b'midbar ministries torah portion study: haazinu

7/29/2019 B'midbar Ministries Torah Portion Study: HaAzinu

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At the time of this study this week we have gathered and celebrated

the most solemn of Feast Days, Yom HaKippurim, orDay of Coverings,

2012. It has been a significant time of personal inspection, reflection and

restoration--creation to Creator, and man to man. Much is to be learned in

appreciating and applying YHVH's instruction and to reconciling and being

reconciled back to The Father, to one another, and even to ourselves. So in

the midst of our celebration of The Day of Coverings we discover this

parasha of great import and relevance as it pertains to repentance, andwhat is required to be reconciled and covered. In one of the suggested Brit

readings that correspond to our parsha study found in Pauls book to the

qahalin Rome we read specifically of rebellious Israel,


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How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and

how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall

they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be

sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the

gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! But they have not

alloobbeeyyeedd the gospel.For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?1

The word we read here in verse 16, obeyed, comes from Strongs #G5219and is the word hoop-ak-oo'-o which means to hear, that is, to listenattentively; by implication to heed orconform to a command orauthority: -hearken, be obedient to,obey. It is also the same word wefind in this weeks parasha, the root of

Haazinu, Strongs #238, rooted inStrongs #241 or o'-zen.Meaning hear,ear, balance, or to broaden the ear for picking up sounds, pictographically itreveals another deeply profound principle we often gloss but desperately

need to understand if we expect to endure andpersevere with YHVH.

Comprised of an Alef, Vav, Zayin and a Nun,

these 4 letters give way to what may be the very

key to experiencing the life of victory, that being a

life demonstrating YHVHs kingdom here on earth

and in our lives and

families. Would you

like to experience that

more today? Could you use a blessing today?

Would you like to be able to lay your burdens

down and walk in the fullness of The Fathers

Love? Here it is then. The two-letter root word

Zen, comprised of aZayin and aNun, is a

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power-packed root word meaning to harvest the seed. Remember,

YHVHs living word often uses agricultural concepts to teach us about life,

blessings, death and curses, so the letterZayin is symbolic of a hoe or

mattocks because it uses a very wide blade..hence the wideningof the ear.

The letterNun means seed. Now, come harvest time the farmer will use thewide blade of their mattocks or hoe to bring forth the fruitproduced by

the seed.Nun is also symbolic of life, remember that mishpocha. The front

end of our word for ozen, or give ear is comprised of yet another 2 -letter

root word, Av, or Awspelled with anAlefand a Vav.Alefmeans strength.

It also means Father. Vav is symbolic of a nail or tent pegs which are used

tosecure, to add, pierce or join. These two together pictographically mean

a strong joining towhich is the definition for desire. When we string the

two roots of this compound word pictographically we learn that when wedesire to harvest the seed (the seed being what? See Lk.8:11) in our lives we

are to Give ear unto YHVHs instruction. In fact, to harvest the seed is to

offer the life, or an offering. So when we give ear to YHVHs Torah what we

are actually doing is offering our life in service to Him daily. This is what

we read in another one of our suggested Brit Scriptures in the book of

Hebrews where we read

And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of

those things that are shaken, as of things that are made,

that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be

moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God

acceptably with reverence and godly fear.2

2Heb.12:27-28


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Maintaining a life surrendered upon the altar of sacrifice, giving up

our ideas and plans and offering ourselves to Him in obedience, this is the

result ofgiving earunto our Heavenly Father. And in return Moshe says

His instruction will drop like the rain, or in Hebrew, maw-tar. This is just

a beautiful word. Comprised of aMem, aTet, and aResh, it means rain. Rain is

nourishing because it keeps us from

drying out, especially when we go

through seasons of dryness. If we

examine the first two letters, theMem and the Tet, we get the two letter

root word Met. And wouldnt you

know that it means Shake, or

Branch; the pictograph Mem is apicture of water, the Tet is a

picture of a basket which contains

objects. Combined these mean

liquidcontained. A green branch

still contains water allowing the

branch to be flexible. A green

branch can then be bent to the

desired shape and left to dry.3

Yeshua said, I am the vine and you are the branches.

