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2. The 2nd Torah Portion Reading 2nd reading in the Book of Genesis
Noach
Noach
“Noah or Comfort”
The 2nd Torah Portion Reading
2nd reading in the Book of Genesis
Genesis 6:9 – 11:32
Isaiah 66:1–24
Luke 1:1-80

3. The Shadows of the Messiah Selected Titles of Messiah
Noach
The Shadows of the Messiah
Selected Titles of Messiah
• Preacher of Righteousness - 2 Peter 2:5
• Savior of the World- John 4:42; 1 John 4:14
• Menachem (Comforter) - Lamentations 1:16
• Advocate - 1 John 2:1
• Torn Olive Leaf - Genesis 8: 11
• Concealed One - Isaiah 49:2
• Select Arrow - Isaiah 49:2

4. Genesis 6:9
9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
“perfect in his generations” Noah was unblemished in his generations or his genealogy. He came from a clean gene pool, his genes had not been contaminated by the fallen angels or nephilim.
There are three things said about Noach here, He was a (tsadeek) just or a righteous man, He was (tamim dor) perfect in his generations,
And he (halak elohim) He walked with God.
The perfect in his generations is the interesting statement.

5. Genesis 6:9
1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose Genesis 6:1-2
4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Genesis 6:4

6. Genesis 6:9

7. Matthew 24:36-39
36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Matthew 24:36-39

8. 2 Peter 2:5 • Preacher of Righteousness 2 Peter 2:5
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
The apostles called him a "preacher of righteousness" who called his generation to repent. (2 Peter 2:5) Noah and his family were saved from the flood.
1 Peter 3:20 (KJV) 1Pe 20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
Matthew 7:14 (KJV) Mt 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

9. 2 Peter 2:5 • Savior of the World John 4:42; 1 John 4:14
42 And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world. John 4:42
14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world John 4:14
Noah prefigured the Messiah?
In the days of Noah, the Almighty held a terrible, universal judgment over the world. The whole earth was corrupt, but Noah "was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God"
Noah proclaimed a message of repentance to a wicked and adulterous generation. He warned the people of his time about an imminent day of divine fury and judgment. Noah offered men a means of deliverance through which they could be saved from the fate about to befall their generation. Noah was the savior of the world .

10. Lamentations 1:16 • Menachem (Comforter) - Lamentations 1:16
16 For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
Lamentations 1:16
The name Noah (Noach) also alludes to Messiah. When Noah was born, his parents named him Noach, saying, "This one will give us rest (nacham) from our work and from the toil of our hands“ (Genesis 5:29). The name Noach, which also
means "comforter," is a form of the word menachem . The sages of the Talmud say that Menachem is one of the names of Messiah. Lamentations 1:16 refers to the Messiah as the menachem, i.e., the "comforter." Yeshua told His disciples that the Father would send them another Comforter, indicating that up until then, He had filled that title.
The apostles refer to the Messiah as our ''Advocate with the Father," a term employing the Greek equivalent for Menachem.
Perhaps this hint toward a messianic title explains the unusual repetition of Noah's name when the Torah says, "Noah, Noah" (Genesis 6:9). The repetition hints toward the first coming of the Messiah and the second coming of the Messiah.

11. Impending Cataclysm
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth Genesis 6:11-12
Yeshua came preaching repentance to avert a coming day of calamity upon the house of Israel. When He comes again, He will bring the calamity of God's judgment on all nations.
Simon Peter saw the story of Noah as a picture of the coming judgment on earth and the establishment of the kingdom of heaven on earth. The earth must first pass through a time of travail during which the wicked will perish and the enemies of God will be defeated. Those within Messiah's salvation (symbolized by the ark), though few in number, will pass through
the cleansing waters of judgment and enter the kingdom, just as Noah and his family survived the flood and repopulated the earth. He pointed to the story of Noah and said, "If God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment; and did not spare the ancient world.,. when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly," then certainly God will bring "the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment" (2 Peter 2:4-9).
The people ignored Noah's warnings and went on with life as normal. While Noah built the ark, preached righteousness, and warned his generation
of their impending doom, the people carried on with their affairs. Just as the people did in Noah's day, the generation of the Master's return will ignore the warnings leading up to the big event.

