Mishpatim

 Parrashas Mishpatim

Exodus 21:1 – 24:18

Haftarah

Yirmeyahu “Jeremiyah” 34:8 - 22;

Brit Chadasha

Hebrew 9: 15 - 22

 

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 Parashas

This Torah portion Mishpatim, means ordinances, is the 18^th portion of the Torah cycle, which describe the details of the laws of this world. We know that each parables in the Torah reveals a deeper meaning that what is simply read and observable. In this Parashas we see that there are laws that govern interaction between the treatments of slaves and animals, seems like a let down after the dramatic story of Yitro, crossing the Red Sea, the miracle of the Manna, and the triumph over Amalek.

In the Torah we learn that there is a season for everything. This Parrashas help us to understand that whatever happens to us at any given time is exactly what needs to happen at that moment.

The light of the Creator is only good and therefore can only do good. Even though the reasons may not seems clear at the time., all events in our lives occur only because the Creator desire them, and are design to help us in our transformation that result in a closer connection with the Creator.

To understand the power of the Shabbat of Mishpatim by explaining that although the Torah seems to be describing mundane laws, it is actually providing us with a vision of what we must do to achieve the Gemar HaTikkum, the Final Correction.

The Children of Yisrael received the gift of “bila hamavet lanetzach,” of immortality at Mt. Sinai, but because of the golden calf incident, they lost it and death once more was restored over the world.

ABBA YAHWEH told Moses back then and is telling us in this Torah portion, that we live in a world of Mishpatim, of judgment. The obvious question for us is this; how can we remove the judgment that was passed down to us at Mt. Sinai. How can we open the way again to the Gemar HaTikkum?

Every human has a desire for pleasure, and as there is a desire for pleasure, pain is the opposite to pleasure. If there is night there must be day, if there is darkness there must be light.

The Torah portion Mishpatim begins with the word, “Eile Mishpatim,” or these are the judgments. Mishpatim or judgment represents the pain of the CREATOR. After the incident with the golden calf, the CREATOR tells Moses that the Yisraelites are in trouble.

This Torah portion gives us an opening to draw the Light of the Gemar HaTikkun closer to our world by attuning ourselves, our Ego to the pain of the CREATOR and Others. When we make is a priority to ask the CREATOR to reveal His Will to us, we bring the Gemar HaTikkum  that much closer to the World.

However, as long as we are caught up in the will of our own selfish ego, we cannot feel the Will of the CREATOR. It is a difficult spiritual task to truly push aside all of our imagined or real goal and ask to know HIS will, but since the golden calf incident, this has been only one way to bring about the Gemar HaTakkun, the reprogramming of our Ego.

Most of us think that all we need to do is believe in Messiyah Yahushua, and some how all will be good, it is only by faith in Messiyah Yahushua, with the infilling of the Holy Spiit and our good works, we can bring about the Gemar HaTikkun, the final correction in our lives. Actually it is both! Since we are not alone in this struggle, some people will contribute a little more than others, but together our contribution will make all the difference. Every individual in this world has a specific job or task or correction that none else can do. Unless we do ours, we will be holding everyone in our circle of influence from achieving their Gemar HaTikkun.

This story may or may not be true. When the Temple was being built, they chose only the most beautiful stone, the builders came across this stone they deemed unfit for the temple. However, when the time came to lay the final stone, which happen to be the Holy of Holies, there were one stone left. The Builders were in a dilemma, and then someone remember the flawed stone. When it was set into the gap it fit perfectly, the temple was now complete.

The lowliest of stone had assumed its rightful place in the most powerful spot in the Temple, the site that would draw the most Light of the CREATOR. No matter how unimportant we may think we are, we all have an essential role to play in bringing about the Gemar HaTukkun “the final correction” to this world.

 

Moses had done his job; he had brought the Children of Yisrael to their objective, Mount Sinai. They had made their choice, they wanted Moses to talk to EL YAHWEH and then relay the message to them. In essence, EL YAHWEH had to write the Law on stone instead of on their hearts.

If they had gone forward and have the Law written on their hearts, then this chapter would be written with a difference context. EL YAHWEH had to use a different approach to produce His desired objective.

The road to our glorification is not always a predetermine scrip, it depend on our choices. The road we choose will either make our journey easier or harder. The sooner we tackle a problem, the lesser the slope, the later we tackle the same problem the steeper the slope.

Let’s see the strategy EL YAHWEH will employ to bring the Children back to what He wanted them to achieve spiritually!

