11.4.26 – Guard the Seed

 In a woke world of "anything goes," if we get away from the purity of our roots and GMO our existence with new terminology to guide us, we will find that the fruit of our lives will not reproduce generation after generation. And before you know it, our existence will be no more. Hence, the concept of the seed and its fruit was established on the third day of the creation story (Gen. 1:11–12).

The origin of an established word is the foundational bedrock of everything that is built on it. If the foundation shifts or is destroyed, so too will everything that is built on top.

Yeshua, the Word made flesh (John 1:14), reminds us that the seed is the Word of God (Luke 8:11). Since the time of Adam's expulsion from the Garden of Eden, the battle between the flesh and the spirit—God's people and the enemy—has always been about the seed (Gen. 3:15). And though the fruit of the seed may look slightly different growing in different types of soil, in different areas of the world, the seed will always remain the same. Ironically, what is often forgotten from our basic biology is that the fruit does not usually look like the seed—and that is something for us to meditate on.

In this week's Torah portion, Chayei Sarah, the servant of Abraham is commissioned under oath to find a bride for his son, Isaac (Gen. 24:1–4). The servant, who is not named but identified as Eliezer (Gen. 15:2), is completely consumed with carrying out the mission just as Abraham spoke to him (Gen. 24). He did not add to or take away from his master's will. In life, like Eliezer, a person who represents his country while sent into another land is known as an ambassador (2 Cor. 5:19–21).

A term very close to an ambassador in function is an apostle (shaliach). Eliezer was a shaliach; he represented his master's words and actions. Yeshua is a shaliach (John 5:19). His disciples were shaliachim of Him. The "church" is supposed to employ shaliachim (Eph. 2:20; 3:5; 4:11). The Holy Spirit is a shaliach (John 16:13–14). The branch of a tree is a shaliach. Huh? Just like an ambassador who is sent out with an identical message away from his source, so a branch is identical to the trunk of the tree. Hence, we are compared to trees and branches throughout Scripture.

Whether it is in the land of Israel or the church on your street corner, there are true ambassadors and counterfeits. There are true sent ones and counterfeits. How will we ever know which one is which? Examine the seed! 

Shalom!
Alan

www.lightintorah.org

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