Saturday, January 21, 2023

CHUCK KOLB

 Shabbat Shalom - Parasha Va'era (And I Appeared) - Five Expressions of Redemption !!!


Previously posted ...
Shabbat Shalom - Parasha Shemot (Names) - Like Israel, Like Us !!!
https://conpats.blogspot.com/2023/01/chuck-kolb_14.html
Dealing With Death - 1/14/23
https://conpats.blogspot.com/2023/01/sermon_14.html
Situation WW3 Updates 1/15/23 WEF 2023 - Dr Jane NWO - De-civilization - Zero Trust Access
https://conpats.blogspot.com/2023/01/chuck-kolb-situation-updates_15.html
Situation WW3 Updates 1/16/23 MLK Day - Boomerang - mRNA Meat - Lisa Marie -  Transistion Closet - Uniparty
https://conpats.blogspot.com/2023/01/chuck-kolb-siuation-updates.html
Situation WW3 Updates 1/17/23 Antarctica Inside - Babylon Falling - Trump Two Faces - Retailers Closing  
https://conpats.blogspot.com/2023/01/chuck-kolb-situation-updates_17.html
Situation WW3 Updates 1/18/23 Declare N America - mRNA No Control - Grid Down - Three Fates
https://conpats.blogspot.com/2023/01/chuck-kolb-situation-updates_18.html
Situation WW3 Updates 1/19/23 James Bond WEF - Replace Humans - NZ Christchurch - NZ Jacinda Resigns
https://conpats.blogspot.com/2023/01/chuck-kolb-situation-updates_20.html

 
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world
ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. John 16:33
Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Luke 12:37
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. Eph 5:11
I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. I will never forget thy precepts:
for with them thou hast quickened me. Psalm 119:60,93
The war against Truth has been raging ever since
evil was expulsed from the realm of Heaven.  
God instructed Pharaoh, "Let my people go."
God instructs us, "Let my people know."
Shema Y'israel - Maranatha !
Na'aseh V'nishma  

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  Rosh Chodesh Shevat
Monday, January 23, 2023 sunset

כבוד שם יהוה Baruch Hashem Adonai   
לשבור לחם ביחד Shabbat Shalom Mishpacha

#ShabbatShalom - Welcome to Va'era (And He Appeared), this week’s Parasha (Torah Portion).  Please read along with us as we make our way through the Torah portion that will be read in synagogues around the world during this week’s Shabbat (Saturday) service. May you be blessed, refreshed, and inspired as you study God’s word with us. Enjoy!

In last week’s Torah study Shemot, God appeared to Moses at the foot of Mount Sinai in a burning bush, instructing him to lead the Israelites out of Pharaoh’s bondage.  Because Moses perceived himself to be slow of speech, God appointed his brother Aaron to be his spokesperson. When the brothers went before Pharaoh, he refused to let the Israelites go.  Instead of making the situation better, the Israelites’ enslavement became more oppressive. In this Parasha Va'era, God promises Moses that He will accomplish four redemptive acts: He would bring out the Israelites from their suffering in Egypt, rescue them from slavery, redeem them from their oppression with His outstretched arm, and take them as His own nation (am). God also makes a fifth expression of redemption.  He promises He will bring (heveiti הֵבֵאתִי) His people back into their own land.

You can view this Parasha on our website complete with embedded links ...
Va’era: Like Egypt, Like the World

https://free.messianicbible.com/parasha/vaera-like-egypt-like-the-world-5783/ 

Fear Not Man; Fear the Lord
https://free.messianicbible.com/feature/fear_not/
God Wants to Set You Free! Find Out How
https://free.messianicbible.com/feature/god-wants-set-free-find/
No One Else Brings Salvation but Yeshua
https://free.messianicbible.com/feature/one-else-brings-salvation-yeshua/
Are You a Jew? The Answer Might Surprise You
https://free.messianicbible.com/feature/are-you-a-jew-fname-the-answer-might-surprise-you/

 
Revelation and Na'aseh V'nishma
https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/11880
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/do-first-understand-later/
We will do and we will listen to all that God has declared. Exodus 24:7


