Parashas Ki
Tavo
Deuteronomy 26:1 – 29:8
Please pray
this prayer
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 is the 50th
Torah Portion of this Torah cycle. In this portion Ki Tavo, Moses tells the
Yisraelites, in effect, we have a field, we have a family, we have a blessing,
so do not just wake up in the morning and thank ABBA YAHVEH; that is not
enough.
Do something to
express your appreciation in a tangible way. Express the fruit of the spirit,
or take action on gratitude will help you in the transformation of the ego that
will led to more blessing.
The Sabbath of Ki
Tavo teaches us to find ways to make the most of our spiritual day availale to
us. That the Torah contains great light. How then can we get more Light from
it? When we encourage people to read the Torah. Even a simple spiritual tool
like appreciation can reveal new Light if we do not settle for expressing it in
words, but take action to show our gratitude for the Word.
On this Sabbath of
Ki Tavo, we want to tap into the consciousness of newness. As Moses was about
to leave this world, he sums up all the wisdom he has been trying to teach for
forty years, by saying to the people, live every moment as if it is the most
important moment to be alive. This is the best of times for those who believe
in Messiyah Yahushua and who keep the Commandmenrs of Torah.
On this Sabbath,
ABBA YAHVEH is asking us to use all the tools the Holy Spirit has given to us,
by living fully in every moment, so we can experience a taste of immorality.
In this chapter
Moses concludes the particular teaching on the statutes which he thought fit to
be given to Yisrael, those who were in-charge at his parting from them; what
follows is by way of sanction and ratification. In this chapter;
I.
Moses gives
them a form of confession to be made by him that offered the basket of his
first-fruits verse 1–11.
II.
The
protestation and prayer to be made after the disposal of the third year’s tithe
verse 12–15.
III.
He binds on all
the precepts he had given them,
1. By the divine
authority: "Not I, but YAHVEH thy EL has commanded thee to do these
statutes’’ verse 16.
2. By the mutual
covenant between YAHVEH and them verse 17, etc.
Deu 26:1 “And it shall
be, when you come into the land which יהוה
your Elohim is giving you as an inheritance, and you possess it and dwell in it, - Coming into the Land is an acronym
for coming to maturity, we have posses, taken charge or into control of the
desires of the flesh, that we have been given and bring it under subjection. In
essence we have become a over-comer. The flesh is made of the dust of the earth,
otherwise known as the Land. When we overcome every desire of the flesh, those
flesh attributes that is our dispossession, then the Holy Spirit will possess
our body.
Deu 26:2 that you shall take some of the first of all the fruits of the soil
which you bring from your land that יהוה
your Elohim is giving you, and shall put it in a basket and go to the place
where יהוה your Elohim
chooses to make His Name dwell there. – A good work
that was ordered to be done, is that we are to present a basket of their
first-fruits to ABBA YAHVEH every year.
Besides the sheaf of first-fruits, which was
offered for the whole land, on the morrow after the passover (Lev. 23:10),
every man was to bring for himself a basket of first-fruits at the feast of
pentecost, when the harvest was ended, which is therefore called the feast of first-fruits (Ex. 34:22),
and is said to be kept with a tribute
of free-will-offering, Deu. 16:10.
But the Jews say,
"The first-fruits, if not brought then, might be brought any time after,
between that and winter.’’ When a man went into the field or vineyard at the
time when the fruits were ripening, he was to mark that which he observed most
forward, and to set it aside for first-fruits, wheat, barley, grapes, figs,
pomegranates, olives, and dates, some of each sort must be put in the same
basket, with leaves between them, and presented to YAHVEH in the place which he
should choose.
Now from this law we
may learn. To acknowledge YAHVEH as the giver of all those good things which
are the support and comfort of our natural life, and therefore to serve and
honor him with them.
To deny ourselves.
What is first ripe we are most fond of; those that are nice and curious expect
to be served with each fruit at its first coming in. My soul desired the first ripe fruits, Micah 7:1.
When YAHVEH
appointed them to lay those aside for HIM he taught them to prefer the
glorifying of HIS name before the gratifying of their own appetites and
desires.
To give to YAHVEH
the first and best we have, as those that believe HIM to be the first and best
of beings. Those that consecrate the days of their youth, and the prime of
their time, to the service and honor of YAHVEH , bring HIM their first-fruits,
and with such offerings HE is well pleased. I remember the kindness of thy youth.
From the spiritual sense of the Word. As each person goes through their
Torah Cycle and the fruit of the spirit is observed, The leader of the group,
must present to Father יהוה those who have made significant spiritual
gain over the last year. At the Fall Feast the total spiritual growth is
determine and present to our Father on the Day of Atonement, the next year
growth will depends on the growth the year before.
