Daily Zohar # 3995 – Shelach Lecha – Who would rise first and who would roll underground

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Zohar Shelach Lecha
Continued from previous DZ
#213
When the day dawned, a voice awakened as before and said, people (Nation) that is strong as a lion, mighty as tigers give honor to their Lord. It is written;
Isaiah 25:3
“עַל כֵּן יְכַבְּדוּךָ עַם עָז קִרְיַת גּוֹיִם עָרִיצִים יִירָאוּךָ.”
“Therefore the strong people will glorify You; The city of the tyrant nations will fear You.”
They heard the sounds of armies and camps that were saying;
1 Chronicles 29:11-13
“לְךָ יְהוָה הַגְּדֻלָּה וְהַגְּבוּרָה וְהַתִּפְאֶרֶת וְהַנֵּצַח וְהַהוֹד כִּי כֹל בַּשָּׁמַיִם וּבָאָרֶץ לְךָ יְהוָה הַמַּמְלָכָה וְהַמִּתְנַשֵּׂא לְכֹל לְרֹאשׁ.”
“וְהָעֹשֶׁר וְהַכָּבוֹד מִלְּפָנֶיךָ וְאַתָּה מוֹשֵׁל בַּכֹּל וּבְיָדְךָ כֹּחַ וּגְבוּרָה וּבְיָדְךָ לְגַדֵּל וּלְחַזֵּק לַכֹּל.”
“וְעַתָּה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מוֹדִים אֲנַחְנוּ לָךְ וּמְהַלְלִים לְשֵׁם תִּפְאַרְתֶּךָ.”
“Yours, YHVH, is the greatness (Chessed), The power (Gevurah) and the glory (Tiferet), The victory(Netzach) and the majesty(Hod); For all (Yessod)that is in heaven and the earth (Malchut) is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O YHVH, And You are exalted as head over all.”
“Both riches and honor come from You, And You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; In Your hand, it is to make great and give strength to all.”
“Now, therefore, our God, We thank You And praise Your glorious name.”
The armies finished with “And exalted above all blessing and glory.”
This revelation put them in wonder, and they left. Meanwhile, the day broke; they looked back and saw the desert covered with precious clouds, illuminating and glistening in many colors.

#214
They said to each other, of course, the Holy One, Blessed be He wants to be praised with the praises of the generation that went through the wilderness. Because there was no generation in the world as high as them, and there will not be another until the coming of King Mashiach. Indeed, all that is shown to us by the Holy One, Blessed be He, to let us know his love for them and that they have a good portion in the world to come. In the future, when the Holy One Blessed be He resurrects the dead to life, the generation of the desert would be first to rise as it is written;
Isaiah 26:19
“יִחְיוּ מֵתֶיךָ נְבֵלָתִי יְקוּמוּן הָקִיצוּ וְרַנְּנוּ שֹׁכְנֵי עָפָר כִּי טַל אוֹרֹת טַלֶּךָ וָאָרֶץ רְפָאִים תַּפִּיל.”
“Your dead shall live; my dead body shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; For your dew is like the dew of herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead.”
“Your dead shall live” are the generation of the desert.

Lesson;
The first verse announced by the armies of the heaves is from the prophecy of Isaiah about the Final Redemption. The prophet declares the promise of Hashem that death will be swallowed forever.
The following verses from 1 Chronicle are from King David’s speech to the people after he made everything ready for the building of the First Holy Temple.
These verses are in our morning prayer before the Song of the Sea.
We give Tzedaka at this part to connect to the Tree of Life with all the Sefirot as King David used in his speech.
Then we connect to the first redemption, leaving Egypt with “ויושע” (Exodus 14:30-31) and sing the Song of the Sea, which also refers to the Final Redemption that would bring about the Resurrection of the dead.
The first to rise at that time would be the Tzadikim in the Land of Israel.
“Your dead shall live” “יִחְיוּ מֵתֶיךָ” refers to the dead in Israel.
“dead body (corpse) shall arise” “נְבֵלָתִי יְקוּמוּן” are those buried outside Israel that are considered corpses because they won’t get their souls until they roll underground from where they are buried to the Holy Land of Israel (Zohar Vayera #391).

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