Saturday, October 10, 2026

God's Blueprint of Creation: "In the Beginning" Torah Portion B'eresheit; Genesis 1:1-6:8 Why Must We be "Born Again?




In the Yearly Cycle of God's instructions for his people; When we roll back the scroll from the end of Devarim (Deuteronomy) where Moses was told by the Almighty that he would not be accompanying the Twelve Tribes of Israel into the Promised Land. It is traditional for Jewish, and ever increasingly non- Jewish Bible believers, after celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles for us to return to the very Foundation of our Faith in the Holy Scriptures, in the Torah to Genesis 1:1. 

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Here we do not simply reopen an ancient chronicle of our origins; we step right into the foundational architecture of the entire biblical narrative. In this Week's opening Torah Portion/ Parashah, B’eresheit

Genesis 1:1–6:8, Monte Judah of Lion and Lamb Ministries from his decades of dedication to Teaching the Torah of El Elyon (the most High God's) instructions to us in based upon his wisdom from years of Faithful, and diligent study of the eternal Torah of יהוה Monte simply, concisely, and brilliantly shares with us; his well seasoned Hebraic insights that can reveal to each of us Bible believers from Genesis to Revelation; precisely how the Scriptures of the Brit Chadashah (New Covenant) have been inextricably woven by Elohim את into his eternal Torah from the very opening verse of Genesis: right on through to Da Final Chapter of the Book of Revelation. 
 

"And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake; but he that endureth to the end shall be saved."  Matthew 10:22

For the disciple of Messiah Yeshua, (aka Jesus of Nazareth) our understanding of these foundational truths transforms our Faith, our understanding of our eternal covenant identity, as belonging to the Spiritual Seed of Abraham: "And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's Seed, and heirs according to the promise" Galations 3:29

 As believers in the complete bible from Genesis to Revelation, we Noah Dat our obedience to Elohim's Commandments never was intended for our Salvation; yet our belief in the promises of God includes our desire to more fully receive God's Blessings Devarim/Deuteronomy 28:1-14  preferably avoiding his curses Devarim 28:15-68 and more fully understanding that our eternal salvation is totally dependent on our steadfast Faith that "endures until the end" in God's "only begotten Son" Yeshua Ha Mashiach ben David (Messiah Yeshua Son of (the Seed of King David) "our Passover Lamb"
1 Corinthians 5:7 whose blood was shed in order to restore us to the original Spiritual condition he once gave to Adam and Eve, of being born in the "Image of God" Genesis 1:26-27


את The Unspoken Word in English: Just Who, or What is The Alef-Tav in Genesis 1:1 and Revelation 22


In the Beginning God created the heavens, and the earth: 

The opening sentence in our English language Bibles contains 10 Words which virtually all English speaking believers know by heart. Yet did you Noah Dat in Da original Hebrew Torah Scrolls, and modern "Jewish Bibles" Genesis 1:1 contains just 7 Words, and in one of these Word's God "rested" sort of? 

So just Who is the:  
 

את?  In Revelation 22:13, Yeshua (Jesus of Nazareth) declares: "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last." 


Returning to the original Hebrew text of Genesis 1:1:

בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ

B’eresheit bara Elohim ET hashamayim v’ET ha’aretz

Grammatically, the untranslated particle את (Alef-Tav) connects the verb to the direct object. Yet to the Messianic mind, this is no mere grammatical marker. The Alef (א) is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, and the Tav (ת) is the final letter.

 In the Brit Chadashah (New Testament) when the glorified Yeshua Ha Maschiach/ Jesus the Messiah after his crucifixion, and resurrection revealed Himself to the Apostle John, on the Greek Isle of Patmos, He declared for the eternal record in the Greek text before being translated centuries later into Latin, German, French, Spanish et al before being translated most prolifically into the "King James Bible as: "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End" Revelation 22:13 Speaking to a Hebrew prophet, in Hebrew!!! Yeshua identified Himself as being: Alef & Tav—the First and Last letters of the Hebrew Alef-Bet/alphabet of creation, the divine Word through whom the universe was framed. 

As the Apostle John reveals: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... All things were made through Him" John 1:3 Yeshua Himself stands hidden yet unmistakable in the very center of Genesis 1:1 uniting the creation of the heavens and the earth.

Why do many Christians believe that God's Instructions about just what foods we should eat pertain to them, Why do the vast majority of "Believer's in Christ Jesus" choose to not align themselves with, or be burdened by, our heavenly Father's instruction manuel to us in the eternal Torah of Elohim? 

