JESS PARSHOT STUDY TOOL 2003 List questions below about the parshot 1.

Why do so many commentators have an issue with Deuteronomy? 2. Why not repeat the Torah again? 3. Is Devarim the words just about the law?

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These Are The Words
GOD REVEALED IN HIS WORD
T Deut 1:1- 46 H Jer 30:4-11 B - I John 4:7 21

March 28th, 2008 6009 Nisan, 3rd Past Thursday Rosh Chodesh 11 days Pesach April 8th 2009

Num 35:9-36:13
Remember Justice?
Conclusion to our studies in Bmidbar the Wilderness experience of the children of Israel and a comparison of believers in this present world. Everyone participated in sharing and strengthening one another.

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(What do you remember?)

Next Weeks Parashah T - Deut 2:1 3:22 H Hab. 3:8 19

Key Verse Deut. 1: 3 On the first day of the eleventh month of the fortieth year, Moshe spoke to the people of Israel, reviewing everything ADONAI had ordered him to tell them.

Intro: This morning we start a new book/sepher in our Torah readings. The Book of Devarim also know as Deuteronomy and the Mishneh Torah. The title Devarim found in the Hebrew Bible or Masoretic text means the words and comes from the first significant or leading word in the book. Deuteronomy comes from the Septuagint or Greek version of the Bible meaning second law, Mishneh Torah means a repetition of the Law. Our key verse for this study is found in; Deut. 4: 9 Only take
heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons sons; 10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children. 11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. 12 And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice. 13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. 14 And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it. Our theme for this book

the word! The Torah of truth. We have a physical person in the Messiah, the Son of God who reveals to us who God is! He is God with skin! Yet we can only know Him through the words recorded by His disciples. Words which give us a description of His very nature and character. Devarim is not any different through Gods ten words (ten commandments we have a description of who God is, His nature and character! What is the greatest or first commandment, a Pharisee asked Yeshua? Shema Yisrael, the Lord our

God the Lord is One, and you shall love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy might, and you shall love you neighbor as yourself. Upon these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Take this one step further; Romans 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. :9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself . Galatians 5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Now lets take this one more step! God is LOVE!

1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. :8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. :9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. :10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

is Seeing and knowing God in His mitzvoth, His words! Words reveal who we are! Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Our words Reveal who we are! In John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the word was with God and the word was God. 14 The word dwelt among us full of grace and truth! Yeshua is
:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love

3. Just as the husband and the wife are one

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one another. 1 John 4:12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. :16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. :20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? :21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

flesh so to are we one in Messiah!

made both

-- Eph. 2: 14 For he is our peace, who hath

one, and hath broken down the middle wall

of partition between us; 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; 16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

If you love me obey my commandments! All men shall know we are His disciples by our LOVE for one another! I. Gods covenant A Ketubah A. Gods covenant written on tablets of stone 1. A ketubah is a marriage contract 2. These you might say are vows, agreements or promises made to each other! 3. An agreement of love! 4. New Covenant is not written on stone but is written in our hearts! B. The fruit of the Spirit begins with love, which is the out workings of the this marriage contract or vows which we have agreed to in the marriage relationship. 1. Our obedience to Gods commandments, mitzvoth, words says that we cherish the words of our lover! 2. His words are important to us! II. All Men Shall Know We Are His Disciples By Our Love For One Another ! A. Understanding the significance of loving one another! 1. We are corporately called the wife! 2. How can we not love one another if we together make up the wife or bride?

-- Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. B. Lets see how God views our relationship to Him as a wife and bride
-- Jeremiah 31: 32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: 33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. 35 Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name: 36 If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever. 37 Thus saith the LORD; If heaven

Pr 3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and blessed is every one that holds on to her. 6:23 For the mitzvah is a lamp, and the Torah is light, and reproofs of discipline are the way of life;

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above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD. -- Isaiah 54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. -- Hosea 2:19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. :20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD. -- Jeremiah 3:14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: -- Revelation 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. -- Revelation 21:9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lambs wife. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. 5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. 6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 9 And there came unto me one of the seven

Convert me on the condition that you teach me the whole Torah while I stand on one foot. Shammai pushed him aside with the measuring stick he was holding. The same fellow came before Hillel, and Hillel converted him, saying: That which is despicable to you, do not do to your fellow, this is the whole Torah, and the rest is commentary, go and learn it." 4. Lets compare the question concerning the first or greatest commandment. a. The question needs to be read which is the weighter or the most important commandment? b. Yeshuas answer was Mark 12: 28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? 29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel;

Pr 3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and blessed is every one that holds on to her. 6:23 For the mitzvah is a lamp, and the Torah is light, and reproofs of discipline are the way of life;

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angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lambs wife. -- Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely .

