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This week’s parsha, Vayetze (Genesis/Bereshiet 25:19-32:3) follows the story of Yakov/Jacob after he leaves home and heads to the place of his mother Rivka/Rebeccah’s family.
And like so many things concerning the Patriarchs, it is not only maximally Politically NOT-Correct, but practically a litmus test for how far so much of the sun-god-day church has departed from the lessons of Scripture.
The Erev Shabbat reading:
There is a whole lot that much of ‘xtianity’ really doesn’t like about this one. And for the same reasons, some of the context may even seem confusing to ‘modern sensitivities.’
Why, for example, is the man who lied to his father to “usurp” his elder brother Esau’s blessing, and birthright, also held up as an icon of “emet,” the Hebrew word for ‘truth’? And why would the Creator of the Universe and Author of Scripture choose to use a man with four wives to bring forth His people?
Is it possible that there’s something in this story that ‘the Church’ would prefer to overlook, or outright hide?
This story is not merely NOT-PC. It’s a glaring example of what so pervades the world that so hates His Word today:
The combined two-part teaching is here:
It is increasingly, even undeniably, clear that we are well into one of the greatest, and most hi-tech, eras of censorship and deception in all of human history. Arguably, we have been warned, and our Creator and King says, “See, I have told you beforehand.”
So we at least have some clue about what is coming, so as to “be not deceived.”
So how do we do that?
From “Date Certain” to BS-Certain
Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship for a two-part look at this week’s parsha, Toldot (Genesis/Bereshiet 25:19-28:9) which is the primary description in the Bible of the life of Yitzak/Isaac, and includes the stories of his twin sons, Esau and Yakov.
The Erev Shabbat reading:
The Sabbath Day midrash is focused on what was originally called a “struggle” in the womb between the two twin brothers. But the Hebrew word used (ratzatz), and Rivkah’s reaction, suggest it was FAR more intense than a mere struggle.
And it continues, in every way.
Because so does the reason that Esau is “hated” by YHVH.
The combined two-part teaching is here:
Host Mark Call welcomes author, film-maker, and friend Daniel Holdings back for a special Thanksgiving Day look at the world, the increasing likelihood of deliberate nuclear escalation in WW3, and what became of a “peaceful transition” of power.
This will raise some eyebrows, but it’s certainly time.
Daniel’s website is “NotShaken.tv”
And, after the regular show, Mark and Daniel wrapped up a bit more of the discussion of a potential magnetic pole shift, and related theories, in this “Bonus podcast” for those listening on-line:
This week’s parsha, Chayei Sarah (Genesis/Bereshiet 23:1 – 25:18) essentially concludes the story of the life of the Patriarch, Abraham, but is titled the ‘Life of Sarah,’ and begins with her death at the age of 127. But this portion is perhaps THE most significant exposition of principles once known as the English Common Law in all of Scripture, by example.
The Erev Shabbat reading, from the First Land Contract, to the First “Good and Faithful Servant,” and a prototype for what constitutes marriage as well:
Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa has noted that it is surprising (but perhaps shouldn’t be!) how often the regular Torah parsha reading is so precisely on-target for what it happening in the world at that time. This one seems to be an exception. At least until we look a bit deepeer.
What does a parsha that has EVERYTHING to do with fundamental elements of the ‘common law’ matter in a week where the big issue seems to be whether the world even survives long enough for an inauguration?
The answer is in the contrast: we got here because “lawlessness abounds,” and not only has the “love of many grown cold,” but outright hatred seems to abound as well in its place.
The combined two-part teaching is here:
We are now in the “twilight zone” between the Date Certain of an election that was too big of a landslide to steal, and an inauguration that the Deep State, by ‘any means necessary,’ intends never to happen.
And as a result, many people are in a double-minded state, alternating between complacency, and utter panic.
A hypersonic missile warning shot from Russia adds to the concern, because the world has simply never been closer to outright nuclear devastation.
Meanwhile, there’s literally “nobody home” in the Oval Office, except some outright servants of Satan, who are pushing for Armageddon.
It’s time to…
“Know the Times and the Seasons”
This week’s parsha, Vayeira (Genesis/Bereshiet chapters 18 through 22) tells the second part of the story of the life of the Patriarch, Abraham, and includes at least two of the most well-known, and even prophetic, incidents in that sage.
The parsha title, Vayeira, “And He appeared,” refers to YHVH Himself, and two of His ‘malakim,’ or messengers, who appeared to Abraham on the eve of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, and is the time when the patriarch famously ‘dickers’ with the Creator on behalf of those about to die. And there is more to that visit as well.
The Erev Shabbat reading concludes with perhaps the famous event in his life, which is certainly not only prophetic, and foreshadowing, but also cited as the epitome of an “act of faith”:
The Sabbath Day midrash is all about a question that Mark Call suggests is something we should be considering today:
Can WE have “faith like Abraham?’
After all, this patriarch is essentially not only the ‘Father of Our Faith,’ but also a man who faith is literally of “Biblical Proportions.”
There are other factors to consider…
The combined two-part teaching is here:
Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship this week for a two-part look at the first parsha chronicling the life of THE Patriarch, Abraham.
The Erev Shabbat reading begins with the title phrase, Lekh lekha, or “get thee out,” of your land, your home, everything you’ve known, and go to the place that “I will show you.” He just does so, in an act of faith that has stood as a testament to that faith for millenia:
And, again, there is much in the life of this first patriarch that is so fundamental, so important, and so long-forgotten now, that it amounts to an object lesson about what is wrong with a society which is so clueless about THE fundamental structure of society, and government.
It should be no surprise, then, that so much of what Abraham did, and represented, is anathema to a ‘church’ that prefers its own dogma to His Written Word. From marriage, to ‘works’, to circumcision – there are lessons here that have been twisted, or worse.
The Sabbath Day midrash asks a question that Mark suggests MUST be asked at “such a time as this,” now that the ‘Date Certain’ has passed, but the danger, and the challenges ahead, have only begun.
Do we understand why “the world” so DESPISES everything about “patriarchy”. And why, if we are to “return to Him,” it starts with understanding what the father Abraham teaches us?
The combined two-part teaching is here:
The “Date Certain” this week turned out to be essentially the “Best Case” scenario:
Which is in itself a pitfall. Too many people seem to have already become too complacent, too fast.
And yet the danger has never been greater, still:
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