The exiles of this host of the people of Israel shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath, and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
Obadiah 1:20

From Zarephat in the north to Negev in the south, God will bring Jacob back from all the nations of the world to possess the inheritance he promised thousands of years ago. This promise of restoration was also given in the Torah, but it was predicated on Jacob's repentance. Fortunately, God also promised that Jacob *will* repent.

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The Straight + Narrow - As The Torah Scrolls: Numbers 2

As The Torah Scrolls: Numbers 2

Psalm 37;1, “Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.” David continues with a basic message of “don’t participate in evil, live the way you are designed to live.” then in verse 5, “Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will make a way.”

SERIES A --- YHVH’S PIONEERS -- LESSON 18

SARAH’S DEATH

SARAH DIES AND IS BURIED

From Genesis 23

Sarah died at the age of a hundred and twenty-seven at Kiriath-arba, known also as Hebron; and Abraham mourned and wept for her there. Then he stood up from his mourning to speak with the sons of Heth. [I am a stranger here, but I would like to bury my dead in this place,] he told them. [I would like to buy a burial place from you.] [You are one of YHVH’s princes, living here among us,] they answered. [Choose the best of our sepulchres and not one of us will refuse to let you have it.] Abraham bowed low before the Hittites, the people of that land, and said to them, [If you will let me bury my dead among you, ask Ephron, Zohar’s son, to sell me the cave of Machpelah at the end of his field. I will pay the full price for it so that I may have it for my family cemetery.] Ephron was sitting there with his neighbours so he answered Abraham in the presence of the other Hittites gathered at the city gate. [Let me give you the field, my lord, and the cave that is in it,] he said. [In the presence of all my people, I give it to you. Go and bury your dead.] Abraham bowed before the people of the land. [Listen to me,] he said. [I will give you the full price for the field. Accept it so that I may bury my dead.] [My lord,] Ephron replied. [The land is worth four hundred pieces of silver. But what is that between me and you?] In the presence of the other Hittites, Abraham weighed out the amount Ephron had stated in the money used by the merchants. So, Abraham legally bought the field with the cave, and all the trees in the field to its boundaries. The sale was witnessed by the Hittites who gathered at the city gate, and the land became Abraham’s. Then Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field at Machpelah, near Mature at Hebron, in the land of Canaan. The field and the cave in it were deeded by the sons of Heth to Abraham for a burial site, a permanent family cemetery.

COMMENTARY

OLD AGE

Sarah lived to see her son Isaac become a man. When she died, Abraham bargained for a choice burial place. The people with whom he bargained, the Hittites, and the very location, the cave at Machpelah, are both well known today. Abraham weighed out the purchase price on scales. Sorrowing, he laid his wife to rest. One generation had passed. The story of YHVH’s people would now continue in Abraham and Sarah’s son. Commercials and advertisements everywhere in today’s civilized world loudly proclaim their products’ ability to turn back the hands of time. They promise the buyer a new and years-younger appearance with powders, creams, dyes, clothes, makeup and even perfume. The ancient Israelites would have been amused at this modern quest for eternal youth. In Bible times old age was considered a blessing from YHVH and grey hair was a badge of honour. Every man desired a long life and the respect from others that came with it. Young people looked to the old for wisdom and guidance. Positions of leadership were entrusted to the aged. In the early chapters of Genesis, the people of ancient times lived to a great old age. A single lifetime might span almost a thousand years in the days before the Great Flood. Methuselah, the oldest man in the Bible, is described as having lived to be nine hundred and sixty-nine years old. After Noah, the human life span gradually declined. By the time of Abraham, two hundred years had become the limit of a long life. Isaac, the oldest of the patriarchs, lived to be one hundred and eighty years old, but his grandson, Joseph, died at the age of one hundred and ten. Because they lived longer, Bible-time men and women married late in life. Many people today marry in their late teens or early twenties, but some of these men married anywhere from forty to ninety. Esau took his Hittite wives at the age of forty and his twin brother Jacob was over eighty before he married Rachel and Leah. In ancient times the wife was often much younger than her husband. A man wanted to marry a young woman so that she could bear him many sons. But the strain and dangers of childbirth cut short the life span of many Old Testament women. Rachel, Jacob’s favourite wife, died after the birth of Benjamin. For the man or woman who survived the years, old age brought the respect of their juniors. But the passing of time then, as now, also meant the decline of physical strength. The writer of Ecclesiastes mourned the weakening eyesight and the loss of vigour that accompany old age. Human disabilities like these plagued even the great personalities of the Old Testament. Isaac and Jacob were hindered by blindness and King David suffered from poor circulation in his last years. With the lack of proper medicine and health care, it is somewhat amazing that anyone lived to old age. No wonder they were honoured so much by the young!

Thought for Today: Wednesday December 07:

May you focus more on Yeshua’s Goodness today, than on your badness. May you get excited about His Supply instead of despairing over what you lack in yourself. May you look to Him and imagine what is possible instead of looking down at what seems impossible. YHVH is doing a new thing in your midst. Lean in and look for Him with expectancy today, for every good gift comes from Him and He Loves His children deeply. Choose Joy!

Shalom, Has anyone attended Growing in Torah located in Orosi California ?

i see confusion about the sabbath day and remind folks that the luciferians, via their "holy roman empire" which was not holy and was not roman and was not an empire, created new calendars seeking to change the times and seasons alongside their khazarian mafia founders.
if you want to know how to measure the sabbath, i am not the only one who has poured hundreds of hours of investigation into the matter but my conclusions closely mirror the ones Mikal put together in his very well constructed educational video: