Your Daily Bread for June 30 to July 6, 2024, by Rev. Apelu Poe, Ph.D.

Welcome to Your Daily Bread for June 30-July 6, 2024, by Rev. Apelu Poe, Ph.D!

Key Torah Code for this First Week of the World Mission Season:

“Ekev” (And because): Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25.

Basic Principle of Our Judaic-Christian Faith:

The Cause and Effect Principle or the direct relationship between an action or event and its consequence or result. It’s because you have listened to God’s commandments, keep them, and do them, that the Lord your God will bless you.

“Ever since he found the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin predicted in the Bible more than a year before the murder and personally warned Israel’s Prime Minister, Drosnin, author of the Bible Code has been telling world leaders about the terrible fates the code predicts.,” The Bible Code: Count Down. I’ll get to the point in a minute.

But, first, let me say Talofa, Welcome, and Shabbat Shalom to you, my friends in the name of “Yeshua HaMashiach” Jesus the Messiah! And through the power of God’s Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit). As they say in Samoan, Malo le soifua manuia! Faafetai fo’i le fai tatalo! Congratulations on your good health! Thanks also for the prayers. May our God always grant us his lovingkindness!

Getting back to the point. If you have followed God’s calendar, which dictates and foretells the events of our lives to which the above quote refers, you will know that from June 30 to July 6, we will enter the first week of the World Mission Season. What is the World Mission season?

Well, just as the word itself suggests, the World Mission season is a time of the year in which God has called us to extend the fruit of God’s Holy Spirit to those who are beyond our geographical location. God said, “Behold, my servant whom I uphold, my chosen in whom my soul delights. I have put my Spirit upon him, he will bring forth justice to the nations,” (Isaiah 42:1).

For this reason, Jesus commissioned his disciples and us, saying, “Go, therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit...teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you, and lo, I am with you always to the close of the age,” (Matthew 28:19-20).

Before we take a look at the Torah portion for this first week of the World Mission season, let me also say “thank you” to all of you, my regular readers. You’re a fantastic community of believers made up of Jews, Christians, Muslims, as well as people of other faiths. You are amazing because you take the time to access my Torah-Bible Codes teaching on Facebook and LinkedIn which has now become a top-performing weekly post on social media.

It is, indeed, a great inspiration for me to see that so many of you around the world have been following my teaching on social media from week to week.

I call my Torah gift for you this first week of the World Mission Season “Your Daily Bread for June 30 to July 6, 2024.”

Why am I saying this? Well, for those of you who have been following my teaching, I’m saying this because, as you might have noticed, I have been using this same gift that God has given me for the past 40 years to help guide the destiny of those whose spiritual welfare God has entrusted to me. And now that I have retired from the ordained ministry in July 2021, I want you to have free access to it.

My pastoral desire is simply this: For you to be the person God has created you to be. My prayer, then, is that you would be able to live according to God’s time so that you may discern God’s Divine path for your life and how it is that God wants you to live to best receive his blessing and shine his holy light.

Your Benefits from My Torah Gift I Can Give You This Week

So what exactly can you expect from the Torah gift I’m giving you this first week of the World Mission season? Well, the first and foremost is self-awareness.

Why self-awareness at such a time of unprecedented circumstances for all of us? Because, as we’ve been saying all this time, life transformation will never happen without self-awareness.

You see, it all comes down to the flow of information from the universe (God), the dynamic of your brain's plank field, and the feedforward and feedback process that is involved in it.

The physics behind all this is not hard to understand. You’re receiving the information from the universe (God), and you are feeding that information forward into your brain’s plank field through a process scientists call quantum oscillation of all your protons, neutrons, and electrons.

Remember, everything that you see in God’s universe (metaphysics), from people to planets, from planets to stars, from stars to galaxies…etc. etc. is composed of matter. Matter may be defined as any substance that has mass and occupies space. At their quantum or sib-atomic level are these 3 sub-atomic particles: protons (positive electrically charged particles, electrons (negative electrically charged particles, and neutrons which help stabilize the flow of these metaphysical entities in space and time.

The same thing is true with us, human beings. We are each composed of matter which consists of numerous cells. Each one of these cells at its quantum or sub-atomic level is made up of hundreds of protons, neutrons, and electrons. So you are receiving the information from the universe (God), and you forward it into your brain’s plank field through this process called quantum oscillation of all your protons, neutrons, and electrons. Your brain plank field will interpret it and will feed it back to you in such a way that will enable you to say, Aha, I now see it with my naked eyes. Now I know. That’s what self-awareness simply is.

Here’s the point. Until we are made aware of who we are: men-God, or women-God, (read Genesis 4), and what we need to do to help make this world a better place for all of us, we will never be able to get out of this geo-political, socio-economic turmoil that we now find ourselves in, no matter where we are in the world today.

So the Torah gift I’m giving you this first week of the World Mission season will help you become aware of the fact that reverence for the Divine image in man, the concept of mankind’s unity is of a wider scope, not black, not white, not great, not small, but man.

Perhaps it is for this reason that on Tuesday, June 25, the ICC (International Criminal Court) issued arrest warrants for Russia’s top army chief and ex-minister Gerasimov, and Shoigu over strikes in Ukraine’s infrastructure that constituted alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The ICC warrants are the latest in a series of actions by the court over the Ukraine war, including an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The warrants, issued on Monday but made public on Tuesday, concerned the Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, and former defence minister Sergei Shoigu.

The pair are accused of the war crimes of directing attacks at civilian targets and causing excessive incidental harm to civilians, as well as the crime against humanity of "inhumane acts" in Ukraine.

ICC judges said there were "reasonable grounds to believe that the two suspects bear responsibility for missile strikes carried out by the Russian armed forces against the Ukrainian electric infrastructure from at least 10 October 2022 until at least 9 March 2023."

The court said these strikes were "directed against civilian objects" and even when targets could be considered military, civilian damage "would have been clearly excessive to the anticipated military advantage."

Ukraine hailed the "important" decision, with President Volodymyr Zelensky saying Kyiv hoped to see the pair "behind bars".

"This decision is a clear indication that justice for Russian crimes against Ukrainians is inevitable."

The ICC, based in The Hague, does not have its own police force to enforce arrest warrants. It relies on the justice systems of its 124 members to carry them out.

In theory, anyone under a warrant is prevented from travelling to an ICC member state for fear of arrest. Putin himself has travelled abroad, notably to Kyrgyzstan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates -- none of whom are ICC members.

However, he did skip a meeting of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) group in South Africa, which would have been expected to carry out the warrant.

"As I have repeatedly emphasised, no individual, anywhere in the world, should feel they can act with impunity," said ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan, who pressed the charges. "And no person, anywhere in the world, should feel they are deserving of less protection than others."

Why am I sharing this with you on this first week of the World Mission season? Because it’ll help you become aware of the fact that nothing in our lives is outside of God’s eyes or God’s providential care.

How do we know that? Listen again to Peter, “For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil,”’ (1 Peter 3:12).

The second benefit that my Torah gift will give you this first week of the World Mission season is growth through adversity.

Why is this important for us Jews, Christians, Muslims, and people of other faiths at this critically important time in history, a time rife with global conflicts, and spiritual disconnect? Because our God does not want us to abandon our hopes in despair because of the things that are happening to us.

Here’s the truth: When things get difficult, we tend to drop our self-care and focus on sticking to what we know. That's how we burn out, not because we wear out from working too much which is often how we deal with adversity but because we're not integrating our emotions.

So the Torah gift I am giving you this first week of the World Mission season will help you understand that although things are not perfect in the world today or even in our own lives, we should never lose hope in God.

A classic case that illustrates the truth of this Biblical principle is the reaction that we saw on the faces of the Ukrainian soldiers on Tuesday, June 25, when the Western arms finally reached Ukraine's front lines in the war against the Russians.

Western supplies of artillery shells, slowed by months of political wrangling in Washington before finally being released, have started to reach Ukrainian units on the front lines, relieving pressure on forces outnumbered by the Russians.

When Reuters reporters visited one artillery unit in the Donetsk region, the focus of Russian troops' slow advance along the 1,000-km (600-mile) front, it fired its M-109 self-propelled howitzer as needed.

In the past, soldiers said they had been forced to limit their use of 155 mm rounds against the enemy, compromising their ability to support infantry further forward.

Listen again to the words of the Ukrainian commander, Vasyl, "There was 'shell hunger. Ammunition was rationed quite severely. It had an impact on the infantry. They (the Russians) crept from all sides, and it hurt the infantrymen. Now, there is no more 'shell hunger' and we work well."

Demand for artillery rounds has soared since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, with Kyiv's Western allies running down their stockpiles as they rushed shells to Ukraine where thousands of rounds are needed every day.

Convinced that Ukraine will prevail over the Russian invaders, Vasyl is dismissive of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's recent diplomatic forays and pledges of cooperation with China and North Korea.

Vasyl said, "All these talks with Korea and China, they will not help them. We will win, we shall overcome. It is our spirit, it is our Ukraine, we are defending it. We shall overcome, at any price but we will win."

Why am I bringing this to your attention on this first week of the World Mission season? Because it helps you become aware of the fact that the evil in this world can be brought to an end through the supremacy of God’s Spirit over one’s desires.

How do we know that? Listen, again, to God’s words to us in Isaiah 40:10, “Do not fear for I am with you, do not be despair for I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious hand.” That’s why David reminded us, saying, “And you have also given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand upholds me, and you help make me great,” (Psalm 18:35).

The third benefit that my Torah gift will give you this first week of the World Mission season is self-competence. It’ll help you heighten your self-confidence or your feeling of trust in your abilities, qualities, and judgment.

Neuroscientists tell us that the average person gets stuck at 207-210 energy frequency. Did you know what that energy level stands for? It stands for the so-called “Egypt syndrome frequency. That means you’re not free to overcome the challenges you face in your life; you’re being enslaved by poverty and scarcity mindset, and you’re overwhelmed by spiritual darkness that causes you to be fearful that you start developing a chronic, and poisonous attitude toward others.

