09/04/2026
Torah Portion
Lion of Judah Speaks Parashah: Deut. 29: 9-31: 30 9/05/2026
Guest Speaker; Phillip Moore
Lion of Judah Ministries
Deu. 29: 9-11 Confirms Adonai’s call to obey His commands statutes and ordinances (Torah) also apply to foreigners who claim their God is the same God as the Jews. “Today you are standing, all of you, before Adonai your God — your heads, your tribes, your leaders and your officers — all the men of Isra’el, 10) along with your . . . foreigners here with you in your camp . . . 11) The purpose is that you should enter into the covenant of Adonai your God, . . . . 12) so that he can establish you today for himself as a people and so that for you he will be God. . .”
Der. 29: 13-14, Points out the promised covenant of Adonai includes the future generations of people not yet born but forth coming. Note that, Deu. 29: 17-18, Identifies the listeners as a man, woman, family or tribe. It does not differentiate between a Jewish blood line or non-Jewish blood line indicating Adonai’s law (Torah) apply to all peoples who claim Yahweh as their God.
“So let there not be among you a man, woman, family or tribe whose heart turns away today from Adonai our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Let there not be among you a root bearing such bitter poison and wormwood.”
Deu. 29: 19-21 Is a severe warning against people who think their mere association with Israel’s God will guarantee they are covered under Adonai’s promised covenant. It also establishes a clear case against those who think they can fake their way or appear as though they are obedient to Adonai’s teachings (Torah) while living according to worldly standards and continue to do things his way. Anyone who claims Yahweh as their supreme God and believes Yeshua (Jesus) canceled the law (Torah) should heed this warning. “If there is such a person, when he hears the words of this curse, he will bless himself secretly, saying to himself, ‘I will be all right, even though I will stubbornly keep doing whatever I feel like doing; so that I, although “dry,” [sinful,] will be added to the “watered” [righteous] But Adonai will not forgive him. Rather, the anger and jealousy of Adonai will blaze up against that person… Adonai will blot out his name from under heaven. Adonai will single him out . . . to experience what is bad in all the curses of the covenant written in this book of the Torah.” A false gospel that teaches Adonai’s love and grace alone, without addressing repentance from sin, good works, and obedience to His, law (Torah) has led many to bless himself, and deceived him into believing he will be alright. However, scripture teaches that Adonai’s wrath will blot out the names of the unrepented from heaven and single out those deceived by this false gospel. If they continue to follow their own ways instead of Yahweh’s.
In Deu. 29: 21-28 the focus shifts to the present-day generations of Isael including gentiles grafted into Adonai’s promised covenant. Verse 21 is addressing future generations of Jews and Gentiles.
Deu. 29: 24-27 prophecies that the present-day lifestyles and mindsets that mimic S***m and Gamora of Abraham’s time has angered Adonai and brought curses across this country and foreign lands.
“People, . . . abandoned the covenant of Adonai, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. 25 They went and served other gods, prostrating themselves before them, gods they had not known and which he had not assigned them. 26 For this reason, the anger of Adonai blazed up against this land and brought upon it every curse written in this book; 27 and
Adonai, in anger, fury and incensed with indignation, uprooted them from their land and threw them out into another land — as it is today.”
Present day observation of worldly thought and actions resonates with the curses that have fallen upon our country. The bad has become good and the good has become bad just as prophesized in the bible. Our land has become plagued with diseases and sickness both mental and physical. The good fruits of the holy spirit have become barren and almost nonexistent. Tribulation will intensify until Yahweh’s children either submit to His government (torah) or not. Deu. 29: 28 Is a plea from Adonai for His people to return to His Torah. He has revealed that the curses for rebellion and blessings for obedience found in the torah are everlasting.
Deu. 30: 1-9, Is Yahweh’s promise to restore all things. Everyone who claims Yahweh as their God will experience the blessings for obedience to Torah and the curses for disobedience to Torah. All eyes will be open to Yahweh’s truth. The ones who have strayed from torah will repent and trust Adonai’s teachings once again. Even those who were taught, and believed, the Torah was done away with will see their err and return to torah. Once the vail of false teachings is removed the children of Yahweh will pay attention to what He has said with all their heart.
Deu. 30: 3 says “At that point, Adonai your God will reverse your exile and show you mercy; He will return and gather you from all the peoples to which Adonai your God scattered you.”
Deu, 30: 6-8 adds “6 Then Adonai your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your children, so that you will love Adonai your God with all your heart and all your being, and thus you will live. 7 Adonai your God will put all these curses on your enemies, on those who hated and persecuted you; 8 but you will return and pay attention to what Adonai says and obey all his mitzvot which I am giving you today.”
Deu. 30: 10-14 reiterates “all this will happen only if you pay attention to what Adonai your God says, so that you obey his mitzvot and regulations which are written in this book of the Torah, if you turn to Adonai your God with all your heart and all your being.” The beauty of this message from Adonai is that ever since He formed humans and shared his teachings and instructions (torah) He has never changed his standards. It has always been the same for us from day one. The problem is rooted in man, always trying to change Adonai’s standards to fit his own desires and religious doctrine. This is why so many believers still perceive Yahweh as a far-off God in the outer limits of space who doesn’t dwell among his children (mankind). When all along He is walking along with us every step of the way.
Deu. 30: 15-20 concludes this torah portion with Yahweh simply pleading for us to please choose to live by His teachings and instruction (torah) today. His desire is to bless you “now” in great abundance. Yahweh wants to remove the veil of deception from the eyes of His children who have been led astray through false teachers and prophets.
The world is full of distractions that keep us from seeing the truth so diligently woven into the fabric of Yahweh’s Torah. So many of Yahweh’s children still chose man’s ways simply because it is easier to go about their daily affairs to acquire the desires of their heart instead of making the sacrifice to dig deep into Yahweh’s covenant promises and the greater knowledge of the holy spirit.
In the eyes of Adonai, the ones who overcome the enemy are those who eagerly seek His truth now allowing Him to remove the veil of deception, before Satan is locked away 1000 years. These are the blessed ones who will meet Yeshua in the air at the last trump to rule and reign with King Yeshua at the first resurrection described in Revelation
20: 4-6.
Shabbat Shalom Mishpocha.
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