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Welcome to this week’s Torah portion,
which is called Parasha Balak (Destroyer).
Please read along with us, and discover timeless Torah
truths in this portion of Scripture to be read in synagogues
this Shabbat. We know you will be blessed !
“And Balak [בָּלָק] the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.” Numbers 22:2
In this week’s Parasha, we see the overpowering strength of God’s blessing on Israel. When Balak, the king of Moab, sent a sorcerer named Balaam to curse Israel, he found that he could not do so. Although Balaam was commissioned to pronounce a curse over Israel, he found he could only issue a blessing, saying, “How shall I curse whom God has not cursed?” (Numbers 23:8) Many might come against the nation of Israel, but no one can curse those whom Adonai Himself has blessed!
The Moabite King Balak, whose name means waste or to lay waste, wanted to lay waste the nation of Israel. To his dismay, he found that he was unable to do so because of God’s blessing upon her.
Last week’s Parasha Chukat ended with Israel seeking to pass through the land of the Amorites on their way to the Promised Land. The Amorites responded with war, but with God's help, Israel defeated them.
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Torah: Numbers 22:2-25:9
Haftarah: Micah 5:6-6:8
B’rit Chadashah: Romans 11:25-32
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Weekly Torah Portion: Balak
What was it about the nation of Israel, perched on the east bank of the Jordan river, just weeks away from entering the land, that so terrified Balak and Bilaam and the rest of the players and power brokers that made up the nations of the world? Was it an impending 'occupation'? 'Apartheid'? 'Human rights abuses'? No! No! and No! It was something much more threatening to the status quo that ruled the world back then, and even more so today.
Balak (Numbers 22:2 - 25:9)
Parashat Balak is read on Shabbat:
Tammuz 17, 5776 / July 23, 2016
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Shabbat Shalom - Parasha Balak the Power of God's Blessing !!!
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Shabbat
Shalom from the Holy Land !
Welcome to our study of Parasha Balak (Destroyer),
the weekly Torah portion that will be read in every
synagogue around the world during this week's Shabbat
(Saturday) morning service.
May you be blessed as you read along with us!
BALAK (Destroyer)
Numbers 22:2–25:9; Micah 5:6–6:8; 2 Peter
2:1–22
“And Balak [בָּלָק]
the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the
Amorites.” (Numbers 22:2)
Last week’s Parasha (Torah portion) ended with Israel
seeking to pass through the land of the Amorites on their
way to the Promised Land. The Amorites responded with war,
but with God's help, Israel defeated them.
In this week’s Parasha, we see the overpowering
strength of God’s blessing on Israel. When
Balak, the king of Moab, sent a sorcerer named Balaam to
curse Israel, he found that he could not do so.
Balaam Prophesies the Glory of Israel, by James Tissot
Although Balaam was commissioned to pronounce a
curse over Israel, he found he could only issue a
blessing, saying, “How
shall I curse whom God has not cursed?” (Numbers
23:8)
Many might come
against the nation of Israel, but no one can curse those
whom Adonai Himself has blessed!
The Moabite King Balak,
whose name means waste or
to lay waste, wanted to
lay waste the nation of Israel. To his dismay, he found
that he was unable to do so because of God’s blessing upon
her.
Why did King Balak feel so threatened by Israel that he
felt the need to have her cursed? It is because Balak,
along with his elders, had heard of the Israelites stunning
victories over the mighty enemies of Sihon and Og.
Therefore, deciding that it would be too risky to fight
Israel directly, they hired a “spiritual mercenary,” Balaam,
who was a heathen sorcerer, to put a “hex” on their enemies.
Although we may consider this an ancient superstition, many
practice such magic even today.
For instance, in the United States there exists a form
of Louisiana Voodoo (also known as New Orleans Voodoo). It
is rooted in West African Dahomeyan Vodun, which came to the
American south through the slave trade.
The Bible strictly forbids the people of God to
practice such sorcery; neither are we to seek guidance
from astrologers, sorcerers, psychics or those who consult
with the dead:
“When
you come into the land which the LORD your God is giving
you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of
those nations. There shall not be found among you anyone
who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire,
or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one
who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who conjures
spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up
the dead.
“For
all who do these things are an abomination to the LORD,
and because of these abominations the LORD your God drives
them out from before you. You shall be blameless before
the LORD your God. For these nations which you
will dispossess listened to soothsayers and diviners;
but as for you, the LORD your God has not appointed such
for you.” (Deuteronomy 18:9–13)
Handwritten Torah scroll
Sadly, the rise in the popularity and
acceptance of books and films such as the Harry Potter
series has led some Christians to break this serious
commandment at their own peril.
As the world becomes darker and more terrifying, many
people seek guidance and comfort from such sorcerers and
others skilled in the occult arts; but as God’s people we
are to “come out from among
them and be separate.” (2 Corinthians 6:17)
The adversary of humankind seeks to deceive and enslave
people through a variety of methods—false doctrines mixed
with true doctrines, false religions, fleshly
temptations—through spiritists, books, TV, and more.
