Stone Can’t Stop Redemption - Bo - Dallas Messianic Congregation

Описание: Parashat Bo is not just the climax of the Exodus.
It’s the blueprint of redemption.

This is the moment Hashem doesn’t merely promise freedom—He forces history to move. Egypt is struck at its core. Israel is born as a nation. And the world learns a hard truth:

No empire—no matter how ancient, powerful, or arrogant—can withstand the hand of the God of Israel.

But then the Torah does something unexpected.

Right after freedom, it commands memory.

“You shall tell your son on that day…” (Exodus 13)

Redemption is not complete unless it is taught.

Egypt thought it was eternal.
Pharaoh was treated as divine.
The Nile was their lifeblood.

And yet that same river became a place of death—where Hebrew babies were thrown in an attempt to erase God’s promise before it could grow.

Abortion. Infanticide. Slavery. Power. Control.
These are not modern issues.

The Torah doesn’t sanitize history—it confronts it. Sin. Murder. Lust. Idolatry. Politics. War. Death. Resurrection. Angels. Demons. The origins of life. Hashem hid none of it.

And then He said:

“Teach it.
Morning and night.
At home and on the road.
All of it.”

Not selectively.
Not safely.
Not when culture approves.

Redemption also has a direction.

Israel left Egypt heading east.
Centuries later, the prophets spoke of a future redemption—from the east.

Ezekiel says the eastern gate was shut because the glory of Hashem entered through it.
Zechariah says Messiah’s feet will stand on the Mount of Olives—and the mountain will split east to west.

That’s not poetry.
That’s geography.

And that’s where human pride tried to interfere.

In the 16th century, Suleiman the Magnificent conquered Jerusalem. A powerful Muslim ruler who knew the prophecies—and feared them.

So he sealed the Eastern Gate with stone.
Then he built a cemetery in front of it.

Why?

Because a Jewish priest can’t pass through graves.
Stone plus death.
A human attempt to block heaven’s plan.

But Suleiman misunderstood something crucial.

Messiah Yeshua holds the keys of death and Sheol.
Authority not just over gates—but over graves.
Death is not a barrier to Him.
It answers to Him.

This wasn’t new pride.
It was Egyptian pride reborn.

Different empire.
Same arrogance.

When prophecy threatens power, power tries to bury prophecy.

But Hashem is not mocked.

In the 1960s, engineers discovered a fault line running east to west—directly under the Mount of Olives, aligned with the Eastern Gate.

Stone can be sealed.
Graves can be planted.
Governments can legislate.
Schools can indoctrinate.
Media can suppress.

But the earth itself remembers its Creator.

When Messiah returns, the mountain will move.
The gate will be irrelevant.
Resurrection will not be stopped by stone.

And here’s the uncomfortable truth:

God’s messengers are almost never welcomed.

Moshe wasn’t.
Not by Pharaoh.
Not even by his own people.

“They did not listen… because of broken spirit.”

Messiah Yeshua wasn’t either.
Rejected by rulers.
By religious leaders.
By many of His own.

He warned us plainly:
If they hated Me, they will hate you.

Truth threatens systems built on deception.
Redemption threatens those who profit from bondage.

That’s why the messengers are attacked.

Not because they’re wrong.
But because they’re right.

Truth doesn’t require applause.
It requires obedience.

We are given our children for a moment.
Our lives for a breath.

Hashem didn’t say, “Teach what’s comfortable.”
He said, “Teach these things.”

The hard things.
The holy things.
The controversial things.

Because only God’s truth sets us free.
Not movements.
Not empires.
Not sealed gates.

Parashat Bo ends with Israel walking out—hands full, heads lifted, following the Word of God into the unknown.

The final redemption will mirror the first.

From slavery to freedom.
From darkness to light.
From exile to home.

And through the eastern gate—bricked or not—Messiah Yeshua will enter.

History will bow.
Stone will fall.
Truth will stand.

Until then, the call remains the same:

Teach.
Speak.
Remember.
Obey.

“Here is the perseverance of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Messiah Yeshua.”
—Revelation 14:12

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We help Jews who believe in Yeshua do a formal return to Judaism.

We also help non-Jews who believe in Yeshua and are drawn to Torah do a formal conversion to Judaism.

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May Hashem Bless & Keep You Always,
Benei Avraham


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