Messiah in HaBikkurim Chapter 97
Miracle #27. Healing a demon-possessed girl.
- The Twenty-seventh Miracle of Messiah
- Opening-up questions and clues
- What is an Unclean Spirit?
The Twenty-seventh Miracle of Messiah:
Mattai 15:21-28
וַיֵּצֵא יֵשׁוּעַ מִשָׁם וַיָּסַר אֶל־גְּלִילוֹת צוֹר וְצִידוֹן׃ וְהִנֵּה אִשָׁה כְנַעֲנִית יֹצֵאת מִן־הַגְּבוּלוֹת הָהֵם וַתִּצְעַק אֵלָיו לֵאמֹר חָנֵּנִי אֲדֹנִי בֶן־דָּוִד כִּי בִתִּי מְעֻנָּה מְאֹד עַל־יְדֵי שֵׁד׃ וְלֹא־עָנָה אֹתָהּ דָּבָר וַיִּגְּשׁוּ תַלְמִידָיו וַיְבַקְשׁוּ מִמֶּנּוּ לֵאמֹר שַׁלְּחֶהָ כִּי־צֹעֶקֶת הִיא אַחֲרֵינוּ׃ וַיַּעַן וַיֹּאמַר לֹא שֻׁלַּחְתִּי בִּלְתִּי אֶל־הַצֹּאן הָאֹבְדוֹת אֲשֶׁר לְבֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ וְהִיא בָאָה וַתִּשְׁתַּחוּ לוֹ וַתֹּאמַר אֲדֹנִי עָזְרֵנִי׃ וַיַּעַן וַיֹּאמַר לֹא־טוֹב לָקַחַת אֶת־לֶחֶם הַבָּנִים וּלְהַשְׁלִיכוֹ לִפְנֵי צְעִירֵי הַכְּלָבִים׃ וַתֹּאמַר כֵּן אֲדֹנִי אֶפֶס כִּי־גַם־צְעִירֵי הַכְּלָבִים יֹאכְלוּ מִן־הַפֵּרוּרִים הַנֹּפְלִים מֵעַל־שֻׁלְחַן אֲדֹנֵיהֶם׃ וַיַּעַן יֵשׁוּעַ וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ אִשָׁה רַבָּה אֱמוּנָתֵךְ יְהִי־לָךְ כִּרְצוֹנֵךְ וַתֵּרָפֵא בִתָּהּ מִן־הַשָׁעָה הַהִיא׃
יֵשׁוּעַ יָצָא מִשָּׁם וּפָרַשׁ אֶל סְבִיבוֹת צוֹר וְצִידוֹן. וְהִנֵּה יָצְאָה מֵאוֹתוֹ הָאֵזוֹר אִשָּׁה כְּנַעֲנִית וְצָעֲקָה אֵלָיו: “רַחֵם עָלַי, אֲדוֹנִי, בֶּן־דָּוִד. בִּתִּי מְעֻנָּה מְאֹד עַל־יְדֵי שֵׁד.” אַךְ הוּא לֹא הֵשִׁיב לָהּ דָּבָר. נִגְּשׁוּ תַּלְמִידָיו וּבִקְשׁוּ מִמֶּנּוּ: “שְׁלַח אוֹתָהּ, כִּי הִיא צוֹעֶקֶת אַחֲרֵינוּ.” עָנָה יֵשׁוּעַ וְאָמַר: “לֹא נִשְׁלַחְתִּי אֶלָּא אֶל הַצֹּאן הָאוֹבְדוֹת אֲשֶׁר לְבֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל.” הִיא הִתְקָרְבָה, הִשְׁתַּחַוְתָה לוֹ וְאָמְרָה: “אֲדוֹנִי, עֲזֹר לִי.” הֵשִׁיב לָהּ בְּאָמְרוֹ: “לֹא נָאֶה לָקַחַת אֶת הַלֶּחֶם שֶׁל הַבָּנִים וְלִזְרֹק אוֹתוֹ לַכְּלָבִים.” אָמְרָה לוֹ: “כֵּן, אֲדוֹנִי, אֲבָל אֲפִלּוּ הַכְּלָבִים אוֹכְלִים מִן הַפֵּרוּרִים הַנּוֹפְלִים מִשֻּׁלְחַן אֲדוֹנֵיהֶם.” אָמַר לָהּ יֵשׁוּעַ: “אִשָּׁה, גְּדוֹלָה אֱמוּנָתֵךְ. יְהִי לָךְ כִּרְצוֹנֵךְ”, וּבְאוֹתָהּ שָׁעָה נִרְפְּאָה בִּתָּהּ. פ
Yeshua went out from there and departed to the areas of Tzor (Tyre) and Tzidon (Sidon). A Kena’ani (Canaanite) woman was coming out from those regions, and she cried out to him, saying, “Have mercy on me, Adoni, ben David (my Master, son of David), because my daughter is terribly afflicted by a demon!” But Yeshua did not answer her with a single word. His talmidin approached him and requested of him, saying, “Send her away, because she is crying out after us!” He answered and said, “I was sent only to the lost sheep, who are of the house of Yisra’el.” But she came and bowed to him and said, “My Master, help me!” He answered and said, “It is not good to take the bread of the children (of Yisra’el) and to cast it before the little dogs” (the gentiles). She said, “Yes, my Master. However, even the little dogs eat from the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” Yeshua (the Salvation of Adonai) answered and said to her, “Woman, great is your faith! Let it be for you according to your desire.” And her daughter was healed that hour.