But those who
follow Yeshua (Jesus) actually have an advantage that is
superior to any of those methods. Believers have the
Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) to lead and
guide them into all truth; therefore, they do not need to
stumble around in the kingdom of darkness looking for
direction from those who serve the evil one.
God promises that if we seek Him with all of our heart,
we will find Him (Jeremiah 29:13), and that those
who are His sheep will hear His voice (John 10:27).
He has not left us to our devices wondering which way we
should go.
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The Power of the
Tongue
Even though most people in today’s modern,
Western culture do not purposefully engage in placing
curses on others, people frequently unknowingly affect
others in a negative sense with their words.
The Bible tells us
that the power of life or death is in our tongue
(Proverbs 18:21); therefore, we need to be
deliberate when we speak about or over other people, ensuring that our words are
constructive and lifegiving.
Not everyone has been so privileged to have blessings
spoken over their life, especially as a child. All too
often parents, teachers, and other children are unkind or
speak appallingly ungodly words over another.
Name-calling, criticism, and belittling comments are
common occurrences in our human experience.
Oftentimes these negative words can pierce the heart and
soul of a child or adult. Such false labels as the
following are taken to heart and believed to be true:
loser, stupid, clumsy, lazy, hopeless, ugly, bad,
worthless, inept, idiot, jerk, brat, or unlovable.
What is the answer to this very real problem? How can
we escape the multitude of word curses spoken over us? The
answer is found in Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus the Messiah)!
Not only do we find unconditional love and acceptance
with Yeshua; but also the blood of the Messiah has the power
to break every curse that has ever been spoken over
us—whether intentionally or out of ignorance.
Yeshua became a curse for us so that we could be
redeemed and set free from every curse: “Messiah redeemed us from the curse
of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written:
'Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.'" (Galatians
3:13)
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Blessing and
Cursing the Jewish People
By taking upon himself the task of cursing the Jews,
Balaam entered into Jewish history books as Balaam HaRashah
(Balaam [or Bilam] the Wicked). Although
he called himself a prophet of God, he was motivated more
by earning a profit than the gift of prophecy than
edifying, warning, teaching, and blessing others with it.
In Judaism, some consider his name to mean without a nation or people (bli
– am), suggesting that by going to curse
Israel he became excluded or cut off from a place in the World to Come (Olam
haBah).
The reality that Balak and Balaam ignored is that God
has promised to bless those who bless the descendants of
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; and to curse those who curse us. (Genesis
12:3)
How many people or nations are cutting themselves off
from blessing and a place in Heaven by attempting to curse
the Jews?
Although Balaam
possessed legendary powers, they were tiny compared to
God’s power.
Three times Balaam tried to curse Israel and three times
he involuntarily blessed them instead.
A Jewish father holds his child close as he
prays at the Western (Wailing) Wall in the
Old City of Jerusalem.
Over the centuries, many peoples and nations
have tried to destroy Israel, like Balak, but none have
succeeded in wiping Israel off the map as they have
desired.
Hamas and other Islamist terrorist groups have written
into their charters the goal of annihilating Israel and
driving her people into the sea. This desire to annihilate
the Jewish People has been shared by Nazi Germany, the
Spanish Empire, Byzantine Empire, Assyrian Empire,
Philistines, ancient Persia (see Book of Esther), and more.
Why has Israel
survived against all odds even till today?
It is because of God’s covenantal promise to the seed
or offspring of Israel:
or offspring of Israel:
“Thus
says the LORD, who gives the sun for a light by day, the
ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night,
who disturbs the sea, and its waves roar (The LORD of
Hosts is His name): ‘If those ordinances depart from
before Me,’ says the LORD, ‘then the seed of Israel shall
also cease from being a nation before Me forever.’” (Jeremiah
31:35–36)
God has blessed the Jewish People, and they are as
secure as the stars in the sky.
The Milky Way Galaxy over Israel's Negev Desert
Even though God has made the survival and
ultimate salvation of Israel secure, Psalm 83 prophesies
that in the Last Days, a confederacy will be formed
before our very eyes that intends to wipe out the name
of Israel forever:
“They have taken crafty
counsel against Your people, and consulted together
against Your sheltered ones. They have said, ‘Come, and
let us cut them off from being a nation, that
the name of Israel may be remembered no more.’”
(Psalm 83:3–4)
In a move last year that may prove extremely dangerous
for the United States, a Supreme Court ruling declared
that any American citizen born in Jerusalem may not
declare “Israel” as the country of birth on their
passport. The court can try to wipe the name of Israel
off American documents, but they will not succeed in
causing the name of Israel to be remembered no more.
There is only
one way that Israel may be defeated; that is, through
her own sin — by turning away from God.
