Bitachon 223 - The King is in the Field

You're listening to the 223rd edition of the B talking podcast. And before we start reading our Puk and discovering some beautiful ideas behind it, we are here at the beginning of L. L has just begun. We're in the countdown towards Rashashana and Yum Kiper. those two awesome days when we re-evaluate our relationship with Hashem and when we think about our relationships with others. And when we talk about when we talk about the idea of depending on and relying on Hashem, of course, we can talk about the idea of coming into those days, preparing for those days, not with it's easy to prepare for those days with a sense of dread, with a sense of fear. And means that we trust in Hashem and that we have a real relationship with Hashem. It's a relationship of love. Hashem is our father. Hashem loves us. Hashem is taking care of us. Hashem is holding our hand every moment. And sometimes he's carrying us. But all in all, he's a loving father. He's au first is the au. He's also our king. And we are supposed to make him the boss over our lives. And that's what is about. But it starts with which of course as our sages teach us is I am to my beloved and my beloved is to me. The melik is bas the king is in the field which means to say that hashem leaves his kingly status in a certain sense and he comes to us where we are and makes himself available to us where we are which is a father which is what a father does. Even if the father is the king, we are the princes. So it's especially important during and as we head to the to be thinking about Hashem as our loving father, as our loving king. Yes. But more so as our loving father, the one with whom we are developing our relationship. And that's what we talking is about our which I think is extremely appropriate and important here at the beginning of it means Hashem the people of Israel are to hope to Hashem because Hashem has the kindness and he has a tremendous amount of pedus of salvation of redemption which we spoke about last week but it's talking about redemption Hashem redeems us from our sins. We come into we have a sense of foroding perhaps. Oh my gosh, this is, you know, it's a time of judgment. It's a time of of of looking at ourselves too, honestly, and trying to change. But it's important to know as we go into it that Hashem redeems us from our sins. That's a Jewish concept. Hashem takes away our sins. Hashem loves us. He's our father. Hashem forgives us. Hashem wants us to be better and we need to be better. We need to We're in this world, as we have said so many times, we're in this world to make mistakes. We're here in order to be human. And we're not expected to be perfect by no means. But we are expected to learn and to try to change and to be better and to develop in our relationship with Hashem, a loving relationship with Hashem. And Hashem loves us and he redeems us from our sins. Now let's look together with that introduction at a few different before on this. What a beautiful name for a book a song of thanks. So the mis say this says like this the Jewish people have a unique relationship with Hashem whereas all other nations they receive their sustenance and direction through a mala through an angel through an emissary of God. The Jewish people have a unique and special relationship with Hashem. We help to Hashem directly. We're not we're not involved with the angels. Who what is the result of this? Hashem has kindness. When we hope to Hashem directly, not to another human being, not to an angel, not to heavenly spheres, not getting involved in all of the different ways that a person can kind of try to manipulate reality. When we talk to the creator himself instead of to an to an agent of the creator, to an emissary. So, Hashem is the one who has the kindness. the sign of Hashem has the power to do whatever he wants. Hashem can do kindness. Hashem can do amazing kindness. Who can tell Hashem what to do? No one can stop Hashem. And this is a theme that we've had many times, but it's important to review. Nothing stops Hashem maybe from our own uh from our own side of things. You know, Hashem is ready to give us. Hashem is ready to bless us. Hashem is ready to do everything that we need. Sometimes we block it ourselves cuz we don't believe that we can receive it. We don't believe we're good enough for it. But Hashem is ready to do it for us and there's nothing stopping him. The basic is saying trust in Hashem directly not in any emissaries because let's say agents could be a human agent or specifically here talking about angelic spiritual beings. An angel can only do as he was sent to do, as he was commanded to do. Says about the angel that Hashem says in front of the Jewish people in order to help them and protect them. Hashem says when it comes to being directed by an angel, so then there's much more dim. There's much more judgment. Things aren't as fluid. Things aren't as gamish. There's not room for for mistakes really with an angel. The angel is doesn't have its own mind. It's just a robot. It's an automaton. But if you approach Hashem directly, Hashem is the creator. Hashem knows us. Hashem, he's got there's nothing that's there's nothing that forces Hashem to be a certain way, to do a certain thing. Hashem can change the rules if he wants. He made the rules. So that being the case, turn to Hashem. Have trust in Hashem. And this is about a relationship, a loving relationship with our father. As we said at the beginning, he brings here from Ramsh who explains the word Israel which means to hope. But we have different words for hope. We have we have we have different words that that indicate hoping to Hashem or trusting in Hashem. What is known for his