The thirty-first reading from the Torah is called Emor (אמור), a title that comes from the first verse of the reading, which says, "Then the LORD said to Moses, 'Speak (emor) to the priests, the sons of Aaron ...'" (Leviticus 21:1). Emor begins with special laws of sanctity, propriety and purity for the priesthood. Leviticus 23 provides an overview of the biblical calendar, a listing of the LORD's appointed times.
Portion Outline
- TORAH
- Leviticus 21:1 | The Holiness of Priests
- Leviticus 22:1 | The Use of Holy Offerings
- Leviticus 22:17 | Acceptable Offerings
- Leviticus 23:1 | Appointed Festivals
- Leviticus 23:3 | The Sabbath, Passover, and Unleavened Bread
- Leviticus 23:9 | The Offering of First Fruits
- Leviticus 23:15 | The Festival of Weeks
- Leviticus 23:23 | The Festival of Trumpets
- Leviticus 23:26 | The Day of Atonement
- Leviticus 23:33 | The Festival of Booths
- Leviticus 24:1 | The Lamp
- Leviticus 24:5 | The Bread for the Tabernacle
- Leviticus 24:10 | Blasphemy and Its Punishment
- PROPHETS
- Eze 44:15 | The Levitical Priests
The Parasha “emor” goes on with instruction in a “Qadosh” (holy) life style. It is יהוה’s will that
his people be “Qadosh”, Set apart.
Today in the world everything is up side down. In the Christian world many
think that, because they are saved “by grace through faith”, they don’t have to
care so much concerning their life style, it will not change their destiny.
More, they believe that all commandments from the “old testament” as they call
the Tanak, are no more for believers
today! יהושע
and the apostles do not
share this point of view (Yochan.
14:15, 15:10, Matt.19:17, 1 Yochan.5:3, Rev. 12:17, 14:12). It is obvious that today there is no love for
the Torah, only a small remnant gives themselves to the learning of the Torah and wait patiently to the return
of their Master יהושע Messiah. I have even seen among the messianic, those who think it is not
necessary to learn Torah, it’s enough
to keep the Shabbat and feast. The result is that their carnal nature remains
not renewed! Only those who are in Messiah, those who walked as he walked
can see the truth that is in the Torah. 1Jn 2:6 The
one who says he stays in Him ought himself also to walk, even as He walked
(He Messiah). Today יהוה’s people are under the
priesthood of Melkitzedek, we know
that the Levitical priesthood has
been put aside by Messiah יהושע, this do not make the
commandments void. The Levites, sons of Levi were chosen to serve יהוה in the Mishkahn, the Tabernacle and to teach the Torah to יהוה’s
people (D’varim 24:8, Vayiqra 10:11). Today those who are called have also the
responsibility to teach others, the way of יהוה. .........Mar
4:1 and He began to teach again by the sea, and a large crowd was gathered
to Him, so that He entered into a boat, to sit in the sea. And all the crowd
was on the land facing the sea. Mar 6:2
and
Sabbath having come, He began to teach in the congregation.
And many who heard Him were
astonished, saying, “Where did He get all this? And what wisdom is this which
is given to Him that such miracles are done through His hands? Mar 8:31
And He
began to teach them that the Son of Aḏam has to suffer much, and be
rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after
three days to rise again. Joh 7:35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither
will he go, that we shall not find him? Will he go unto the dispersed
among the Gentiles (nations), and teach the Gentiles (nations)?
1Co 4:17 for
this reason I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and trustworthy son
in the Master, who shall remind you of my ways in Messiah, as I teach everywhere in every assembly. 2Ti 2:2
and what you have heard from me among
many witnesses, entrust these to trustworthy men who shall be competent to teach others as well. 1Ti 2:7
for which I was appointed a proclaimer
and an emissary – I am speaking the truth in Messiah and not lying – a teacher of the gentiles in belief and
truth. Eph 4:11 and He Himself gave some as emissaries, and some as prophets, and some
as evangelists, and some as shepherds and
teachers ..........
Sha’ul was from the tribe of Benyamin (Philip
3:5), יהושע
from the tribe of Yehuda (Hebr.7:14).