12. Left Behind
17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
Genesis 6:17
Yeshua compared the generation of Noah to the generation that will witness the day of the LORD and the coming of the Son of Man. When the Messiah returns, He will usher in a day of judgment. In that day, some will be taken away in judgment and others will be left behind:

13. Left Behind
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Matthew 24:40-41
I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left Luke 17:34-36
Lanchaster says Surprisingly, Christians today often interpret these words to mean that when Jesus comes, the one taken will be whisked away to meet Him in the sky. Since the spouse left lying in bed is not a believer, he (or she) will be left behind. Likewise, the one left working in the field is not a Christian, so he is left behind. The one left grinding at the mill, also not a believer, is left behind.
Contrary to the popular teaching, however, the one "taken" in Matthew 24 and Luke 17 is not raptured to join Jesus in the air. Just as the flood came and took people away in the days of Noah (and just as fire and brimstone fell upon the people of Sodom in the days of Lot), being "taken away" in Matthew 24:40-41 refers to people taken in judgment.
The disciples asked Him, "Where [will they be taken], Master?" He answered, "Where the body is, there also the vultures will be gathered" (Luke 17:37). In other words, the corpses of those taken away will be food for the birds. With these words, our Master invoked the dire apocalyptic predictions of the prophets Ezekiel and Jeremiah.
Those "left behind" in Matthew 24 and Luke 17 are the righteous, not the wicked. Those "left behind“ can be compared to Noah and his seven family members who survived the flood, as Peter says, "The Lord knows how to rescue the godly" (2 Peter 2:9).
Myself I would think that the taking away would more represent the rapture language.

14. Kingdom aboard the Ark
19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. 20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
Genesis 6:19-20
Chasidic teaching says that Parashat Noah is connected to the future perfection of the Messianic Era.
God sent two of every kind of unclean animal, and seven pairs of every type of clean animal to Noah. Ferocious predators and dangerous beasts came to Noah and conducted themselves under his care as if they were tame, domesticated animals. The predators did not attack the herds and flocks of clean animals. The peaceful behavior of the animals foreshadowed the Messianic Era,
Isaiah 11:6-9 (KJV) Isa 6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. 7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

15. Death of Methuselah
4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth Genesis 7:4
The LORD gave Noah a seven-day warning prior to the beginning of the rains. Some say that the seven days correspond to the seven-day period of mourning following the death of Noah's grandfather Methuselah. ' The oldest man in the world died in the same year that the flood began. Until then, the merit of godly Methuselah had kept the impending judgment at bay:
The Targum says that the LORD gave humanity those seven days as a last chance to repent:

16. Death of Methuselah

17. End will come like a Flood
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Genesis 7:11-12
According to apostolic interpretations, the LORD allotted six thousand years of redemptive history corresponding to the six days of creation. The thousand year Messianic Era corresponds to the seventh day-the day of Sabbath rest. The kingdom will be a universal era of peace. Before the earth gives birth to that era of peace, however, it must pass through a period of apocalyptic judgments, cataclysms, and disasters called the birth pains of Messiah.
The kingdom and the seventh millennium will begin with wars, rumors of war, and natural disasters. Yeshua warned His disciples that before He could bring peace, He must bring a sword. The story of Noah alludes to the short period of birth pains that preface the Messianic Era. In the year
that Noah entered into his seventh century of life, the floodgates of heaven opened and the day of judgment began. Likewise, the book of Daniel predicts a time of war and distress that comes like a flood prior to the Messianic Era: ':And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined" (Daniel 9:26).

18. The Raven and the Dove
6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: 7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. 8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; Genesis 8:6-8
The Bible sometimes uses unclean birds to represent unclean spirits. Regarding the unclean raven, the Torah says Noah "sent it out" of the ark. Regarding the dove, the Torah says literally that Noah "sent it forth from with him" (Genesis 8:8). The wording shows a difference in the birds. The dove came from Noah's presence. The raven did not. The dove returned. The raven did not. The dove was a clean bird. The raven was not.
Noah did not welcome the raven back into the ark. It continued to circle, flying here and there. One can imagine that the raven, a carrion bird, was in no hurry to return to the ark. He would have had has his fill on the corpses washed up by the flood. Like the raven, Satan roams the earth, going to and fro, circling and returning, seeking those whom he may devour.
When people asked Yeshua for a "sign" that He was the Messiah, He replied, ':An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah" (Matthew 12:39). The name "Jonah" means "dove (yonah).“ The dove, on the other hand, represents the Spirit of the LORD. It can be compared to the Spirit of Messiah which hovered over the waters at the creation. When our Master immersed Himself in the Jordan River, the Spirit of God came upon Him like a dove.

