Torah Portion Week 46 – Deuteronomy 7:12 – 11:25 Study Notes 2025 – 2026

Torah Portion – Week 46 (25-26)

7:12 – 11:25

Ch.7

7:12 – “IF”  (promise of his love) Requirement – Verses

7:12-15:  We have the same promise to come in the millennial reign; we are still in dispersion, awaiting the gathering.

7:18- Why are we afraid of our changing world and beast system?

  • Care for our family’s safety, but fear/terror…?  – Verses

7:20 – Hornet / Locust with stinging tails – Revelation 9

7:26 – Remove idols, get the increase – Joshua 7 & Hag 1

Ch.8

8:1-3 – Testing – Sirach 2

8:5 – Chastening is for turning back to the commandments (torah) – Verses

  • Heart posture determines the outcome of chastening (pharaoh vs David)
    • Nature:
  • Diamond: Pressure produces clarity and strength. Hard seasons compress what is inside you and crystallize character.
  • Pearl: Irritation layered over time becomes beauty. What wounds you, if processed correctly, becomes something luminous.
  • Tree in wind: Resistance forces deeper roots. Depth creates long-term stability and endurance.
  • Gold in fire: Heat exposes impurities and refines what is pure. Trials remove what does not belong.
  • Butterfly: Struggle strengthens wings for flight. The resistance you want removed is often what enables lift.
  • Volcanic soil: Devastation can create future fertility. What looks destructive may prepare the richest ground for growth.
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8:6 – True fear – Verses

8:11 – Forgetting his law = forgetting him – Verses

  • It’s like forgetting your marriage covenant!

8:12 – Fat and happy (like America) What do you think happened to the Israelites of old?  Prosperous, fat and happy – Verses

8:16 – The ‘tough times’ are good for the soul.  Run patiently, then finish strong – Verses

8:18 – empowers us to get wealth (Ps 1)

8:20 – “The voice of YHWH” –  link

Ch.9

9:6 – Just like it will be in the future – Verses

9:17 – The tablets eventually went into the ark- a reflection of Messiah (who had to be broken first, then rebuilt)

9:24 – Since he first met them – Verses

9 – end – Future land inheritance – link

Ch.10

10:12-13 – Do it his way – Ecc 12

10:15 – People above all peoples  – Deut 28:1

10:16 – It’s about both! – Verses

  • Consider the context and goal of the circumcised heart is for obedience – link

10:18. We are to guard the widows, fatherless etc…. 2 Esdras 2:20-23

10:19. Love the sojourner (opposite of Sodom and Gomorrah/Jasher)

10:21 – HE IS YOUR PRAISE!!!!

10:22 – The Stars are a parable for his people – Verses

  • Sand is also a parable for his people (glass, mirror, subdues the seas.. many colors, filter, building material)

Ch.11

11:1 – REAL LOVE   – Verses

11:12- Modern day –  Verses

11:14. No rain for those in the future (Zech 14)

11:18 – The mark

11:19-20 (meditate on his ways)

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