Guarding the Temple: The Biblical Dietary Laws


Many Christians desire to obtain the Spiritual Blessings of being full members of as Paul States: "The Commonwealth of Israel" Ephesians 2:12  Yet they want no part of being "restricted" to God’s instructions in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 which outline in detail precisely which animals are biblically clean (Kosher) and and which animals are scriptually טָמֵא tamei, or unclean animals, as the Torah strictly forbids the consumption of animals such as pigs, shellfish, and predatory scavengers. The underlying reason God gives throughout Torah is unmistakable: "You shall be holy, for I am holy." Leviticus 11:44-45

These animals were primarily created by the Almighty to serve as the ecological cleaning crew of the earth and seas—consuming biological waste, toxins, parasites, and decaying organic matter. Today, numerous Christian medical professionals and health researchers echo the wisdom of Torah, demonstrating that:

  • Swine possess a rapid, inefficient digestive system that stores higher concentrations of toxins, heavy metals, and inflammatory fats within their tissues.

  • Filter-feeding shellfish routinely concentrate heavy metals, neurotoxins, and waterborne pathogens.

When believers choose to align their diet with the instructions of Leviticus 11, they are not attempting to earn salvation by works; they are walking out practical holiness, stewardship over the physical temple of the Holy Spirit, and honoring the health guidelines given by the Master Physician.


Why did Yeshua challenge Nicodemus the Pharisee Ruler, and Scholar that  he, and all of mankind must be "Born Again" in order to see "the Kingdom of God?" in the Gospel of John, 

 

This continuity from Creation carries directly into the ministry of Yeshua. In John 3:1–21 we encounter Nicodemus (Nakdimon), a member of the Sanhedrin and an esteemed Torah sage of the Pharisees. He came to Yeshua by night—seeking truth away from the political scrutiny of the ruling council, yet recognizing that the miracles Yeshua performed testified that God was with Him.

When Yeshua looked at this elite teacher of Israel, He issued a profound challenge: "Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God" John 3:5

To a Hebrew scholar like Nicodemus, "water and spirit" evoked specific, deep-seated realities:

  • The Waters of Creation and Mikveh: In Genesis 1:2 the Ruach Elohim (Spirit of God) hovered over the surface of the waters to bring forth life. Furthermore, a non-Israelite entering the covenant of Israel underwent a ritual immersion (mikveh), legally becoming viewed as a "newborn child."

  • The Prophetic Promise: Ezekiel 36:25–27 prophesied the New Covenant: "I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean... I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes."

Yeshua was telling Nicodemus that physical lineage and scholarly status were insufficient. Entering the Kingdom requires an internal, spiritual recreation—an inward circumcision of the heart empowered by the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Seventh Day: Creation Rest for All Believers

At the conclusion of the six days of creation, the Creator Himself rested:

"And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day... Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it." Genesis 2:2–3

The Sabbath was not instituted as a cultural custom born at Mount Sinai; it was set apart and consecrated at the foundation of the world, long before the call of Abraham or the nation of Israel existed. The Almighty blessed it and made it holy for all creation.

Consequently, the command to remember the Sabbath applies to every Bible-believing follower of God, including Gentile believers grafted into the commonwealth of Israel. As the prophet Isaiah explicitly promises in Isaiah 56:6–7, the foreigner who joins himself to the LORD, ministers to Him, and "keeps from defiling the Sabbath" will be brought to His holy mountain. The Sabbath is a perpetual sign Exodus 31:13-18 of allegiance to the Creator of the universe.

The Fall, the Serpent, and the Lineage of Seth

In Genesis 3, the adversary appears in the Garden of Eden under the guise of the Nachash (the Serpent). Scripture later identifies this entity plainly in Revelation 12:9 as "that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world." His strategy has remained unchanged across millennia: distort the Word of God ("Has God indeed said...?") and entice humanity to define good and evil independent of their Maker.

A critical point emphasized in this Torah cycle is the profound shift in human genealogy found in Genesis 5:

  • Adam and Eve were created directly in the image and likeness of God Genesis 1:26–27

  • Yet after the rebellion and exile from Eden, Genesis 5:3 records: "And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth."

Following the Fall, mankind is born of corrupted seed, inheriting fallen, mortal natures patterned after fallen Adam and Seth. This reality underscores precisely why Messiah Yeshua insisted that we must be born again—we must be regenerated by the Spirit to have the image of God fully restored within us. 