Remember this, when you’re aware that God is present with you wherever you may be, and that God’s eyes are following you everywhere you go, then that’ll give you the self-confidence that you need to overcome any challenge that you may have in your life, while at the same time, develop high self-esteem that’ll enable you to make a difference in other people’s lives.

Perhaps it is for this reason that on Thursday, June 27, China publicly admitted that it miscalculated with Europe in backing Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Beijing misjudged the impact on its relationship with Europe when it provided support for Russia’s war in Ukraine, as ties fray between the world’s No. 2 economy and Western democracies over the conflict.

Listen again to Ambassador Nicholas Burns’s words, “I think the Chinese have miscalculated. I think the Chinese did not understand the core value that we place in our current world on peace and unity in Europe itself.”

The European Union is now acting in “outright opposition” to China’s support for Moscow, added Burns, who took up his post in the Asian nation days after the invasion. The EU and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have both called China a systemic rival “in part because of this,” he said.

President Xi Jinping’s government offered diplomatic and economic support to Russia after it invaded Ukraine in 2022, triggering one of the worst security crises in Europe since World War II. The Chinese leader has since faced repeated calls from the US and Europe to use his “no limits” friendship with President Vladimir Putin to help end the conflict.

Leaders in Washington and Europe have warned in recent months that Chinese banks could be hit with sanctions for bolstering the Kremlin’s war machine, as they ramp up pressure on China to act.

German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck earlier this month called on China to stop diverting exports of European goods to Russia that could be used in the war on Ukraine.

Why am I sharing this with you on this first week of the World Mission season? Because it reiterates our need for responsible leadership.

It is no wonder why the apostle Paul reminds us, saying, “For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. So then each of us will give an account of himself to God” (Romans 14:10, 12).

The Historical Proof that Supports our Need for Your Daily Bread that Sustains Us Spiritually

Does it surprise you, then, that our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, did not forget to remind us about these things? That is why last week you heard Jesus speaking to us, saying, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you that everything that is written about me in the Law of Moses [Torah] and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled…” (Luke 24:44).

Jesus, then, did something which I thought was quite remarkable and quite extraordinary. He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. Jesus said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.

And see, I am sending upon you what my Father promised; so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high” (Luke 24:45-49).

Overview Summary of this Week’s Torah Portion

With this in mind, let us look at this week’s Torah portion, Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25. In the Hebrew language (God’s sacred tongue) from which our English Bible translation was taken, this week’s Torah portion is called, “Eikev” translated as “Because,” see Deuteronomy 7:12.

To understand this, we need to, first of all, identify the double references in the text. On a superficial linguistic level which is intended primarily for the Jewish audience, the reading focuses on the code “Eikev” translated as “Because.” Thus, in the opening part of the reading, we hear Moses saying to the children of Israel that it is “because you hearken to God’s ordinances and keep and do them” that you will prosper in the Land you are about to conquer.

In the central part of the reading, Moses rebukes them for their failings in their first generation as the people called by God. But he also speaks of God’s forgiveness of their sins. Their forty years in the desert were to teach them “that man does not live on bread alone, but by the utterance of God’s mouth does man live.”

Moses describes the land they are about to enter as “flowing with milk and honey,” blessed with the “seven kinds” (wheat, barley, grapevines, figs, pomegranates, olive oil and dates), and as the place that is the focus of God’s providence of his world. He commands them to destroy the idols of the land’s former masters, and to beware lest they become haughty and begin to believe that “my power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.”

The reading ends with the second chapter of the Shema prayer which describes the rewards of fulfilling God’s commandments and the adverse results (famine and exile) if neglected.

Indeed, on a profound theological level, this week’s Torah portion, “Because” has an important message to us, the Church, and the Body of Christ.

This message is evident when the portion is interpreted in the context of this first week of the World Mission season. And that is, no matter what our vocation might be, our lives are affected not by what we know but by what we do.

How can we be sure of that? Listen, again, to what Moses is saying to us this week: “It is because you hearken to these ordinances, and keep and do them that the Lord your God will keep with you the covenant and the steadfast love which He swore to your fathers to keep.” (Deuteronomy 7:12).

What covenant and steadfast love is God talking about? “I will be unto you your God, and you will be unto me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” (Exodus 19:6).

Why bother to listen to God’s word at a time when more and more people have lost a sense of who they are, and whose they are? Because here’s the thing. Our God is not a man that he should lie; nor a son of man that he should repent. Had he said something, would he not fulfil it?

It is no wonder why the prophet Amos speaking in the place of God, puts it this way, “I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and cereal offerings, I will not accept them. But let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.” (Amos 5:21-22, 24).

Question: Does it not bother you to see how morally and spiritually corrupted our nation and our world have plunged into these days? Nevertheless, thanks be to God that He still loves us and that He is still faithful to the terms of the covenant He had established with the people of Israel, and with us, Christians. “My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you. Then you will understand righteousness and justice, and equity, every good path; delivering you from the way of evil, from men of perverted speech.” (Proverbs 2:1, 9, 12).

Perhaps, it is for this reason that James summarized it this way, saying, “Therefore, submit to God, resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” (James 4:7).

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