The
Journey is about the path that Yisrael took, leaving Mitsrayim [
Thehillah [Psalm] 84: 6-9 (5-7), "happy is the man seeking refuge in you, your highways
are in their heart. passing through the valley of habaka [the weeping, tears], they establish it a
fountain; also the teacher envelopes it
in blessings. they go from strength to strength,
appearing before yhwh in tsiyon."
This is
what it is all about, our walk, our journey to appear before YHWH. There is
something interesting in the way that we look at age. We would say that a man
is a certain amount of years old. One Patriarch looked at it differently. In Bereshiyth [Genesis]
47, Faraoh asks Yaaqob
[Jacob], "how
many are the days of the years of your life?”
yaaqob tells him,
"the days of the years of my pilgrimage have been a hundred and thirty
years,"
This word for pilgrimage is maguwr. It means a
temporary lodging, abode, as opposed to a permanent dwelling. A pilgrimage, a sojourn. This is
the view that we should have. We are temporarily on this earth, in this fleshly
body, on a journey. Where are we journeying? We should be on the path of YHWH,
to appear before Him. This is the journey of the Believer in YHWH.
Since
names in Scripture are revealing, we will be defining what can be defined. You
will be amazed, at what is hidden right under your nose. The Hebrew language itself, reveals much that we miss in the English, but the
names add even more to the symbolism, metaphors, and allegories, that the
Hebrew language is so rich in. You will see a picture painted before the eyes
of your mind, like
a panorama. Each segment of time, is more than history, but is a lesson for the
individual, the family, the community and the nation of Believers in YHWH. Not
just for those that went through it then, but for those of us alive now, and
future generations, because the Word of YHWH is truly living. You need to see
more than the words on the page. With eyes that see and perceive, and ears that
hear and understand, hopefully, you will see the picture, so beautifully and
richly painted with words.
The
Journey of a thousand miles begins with………leaving Mitsrayim.