Those who stay united with me, and I with them, are the ones

who bear much fruit; because apart from me

you cant do a thing. Unless a person remains united with me,

he is thrown away like a branch and dries up.

Such branches are gathered and thrown into the fire,where they are burned up.4

3Ancient Hebrew Lexicon of The Bible, Benner, A. Jeff, Parent & Child Roots, p.167 A.H.L. #1285.

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Beloved, as our lives come against the fires of adversity we should be

asking ourselves, Am I united inYeshua?And if so, then what is the

natural outcome of that, especially in the hard times? Because when

difficulties come YHVH allows and or purposes them to shape us into the

image of His Son who is TheBranch5. If we are giving ear to His Torah,then when difficulty comes we will not only produce fruit acceptable to

Him, but well remain flexible, shaken, but immovable because we are full

of His Living Water6, united to and able to serve Him acceptably, with

reverence and godly fear. If our life mirrors

something different, then it indicates were

failing to receive His nourishing rain.

Taw-lal'is the word used in our parasha,

verse two for dew. This word means tocover, to strew over. It also means to

scatter, or cover over a large area. Interestingly, weve just been celebratingtheDay of Atonement, orDay of Coverings. Moshe declares his instruction

will distill as the small rain, or saw-eer'. In Hebrew, this word meanssmall rain, but again a closer lookin the Paleo reveals it to meanHair; goat; from its thick hairused to make tents; II. Raindrop:

As the hair from heaven (Benner).

Intriguing, as we continue this word too echoes the theme ofcovering. Did we not study earlier in Shemot that the women wove goatshairinto a coveringfor the wilderness tabernacle? (Ex.26:7) Finally, I

want to point out pictographically this word expresses how we should reactto YHVHs teaching/covering. If we take each letter, one at a time we againgain even deeper appreciation for YHVHs order. The first letter ofsaw-eer',being aSamech meaning to grab a hold of.Ayin means to gainunderstanding as it is observed. Now, YodandResh actually form a two

letter root word yar. It means to throw, out of which we get the root forour word forfear, expressing the action ofawe or fear where one throwsself to the foot of one in authority (Benner). This is the same word we findrooted in the word for Reverence, or yare.

5Jer.33:15

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Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us havegrace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly

fear:7

Notice the connection again in the testimonyof Yeshua, the writer of the book of Hebrewspoints out that it is through YHVHs gracethat we can serve Him in an acceptable way

with Reverence, and Godly Fear.Reverenceas read here translates back to the Septuagintas the Hebrew word kaw-saf'(Str. #3700),and it literally means to become pale, that is,to pine after; also to fear: - [have] desire, be

greedy, long, sore.Godly Fear is rooted in the Hebrew word naw-zar'andit means to hold aloof, that is, (intransitively) abstain (from food anddrink, from impurity, and even from divine worship (that is, apostatize));specifically to set apart (to sacred purposes), that is, devote: - consecrate,separate (Benner).

They have corrupted themselves,their spot is not thespot of his children: they are a

perverse and crooked generation.

The word for corrupted is shaw-khath'and itmeans to decay, to ruin, to cast off, to corrupt,destroy, lose, mar, spoil, or waste. Comprised of a

Shin, a Chet, and a Tav.The Shin-Chet two letter rootword means to sink, down. In pictographic meaningtheShin means teeth and the Chetmeans walls,

literallysharp walls one sinks down intoand maintains a variety of uses inboth the negative and the positive. This is one such occasion and ispoignantly clear as we isolate the two letter root here. The word shaw-khathmeans to decay, corrupt, to spoil or waste and if we explore the word just bythe letters it means to destroy literally by placing a wall between us and

7Heb.12:28


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YHVHs seal.Shinbeing to destroy, Chetbeing a wall that divides andplace one on the outside of, and the Tavmeaning two sticks, seal, sign,covenant.

The following verses after verse 5 in Devarim chapter 32 details how

Yisrael will excuse themselves from YHVHs banquet table to exploreothers. Their apostasy will be recorded in this timeless portion. Theycorrupt themselves because they elected to pursue things contrary to thegood word YHVH gave them through Moshe. They sank down into a pit of

their own making, and thereby cut themselves off from Yehovah, the one

who established them there in the first place.