That is why we are admonish in Matthew 13: 10And
the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables
“Kabbalah?” 11He answered and said to them, “Because
it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of Heavens,
but to them it has not been given. 12“For
whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever
does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.; 25: 28‘Therefore take
the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents. 29‘For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will
have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken
away. 30‘And cast the unprofitable
servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’;
Mark 4: 23“If anyone has
ears to hear, let him hear.” 24Then He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it
will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given. 25“For whoever has, to him more will be given; but whoever does
not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”;
Luke 8: 16“No one, when he
has lit his Menorah, covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but sets
it on a lampstand, that those who enter may see the light. 17“For nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor
anything hidden that will not be known and come to light. 18“Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him
more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will
be taken from him.”
Deu 26:3 “And you shall come to the one who is priest in those days, and say to
him, ‘I shall declare today to יהוה
your Elohim that I have come to the land which יהוה
swore to our fathers to give us.’ – Today we bring ourselves to Yahushua and say to Him, I have complete my
sixth day of Creation, I have reach maturity, I have come into the Land “my
body” and I have posses it.
We must remember that our body is made from the dust of
the earth, to posses our body is to excert spiritual dominion over it, bringing
it under the subjection of the Torah and the Holy Spirit. This is what
scripture calls picking up our Cross and following Yahushua.
This offering is a one time offering, this offering must
be done only when we come into the Land, it cannot be repeated.
Deu 26:4 “And the priest shall take the basket from your hand and place it
before the altar of יהוה your Elohim. – Yahushua will take the basket and
present it to Father יהוה,
as first fruits, first born from among men, were Yahushua is the chief of the
first born sons.
Deu 26:5 “And you shall answer and say
before יהוה your Elohim, ‘My
father was a perishing Aramean, and he went down to Mitsrayim and sojourned
there with few men. And there he became a nation, great, mighty, and numerous. – The individual should say to EL YAHVEH my father and I was sent to
earth to learn the constitution of the Heavenly Kingdom.
We came here as a small Menorah and we have grown into a large Menorah.
Deu 26:6 ‘But the Mitsrites did evil to us, and afflicted us, and imposed hard
labour on us. – We had to overcome the desires and the traditions of
the world system in order for us to make it this far. The world system imposed
hard pressure against us, yet by Your Mighty Hand we have made it.
Deu 26:7 ‘Then we cried out to יהוה
Elohim of our fathers, and יהוה
heard our voice and saw our affliction and our toil and our oppression. – We realize that there was no hope
without El Yahushua, so we cried out to Him as our Fathers did, and You saw our
affliction and our struggle as we try to build our Menorah and fulfilled Your
Torah.
Deu 26:8 ‘And יהוה brought us out
of Mitsrayim with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm, with great fear
and with signs and wonders. – You gave us grace to help us over come our sinful nature. You pick us up
when we fall, and wash us off with the Blood and the Water that flow from
Yahushua side and set us on the path to be an over-comer, You gave us great sign
and wonders along the way to guide us to the right path, we are great full to
You.
Deu 26:9 ‘And He brought us to this place and has given us this land, “a land
flowing with milk and honey.” – You have brought us to our seventh day of
Creation, to the seventh Heaven which you have promise us, and have given us
Your Rest.
Deu 26:10 ‘And now, see, I have brought the first-fruits of the land which You, O
יהוה,
have given me.’ Then you shall place it before יהוה
your Elohim, and bow down before יהוה
your Elohim, - Now that You have
establish me in you Promise Land, I have also teach someone else the pure
doctrine which You have used to bring me this far, and here they are.
This are my first fruit to You my Master and My King,
please accept it as a token of my appreaction to You.
Deu 26:11 and shall rejoice in all the good which יהוה
your Elohim has given to you and your house, you and the Lĕwite and the
stranger who is among you. - I will rejoice in all the good things You have done for me and my
Assembly. Rejoicing with even the sinner who came to know You as King of the
Universe.
Deu 26:12 “When you have completed tithing all the tithe of your increase in the
third year, which is the year of tithing, and have given it to the Lĕwite, to
the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, and they have eaten within
your gates and have been satisfied, - In this verse The Torah bring our attention
to another Torah principle, that of tithing.
Every third year a special tithe should be taken up for
the Priest, strangers and poor amount us. We must have a feast and invite all
these brethren to come and celebrate with us.
Deu 26:13 then you shall say before יהוה
your Elohim, ‘I have put away the set-apart portion from my house, and also
have given it to the Lĕwite, and to the stranger, and to the fatherless, and to
the widow, according to all Your command which You have commanded me. I have
not transgressed Your commands, nor have I forgotten. – In this verse we see an indication
of those who are the cream of the crop, being given to the Levites, the
priesthood to be ministers, I have send them as Evangelist to the strangers, to
teach the fatherless, and to the Widows, those who do not have a priest in the
house to teach them Torah.
This story are more than just commands, they have a
spiritual meaning behind them. When we practice these commands in the natural,
it will not before long that we will see the spiritual equivalent.
