Ha'Azinu = give ears = hear
I am a Christian but I was very touched by a commentary of a rabbi. How I got there is a long story, but I thought this was an amazing explanation of Joshua's name as Hoshea!! This is in Deuteronomy 3244. Here is the whole chapter. My heart rejoiced after learning the insight. If anyone reads my blog, I hope I don't offend Christians or Jewish people by my usage of the rabbi's commentary. God loves the Jewish people and God loves us. God wants us to love the enemy (I know it is easy for me to say because I am not at the war zone) and Christian leaders preach that and we Christians go to God and ask Him to give us grace to do so. Then why not loving the Jewish rabbis? Judaism is the root of Christianity. So here is the link. Ha'Azinu is one of the reading portions in Deuteronomy. (32:1-52) Moshe is Moses. Yehoshua is how Joshua is pronounced in Hebrew. Hoshea in the commentary is Hosea in the Christian's Bible (Deut. 32:44). In some translations, Hosea is translated as Joshua (I think it was NLT) instead of Hosea, which is in essence right, but then the impact is not there after we understand why Joshua's name is not Joshua here... Yud the rabbi is talking about is one of the Hebrew letters. Just like the letter h (I wrote about it some time ago), the letter yud has a meaning. Each little dots count in the old testament. 
In case anyone reads this blog, these little notes may be helpful to understand what the commentary is talking about.
After I read the commentary, the Holy Spirit guided me into a prayer for our next generation. The next generation needs to decided on their own whether they are for God or not, just like Joshua did. Now the leader (Moses) is going to stay on this side of the river, and you have to go on with the Israelites. All the glories we saw in the past and all the success we experienced in the past, are they because of our own strength? I pray and pray that my children, their generation and their children and and grandchildren will choose to walk with God!! Each generation needs to make a choice, too, and not just the next generation. We also need to remember who we are. So many examples in the Bible teach us that they fall because they forgot who they were. God is teaching me that in my humble situation at school. As I have more confidence I noticed that I feel like I can go through another class because I did well in my previous class. How easy it is to think that 'I' did it when the strength and power and success only come from our God. I am still a timid person with a proud heart. May my pride not overpower me...
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In case anyone reads this blog, these little notes may be helpful to understand what the commentary is talking about.After I read the commentary, the Holy Spirit guided me into a prayer for our next generation. The next generation needs to decided on their own whether they are for God or not, just like Joshua did. Now the leader (Moses) is going to stay on this side of the river, and you have to go on with the Israelites. All the glories we saw in the past and all the success we experienced in the past, are they because of our own strength? I pray and pray that my children, their generation and their children and and grandchildren will choose to walk with God!! Each generation needs to make a choice, too, and not just the next generation. We also need to remember who we are. So many examples in the Bible teach us that they fall because they forgot who they were. God is teaching me that in my humble situation at school. As I have more confidence I noticed that I feel like I can go through another class because I did well in my previous class. How easy it is to think that 'I' did it when the strength and power and success only come from our God. I am still a timid person with a proud heart. May my pride not overpower me...
