There is a call echoing through this week’s portion, one that began with Abram and still speaks to every generation: Go forth. Leave behind the familiar and step into the unknown, trusting the God who calls, leads, and fulfills His promises.

But to follow Him rightly, we must also stand for truth. In an age when deception is dressed as compassion and arrogance is disguised as enlightenment, silence becomes complicity. If we remain silent, we participate in an anti-God and anti-Israel movement, whether we intend to or not.

The Bible warns us repeatedly about false prophets and teachers. And sadly, today we see many of them, some even standing behind pulpits, teaching that God is “done with Israel.” They claim that the promises made to Abraham were fulfilled long ago, and that the “Church” has replaced Israel as the new chosen people.

Let me be clear: this is not a harmless theological disagreement. It is a lie born from spiritual deception that undermines the very character of God.

If God can abandon His covenant with Israel, then He can abandon anyone. If His “forever” promises have an expiration date, then grace itself collapses. Those who preach such lies are not revealing a new revelation; they are denying the faithfulness of the God of Israel.

For me, this is not a distant theological debate; it’s the story of my people, my family, and my faith. The same God who called Abram still calls us, not to comfort, but to courage.

Genesis 12 opens with one of the most powerful covenants in Scripture:

Go from your country and your relatives and your father’s house, to the land which I will show you... And I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.
Genesis 12:1–3

This was not a symbolic promise. It was a literal covenant between the eternal God and a man He chose, not because of Abram’s perfection, but because of God’s faithfulness.

Later, in Genesis 13:15, that promise is reaffirmed:

All the land that you see I will give to you and to your descendants forever.

That one word, forever, carries the weight of God’s unchanging nature. To dismiss it is to accuse God of being unfaithful. But He is not. He does not change His mind. He does not revoke His word. What He establishes, He sustains.

Forever means forever.

When God later promises Abraham a son through Sarah, He clarifies once and for all that His covenant would continue through Isaac, the son of promise, not the product of human effort:

I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this season next year.
Genesis 17:21

And through Isaac came Jacob, who became Israel. The covenant extended not only to Abraham’s descendants, but through them, to all who would come to know the God of Israel, the God who keeps His word, generation after generation.

In the Haftarah, the prophet Isaiah reaffirms this everlasting truth:

But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend… Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will also help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:8–10

Isn’t it astounding that we can know this same God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? The same God who defends Israel today is the one who formed the stars and calls each by name.

Throughout history, countless empires have tried to erase the Jewish people, yet none have succeeded. Why? Because God’s covenant still stands. His word is forever.

Isaiah captures it perfectly:

Who has performed and accomplished it, summoning the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD, am the first, and with the last, I am He.
Isaiah 41:4

From Genesis to Revelation, God reveals Himself as the same yesterday, today, and forever, the First and the Last. And in Yeshua, we see that same divine consistency:

I am the Alpha and the Omega.
Revelation 1:8

So what do we do with this truth? We stand; we speak; we refuse to be silent. Because silence in the face of deception is not neutrality; it is surrender. Those who know the truth must share it with humility and conviction. Those who love God must also love what, and whom, He loves.

To believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is to stand with the people and promises that bear His name. Anything less is compromise.

And as we face these difficult and uncertain times, may we cling to this promise:

Yet those who hope in the LORD will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:31

The God who called Abram still calls us today, not to comfort, but to courage.
To go forth. To speak truth. To stand firm. Because truth, like His covenant, is eternal .

Shabbat Shalom,
Moran