Dr. Barri Cae Mallin

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ZOAN - A WONDERFUL PLACE

Marvelous things He did in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
~ Psalm 78:12 ~

How many times have we read a verse, especially a Psalm, and not fully comprehended the worth of the words? Where is Zoan? Why should this matter? The Jewish encyclopedia notes that it was an important city in Egypt, noting that it could have been the residence of Pharaoh. John Bright, noted historian and scholar, affiliates Zoan with Avaris, an ancient area in Egypt. It had to have some importance for the author of Psalms to comment about it.

If it was indeed the residence of Pharaoh, it brings forth a beautiful picture. Exodus 1:8-14 notes:
Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. He said to his people, "Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are more and mightier than we. Come, let us deal wisely with them, or else they will multiply and in the event of war, they will also join themselves to those who hate us, and fight against us and depart from the land." So they appointed taskmasters over them to afflict them with hard labor. And they built for Pharaoh storage cities, Pithom and Raamses. But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out, so that they were in dread of the sons of Israel. The Egyptians compelled the sons of Israel to labor rigorously; and they made their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar and bricks and at all kinds of labor in the field, all their labors which they rigorously imposed on them.
This passage lays forth the groundwork of the beginning of Moses’ life. He was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Before his birth, the midwives were ordered by the Pharaoh to kill any Hebrew baby boy by throwing them into the river. However, the midwives defied the Pharaoh and hid the Hebrew male infants. God smiled upon these midwives and the Hebrew population grew, despite these heinous orders.

In Exodus 2 we read:
Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi. The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months. But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a wicker basket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile. His sister stood at a distance to find out what would happen to him.

We can assume that little baby Moses was circumcised. He was born into a devout Jewish home, as his father, Amram, and his mother, Yocheved, were both from the tribe of Levi. This was such a sad event as this little Hebrew baby boy was placed into the Nile River, near the plain of Zoan. His mother had no idea where he was. His sister, Miryam, watched from a distance, wondering what would happen to her little brother.

The Jewish encyclopedia notes that Zoan was situated on the Delta Nile and since this was the possible location of the Pharaoh’s residence, it lines up with Pharaoh’s daughter desiring to bathe in the Nile. She, a non-Jew, a Gentile, saw the basket and had her maid fetch it. Looking in, she would have known that it was indeed a Hebrew baby, as only Hebrew babies were circumcised. She had her maid take the child away, and nurse the baby. Pharaoh’s daughter took great risk in this action as she could have been sentenced to death by her own father. What wonderful providence, as she protected Moses, and even put him into the arms of her nursemaid, who was actually the mother of Moses.

However, what is as beautiful is the picture of the Pharaoh’s daughter, the Gentile, desiring to protect the Hebrew baby. When we think of this redemption, we often think of Ruth and Naomi, for Ruth wanted Naomi’s God to be her God. Yet here, many centuries prior to Ruth, we see a beautiful picture of the love of a Gentile, caring for the Hebrew.

In my own salvation experience, it was the love of a Jewish believer in Jesus and a Gentile believer in Jesus who had the courage to share the good news of Yeshua with me over lunch, over forty-four years ago. I will forever be grateful to both of them for sharing with me, that there IS truly a way out of the pit of darkness. His name is Yeshua.

Years ago, Walt Disney brought this wonderful story line in their movie called The Prince of Egypt. Ofra Haza, Israeli singer of blessed memory, sang a lovely song in the movie:

With the sting of the whip on my shoulder, With the salt of my sweat on my brow,
Elohim, God on high, Can You hear your people cry?
Help us now, This dark hour...
Deliver us, Hear our call, Deliver us, LORD of all
Remember us, here in this burning sand, Deliver us.
There's a land You promised us --
Deliver us to the Promised Land.

Have you ever felt as though you were in the hot sand, that you had to remain there, hard-pressed on every side, with a taskmaster pushing you to do more, work harder, more, more! Heartbreak, suffering, pain both emotional or physical, tears you apart. Perhaps the cry of your heart parallels with the lyrics above. If you are a child of God, if you know Elohim, three in One God, take comfort, dear child of God. You are not forsaken. Redemption will come. One may not know the hour, but one knows the hand that holds you. His name is Yeshua; He is your advocate, your deliverer.
He will bring you through into victory. He never wastes suffering. Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our LORD Yeshua, Jesus the Messiah (I Cor. 15:58). Nothing is impossible with God (Luke 1:37).
If Moses can be plucked out of the Nile, in the field of Zoan, by his own mother, keep faith; trust Him to do the impossible with your own situation.

