PM Parasha Vayigash 5784 (2024) reading:

B’reisheet (Genesis) 44:18-47:27
Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 37
Yochanan (John) 5

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Welcome to the Prime Minister Parasha Midrash, where we give mikrah and midrash advice that the rabbis advising the prime minister need to know. So that they can stop praying for the deaths of their brothers in Joseph. And so that they can stop replacing Scripture with the Talmud!

And since last week’s parasha, the Orthodox Jews have cursed all Josephites, asking for the deaths of everyone in Joseph and Ephraim another 36 million or more times!

“For the apostates [meaning anyone who has left Orthodox Judaism, such as Yeshua (or Jesus), and everyone who follows Him] let there be no hope! And uproot the kingdom of arrogance speedily and in our days! May the Nazarenes and [all] the [other] sectarians [or the other “minim”] perish, as in a moment! Let them be blotted out of the Book of Life, and not be written together with the righteous! You are praised, O Adonai, who subdues the arrogant!”
[Wikipedia, Jerusalem Talmud-Birkat haMinim]

So, a big welcome to the rabbis who advise the prime minister of Israel, from Mashiach ben Yosef for 5776 and 5777.

Nachmanides cycles

In last week’s Parasha Miketz Torah Portion, we saw that there are at least two Nachmanides cycles hidden inside of Parasha Vayeshev. And both Nachmanides cycles are extremely negative and are stopping the restoration of relations between the house of Judah and the house of Joseph today.

Judah-on-Joseph violence cycle

The first Nachmanides cycle is the Judah-on-Joseph violence cycle whereby Judah tries to murder Joseph, but decides to sell him into slavery instead, basically because there is more money in it.

B’reisheet (Genesis) 37:26-27
26 “So Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
27 Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh.” And his brothers listened.”

So, what we see here is that, when he is not careful, Judah has a tendency to want to kill his brother Joseph, and to make his brother Joseph a slave. And we will see all the evidence of this in our documentary for the prime minister and the Knesset.

The second Nachmanides cycle that we will see crop up time and again is the Judah-on-Tamar incest and sexual immorality cycle.

B’reisheet (Genesis) 38:15
15 When Judah saw her [Tamar his daughter-in-law], he thought she was a harlot, because she had covered her face.

Judah-on-Tamar cycle

Tamar had two sons by Judah. And since Judah likes Kabbalah, we will talk about the second one first. The second child’s name was Zera, meaning “seed”. And this is the Nachmanides root of things when people talk about the “Illuminati seed line”, and things like that. These are all controlled by the second label of Judaism, so to speak.

And this is where we get the crypto-Jewish Muslim line of the Dönmeh, and also where we get the crypto-Jewish Jesuit line. And we also get Frankist agents like the Chabad, and the Mossad, and the masonic lodge that spins off from the Illuminati, etc.

These are all just valid kingship functions. The only problem is that, as we will see, Judah has gotten caught up in sexual immorality as a way of doing business and doing government. And this is what happens when you decide to play the “Jacob” card, instead of the “Israel” card.

Jacob was tricky, and so tricks got played on him. He achieved the goals for Elohim, but not in a way that pleased Elohim. And this is why Elohim changed our forefather Jacob’s name to Israel, is because He wants us to win the war for Him in an upright way. (Not in a sneaky or an amoral way.) Because whatever kind of energy we put out, Elohim is going to make sure it comes back on our heads.

B’reisheet (Genesis)  32:28
28 And He said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with Elohim and with men, and have prevailed.”

I think that is one thing that the Kabbalah crowd constantly forgets. (And if you ask me, I think it is willful forgetting.)

Now, the name of Tamar’s first child by Judah was named Peretz, which means “breaking through”. And we will see that both King David and Yeshua came through the line of Peretz.

B’reisheet (Genesis) 38:29
29 Then it happened, as he drew back his hand, that his brother came out unexpectedly; and she said, “How did you break through? This breach be upon you!” Therefore his name was called Perez.

So, if we are children of King David, or, if we are imitating Yeshua (who comes from King David), then our works for Elohim can have a certain quality of “breaking through”. It is like, “disruptive technologies” but in the spiritual and the governmental senses.

Being seed of Peretz is one of the things that makes the ruling line Judah excel at what he does. And it is one of the reasons that Judah has the ability (or the secret superpower, if you will), to break through stagnated political situations.

We see this kind of bold, lion-like break-through action regarding the land of Israel with the Rothschild dynasty buying the land from the Ottoman sultan. And then coordinating things behind-the-scenes to make feasible the Balfour declaration.

“The Baron’s intention is to grant to the rich Israelites who are scattered about in different parts of the world, portions of that fine country, where he proposes to establish seigniors (or feudal lordships), and to give them, as far as possible, their ancient and sacred laws!”
[The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany (Vol. 29), December 1829, page 759]

And Judah is also doing all the Zera-like things it takes to achieve control of the Genesis 35 alliance. (Even though it is not properly designated as such yet, and even though Judah’s present plans in the Talmud call for the destruction and the obliteration of the Genesis 35:11 alliance.)

B’reisheet (Genesis) 35:11
11 Also Elohim said to him: “I am Elohim Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body.”

That is because, when you dip into either the Judah-on-Joseph violence cycle, or the Judah-on-Tamar sexual immorality cycle, not only do you stop Joseph in his tracks from coming home, but there are other costs. And Joseph needs to be clear, Joseph sees Judah as costing himself tremendously. Joseph thinks Judah has no idea how badly he is costing himself. (But we will talk about that more in other Torah portions, and in the documentary.)