explanation of words, his understanding, his deep understanding of words. He said the word is the is the same word as the word which means expectation. Love, it's not that you hope that it's going to be good. Be in a space where you are expecting and waiting for his salvation. like you're waiting for the bus. You know the bus is about to arrive. You know his salvation is about to arrive. You know he's about to take away the things that are blocking you from him. The salvation is ready. The salvation is just it's about to come. Right? We spoke about this in the para podcast this past week that Hashem's goodness is like at the precipice. It's just waiting for us to activate. open up the open up the uh the hatch so that the good can fall down on us. So is an indication of the fact that you know the good is waiting and you're expecting it and you're waiting for it and it's it's about to come. The bus is about to arrive with all of the blessings. The salvation is waiting. It's it's just you know like as a good martial the recently of course you know that the people of Israel we had a 12-day war with Iran and the the planes went in there they destroyed their targets dam on and on and on unbelievable miraculous desay divine assistance but they've been preparing for this for 20 years they've been practicing the the airplanes, the pilots have been practicing this thing for 20 years. The guys who flew the B2 bombers, they've been practicing this thing for a decade. And it was just waiting for the moment when it would be an opportune time for it to actually take place and the blessings would pour out and the destruction of our enemies would happen. Think about the preparation that went into the beeper attack. The the amount of time that they spent on it, it's unbelievable if you think about it. But in the same way, it's a beautiful mushule for the fact that Hashem has all of the good, all of the blessings, all of the salvation is waiting for us. And it's just waiting for that moment when we trust in him that it's going to come and then there's a release and and the hatch opens up. We see that every generation they come and they try to destroy us. Hashem saves us from their hands. So if Hersh says we know we've been waiting for the bus numerous times. This is not the first time we needed to get on a bus and go to Right. So the bus always comes at a certain time. Just got to be there. If you're not at the bus stop, you can't get on the bus. You got to be there. Right? So we look into the past and we see that Hashem always saved us. They wanted to destroy us so many times and Hashem always saved us always survived always continued and thrived. So if that was the case in the past, I can wait today too. The bus comes on the time that it's meant to come. Wait for item. Have that expectation of Hashem. It's not a negative expectation. It's a positive expectation. Here he brel and I put a star next to this one. So listen carefully to this says in he brings the mik of the remnant of Yakov will be amongst many nations hashem like the dew from Hashem like the rivlets of water upon the grass. You know, I'm out here and uh it's pretty dry here. In the summers, it gets pretty dry. In the winters, if you follow these the podcasts, so you see the progression of more and more green and then in the summer gets a little brown, beautiful. But the way the way of the the grass and the vegetation out here in the hills, they're not being provided for. They're not they're not it's not like the the parks in Ramap Shemsh that are constantly being watered by human hands, right? The the all of the all of the plant life here is waiting for the dew of Hashem for the rivletes that come naturally and then it springs to life. It's not dependent on anything or anyone besides sir Hashem and Hashem imbued into the creation that there's every single morning there's going to be tal there's going to be dew early in the morning and every single winter there's going to be rivets of water that begin to pour and cause growth says Mika the same thing is true of the Jewish people the remnant of Jacob that's us we who live in the end of times before the arrival of Messiah so close we're so close we are going to be amongst the nations amongst many nations and we're going to see it doesn't just mean it doesn't mean at all outside in exile in in America in Europe in Australia etc it means here in Israel there's going to be a multitude of nations which come into Isel is coming to say be careful What does it mean? The remnant of Israel is going to be in their exile amongst many nations. They're going to come, all of these nations are going to come and they're going to fight and they're going to talk about us in the UN, all the many nations. And they're going to come here and send their UN troops to Lebanon and their UN troops and and fake uh fake helpers to Gaza. They're going to send their Red Cross people and all of these nations are going to send delegations and armies and and different different things to to Israel to the land of Israel where we are. But is in the middle of that difficulty in the middle of our times we are going to be like the dew from God and like rivullet the rivullets of water the the the abundance of rain that falls and causes all of the grass to grow. that water does not come through irrigation. And it doesn't come through any human need means. It's from Hashem who sends the rain so that the grass can grow. In a similar way, to see or we've long ago begun to see Israel will stand on its own. We will not have to go to the Egyptians which is Ishmael. We won't have to go to them for protection. We won't have to go to Assyria which in the times of Tanakh was the major power in the world. We won't