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you know rabbi yossi liu he asks why the
torah portion is named after such an
evil moabite king and rabbi lou
says that it's all about mashiach
that this really comes to mashiach i
didn't make this into a slide but this
is chapter 24 verse verse 17. he says i
see it but not now
i behold it but not soon
a star has gone forth from jacob
and a staff will arise from israel which
will crush which will crush the princes
of moab and uproot the sons of of
seth
and so we could just analyze this for
another hour this one verse
but
it's a prophecy about the coming of
mashiach and what we're awaiting right
now right and that's what this all of
this was prophecy of mashiach after
prophecy of
and why did these beautiful blessings
and the prayers and the prophecies come
into the world ultimately they came into
the world
because of king balak
his evil intent was transformed to
goodness and blessing
right the darkness of his motivation was
transformed to light
that's part of the reason i believe that
these blessings have such a prominent
impact and such an important place in
the consciousness of the jewish people
because they originated
as curses
and that's what mashiach is
right mashiach is the power of
transformation
from darkness to light as a matter of
fact this ages tell us that balak the
moabite king
who was descended from him
let's take a second and think about this
who was descended from him just guess he
was a moabite king yes ruth
ruth the moabitus great grandmother of
king david rutha moabitus who underwent
the ultimate transformation
ruth was a direct descendant of king
balak meaning that
king david and the mashiach that we're
waiting for and praying for was
descended from balak
how crazy is that
mashiach who will bring the world
through a transformation like no other
in history
mashiach was descended from balak can
you imagine a greater transformation
than that
and so my friends if the darkness
of the evil king balak can be
transformed to the light of meshiach
well then obviously we can too
right hashem
hashem please
allow all of us in this holy fellowship
to serve you in the way that only we can
give us the strength to play our role in
transforming
darkness into light and hastening the
arrival of mashiach
and the era of redemption
hashem that's what we're davening for
and praying for that's what this is all
about
allow us hashem to submit
to your will and to make your will
into our will
not the other way around god forbid
please hashem allow us to make your will
into our will and bless us hashem to
walk in your ways
and be a light to all that we encounter