Posted below is a partial transcript with the Video Timestamps of Monte Judah's teaching on precisely what Messiah Yeshua was teaching Nicodemus about in John 3:3 

"Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he can not see the Kingdom of God" 

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Very specifically, Adam was made in the image of God, and Eve also was made in the image of God.
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But now listen to the next verse.
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"And when Adam had lived one hundred thirty years, he became the father of a son in his likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth."
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Seth, the son of Adam, was not made in the image of God.
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Seth was made in the image of Adam And by the way, you and I we all descend from Seth as you follow the line down.
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You and I weren't made in the image of God.
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We were born into the world, but we're in the image of Adam We're all subject to the same temptations and sins that he did.
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We do not have that special likeness of God in us. We have the likeness of Adam in us.
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And the only way we can get that turned around, the only way that we can then be made in the image of God, is that we have to be born again of the Spirit of God.
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And we're born again of the Spirit of God, then we take on the image of God. And now that's who defines us. That's how we are.
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We become sons and daughters of God again. But right now, because of sin of Adam, we're in the image of Adam, and that's our problem.
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That's the reason why we got a problem, and that's the reason why we need a savior.
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That's the justification for why we need to be looking for a savior in Yeshua the Messiah.
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This one principle, I wish my Jewish brethren could go back to this Torah portion and get that taught to them They're the ones that promote the Torah.
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They're the ones that claim they follow the Torah and, and learn the Torah. They need to learn that principle.
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They need to sit there at that conversation between Yeshua and Nicodemus and hear what Yeshua said.
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They need to hear what Yeshua said to him later on, that this is the
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reason why God sent His Son into the world, so that whoever would believe in Him and have faith in Him, he would receive the gift of eternal life.
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He'd be made in the image of God, and he would belong to God forever.
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But if you're a descendant of Adam, and you're made in the likeness of Adam, let me tell you what your destiny is: death.
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Your destiny is death right off the bat. You are not in the position when God first created man.
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That is a fundamental truth that comes from this first Torah portion.
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It's utterly profound what we learn in this first Torah portion and how it affects us in our faith today.
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As we go through the Torah portions, and the resulting Sabbaths of this year, one of the things that I'm hoping to do is to point out these various principles
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along the way, these foundational truths, so that we can understand why has God said what He has said.
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Why are the teachers in the New Testament, the Messiah, the apostles, saying the things that they're saying?
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Because I can assure you, what they're teaching and what they're saying is based on these principles. It… The New Testament isn't a whole new idea on the faith.
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It's the finer points of teaching of what Moses taught to begin with.
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And therefore, by building a proper foundation of seeing what Moses taught to begin with, we can come to the point where Yeshua said this in John chapter five:
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"Had you believed Moses, you would have believed me, for he wrote of me. But if
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you don't believe the words of Moses, how will you believe or understand my words?" Because what Yeshua is talking about is the principles that Moses taught us.
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It's absolutely essential that we grasp these concepts, and then it makes all kinds of sense what Yeshua was talking about.
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It's like the light bulb goes on, and we suddenly understand and see what the Messiah was talking about.
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Let me also remind you of something else Yeshua said with regard to the Torah and the teaching of the Torah.
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"Don't even think that I came to abolish the Law and the Prophets. I did not
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come to abolish. I came to fulfill it," to fill it up full of meaning.
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So for example when Yeshua was saying, "You must be born again," He was filling
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up the meaning of when Moses said Seth was made in the likeness of Adam.
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He was not made in the image of God.
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And if you're gonna be in the image of God, then you have to be born again spiritually. And you have to do that by faith, not by good works.
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You have to do it based on what God has said, based on His offer that He's making for us.
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And now we'll expand from there, and God will be manifesting to us His great plan of redemption and salvation.
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We've seen His plan of creation already.
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And so let's get it straight right from the beginning that the Messiah, the Holy Spirit, they are the creators too.
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They are at the creation. They're the ones that did it. The Messiah helped create the Sabbath. He's the Lord of the Sabbath.
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Let's not be confused by religious men who love to add an additional little thing and throw error into it or to misstate what the Lord has said.
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Let us just go back and see what did the Lord say here, and what did the Messiah say that matches that.
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And then we'll have the complete and full understanding of what the Lord wants to do with us.
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So as we begin the Torah portions for this week, I look forward to each Sabbath coming to you and sharing the Torah portion with you.
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And I pray that this year will be a special year, in your lives.

For an in-depth, verse-by-verse exploration of these foundational truths, watch the full teaching B'eresheit: "In the Beginning" | Torah Portion: Genesis 1:1–6:8 | B'nai Shalom | 2026. This video provides the complete service and contextual commentary on the opening chapters of Genesis directly from Lion and Lamb Ministries.

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