In some ways, Bereshiet (Genesis, and “in the Beginning) is the most fundamental element in the Bible. Literally everything else builds, line-by-line, precept-by-precept, upon that Foundation.

And, as Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship contends, that is why those fundamentals are so hated, by a world, and – yes – a ‘church’ which hates what He ordained. So this week we depart a bit from the “annual Torah cycle” layout to do a bit deeper dive into this first parsha in the Book.

The Erev Shabbat reading of the first three chapters of Bereshiet/Genesis:

The Sabbath Day midrash is about that fundamental truth that has been undermined, inverted, despised by ‘the world,’ and deliberately ignored by what rightfully IS the Whore Church, direct descendant of what He called Ahola, still in exile for idolatry.’ And it is at the very heart of almost all that is wrong today with a world which despises His Authority.

The combined two-part teaching is here: