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Shavuah Tov, mishpachah (family). Today’s Aliyah confronts our assumptions about guidance, safety, and leadership under pressure.

Parashat B’shalach — Aliyah Rishon (1st Aliyah) Shemoth (Exodus) 13:17–14:8
Fearing confrontation that would frighten Yisra’el יהוה sent them via a desert route, leading them with a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. Elohim commanded Yisra’el to encamp along the Red Sea, prompting the Mitsrites to follow, which they did, thinking them lost and ultimately cornering them.

1. Why would יהוה avoid the “short way”?
YHVH יהוהcould’ve taken them straight through Philistine territory, it was shorter! But He knew they weren't ready for that battle yet. יהוה doesn't just deliver us; He knows us. He measures the journey to our strength, not just the destination. Are we patient enough to trust His pace? 

2. Why would יהוה intentionally lead His people into what lookslike a trap?
Think about it, they're boxed in by the sea, mountains on both sides, and Pharaoh's army charging from behind. Was this poor planning? Or was יהוהsetting the stage for something only He could do? Sometimes our "dead ends" are divine setups. When have you felt cornered, only to discover יהוהwas positioning you for a miracle? 

3. The pillar of cloud and fire—why both? What's the deeper picture here? 

By day, shade and direction. By night, warmth and light. יהוה's presence adapted to their needs in every season. The same Guide, different manifestations. Does this remind you of how the Ruach HaKodesh operates in our lives, sometimes gentle, sometimes blazing, but always present?

4. Pharaoh "thought they were lost in the land." What do our enemies assume when יהוה repositions us?

The Mitsrites saw confusion. יהוה saw strategy. Our adversaries, whether spiritual or physical, often mistake יהוה's redirection for our defeat. But what looks like wandering to the world is often worship-in-motion for those who trust Him. How do we respond when others misread our obedience?

5. Moshe says, "יהוה will fight for you." Why must we be silent?

Silence is the ultimate expression of Bitachon (trust). When we stop screaming in fear, we start seeing the Father’s work. Yeshua the Messiah lived this perfectly, in his greatest trial, he remained silent, trusting the "Father in him" to accomplish the ultimate victory over death. The Sea was a watery grave, but יהוה turned it into a birth canal for a new nation. This is the essence of being "saved from our sins."

Shavuah Tov, mishpachah (familie). Vandag se Aliyah daag ons aannames uit oor leiding, veiligheid en leierskap onder druk.

Parashat 16 – Beshalach 1ste Aliyah: Shemoth (Eksodus) 13:17–14:8

Omdat יהוה geweet het dat ’n direkte konfrontasie Yisra’el sou laat terugdeins van vrees, het Hy hulle nie met die kortpad gelei nie. In plaas daarvan het Hy hulle langs ’n woestynroete geneem, met ’n wolkkolom bedags en ’n vuurkolom snags. Elohim het Yisra’el beveel om langs die Rooisee kamp op te slaan. Dit het die Mitsrayimiete laat dink dat Yisra’el verdwaal het. Hulle het agtervolg en uiteindelik gedink hulle het Yisra’el vasgekeer.

1. Waarom sou יהוה die “kort pad” vermy?

יהוה kon hulle reguit deur die Filistynse gebied neem, dit was korter. Maar Hy het geweet hulle was nog nie gereed vir daardie stryd nie. יהוה bevry ons nie net nie; Hy ken ons. Hy meet die reis volgens ons krag, nie net volgens die bestemming nie. Is ons geduldig genoeg om Sy tempo te vertrou?

2. Waarom sou יהוה Sy volk doelbewus lei na iets wat soos ’n lokval lyk?

Dink daaraan: die see voor hulle, berge aan weerskante, en Pharaoh se leër wat van agter af storm. Was dit swak beplanning, of was יהוה besig om ’n verhoog op te rig vir iets wat net Hý kon doen? Soms is ons “dooie punte” Goddelike opstellings. Wanneer het jy al vasgekeer gevoel, net om later te besef יהוה was besig om jou vir ’n wonder voor te berei?

3. Die wolk- en vuurkolom, hoekom albei? Wat wys dit vir ons?

Bedags bring die wolk skadu en rigting. Snags bring die vuur warmte en lig. יהוה se teenwoordigheid het aangepas by elke seisoen se behoefte. Dieselfde Leier, verskillende manifestasies. Herinner dit jou nie aan hoe die Ruach HaKodesh in ons lewens werk nie, soms sag, soms vurig, maar altyd teenwoordig?

4. Pharaoh het gedink: “Hulle is verlore in die land.” Wat dink ons vyande wanneer יהוה ons herposisioneer?

Die Mitsrayimiete het verwarring gesien. יהוה het strategie gesien. Ons teenstanders, geestelik of fisies, verwar dikwels יהוה se herleiding met nederlaag. Wat vir die wêreld soos rondswerf lyk, is dikwels aanbidding-in-beweging vir dié wat Hom vertrou. Hoe reageer ons wanneer ander ons gehoorsaamheid verkeerd lees?

5. Moshe sê: “יהוה sal vir julle veg.” Waarom moet ons stilbly?

Stilte is die hoogste uitdrukking van bitachon (vertroue). Wanneer ons ophou skree van vrees, begin ons die Vader se werk raaksien. Yeshua die Messias het dit volkome uitgeleef, in Sy grootste beproewing het Hy stilgebly en die “Vader in Hom” vertrou om die uiteindelike oorwinning oor die dood te bewerk. Die see was bedoel as ’n graf, maar יהוה het dit verander in ’n geboortekanaal vir ’n nuwe volk. Dít is die kern van “verlos word van ons sondes”.

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