A warning to brother Judah

Now, one of the reasons for addressing this parasha series to the rabbis who advise the prime minister and the Knesset, with love and respect, is because you all are digging a great big hole for yourselves. And Yahweh Elohim is going to take care of us.

In spite of the Judah on Joseph Nachmanides violence cycle, Yahweh Elohim is going to take care of us. But we must tell you, we are extremely concerned for you.

And we know that you want the lost tribes of Joseph to come home (or else why did you hijack my computer?).
However, before Joseph can come home, we will need to get the correct brotherhood relationship between the parties restored and re-established.

Because to speak the truth in love, what it looks like to Joseph is that Judah has decided that Joseph is an un-person. That Joseph “does not count”, so to speak.

And not that most of Ephraim merits anything special, because right now most of Ephraim does not seem to think he has to do anything. Most of Ephraim thinks that it is a totally free gift and that there is no getting back to Elohim required. And it is shameful! (“Torah light” rabbi Reuven called it.)

You may have heard of “Sabbath Judaism”. Well, the Ephraimites are trying to create “Sabbath Ephraim-ism”.
(It is a terrible thing.)

However, whatever Ephraim’s character traits and character faults, we serve a gracious and loving Elohim. And He plans to make good on His promises to Joseph’s children, and to the whole northern house of Israel. And is not that how it is for Judah also?

Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 37:19
19 Say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh Elohim: “Surely I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.” ‘

In this series we have been looking at passages (such as Yeshayahu chapter 66 verses 19 through 21) which tell us that Joseph is going to come home as Joseph (or as the northern house of Israel, which is the same thing.)

Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 66:19-21
19 I will set a sign among them; and those among them who escape I will send to the nations: to Tarshish and Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, and Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles.
20 Then they shall bring all your brethren for an offering to Yahweh out of all nations, on horses and in chariots and in litters, on mules and on camels, to My set-apart mountain Jerusalem,” says Yahweh, “as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of Yahweh.
21 And I will also take some of them for priests and Levites,” says Yahweh.

Or at least, He will bring home that small percentage that fears Elohim enough to do what He says.

Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 10:22
22 For though your people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, a remnant of them will return; the destruction decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

That is where most of Ephraim is at right now. Most of the Messianics and Ephraimites are still dreaming of a way to serve their one-and-only Rabbi with less than everything they have. (And most of them seem to think they have found one.) But we will talk more about Ephraim and all his many attitude problems and entitlement feelings in the Abraham Accords video series.

But, brothers, if the Tanach prophecies say that Judah and Joseph will come back together in these and times, then, is not that what is going to happen??

So, to ask this in love and with all the respect, if Elohim says that Joseph comes back home as tribes, then do not Judah and Joseph need to talk about issues that will affect both houses in 30-40-50 years, when the third and fourth waves of Joseph begin to recross the Sambation river, and begin to remember who they are?

Stages of Israel’s return

I came in as part of the first wave, in between the first and second intifadas. According to Hoshea chapter 6 verses 2 through 3 (and many other passages), the much larger second wave is supposed to begin 2000 years from the start of Yeshua’s ministry. And we will cover all the details in the Abraham Accords video series, but basically, we expect them to start showing up around 5786, and then this growth spurt will continue through about 5790.

Hoshea (Hosea) 6:2-3
2 After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His sight.
3 Let us know, let us pursue the knowledge of Yahweh. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, like the latter and former rain to the earth.

So, that is 2000 years from the start of Yeshua’s ministry, going up until 2000 years from His death, burial, and resurrection according to Daniel chapter 9 verses 25 through 26, which specify that Mashiach Nagid (Messiah the Director, one like Moses) had to come before the end of the second temple. (We saw in Parasha that that is what verse 26 means.)

Daniel: 9:25-26
25 “Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the command to restore and build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince, there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublesome times.
26 “And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; and the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, and till the end of the war desolations are determined.”

Talmudic perversions

But rather than obey this word of prophecy, Judah has created a frozen snapshot in time of the kind of spirits that got the temple destroyed and got Judah sent into the Roman exile recorded right there in the pages of the Babylonian Talmud, for everyone to see.

And we can understand why the temple would get destroyed when the Talmud says such strange perverted sexual things! Like what it says in Talmud Tractate Yevamot 60b, where to know if a woman is a virgin or not, you sit her over a barrel of alcohol. And if you can smell alcohol in her breath, then she is not a virgin. But if you cannot smell alcohol in her breath, she is a virgin.

“Similarly, you can say with regard to the verse: “And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins that had not known man by lying with him” (Judges 21:12). From where did they know that they were virgins? Rav Kahana said: They sat them on the opening of a barrel of wine. If she was a non-virgin, her breath would smell like wine; if she was a virgin, her breath did not smell like wine.”
[https://www.sefaria.org/Yevamot.60b?lang=bi]

Just to let Judah know in advance, Joseph can never come home to this kind of misinterpretation and misapplication of biblical principles. And the Talmud is just chalk full of quotations like this that Joseph can never abide by.

And what is frightening is that because Joseph does not want to accept the Tamar cycles, Judah has it codified into his Talmud that if Joseph does not want to convert to the worship of this kind of extra-Tanach writings, then Judah says that Joseph just needs to die.

And the contrast between Judah’s Talmud of the rabbis versus the pure clean word of Elohim to Joseph is like night and day!

