Yosef said to his brothers, "I am about to die and God will remember you (pakod yifkod) and bring you up from this land to the land which He swore about to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya'akov." (Bereishit 50:24) The words "pakod yifkod" – God will remember you - were not only his parting words, but the very words that Moshe Rabbeinu later used to announce the redemption that Yosef had foretold. (Midrash HaGadol 50:24) This was a way of assuring that the Jewish people would know all that had happened in-between Yosef's life and what would happen in the future redeemer's life, were all part of the master plan, God's master plan. The whole story of Yosef is linked with an important concept regarding the Talmudic notion of Mashiach ben Yosef and Mashiach ben David. This notion of a Messiah having two special purposes, natures and serving at different times is a very common theme in Judaism. When we look back at Yosef's earlier life up until he is honored in this week's parasha, Yosef's life is the emblem of the Mashiach ben Yosef, or the suffering Messiah. We see that in his earlier years he is spurned by his brothers. As Yosef is hated and betrayed by his brothers, so too was Yeshua our Rabbi, our teacher. Yosef has no favor with his brothers and is thrown...
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I am making available to you, the reader, writtings on Mashiach ben Yosef from a non Messianic Jew. Very interesting. Background: Jewish tradition speaks of two redeemers, each one called Mashiach. Both are involved in ushering in the Messianic era. They are Mashiach ben David and Mashiach ben Yosef. Now to the article: A number of months ago, I s ...
The Jewish people for thousands of years have looked forward to the coming of their Mashiach, the hope of Israel. The Torah describes King Messiah: I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, tha ...
Yosef as a type of Messiah. Jewish tradition actually refers to two redeemers, each being called Mashiach (Messiah). Both of these redeemers are involved in delivering the Jewish people from galut (exile) and ushering in the long-awaited Messianic era. These two Mashiachs are called Mashiach ben David (Messiah the descendant of David) and Ma ...
The Coming of Mashiach! According to the Jewish Scriptures the beginning of the Redemption had already begun from the day Adam and Hava (Eve) committed the first sin in this world. From that day on, the world has been in the preparatory stage for the beginning of the final Redemption. The beginnings of the geula (redemption) starts with the procla ...
Our Rabbi, Maran Yeshua HaMashiach is Jewish. His first followers were Jewish. All the Accounts of Maran Yeshua and His Hashlichim (Emissaries) were written by Torah observant Jewish people! In fact, the Besora Tova (Good News) were written from Jews to Jews, the whole conversation is Jewish in nature! Maran Yeshua was born of a Jewish mother, in ...
There are two strains or types of prophecies about Messiah. One describes a figure known in Jewish literature as Mashiach Ben-Yosef, and the other is Mashiach ben-David. Ben-Yosef (son of Joseph) is the sad Messiah, rejected and tortured. The other, the son of David, is the victorious Messiah who brings peace and redemption. The popular imaginatio ...
Jerusalem the Center of the World City of David - עיר דוד, Jerusalem of ancient times, was located on a narrow ridge south of the present-day Old City. On the east it borders the deep Kidron Valley where the Gihon Spring, the city’s water source, is located. In Biblical theology, Jerusalem is the place whe ...
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