The juxtaposition of this Parasha deals primarily with civil and Torah laws describe in the summery of the Ten Principles and the laws of the Altar provide a startling insight into Scriptural Judaism. In EL YAHWEH there is no state of religion in the colloquial sense of the word.

Most people think of religion as a matter of ritual and spirituality activity. The Western mindset differentiates between church and State; however, the Torah knows no such distinction. To the contrary, all area of life is intertwined and holiness derives its states from a spiritual correct dealing with others in a ritual of Torah principles.

Anyone who wishes to excel spiritually or to be a devoutly pious person should be scrupulous in matters of social and spiritual rituals. How we relate to those who are socially, economic, politically and spiritually least among us, is a reflection of our spiritual standing.

Exo 21:1"These are the rulings you are to present to them: - The saga of old understand that in preparing a people to enter the land is always a challenge. The Children of Yisrael had fail the test at Mount Sinai, now EL YAHWEH is about to employ a different technique to bring them to perfection. Moses was commanded to teach not only the laws, but their underlying principles and purpose, so that the people could understand them fully, and be able to apply them properly, as the situation arises. The laws must be place before the people, in its fullness, like a table that is set and ready for a meal. None of it should be left out, or none of the laws must ever be altered.

Exo 21:2  "If you purchase a Hebrew slave, he is to work six years; but in the seventh, he is to be given his freedom without having to pay anything. – Slavery in its literal sense exists in only a few countries, yet slavery in the Torah is slavery to consciousness “meaning slavery to chaos” to our egos, to our lifestyle, to the fear, to our limited thinking. This exist in each and every one of us. We are enslaved by everything that prevents spiritual growth and positive changes.

Male slave is a code that bring awareness to whatever is blocking us from being awareness to whatever is blocking us from being a channel of light.

The commandments are potential revelation.  By acting according to the principle outline in Torah, we are fulfilling Torah in our lives. When we act out these principles it becomes revealed revelation. As the journey continues, new parameters have to be employ. The lesson being taught is if anyone in the redeem community purchase a Hebrew slave, that person should not work for them more that six years.

They must go free on the seventh year. This is similar to the lesson taught by the sixth days of creation. The same principle is been taught in a different scenario. There are two ways in which a Hebrew can become a bond servant: He can sell himself as an escape from extreme poverty, or he may be a thief who is sold by the court to raise fund to pay his victims.

The time as come to reveal some hidden mysteries concerning incarnation. If you purchase a Hebrew servant, someone who is saved, six years he should serve. What this mean is the soul is to be reincarnate either because of sin or because of the failure to correct its flaws in the past life. It is force to come back to this world in a body, that is to be born again and finish what was imposed on it for the seventy years of life we have in this world.

For six years shall we strive to correct our flaws and on the seventh we go free. The sixth level is the six days of Creation. In the seventh day he or she is free, they are under no enslavement are affixed to him, it is said of the soul that achieve this level of correction shall go out free, no physical enslavement binds it. When we are a slave to someone or something it take some time to set ourselves free, there is a price to be paid, it must be paid before we can go free. Just as gold must be purified seven time before it can become pure.

It is strange that the Torah’s civil law would begin with the laws of servitude. Jeremiah places such importance on the freedom of bondsmen after six years, and warns that the punishment for Yisrael’s refusal to set them free would be a national disgrace. This means that the church must bring to maturity a sinner who become saved within the seven year allotted to it.

Exo 21:3  If he came single, he is to leave single; if he was married when he came, his wife is to go with him when he leaves. – The parameter surrounding this law is now been clarified. If the slave or bond-servant came in by him self or as a family, then they must leave according to the same number of soul that came in plus their children.

Exo 21:4  But if his master gave him a wife, and she bore him sons or daughters, then the wife and her children will belong to her master, and he will leave by himself. – If after they came to their new master, they were given a wife who bore him children, if he choose to depart after his required term of service, or correction, he cannot leave with his family. This Principe suggested that the master kingdom must never experience lose in his departure; even though he might have work for six years.

When Lucifer separates himself from the kingdom, he departs with one third of the other angel. If every time a servant departs and take the family he gained while in service, sooner or later the master kingdom would suffer decline.

Exo 21:5  Never the less, if the slave declares, 'I love my master, my wife and my children, so I don't want to go free,' – It is the choose of the bond-servant to stay with his or her new master. The mentality of every servant is to create a spirit of growth in his master kingdom. Meaning we should leave the woodpile, a little higher than when we found it.