This is what happened to the people of Israel in this
Parasha. Although Balak and Balaam failed in bringing a
curse upon Israel, they brought destruction upon
themselves by committing sexual immorality with the
Moabite women and worshiping their god, Baal-Peor.
“So Israel was joined to
Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD was aroused
against Israel.” (Numbers 25:3)
Seeing His Chosen People worship pagan gods enraged
God and resulted in a plague that killed 24,000
Israelites. Scripture reveals that it was Balaam, who
counseled the Midianites to ruin Israel through
association with their women. (Numbers 31:7–16)
The Rabbis, therefore, also discern another meaning of
the name of Balaam as bilu-am—one
who confused the nation.
An illustration from The Bible and Its Story
(1908) depicting the Midianite women
seducing the Israelite men as a means to
bring them under a curse.
What happened in the end to Balaam? After being
ridiculed by his own donkey, who miraculously tried to
save him by telling him about the end that lay before him,
Balaam finally died in a battle with the Israelites. (Numbers
31:8)
So ended the life of one who was motivated by
greed and selfish ambition rather than by God’s
righteousness.
The Book of Jude underscores the error of false
prophets like Balaam: “Woe
to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have
run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit,
and perished in the rebellion of Korah.” (Jude
1:11)
What was this grave error of Balaam that was serious
enough to be included alongside Cain, who murdered his
brother (Genesis 4), and Korah, who led a
rebellion against Moses that resulted in the deaths of
many Israelites (Numbers 16)?
The Pirkei Avot
(Ethics of the Fathers) contrasts Balaam’s sins with
Abraham's righteousness:
"Whoever possesses the
following three traits is of the disciples of our father
Abraham; and whoever possesses the opposite three traits
is of the disciples of the wicked Balaam. The disciples
of our father Abraham have a good eye, a meek spirit and a
humble soul. The
disciples of the wicked Balaam have an evil eye
[greed/envy], a haughty spirit and a gross soul....
The disciples of our father Abraham benefit in this world
and inherit the World To Come, and as is stated,
"'To bequeath to those who love
Me there is, and their treasures I shall fill'"
(Proverbs 8:21). The disciples of the
wicked Balaam inherit purgatory and descent into the
pit of destruction, as is stated, 'And You, G-d, shall cast them
into the pit of destruction; bloody and deceitful men,
they shall not attain half their days. And I shall
trust in you'
(Psalm 55:23)." (Chabad)
(Psalm 55:23)." (Chabad)
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men in Tel Aviv show passersby how to put
on tefillin (phylacteries) and pray.
Yeshua also referred to Balaam,
saying to the Believers at Pergamum:
saying to the Believers at Pergamum:
“Nevertheless, I have a
few things against you: You have people there who hold
to the teaching of Balaam, who taught
Balak to entice the Israelites to sin by eating food
sacrificed to idols and by committing sexual
immorality.” (Revelation 2:14)
And Peter
referenced Balaam in his warnings to Believers—may the
people of God today take heed:
“They have left the straight way
and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam
son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey—a
beast without speech—who spoke with a man's voice and
restrained the prophet's madness.
“These men are springs without
water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is
reserved for them. For they mouth empty,
boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful
desires of sinful human nature, they entice people who
are just escaping from those who live in error.”
(2 Peter 2:15–18)
(2 Peter 2:15–18)
A woman hikes in the Hittin Region of Israel. (Israel Tourism photo
by Tal Glick and Amir Moran)
Why are there so many warnings about Balaam? And how
are they relevant today?
Balaam, even after failing to curse Israel
directly, continued to associate and co-operate with
those who sought Israel’s destruction.
There are some within the Christian Church who not
only associate with, but also financially support people,
charities, and causes with an anti-Israel and even
anti-Semitic agenda.
From the example
of Balak and Balaam, we can see that being drawn into
despising Israel is a dangerous path—and “talking
donkeys appear to be in short supply these days!”
(Wild Olive)
May God’s people disassociate from those who curse
Israel and teach anti-Semitic lies. May the followers of
Yeshua, both Jews and Gentiles, choose to stand with
Israel to the very end and continue in holiness.
Let us bless Israel and pray that God will save her
from all those enemies who try to curse her. Let us also
pray that the Jewish People will seek after God with all
of their hearts and will walk in righteousness before
Him. It is then they will find Him.
Many have falsely said that God is finished with His
Chosen People; however, Bible prophecy clearly states that
this will never be so. In fact, in these Last Days, God
is moving among His people to physically and spiritually
restore them.
"Hear the word of the
LORD, you nations; proclaim it in distant coastlands:
'He who scattered Israel will gather them and will
watch over His flock like a shepherd.'" (Jeremiah
31:10)
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"Then I will
give you shepherds after my own heart, who will lead you
with knowledge and understanding." (Jeremiah 3:15)
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