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Given the holiday weekend, and the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, this was a special repeat:
There really is only ONE show that matters this week. And if you missed this over the Holiday Weekend, catch it now, and make sure to pass it on.
Parsha ‘Pinchas’ (Numbers 25:1-30:1) is actually the conclusion of that story that bears the name of the grandson of Aaron, which begins with a lot of idolatry and outright ‘whoring’ – but not for mere money.
The Erev Shabbat reading by Mark Call of SSM completes that story, and continues with some other elements that certainly add more ‘understanding’ to the issue.
The actions of Pinchas, which some describe as “double-murder,” are sometimes said to be among the most “problematic” or even “morally ambiguous” in all of Scripture. And yet YHVH says NOTHING of the sort. It should be hard to argue with stopping a plague, and receiving the “Covenant of Peace” from the Most High, Himself.
But men still do. Why not? The same ones want to re-write His Word, too.
Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship worship services and teachings are broadcast live every Sabbath, via Paltalk. (www.paltalk.com has both the link, and the app.) The “room name” is “Walking Torah with Shabbat Shalom Mesa,” and can be found via the paltalk search, then bookmarked.
Erev Shabbat services begin at 7:00 PM Mountain Time Friday evenings (9 PM Eastern, 8 PM Central)
Live Sabbath teachings begin shortly after 11 AM Mountain time on Sabbath day (Saturday).
email: [email protected]
The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash:
On this day in history, July the 2nd, 1776, the Second Continental Congress actually – and it was truly a miracle! – UNANIMOUSLY passed Richard Henry Lee of Virginia’s Resolution for Independence.
It was on July 4th, two days later, that the same Congressional Congress passed the “unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.”
And the Rest is History – even if too many Americans fail to know it.
This week, host Mark Call presents the Real Story of the parts that Don’t Get Told.
the Truth about the Most Important Document ever written ORIGINALLY in the English Language.”
Parsha ‘Chukat’ (Numbers chapters 19 through 21) is mostly about the most enigmatic ‘chuk’ in Scripture – the Red Heiffer. But there’s another in here as well, also about things that are red, and a bit confusing as well. But the reading schedule this week goes far beyond that, through the parsha called “Balak” (and Numbers 25:9) as well. So it’s a lot of material, and while Mark Call of SSM admits this is a lot to do justice to, at least there ARE some undeniable themes that REALLY should stand out today!
First, the Erev Shabbat Combined reading:
The Sabbath Day midrash is where Mark ‘connects the dots,’ and points out just how deadly the connections, and the warnings, are today.
And it gives us better insight into why what Pinchas did was so important.
Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship worship services and teachings are broadcast live every Sabbath, via Paltalk. (www.paltalk.com has both the link, and the app.) The “room name” is “Walking Torah with Shabbat Shalom Mesa,” and can be found via the paltalk search, then bookmarked.
Erev Shabbat services begin at 7:00 PM Mountain Time Friday evenings (9 PM Eastern, 8 PM Central)
Live Sabbath teachings begin shortly after 11 AM Mountain time on Sabbath day (Saturday).
email: [email protected]
The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash:
Declaration of Independence – 250th Anniversary Special
Part 2
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Do we still have ANY of that Republic “if you can keep it” – left?
Parsha ‘Korach’ (Numbers chapters 16 through 18) is popularly known as the story of “Korah’s Rebellion.”
And the Erev Shabbat reading of the portion by Mark Call of SSM certainly explains why:
But we risk missing out if we don’t ask some important questions, and not even just “why?”
This was, after all, the guy who had led them through the Red, er, Sea of Reeds, and spoke directly to YHVH Himself. Who did they think they were?
But maybe we shouldn’t be surprised. After all, Yahushua told all us that if we don’t believe “Moses’s Writings,” how could we believe His Words?
Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship worship services and teachings are broadcast live every Sabbath, via Paltalk. (www.paltalk.com has both the link, and the app.) The “room name” is “Walking Torah with Shabbat Shalom Mesa,” and can be found via the paltalk search, then bookmarked.
Erev Shabbat services begin at 7:00 PM Mountain Time Friday evenings (9 PM Eastern, 8 PM Central)
Live Sabbath teachings begin shortly after 11 AM Mountain time on Sabbath day (Saturday).
email: [email protected]
The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash:
We are coming very close now to the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and what is often called the ‘birth of our nation.” We’ve already seen spectacles like UFC fights and World Cup soccer events — and will no doubt see more jets and fireworks — but those are pale substitutes, and even smokescreens, for the Real Questions:
Does that nation even still exist? And – especially if NOT, which seems to be the more supportable answer – do we know WHY?
Parsha ‘Beha-alotecha’ ends with what Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship has often described as “the Whining.” Which is followed by ‘the Lusting.’ And a lot of people who end up dead as a result. And that leads directly into parsha “Shalach Lekha,” where the words mean “send out men.” It is the story of the infamous “spies” — including Joshua and Caleb — and is also what Mark calls the “first recorded VOTE in history.”