When to Celebrate Yeshua HaMashiach's birthday ...
The Joy of Tabernacles when Jesus was Born
http://conpats.blogspot.com/2019/10/chuck-kolb-10142019.html
How Yeshua was born on the Feast of Tabernacles by Rabbi Yitzchak
http://www.calledoutbelievers.org/how-yeshua-was-born-on-the-feast-of-tabernacles/

Yeshua's Truth & Christianity's Lies - האמת של ישוע ושקרי הנצרות
vid> https://youtu.be/UAPArABi838 (2:42:51) 12/11/22
Rabbi Guy Cohen הרב גיא כהן > https://www.youtube.com/@rabbiguycohen/videos
 

English to Hebrew to English lookup
https://context.reverso.net/translation/hebrew-english/
https://www.doitinhebrew.com/Translate/default.aspx
https://english-hebrew-dictionary.com/
https://alittlehebrew.com/transliterate/  
https://yiddishkeit101.wordpress.com/category/hebrew-word-of-the-day
The Best Jewish Words You Need To Know: A Yiddish and Hebrew Glossary
https://www.joyofkosher.com/from-jamie/the-best-jewish-words-you-need-to-know/
https://www.brighthubeducation.com/studying-a-language/58611-yiddish-expressions-for-the-holidays/
https://hebrew4christians.com/Glossary/glossary.html
A Living Library of Jewish Texts in Hebrew and English translation
https://www.sefaria.org/   https://dictionary.co.il/   https://www.hebrew-verbs.co.il/
https://www.mechon-mamre.org/
 
Torah Teasers Parshat Va'eira by Moshe Erlbaum
https://www.aish.com/tp/i/teasers/Torah-Teasers-Parshat-Vaeira.html

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Todah Rabah - beloved Rabbi Ralph Messer ...
Simchat Torah Beit Midrash - Joy of God’s Teaching and Instruction

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.  2 Timothy 3:16

What Does It Mean to Choose Life? Every decision you make can be made in a way that you are “choosing life.”
The Torah is God’s constitution; it is His teaching and instruction; it is eternal and it is life.
His Spirit is pure Light, abundant with untouchable, supreme, sovereign power.
God is the Source of all life.  
 
וָאֵרָא  Va’eira means “and I appeared.” 
In this portion, we read of the first seven plagues that came upon the Egyptians.  When reading about the fourth plague, it says, “And I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which My people dwell…And I will put a division between My people and thy people…” Here, the point is emphasized: God chose the Jewish people and distinguished them from everyone else.  They were different for a reason, and their difference was meant to affect their surroundings. What Makes You Different? You have a lot of reasons to be happy about who you are. Your difference counts, your difference is significant, and you have within you a great purpose. 
https://stbm.org/vaeira/

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Todah Rabah - Dr. Gary Hedrick 
...
Reaching the Jewish people with the Gospel
https://www.cjfm.org/about-us/who-we-are/history/
Charles Halff - What It Costs a Jew to Become a Christian
https://store.cjfm.org/product/146/what-it-costs-a-jew-to-become-a-christian

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Todah Rabah - beloved Rabbi Chaim Richman ...
Weekly Torah Study: with Rav Gedalia Meyer
Temple Talk with Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Abba Horovitz
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheTempleInstitute/videos
https://www.facebook.com/The-Temple-Institute-22738684968/
https://www.instagram.com/thetempleinstitute/ - https://twitter.com/TempleInstitute
https://www.templeinstitute.org/ Weekly Newsletter - 36 years  
The Mystery of the Red Heifer: Divine Promise of Purity
https://templeinstitute.org/red-heifer/
Jerusalem Lights - Rabbi Chaim Richman
https://www.youtube.com/c/JerusalemLightsRabbiChaimRichman/videos

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Todah Rabah - beloved Rabbi Chaim Jachter ...
Kol Torah Academy of Bergen County    