      

Exo 21:6  then his master is to bring him before the court; and there at the door or doorpost, his master is to pierce his ear with an awl; and the man will be his slave for life. – Since the judge was the one who order him sold, they should be involved in his decision to extend his term. The court will attempt to make sure it was a decision make in full consciousness of the circumstances. The court is called Elohim, a word that also means the court, is also called Elohim means Mighty Ones, for the judge carries out the Laws of EL YAHWEH here on earth.

Exo 21:7  "If a man betroth his daughter as a virgin, she is not to go free like the men-slaves. – Until a girl reaches puberty, the Torah gives her father the right to betroth her as a bride to be, but as the passage itself indicates and the practice of the Hebrew community, it must be done for her benefit. The Father is permitted to betroth her because a betrothal would result in her marriage to either the master or his son.

If either of them marries her, the Torah regards the betrayal as the bride price; it is a betrayal of the young lady. If any of the two marries her, the purchase price received by the father will constitute the bride price.

In this verse there is a soul called a maidservant, a soul that is also called a handmaid and a soul also called the King’s daughter. Each is named after a place from from which it originate. There is also a man that sells his daughter for a maidservant, this man is the Creator.

If the soul that require incarnation or correction is the daughter of the Holy One, it must be describe as being sold to a foreign body, where the evil inclination rules. Since the King’s daughter is sent to be corrected it is written that a maidservant, she shall not go out as the men servant do. This means that she shall not go out with haste, nor go out flight.

Isa 52:12  For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for Yahweh will go before you; and the God of Yisrael will be your rereward. This reward is similar to the Levi - Num 18:20  And Yahweh spake unto Aaron, you shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any part among them: I am your part and thine inheritance among the children of Yisrael. 21  And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Yisrael for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Lev 8:33  And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you.

Lev 10:7  And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest you die: for the anointing oil of Yahweh is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.

Exo 21:8  If her master who betroth her, but decides she no longer pleases him, then he is to allow her to be redeemed by another. He is not allowed to redeem her to a foreign people, because he has treated her unfairly. – If the master who redeemed her finds a fault in her, he should arrange for her to marry someone else. He should not give her to an unsaved person outside of the Hebrew faith. By refusing to marry her, the master has injured her spiritually, suggesting that she was unworthy for his sons.

A virgin is a good ground for which a man should sow his good seeds, if he is not pleased with her, he should not sell that ground to an unsaved person, but allow her to be redeem by another saved person. A king cannot sell is wife to a pesant after she has worn the garment of a queen.

Exo 21:9  If he gave  her to his son, then he is to treat her like a daughter. – However, if she was given to his son as a wife, he was to treat her with all the right and privilege as a daughter. One of those rights as a husband was to be taught or brought her up in the principles of Torah.  If he gave that field to his son, the father must treat that field as if it is his own. A king can give her to his son who is off the same royal family.

Exo 21:10 If he marries another wife, he is not to reduce her food, clothing or marital rights. – Here is another Torah principle, one that will cause a lot of problem with women liberation movement. If the son or the master were to take another wife, meaning, marrying another! He should not reduce the first wife allowance. Meaning her food, clothing and marital rights! This principle teaches us that a man qualification to take a wife in the redeemed community is based on his wealth. That is why Yahushua (Jesus Christ) says in my Fathers Kingdom, there are many mansions. When the Bridegroom returns for His five wise virgins, He must have a place for them to live. In the Hebrew culture a man does not take a wife until he can prove to his father, he is mature enough to provide for a wife, spiritually and physically. It is the father who decided when the son is ready to assume the responsibility of a husband. The command to take a wife is, conditional on the maturity of the Son.

The man must give her food, spiritual food, he must also provide spiritual covering for her, and the two shall become one as often at they can. Her food which is the flowing of light that nourish and sustain everything. As in out of Asher his bread shall be fat Gen 49:20  Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

Her clothing is the covering. The king spreads over it, namely the precious garment of the name of Yahweh. This is another shining flow, which always protect the soul. It is the covering the chai, the garment of the king. This is the meaning of he has dealt deceitfully with her, his garment is always with her. Always never absent from it. This is the meaning of her clothing.

What is her her duty of marriage? It is a flow from the World to come which is understanding that contains everything. It is laden with all high hidden light of the tree of life, where the duty of marriage is hidden and it comes out with the pleasure and desire of the world to come.

These three thing must never diminish, when a man take on the responsibility of a second wife. If he does not do these three thing to his wife. Then she may go and seek someone else to fulfilled this role.