And so, whoever is reporting to the prime minister about our activities, please let them know that what Joseph needs is for Judah to stop reading child porn (like in Talmud Tractates Sanhedrin 69a – 69b and Niddah 44b – 45a) and refocus on the words of Elohim. It is just a little bit too much theological inbreeding going on in the southern house.

“Rav Ḥisda said: Come and hear the mishna: If the girl is less than that age of three years and one day, intercourse with her is like placing a finger into the eye. Why do I need the mishna to teach: Like placing a finger into the eye? Let it teach simply: If she is less than that age, intercourse with her is nothing. What, is it not correct that this is what the mishna teaches us, by its comparison to an eye: Just as placing a finger in an eye causes it to tear and tear again, when another finger is placed in it, so too after the intercourse of a girl under three the hymen disappears and comes back again?”
[Talmud Niddah 45a, Sefaria]

Because right now, brother Judah does not seem to think that the commandments or the prophecies in the Tanach apply to him.

Forgive us, but between brothers, to settle a family matter in house, what it looks like to us is that Judah thinks that because he is the kingship tribe, and because he hangs out with the Rabbinical order, that he can make up whatever rules he wants! And that he does not even need to pay any attention to the words of Elohim!

In fact, what it kind of looks like is that Judah picked up some kind of Chaldean demons in Babylon. Except that maybe he had a problem with that before he went into Babylon? Because Amos 2:4 tells us that Judah already had a problem with it?

Amos 2:4
4 Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they have despised the law [the Torah] of the Yahweh, and have not kept His commandments. Their lies lead them astray, lies which their fathers followed.”

Joseph is just learning to come back to the Tanach, and it is very much Joseph’s fault that we ever walked away from it. But now that Joseph is coming back to the written Torah and to the Tanach, we are wanting to reestablish contacting connection as brothers, because we have been gone for more than 2730 years.

We have been gone for more than 3/4 of Israel’s history. And much to our surprise, a lot has changed. We are looking for a Levitical order that operates according to the written Torah, and we cannot find one anywhere.

The closest thing we see is a plan to establish a third temple by the Temple Institute. But the former international director is talking the same Bnai Noach voluntary slavery program as in the replacement theology Talmud.

[Rabbi Chaim Richman Tells Christians you already worship one Jew, you should worship every one of us]

And then Judah has the affrontery to accuse us of replacement theology, when we are the ones following Elohim’s Tanach, and you guys are the ones following your own words. Now, which is better? To obey Elohim? Or men?

Think carefully, brothers. Do not our lives as Israelites depend on obeying and pleasing our Elohim? Would you advise Joseph to play games with the protection and guarantees inherent in obeying Elohim?

Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 7:23
23 “But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your Elohim, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.’”

Brother, how does Joseph say these things when the relationship is that you want us all dead if we do not convert and do whatever you tell us? How do we say these things when Judah pronounces death curses over Joseph three times each weekday, in the Birkhat HaMinim?

“For the apostates [meaning anyone who has left Orthodox Judaism, such as Yeshua (or Jesus), and everyone who follows Him] let there be no hope! And uproot the kingdom of arrogance speedily and in our days! May the Nazarenes and [all] the [other] sectarians [or the other “minim”] perish, as in a moment! Let them be blotted out of the Book of Life, and not be written together with the righteous! You are praised, O Adonai, who subdues the arrogant!”
[Wikipedia, Jerusalem Talmud-Birkat haMinim]

Right now, what it looks like to Joseph is that brother Judah is practicing the Talmud, which looks like Chaldean witchcraft, complete with all the pedophilia and provisions for the same kinds of ritualistic sexual abuse both of baby girls, and of pre-pubescent boys found in Islam. (And in the Abraham Accord series we will see the deadly triad of Babylonian faiths, with brother Judah in the head.)

“However, beit hillel deem her fit to marry into the priesthood, because they maintain that the intercourse of a minor is not regarded as intercourse.”
[Sandhedrin 69b, Sefaria]

[Child Sex Abuse in Orthodox Jewish Bathhouses]
[Former headmistress of Jewish ultra-Orthodox school found guilty of rape and sexual assault]
[Religious leader convicted for sex abuse]

Joseph is not exactly sure why or when Judah decided to sell himself into the hand of one mightier than himself if it was not in Parasha Vayeshev, when Judah sold himself into the hand of the mother of his children. (And into whatever dark or demonic spirit caused her to do such a thing, because that kind of behavior does not come from Elohim!)

B’reisheet (Genesis) 38:15
15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot, because she had covered her face.

And we are very concerned for brother Judah. Because when you have sold yourself into the hand of someone stronger than you, the only solution is to seek the help of someone even stronger. But you reject Him! Your disobedience is different than that of the house of Ephraim, but you reject Elohim all the same!

You claim Elohim but look what you have done! You have replaced His word with your own writings. Could this be what it means in Tehillim chapter 118 verse 22?

Tehillim (Psalms) 118:22
22 The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.

And brothers, just to say it, you also rejected me as being the leadership of the house of Joseph. Even though I am the one who’s computer you hijacked? And the reason you rejected me is that I want to stand firm on the words of Elohim, rather than the words of men? Brothers, what does that say?

History recap

Okay, let us recap the history. Judah gave in to envy, and jealousy, and hated Joseph for being a prophet. Judah then sold our forefather Joseph into Egypt, (symbolic of the world). Then after that, Paro (Pharaoh) appointed Joseph as the number two authority in all Egypt, just under Paro himself.