Parashat Va'Era- Tevet 28, 5783 - January 20, 2023
https://www.koltorah.org/s/Kol-Torah-VaEra-2023-2.pdf (3 page pdf)
https://www.koltorah.org/articles/?category=Va%27Era
https://www.koltorah.org/by-parashah  https://www.koltorah.org/parashah
https://www.koltorah.org/rav-jachters-halachah-files
Yeshiva > https://www.tabc.org/  https://www.instagram.com/koltorah.tabc/
https://www.koltorah.org/about-us > https://www.koltorah.org/books
Rabbi Jachter on JM in the AM with Nachum Segal talking about his book
mp3> Bridging Traditions: Demystifying Differences Between Sephardic and Ashkenazic Jews! (23:59)
https://nachumsegal.com/nachum-and-rabbi-haim-jachter-explore-bridging-traditions-on-jm-in-the-am/
Does the Torah Reject Democracy? > Rabbi Chaim Jachter
https://www.koltorah.org/halachah/does-the-torah-reject-democracy-by-rabbi-chaim-jachter

 
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Parshat Va'era

https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/3242/jewish/Vaera-in-a-Nutshell.htm
http://www.chabad.org/parshah/default.asp?tDate=1/21/2023  
https://www.chabad.org/calendar/view/month_cdo/jewish/Jewish-Calendar.htm
https://www.chabad.org/calendar/converter_cdo/aid/6225/jewish/Jewish-Hebrew-Date-Converter.htm
 
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Todah Rabah - beloved Rabbi Naphtali “Tuly” Weisz 
...  
https://israel365.com/  https://www.israel365news.com/
https://www.israel365.com/about/  https://theisraelbible.com/
https://theisraelbible.com/bible/torah/  https://theisraelbible.com/blog/
 
The Portion of Va’era
https://theisraelbible.com/2015/01/11/vaera/
https://theisraelbible.com/bible/exodus/ 

REPORT: “Toadzzila” discovered in Australia in time for Torah reading about plague of frogs
https://www.israel365news.com/365681/report-toadzzila-discovered-in-australia-in-time-for-torah-reading-about-plague-of-frogs/

The 39 Acts Forbidden on the Sabbath
https://theisraelbible.com/the-39-acts-forbidden-on-the-sabbath/
https://theisraelbible.com/the-true-day-of-rest/

Anti-Semitism is on the rise in the United States.
Stand with 100,000+ people who stand with Israel.
https://www.israel365.com/the-israel-covenant/

ACLJ Petition - Jay Sekulow
Stop Biden IRS From Spying on You and Your Bank Account
https://aclj.org/government-corruption/stop-biden-irs-from-spying-on-your-bank-account

 
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DONALD DATES
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Trump
Frederick Christ Trump (Drumpf) 10/11/1905
Mary Anne Trump nיe MacLeod 5/10/1912
Barron 3/20/06
Melania 4/26/70

https://rumble.com/c/DonaldTrump Donald J. Trump
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/

Events > https://www.donaldjtrump.com/events
Watch > https://rumble.com/c/RSBN RSBN  

  
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Good News From Israel - Achievements and Heartwarming Stories
In the 15th Jan 23 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:
https://verygoodnewsisrael.blogspot.com/2023/01/israels-good-news-newsletter-to-15th.html
http://verygoodnewsisrael.blogspot.com/
 
Mishpacha Jewish Family Weekly
https://mishpacha.com/ 

The Sticky Hands of Trump and Biden
Binyamin Rose decodes the classified documents scandal
https://mishpacha.com/the-sticky-hands-of-trump-and-biden/

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Todah Rabah - beloved Ted Belman writing from Jerusalem, Israel for 21+ years ...  
THERE IS NO DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION
https://www.israpundit.org/  
Israel should declare three nos;  no to nuclear Iran, no to two-state solution,
no to bi-national state  

LARA LOGAN: The Russia/Ukraine War (must watch)
vid> https://rumble.com/v25hggo-lara-logan-watch-ukraine-and-china-the-patriots-are-winning-the-5th-generat.html (51:54) 1/14/23 X22 Report
https://vaccineliberationarmy.com/rooms/liberty-freedom-room/lara-logan-the-russia-ukraine-war-must-watch/
https://www.israpundit.org/lara-logan-the-russia-ukraine-war-must-watch/

The Manic Methods of Mad Democrats
https://amgreatness.com/2023/01/15/the-manic-methods-of-mad-democrats/
https://www.israpundit.org/the-manic-methods-of-mad-democrats/

The Deep State undid, Kennedy, Nixon and Trump
foxvid> https://youtu.be/MgXq8S02NJc (12:39)
https://www.israpundit.org/the-deep-state-undid-kennedy-nixon-and-trump/

