Parsha Lech Lecha“Go Out”

Genesis 12:1 – 17:27

Genesis 12:1?   Now ADONAI said to Avram,

“Get yourself out lekh lekha of your country, away  לך-לךfrom your kinsmen and away from your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you. Genesis 12:1

Outline of Lech Lechaw12:1 Elohim Calls Abraham to Leave Ur

and Come to Canaanw12:10 Abraham and Sarah Seek Famine

Relief in Egyptw13:1 The Return to Canaan and

Abraham and Lot Part Companyw13:14 YHVH Promises Abraham Land

and Descendents

Outline of Lech Lechaw14:1 The War of the Eastern Kingsw14:8 Sodom Is Defeated and Lot Is

Taken Captivew14:13 Abraham Rescues Lot, Refuses

Honors and Pays Homage to Melchizedek

w15:1 Elohim Reassures Abraham and Promises Him a Son

Outline of Lech Lechaw15:9 The Abrahamic Covenant Is Cutw15:13 Prophecy of the Egyptian Exile

and Redemptionw15:17 Ratification of the Abrahamic

Covenantw16:1 Hagar and Ishmaelw17:1 YHVH Renews the Covenant With

Abraham and Gives Abraham and Sarah New Names and a New Destiny

Outline of Lech Lechaw17:9 Circumcision: the Sign of the

Covenantw17:15 YHVH Promises a Son to Sarah

The Command from Yahveh? A commandment from Yahveh to

Avraham to leave his birth country, his roots, in order to live a new life and proclaim monotheism on earth.

? Lech Lecha means literally  ”go for yourself ”.

? It is the beginning of Jewish history; the birth of the Jewish people begins!

Abraham’s Journey

The Beginning Of Jewish History ? An old man with no children is

going to become the holder of the divine Covenant, the first living stone of the divine plan of redemption.

? The life of this man will forever mark the destiny and vocation of Israel in the coming centuries.

The Beginning Of Jewish History ? Avraham will carry the promises

made to the Jewish people and to the nations who will join Israel in the worshipping of the Unique Yahveh, Creator of the heavens and the earth.

The Tests of Avraham? Avraham will be confronted by

many tests, thereby paving the way for both his natural descendants and spiritual descendants of the nations.

The Tests of Avraham? Upon returning to Canaan after a

famine, Avraham ends up in the middle of a battle (that might have been the First World War) opposing four kings against five. He will be the great victor.

Four Kings Against Five? This battle is an image of the

spiritual fight that started following the coming and the calling of Avraham.

? It is not by chance that Lot, Avraham’s nephew was taken as a hostage.

Four Kings Against Five? The ancient texts of the Jewish

literature like the Midrash and the Talmud, teach us that the four kings against which Avraham will fight are an image of the four empires who will try to annihilate Israel:

Four Kings Against Five? When Amrafel was king of Shin‘ar,

Aryokh king of Elasar, K’dorla‘omer King of ‘Elam and Tid‘al king of Goyim; Genesis 14:1

The Four Kings? Amraphel, king of Shinar would be

Nimrod, king of Babylonia, Avraham‘s old enemy who fought against him before leaving Mesopotamia.

? Arioch, king of Ellasar would represent the kingdom of Greece.

The Four Kings? Chedor-Laomer, king of Elam, this

is the Medo Persian empire,? Tidal, king of the nations, literally

the Goyim; this Roman Empire destroyed the second Temple and sent the Jewish people into exile from whence they would start their return back, since the creation of the modern state of Israel in 1948.

Amalek? Another indication of this spiritual

battle is the mention of Amalek who was not yet alive at this time:

?   Next they turned back, came to ‘Ein–Mishpat (which is the same as Kadesh), and defeated all the country of the ‘Amaleki, and also the Emori, who lived in Hatzatzon–Tamar. Genesis 14:7

Amalek? It is only later that the Lord will

clearly command the destruction of Amalek:

?   ADONAI said to Moshe, "Write this in a book to be remembered, and tell it to Y’hoshua: I will completely blot out any memory of ‘Amalek from under heaven. Exodus 17:14

Amalek? Amalek is the symbol of the one

who opposes Yahveh since the beginning, always ready to fight Yahveh’s people, and Yahveh Himself. We know his end :

Amalek?   Then the one who embodies

separation from Torah will be revealed, the one whom the Lord Yahshua will slay with the breath of his mouth {Isa. 11:4, Job 4:9} and destroy by the glory of his coming.

? 2 Thessalonians 2:8

There Was A Purpose…? The capture of Lot was purposeful;

those kings were after one thing: ? Touching Avraham through his

family would awaken his Jewish solidarity and identity.

To Cancel The Promise of Yahveh? It was the final aim to drive the

father of the Jewish nation and the father of all future believers into a war where he would be killed, in order to cancel the awesome promises of Yahveh and prevent the divine plan from being fulfilled:

One Man – Three Promises?   Now ADONAI יהוה said

to Avram, “Get yourself out of your country, away from your kinsmen and away from your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you.

? Genesis 12:1

One Man – Three Promises? I will make of you a great nation, I

will bless you, and I will make your name great; and you are to be a blessing. 

? Genesis 12:2

One Man – Three Promises?    I will bless those who bless you, but

I will curse anyone who curses you; and by you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

? Genesis 12:3

One Man – Three Promises? 3 Things God

Promises Abraham:

? Land? Jewish Nation? He & Descendants

would have purpose

One Man – Three Promises? Genesis 17:7 (NKJV)

7And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.

