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 40th in the
Torah Cycle, in this reading the Torah tells us the story of Bilaam the prophet,
he had the power to cast a curse on the Yisraelites, to give the evil eye
sotospeak. In the previous Torah Portion, we realize the purpose of a Korach in
our lives, now we will also 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. Before a
person can be defeted spiritually his or her spiritual covering must be
removed.
In exodus 17:12 we see an example of this spiritual
covering, when Moses Exo 17:11 And so it was, when Moses held up his hand,
that Yisrael prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
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 for 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!