On the other side of this record is none other than our worship.Because we read in verse 36 that when Israel has come to the end of

themselves that YHVH will repent Himself or naw-khamwhich means tosigh, to breathe strongly, that is to pity, regret, to console and comfort. This3 letter Hebrew word shares a famous 2-letter rootthe Nun and the Chet.Do you knowwho that is? Thats right! Noah! This also meansRest! When

we stop chasing after unprofitable thoughts, pursuits, baseless worry andanxiety, and begin to simply trust in YHVH for ourprotection and deliverance, He will! The word that isthe opposite of corruption is WorshiporShaw-khaw.

FFoorr ssoommeetthhiinngg ttoo ffaallll,, iitt

hhaass ttoo ddiiee..

When corruption is introduced, death is thenatural progression. It falls like a branch broken fromthe vine. But worship, when it is done right, its morethan just bowing and prostrating ourselves humbly

before The Father. It symbolizes our dying to selfandresults in a powerful infilling of HisRuach! Worship in Hebrew is a Shin,Chet and a Heh. In Hebraic thought, the letter Heh symbolizes the breathof YHVH. Psalm 33:6 says


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By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; andall the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

The word used here for breath is the word Ruach. It speaks of thecreative force YHVH used to bring His Creation into existence. In the

Amidah, or Standing Prayerread every morning and evening we read theblessings, of which one is titled Gods Might. In it we read faithfully,

You are eternally mighty my LORD, theResuscitator of the dead are you;abundantly able to save, who makes the dew (theres the dew again!)

descend; Who sustains the living with kindness, resuscitates the dead withabundant mercy, supports the fallen, heals the sick, releases the confined

and maintains His faith to those asleep in the dust. Who is like You, OMaster of Mighty deeds, and who is comparable to You, O King Who

causes death and restores life and makes salvation sprout!

What an amazing prayer! It also is significant in names. WhenAbramcommitted himself faithfully to YHVH his name was changed fromAbram,toAvrahamwith a Heh placed in the middle, to symbolize the breath of

God upon him and his life. Same withSarai,Avrahams wife as her namewas changed as she took the matriarchal status becomingSarah. This nowbrings us to the Testimony of Yeshua where the writer of Hebrew declaresin chapter 12

And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things

that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which

cannot be shaken may remain. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which

cannot be moved, let us hhaavveeggrraaccee, whereby we may serve Godacceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming

fire.


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Grace: to have affection for, to seize, to stay with,

become strengthened by, to become a master of, to cling

to or follow hard after, to become, to see or behold,

to be joined to and fascinated by, to be used to

strengthen and heal others, to distribute, to yield to,to establish, to prescribe to another by engraving it

in yourself, to wear as a garment, to carry with you

wherever you go, to be used to release or to rescue, to

make it easily seen, to lift others up who have fallen,

to be used as a cover, to be given in abundance, to

rest in, to put it where it's needed, to be used to

establish safety, welfare and peace.

Do we wear grace as a garment beloved? Having grace, meansunderstanding that we must cling to YHVHs instruction. It means givingothers the benefit of the doubt and choosing to be an example whenexamples are hard to find. We must Haazinu, or give ear to His teaching ifour lives are going to count for Him so that they are not spent in vain

For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this

thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to

possess it8.

Before climbing mount Avarim (plural forEber, ( Moses gives final

instruction to Israel. He tells them to Set your hearts unto all the words

which I testify among you this dayand he instructs them to command

your children to observe to do, allthe words of this Torah. He tells them

this because Israel is already set on a collision course with rebellion, but he

knows that if they will commit their hearts to YHVHs wordand do it, then

they will prolong their lives and days in the land and those of their children.

This season, as we prepare our hearts forSukkot, the Feast of Ingathering,let us cling to the grace YHVH has given us, let it inspire us with humility,

reverence and holy fear. And let it remind us that YHVH has given us life

because He gave His only Son so that we can be restored, and called to a life

8Dev.32:47


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set apart; lives not to be bound, but to be filled with the glory of His Ruach!

May His mighty Name be Praised!

To whom God would make known whatis the riches of the glory of this

mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

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