{"id":7118,"date":"2025-11-02T15:33:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T21:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=7118"},"modified":"2025-11-02T16:07:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T22:07:36","slug":"parashat-vayera-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/parashat-vayera-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Parashat Vayera Podcast&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7124 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chag-akedah4-t.jpg?resize=167%2C165&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"165\" \/>Our Torah reading for this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/Scripture\/Parashah\/Summaries\/Vayera\/vayera.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">parashat Vayera<\/a> (\u05e4\u05e8\u05e9\u05ea \u05d5\u05d9\u05e8\u05d0),is very dramatic and extraordinarily prophetic. Among other things (including the miraculous birth of Isaac, the fiery judgment upon Sodom and Gomorrah, the fate of Hagar\u2019s son Ishamel, and so on), the reading includes what I have called the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hebrew4christians.com\/Meditations\/Seh_HaElohim\/seh_haelohim.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gospel according to Moses<\/a>,\u201d that is, Moses\u2019 account of how the patriarch Abraham was tested by God to offer his \u201conly begotten son\u201d (\u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05df \u05d9\u05b8\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3) Isaac as a whole-burnt offering sacrifice on Mount Moriah &#8212; the place of the future Temple. This astonishing story is referred to as the Akedah (\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b5\u05d3\u05b8\u05d4), or <em>Akedat Yitzchak<\/em> (\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b5\u05d9\u05d3\u05b8\u05ea \u05d9\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05e7) &#8211; the \u201cbinding of Isaac\u201d (Gen. 22:1-18). As Abraham lifted up his knife to slay his beloved son, at the very last moment, the Angel of the LORD (\u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05da\u05b0 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4) stopped him from going through with the sacrifice, and a ram \u201ccaught in a thicket\u201d was offered as the vicarious substitute. Upon offering the sacrifice Abraham named the sacred location Adonai-Yireh (\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05d4), &#8220;the LORD will provide\/see&#8221; (from the 3ms imperfect of <em>ra&#8217;ah<\/em> (\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05d4), &#8220;to see&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>The binding of Isaac perfectly illustrates both the principle of sacrificial love and the principle that we must first unreservedly believe in that love in order to understand the ways of the LORD. Those who believe in Yeshua further understand the Akedah as a foreshadowing of the ultimate sacrifice the heavenly Father would give on our behalf. Unlike Abraham, God the Father actually offered His only begotten Son (\u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05df \u05d9\u05b8\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3) at Moriah in order to make salvation available for all who will believe (John 3:16-18; 1 John 4:9). As Abraham himself confessed: \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d9\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05d4\u05be\u05dc\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c2\u05b6\u05d4 \/ Elohim yireh-lo haseh (&#8220;God will provide for himself the lamb&#8221;). Later Yeshua told the leaders of Israel that Abraham had \u201cseen His day\u201d and understood the deeper meaning of the Akedah sacrifice (John 8:56).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7122\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gen22-8a-analysis2.jpg?resize=600%2C555&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gen22-8a-analysis2.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gen22-8a-analysis2.jpg?resize=300%2C278&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gen22-8a-analysis2.jpg?resize=210%2C194&amp;ssl=1 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/Blessings\/Blessing_Cards\/gen22-8a-lesson.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gen. 22:8 Hebrew page<\/a> (pdf)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As I\u2019ve mentioned over the years, the very first occurrence of the word love in the Scriptures (i.e., <em>ahavah<\/em>: \u05d0\u05b7\u05d4\u05b2\u05d1\u05b8\u05d4) refers to Abraham&#8217;s love for his &#8220;only&#8221; son who was to be sacrificed as a burnt offering on Moriah (the very place of the crucifixion of Yeshua), a clear reference to the gospel message (Gen. 22:2; John 3:16). Some scholars have noted that the word ahavah comes from a two-letter root (\u05d4\u05d1) with Aleph (\u05d0) as a modifier. The root means &#8220;to give&#8221; and the Aleph indicates agency: &#8220;I&#8221; give (i.e., &#8220;the Father gives&#8221;). Love is essentially an act of sacrificial giving&#8230; The quintessential passage of Scripture regarding love (\u03b1\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7) in the life of a Christian is found 1 Corinthians 13: &#8220;Love seeks not its own&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Whereas Akedat Yitzchak foreshadowed God\u2019s provision for the coming Temple, Akedat Yeshua (i.e., the crucifixion of Yeshua at Moriah) was the altar where the justice and <em>chesed<\/em> (love) of the Father fully met (Psalm 85:10). For more on this incredibly rich subject, please see the articles, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/Articles\/Passion\/passion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Passion of Isaac<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/Scripture\/Parashah\/Summaries\/Vayera\/Akedah\/akedah.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sacrificed Seed<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00ad<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">..<\/span><strong>Vayera Podcast:<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7118-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/shavuah-tov-Vayera-1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/shavuah-tov-Vayera-1.mp3\">https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/shavuah-tov-Vayera-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1969\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/vayera.jpg?resize=980%2C735&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/vayera.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/vayera.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/vayera.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/vayera.jpg?resize=210%2C158&amp;ssl=1 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00ad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Torah reading for this week, parashat Vayera (\u05e4\u05e8\u05e9\u05ea \u05d5\u05d9\u05e8\u05d0),is very dramatic and extraordinarily prophetic. Among other things (including the miraculous birth of Isaac, the fiery judgment upon Sodom and Gomorrah, the fate of Hagar\u2019s son Ishamel, and so on), the reading includes what I have called the \u201cGospel according to Moses,\u201d that is, Moses\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,11,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hebrew-reading-practice","category-h4c-podcast","category-torah"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7118"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7127,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7118\/revisions\/7127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}