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 had the power to cast a curse on the Yisraelites, to give the evil eye sotospeak. In the previous Torah Portion, we realize that purpose of a Korach in our lives, now we will see the value of a Bilaam in our spiritual development.

This Torah portion deals with the story of Balak and Bilaam the negative forces. Bilaam was a great prophet, like Dart Vador is for the dark side a formidable enemy, but the similarity between him and Moses is revealed by the statement: In Yisrael there was never a prophet like Moses, but in the dark side there was one, and that was Bilaam. Moses was righteous while Bilaam was wicked. As we have 12 hours of light we also have 12 hours of darkness.

We might ask ourselves why it is important. Why do we even need to think about positive or negative people living thousands of years ago? How is this connected to what we experience today? The answer is that the connection is very clear and direct; Moses and Bilaam the light and the darkness, the positive and the negative forces exist within each of us, and in understanding how Bilaam fell and became the negative force, we ourselves might learn how to avoid falling.

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 an 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 being connected 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 seem that we have fallen; our spirit is in a process of correction.

There is a verse in Isaiah 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.

We can learn from Bilaam’s reply to the messengers who came to him. He said, Yahweh said I should not go with you” Yahweh had told him you should not go with them and you should not be seen with those people because they are blessed. The reason Yahweh told Bilaam not to go is obvious; since the people of Yisrael were bless, they could not be cursed.

Bilaam misrepresented what Yahweh had said to him the same way we misrepresent the Torah today and said that Jesus came to change the law. Bilaam said to the messengers that Yahweh will not let me go with you. Not that he should not go, but Yahweh will not let him go. He was not convinced in his Neshamah in his rational mind that it was wrong. Similar today believers violate the Sabbath and justified it by saying that Jesus rose from the dead on Sunday morning.

The root of the problem lies in the fact that we so often hear and see only what we want to hear and see, according to our ego. This is what we recognize in the selfish ego called Bilaam. When Bilaam finally went on the road, an angel of Yahweh stood against him, yet Bilaam could not see the angel. However, if the ego called Bilaam was on the level of Moses, how could this be possible? What is more, it is written that even Bilaam’s donkey saw the angel. There can only be one explanation for Bilaam’s blindness; although he had the gift of prophecy and could see into the future, he was so invested in his selfish ego, that he could not see the donkey.

Human eye function in much the same way, it actually sees everything upside down. The brain reverses the perceptual image so that we see the world as it probably is. But our true vision is still restricted by the limits of our spiritually. Our true potential is unlimited; if we fulfilled out true potential of our soul and develop of seven eyes. Rev 5:6  ….. having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

This chapter begins with the famous story of Balak and Bilaam, 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 Bilaam the son of Beor, and the answer he gave “that they might know the righteousness of YAHWEH”, 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 Bilaam, a conjurer, to fetch him for that purpose, and the disappointment he met with in the first delegation.
• Bilaam’s coming to him upon his second message.
• The opposition Bilaam met with by the way.
• The interview at length between Balak and Bilaam.

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!

In this Parash we receive protection from negative forces, whether jealous glance from others or curse, that are trying to get through our defenses. Every day, we would never survive the repercussion from even a single one of our negative actions. This chapter helps us connect to and strengthen that kind of protection.