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One of the things that host Mark Call has suggested is perhaps THE toughest for most people who are beginning to realize just how Big the Lies are is the fact that ‘they’ really DO want to kill billions of people.
In fact, John 10:10 puts it precisely: the thief, the Adversary, the Enemy, “comes but to steal, kill, and destroy…” and the sooner the sheep realize that Truth, the better off they are.
Sadly, many, if not the vast majority, will NOT. At least until it is way too late.
Those of us with ‘eyes to see’, and who know Who we serve, must understand a little bit about ‘filtering’ – by whatever name.
This week the regular annual cycle followed another double-parsha, but Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa wanted to spend more time on Matot, and instead decided to combine the last parsha of Numbers/Bemidbar into this week, where the “stages” seem to fit better with Moshe’s “introduction” besides. So, Masei (Numbers 33 through the end of the Book) and Devarim (chapters 1 through 3) are this week.
And it’s also a great combination from which to explore some of the ‘stages’ we see today.
First, the Erev Shabbat overview and reading:
The theme of ‘stages,’ shared by both of the readings, is where the midrash begins.
And this one by necessity examines some of the Big Lies Revealed in recent headlines. YHVH, in Amos 3:7 says that He “surely does nothing, unless He first reveals His secrets to His servants, the prophets.” And were also told, through the witness of three separate gospels, that there is nothing hidden which will not be revealed.
And not only are so many things hidden, and lied about, being revealed, but we are rapidly getting to the point where it will be hard to argue that His warnings aren’t UNDENIABLE.
And then what?
There came a point during the first set of plagues where people began to see what was happening, and listen. This week, there’s a strong case to be made that, “It’s time!”
Double parsha Masei/Devarim: It’s Time!
The combined full two-part teaching is here:
So many “conspiracy theories” that tend to point out just how satanically EVIL the world has now become have been admitted to be “fact” of late, that even some folks who have been determined to hand on to their delusions to the bitter (and obvious) End are starting to question whether they should “continue to drink the Bud Lite.”
Which leads to an interesting, and old, problem: if enough people get “PO’d” and start to kick back against the Big Lies, even just a bit, there’s an assumption that the “Overton Window” might start to move back, just a little, in the other direction, too. (If that term is unfamiliar – stay tuned.)
But if this time really is building to a climax of truly “Biblical Proportions,” it means we need to be aware of where we are, time-wise, to we can prepare the way we probably know by now that we should.
And that means we need to “Come out of her,” even FURTHER than we might have thought. Join Mark Call for a look into:
“Black Markets, Bootletters, Boot-Lickers, and BS”
Parsha Matot (Numbers 30:2 through chapter 32) begins with the topic, and what “YHVH has commanded,” concerning vows. And, as Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship has suggested literally every time it’s taught, it is in his opinion one of the most vital foundations for understanding marriage. As well what has been done to it.
But this year, in the context of a nation, and a world, where duplicity has replaced integrity in virtually every public forum, at minimum, there’s even more here to pay careful attention to.
This time, the Erev Shabbat reading is the very heart of the story:
This week we saw still more graphic illustrations of men who put their hands on a Bible and lie. It’s not just that in SO many cases a “man’s word is NOT his bond” any more, it’s that we have gotten so inured to perfidy that we are no longer even surprised by it, and those who do so have no shame. But that leads to a question, often asked: How did we GET here? It seems there are just too many obvious answers to make sense of the whole.
But that then confuses the even more important question: How do we get BACK?
There really may be a succinct answer in this parsha. The most basic unit of ‘government,’ ordained by Yahuah and outlined in Genesis, and repeatedly thereafter, is the family. And, more importantly, what is called ‘patriarchy’.
And, right there, the problem stares us in the face. The fact that even that word itself is now practically a curse to those who, let’s be honest, HATE His Word, is virtually a proof.
So, how do you destroy a a people, a nation, a world? Start there. Destroy men. Then the family. And they can work up to killing kids later.
This parsha, and this teaching, is decidedly NOT “politically correct.” Which is where we start.
Matot and Numbers 30: How did we get here? And how do we turn back?
The combined full two-part teaching is here:
There’s a war coming. Maybe more than one. Because the same servants-of-the-Adversary who have been jonesin’ to kick off a thermonuclear first strike are also working hard to set “neighbor against neighbor,” and drive once-free AmeriKa into total chaos as well.
And THIS time, Big Brother and his master are pulling out all the stops to drag you in.
But, like the moral of the movie “War Games,” the only winning move is not to play.
Parsha Pinchas (Numbers 25:10 – 30:1) is in fact “the rest of the story,” and more, from last week, and the end of ‘Balak,’ where the daughters of Midian began to seduce the men of the mixed multitude into pagan practices.
