PARASHA: “Va’era” (and I appeared) EXODUS 6:2-9:35
YHVH speaks to Moshe saying that when he appeared to Abraham, he revealed himself as “El Shaddai” which means “God Almighty” or “God all-powerful, yet he did not reveal himself as he did to Moshe, with Moshe he revealed himself with the more personal name; YHVH (Yod Hey Vav Hey) These letters stem from the word; “HaVaYaH” which means “To exist” (we re-arrange the letters) one could say that the name YHVH means “the God who exists from time past, present, and future) “Haya=the past” “Hoveh=the present “Yiyah”=future. As one can see, these words are a mixture of the letters YHVH.
YHVH plans to take his people out of Egypt and return them to Canaan, the promised land, and at the same time, “judge the Egyptians” using a series of judgments leading up to the slaughter of the “Passover lambs,” a very important “Moed” which we know so well.
The judgments are directed against the false deities of Egypt and against Pharaoh himself. Egypt is largely destroyed and left in ruin, and it never regained the power and military might it once boasted of.
From verses 6 to 9, YHVH makes 8 “I will” promises to his people, and I want to look at these promises in light of how they affect us as believers in Messiah Yeshua today;
1. I WILL bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians..
2. I WILL rescue you from their bondage.
3. I WILL redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.
4. I WILL take you as my people.
5. I WILL be your God.
6. I WILL make myself known to you as your GOD who brings you out from under the burdens of Egypt.
7. I WILL bring you to the land I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
8. I WILL give it to you as an inheritance.
How do these promises affect us as believers?
1. I WILL bring you out from under the burden of SIN (already done)
2. I WILL rescue you from the bondage of SIN (through Yeshua) (already done)
3. I WILL redeem you with “Two outstretched arms, which received two nails” and “judged” HaSatan (already done)
4. I WILL take you as part of my people, now, through Yeshua. You are part of the Commonwealth of Israel, you have been “grafted in.”
5. I WILL be your God; Adonai-Elohim-Yeshua YHVH
6. I MADE myself known to you through my Torah! And through YESHUA
7. I WILL bring you to my land ( in the near future ). You can serve as a volunteer with the IDF through "Volunteers for Israel, and we can look forward to the New Jerusalem, our Heavenly home. Our inheritance.
8. I WILL give you as an inheritance ETERNAL LIFE, and you will be part of MY KINGDOM. If you have already come to Yeshua, you already have it! No problemo!
A quick look at the plagues that Adonai brought down upon the Egyptians. All were directed against the pagan Egyptian gods.
The staff of Moshe, which was thrown down and it became a serpent, the serpent (Cobra) was the emblem of power in Egypt, the emblem of Pharaoh, in this case, the staff of Moshe, (the staff representing the power and authority of Adonai, through Moshe and Aaron) turned into a serpent, and quickly devoured the serpent-staffs of the magicians of Pharaoh. Result? The power (serpent) of Adonai overpowers the authority (serpents) of Pharaoh, case closed! Now here is something interesting. The Hebrew word used for "serpent" or "snake" in some translations is the word "Taneen." In reality, it means, "any large reptile, either land or marine. The only "large" reptiles in Egypt were probably "cobras" and "crocodiles."
The Nile was worshipped as a god who gave life. The Torah teaches that the life of the flesh is in the blood, yet in this case, the “bloody Nile” symbolized death. Again, Adonai triumphs over the god or goddess of the Nile. Only in Goshen was there fresh water. Yeshua, who is the “Living Water,” gives life to those who seek Him and are on “His side”.
Frogs are cute yet kinda slimy, a few are OK, but too many are bad, especially when they all start to sing and croak together. The Egyptians could not kill them since they considered them gods. The goddess “Heket” was the goddess of fertility and had the head of a frog! And boy did they ever reproduce! Too many frogs! Pharaoh asked Moses to get rid of them. He said, "You pick the time," your majesty, 'Pharoah said, "Tomorrow," (so, he wanted frogs yet another day), yet Adonai got rid of them, and the land “stank!”
