Every year the Jews read through Torah - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Each week a 'portion' is read. These are significant to the season in which they are read, and they do not change from year to year. For instance, we can often tell which Jewish holiday or season was approaching by what Jesus taught in the synagogue. Recently, Mark Biltz had this to say about the recent portions:
Remember the Israeli elections in prayer coming up on Tuesday of next week
Feb. 10th.
Those of you following along with the audio torah portions will be aware
of this but in Judaism they always say history follows the torah portions.
Jan 17th began the portion on the Book of Exodus where there is a new
Pharaoh and one of the first things he does is sign a decree to allow the
killing of the newborns. Then on Jan 20th we have a new leader and one of
the first thing Congress does is pass the freedom of choice act. The next
Sabbath was on the beginning of the plagues and we find this article about
the [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129565 ] bubonic
plague hitting an Al Qaeda cell in the news.
This last Shabbat the reading is on the last 3 plagues of locusts, well
here is a link to an [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7865240.stm ]
unidentifiable insect plague in Africa that is destroying the crops.
This next weekend’s torah portion covers the Red Sea crossing, the manna
falling and the complaints for food and over the bitter water ending with
the story of Amalek attacking Israel. With the elections this next week it
could be interesting!
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