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Va’era: Torah 14

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The “sign miracle” of Aaron’s staff being turned into a serpent. What is the meaning behind it? Why, when the Egyptian magicians so easily replicated it, did the Lord command for it to be a sign to Pharaoh? How does this help to harden Pharaoh’s heart? How do we reconcile the hardening of Pharaoh’s heart, and the hardening in part that has come over Israel, according to the apostle Paul? Is there a message here for us as modern day disciples of Messiah Yeshua/Jesus? When we face trial, or fear over preserving our own legacy, what does these seemingly unrelated stories tell us? Give a listen!

Shemot: Torah 13

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As we open the Book of Exodus, we find the Lord beginning to “attend to” His people as they face dire circumstances. Often, what appears to be an end is a beginning, what appears as a loss, will become a victory. Moses is born under a death decree, but is delivered to be an heir of the very Pharaoh who issued the decree. Why? Moses was saved from death, raised to an exalted status, only to find himself as an unknown shepherd years later. There, out in the nowhere, the “I Am” would meet Moses, even while he wrestled with “imposter syndrome.” When we meet the “I Am” we too leave the imposter behind as He forms us to the image of His Son.

Vayechi: Torah 12

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We conclude the opening book of the Torah, Genesis. This portion focuses on the life of Jacob in Egypt with his beloved son Joseph. Yet, in a touch moment of blessing, Jacob blesses and adopts the sons of Joseph in order to give them, and Joseph himself, a future hope. Then Joseph, as the day of his death approaches, uses a phrase that will appear in the calling of Moses, and, according to Rashi, serves as a code word of sorts to the elders of Israel. What does it mean when God “attends to”? What is being signaled by this phrase? We will consider this, and much more, in this episode of Messiah in Life.