Russian Ambassador Anatoly Viktorov: Israel Remains our Important Partner in the Middle East
The War of Attrition between Egypt & Israel (1968-1970)
vid> https://youtu.be/DoBJsOVZ3XU (4:55)
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/russian-ambassador-israel-remains-our-important-partner-in-the-middle-east/2023/01/20/
https://www.israpundit.org/russian-ambassador-israel-remains-our-important-partner-in-the-middle-east/
Russian Ambassador: Moscow Pleased with Israel’s Refusal to Sell Weapons to Ukraine
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/russian-ambassador-moscow-pleased-with-israels-refusal-to-sell-weapons-to-ukraine/2023/01/19/

The Two State Solution is no more
>> https://www.israpundit.org/63684392-2/
The Jordan Option Conference Videos reposted
>> https://www.israpundit.org/the-jordan-option-conference-videos/
https://www.israpundit.org/jordan-past-present-and-future-the-jordan-option-revisited/
>> The Jordan Option, plain and simple
https://www.israpundit.org/the-jordan-option-plain-and-simple/
>> The Jordanian Option is the only game in town
https://www.israpundit.org/my-jordan-option-is-the-only-game-in-town/
>> The Ultimate Alternate Israel-Palestine Solution by Ted Belman
https://www.israpundit.org/the-ultimate-alternate-israel-palestine-solution-3/

Kindly donate to support the work I do
by Ted Belman
https://www.israpundit.org/please-donate/

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Quest For The Lost Tribes - Full Simcha Jacobovici Documentary

vid> https://www.bitchute.com/video/jbB2ELq4xPw/ (1:33:29) 8/18/19
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simcha_Jacobovici
12 Tribes of Israel: The Shevatim
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3798842/jewish/12-Tribes-of-Israel-The-Shevatim.htm
https://www.jewishvoice.org/read/blog/who-are-tribes-judah
 
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Welcome to Kashrut Malchut Shamayim

In this week’s parsha Va'eira,

Moses and Aaron come before Pharaoh and demand their freedom.  Amid signs and wonders, Pharaoh will not acknowledge the sovereignty of any power other than his own.  The Torah recounts that “the heart of Pharaoh was hardened and he would not let the children of Israel go.”  I love this idea of Pharaoh’s hardened heart, refusing to relent as the entire world around him is turned upside down and inside out.  This week we highlight a menu of hearts, (not actual hearts, although you can get those if you make our Yerushalmi, we're sticking with hearts of palm and heart shaped foods.
https://jamiegeller.com/holidays/a-heartfelt-shabbat-menu/
A Heartfelt Shabbat Menu
 
What is Ashkenazi Food? ~ JewLish
https://aish.com/what-is-ashkenazi-food/

Honey BBQ Sesame Wings
https://jamiegeller.com/recipes/franks-red-hot-original-buffalo-chicken-wings-2-2/

Baked Pear Parcels With Lemon Chamomile Sauce— HEAVENLY!!
https://jamiegeller.com/recipes/baked-pear-parcels-with-lemon-chamomile-sauce/

Pepper Crusted Tuna On Arugula
https://jamiegeller.com/recipes/jeff-nathans-pepper-crusted-tuna-on-arugula-fennel-and-orange-berry-salad/

Foods That Boost Your Mood And Help You Sleep
https://jamiegeller.com/browse/30-recipes-to-help-you-sleep-better/

Get Healthy in 5 Easy Steps
https://jamiegeller.com/guides/get-healthy-in-5-easy-steps/

Vegan Recipes
https://jamiegeller.com/search?query=vegan+recipes  
https://jamiegeller.com/browse/the-best-crowd-pleasing-vegan-appetizers/
Cook the 21 Most Popular Recipes of 2021
https://jamiegeller.com/from-jamie/cook-the-21-most-popular-recipes-of-2021/

This is Where You Can Find Me Most of the Time
JewLish - One People - Many Flavors

https://www.facebook.com/jewlishbyjamie/
https://www.instagram.com/jewlishbyjamie/
https://www.instagram.com/jamiegeller/
https://www.facebook.com/jamiegeller
https://www.youtube.com/c/jamiegeller/videos
https://jamiegeller.com/

Support Our Farmers - Shmitah Mitzvah
http://supportourfarmers.org
https://tinyurl.com/Farmers-Guide-for-Produce (7 page pdf)

Joy of Aliyah  
http://jamiegeller.com/tag/joy-of-aliyah/
https://jamiegeller.com/tag/joyofisrael/
Jamie Geller Welcome's You
vid> https://youtu.be/XO-owES713c (0:35) JG  
Lots of 💕 Jamie - Until next week Shabbat Shalom from Israel !  

