Va’era

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3. Va’era Va’era = “And I appeared” The 14th Torah Portion Reading 2nd reading in the Book of Exodus Exodus 6:2 – 9:35 Haftarah: Isaiah 66:1-24 Gospel: Matthew 12:1-14

4. Exodus Chapter 6 God renews His promise by His name Jehovah The genealogy of Reuben The genealogy of Simeon The genealogy of Levi Kohath son of Levi Amram son of Kohath Kohath was father of Aaron and Moses God tells Moses to speak to Pharaoh Moses tells God He can’t talk well

5. Exodus Chapter 6 The Seven “I Will” Statements: 1) Bring you out (God’s purpose); 2) Rid you of bondage (more than relief); 3) Redeem you (1 Pet 1:18,19; 1 Cor 6:20; Eph 1:19); 4) Take you to Me; 5) Be to you a God (2 Cor 6:16); 6) Bring you into the land (Ex 17; Num 21); 7) Give it to you for an heritage.

6. Exodus Chapter 6 The 4 Cups of Passover Seder 1) Bring you out (God’s purpose); 2) Rid you of bondage (more than relief); 3) Redeem you (1 Pet 1:18,19; 1 Cor 6:20; Eph 1:19); 4) Take you to Me;

7. Exodus Chapter 7 • Moses is encouraged to go to • Pharaoh • His rod is turned into a serpent • Pharaoh’s men turn their rod • into serpents • God’s message to Pharaoh • God turns river to blood • Pharaoh’s men also to the • water to blood

8. Exodus Chapter 8 • Frogs are sent • The dust is turned into • lice • Swarms of flies are • sent upon the • Egyptians

9. Exodus Chapter 9 • The plagues on the animals • The plague of boils and blisters • God’s message about the hail • The plague of hail

10. Plagues Design • Nile turned to blood Warning Aaron’s staff • Frogs Warning Aaron’s staff • Lice or gnats No warning Aaron’s staff • Flies Warning No staff used • Death of livestock Warning No staff used • Boils No warning No staff used • Hail Warning Moses’ staff • Locusts Warning Moses’ staff • Darkness No warning Moses’ staff • Death of Firstborn Warning

11. Matthew 12:1-2 1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.

12. Did Jesus Break the Sabbath? Traditional Christian Explanation Yes - he not only broke the Sabbath but these incidents prove that Yeshua was all about abolishing the Sabbath. Sabbatarian Explanation Yes – But it was only the Rabbinic and man-made traditions about the Sabbath that He broke

13. Did Jesus Break the Sabbath? Messianic Jewish Explanation Yes – however Yeshua cancelled neither the Sabbath nor Judaism. In this weeks study we will examine two of the stories and discover an internal, halachic (legal) consistency, which runs through all of the Sabbath conflict stories. Rather than abrogating traditional Jewish Sabbath legislation, Yeshua's teaching and example actually upholds halachic observance of the Sabbath.

14. Did Jesus Break the Sabbath? The Torah seems to allow for snacking from someone's produce as you pass through: "When you enter your neighbor's standing grain, then you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not wield a sickle in your neighbor's standing grain" (Deuteronomy 23:25)' but in the days of the Master, that freedom applied only to hired laborers at work in the field. "Someone just passing through did not have that privilege.

15. Did Jesus Break the Sabbath? The Torah allowed the poor to enter the fields after the harvesters and glean the standing grain and forgotten sheaves. The Torah also required the harvesters to leave the corners of the field for the poor. From a Messianic Jewish point of view, Yeshua neither cancels the Torah nor violates the Sabbath. For Him to do so would constitute sin and a disqualification for His Messianic claims.

16. Matthew 12:3-4 3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; 4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?

17. David and the Temple Bread The Master retold the story of how David, while on the run from King Saul, came to the sanctuary set up at Nob and asked Ahimelech the priest for bread to supply him and his men. The Master admitted that David and his companions did something "which is not lawful" when they took and ate the holy bread. In saying this, He conceded, by way of comparison, that his disciples also did something "which is not lawful" on the Sabbath.

18. Matthew 12:5-6 5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? 6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.

19. Priesthood and the Temple The Master took the argument a step further, pointing out that the priesthood serving in the Temple must necessarily violate the Sabbath prohibitions. Slaughtering animals, tending the altar pyre, igniting incense, lighting the menorah, baking bread, and so forth all constitute explicit Sabbath violations, but \ the Torah commands the priests to do so on the Sabbath day.

20. The Argument I tell you that there is something greater than the Mikdash here. (Matt. 12:6) If (Human Need) > (Temple Service) And (Temple Service) > (The Sabbath) Then (Human Need) > (The Sabbath)

21. The Argument Therefore, the sages derived that it is permissible to violate the Sabbath to save a life: A man may profane one Sabbath, so that he may live to keep many Sabbaths.

22. Matthew 12:7-8 7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. 8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath day.

23. Hosea 6:6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

24. Lord of the Sabbath For the son of man is even master of the Shabbat. (Matt. 12:8)

25. Lord of the Sabbath • Compassion for human need and suffering • takes priority over the Temple service. • The Temple service takes priority over the • Sabbath. • Therefore compassion for human need takes • priority over the Sabbath. • After all, the Sabbath was made for human • beings, not human beings for the Sabbath. • Human beings are lord of the Sabbath, and • take priority over it.

26. Matthew 12:9-10 9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue: 10 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

27. Matthew 12:11-12 11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? 12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

28. Matthew 12:13-14 13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other. 14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council him, how they might destroy him.

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