We are admonish not to pick the fruit of a fruit tree the
first three years, on the forth year it is Holy unto Our Lord. Meaning that
three years must past before we can send a new believer out to minister, and it
is only the best of the bunch we must send.
Deu 26:14 ‘I have not eaten any of it when in
mourning, nor have I removed any of it for any unclean use, nor given any of it
for the dead. I have obeyed the voice of יהוה
my Elohim, I have done according to all that You have commanded me. – In this verse we see a continuation
of the story to develop mature individual. The teacher says he has not consumed
any of them for his self, even when he was in morning, nor has he allowed any
of them to deal in any uncleanness. He has not allowed any of them to pursue
any goal that has not spiritual advantage.
This good teacher says he has followed the pattern
establish from the foundation of the world whish is Torah, the constitution of
the Heavenly Kingdom.
Deu 26:15 ‘Look from Your set-apart dwelling place, from the Heavens, and bless
Your people Yisra’ĕl and the land which You have given us, as You swore to our
fathers, “a land flowing with milk and
honey.” ’- We have done what you command us to do now יהוה do what behooves you.
By blessing Your people Yisrael.
This verse is the only exception to the rule that the tpqct meaning gazing. In Scripture it denote
carefull examination to determine when that punishment is appropriate. But when
the Hebrew people gives to the poor, the attribute of judgement is transformed
into the attribute of mercy.
Deu 26:16 “Today יהוה your Elohim is
commanding you to do these laws and right-rulings. And you shall guard and do
them with all your heart and with all your being. – in this verse we again see an
admonishment to be obedient to the commandment of יהוה, how can we then say that His Laws are nail to the
Cross, when He repeatedly ask us not to break them, but since Yahushua was
Crucified, we must no longer obey the laws.
Deu 26:17 “You have today caused יהוה
to proclaim to be your Elohim, and to walk in HIS ways and guard HIS laws, and
HIS commands, and HIS right-rulings, and to obey HIS voice. – Because Yisrael had accepted the
Torah and committed itself to observe its Commandments no matter what. The
nation and יהוה have a mutually
exalted one to another. Yisrael distinguishes יהוה as the only true Elohim, and HE distinguished Yisrael
as HIS only people.
Alternatively, we (Yisrael) caused יהוה to say that HE will always be our Elohim. Because of
Yisrael’s dedication to יהוה
and HIS Commandment, HE was influenced
to become their יהוה
and will always help us.
Conversely, because of HIS miracles HE pro-formed to save
and maintain us. יהוה
caused us to say that we are always obligated to be HIS treasured people.
According to either interpretation, these two verses
constitute mutual pledges of allegiance
between יהוה and Yisrael.
Deu 26:18 “And יהוה has caused you
to proclaim today to be HIS people, a treasured possession, as HE has spoken to
you, and to guard all HIS Commands, - One of the element of a mature believer was seen in the
life of Yahushua when He says if you see me you see the Father. He was not
saying that He is the Father. He was saying we are of the same spirit, the
Father and I. That is also the goal of Torah to create more perfect sons, using
the same standard Yahushua used, which is the Torah.
Deu 26:19 so as to set you high above all
nations which HE has made, for a praise, and for a name, and for esteem, and
for you to be a set-apart people to יהוה
your Elohim, as HE has spoken.” - יהוה has
avouched, not only taken, but
publicly owned us to be HIS segullah, HIS peculiar people, as HE has
promised us, that is, according to the true intent and meaning of the
covenant.
Now our obedience was not only the condition of this
favor, and of the continuance of it (if we were not obedient, YAHVEH would
disown them, and cast them off), but it was also the principal design of this
favor.
He has avouched thee on purpose that you
sho
uld keep HIS Commandments, that we mightest have both the best
directions and the best encouragements in His pure religion.’
Therefore we are elected to obedience (1 Pt.
1:2), chosen that we should be holy (Eph. 1:4), purified, a peculiar
people, that we might not only do good works, but be zealous in them, Tit.
2:14.
Two things יהוה is here
said to design in avouching them to be HIS peculiar people, to make us high,
and, in order to do that, is to make them holy; for holiness is true honor, and
the only way to everlasting honor.
Holy means to be set apart, holiness is the actions
of a holy people, which is to obey the Commandments.
To make them
high above all nations. The greatest honor we are capable of in this world is
to be taken into covenant with יהוה, and to live in HIS service.
They should be, First, High in praise; for יהוה would
accept them, which is true praise, Rom. 2:29.
Our friends would admire us, Zep. 3:19, 20. Secondly,
High in name, which, some think, denotes the continuance and perpetuity
of that praise, a name that shall not be cut off. Thirdly, High in
honor, that is, in all the advantages of wealth and power, which would make
them great above their neighbours. See Jer. 13:11.
That we might be a holy people, separated for
YAHVEH, devoted to HIM, and employed continually in his service. This EL aimed
at in taking us to be his people; so that, if we did not keep his commandments,
we would not received all this grace in vain.