The answer is, it's made with love from Israel ! 
https://jamiegeller.com/from-jamie/my-jewish-food-memories/
My Love Affair With Jerusalem
https://jamiegeller.com/from-jamie/my-love-affair-with-jerusalem/

Jamie's Honey Collection
https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/779DC156-2368-4FA4-A098-872BBC7F03D2

Jerusalem Street Food with Jamie Geller Spices
vid> https://cdn.jwplayer.com/players/CluuvDpk-FSMnt4zj.html (10:56) JewLish   
Machane Yehuda - https://jamiegeller.com/browse/a-haute-market-in-jerusalem-the-shuk/
https://jamiegeller.com/browse/4-israeli-desserts-inspired-by-the-shuk-in-jerusalem/

The Jamie Geller Spice Collection: Now Available Worldwide!
Sending you love and my heartfelt wishes for peace, from Israel.
New Trio of Pilaf Mixes - Mujadara Lentil, Festive Herb and Jeweled Almond
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jamie+Geller/page/55E36343-CF6F-4E88-A4D5-D7C1C0274F7F
https://www.amazon.com/shop/jamiegeller  

Babies, Books, and a Billion Views: My Decade in Review
https://jamiegeller.com/from-jamie/a-decade-in-review/

Best of the Best w Hubby - Family Heirloom Cholent ...
vid> https://youtu.be/Ae2-lQVFsGw (12:01) 8/11/11 JG classic
https://jamiegeller.com/recipes/family-heirloom-chulent/
https://jamiegeller.com/blogs/cholent/

Jamie at Aish - Chief Media & Marketing Officer
https://www.aish.com/authors/48868432.html
How You Can Make the Future Brighter
vid> https://youtu.be/fclstyB-1rA (2:48) Aish
https://www.youtube.com/c/Aishdotcom/videos

Free Hebrew course Aleph Bet
This entire four-lesson course in 30 minutes.
https://academy.aish.com/course/aleph-bet

The Influence of the Hebrew Bible on America's Founding Fathers
vid> https://youtu.be/jE6Sqh-kezw (7:15) J-TV
https://www.aish.com/jl/h/h/The-Influence-of-the-Hebrew-Bible-on-Americas-Founding.html
Serpents of Desire: Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden. An Introduction
https://www.aish.com/jl/b/eb/ge/48966101.html

Jamie Hanala Geller
https://jamiegeller.com/author/jamie-geller/
Tamar Genger MA, RD
https://jamiegeller.com/author/tgenger/
Titles by Jamie Geller
https://www.amazon.com/Jamie-Geller/e/B001JS2GV8/
https://jamiegeller.com/blogs/


8 Global Fried Food Recipes For Hanukkah - free eBook
https://app.monstercampaigns.com/c/mmdy1llmaw5sab00hkuu/
Download the Sweeter Than Honey - free eBook
https://engage.aish.com/sweeter-than-honey-ebook/
The Ultimate Challah - free eBook
https://koshernetwork.ac-page.com/pinterest-challah
Modern Israeli Kebobs - free eBook
https://koshernetwork.acemlnc.com/lt.php?=s=a476321cee1a62660d5e43a07fe84c19&i=109A824A1A5341
Join My Way Better Cooking Class with Jamie Geller
https://get.waybetter.com/jamiegeller/
Jamie's Quick & Easy Shabbat Menu App
https://jamiegeller.com/from-jamie/exclusive-jamie-gellers-menu-plans/
https://www.prepear.com/jamiegeller/cookbooks/quick-and-easy-shabbat-menus/
Fresh Families Healthy Meal Plan
https://www.prepear.com/jamiegeller/meal-plans/fresh-families-healthy-meal-plan/
LIVE Series: FEED YOUR SOUL
https://jamiegeller.com/from-jamie/feed-your-soul/

And I appeared [Va’era] to Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaacov as El Shaddai  [אל שדי] but by My name, YHVH [יהוה], I did not make
Myself known to them. Exodus 6:2–3

Shabbat Shalom - Parasha Va'era (And I Appeared) - Five Expressions of Redemption !!!
Welcome to Va'era (And He Appeared),
this week’s Parasha (Torah Portion). 
 
