Transcript Matiyahu/Matthew 9

The Paralized Man and The Call of
Mattiyahu
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Mattiyahu 9:1-8
Mark 2:1-12
Luke 5: 17-26
“Yeshua’s authority” (Messiah Vol 1 Avi Ben
Mordecai)
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The understanding of sickness & disease in Judaism
brought many opinions from the ancient and learned
Torah scholars in Jerusalem. Some attributed illness
& suffering to a lack of generosity (the evil eye=
stinginess), others viewed deformities & diseases as
results in living in ignorance of the Torah. In rabbinic
literature one thing remains clear, health and disease
both emenating from the same divine sources as
interpreted from the passages of D’varim/Deut 32:39,
Shemot/Exodus 15:26
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First, this brings us to the Tanach definition of doing
what is right (or wrong). To do right (according to
Yeshua’s Bible) is to observe YHWH’s
commandments. To do wrong is to negate any part
of those commandments.
Everyone falls short of living according to YHWH’s
perfect Laws but his should not stop anyone from
trying. Rather we are enjoined to give our whole
heart to the matter of obedience to His will, since
the covenant given at Mt. Sinai was for all
generations of Israelites for all time, again, deduced
from D’varim/Deut. 29:13-15
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Y’shua seemed to link sickness with sin i.e. the
fall of Adam/Man
John 5: 12-14
Psalm 103:1-3
It is in context of these words that Y’shua
provided His authority on earth to heal a
paralytic man.
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Some of the “Saferim” begin to question Y’shuas
words “In their heart” or “knowing their thoughts”
Mark 2:8-11
i.e. only YHWH can know what is in a persons heart
1 Samuel 16:7
Jeremiah 11:20
Hebrews 4:12
Proverbs 4:23
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Messiah’s words were so precise! He did not return to His
original statement saying “take courage my son your sins
are forgiven”, instead He admitted full heavenly
authority to forgive sins. To prove it, He retorted “I say to
you, rise, take up your palet and go home”
By healing the man, He was forgiving his sins and thus
agreeing with contemporary rabbinic interpretation of
Psalm 103:3
The Safarim could not possible argue with what they had
just seen because they knew Oral and Written Mosaic
Law and the rabbinic teachings in this passage from
HaTehillim, the Psalms.
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R. Alexandre said in the name of R. Hiyya b. Abba:
“a sick man does not recover from his sickness
until all his sins are forgiven him, as it is written
“Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth
all thy diseases”
Sickness is a result of the Fall of Adam. Before
Adam and Havah/Eve fell there was no sin so
there was no sickness.
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Matthew vs 8 A Lost Blessing
“Judaism & The Origin of Christianity” David Flusser,
Jewish Scholar (1988)
He detects a liturgical formula beneath the text of
vs. 8.
Because of the amazing parallel of the last half of vs
8 & the traditional formula & syntax of Jewish
blessings, he suggests that the people responded to
the miracle of the healing of the paralytic by quoting
a blessing for a miracle.
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Flusser supposes such a blessing may once have
been among the blessings among the first
century Judaism. The Talmud prescribed similar
blessings for various phenominom.
For example:
#1. Upon seeing a place where a miraculous
deliverence occurred for you: “Blessed are you
Lord our God, King of the Universe who
performed a miracle for me at this place”
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#2. Upon seeing lightening
 “Blessed are you Lord God, King of the universe who
makes the work of creation.
#3. Upon seeing a King
“Blessed are you Lord our God, King of the universe
Who has apportioned some of His glory to flesh and
blood.
#4. Upon seeing a great Torah scholar
“Blessed are you Lord our God, King of the universe
who gave of His wisdom to his creatures.
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Flusser reconstructs the last blessing along
these lines:
Upon seeing some perform a miracle..
 “Blessed are You Lord our God, King of the universe
who has given such authority to men”
Tim Hegg ( A study in Matthew)
Again “Your sings are forgiven” Yeshua’s words were
clearly take to mean “your sins are forgiven my Me”.
The statement of our Master here indicates that He is
wiping away the sins of the man in general. In doing so,
He has taken to Himself the perogative assigned only to
YHWH Himself. They understood without question that
Yeshua had, by these words put Himself in the position
of the Almighty who alone is able to erase the penalty
of sin which is death (i.e. sickness and disease)
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Vs 6-8
The very purpose of Yeshua’s miracles is here given
explicitly. “But so that you may know…..” The
miracles are done so they He would be know as “The
Son of Man” spoke of by Daniel, the final and eternal
Judge who had broken into the sphere to time,
becoming a man to save sinners.