B’reisheet (Genesis) 41:38-41
38 And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of Elohim?”
39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Inasmuch as Elohim has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
40 You shall be over my house, and all my people shall be ruled according to your word; only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”
41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”

Elohim divinely arranged for a famine, which led the other brothers down to Egypt. And Joseph uses his princely powers to investigate the situation, and to get the other brothers to bring Benjamin.

B’reisheet (Genesis) 42:16
16 “Send one of you, and let him bring your brother; and you shall be kept in prison, that your words may be tested to see whether there is any truth in you; or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies!”

Now if we had more time, we could speculate on some of Joseph’s motivations. But it may well have been that Joseph was trying to find out if the other brothers hated Benjamin also. If so, then that might mean that the other brothers hated all of Rachel’s children. And if that was the case, then Benjamin also could be in danger.

However, if the other brothers did not hate Benjamin, then maybe it could mean that they did not hate Joseph for being of Rachel. But maybe they hated him because Elohim had chosen him to save their lives as a prophet?
And this is maybe where Judah’s deadly hatred of prophets and prophetic accountability comes from, is from Parasha Vayeshev.

One question that often gets asked is, why did Joseph not write home? Joseph was the number two man in Egypt, and Israel was only two or three weeks away by foot. (Less by camels or on horses.) Surely, Joseph could have sent someone to ask his father Israel what really happened? Or maybe Joseph did not even know what really happened? Maybe Joseph wondered if his father had put the other brothers up to it, or Elohim only knows what was going through his mind.

But Joseph finds a way to put the others to a test, perhaps to find out what is really going on in their hearts.
And in trying to interrogate the other brothers, perhaps to find out what really happened, he threatens to keep his mother Rachel’s other son Benjamin with him permanently.

And it is at this point, in this week’s Parasha Vayigash, (starting in B’reisheet 44:18) that Judah steps forward to take responsibility. And this is because back in B’reisheet 43:8, Judah said to Israel our father to send the lad (Benjamin) with him, and that he would take full responsibility to make sure that Benjamin could go home.

B’reisheet (Genesis) 43:8
8 Then Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live and not die, both we and you and also our little ones.”

In B’reisheet 44 verse 18, Judah acts responsibly toward our mutual father Israel, that Judah would be responsible for ransoming Rachel’s other son Benjamin.

B’reisheet (Genesis) 44:18
18 Then Judah came near to him and said: “O my master, please let your servant speak a word in my master’s hearing, and do not let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even like Pharaoh”.

Since Judah feels responsibility toward our mutual forefather Israel, and since Judah felt responsibility toward Rachel’s other son Benjamin, now Joseph could know that Benjamin was not in danger. Because Benjamin was not a prophet.

While only Elohim knows for sure what went through Joseph’s mind, logical deduction seems to indicate that Judah’s true motivation was hatred of prophets and prophecy. And sadly, we will see this evil Nachmanides pattern show up time and again.

Because perhaps starting with Parasha Vayeshev, Judah would rather kill prophets like Joseph, than hear and obey the voice and the commandments of Elohim. And it is one of those evil inclinations that the tribe of Judah likes to turn a blind eye to.

B’reisheet 37:20
20 “Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what will become of his dreams!”

And again, how do you talk about these kinds of ancient family mishaps, with the knowledge that the patterns tend to recur, and that Judah is getting ready to act them out again today?

Is Judah sorry? What does the pattern tell us?

Sometimes Josephites think that brother Judah is apologizing here in B’reisheet chapter 44. But if we look at it carefully, he is not. Judah never really does apologize for what he did to our forefather Joseph.

B’reisheet (Genesis) 44:32
32 For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame before my father forever.’

And we can easily forgive what is past, except for the fact that it is not really past, is it? Because Judah is still waging a silent, undeclared war against Joseph. And the Talmud is the encoded master strategy.

Now, I have met many lovely Orthodox Jewish people. There are plenty of them. What is harder is finding lovely Orthodox Jewish Rabbis who read the Tanakh and know what it says. But what Joseph (and those Jews who sojourn with him) need to see here (and do not miss it), is that in the annals, Judah is not really apologizing.

And how about this for a Nachmanides pattern? Judah never apologizes for the attempted murder and sale of Joseph, just like he never apologizes for the murder of Yeshua. And just like he never apologizes for the murders of the Nazarene rescue team that was sent to bring back Joseph. Is all this a coincidence?

From what the rabbis and the Talmud tell us, Orthodox Judah has no plans ever to apologize for killing or enslaving either Yeshua, or Joseph. Rather, Judah’s plan in Talmud Tractate Berakhot 28b-29a and in the Birkhat HaMinim is to exterminate Joseph. So that the day of reckoning that we see here in Parasha Vayigash will hypothetically never come.

“For the apostates [meaning anyone who has left Orthodox Judaism, such as Yeshua (or Jesus), and everyone who follows Him] let there be no hope! And uproot the kingdom of arrogance speedily and in our days! May the Nazarenes and [all] the [other] sectarians [or the other “minim”] perish, as in a moment! Let them be blotted out of the Book of Life, and not be written together with the righteous! You are praised, O Adonai, who subdues the arrogant!”
[Wikipedia, Jerusalem Talmud-Birkat haMinim]

If we say that we do not expect our day of reckoning to ever come, then is not that basically the same as to say that we do not believe rabbi Nachmanides? Or, alternatively, is not it to say that you do not believe Elohim’s words? (Or if you believe them, why are you seeking to replace them?)

