於2018-08-24發佈


每週一妥拉 2018/8/19-8/25

從古時起,世界各地的猶太會堂會一週一次在安息日讀經,從摩西五經(妥拉)到先知的書(先知書)。每週的讀經內容都有一個希伯來名稱,其出自經文內容起頭的字。每週慣例讀經的實例剛好記載在路加福音四章16節,耶穌來到拿撒勒的會堂,讀了一段先知書(以賽亞書61章)。我們發現每週一次閱讀這些內容,不僅提供我們機會,與世界成千上萬的猶太人來確認神話語的內容,在我們為以色列與猶太人的代禱上,聖靈更時常貼切的啟發具體的內容禱告。 

這週的閱讀進度8/19-8/25稱為『你出去的時候』Ki-Tetzeh讀經內容包括
妥拉:申命記21:10-25:19
先知書:以賽亞書54:1-10

妥拉: 申命記21:10-25:19

*申命記 21:21, 22:21, 22:22, 22:24; 24:7; 23:14.這樣,就把那惡從你們中間除掉。『除掉』這個字也可以翻成『燒掉或連根拔除』,在這幾段經文所要處理的許多狀況與情勢,全都指向一個重要事實,就是神的百姓要被『分別出來』與『潔淨』,不管在道德上或身體上,是個人還是群體,因為耶和華─你的神常在你營中行走,要救護你,將仇敵交給你,所以你的營理當聖潔,免得祂見你那裡有污穢,就離開你23:14)。 

我們發現詩篇101篇特別貼切將此相同原則應用在我們的心中與家中,尤其是2-4節:我要用智慧行完全的道。你幾時到我這裡來呢?我要存完全的心行在我家中。邪僻的事,我都不擺在我眼前;悖逆人所做的事,我甚恨惡,不容沾在我身上。彎曲的心思,我必遠離;一切的惡人(或譯:惡事),我不認識。』 

*申命記 23:5. 然而耶和華─你的神不肯聽從巴蘭,卻使那咒詛的言語變為祝福的話,因為耶和華─你的神愛你。』 

*申命記 23:7. 不可憎惡埃及人,因為你在他的地上作過寄居的。』我們相信此告誡到今日仍然有效。

請禱告:在以色列肢體中對埃及的愛,禱告埃及的肢體在信心、愛心和盼望中興起,在神的靈的神蹟能力中運行。 禱告兩國的關係能更堅固!神應許有一天聖潔的大道將從埃及經由以色列到亞述。

先知書以賽亞書54:1-10

*以賽亞書 54:2-3.要擴張你帳幕之地,張大你居所的幔子,不要限止;要放長你的繩子,堅固你的橛子。因為你要向左向右開展;你的後裔必得多國為業,又使荒涼的城邑有人居住。』 

請禱告:以色列將會進入在彌賽亞裡的公義地位,這將使神能擴張她的境界,涵蓋所有神命令給她的土地,一個她再也不會被拔除的土地。 

*以賽亞書54:5. 因為造你的是你的丈夫;萬軍之耶和華是祂的名。救贖你的是以色列的聖者;祂必稱為全地之神。』 

請禱告:在以色列中得著啟示,知道神是以極親密的方式愛她並且為她預備了一位『救贖主』,祂與父一起。萬物是藉著祂造的;凡被造的,沒有一樣不是藉著祂造的。』(約翰福音1:3)。 

*以賽亞書54:7-8. 我離棄你不過片時,卻要施大恩將你收回。我的怒氣漲溢,頃刻之間向你掩面,卻要以永遠的慈愛憐恤你。這是耶和華─你的救贖主說的。』 

*以賽亞書54:10.大山可以挪開,小山可以遷移;但我的慈愛必不離開你;我平安的約也不遷移。這是憐恤你的耶和華說的。』

下週的妥拉與先知書閱讀(8/26-9/1)稱為『你進去(得地)的時候』(Ki-Tavo),內容包括:妥拉─申命記26:1-29:9;先知書─以賽亞書60:1-22。

馬汀和娜瑪賽維士(Martin & Norma Sarvis
於耶路撒冷 

 

THIS WEEK’S TORAH PORTION: 