And Joshua and Caleb LOST it, 10-2. But, much like ‘votes’ today, the only people that REALLY lost were those who participated. Their “bodies fell in the wilderness,” ultimately, as they were promised.
The Erev Shabbat reading of the entire ‘parsha-plus’ clarifies that connection:
Did EVERY single man over the age of 20 die in the wilderness because they went along with the “evil report” of those ten spies? Scripture makes it clear that they did. But, other than Joshua and Caleb, weren’t there ANY men above ‘voting age’ that simply didn’t participate with that infamous ‘first vote’? Would God really do that?
But it turns out the pattern, and the progression, are clear. First they “murmured,” but perhaps “whined” really is what it would probably be termed today. Then they lusted, and got quail. A LOT of it. And probably wished they hadn’t. But Scripture told us the complaining, and worse, was widespread – but did not use the word “all.” Even if it may have been the vast majority.
UNTIL that ‘first recorded vote.’ After which, it says clearly, and repeatedly, “ALL” of ’em. And Joshua and Caleb admonished ALL of ’em, too. And then ALL of them tried to kill them both.
After which “ALL” of them got what they deserved. Or had earned. But it may not have been the very first time after all.
Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship worship services and teachings are broadcast live every Sabbath, via Paltalk. (www.paltalk.com has both the link, and the app.) The “room name” is “Walking Torah with Shabbat Shalom Mesa,” and can be found via the paltalk search, then bookmarked.
Erev Shabbat services begin at 7:00 PM Mountain Time Friday evenings (9 PM Eastern, 8 PM Central)
Live Sabbath teachings begin shortly after 11 AM Mountain time on Sabbath day (Saturday).
email: [email protected]
The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash:
So much has happened in just the last few weeks that most Americans probably never believed even COULD happen. Blatant election fraud, long denied, has become so flatulent that even the far left is embarrassed by the stench of LA. When they’re not paid to lie.
And two examples of what happens to a dumbed-down, demoralized, and disarmed society when invaders rape, then kill, and finally humiliate them, have – MAYBE – even awakened no-longer-great Britain to how they have been defeated.
So, Mark Call asks some questions. Even if it may already be too late for most of those who “reject knowledge,” and are now suffering for it.
Not, “what will you do IF,” but what will you do WHEN?
James Madison: “It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be the first duty of citizens and one of the noblest characteristics of the late Revolution. The freemen of America did not wait till usurped power had strengthened itself by exercise and entangled the question in precedents. They saw all the consequences in the principle, and they avoided the consequences by denying the principle. We revere this lesson too much … to forget it.”
But AmeriKa did. Before any of us were even born.
JFK: “When peaceful revolution is made impossible, violent revolution becomes inevitable.”
A few weeks back, Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa made the decision to spend a bit more time on the last few weeks of regular readings, which included a “double-portion,” separately. Hopefully you saw why that was important. So, this week, we’ll continue to catch up, with a bit more than parsha ‘Naso,’ (Numbers 4:22 through chapter 7) and continue through a section in chapter 10 that seems to fit well.
The reading for parsha Naso begins with the remainder of the duties of the tribe of Gershon, and then summarizes the ‘census’ of the Levites, after which the narrative changes, and we again see that those who were “unclean” – for several reasons – were to be “put out,” or “shalach” in the Hebrew, a word we’ve seen before – of the camp. And that is followed up by descriptions of two other ‘processes,’ described in detail, which seem utterly foreign to most of ‘the sun-day church’ today.
The Sabbath Day midrash this week begins with a question:
What is it about those two, apparently very different, situations, and thus processes, the connects them? And why do they follow immediately after the commandment to “shalach” or put out of the camp, the “unclean?”
The process outlined for the “sota” – or the woman whose husband suspects adultery, but has no proof – is said to be the ONLY one of its kind in Scripture, where YHVH actually PROMISES a miracle, one way or another. It’s also misunderstood and mis-taught (witness most of the twisting you’ve probably heard about ‘Jesus and the Woman CAUGHT in adultery’) and yet still at the very heart of so many of the most important events in all of human history! Why does the ‘whore church’ then ignore the real lesson?
And that is followed-up immediately by the process surrounding the ‘Nazerite vow.’ Samson was said to be one “from his mother’s womb,’ as perhaps John the Baptist may have been as well. But Shaul, aka “Paul of Tarsus” notably TOOK such a vow, after he came to know Yahushua, notably, and yet most of xtianity has NEVER heard that! For reasons that Mark says, as the discussion unfolds, are obvious now.
Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship worship services and teachings are broadcast live every Sabbath, via Paltalk. (www.paltalk.com has both the link, and the app.) The “room name” is “Walking Torah with Shabbat Shalom Mesa,” and can be found via the paltalk search, then bookmarked.
Erev Shabbat services begin at 7:00 PM Mountain Time Friday evenings (9 PM Eastern, 8 PM Central)
Live Sabbath teachings begin shortly after 11 AM Mountain time on Sabbath day (Saturday).
email: [email protected]
The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash:
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