Here is a spoiler alert. We have read the end of the book, and we know how things go. Most of Judah is not going to listen to Elohim, just like most of Ephraim also will not listen (because they are spiritually drunk).

Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 28:1
1 “Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, Whose glorious beauty is a fading flower Which is at the head of the verdant valleys, To those who are overcome with wine!”

But true to Parasha Vayeshev, Judah plans to persecute Joseph unto extinction. And that is what the Birkhat HaMinim is all about, is to cleanse the world of all Christians, and all Jews who are not Orthodox.

B’reisheet (Genesis) 37:20
20 “Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what will become of his dreams!”

And sadly, things are going to get much worse for Joseph in the short run. Orthodox Judah will not repent of trying to kill Joseph until they finally repent of killing Yeshua, as foretold in Zekaryah chapter 12 verse 10, when Judah and all the other tribes of Israel see Yeshua arriving in the clouds.

Zekaryah (Zechariah) 12:10
10 “And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.”

That is when they will look upon Him whom they pierced, and will grieve for Him, as one grieves for the loss of an only son. (And that is what most people will call World War 4.)

It makes no sense to the Josephite mind, but Orthodox Judah has no plans to apologize for any of the murders of Joseph, Yeshua, Stephen, Yaakov, or any of the other murders. Rather, like the patriarch Judah in this parasha, the plan is not to apologize. The plan is only to get out of trouble.

And we will talk about that in more detail, hopefully, next year. But noticed that Judah never confesses to trying to kill Joseph. Just like today, Orthodox Judah asks Elohim for Joseph’s death 18 times a week. And it has been this way for more than 1900 years!

“For the apostates [meaning anyone who has left Orthodox Judaism, such as Yeshua (or Jesus), and everyone who follows Him] let there be no hope! And uproot the kingdom of arrogance speedily and in our days! May the Nazarenes and [all] the [other] sectarians [or the other “minim”] perish, as in a moment! Let them be blotted out of the Book of Life, and not be written together with the righteous! You are praised, O Adonai, who subdues the arrogant!”
[Wikipedia, Jerusalem Talmud-Birkat haMinim]

No change since Vayishelech

I had the secretary of the Sanhedrin tell me to my face that nothing at all had changed since the first century. (And at least hypothetically, the secretary is the number two man.) And he said it had been right to put Yeshua to death back then, and that it would be right to kill all of His followers too! (And he was looking straight at me when he said it.)

The point we are trying to make is that this is a character flaw in brother Judah that goes back long before the second temple era. Because according to Rabbi Rivlin’s famous treatise on Kol Hator, you have known who Joseph is for at least 200 years (if not much longer, because they recycle prophecies).

And still, you want to kill Joseph! What did our forefather Joseph ever do to you, besides save your lives?

B’reisheet (Genesis) 42:21
21 Then they said to one another, “We are truly guilty concerning our brother, for we saw the anguish of his soul when he pleaded with us, and we would not hear; therefore this distress has come upon us.”

And what have you learned? Did Judah learn anything? And if so, then why are you still trying to kill or enslave Joseph?

It is not like you do not know who we are. We see rabbis on the so-called “Noachide Kiruv” channel mocking Joseph efforts to establish a clean halacha. But if Judah had established a clean halacha, then Joseph would not need to be doing it now.

Judah’s guilt of Judah-on-Joseph violence

In love, if you are breaking B’reisheet chapter 12 verse 3, then you are on the wrong side of Yahweh. And Orthodox Judah is breaking B’reisheet chapter 12 verse 3 three times each weekday!

B’reisheet (Genesis) 12:3
3 “I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

And B’reisheet chapter 12 verse 3 is not only the commandment for Joseph to bless Judah. Is it not also the commandment for Judah to bless Joseph?? How about it? You would know what blessing Joseph is if you went back to the Tanach. All of Joseph’s problems would be solved if Judah would go back to the Tanach. And Elohim would love it!

Why are you fighting to keep Joseph from coming home, when you know that Joseph is prophesied to come home? (Or maybe you do not, because you do not read the Tanach?)

Brother, in love, and with all the earthly respect, what do you think you are doing, trying to force convert, enslave, or murder Joseph so that the Tanach prophecies can never be fulfilled? You just want to make sure that Joseph never comes home? Or else why are you fighting against Elohim’s Tanach?

B’reisheet 37:20
20 “Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what will become of his dreams!”

(No offense, but do you fear Elohim? Really?)

Judah’s guilt of replacing Torah and Tanach

Maybe it does not sound nice. But when people start following the Talmud, they might as well throw the written Torah and the Tanach into the trash. And as we mentioned last week, it is like Judah has codified his tribal yetzer hara (or his tribal evil inclination). And now he is seeking to replace the written Torah and the Tanach with it.

“My son, be careful to fulfill the words of the Sages [soferim] even more than the words of the Torah. For the words of the Torah include positive and negative commandments, and even with regard to the negative commandments, the violation of many of them is punishable only by lashes. Whereas with respect to the words of the Sages, anyone who transgresses the words of the Sages is liable to receive the death penalty, as it is stated: “And whoever breaches through a hedge, a snake shall bite him” (Ecclesiastes 10:8), taking hedges to refer metaphorically to decrees.”
[Talmud Tractate Eruvin 21b, Sefaria]

Judah’s plan seems to be to make everyone else adapt to his Judah-on-Joseph murder and slavery cycle, and his Judah-on-Tamar incest cycle. And Judah cannot seem to understand why Joseph resents being forced to give up the Tanach in order to satisfy Judah’s yetzer hara. Friends do not let friends believe the Talmud! (Big sigh!)

