The Journey is about the path that Yisrael took, leaving Mitsrayim [Egypt], until they arrived in Kenaan. This is not a historical account,  that is given in the Scriptures. This is an account of the camps that they made and the lessons that they learned and what we can also learn. This is our Journey as a believer in YHWH. At each camp, we will explore the meaning of the names and what was revealed there, and how to apply it to our daily lives.

 

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.