MEMBER OF THE TRIBE

MEMBER OF THE TRIBE

In high school, many of our family discussions occurred around the dinner
table. As I was the oldest and the only girl, I had to initiate the path
for dating. If I announced at the table that I had a date, my father's
first question was almost always, "Is he a member of the tribe?"

Now if you are reading this and you are Jewish, you know EXACTLY what he
meant. But if you are reading this and you are not Jewish, my father was
not asking if my date was a Sioux, or Pawnee, or Mohican. My father's
intent was to determine if the young man was Jewish. "Member of the tribe"
is one of those Jewish "cliches". I do remember asking my father from what
tribe are we? And I was very disappointed when he told me that we were from
the tribe of Judah. For even now in the synagogue, the 'tribal' system is
still in effect.

On each Shabbat, when one is called up to read the Torah (called an aliyah-
ah-lee-yah) not just anyone can be called up. Only those Jewish men with
the last name of Aaron, Cohen, Cohn, Kahn, Cahn etc are allowed, as their
last name signifies that they are from the lineage of Aaron, the Aaronic
priesthood.
Thus, their last name, Cohen (or derivative) indicates that they are a
descendant from Aaron, and the word "priest" in Hebrew is Cohen (ko-hain).

If your name is Abramowitz or Sternberg or Mallin you will NEVER find
yourself up at the Bima (dais) to read the Torah as the first reader. And in
some synagogues, the Number 2 reading goes to one named Levy, Levine,
Levitt, Leviton etc, as their name comes from the tribe of Levi.

Finally, on aliyah Number 3, can us commoners come forth. All the others
would be from the Tribe of Judah, unless they are from some of the lost
tribes which are now coming forth, those from Ethiopia and China.

Our LORD Yeshua Jesus was from the tribe of Judah - the common people.
Back when Jesus lived on earth, the Temple was the heart and center of
worship. The sacred enclosure in Greek was called the hieron. The Naos is
the Greek name for the Holy of Holies.

Jesus never entered the Holy of Holies during His earthly ministry. The
right of such entry was only allowed by the Jewish priests, and to them,
Jesus was a commoner.

In the Contemporary English version of the Bible, we read in Hebrews 7:11-26
various verses:

Even though the law of Moses says priests must be Levi descendants,
those priests cannot make anyone perfect.
So there needs to be a Priest like Melchizedek (who was NOT from Cohen or
Levi)
rather than one from the priestly family of Aaron.

The person we are talking about is our LORD, who came from a tribe that had
never had anyone to serve as a priest at the altar.

Everyone knows that He came from the tribe of Judah, and Moses never
said that priests could come from that tribe.

Since the law couldn't make man perfect, a new system was necessary.
Melchizedek never had mother or father, yet he served
as a priest. (Genesis 14:17-20)

God made a promise when He appointed Jesus as Chief Priest.
I the LORD promise that You will be a priest forever!

And I will never change my mind!

Yeshua Jesus guarantees us a better agreement with God.
There have been a lot of other priests, and all of them have died.

But Yeshua Jesus will never die!

He is forever able to save the people He leads to God, because He lives to
speak to God for them.

Yeshua Jesus is the High Priest (Cohen Gadol in Hebrew) that we need. He was
holy and innocent and faultless, and not at all like us sinners. The place
that was restricted to Him on earth, He has made access to it for us,
through His flesh. His highest calling was to lay down His life and die.
And God brought Him back to live and rule and reign,
and now He sits at God's right hand. And He intercedes for all - all
nations, colors, races, peoples, tribes.

"Because You were killed and with Your own blood You bought for God
people from every tribe, language, nation and race.
The Lamb who was killed is worthy to receive power, riches, wisdom,
strength, honor, glory and praises. Revelation 5:9,12

BarriCae.com | High Priest Hah Ko-hayn HaGah-dole Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Yeshua, Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess. Hebrews 3:1 May I have eyes for no one else, but the One who gives me life. You who laid Your life down for me, serve as a ...