In B’reisheet chapter 44 verse 18, what we need to see is that Judah takes responsibility for Benjamin, but he never repents of having done evil to the prophet Joseph. Do we ever read about Judah repenting of wanting to murder and enslave Joseph anywhere?

B’reisheet (Genesis) 44:18
18  Then Judah came near to him and said: “O my master, please let your servant speak a word in my master’s hearing, and do not let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even like Pharaoh.

And if he has, then why do we still have the Birkhat HaMinim?

“For the apostates [meaning anyone who has left Orthodox Judaism, such as Yeshua (or Jesus), and everyone who follows Him] let there be no hope! And uproot the kingdom of arrogance speedily and in our days! May the Nazarenes and [all] the [other] sectarians [or the other “minim”] perish, as in a moment! Let them be blotted out of the Book of Life, and not be written together with the righteous! You are praised, O Adonai, who subdues the arrogant!”
[Wikipedia, Jerusalem Talmud-Birkat haMinim]

In B’reisheet 45:1, Joseph reveals himself to Judah. But does Judah repent? Is there a detectable teshuvah? Is there any real change?? Or does Judah still go around cursing everyone in the rest of the world, and expect to get blessed as a result?

[Rabbi Mizrachi – Idol Worshippers Deserve Death Penalty]

In B’reisheet 45:1, Joseph reveals himself to Judah. But does Judah repent? Is there a detectable teshuvah? Is there any real change??

B’reisheet 45:1
1 Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, “Make everyone go out from me!” So no one stood with him while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

Or does Judah still go around cursing everyone in the rest of the world, and expect to get blessed as a result?

[Rabbi Mizrachi – Idol Worshippers Deserve Death Penalty]

We do not mean to pick on brother Judah. It just seems like Judah is not really sorry for what he did. He is just sorry that it did not work out for him.

Judah repeats the Jeroboam error

In B’reisheet chapter 45 verses 5 and 7, Joseph tells his brothers that Elohim sent him into Egypt to preserve their lives, and to save their lives by a great deliverance.

B’reisheet (Genesis) 45:5, 7
5 “But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; for Elohim sent me before you to preserve life.
7 And Elohim sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

So, with all the earthly respect, what should Joseph say about the fact that we have modern day rabbis who are still trying to steal Joseph’s identity? Can Judah understand why Joseph looks on this kind of thing as just one more effort by Judah to steal Joseph’s coat?

And can Judah understand why Joseph considers the so-called “Noachide Kiruv” channel to be a bunch of modern-day enticers who want to sell us a replacement for the written Torah and the Tanach? (Just like King Jeroboam sold us a replacement?)

Why does Judah offer Joseph a replacement bible that robs Ephraim of our identities as Joseph’s sons? Spiritually, how is that different than in B’reisheet chapter 37 verse 20, when you kidnapped our forefather Joseph, and tore up his coat, to make it seem like Joseph was no more?

B’reisheet (Genesis) 37:20
20 “Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what will become of his dreams!”

It does not seem different at all. And in love, Elohim is not going to let you get away with it this time either.

For Joseph it is like, “Really? We just did this with Esav.” You put Esav Talmud on the one side, and you put the Tanach on the other, and you take a good look. Do they look the same? Do they read the same? Do they point in the same prophetic direction? Or not so much?

Haftarah Portion: Yehezqel 37

Let us look at our Haftarah portion.

Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 37:1
1 The hand of Yahweh came upon me and brought me out in the spirit of Yahweh, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones.

I have not had time to research the middle eastern version, but in Chinese medicine it is thought that the “spirit” or “essence” resides in the bones after death. And this makes sense, as next week in Parasha Vayeira, Joseph makes the other brothers promise to bring his bones up from Egypt.

B’reisheet (Genesis) 50:25
25 Then Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”

If someone knows better details for ancient middle eastern medicine and thoughts on the bones, please write us at contact@nazareneisrael.org.

Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 37:2
2 Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and indeed they were very dry.

House of Israel and the Assyrian captivity

The bones are so dry because the house of Israel (or Joseph) has been spiritually dead ever since we were taken into captivity in Assyria, causing us to lose our identities. And as we see in verses 3 through 5, Yahweh will cause the house of Israel (Joseph) to live again.

Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 37:3-5
3 “And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” [can the house of Ephraim live?] So I answered, “O Yahweh Elohim, you know.’”
4 Again he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, ‘O dry bones [of the house of Joseph] hear the word of Yahweh.’”
5 Thus says Yahweh Elohim to these bones: “Surely I will cause breath [or spirit] to enter into you, and you shall live.”

However, just like in Judah, the redemption happens in stages.

Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 37:6
6 “I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live. Then you shall know that I am Yahweh.”

A call to Ephraim and Manasseh

And what that means is that Yahweh is going to help some of Ephraim realize that, in order to serve Him, we actually have to make sacrifices that are not free.

Judah makes goals and works toward them. It is not like Ephraim and Manasseh are incapable of hard work. Joseph was a hard worker and diligent in everything he set his hand to do. That is why Joseph became the number two man in all of Egypt. (Only, what about his sons??)

As we read in B’reisheet chapter 41 verse 51, Manasseh is called Manasseh because he would forget his toil for the kingdom, and his Father’s house in the temple.

B’reisheet (Genesis) 41:51
51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: “For Elohim has made me forget all my toil and all my father’s house.”

