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In our last Torah Portion we attempted to look at Shemot from a bigger perspective, remembering that Messiah is for the preparation of the Exodus
Shemot is divided in two big Themes:
Part 1: Israel’s Liberation from Egypt: Ch 1-18
Part 2: Israel’s Adoption CH 19-40
We saw and continue to see how Shemot is filled with patterns
We talked about the comparison of those patterns with creation
At the end we talked about the prophetic implication of Shemot
We specifically talked about some of the patterns in:
Exodus - Building of the house/ temple/ tent of meeting in the wilderness, by means of the birth of a nation
We talked about
Sabbath given to celebrate meeting with God
7th day the temple finished / completed/ inaugurated and celebrated
But the new Pharaoh wants to destroy the seed
The enemy tries to destroy the work of God in the garden too
Tyrants always want to stop the generations from God
They focus on killing the king line - the seed of God
However, God will intervene and will demonstrate that:
I am who I am
With a Rod, stick, Branch
He will build a House which will eventually look as the nations and Israel come together under the same kingdom.
It will look like the Olive tree
An Olive Tree
God is the business of building His house
But not only is He in the business of building a house, but He is also in the business of cleaning that house
This is where we retake the story in this Torah Portion:
Va'era (וארא)- And (יהוה) I (am) Appeared
Exo 6:2-9:35
Introduction
יהוה
(Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh)
Commonly known as Lord
Yahweh
YHWH
Adonai
But do we really get a sense as to what this beautiful name means?
The patriarchs did not know Adonai by the name יהוה (Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh) because the time had not yet come to carry out the promise He had made.
The promise was in:
He starts recounting His appearance to the fathers of the faith.
The Lord is making a clear distinction with BUT that they did not know Him.
The letter (vav) ו is a conjunction that connects.
If He had used it as AND He would have connected with the past.
The conditions of the past will still be of effect at that present time.
Reason being to indicate there is going to be a change.
The two verses in Exo 6:2-3 seem to suggest that the fathers only knew Him as God Almighty (El Shadday), and they did know Him as יהוה (Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh)
יהוה
Yahweh
YHWH
Adonai
This announced the name of יהוה (Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh) to Abraham.
The passage we are reading does not say He never revealed the name to them.
It says they did not know Him as יהוה (Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh)
The Biblical word know suggests intimacy - yada - the same word used for Adam and Eve, in their relationship.
The forefathers experienced Him as El Shadday, as they experienced His power, provision, care and justice.
He gave them success.
But nothing like the miracles they are about to witness in the following passages.
They experienced miracles that did not disrupt the laws of nature - in Genesis
The fulfillment of His promise was not completed yet because the time had not come yet.
They did not experience nature changes.
The name יהוה (Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh) means to be: present, past and future
This means the Lord has absolute power of everything- and provides the opportunity for His manifestation in a glorious way, demonstrating who He is.
יהוה (Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh)
denotes sovereign control as King over His creation.
He can, and will, disrupt the laws of nature to fulfill covenant promises.
The purpose of revealing Himself as King is found in:
This is also an announcement to Moses to see open miracles, which the forefathers had not seen.
He stated His name 4 times in 8 verses which we will begin to read as part of our presentation, in order to understand with the name יהוה (Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh) means
Presentation
He accomplished His promise - by the hand of Yeshua and the help of the Holy Spirit- who wanted to build them into a kingdom of Priest, a holy nation.
In Exodus, God had to display His power to Moses more than the forefathers because needed to realize man cannot do it alone.
Although, God may have presented to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in different ways, emphasizing different attributes as the season demanded, still the God of Abraham and Moses is the same God
Moses is the 7th generations after Abraham
7 is the number of wholeness, completion, blessing, and rest
What we learned from the 7th generation, the generation of Moses is how to build God’s tabernacle, a sanctuary for the Almighty, a house for God with a sanctuary which was supervised by Moses
This Torah Portion is completed saturated with number 7 to demonstrate the Devine nature of this nature.
For example:
This the 14th portion of the year 7+7
The opening statement: “I appeared to Moses” has 14 Hebrew letter- 7x2 = 14
Exodus 6:3 contains 49 Hebrew letters 49 is 7x7
This portion also presents 7 promises of God regarding His redemption
There are 10 plagues in total that take place in Egypt, but this Torah Portion only presents 7 plagues:
Not only does Adonai makes the following promises, but He brings a new element to the covenant: He adds marriage language
He ends His plan of redemption with I AM יהוה (Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh)
He uses language of marriage in 4- I will take you, and 5- I will be yours.
He offers Israel a divine marriage in this Torah Portion
7 Verbs the Lord offers to do as promises:
1- I will bring you out of the burdens
2- I will rescue you from bondage
3- I will redeem you with an outstretched arm
4- I will take you as my people
5- I will be your Elohim
6- I will bring you into the Land
7- I will give it to you as a heritage
He uses language of marriage in 4- I will take you, and 5- I will be yours.
He offers Israel a divine marriage in this Torah Portion
He will expect their fidelity.
They must acknowledge Him and honour Him.
One of the major challenges a person can have is the hardening of the heart.
Pharaoh’s hardening of heart happens in this Torah Portion.
Many of times the Greek way of thinking is one or the other, always expecting to see one from the other.
With this type of thinking we miss what is important.
For many a contradiction: Pharaoh hardened his heart or God hardened his heart - YES
When we concentrate in the perceived conflict of this contradiction we may miss the importance of what is happening at the spiritual level and the eternal implications for the occurrence.
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