A fellow brother responded to Jonathan about the D’varim drash. This is the conversation between them. The text with > in front of it is the comments by the brother to Jonathan. The other is the response to him from Jonathan. YaH bless their insight.
Dear Brother,
Thank you for your feedback on last week’s drash.
> Awesome thought, the use of Yarash, take possession of reminds me of Amos
> 9:12 where Edom is to take possession of the land; and is understood by
> Yaaqov in Acts 15 that mankind, I.e. the gentiles must seek Master Yah,
> to become called by the name of YHWH. THUS either Yarash is being understood
> as darash seek after. Or Yaaqov is telling us that before we can possess
> we must first diligently seek after Master Yah (MarYah/MarIah A term used
> in the Aramaic Peshitta N.T. to indicate both the humanity and Divinity of
> the Messiah, and the Father. Depending on context).
Yes, I think you are on target there. In order to possess (or inherit) the
promise, we must diligently seek. That means getting off our thumbs and
taking action.
> To seek after is to take action, to search out the land or promise is
> part of idea of possessing.
Aim at nothing and you’ll always hit it.
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Jonathan
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