From Creation Gospel Workbook Five Volume Five: Ekev (available late 2014) The basic meaning of ekev is heel, or what follows. It is the root of Yaakov, or Jacob. In rabbinic commentary, the heel is considered the “dead” part of the body. It also represents the nefesh, or soul, which is a bundle of appetites, emotions, desires, and even intellect. Yaakov (Jacob) was born holding onto Esaus heel. As a prophetic pointer, Yaakov is the one who follows, but he is pointing to the key part of Esaus anatomy, the heel. Esau will be a man characterized by his appetites, not just his red, hairy appearance. Indeed, his appetites are for that red stuff. Human beings are extremely vulnerable at their heels, i.e, their appetites, emotions, desires, and intellect. A person without spiritual vision is often the one who follows the direction of the heels instead of the other way around. Ideally, the Jacob inside each person directs the Esau. Even Paul hints to this when he writes that the physical is revealed first, and then the spiritual. It is the spiritual, however, that should direct the steps of the heels. Although the heel is the visible physical, the spiritual can direct it. When this occurs, then it is the heel that is what follows, not the spirit. Although unseen, the spirit is revealed later to be the head of the body when a disciple walks in the fullness of the Spirit that rested on Messiah Yeshua in his walk through the Bamidbar to Devarim.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 22:27:31 +0000
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