Shabbat Shalom
 
Please read along with us as we make our way through the Torah portion that will be read in synagogues around the world during this week’s Shabbat (Saturday) service.  Enjoy!
 
VA’ERA (And I Appeared)
Exodus 6:2–9:35;  Ezekiel 28:25 - 29:21; Revelation 15:1–16:20
 
And I appeared [Va’era] to Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaacov as El Shaddai  [אל שדי] but by My name, YHVH [יהוה], I did not make Myself known to them.”  (Exodus 6:2–3)
 

Reading the Torah with a yad (pointer)
 
In last week’s Torah study,
God appeared to Moses at the foot of Mount Sinai in a burning bush, instructing him to lead the Israelites out of Pharaoh’s bondage.  Because Moses perceived himself to be slow of speech, God appointed his brother Aaron to be his spokesperson.
 
When the brothers went before Pharaoh, he refused to let the Israelites go.  Instead of making the situation better, the Israelites’ enslavement became more oppressive.  Pharaoh required them to gather their own straw (whereas previously it had been provided for them) and still produce the same quota of bricks.
 
Of course, the children of Israel complained to Moses, so he brought their suffering before God, who reassured him that things would turn around.  God told him that He would not only save the Israelites with a mighty deliverance, but Pharaoh would drive them from Egypt.
 

God Appears to Moses in the Burning Bush, by Eugene Pluchart
 
God Redeems Israel Past, Present and Future
In this Parasha, God promises Moses that He will accomplish four redemptive acts: He would bring out the Israelites from their suffering in Egypt, rescue them from slavery, redeem them from their oppression with His outstretched arm, and take them as His own nation (am).
 
These four promises are called the Four Expressions of Redemption, and they are traditionally commemorated during the Passover Seder (ritual meal) with four cups of wine.
 
For each of these acts of deliverance written in Exodus 6:6–7, God used the following Hebrew words:
  • Hotzeiti (הוֹצֵאתִי), which means I will bring out;
  • Hitzalti (הִצַּלְתִּי), which means I will rescue;
  • Ga’alti (גָאַלְתִּי), which means I will redeem; and
  • Lakachti (לָקַחְתִּי), which means I will take.

Jewish men wearing tallitot (prayer shawls) pray with tefillin (phylacteries)
and siddurim (Jewish prayer books).
 
God also makes a fifth expression of redemption.  He promises He will bring (heveiti הֵבֵאתִי) His people back into their own land.
 
“And I will bring [heveiti] you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob.  I will give it to you as a possession.  I am the LORD.”  (Exodus 6:8)
 
Two thousand years ago, when the Jewish People lived in the Promised Land, this fifth expression may have been commemorated during the Seder with a fifth cup of wine.
 
Although God has been rescuing the Jewish people from their exile and bringing them back into the Land, the fifth cup is considered to represent a complete Redemption through Messiah.
 
This fifth cup at the Passover Seder, therefore, is called the Cup of Elijah, which is left untouched for the Prophet Elijah, who is expected to return to earth to herald the coming of the Messiah
and His Messianic reign.
 

Five shiny, decorative silver cups filled to the brim with red wine during
a Passover Seder, a ritual meal commemorating the Exodus.  The
largest cup is the Cup of Elijah, which remains untouched throughout
the meal.
 
When God speaks a Word, it will be done as He has said, despite how circumstances appear in the natural.
 
Still, we live in a fallen world.  Many of us suffer from spiritual myopia (short-sightedness) caused by focusing on our own suffering and loss.
 
The Israelites were no different.  They were so downtrodden and grieved in spirit that they simply could not believe what Moses said the Lord would do for them. 
They couldn’t even listen to his words of hope.
 
“Moses reported this [promise of the Lord] to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor.”  (Exodus 6:9)
 
This tendency in human nature should remind us to be patient and merciful as we minister to people.
 