There are many good Manassites, but the national governments of the Manassite nations (in the UK) have forgotten their roots. And that is where you get the BBC from.

And then on the other hand, you have Ephraim, who knows what to do. And he is doubly fruitful. And he is doubly productive. So, what is his problem??

Most of Ephraim has no time and no money for Yahweh. They want to make free sacrifices. It is kind of like Judah coasting on King David’s coattails, so to speak. Joseph also has coattails. And at least at this early stage, most Ephraim and Manasseh are riding them. (And that may change. We can pray for it.)

But there is a small minority in Manasseh who do want to honor Yahweh, and who also will come home. (After Judah stops cursing Joseph to death.)

Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 37:7
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone.

I did not get time to check it in the ancient Hebrew medical system. But in Chinese medicine, after death, the spirit resides in the bones. And this is maybe why the bones are considered so important in middle eastern thought as well.

Up to verse seven we see various individual bones having a spiritual awakening. And since the bones represent the structure, and the internal framework of a corporate body, verse seven seems to speak of a time when the Ephraimite leaders start to come together in real order.

We are still waiting for the fulfillment of this prophecy. Because right now, as of today, most Ephraimite ministers are still separated. And Ephraimite ministers do not typically join together unless they are selling something. And they have big, phony conferences, the purpose of which is always to sell a bunch of books and DVDs. Then when they are through selling things, the alleged “conference” and the alleged “unity” disappears.

So, what did they confer about? (How to make money off of selling Yahweh’s word?) And what kind of unity did they have, that it evaporates once there is nothing more to $ell?

But let us notice what happens in verse eight. We believe that after the leadership starts to come together, we will also begin to see a growth spurt, which we believe will begin in about two years, (2000 years after the start of Yeshua’s ministry). And this growth spurt will continue until approximately 5790 (or 2030), which is 2000 years after Yeshua’s death, burial, and resurrection.

As we talk through the next few verses, let us imagine the beginnings of the restoration of the northern house of Ephraim in a real way.

Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 37:8-9
8 Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and the flesh came upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there was no breath [or no spirit] in them [yet].
9 Also he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, [or to the spirit], prophesy, son of man, and say to the spirit, ‘Thus says Yahweh Elohim: “Come from the four winds, o spirit, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.”’”

To us, “four winds” means that Elohim is going to fulfill the promises that He gave to Avraham. He is going to call the lost Abrahamic sparks and the lost sheep of the northern house of Israel back from the four corners of the earth.

We do not have time to unpack it here, but historically it is about 10%. We will talk about that more in the Abraham Accords video series. But the only thing we need to know is to make sure we are in that top 10%. And the way to do that is to do everything that the Tanach says to do.

Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 37:10-11
10 So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath [or the spirit] came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army.
11 Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off.’”

(Maybe they have been listening to the identity thieves on the Noachide Kiruv channel? It is like, “Invasion of the identity snatchers”.)

Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 37:12-14
12 “Therefore prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh Elohim: “Behold, o My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13 Then you shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have opened your graves, o My people, and brought you up from your graves.
14 I will put My spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it and performed it,’” says Yahweh.’”

You know He is talking about the northern house here, because the southern house of Judah is already back home in the land.

And most of Ephraim just reads this and goes, “Yay! He is going to bring us all home, and we do not have to do anything! And we do not have to give anything!” (And sad to say, those are the ones who will not come home. Because why does Elohim want that?)

Talmud contradicts Yahweh

Okay, so now we have a change in the narrative as we go to part ‘b’ of the prophecy.

Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 37:15-17 [Talmudistan version]
15 Again the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
16, “As for you, son of man, take a stick for yourself and write on it: ‘For Judah and for the children of Israel. Then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the Noachide slaves, and for all the child brides of Josephine, his companions.’
17 And then steal Joseph’s coat and his identity, and obliterate all the prophecies over him, and pretend that he is a gentile, even though we already know the difference.”

Oh no, wait! Sorry! I guess that was the Talmudic version. How does that go in the written Tanach?

Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 37:16-17
16 “As for you, son of man, take a stick for yourself and write on it: ‘For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions.’ Then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel, his companions.’
17 Then join the two sticks one to another for yourself into one stick, and they will become one in your hand.”

No matter what the Talmud says!

Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 37:18-19 [Talmudistan Version]
18 And when the children of your people speak to you, saying, “Will you not show us what you mean by these?”
19 Say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh Elohim: “Maybe I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim,”

Oh no, wait! (How does that keep happening?) Let us try that again.

Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 37:18-19
18 “And when the children of your people speak to you, saying, ‘Will you not show us what you mean by these?’—
19 Say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh Elohim: “Surely I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.”‘”

Whether anyone likes it or not! Let us read the rest of Yehezqel chapter 37.

Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 37:20-22
20 “And the sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes.
21 Then say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh Elohim: “Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land;
22 And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again.””

Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 37:23-25
23 “They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be their Elohim.
24 David My servant shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them.
25 Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children’s children, forever; and My servant David shall be their prince forever.”

Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 37:26-28
26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary in their midst forevermore.
27 My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be their Elohim, and they shall be My people.
28 The nations also will know that I, Yahweh, sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.”

So, in love, and with all the earthly respect, Judah will know that He is Yahweh, when Yahweh’s prophecies in the Tanach play out just exactly like He said, regardless of whatever is written in the Talmud.

Brothers, how is it that Judah and Levi have completely different plans than what Elohim said to do? What sense does that even make? Rabbi Tuly Weisz had not even read the Tanach a single time, and He is an elite rabbi! So, do you rabbis at Noachide Kiruv read the Tanach? Or do you avoid reading the Tanach, because the Tanach conflicts with the Talmud (and the Talmud is more important to you than the Tanach, right)?