Once again we see that “Son of Man” here could not
simply mean “human being” for the point is not that
mankind in general has any authority upon earth to
forgive sins, but that Yeshua does, making Him
unique among men.
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He states He has “The authority” to forgive sins”
Daniel 7:13-14
Psalm 32:1-2
1 Peter 1:18-20
2 Timothy 1:9
The whole point of this story, at least from
Matthews view, is to show the unique authority
of Yeshua as one who is able to forgive sins.
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The Call To Follow
Vs. 12-13
“Those who are healthy”
Strongs #2480 Grk Ischu – strong, strength,
healthy
“Learn”
Strongs #3129 – endeavor, desire, seek
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Sinners #268 – This term comes to be used by
they P’rushim/Pharisees to refer to Prostitutes,
thieves and others of low reputation, whose sins
were blatant and obvious not the kind the
establishment winked at. Yeshua taught that
those who considered themselves not sinners but
“righteous” were in fact worse, because they
made themselves unteachable. (Complete Jewish
Bible Commentary).
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Sacrifice – Andrew Gabriel Roth (AENT Bible
notes pg 951-952)
“There are great disparities between religeou
perspectives of sacrifice and what YHWH’s word
instructs. The word “Sacrifice” is generally
meant to relinquish something of value, to give
something up that you would perfer to keep. But
it is impossible to “appease” YHWH by offering
up something of monetary value in exchange for
forgiveness or atonement.
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Sacrifice cont.
The intent of the heart (motive or Kavanah) is the
potent “ingredient” of each and every sacrifice,
not its monetary earthly value. The physical
offering or sacrifice is simply a token of what is in
the heart. The process of sacrifice & offering is a
mechanism that helps bring restoration between
two parties.
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Yeshua is referring them back to Hosea 6:6
Context of Hosea – Israel and Baal worship
Hosea is a rebuke to The House of Ephraim and also
The House of Judah is mentioned for their pagan
practices. Baal worship and most pagan practices
involved temple prostitution. Baal was considered the
chief diety, but he also functioned specifically as the
Canaanite storm god, the “rider of the clouds” The
birth of healthy offspring and the staving off of
famine was attriuted to Baal and also mixed with
temple prostitution. He was also looked upon to
provide “prosperity” and aggricultural fertility to the
“rain of Baal”
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Hosea 2:5 indicates the acceptance of Baal’s role at
every level of life: “food” and “water” for sustenance,
“wool” and “linen” for material goods and “oil” and
“drink” for cultic rituals or personal luxury. Although
sacred prostitution was not a part of the fertility cult,
Israel incorporated this aspect as well (4:10-14) and
the sexual temptation of the cult proved too much
for many Israelites to withstand. The situation was
so exacerbated by an enormous number of local
shrines where “the Balls’ were worshiped under
various titles (such as Baal Peor, Baal Hammon, Baal
Zaphon, Baal of Lebanon or Baal of Sidon. This
phenomenon is attested by the wide variety of
representations of Baal in Phoenician inscriptions.
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The fact that the Israelites identified Baal with
YAHWEH is telling. Although Baal worship,
viewed from a distance was obviously
horrendous, those who were involved in it were
so influenced by the dominant culture that they
remained convinced that they were devout and
orthodox followers of YHWV –when they were
all the while worshiping Baal.
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We also see pagan influences that have infiltrated
Christianity over the past 2 thousand years as well
with the same attitude that although some of the
practices are pagan in practice i.e. Christmas Trees,
Easter eggs, Sunday worship they have made the
excuse, yes they might have been pagan, but we
have turned them into worship of our God. i.e. the
Golden Calf syndrom.
We must heed the warnings of the past and listen to
the words of our Master Yeshua. We see even more
pagan influences seducing people who consider
them selves “Christians”
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Some research (more to come in my teaching of the Jezebel & Baal
influence in the Church today) are
Kundalini Energy
Contemplative Prayer
Reiki Practice
New Age & Occultic Influence
Labyrinths
Taize Worship
Lectio Devina
Mantra Medications with Yoga
Churches inviting New Age Occult teachers into their Churches and
saying it is a way of worship God and allowing seducing spirits and
doctrines of demons. This was especially a weakness of the
Northern Kingdom of Israel which caused them to be cut off from
the covenant and lost among the gentiles.
Again Yeshua answers his critics by referring them back to
scripture, in this case Hosea
Hosea 4:8
 Hosea 6:1FF
 Hosea 12:6
 Hosea 9:7
 Joel 2:13
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1 Samuel 15:22
 Psalm 50:7-15
 Proverbs 21:3
 Isaiah 1: 10-26
 Daniel 4:27
 Micah 6:8
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