Even today, there are those whose bondage is so cruel and whose spirit so broken that they also cannot hear those who preach the Good News of Yeshua (Jesus).  Sometimes, they must watch us walk in the power of God, seeing signs and wonders before they will listen and believe.
 
Sometimes, we must faithfully sow seeds, patiently waiting
as God grows them.
 
"I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God
has been making it grow."  (1 Corinthians 3:6)
 

Harvesting wheat in Israel
 
As God had commanded them, Moses and his brother Aaron (Aharon) returned to Pharaoh over and over again, demanding that he let God’s people go so that they may serve Him in the wilderness.
 
This whole account of God’s redemption of Israel from Egypt has a spiritual parallel in our salvation from the kingdom of darkness, ruled by haSatan (literally, the Adversary) and the Kingdom of Light, ruled by the LORD.
 
We are delivered from haSatan through faith in Yeshua, the Passover Lamb, not simply to walk away and “do our own thing.”  As it was for the Israelites, the purpose of our freedom is to serve the living God.
 
“For He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”  (Colossians 1:13–14)
 

The Nile River runs through Cairo.  This important river was the location
of the first of ten plagues: blood.
 
Pharaoh Remains Prideful Despite Marvels and Wonders
God gave Moses and Aaron a special sign to show Pharaoh.  In Hebrew the sign is called a mofet, which means a marvel or wonder.  Aaron was to throw his stick down before Pharaoh, and it would be transformed.  In most English translations, we read that the stick became a serpent; but in the Hebrew, the word used is tannin.
 
However, Pharaoh, as God foreknew, still refused to let the people go; therefore, God sent His judgment on Egypt in the form of the Ten Plagues.
 
“Pharaoh will not listen to you.  Then I will lay My hand on Egypt and bring My hosts, My people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment.”  (Exodus 7:4)
 
These plagues are remembered each year at the Passover Seder during the second cup of wine.  One drop is removed from the cup for each of the plagues, while the leader recites the list of judgments in Hebrew.
 
The idea behind this custom is that our cup (which represents joy) cannot be full while others are suffering.
 
First, the waters of the Nile River were turned to blood (dam)making it undrinkable.  Then frogs (tzfardeimswarmed the land, and then an infestation of lice (kinim) tormented man and beast.
 

Jewish men wearing tallitot (prayer
shawls) listen while the Torah is read
at the Western (Wailing) Wall
in Jerusalem.

Until the plague of lice (kinim), the Egyptian magicians and sorcerers were able to duplicate the plagues but, with this plague, they could not.  Therefore, they recognized this to be the finger of God.
 
“Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh: 'This is the finger of God'; and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken.”  (Exodus 8:19)
 
Pharaoh had hardened his heart and would not listen to the voice of reason—one of the surest signs of pride.  A humble man will receive correction willingly, but a person with pride immediately becomes defensive and will not listen to others.  This can bring about his downfall.
 
“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” 
(Proverbs 16:18)
 
Note the contrast between Pharaoh and Moses, who even today is considered to be the most humble man to walk the earth.  When Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, corrected him on his approach to settling disputes between the Israelites in the wilderness, Moses listened and took heed.
 
“So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said.”  (Exodus 18:24)
 

Israeli cattle farm
 
Although Pharaoh promised to let the Jewish People go after the plague of lice, he hardened his heart and reneged on his promise.  As a result, God sent swarms of flies (arov) that covered the land, then a disease (dever) that killed all the cattle.
 
God made a distinction between Israel and Egypt.  While all the cattle of Egypt died, not even one of Israel's cattle fell to the disease. 
(Exodus 9:4)
 
This underlines the importance and reliability of being in a covenantal relationship with the Almighty God.  None of Egypt’s best sorcerers and masters of the occult could save them
from the hand of God.
 
In the sixth plague, when God turned dust into painful boils (shechin) upon man and beast, even the magicians suffered, and they could not stand before Moses because of them.  (Exodus 9:9–11)
 
This week’s Parasha ends with the seventh plague of hail (barad).
 
God sent thunder, fire and a grievous hail that destroyed anything and everything in the field—man and beast and all vegetation.  Only in Goshen where the Israelites lived was there no hail.  (Exodus 9:26)
 
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