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Parsha “Ki Tavo” (Deuteronomy 26:1 thru 29:8) is the most well-known collection of “blessings and cursings” in the Bible.

There is, of course, much more. But this year, there’s an additional twist as well. Having taught this for a number of years at this point, and noting just how relevant – and DESERVED – those curses are, it time for a different take. After all, if it’s not obvious by now how and why those curses apply, it’s fair to ask: Just what is it gonna take?

The Erev Shabbat overview begins with something that might seem quite different from how this one ends…what does ‘first fruits,’ and things that have to with His appointed times, have to do with blessings and cursings?

But it’s no coincidence this parsha coincides with the coming of the Fall Feasts, and all they represent.

The Sabbath midrash is a look at the question that should especially resonate this year: The reasons for the curses should be obvious, but will not be to far too many. And Deuteronomy 27:26 is why! Doesn’t it tell those who deny His Word exactly what the consequences are?

The curses are deserved, arguably even overdue; but YHVH is patient, to give all who will a chance to ‘return’ to Him. The question for those with eyes to see then becomes, what do we do now? And Mark Call, of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship, suggests the answer is in there, repeatedly.

It starts with “fear not!” – but it turns out that there is more than one Hebrew word for “fear,” and the difference is vital to the second part of the answer, especially for the time of Sukkot: REJOICE!

The combined two-part teaching is here:

When Mark Call started doing this show, years ago, a common metaphor for ‘the world’ at the time, and those who served its prince, was “an iron fist, hidden in a velvet glove.” Later, the glove clearly came off, and the “iron fist of Tyranny” within was revealed.

But now we see it’s holding a grenade.

When these united States were free republics, one of the things every child was taught in ‘Civics’ class was that the ‘just government’ derived its power from the “consent of the governed.”

But can there even be ‘consent’ without information, much less Truth?

The Correct Answer to Tyranny that intends to KILL YOU is,

Parsha “Ki Tetzi” (Deuteronomy 21:10 thru chapter 25) is unique in a number of ways. Not only is it “maximally politically IN-correct” – which itself speaks volumes – but it contains more ‘statutes, judgments, and commandments’ than just about any other parsha in the Torah, with the possible exception of Mishaptim itself.

But, as Mark explains in the Erev Shabbat study, it is the fact that there are so many CONTRASTS with what ‘the world’ now teaches in direct contradiction to what is here that should warn us about just where and when we are.

Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa builds on the theme that, “It’s the CONTRAST!” for the Sabbath midrash with a hypothesis:

It is, he contends, NO LONGER possible for a ‘revival’ to save a world, or even a nation, that merely revives a whore church.

And the proof is here. As is the answer.

“Return to Me,” means, “with our whole heart.”

The combined two-part teaching is here:

A special note up front from host Mark Call:

This was a tough show to do, folks. It’s a topic that has been on my heart, and my mind, for a while now, and finally “came to a head” this week.

And I knew it would strike a nerve.

But until I actually went through my notes and talked out the points I intended to make, I didn’t realize just HOW MUCH of a raw nerve that would be.

So, I won’t apologize for getting a bit “hot under the collar” about the INCREDIBLE, downright UNBELIEVABLE level of pure STUPIDITY we are seeing unleashed. And, for what that means. I hope you see the point:

For those with ‘eyes to see,’ is now beyond dispute that there is a level of Evil in power that is literally antithetical not only to the Rule of Law, and the principles upon which a once-free Republic was founded, but the Creator and His Word as well.

And they intend to kill billions.

But this week we were witness to another aspect of that Evil, when a massive fire destroyed the entire town of Lahaina on the island of Maui, but somehow looked SO consistent with so much of the other planned destruction we are seeing play out.

It’s also an object lesson.

Join host Mark Call for some analysis of what we should take away from the latest indication that “they really DO want you dead.”

Parsha “Re’eh” (Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17) begins with the single word “Behold!” Or, more simply, in the modern English, just “See.” Which is what most of xtianity has refused to do for at least 1700 years now. And it’s pretty easy to actually read this one, and see why.

The Erev Shabbat reading and commentary of the entire parsha makes the MULTIPLE reasons for that clear:

One of the elements which cannot be ignored (but, somehow, still is…) is the level of disgust that YHVH makes clear that He has for practices rooted in idolatry. The text goes well beyond even saying that He hates them. And He certainly repeats the point, a LOT, but especially in this portion.

