to his father Yitzak, while impersonating his brother Esau. But just how great was that deception, really, and how does the context matter?

But Mark suggests the story only begins with, ‘what did Yitzak know, and when did he know it?’
Or, when did he at least figure it out?

We know that there is a conflict described here that is still raging.

And what seems to be all-too-often “glossed over” or even just ignored, is, “what is that birthright?”

“Toldot: What About Edom?”

The combined two-part teaching is here, via Hebrew Nation Radio.

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Parsha “Chayei Sarah” teaching from Shabbat Shalom Mesa

Parsh ‘Chayei Sarah’ (Genesis 23:1 through 25:18) is called the “Life of Sarah,” but that literally is only the beginning. Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa contends that it is THE primary portion in Scripture when it comes to stories that are ‘precedents’ for what are literally the backbone of the Common Law, from the very standard for contract, to the first recorded property deed in human history, to marriage, and to “agency”, or what it means to “come in the Name of” the Master.

In this case, the stories and thus the lessons from the parsha, from the Erev Shabbat session, are the heart of the matter:

Today, not only does “lawlessness abound,” but so many of the foundations are being destroyed that we do have to look at some even broader questions.

Why did Abraham want a wife for his son from, well, a better family that he knew was available there, where he had already concluded “there is no fear of Elohim” in that land?

But this parsha begins and ends with death, and then connects things that form the heart of a free society. Things antithetical to life. Because those are what “the adversary,” and the wannabe ‘almighty State’ that serves him is working so devilishly to destroy.

Can it even exist without some degree of trust?

Most importantly still, Mark suggests in this midrash that what should be THE most important goal in our lives is also shown to us, by example. And by parable as well.

“Chayei Sarah: ‘Life, Death, Law, and…What Our Real Goal Should Be”

The combined two-part teaching is here, via Hebrew Nation Radio.

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Parsha “Vayeira” teaching from Shabbat Shalom Mesa

This week the regular Torah parsh ‘Vayeira’ (Genesis chapters 118 through 22) covers not only the second, and certainly most well-known part of the life of the ‘patriarch,’ Abraham, but also one of the most foundational.

From Sodom and Gomorrah to the ‘binding of Isaac,’ this one resonate today like never before in our lives.

Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship first for the reading and background, from Erev Shabbat:

…and then the deeper look at some aspects of the story that tend to be overlooked among the elements that are clearly so important, but that are key to helping us understand what is STILL being ignored today.

They include phrases that – no coincidence – appear throughout the narrative.

And they both bear on a question that MUST be asked today, because when he was pressed about why he told the Philistine king Abimelech that his wife Sarah was actually his sister, he admitted that the reason was because, “there is NO fear of Elohim” in this place.

It was arguably true of Sodom and Gomorrah, and, as Yahuah told Abraham AFTER the Akieda, the point of his test as well.

The rest of the story hinges on that. And it applies now.

“Vayeira: ‘Is There NO Fear of Yah in the Land?”

The combined two-part teaching is here:

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Parsha “Lekh Lekha” teaching from Shabbat Shalom Mesa

Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship for a two-part look at parsha ‘Lekh Lekha’ (Genesis chapters 12through 17) and the first installment of the life of one of THE most important figures in Scripture, and in our faith, and the man who is literally THE ‘patriarch,’ Abraham.

And we start this time before he was re-named, but with an introduction which speaks of the level of faith he would demonstrate, from his very first recorded actions.

The Erev Shabbat overview and reading lays out the story, and the context:

This is also a story that is so foundational that we might tend to ‘blur’ some of the details, but it is important to understand “what did he know, and when did he know it?” when we study the connections.

The Sabbath day study begins with a reminder that there is “no idle word,” in Scripture, and that the elements we are told may cause us to wonder, “why is this element of the story important?”

And that is particularly true since Abraham is at the heart of several of the most “controversial” aspects of modern teachings that twist that “faith” in order to support what Mark contends is probably THE Biggest Lie that is Never IN Scripture: that ‘the Law’ has been ‘done away with.’

But, after all – do we “believe YHVH” or just believe IN Him?

“Lekh Lekha: ‘By faith, our father Abraham…”

The combined two-part teaching is here, via Hebrew Nation Radio.

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Parsha “Noach” (Genesis ch. 6 – 11) teaching from Shabbat Shalom Mesa

Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship for a two-part look at parsha Noach (Genesis chapters 6 through 11) – which not only includes the enigmatic setting of the “days of Noach,” when the thoughts of men’s hearts were only evil all the days, and certainly MAY apply again today, but the Flood itself, and the also particularly famous story of the “tower of Babel.” That one includes a confounding of languages that one of today’s infamous ‘Do Be Evil’ Entities, Gulag, is also attempting to un-do.

There is a LOT here to ought to resonate today like never before.

The Erev Shabbat overview and reading lays out the story, and the context:

The Sabbath day study must include what is happening now that may parallel another prelude to yet another judgment on the whole earth, this time perhaps by fire. But unlike that first ‘Great Reset,’ this one the Creator did Himself. In many of the other Scriptural examples of judgment against a kingdom, He used pagan invaders as “destroyers.”

There are no shortages of candidates on THAT front, this time!

But what AmeriKans seem utterly clueless about this time, is that the invaders are already in place. DHS’s own figures show that over 100,000 (yes, that one HUNDRED THOUSAND) male individuals of military age, with known terrorist connections have actually ALREADY been released within the United States, and have had ample time to join up with terror cells in preparation for what is obviously being allowed. Arguably much like Hamas was simply allowed to terminally fool what was once considered one of the greatest intelligence forces on earth in Israel.

Given what a few did there, across the most secure border in the world, in only a few hours where it looked just like Texas or Arizona, imagine what thousands of invaders EACH and EVERY day for two years will be able to accomplish.

It’s time to take a closer look at the lessons in this Book.

“Noach: ‘Grading on the curve’ Might Be Comforting News”

The combined two-part teaching is here, via Hebrew Nation Radio.

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