Beth HaDerech; Messianic Jewish Congregation, Toronto, Canada

The True Prosperity Jewish Gospel (Videos)

And if you do obey these rules and observe them carefully, the Lord your God will maintain faithfully for you the covenant that He made on oath with your fathers: 13 He will favor you and bless you and multiply you; He will bless the issue of your womb and the produce of your soil, your new grain and wine and oil, the calving of your herd and the lambing of your flock, in the land that He swore to your fathers to assign to you. 14 You shall be blessed above all other peoples: there shall be no sterile male or female among you or among your livestock. 15 The Lord will ward off from you all sickness; He will not bring upon you any of the dreadful diseases of Egypt, about which you know, but will inflict them upon all your enemies. [Devarim 7:12-15] There is a movement within some Christian circles called “The Prosperity Gospel”.  That is to say that every believer should be rich and prosperous and that if you are poor it is due to some sin in your life. In this week’s reading Moses instructs Isreal that if they obey HaShem’s commandments (mitzvoth) then they will be blessed.  What exactly does that mean? Everything that HaShem does is for our good.  Moses states “Remember the long way that the Lord your God has...