But what Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship frequently refers to as the ‘whore church’ has been doing precisely what He so vehemently forbids for seventeen centuries. Why is this message so poignant NOW? And that is where the emphasis this time around is different.

This week it’s not enough to note that the Torah portion comes right from today’s news.

The key is Deuteronomy 13 verse 3, and again in 7, and again in verse 14 — and Yahuah clearly Writes that it includes a death penalty:

If someone – anyone, even someone we love dearly – says, “let’s go and serve other gods,” it’s not enough just to NOT consent to it, or even pity, spare, or conceal the traitor.

The problem, though seems to depend on just what that means. Certainly, “adding in” pagan practices that He forbids (from bunnies and eggs to xmas trees to sun-god-day, arguably) are, at least to those who finally see it, abominable to Him. But, “He knows my heart,” we’ve all heard. Yeah, and it’s “deceitful above all, and desperately wicked.”

Now, however, there’s another whole dimension to consider. And that’s where we look now.

Fake gods aren’t just made of “wood, and stone,” and metal. The great god Science, and its high priest Fauci, are obvious. And now, the Next Generation of idolatry is silicon. Even mRNA, nanomaterials, and ‘wetware.’

There is a lot of ‘food for thought’ in this parsha, and it could not be more urgent, for reasons He has made clear for centuries, but perhaps not to the degree we should expect.

The combined two-part teaching is here:

Special guest Dr. Jeff Prystupa joins host Mark Call for a wide-ranging discussion of what might be some of the “most important Come-out-of-her priorities” now, with a special emphasis on those things that have to do directly with our health, or threats to it.

Sometimes the Torah portion reading almost seems like it could have come from today’s news. Other times, we know the message applies, but we have to search a bit to make what later often turn out to be obvious connections.

This week, it’s a bit of both.

Parsha Ekev (Deuteronomy/Debarim 7:12-11:25) begins with a promise. BECAUSE (that word ‘ekev’, or even ‘it follows’, literally on the heels of) we obey His instruction, YHVH will keep His covenant. And for those that ask the question, “how do I know He loves me?” – that answer is right here, too.

Just as was true when Moses addressed the ‘mixed multitude’ of Israel before they were to take the land, we are at a “cusp,” a decision point. They faced giants, and fortified cities; we face a militarized global communist cabal, and a fortified swamp. All of whom still seem to serve that very same master.

And the Bible is chock-full of stories of invasion and conquest. Not just His people under Joshua to take the land, but invasions and conquest by Babylon, Assyria, and later even Rome. In every case, though, when it involved His people, it was about judgment in one way or another. That, too, is still important.

And there are a number of important parallels in this story, with where we are today. As Mark Call, of Shabbat Shalom Mesa points out, Abram, before being re-named Abraham, was told in Genesis 15:16, “Know of a certainty that your seed would be a stranger in a land that is not theirs,” and they shall be afflicted and in bondage for four hundred years. But that nation “I will judge,” and they will come out, but not soon, because, “the iniquity [even ‘depravity’ or avon] of the Amorite is not yet full.”

Still, consider that this same man, NOT TOO MUCH LATER, saw the utter destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah! What does that tell us? And what does it really take for the ‘iniquity’ to finally be ‘full’? So, today: Are we there yet?

This week Mark welcomes David Justice, the co-host of the “Drive Time Friday Show,” to talk about his own journey to “come out of her,” and, in particular, the “Institutional Church.”

There were a few technical problems, but hopefully you’ll find his journey interesting, and of value as they talk about so many things that Scripture has warned us about, and that are so clearly in progress now.

Parsha “Vaetchanan” (Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11) might be considered one of the ‘most important’ in the entire Torah: it includes not only the ‘second reading’ of the Ten Debaraim/Words/Sayings/Commandments, but also what the Messiah called the Greatest Commandment of all. So, it’s certainly “feature packed.”

The overview and reading from Erev Shabbat:

But, as Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship points out, there’s more still. The Torah portion also includes some of the very most IGNORED verses in the whole Book as well.

And when you compare how Moses laid it out with what Yahushua said in His ‘very first public address,’ the Sermon on the Mount, the reasons why become clear.

And, as Mark points out, this is a primer on how – and why – we must “rightly divide the Word of Truth.” And the midrash might also be called”

The combined full two-part teaching is here: