Parasha Va’etchanan
Deuteronomy
3:23 – 7:11
Please pray This
Prayer
Before reading
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
Torah Portion Va’etchanan, which means “and I besought,” is the 45 Portion in
the Torah cycle, it begins with Moses begging the Creator to let him enter into
the Promise.
“O Master יהוה ,
You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your strong hand, for
who is a Mighty”god” One in the Heavens or on earth who does according to Your
works and according to Your might.” Let me go over, I pray You, to let me see
the Good Land
that is beyond the Jordan,
those pleasant Mountain and Lebanon.
We know from Torah that Moses originally intended to lead
the Yisraelites not only out of Egypt,
but into the Land
of Yisrael as well. We
also know that this never happened.
The message of this Torah
Portion is this: we must seize every opportunity, they are not limitless, nor
are they available everywhere. They can only be found here in this world.
Whether it is our relationship with our: CREATOR, Spouse, Parent, Children or
Friends, our chances to work on it are finite in number and infinitely
precious.
We all start our spiritual
journey when we were arrive at the first heaven, or the first day of Creation,
we are to faithfully carry our cross until we complete all sixth days of
Creation and arrive victoriously back into the seventh Heaven.
Moses desire was for him to
set foot in the Promise
Land the Earthly
represent the seventh Heaven. He also knew that this was actually YAHVEH Will
for all of mankind. So in asking permission for YAHVEH to go over is not
relying a challenge to YAHVEH it was a desire to fulfilled Torah.
Deu 3:24 ‘O Masterיהוה ,
You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your strong hand, for
who is a mighty one in the Heavens or on earth who does according to Your works
and according to Your might? - What
Moses pleads here for was two things: — The great experience which he had had
of YAH’s goodness to him in what he had done for Yisrael: "Thou hast
begun to show thy servant thy greatness.
Moses requested that
ABBA YAHVEH perfected or complete what HE has begun. YOU hast given me the
privilege to see thy glory in the conquest of these two kings, and the sight
has affected me with wonder and thankfulness. O let me see more of the outcome
of my EL, my King great work! This great work, no doubt, will be carried on and
completed; let me have the satisfaction of seeing its completion.’’
The greatest work in
this world that anyone can achieve is to complete the sixth days of Creation or
to experience the Seventh Heaven spiritually. It is not aiming for the wealth
of the whole world, and your soul fail to achieve what it was destined to
achieved.
The more we see of
YAH’s glory in HIS works, the more we shall desire to see it come to a
conclusion. The works of YAHVEH are
great, and therefore are sought out more and more by all those that have pleasure in HIM.
The good impressions
that had been made upon Moses heart by what he had seen: For what Elohim
”gods” is there in Heavens or earth that can do according to thy works? The
more we are affected with what we have seen of YAHVEH, of HIS Wisdom, Power,
and Goodness, the better we are prepared for further discoveries.
Those that see the
works of YAHVEH and admire HIM in them, like Moses had expressed himself
concerning YAHVEH and HIS works long before (Ex. 15:11), and HE still continues
of the same mind, that there are no works worthy to be compared with YAH’s
works, Ps. 86:8.
Deu 3:25 ‘I pray, let me pass over and see the good land beyond the Yardĕn, this good
hill country, and Leḇanon.’
– When Moses prays, he said, “Ve’er’eh et
ha eretz hatova” or “let me see the good Land.” We knew that ABBA YAHVEH
took Moses to the top of a mountain, where HE showed all the Land to Moses, for
this is what Moses soul required.
What he begs: I
pray thee let me go over. EL YAHVEH had said he should not go over; yet he
prays that he might, not knowing that the threatening was conditional, for it
was not ratified with an oath, as that concerning the people was, that they
should not enter.
Hezekiah prayed for
his own life, and David for the life of his child, after both had been
expressly threatened; and the former prevailed, though the latter did not.
Moses remembered the time when he had by prayer prevailed with YAHVEH to recede
from the declarations which HE had made of HIS wrath against Yisrael, Ex.
32:14. And why might he not hope in like manner to prevail for himself?
Let me go over
and see the good land. Not,
"Let me go over and be a prince and a ruler there;’’ Moses seeks not his
own honor, is content to resign the government to Joshua; but, "Let me go
to be a spectator of thy kindness to Yisrael, to see what I believe concerning
the goodness of the land of promise.’’ How emotionally does Moses speak of Canaan, that good land, that goodly mountain!
Those who may hope to obtain and enjoy YAH’S
favors that know how to value them. What he means by that goodly mountain
we may learn from Ps. 78:54, where it is said of YAH’S Yisrael that he brought
them to the border of HIS sanctuary, even to this mountain which HIS Right Hand
had purchased, where it is plainly to be understood of the whole land of
Canaan, yet with an eye to the sanctuary, the glory of it.
Deu 3:26 “But יהוה was enraged with me, for your sake, and would
not listen to me, and יהוה said to me, ‘Enough of that! Speak no more to
Me about this matter. – In the Torah, the CREATOR tells Moses that because he
did not perform the miracle as HE specified, Moses would not be allowed to lead
the Children of Yisrael into the Promise
Land.
So why does it say Moses begged? Moses certainly begs the
CREATOR. He said “let me see the Land.
Let me enter and see the Land.”
The Hebrew word used in Moses’ prayed is “ve’etchanan.”
Why was this so important to Moses and why were his prayer not answered? Many
time we pray for things, but our vision of what we need does not match the
CREATORS, for we do not have the spiritual clarity to know how things should
be. However, when a prayer comes from the soul, it is always answered. When we
pray for things and do not receive it, it is because our soul did not join in
our prayer.
YAH’s answer to
this prayer had in it a mixture of mercy and judgment that he might sing unto
YAHVEH of both. There was judgment in the denial of his request, and that in
something in His anger too: YAHVEH was wroth with me for your sakes.
YAHVEH not only sees
sin in HIS people, but is very displeased with it. Even those that are
delivered from the wrath to come may yet lie under the tokens of YAH’S wrath in
this world, and may he was denied some particular favor which their hearts are
much set upon.
YAHVEH is a gracious, tender, loving Father;
but HE can be angry with HIS children when they do amiss, and denies them many
a thing that they desire and are ready to cry for. But how was HE anger with
Moses for the sake of Yisrael? Either. For that sin which they provoked
him to; see Ps. 106:32, 33.
The removal of Moses
at that time, when it seems that he could not be spared, was a rebuke to all
Yisrael, and a punishment of their sin. It was for their sakes, that it might
be a warning to them to take heed of offending YAHVEH by passionate and
unbelieving speeches at any time, after the similitude of his transgression.
If this were done to such a green tree,
what should be done to the dry? He acknowledges that YAHVEH would not hear
him. YAHVEH had often heard him for Yisrael sake, yet HE would not hear him for
himself.
It was the
prerogative of Messiyah, the great Intercessor, to be heard always; yet of Him
His enemies said, He saved others, Himself He could not save, which the
Jews would not have upbraided Him with had they considered that Moses, their
great prophet, prevailed for others, but for himself he could not prevail.
Though Moses, being
one of the wrestling seed of Jacob, did not seek in vain, yet he had not the
thing itself which he sought for. YAHVEH may accept our prayers, and yet not
grant us the very thing we pray for.