And, again, no question, it is one of the most “problematic,” and no doubt confusing to some, in all of Scripture. How can a man who appears to commit a violent act, some might even say murder, be given a ‘Covenant of Peace,’ and Eternal Priesthood, by Yahuah? And, yet, the parallels in the cycle today should — at the very least — outright shock us.
First, the story itself, in the Erev Shabbat overview and reading:
We pick up the story of Pinchas with a reminder of how people who were so specifically blessed by Yahuah were able to be seduced into cursing THEMSELVES..and continue a look at what made Pinchas’ actions so…praiseworthy…to the point where he was singled out for being “zealous” (Hebrew root ‘qanah’) for YHVH and given His Covenant of Peace for violence…that stopped a plague.
But how are we to understand Pinchas’ drastic actions, and his singular reward? It’s undeniable that such a story wouldn’t be IN Scripture if there wasn’t a lesson for us to understand.
We’re reminded how the “watchman on the wall” of Ezekiel is charged with blowing the shofar, and how “do not keep silent” has been commanded. But Pinchas goes beyond that.
And yet, when we look at the idolatry and depravity of the acts that brought on a “plague” that had already killed 24,000 people even before Pinchas took up his spear, and compare it to the “world today,” it seems we’ve gone beyond that as well.
There seems to be ‘peril’ in even talking about some things. Maybe it’s no wonder that the level of perversion, abuse, idolatry, depravity, and outright hatred of the Yahuah has reached “Biblical proportions” today.
Where was a Pinchas when we needed him? But one thing is for sure about the man in the story…
Pinchas: He did NOT fail to ‘Object in a Timely Fashion!
The combined full two-part teaching is here:
What was once literally unthinkable, as in “it could NEVER happen here,” is now subsidized by a totalitarian state that makes the Tyrant King George III of the American Revolutionary era look reasonable by comparison. We’ve almost gotten used to “grooming” of pre-pubescent children in the Public Cesspools en route to their sterilization and eventual self-destruction. And this week even a WasteStream news outlet ran video of traitorous “Border Patrol” agents CUTTING THE FENCING on private property on the border of once-free Texas with Mexico, in order to allow invaders better access to the conquered land.
People with “eyes to see” are outraged. Those drinking the Kool-Aid, or the Bud Lite, have already had “their delusions chosen for them.
And:
“Outrage is NOT Enough”
This week the regular annual cycle is a double-parsha (Chukat, Numbers chapters 19 through 21), and then parsha Balak, chapters 22 through 24…and a bit more. Admittedly, Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa thinks that’s a bit much for one week’s study, but at least it’s an interesting combination, for reason’s we’ll explore.
Parsha ‘Balak,’ in particular, and the lesson that follows, is perhaps one of the most “problematic,” and no doubt confusing to some, in all of Scripture. How can a man who appears to commit a violent act, some might even say murder, be given a ‘Covenant of Peace,’ and Eternal Priesthood, by Yahuah? And, yet, the parallels in the cycle today should — at the very least — outright shock us.
First, the story itself, in the Erev Shabbat overview and reading:
The double-parsha really DOES resonate with the “times and seasons” today, this year, however. From elements of “do this because I SAY so,” that have to do directly with death, to the story of a man who clearly HEARD from YHVH, but somehow didn’t actually listen, are about as clear a warning as we should expect. But, even more, as Mark suggests in the strongest possible way, it’s vital to understand how a people who were so specifically blessed by Yahuah were able to be seduced into cursing THEMSELVES!
Double parsha Chukat/Balak:
The combined full two-part teaching is here:
This week it’s again time to take a detailed look at what host Mark Call has frequently called the most important document ever written ORIGINALLY in the English language, the “unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.”
Mark welcomes the Common Lawyer, Brent Winters, who points out up front that it’s less a “Declaration of Independence,” from the British Empire, and more a statement of DEPENDENCE on YHVH, and His ‘Divine Providence, Who is referenced in the document no less than four times.
Special guest Brent Allan Winters information may be found on his website:
Ask most people who have even just a bit of knowledge of the Bible who “Korah,” was, and you’ll hear the response: rebellion. And what happened to him is almost as well-known: he was taken alive ‘into the pit’ as the earth opened up.
This parsha (Korach, Numbers chapters 16 through 18), and the associated haftorah, from I Samuel 12, is also essentially ‘segment two’ of what Mark sometimes calls the ‘Demonocracy series,’ from the Bible. And that, too, seems to connect to the larger topic of Rebellion.
First, the story itself, in the Erev Shabbat overview and reading:
Whether they complained, murmured, and even rebelled, or not, the ‘mixed multitude’ had a leader in Moshe like no other people in history had before them.
And Korach and his rebellion without question demonstrated some characteristics and behavior that was a precursor to the virtually identical lies we still see today. Still, though, it wasn’t a polar opposite. They wanted power for themselves, but still claimed to want to worship the same YHVH that guided them in the wilderness.
And that is at least part of what is so different this time.
The combined full two-part teaching is here:
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