have to go to the Americans for help. No other nation will we need to turn to when we are in trouble. Maybe Trump will do the last blow on the nuclear react, but we could do it ourselves. Why? It's not because we depend on our own power. Let's get it clear. It's not can stand on its own. Let's be clear. is because we have a kesh that we turn to and Hashem directly gives us the Hashem directly gives us the power the ability to withstand our enemies to stand up to our enemies to stand tall to provide for ourselves in Israel. Hashem sends us a gas field in the Mediterranean Sea right next to Israel that we can use for ourselves and we can sell to others. Hashem sends us incredible knowhow in AI and in different technological advances. Israel has the ability. Where does it come from? It's because we are connected to no one else will save us. No one else will help us. We can't depend on anybody else. The power that we have ultimately is the greatest power. power. It's the power of Hashem himself. That's true on a national level and it's true on an individual level. So important to understand that which the NI describes about Kalisrael that we're going to be a remnant amongst the nations. Clra will be that remnant that they're coming. They're all coming towards Israel to fight us, to fight each other, whatever it is. World War I, World War II, who gets control over the land of Israel. Israel is here and we are protected by and we are saved by Hashem himself. Israel needs not to turn to anyone else to save us, not to try to get any help from any nation, but rather to hope only to Hashem because Hashem has the kindness. He's the one who has the ability to redeem us, to save us. He's the one that we need to trust in. He's the one that we need to turn to. He's the one that we need to ask to guide our thoughts and guide our soldiers and guide our leaders. [Music] With Hashem's help, together is also important. We will succeed. also important is the main thing. That's how that's where it's got to start and that's where it's got to end. Beautiful. So we're we're like we're like the rain and like the the our experience of Hashem is like the rain and like the dew that comes on its own from Hashem directly not with any human intervention says the mashem and and before the m that's our relationship with hashem it's a loving relationship it's hashem directly helping us showing us guiding us giving us our needs not through a human being but direct directly. So he's going to have he's going to have emissaries. He's going to have messengers. But we're going to go directly to the source and it's going to come naturally. The says their hope, their expectation is not dependent on anything within the times. Only in hem Hashem is the kind one. He has the kindness and he is the one who redeems us through his through his attribute of kindness. He redeems us something amazing. You know there's a set time. We spoke about this last time but it's worth worth repeating. Obviously the Mim says it here. There's a set time when Messiah is supposed to come. when the Messiah is supposed to arrive, there's a set moment in time, but it could be pushed back. It could come earlier depending on us or maybe just depending on Hashem's decision. Hashem can bring it, Mashiach, he can bring his revelation in the world before the time that's appointed. He just has to redeem us from our sins. It's not a big deal for him. He can just take it away. You just say, "Hey, game over." And this way in an in a supernatural way, not what you would have expected. The the the light can come early. The morning can dawn before it's supposed to, even in the middle of the night. Can redeem us before the sun rises, meaning before the time, right? What do we I'm waiting for the morning but it can come early. The morning can can the the morning can dawn early says if we merit so it can be it can be moved up. Last thought from the even though the final redemption sorry the final exile will be for many generations for a time and two times and a half of our times have passed every single time it seemed like it was going to come. It's passed and it's passed and it's just not come by this point. Okay, let's be clear. It's pretty close. It's pretty clear that it's close here. 7.7 million strong and so should you be with Hashem's help soon. We don't know when the end is going to come. It's been waiting so long. It's been 2,000 years. We still wait for it. We're not going to look at the reality and say, "Hey, it can't come." Because it never came. But just like skipped over the times, made it possible before it was time even though the time wasn't really yet. So initi I'm going to split up the gulus the exile into other golus we're going to we're going to pay it off later in in in with a with an installment plan. So the payment is paid off in different times, but this one is the the final payment. This is it. You can't push it off anymore. At at a certain point, you got to pay off your debts. And that's where we are. So and and once we've paid it off, we're never going to have to go into exile again. This is the final exile. Once Msiah comes, that's it. There's no more going back into exile. The game is over. That's why it's taken so long because we got to pay off the debt all the way. And that's why says to us, hope to Hashem, have the full expectation. It's going to keep it's going to happen. Maybe it will happen early. Maybe Hashem will redeem us from our sins early, but it's got it's it's going to be a result of redeeming us from our sins. The sins will be paid off and Messiah will arrive and it will be the final redemption, never to have an exile again after it. Thank you so much for listening. We'll see you again next time.