The plague of lice and boils made the Egyptian priests “unclean” to serve. Again, two strikes against Egypt’s religious order.
The plague of the death of the cattle, a strike against the Egyptian god “Apis” (the bull)
The hail from the sky, a strike against Nut and Hathor, the goddesses of the heavenlies.
Before being “born again”, accepting Yeshua/Jesus as our LORD and Savior, Messiah, we are under the burden and bondage of “HaSatan” the deceiver, father of Lies, and we do “his bidding” whether we know it or not, maybe a lot of us were not involved in crime, drugs, murder, etc., but we were hell bound and just did not give God a second thought, If Yeshua/YHVH is not our Father, LORD, redeemer, than, we are of our father, “the devil”, there is no other choice, we are either on one side of the fence or on the other side, there is no “in between” fences. We are under the bondage of sin and under its burden until we are redeemed.
Yet Yeshua DID rescue us from the bondage and burden of sin with “HIS OUTSTRETCHED ARMS.” He stretched out his arms and hands to receive the nails of Calvary. He allowed the Roman soldiers to nail him to that rugged cross that Passover day, to pay the price of sin for us all. That day, he “judged” sin and death with his blood.
From the moment we accept HIM as LORD and Savior, we are taken by him as HIS PEOPLE, we join the great Commonwealth of Israel, being grafted into the Olive Tree. We are now HIS PEOPLE and part of HIS FAMILY of the redeemed. He is OUR GOD, and he made himself known to us through his WORD. His WORD has been taught to us through his faithful ministers, preachers, rabbis, teachers, etc.
We are now living in different lands, in the USA and in other countries, yet someday, we will go to live in HIS glorious city “The New Jerusalem” which is now in the Heavenlies, yet will one day come to rest on earth. This is our inheritance as believers in Messiah Yeshua, Eternal life in his glorious kingdom. We can rest assured that we all have a glorious future to look forward to.
Imagine that 3500 years ago, the Nile River was a "bloody Nile." My wife and I next to the Nile River, in Cairo, Egypt, Oct/1999 (in our younger years)
YHVH speaks to Moshe saying that when he appeared to Abraham, he revealed himself as “El Shaddai” which means “God Almighty” or “God all-powerful, yet he did not reveal himself as he did to Moshe, with Moshe he revealed himself with the more personal name; YHVH (Yod Hey Vav Hey) These letters stem from the word; “HaVaYaH” which means “To exist” (we re-arrange the letters) one could say that the name YHVH means “the God who exists from time past, present, and future) “Haya=the past” “Hoveh=the present “Yiyah”=future. As one can see, these words are a mixture of the letters YHVH.
YHVH plans to take his people out of Egypt and return them to Canaan, the promised land, and at the same time, “judge the Egyptians” using a series of judgments leading up to the slaughter of the “Passover lambs,” a very important “Moed” which we know so well.
The judgments are directed against the false deities of Egypt and against Pharaoh himself. Egypt is largely destroyed and left in ruin, and it never regained the power and military might it once boasted of.
From verses 6 to 9, YHVH makes 8 “I will” promises to his people, and I want to look at these promises in light of how they affect us as believers in Messiah Yeshua today;
1. I WILL bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians..
2. I WILL rescue you from their bondage.
3. I WILL redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.
4. I WILL take you as my people.
5. I WILL be your God.
6. I WILL make myself known to you as your GOD who brings you out from under the burdens of Egypt.
7. I WILL bring you to the land I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
8. I WILL give it to you as an inheritance.
How do these promises affect us as believers?
1. I WILL bring you out from under the burden of SIN (already done)
2. I WILL rescue you from the bondage of SIN (through Yeshua) (already done)
3. I WILL redeem you with “Two outstretched arms, which received two nails” and “judged” HaSatan (already done)
4. I WILL take you as part of my people, now, through Yeshua. You are part of the Commonwealth of Israel, you have been “grafted in.”