One Man – Three PromisesGenesis 17:8 (NKJV)

8Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”

Yahveh’s Final Picture? Today, this same spirit is trying to

destroy Avraham together with his physical and spiritual descendants; however, Yahveh who is faithful to His covenant, gives us the final picture with the mysterious apparition of Melchizedek, מלכי-צדק, literally King of Justice to whom Avraham tithes,

Yahveh’s Final Picture? Thereby acknowledging

immediately, the divine nature of this apparition and the One to whom the royal priesthood belongs even before the Levitical order, Yahshua HaMashiach, the Cohen Gadol in chief, the great sacrificator :

Malki—Tzedak ? This Malki–Tzedek, מלכי-צדק king

of Shalem, a cohen of God Ha‘elyon, met Avraham on his way back from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him; also Avraham gave him a tenth of everything. {Ge 14:17–20}

? Hebrews 7:1

Malki—Tzedak ? Now first of all, by translation of his

name, he is “king of righteousness”; and then he is also king of Shalem, which means “king of peace.”There is no record of his father, mother, ancestry, birth or death; rather, like the Son of God, he continues as a cohen for all time. Hebrews 7:2-3

Avraham, The Forerunner? Avraham shows the way by giving

the tithe to the high priest of Jerusalem (Shalem being the original name of Jerusalem).

Avraham, The Forerunner? Later, offerings to the Temple will

be brought to the city of the Great King and later still, at the messianic times, nations will come and worship before the King of kings.

The Patriarch And The People?There are many similarities

between the Patriarch’s life and the historical evolution of the people of Israel, as well as its spiritual vocation…

The Parallels Of Avraham? -         The starving at Canaan? -         Going down to Egypt? -         The conquest of Canaan? -         The conflict with Yishmael,

forefather of Islam? -         The reconciliation between

Yishmael and Yitzchak at the burying of their common father...

Covenant Anguish? Before achieving those blessed

peaceful times on earth, Avraham will experience deep anguish with the Covenant that was contracted with the Yahveh of Israel.

? It will be an anguish of exile,

Covenant Anguish? The facing of those birds of prey

who will try repeatedly to attack Israel,

? And the anguish of persecution.

YHVH Has His Birds of Preyw"Then I saw a single angel stationed in

the sun's light, and with a mighty voice he shouted to all the birds that fly across the sky, Come, gather yourselves together for the great supper of God…

YHVH Has His Birds of PreywThat you may feast on the flesh of

rulers, the flesh of generals and captains, the flesh of powerful and mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all humanity, both free and slave, both small and great!"

YHVH Has His Birds of Preyw"... And the rest were killed with the

sword that issues from the mouth of Him Who is mounted on the horse, and all the birds fed ravenously and glutted themselves with their flesh." [Rev. 19:17-18, 21;]

YHVH Has His Birds of Preyw"And you, son of man, thus says the

Lord God: Say to the birds of prey of every sort and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves and come, gather from every side to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, even a great sacrificial feast on the mountains of Israel at which you may eat flesh and drink blood.

YHVH Has His Birds of PreywYou shall eat the flesh of the mighty

and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, of goats, and of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan [east of the Jordan]. And you shall eat fat till you are filled and drink blood till you are drunk at the sacrificial feast which I am preparing for you." [Ezekiel 39:17-18; Ibid.]

Preparation For Fulfillment? Preparation must be done through

suffering and sanctification and Avraham is called to sanctification through the circumcision, a symbol of Yahveh’s mark on our lives :

The Seal Of Righteousness? In fact, he received circumcision as

a sign, as a seal of the righteousness he had been credited with on the ground of the trust he had while he was still uncircumcised.

? Romans 4:11

The Seal Of Righteousness? This happened so that he could be

the father of every uncircumcised person who trusts and thus has righteousness credited to him, and at the same time be the father of every circumcised person who not only has had a b’rit–milah, but also follows in the footsteps of the trust which Avraham avinu had when he was still uncircumcised.

? Romans 4:12

Yishmael And Yitzchak? This Parasha ends with the story of

Yishmael, the hard learning of faith in Yahveh.

? Today, Israel is still paying the price of this lack of faith.

Yishmael And Yitzchak? However, Yahveh in His

faithfulness once again provides for the solution and sends the child of the promise, the spiritual heir and the guardian of the divine revelation, Yitzchak, who will tell us again of the Mashiach...

Yahveh’s Divine Faithfulness?The Haphtarah also tells us

about this divine faithfulness in the tests and dangers, and of the irrevocable calling of Avraham and Israel.

Isaiah 41:8-11?   “But you, Isra’el, my servant;

Ya‘akov, whom I have chosen, descendants of Avraham my friend, I have taken you from the ends of the earth, summoned you from its most distant parts and said to you, ‘You are my servant’–– I have chosen you, not rejected you.

Isaiah 41:8-11?Don’t be afraid, for I am with

you; don’t be distressed, for I am your God. I give you strength, I give you help, I support you with my victorious right hand.

? Isaiah 41:9-10

Isaiah 41:8-11?All those who were angry

with you will be disgraced, put to shame; those who fought against you will be destroyed, brought to nothing.

? Isaiah 41:11

Rejoice In Him!

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