From ancient times there has been a weekly portion (Parashah) from the first five books of Moses (The Torah) and an ending (Haftarah) from the Prophets read on the Sabbath in synagogues around the world. This portion is given a Hebrew name drawn from the opening words of the Torah passage. An illustration of this practice appears to have been recorded in Luke 4:16 where Yeshua (Jesus) arrived in the synagogue in Nazareth and was asked to read the portion (Isaiah 61) from  the  Prophets. We have found that in perusing these weekly  readings, not only are we provided opportunity to identify in the context of God’s Word with millions of Jewish people around the world, but very often the Holy Spirit will illumine specific  passages  pertinent that  week in  our intercession for the Land and people of Israel. The Haftarah, unless otherwise noted, will be that read in Ashkenazy synagogues around the world. The references for all texts are those found in English translations of the Scriptures. 

The Parashah for this week 19-25 August 2018 is called, Ki-Tetzeh—“When You Go Out.” 
TORAH: Deuteronomy 22:10—25:19
HAFTARAH: Isaiah 54:1-10 

TORAH 

Deuteronomy 22:10—25:19 

*Deuteronomy 21:21, 22:21, 22:22, 22:24; 24:7; 23:14. “ Thus you shall purge away the evil from among you” . As mentioned last week, the word for “purge” may also be translated “to burn, kindle or root out”. There are many situations and circumstances dealt with in these passages (some of necessity not making for the most pleasant reading) pointing to the fact that it is of great importance that God’s people be ‘set apart’ and clean—both morally and physically, personally and as a community “ since the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp to deliver you and to defeat your enemies  before you, therefore your camp must be holy; and He must not see anything indecent among you or He will turn away from you” . 

We find Psalm 101 to be especially pertinent in applying this same principle to our hearts and homes today, especially verses 2-4: “ I will be careful to lead a blameless life—when will you come to me? I will walk in my house with blameless heart. I will set before my eyes no vile thing. The deeds of faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me. Men of perverse heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with evil!” (NIV) 

*Deuteronomy 23:5. “Nevertheless the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.” 

*Deuteronomy 23:7. “You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were an alien in his land.” We believe this admonition to be still in effect today.

PLEASE PRAY for a love for Egypt among the Body in Israel. Pray for the Body in Egypt to rise up in faith and love and hope…and moving in the miraculous power of the Spirit of God. Pray that relations  be strengthened between the two countries! God has promised that there will one day be a highway of holiness stretching from Egypt through Israel to Assyria to the north. 

*Deuteronomy 25:19. “Therefore it shall come about when the LORD your  God has given you rest from all your surrounding enemies, in the land which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance to possess, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; you must not forget.” 

This is “Our Part” of the promise made a few months ago in Exodus 17:14-16:

 “Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘Write this in a book as a memorial and recite it to Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.” Moses built an altar and named it The LORD is My Banner; and he said, ‘The LORD has sworn; the LORD will have war against Amalek from generation togeneration.’”

HAFTARAH

Isaiah 54:1-10 

*Isaiah 54:2-3. “Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings; do not spare; lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes. For you shall expand to the right and to the left, and your descendants will inherit the nations, and make the desolate cities inhabited.”

PLEASE PRAY: That Israel will come into that place of righteousness in her Messiah which will allow God to extend her borders to encompass the territory which He has ordained for her, a territory from which she will never be plucked up. 

*Isaiah 54:5. “For your Maker is your husband, YHVH of Hosts is His name; and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He is called the God of the whole earth.” 

PLEASE PRAY: For revelation in Israel that God loves him in an intimate way—and has provided a “Redeemer” for him, who is One with the  Father. “All things came into being through Him (i.e. Yeshua/Jesus), and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being” (John 1:3). 

*Isaiah 54:7-8. “‘For a mere moment I have forsaken you, but with great mercies I will gather you. With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; but with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you,’ says the LORD, your Redeemer.” 

*Isaiah 54:10. “‘For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall My covenant of peace be removed,’ says the LORD, who has mercy on you.” 

Martin & Norma Sarvis Jerusalem 

[The Parashah for next week 26 August—1 September 2018 is called Ki-Tavo—“When You Come Into…”: TORAH: Deuteronomy 26:1—29:9; HAFTARAH: Isaiah 60:1-22.]