“The No.1 thing”, he said, “I edited the commentary on the entire Tanach from beginning to end, which was my first time going through all of Tanach!”
[Jerusalem Post interview, Rabbi Tuly Weisz]

Does it not seem strange that the Talmud prophesies something different over Joseph than the Tanach of Elohim does? Or does that just not bother you, that you are flagrantly violating the words of Elohim and His prophets?

You guys are supposed to be teaching us the truth. You are not supposed to be replacing it with your own words.
(Good night!) I can see why you guys need a Christian to come be your messiah, and straighten you guys out!

Brit Chadasha Portion: Yochanan 5

Now, for Notzrim (or Christians), take careful note. This is one of the hardest lessons I know of from the Renewed Covenant. And this hurts every time I read it, because I know the majority of our people just do not get it.

But the thing is, Yeshua shined on the 4,000 and the 5,000, because they did not want to do anything to help their Messiah build His kingdom. They came to get taught. And they came to get fed. And they came to get healed.

But just like any Jewish rabbi is going to spend the most of his time with the people who are helping him take his message to the world, Yeshua also spent his time with the 12 who had laid down their lives in the world, to help Him build His kingdom.

True discipleship

So, if we want to be one of those 12, what does that say? Do we really expect that we are going to be walking arm and arm with the apostles just because we read some of their letters? They did, and we read, and that is equal to their sacrifices?

I do not know how many Ephraimites I have heard who think that they are going to receive the same reward while doing nothing, because sacrifice belongs to an earlier generation.

A word to the wise should be sufficient– Do not be slack! (Manasseh has forgotten.)

Do not be lazy toward the one who did everything for us!
It might not sound nice to say, but the reality is, he is not going to take lazy people for His bride. (That is what the lake of fire is for. Do not say you were not told!)

Yochanan chapter 5 verse 24 is one of those verses that trips up the lazy majority among Ephraim.

Yochanan (John) 5:24
24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.”

What your average Christian forgets is that Hebrew has a different definition of the word “believe”. In the Greco-Roman-Babylonian version, it is enough just to “think” that Yeshua is the Messiah, and you are good.

However, with the Hebrew version, you have to both accept Yeshua as the Messiah, and you have to behave as if you believe Yeshua is the Messiah.

If you only think it, but it does not change the way you behave, such that you do not go on to listen diligently for His voice 24×7, and hasten to obey it, it might qualify as belief in the Greco-Roman-Babylonian paradigm, but it does not qualify as belief in the Hebrew paradigm.

And this applies to the rabbis also. Because if we say that we believe in Elohim, then the proof of that must be to do what He says, which is to listen carefully for Elohim’s voice, and obey it.

B’reisheet 22:18
18 “In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

The majority of both Ephraim and the rabbis go, “Check! I read what was written on the pages of the shiur. That is how I know I am listening for Elohim’s still small voice, is because I am reading from the Tanach!” Or worse, “We know we are listening to Elohim because we are reading from the Talmud!” (Oy va voi!)

Yahweh according to the Torah of Moshe

Let us continue reading verses 45 through 47.

Yochanan (John) chapter 5:45-47
45 “Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you—Moses, in whom you trust.
46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me.
47 But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

What Yeshua is saying is that the reason Judah could not see Yeshua in the first century is precisely what we have seen so far. Ephraim has his own problems, but Judah ignores the prophecies in the Tanach, because he says that the Talmud replaces it. But if you believe that, please let me ask you something. Did you ever play, “Where is Waldo?”

Let us look at B’reisheet chapter 19. How many Yahweh’s can you find? In verse 24 we are talking about the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. And we see that Yahweh on earth rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from Yahweh out of the heavens.

B’reisheet (Genesis) 19:24
24 Then Yahweh rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from Yahweh out of the heavens.

Now, how many Yahwehs can you find there? One in heaven, and one on earth? And how many is that? One plus 1 equals two? And yet they are still one, right? So, how can it be one, if there are two?

If you read what is written in the written Torah of Moshe, then there are two. And we will talk about this more in upcoming studies, but we will see that Elohim is a plural word, referring to a family.

Prayers

We are out of time for this week. But next week, we will talk more about Israel’s family, Judah and Joseph. And how Elohim says that we will both come together in the end times. (No matter what the Talmud says!)

So, as always, please pray for kings, presidents, prime ministers, and all those who are in authority. And please pray for the peace of our eternal capital, in Jerusalem.

Tima Theus Aleph (1^st Timothy) 2:2
2 For kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.

And please pray also for all of our brothers and sisters in both houses of Israel, and that both houses will understand the importance of B’reisheet 12:3, and not speaking curses over one another.

B’reisheet (Genesis)12:3
3 “I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

And not even wishing harm toward any other brother in our hearts, but to pray only good things over all the 12 tribes.

Vayiqra (Leviticus) 19:17
17 “You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.”

And please pray for the fulfillment of the Vayigash cycle, that Judah might realize who Joseph is. (And not only in secret.)

And please pray that Orthodox rabbis everywhere will come to realize that the Talmud conflicts with the word of Elohim, because the Talmud seeks to replace the word of Elohim.

And please pray for a King Josiah figure to rise up, and turn the rabbis back to Elohim’s words in the Tanach. Because friends do not let friends read the Talmud!

Shabbat shalom!

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