Parashas Yitro
Exodus 18:1 – 20:23
Please Pray this
Prayer
First 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
The title of this Torah portion is Yitro in Hebrew or “Jethro”
in English refers to Moses father-in-law. It is the 17TH portion of
the Torah Cycle, in which ABBA YAHVEH gave Moses the Torah; ABBA YAHVEH offers
the Yisraelites one of the greatest spiritual revelations of Light ever, and a
visit by Yitro to their camp.
If Moses was the conduit for the Torah, why is this
portion not called the giving of the Torah, or even Moses, why was it called
Yitro? What is so significant about Yitro that it warrant having this Torah
portion called after him?
What Yitro brought to the camp spiritually was a
prerequisite to them as it is for us to receiving immortality, so let’s take a
closer look at this idea or revealed light. As we learn from Moses encounter
with the burning bush, when we are truly ready to connect to the Light of the
CREATOR, we attain a state of elevated consciousness where everything that
happens is spiritually significant.
If a relative or even a friend like Yitro should come to
you, the head of a mega Church and said, “I know that you think you are doing a
good job, but actually you are not; let me tell you how to do it better,” it is
very likely you might be offended. In this Torah portion, however, we see that
we can put our spiritual development at risk if we do not acknowledge the
messages we receive from everyone, even a person like Yetro.
As believers we cannot receive correction if we are not
willing to listen, even as blind Balaam who had to be correct by a donkey. When
we become fully aware that we should consider the voice of everything, and
everyone, as if it were coming from ABBA YAHVEH, even when its source is a
person who is less that favorable, then we are ready to receive the greater
spiritual revelation.
The Torah did not say Moses listened to the words of
Yitro, but to the voice of the spirit of the voice of Yitro, and Moses did
everything Yitro said. Moses understood the spirit behind everything Yitro said
to him, even if he might not have said it in the right way. There was an
enormous spiritual difference between Moses and Yitro, yet Moses was humble and
spiritual enough to understand that he had something to gain even from Yitro.
Our spiritual growth comes from everything we hear, see and feel.
The visit of Yitro to Moses was two fold. One Moses
showed Yitro the Blessing of ABBA YAHVEH, and as we learn in Exodus 18:11 Yitro
said that “Now I know that יהוה is greater than all the mighty ones, indeed in
the matter in which they acted proudly, above them.” Now it
was Moses turn to be blessed by Yitro.
In a flowing
river we will find various assortments of smooth stones. Those stone did not
get that way by the way water flow over it. They got that way when each rock
rub against each other, when the influence of the water forces them together.
This incident was the Work of the Holy Spirit the Water, bringing Moses and
Yitro together, and each person interacting with each other perform a smoothing
action that leave the other person more refined. Moses was made the better from
Yitro visit and Yitro was made the better by Moses.
Without the
interaction between believers, the refining process cannot be complete. We can
study all day and all night, but we will not elevate unless we merit assistance
from the interaction of other believers.
When a
believer is will to listen, even to the smallest child, he or she will be
opening themselves to receive more revelation. If a person wisdom is greater
than his or her spiritual actions, it cannot last because there is no vessel to
contain the light he or she is revealing. When we reveal more Light than our
Vessel can hold, the excess will floats away.
We can only
hold on to the amount of Light that our vessel is capable of. The purpose of
our spiritual growth is to create a large enough Vessel, so that all the Light
that has been revealed to us, may find a home.
Exo 18:1 And Yitro, the priest of Midyan,
Mosheh’s father-in-law, heard of all that Elohim had done for Mosheh and for
Yisra’ĕl His people, that יהוה had brought Yisra’ĕl out of Mitsrayim. – Jethro heard about the
miracles: of the ten Plague, what happened at the Red Sea,
and even the War with Amalek. The combination of Jethro and Amalek shows the
contract between good and evil. Both parties had heard about the Exodus, but
Jethro reacted by casting his lot with the nation of Yisrael, while Amalek
became the symbol of treachery and evil by defying the True and Living Elohim,
by attacking a weak and weary people.
Miracles alone do not influence the
belief of the Amaleks of this world system; those who refused to recognize the
Mighty Hand of Elיהוה YAHVEH, will
always interpret events to suit their own purposes.
Exo 18:2
And Yithro, Mosheh’s father-in-law, took Tsipporah, the wife of Mosheh –
after he had sent her back, - Moses had some-how send his wife and entire family back to her fathers.
After hearing of the success of Moses, Jethro came personally to see this great
wonders that EL YAHVEH had done for Yisrael and Moses and to return his wife
Tsipporah.
Exo 18:3
and her two sons, of whom the name of one was Gĕreshom, for he said, “I
have been a sojourner in a foreign land,” – Moses had been saved from the sword by sojourning in a strange land. By
choosing the Name Gershom, Moses indicates that he was always a sojourner on
this world, even before his flight from Egypt.
When Moses was a homeless wander, he decided to married
the daughter of A Midianite priest, now the role was reversed. Yitro brought
Moses family to rejoin him and introduced himself as Moses’ father-in-law, The
Torah referred to Yitro that way throughout the chapter. He was received
royally, not only by Moses, but by the entire Children of Yisrael, and he was
later justified with the honor to give counsel to Moses on how to organize the
nations of Yisrael judicial system.
Exo 18:4 and the
name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, “The Elohim of my father was my
help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.” – The name of his other son
was Eliezer, meaning that EL YAHVEH is my helper. Any possible escape from this
world system as Egypt,
was to be done by a Divine purpose.
Exo 18:5
Yitro, Mosheh’s father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Mosheh in
the wilderness, where he was encamped at the mountain of Elohim. – All true leaders will
always bring their people, those trusted to their care, to the mountain of EL YAHVEH.
Exo 18:6 And he had
said to Mosheh, “I, your father-in-law Yithro, am coming to you with your wife
and her two sons with her.” – It is clear from
scripture that Moses showed the highest respect to Jethro, his father-in-law.
Exo 18:7 And Mosheh
went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed down, and kissed him. And they
asked each other about their welfare, and they went into the tent. – A description of Torah hospitality at its best.
Exo 18:8 And Mosheh
told his father-in-law all that יהוה had done to Pharaoh and to the Mitsrites for
Yisra’ĕl’s sake, all the hardship that had come upon them on the way, and how יהוה had delivered them. – Here is a sure way of
greeting a visitor to your home or country, by taking about what EL YAHVEH had
done for us, and the journey He has brought us through and were we will be
going spiritually. They did not talk
about the super bowl last week of the latest basketball score, not even the
weather; but ABBA YAHVEH and HIS great work.
Exo 18:9 And Yithro
rejoiced for all the good which יהוה had done for Yisra’ĕl, whom He had delivered
out of the hand of the Mitsrites. – It is not certain if Jethro was a believer
yet, but there is a strong indicator that maybe he was after. But I do believe that the whole scenario
was to increase the spiritual advantage of both Moses and Yithro.