Markos 7:24-30
וַיָּקָם מִשָּׁם וַיֵּלֶךְ לוֹ אֶל־גְּבוּלוֹת צוֹר וְצִידוֹן וּבְבוֹאוֹ הַבַּיְתָה לֹא אָבָה שֶׁיִּוָּדַע לְאִישׁ וְלֹא יָכֹל לְהִסָּתֵר׃ כִּי אִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר רוּחַ טֻמְאָה נִכְנְסָה בְּבִתָּהּ הַקְּטַנָּה שָׁמְעָה אֶת־שִׁמְעוֹ וַתָּבֹא וַתִּפֹּל לְרַגְלָיו׃ וְהָאִשָּׁה יְוָנִית וְאֶרֶץ מוֹלַדְתָּהּ פְנִיקְיָא אֲשֶׁר לְסוּרְיָא וְתְּבַקֵּשׁ מִמֶּנּוּ לְגָרֵשׁ אֶת־הַשֵּׁד מִבִּתָּהּ׃ וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ יֵשׁוּעַ הַנִּיחִי לַבָּנִים לִשְׂבֹּעַ בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה כִּי לֹא־טוֹב לָקַחַת לֶחֶם הַבָּנִים וּלְהַשְׁלִיכוֹ לִצְעִירֵי הַכְּלָבִים׃ וַתַּעַן וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו כֵּן אֲדֹנִי אֲבָל גַּם־צְעִירֵי הַכְּלָבִים יֹאכְלוּ תַּחַת הַשֻּׁלְחָן מִפֵּרוּרֵי לֶחֶם הַבָּנִים׃ וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ בִּגְלַל דְּבָרֵךְ זֶה לְכִי־לָךְ יָצָא הַשֵּׁד מִבִּתֵּךְ׃ וַתָּבֹא אֶל־בֵּיתָהּ וְתִּמְצָא אֶת־הַיַּלְדָּה מֻשְׁכֶּבֶת עַל־הַמִּטָּה וְהַשֵּׁד יָצָא מִמֶּנָּה׃
הוּא קָם וְהָלַךְ מִשָּׁם אֶל אֵזוֹר צוֹר וְצִידוֹן. נִכְנַס לְבַיִת וְלֹא רָצָה שֶׁיִּוָּדַע לְאִישׁ, אַךְ לֹא הָיָה יָכוֹל לְהֵחָבֵא. אִשָּׁה, שֶׁרוּחַ טְמֵאָה אָחֲזָה בְּבִתָּהּ הַקְּטַנָּה, שָׁמְעָה עָלָיו וּמִיָּד בָּאָה וְנָפְלָה לְרַגְלָיו, וְהָאִשָּׁה נָכְרִיָּה מִמּוֹצָא פֶנִיקִי סוּרִי. הִיא בִּקְשָׁה מִמֶּנּוּ לְגָרֵשׁ אֶת הַשֵּׁד מִבִּתָּהּ. אָמַר לָהּ יֵשׁוּעַ: “הַנִּיחִי קֹדֶם לַבָּנִים לִשְׂבֹּעַ, כִּי לֹא נָאֶה לָקַחַת אֶת לֶחֶם הַבָּנִים וּלְהַשְׁלִיךְ אוֹתוֹ לַכְּלָבִים.” הֵשִׁיבָה וְאָמְרָה אֵלָיו: “כֵּן, אֲדוֹנִי, אֲבָל גַּם הַכְּלָבִים תַּחַת הַשֻּׁלְחָן אוֹכְלִים מִפֵּרוּרֵי הַלֶּחֶם שֶׁל הַבָּנִים!” אָמַר לָהּ: “בִּגְלַל דְּבָרֵךְ זֶה לְכִי לְדַרְכֵּךְ; יָצָא הַשֵּׁד מִבִּתֵּךְ.” הִיא הָלְכָה לְבֵיתָהּ וּמָצְאָה אֶת הַיַּלְדָּה שׁוֹכֶבֶת בַּמִּטָּה וְהַשֵּׁד כְּבָר יָצָא מִמֶּנָּה. פ
He rose up from there and went to the regions of Tzor (Tyre) and Tzidon (Sidon), and when he came to the house, he did not want it to be known to anyone. But he was not able to be hidden, because a woman whose little daughter a spirit of impurity had entered had heard the news of him, and she came and fell at his feet. Now the woman was Greek, and her native land was Penikya of Surya (Συροφοίνισσα-a native of Phœnicia in Syria). She requested of him to drive out (expel) the demon from her daughter. Yeshua said to her, “Let the children (of Israel) be satisfied first, since it is not good to take the bread of the children and throw it to the little dogs (to the gentiles),” She answered and said to him (the Messiah of Israel), “Yes, Master, but even the little dogs eat under the table from the crumbs of the children’s bread.” He said to her, “On account of this statement of yours, go! The demon has left your daughter.” She returned home and found the girl lying on the bed, and the demon had come out from her.
Opening-up questions and clues:
The following opening-up questions and clues are provided as an introduction to this study on the 27th Miracle of Messiah:
1. Read all of Markos chapter seven.
2. What does the Messiah say is clean and unclean?
3. How is Rabbi Yeshua’s teaching different from the teaching of the other rabbis of his day? Why is Rabbeinu Yeshua and his disciples not obeying the rigid rules of the Prushim elders?
4. “Listen to me, all of you, and understand: there is nothing outside the person which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which come out of the person are what defile the person.”
5. Hint: It is the will of God that we be changed through His Spirit supernaturally from the Inside-out; not from the Outside-in through our own imperfect. superficial, self-efforts.
6. What does the Messiah say is the difference between God’s laws and man’s rules? How did the rabbis replace God’s commands with their rules?
7. Note: The first century rabbis (Tannaim) replaced the supernatural rule of Messiah and the writings of the prophets with their own human reasoning (teaching); what Messiah rightfully called the vain imaginings and empty “traditions of men.”
8. What is real defilement? How do these insights relate to today’s miracle of the “Healing of [a] Demon-possessed girl?”
What is an Unclean Spirit?
The terms unclean spirits, impure spirits (akathartos Greek) and demons () are interchangeable. In the Brit HaChadashah (the New Covenant) the term unclean spirits is used over twenty times. In these passages we discover unclean spirits can inflict sickness and harm on people and even possess them. It is further revealed that some demons are more evil than others and that these wicked spirits can and do work in unison together.
The good news is that all of these evil and harmful spirits exist under God’s authority and are subject to Him. The evil spirits delight in being wicked, doing evil, and promoting their wickedness in the human race. Their corrupt nature and evil practices are an offense to the pure (righteous) nature of God and His good works. So these unclean spirits are destined to spend an eternity in hell.