Balak

Parashas Balak

Numbers 22:2 – 25:9

PLEASE PRAY THIS

RAYER BEFORE READING

Prayer

In the name of Yahushua

Our Messiyah,

I pray for the Spirit of Understanding

The Spirit of Knowledge and

The Spirit of Wisdom

As I read through this Parasha

That the Truth of Torah may

Come forth. Amen

This Torah portion is the 40^th  in the Torah Cycle, in this reading the Torah tells us the story of Bilaam the prophet who had the power to cast a curse on the Yisraelites, to give the evil eye sotospeak. In the previous Torah Portion, we realize what is the purpose of a Korach in our lives, now we will see the value of a Bilaam in our spiritual development.

According to the Torah, the King of Moab, saw how successful the Yisraelites were in their spiritual battle, and became envious of them, so Balak summoned Bilaam to cast a evil eye on the Yisraelites.

As believers there are spiritual forces acting against us every day, like the Children of Yisrael, we had no idea what plans the spirit of Balak is planning against us, we also do not know what spiritual forces is stack up against us every day.

In this Torah Portion we will learn how essential it is to be always be connect spiritual to El Yahushua our Messiyah.

This is a valuable lesson for our lives. There is never any spiritual falling without an avenue for redemption. No soul falls forever. We must always realize that, no matter how low it might seems that we have fallen, our spirit is in a process of correction.

There is a verse in Isaiyah 60:4 “Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. ” This verse is describing the “Gemar HaTikkum,” the final correction, and that the first three letter of the word “Nikbatzum ba’u lecha” ‘have gathered and come to surround you’ make up the name NaBaL.

When we look around, we awaken the consciousness that no soul truly fall without the process of redemption available to it. Very soul or Ego is in a state of correction, even Bilaam soul was in a state of correction.

It is important fore every believer to study this Torah Portion, for in studying it, we realize that there is no negative soul, all souls are in a state of correction. Even when we see something negative in another person, we must remember that there is also tremendous holiness in us. We need to read the words of this Torah Portion over and over again in order to awaken our consciousness within us, so that we may move toward the Gemar HaTikkum, the final correction.

This chapter begins with the famous story of Balak and Balaam, their attempt to curse the Hebrew people, and the baffling of their attempt; יהוה people were told long afterward to remember what Balak the king of Moab, who consulted Balaam the son of Beor, and the answer he gave “that they might know the righteousness of YAHVEH”, Mic:5.

In this chapter we have:

• Balak’s fear of the Hebrew People, and the plot he had to get them cursed.
• The delegation he sent to Balaam, a conjurer, to fetch him for that purpose, and the disappointment he met with in the first delegation.
• Balaam’s coming to him upon his second message.
• The opposition Balaam met with by the way.
• The interview at length between Balak and Balaam.

The children of Yisrael had been traveling the Wilderness for some thirty-nine years, now they were now referred to as Yisrael. This was the final attack of the enemies of our soul to squelch their progress towards the final correction, Yisrael. They were encamped in the plains of Moab on the east side of Jordan, where they dwell till they passed through the Jordan River. This narrative starts with a fright of the Moabites, bases on the approaching Yisraelites. Now the narrative!

Num 22:2 And Balak son of Tsippor saw all that Yisra’ĕl had done to the Amorites. -   They heard of the triumphs over the Amorites, and think that their own kingdom was in danger, when he saw the relative ease in which the Amorites fall before Yisrael.

Num 22:3 And Mo’aḇ was exceedingly afraid of the people because they were many, and Mo’aḇ was in dread because of the children of Yisra’ĕl. -  They observed the multitude of the Yisraelites, for they were many. The Moabites speculate on the easy it would be for the Yisraelites to overpowered them. Some effective strategic course of action, was to be employed to stop the progress of the advancing Yisraelites. It is always the intent of the evil-one to prevent our Spiritual progress to maturity. When we observe such a campaign, we know for a fact it is not the flesh, but a spiritual battle in progress.

The Children of Yisrael knew nothing about the plans of Balak and Balaam since it was not a military campaign, is was not conducted in the natural, but in the spiritual. It is essential that we summoned the name of YAHVEH TSEBAOTE the Army of Host of Heavens, for our protection. My Master, teach my hands to do warfare. 2Sa 22:35  He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.