Exo 21:11  If he fails to provide her with these three things, she is to be given her freedom without having to pay anything. – If the husband fails to provide her with these three things, she is given the right to divorce herself from him. If she is not redeem by her master or another man, meaning given as a wife to someone else; she also have a right to go free without paying anything, even if she had not work the required six years. She now has a right to seek her own husband.

The whole purpose of married is to be given the opportunity to come into the perfection Torah speaks so plainly off. The family structure is the ideal vehicle by which anyone in the family may develop their spiritual being, where the two shall become one.

It is important to know how to be careful when we attracting a soul into a body during intercourse. During our lives we must conduct ourselves to the good side so that the great scales are balanced and tipped to the good side.

Exo 21:12 "Whoever attacks a person and causes his death must be put to death. - Murder must always incur the death penalty, but only if it is premeditated.  In that case, it is forbidden to spare the murderer, even if he is from a distinguished family.

However, if someone killed through carelessness, but unintentionally, for example if he was driving a car with faulty breaks, he or she is not deserving of death. Though his crime should be punished for his carelessness; for such an offender, the penalty is exile to a designated cities.

Death is not only a physical things. If by our word we bring spiritual death to anyone, then it is the same as physical death. 95% of a human is his or her spiritual life, 5% is only the physical body, the vessel the spirit reside in to correct.

Exo 21:13 If it was not premeditated but an act of EL YAHWEH, then I will designate for you a place to which he can flee. – In the case of accidental death, EL YAHWEH had cause the victim to come into his hand. It is a fundamental principle of the Torah that events are not haphazard. The guiding Hand of EL YAHWEH is in every-thing. When someone is struck be a tragedy of having unintentionally killed a fellow human being, it indicates that he must have committed some sin or crime that went unpunished, and that his current victim must have been guilty of a capital offense that went unpunished.

By causing one person to cause another death, EL YAHWEH was squaring the accounts, for YAHWEH’s justice is unimpeachable; it is only we who are incapable of comprehending it.

Exo 21:14 But if someone willfully kills another after deliberate planning, you are to take him even from my altar and put him to death. – Regardless if he is remorseful, and repent profusely, even if he is holding on to the altar, he must be taken away from it and punished. Anyone who deliberate plan the death of another, have sunken to such a low level he or she does not deserve to live.

Exo 21:15 Whoever attacks his father or mother must be put to death. – This verse describe a the consciousness of a person who physically hits his parents. Our parents are the seed that brought us into this world, and we must have an appreciation for them, no matter what our story and regardless of what kind of people they might be. It is not necessary that we have perfect relationship with them, but at the very least, we need to be at peace with them and show our respect for the fact that they give us life.

Anyone who strikes his or her parents is liable of the death penalty. This is in contrast to an ordinary assault, for which the perpetrator would pay damages, if any, regardless of whether he caused any damage. An attack on your parent is like an attack on our Creator. This spirit must be eradicated from our consciousness before we enter the Kingdom of Heavens.

Exo 21:16  Whoever kidnaps a brother must be put to death, regardless of whether he has already sold him or the person is found still in his possession. – Anyone who take by force another person possession to force them to perform certain action.  Kidnapping is the spirit of intimidation. I will get you to do what I want by force or intimidation. Again this spirit is not conducive to the attitude in the Kingdom of Heavens. When we see, anyone participating in such an action has the spirit of the antichrist in them.

Exo 21:17  "Whoever curses his father or mother must be put to death. – To curse one parent is tantamount to wishing everything that is bad on them. This is also the spirit of rebellion. Strangely, we often cause pain to those who have given us more than we deserve. This concept describe the Kabbalistic principle of bread of shame. Were incarnate in this life to correct our bread of shame. Fulfillment and shame cannot co-exist, therefore we cannot achieve our birthright of complete joy if we are experiencing or have caused someone else shame.

There are many people in our lives for whom we may feel hatred despite or perhaps because of the fact that they have done something harmful for us. This reading help us to remove the negative energy of hate for those who brought us into existence. The only way to correct their flaws is for us to correct ours.

Exo 21:18  If two people fight, and one hits the other with a stone or with his fist, and the injured party doesn't die but is confined to his bed.- The baseless hatred is addressed by discussing the the consciousness of those who physically strike another, this section reveals that all the chaos in this world begins with people who feel hatred for each other.

If we are god in the making, regardless of how far or how bad or how much correction one need to make, our consciousness is show in the fruit of the flesh, or the fruit of the spirit. The incident is to show, the consciousness of the attacker and the victim.

There are always two side to every action. To teach the victim to be more careful, and to teach the attacker to examine their consciousness.