19. The Olive Leaf
11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. Genesis 8:11
The second time Noah released the dove, it returned to him with a freshly torn olive leaf in its beak.
Paul refers to the nation ofIsrael as an olive tree.
The Messiah is associated with an olive tree because He is anointed by olive oil: "What are these two olive branches? .. . these are the two messiahs.“
Zechariah 4:11-14 (KJV) Zec 11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof? 12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves? 13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. 14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth. The Hebrew of Genesis 8: 11 indicates that the olive leaf was torn. This alludes to the Messiah who was wounded and torn from Israel. Furthermore, the sages note that the taste of an olive leaf is only bitter. This alludes to the Messiah who suffered in bitter anguish. The torn olive leaf with the bitter taste hints toward the sufferings of the Messiah.
In addition to the suffering of Joseph, the rabbis connected the words, "Behold! In her beak was a torn olive leaf" with the words of Hosea: "For He has torn, but He will heal; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us. He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, that we may live before Him" (Hosea 6:1-2).

20. Noah saw a New World
13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
Genesis 8:13
On Rosh HaShanah; the anniversary of the completion of the creation of the world, Noah uncovered the ark and peered out across the world from his lofty perch on Mount Ararat. Rosh HaShanah is the festival on which we hear the shofar blown in anticipation of the coming of the Messiah and the resurrection of the dead. At Rosh HaShanah, we listen for the trumpet of Messiah that will inaugurate the Messianic Era.
After the judgment has abated, and the trumpet of the Messiah sounds, Yeshua will usher in a new era and a new world. Then the Torah will go forth from him as "alight of the peoples" (Isaiah 51:4). The Messiah will teach a new Torah because He will reveal the inner, hidden mysteries of the Torah.

21. Waiting for Messiah
22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. Genesis 8:22
The LORD promised Noah that, henceforth, the agricultural seasons would not cease to revolve throughout the year, and the sun would not cease to rise and set each day. This promise alludes to the new covenant in which the LORD promises the Jewish people that, so long as day follows night and seasons continue to revolve, He will not reject the descendants of Jacob nor break His promises to David to set a ruler from his sons over the Jewish people:

22. The Concealed one
2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me; Isaiah 49:2
What is the sign of the Son of Man, and how will they see Him coming on the clouds with glory? The Torah tells us, "It shall come about, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow will be seen in the cloud" (Genesis 9:14). In that day, we will see the select arrow, no longer concealed in the quiver of God. Perhaps we will see the bow that is called "a sign" and the rainbow that is compared to the "great glory" of God.

23. The Select Arrow
2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me; Isaiah 49:2
The prophet Isaiah speaks of Messiah as the "select arrow" that God has hidden in His quiver:
One day the Almighty will fit His "select arrow" to the string of His bow, as the Master told us, ''And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory" (Matthew 24:30).

24. O.T. Archery Terms
Torah from Hebrew word yareh which is an archery term to aim an arrow to hit a mark.
Sin from Hebrew word chata’ah which is an archery term for missing the mark.
The mark or target, of course, was the object at which the archer was aiming. Consequently, torah, one of the nouns derived from this root, is, therefore, the arrow aimed at the mark, The target is the truth about God and how one relates to Him. The torah is, therefore, in the strict sense instruction designed to teach us the truth about God. Torah means direction, teaching, instruction, or doctrine.
There are at least two other related Hebrew words derived from the same root as torah. The first is the word for teacher, moreh. A moreh is one who imparts instruction to his/her students. The second important word is parent, horeh. This indicates to us that one of the primary roles for a parent is to teach and instruct the child.

25. The Signature
10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: Genesis 11:10-32
The last words of a Torah portion are called the "signature." One Chasidic teaching states, "Everything goes after the signature." That means that the essence of the Torah portion is contained in the last few words.
The last words of the torah portion introduces the generations of Shem, the father of Abram, which goes on to be the blood line of Yeshua the Messiah.
Chasidic = a sect of Jewish mystics founded in Poland about 1750, characterized by religious zeal and a spirit of prayer, joy, and charity

26. The Signature Torah Study Noach
The last words of a Torah portion are called the "signature." One Chasidic teaching states, "Everything goes after the signature." That means that the essence of the Torah portion is contained in the last few words.
The last words of the torah portion introduces the generations of Shem, the father of Abram, which goes on to be the blood line of Yeshua the Messiah.
Chasidic = a sect of Jewish mystics founded in Poland about 1750, characterized by religious zeal and a spirit of prayer, joy, and charity