Bible weekly reading Cycle

Rabbi Richman Weekly Torah Portion: Vayigash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_W5z0BAXtA (20 mins)

The supernatural sparks flew when Yehudah approached Yosef. Ready to engage in cosmic battle for the life of Binyamin, Yehudah's anguish turned to joy when Yosef revealed his true identity. We all share in the joy of the reconciled and reunited brothers, and in the return of Yosef to his father Yaakov. This story of reconciliation is the paradigm and blueprint for the great redemption that is to come, when the brothers will once again unite, in heart and soul and might.

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Pastor Isaac #11 - Torah Parashah Vayigash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UNvTAOV1AY (104 mins)

Learn the symbolism of Joseph and Benjamin and Judah as different aspects of Messiah’s mission! In this parashah, we see the reoccurring theme of intercession as Judah intercedes on behalf of his brother Benjamin, Joseph reveals himself to his brothers and then intercedes to Pharoah for land in Goshen for his family coming from Canaan. Jacob comes down to Egypt, and Joseph’s administration of Egypt saves lives but transforms all the Egyptians into bondmen.

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Pastor Isaac #11 Haftarah Vayigash
from Ezekiel 37 - Prophecy of Yosef and Judah coming together again!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG_1LjyDrlI (~60 mins)

This week's haftorah mentions the fusion of the kingdoms of Judah and Joseph during the Messianic Era, echoing the beginning of this week's Torah reading: "And Judah approached him [Joseph]."

The prophet Ezekiel shares a prophecy he received, in which God instructs him to take two sticks and to write one one, "For Judah and for the children of Israel his companions" and on the other, "For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions." After doing so he was told to put the two near each other, and G‑d fused them into one stick.

God explains to Ezekiel that these sticks are symbolic of the House of Israel, that was divided into two (often warring) kingdoms: the Northern Kingdom that was established by Jeroboam, a member of the Tribe of Ephraim, and the Southern Kingdom, that remained under the reign of the Davidic (Judean) Dynasty. The fusing of the two sticks represented the merging of the kingdoms that will transpire during the Messianic Era — with the Messiah, a descendant of David, at the helm of this unified empire.

"So says the Lord God: 'Behold I will take the children of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side, and I will bring them to their land. And I will make them into one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel, and one king shall be to them all as a king...'"The haftorah ends with God's assurance that "they shall dwell on the land that I have given to My servant, to Jacob, wherein your forefathers lived; and they shall dwell upon it, they and their children and their children's children, forever; and My servant David shall be their prince forever."

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Glen Allred - We'll Work 'Til Jesus Comes
Gaither Music TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuCQh3Wv2GI&list=PLbJ2NNqPTeAr2pplniqe69-wIPbkJT...

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