5. I WILL be your God; Adonai-Elohim-Yeshua YHVH
6. I MADE myself known to you through my Torah! And through YESHUA
7. I WILL bring you to my land ( in the near future ). You can serve as a volunteer with the IDF through "Volunteers for Israel, and we can look forward to the New Jerusalem, our Heavenly home. Our inheritance.
8. I WILL give you as an inheritance ETERNAL LIFE, and you will be part of MY KINGDOM. If you have already come to Yeshua, you already have it! No problemo!
A quick look at the plagues that Adonai brought down upon the Egyptians. All were directed against the pagan Egyptian gods.
The staff of Moshe, which was thrown down and it became a serpent, the serpent (Cobra) was the emblem of power in Egypt, the emblem of Pharaoh, in this case, the staff of Moshe, (the staff representing the power and authority of Adonai, through Moshe and Aaron) turned into a serpent, and quickly devoured the serpent-staffs of the magicians of Pharaoh. Result? The power (serpent) of Adonai overpowers the authority (serpents) of Pharaoh, case closed! Now here is something interesting. The Hebrew word used for "serpent" or "snake" in some translations is the word "Taneen." In reality, it means, "any large reptile, either land or marine. The only "large" reptiles in Egypt were probably "cobras" and "crocodiles."
The Nile was worshipped as a god who gave life. The Torah teaches that the life of the flesh is in the blood, yet in this case, the “bloody Nile” symbolized death. Again, Adonai triumphs over the god or goddess of the Nile. Only in Goshen was there fresh water. Yeshua, who is the “Living Water,” gives life to those who seek Him and are on “His side”.
Frogs are cute yet kinda slimy, a few are OK, but too many are bad, especially when they all start to sing and croak together. The Egyptians could not kill them since they considered them gods. The goddess “Heket” was the goddess of fertility and had the head of a frog! And boy did they ever reproduce! Too many frogs! Pharaoh asked Moses to get rid of them. He said, "You pick the time," your majesty, 'Pharoah said, "Tomorrow," (so, he wanted frogs yet another day), yet Adonai got rid of them, and the land “stank!”
The plague of lice and boils made the Egyptian priests “unclean” to serve. Again, two strikes against Egypt’s religious order.
The plague of the death of the cattle, a strike against the Egyptian god “Apis” (the bull)
The hail from the sky, a strike against Nut and Hathor, the goddesses of the heavenlies.
Before being “born again”, accepting Yeshua/Jesus as our LORD and Savior, Messiah, we are under the burden and bondage of “HaSatan” the deceiver, father of Lies, and we do “his bidding” whether we know it or not, maybe a lot of us were not involved in crime, drugs, murder, etc., but we were hell bound and just did not give God a second thought, If Yeshua/YHVH is not our Father, LORD, redeemer, than, we are of our father, “the devil”, there is no other choice, we are either on one side of the fence or on the other side, there is no “in between” fences. We are under the bondage of sin and under its burden until we are redeemed.
Yet Yeshua DID rescue us from the bondage and burden of sin with “HIS OUTSTRETCHED ARMS.” He stretched out his arms and hands to receive the nails of Calvary. He allowed the Roman soldiers to nail him to that rugged cross that Passover day, to pay the price of sin for us all. That day, he “judged” sin and death with his blood.
From the moment we accept HIM as LORD and Savior, we are taken by him as HIS PEOPLE, we join the great Commonwealth of Israel, being grafted into the Olive Tree. We are now HIS PEOPLE and part of HIS FAMILY of the redeemed. He is OUR GOD, and he made himself known to us through his WORD. His WORD has been taught to us through his faithful ministers, preachers, rabbis, teachers, etc.
We are now living in different lands, in the USA and in other countries, yet someday, we will go to live in HIS glorious city “The New Jerusalem” which is now in the Heavenlies, yet will one day come to rest on earth. This is our inheritance as believers in Messiah Yeshua, Eternal life in his glorious kingdom. We can rest assured that we all have a glorious future to look forward to.
Imagine that 3500 years ago, the Nile River was a "bloody Nile." My wife and I next to the Nile River, in Cairo, Egypt, Oct/1999 (in our younger years)
