10 :29-31 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing?
―(29) Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your
Father. (30) But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. (31) Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more
value than many sparrows‖.
The context here is that YHWH's concern for you is primarily for your soul – not your physical body. You may
in fact suffer in this life and die for your faith. In the book of Hebrews, we are told the following:
―...and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection‖. (Heb
11:35)
10:32-33 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men
―(32) Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in
heaven. (33) But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in
heaven‖.
The word ―confess" is homologeo in the Greek (Strong's #3670). This is a compound word derived from
homou (meaning "the same" or "akin to") and logos. The term, logos, in its simplest meaning denote
"something said‖. We know, however, that it also has to do with Divine Expression; such as we see in
chapter 1 of John's Gospel where Y‘shua is called the logos.
Hence, to ―confess" Y‘shua is not simply a matter of saying the words, but of identifying with who He is (what
He represents) which is the Torah, as He is the goal of the Torah (Rom 10:4). This further explains His words
in Matt 7:21-29, where he condemns people who did things in His name. They did not build their house on
the foundation He represents (His word), which is the Word of the Father (John 14:24)—His Torah!
10:34-37 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth
―(34) Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. (35) For I am
come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in
law against her mother in law. (36) And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. (37) He that loveth
father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not
worthy of me‖.
See note to 10:21 above.
This is one of the main reasons why most of the Jews rejected Y‘shua as Messiah. They expected that the
Messiah would release them from the Roman Empire, which He did not do. On top of that, He publicly said
that that He did not come to bring peace; therefore, they totally misunderstood Him.
Must you hate your father and mother?
―If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and
sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple‖. (Luke 14:26)
Talmidim, 'students' of Jewish rabbis, were taught to place their affections for their teachers higher than that
for their fathers, for: "his teacher has priority, for his father brought him into this world, but his teacher, who
has taught him wisdom, brings him into the world to come".
But 'hatred'? Surely that is taking loyalty to your teacher too far, even if your teacher is YHWH in human
form. For another commandment is that of honouring one‘s parents – which itself cannot be contradicted.
Indeed, this verse in Luke has caused much anguish and pain between zealous sons or daughters and their
parents; who believing they were expressing their devotion to Y‘shua, had no regard or worse still – hatred
for their parents.
But what we have here is another Hebrew idiom. Our English lacks the original Biblical Hebrew meaning to
exactly define the comparative sense; i.e., 'more than' or 'less than'. Instead, it tends to express two things
which may be comparatively of different degrees like 'first' and 'second' or extremes such as 'first' and 'last'.
In this way, love and hate, while appearing as opposites, in fact be related but lesser terms such as 'love
more' and 'love less'.