It is my pleasure to write to you this week. I hope and pray that you all are doing well. The name of this week's Torah portion is Shemot, meaning "names" and is found in: Exodus 1:1-6:1 Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23 and Luke 5:12-39.
In Exodus we read about Moses being born and then it covers 80 years of his life up until the time that YHVH tells him to go back to Egypt to lead a thriving yet enslaved nation to freedom in the Promised Land - Eretz Yisrael (The Land of Israel). In Isaiah we read about a prophesy of what is going to happen in the end and a warning to us, those who may not be Jewish, but through the blood of Yeshua our Messiah we are now part of Israel (AKA Ephraimites. See Ephesians 2:12-13). And in Luke we read about Yeshua performing miracles and having different discussions with the Pharisees.
That is about all of the background that I'm gonna give you, I hope that each and everyone of you all will read it for yourself. However I will share a couple things that stood out to me in this Torah portion. So here I go ...
The first thing that stood out to me was how much we can see a picture of Yeshua in Moses. I mean, in his very birth, you can see it ... he had to be hid so that Pharaoh would not kill him. There are so many more examples but I will let you do your home work and find them for yourself. Another thing that stood out to me was the two midwives and how YHVH took care of them even when the circumstances made it look like they were going to die if they did not obey Pharaoh. However YHVH made a way and not only did they not die, but the nation of Israel continued to grow. I have often wondered if I were in a place similar to that, what I'd do. After reading this account I don't think that I'd let any ruler make me do something against the will of YHVH, even if it meant death.
Those are a couple of the different things that YHVH pointed out to me in this portion, I pray that they bless you as they did me.
Shabbat Shalom, Tommy
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