The Lord shalt love the with all thy all thy our God is one Lord: 30 And thou Lord thy God with all thy heart, and soul, and with all thy mind, and with

1. If a man and a wife are one flesh how can the woman defile herself, how can the woman her herself, how can we hurt one another? III. Gods Ketubah His Torah reveals to Us His Heart! His A. How can we understand who God is through mitzvoth? 1. How can we understand who God is by eating kosher or wearing tzitzit, or even practicing the Shabbat? 2. I would likie to tie everything I have said together with a story from the Talmud and compare it to the original question asked of Yeshua, what is the first or greatest commandment 3. Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 31a Once there was a gentile who came before Shammai, and said to him:

strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. 32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: 33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. 34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. c. Yeshua concludes this teaching found in Matthew 22: 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.. d. Shiliach Shaul reduces othe commands to one! -- Galatians 5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

another: for

e. John tells us I Jn. 4: let us love one

love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. :8 for God is love

5. Now lets go to The Gemara in Makkot (23b-24a) states:

Conclusion: These are the words Devarim spoken by Moses, they are a reminder of the Torah given on Mount Sinai. Many of this second generation Israelites were just children. Some were not yet born. Now Moses will remind them of all that God has told them to do and how to live as they go into the promised land. The prize of the high calling of God in Messiah is God Himself. The promised land is where God places His name and dwells with His people. These words were originally spoken by God but those words fell on deaf ears. They fell on ears

Pr 3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and blessed is every one that holds on to her. 6:23 For the mitzvah is a lamp, and the Torah is light, and reproofs of discipline are the way of life;

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Rabbi Simla'i expounded: Six hundred and thirteen mitzvot were told to Moshe... David came and condensed them to eleven, as it is written: "A Psalm of David. Lord, who shall abide in Your tent? Who shall dwell in Your holy hill? He that walks uprightly, and acts justly, and speaks the truth in his heart. He that does not slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his fellow, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor. In whose eyes a vile person is despised; but he honors them that fear the Lord. He that swears to his own hurt, and changes not. He that does not put out his money on interest, nor takes a bribe against the innocent. He that does these things shall never be moved" (Tehillim 15:15)... Yeshayahu came and condensed them to six, as it is written: "He that walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he that despises the gain of oppressions, that shakes his hands from holding of bribes, that stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil" (Yeshayahu 33:15)... Mikha came and condensed them to three, as it man, what is is written: "He has told you, O

good; and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with your God" (Mikha 6:8). 6. John, Shaul and Yeshua has now condensed the 613 commandments to a single command LOVE! that God is love, by love ourselves His mitzvoth! a. And John gives us the final thought LOVE! We can know the God of loving one another as we would and observing and contemplating

that did not love God. They fell on ears that forgot the ketubah or wedding contract. They forgot the vows that they gave to God; all that you say we will do! They would rather go back to Egypt and live in slavery, they would rather complain about not getting to eat the food that they were familiar with instead of being blessed by eating angels food. They wanted to live like the world. They wanted to live adulterous and idolatrous lives. They were not faithful to their husband. They did not take His words seriously. Had they of understood they would have heard through those words the love that came from Gods heart. They would have heard how much God loved them to give them the Torah! Today I come sad as I have read through 5 different commentaries from men who are scholars and experts in their fields. I have read another 4 commentaries or the Chumash from the Rabbis. I find not a people that look for God in Devarim but instead they are looking for knowledge and facts based on pagan cultures or mens opinions. I hear many people talking about a cruel blood thirsty God who loves to kill people. Instead I read about a God who was jealous over His wife. A God who watched His wife go a whoring after other gods. I read about a God whose heart was filled with love for His bride and wanted for her to be blessed and to live with Him forever. All of the commandments have been reduced to one word LOVE. And we read that God is LOVE. In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God, and the word became flesh and dwelt among us full of grace and truth. Yeshua said if youve seen me you have seen the Father. Yeshua is the goal to the Torah. Another word for goal is bulls eye. Sin is the missing of the mark or the bulls eye. Sin is the transgression of the law. Yeshua is the tree of life the living Torah. Yeshua is God. Yeshua is God manifested in the flesh. All we have in order for us to know Him is this book! We have no videos, photographs, not even drawings. We cannot go and ask Peter, James or John about Yeshua. All we have today are the words they have left as a testimony of who He was and what He was like. The Torah especially Devarim contains the mitzvoth the commandments of God. Through them we can know Him!

Pr 3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and blessed is every one that holds on to her. 6:23 For the mitzvah is a lamp, and the Torah is light, and reproofs of discipline are the way of life;