The
gifts of the Ruach HaQodesh (Set
Apart Spirit) are given to some for the same purpose as it was in the time of Moshe
under the Levitical priesthood:
Eph 4:11 and
He Himself gave some as emissaries, and some as prophets, and some as
evangelists, and some as shepherds and
teachers
Eph 4:12 for the perfecting of the
set-apart ones, to the work of service to a building up of the body of the Messiah, Eph 4:13 until we all come to the unity of the belief and of the
knowledge of the Son of Elohim, to a perfect man, to the measure of the
stature of the completeness of Messiah, Eph 4:14 so that we should no longer
be children, tossed and borne about
by every wind of teaching, by the trickery of men, in cleverness, unto
the craftiness of leading astray,1 Footnote: 15:6, also 2
Cor. 10:5, 2 Cor. 11:3-14,
Gal. 1:6-9, 2 Tim. 3:1-8, 2 Tim. 4:2-4, 2 Peter 2:2-22,
Jud. vv. 10-19.Eph 4:15 but, maintaining the truth in love, we grow up in all respects into Him who is the head, Messiah, Eph 4:16 from whom the entire body, joined
and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the working by
which each part does its share, causes growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.
Once again
this “parasha” will bring us into a
new spiritual understanding as we go on to see behind the letter, as has been
prepared of יהוה for those who love him. I
remember years ago, whenever I read Torah, my mind was darkened and the reading
of all this “laws” was for me hard. I just saw the “p’shat”, literal level and couldn’t enjoy such reading. Today thanks be to our Elohim, I want to encourage all those who start to read, to dig
behind the letter and ask our Heavenly Father for “binah”, understanding. I know perseverance is one of the fruit of
the Ruach. Shaul
was among the apostles one having a deep understanding. Today unfortunately,
many because of rejecting the Torah have made their own interpretation. I tell
you as I have done it many times before, that Shaul was very knowledgeable in Torah, having been raised at the
feet of Gamaliel .
Act 5:34 But a certain one in the council stood up, a Pharisee named Gamli’ĕl, a teacher of the
Torah, respected by all the people, and ordered them to put the emissaries
outside for a little while, Act 22:3
“I (that is Shaul) am indeed a Yehuḏite,
having been born in Tarsos of Kilikia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamli’ĕl, having been instructed according to the
exactness of the Torah of our fathers, being ardent for Elohim, as you
all are today, ...For those who do not know, I encourage to do what I did
before, and still do today, take somebody, even if you don’t know him by sight
and learn from him, asking Abba יהוה to help you to discern. I tell you that by the
power of the Ruach HaQodesh in you,
if indeed the Ruach HaQodesh dwells
in you, that you will not be lead astray, but the Ruach Himself will enlighten your path. It takes humility, patience, endurance and a
willing heart to learn from others. Accepting our deficiency in Torah’s knowledge, we can learn always,
growing in faith by accepting that others knows better than we do! It is said that Shaul was able to quote the whole Torah by heart, from the first verse of B’reshit (Genesis) to the last one from D’varim (Deuteronome). Why
is it so important?
To know the
Torah to the best of our ability will give substance to the Ruach HaQodesh to teach us all truth
reflected in the Brit Chadasha.
Nothing in the Brit Chadasaha, is
made up of “new teaching” from the apostles but much more established in the Tanak (Torah, Prophets and writings)
itself. Today we are going through
several laws pertaining to the priest, the High priest, to man and woman in
their obligation toward יהוה and how to approach him. I read before all this laws and was bored,
unable to understand what the reason we shall learn Torah was! Today we are
going to see, the beauty “Tiferet” of
the Torah as we go deeper in the “sod”,
the mystery of the Torah.
Mar 4:11 andG2532 he saidG3004
unto them,G846 Unto youG5213
it is givenG1325 to knowG1097 theG3588 mysteryG3466
of theG3588 kingdomG932 of God:G2316 butG1161
unto themG1565 thatG3588 are without (outside)t,G1854
all these thingsG3956
are doneG1096 inG1722 parables:G3850
Mystery:
strong’s #G3466 mustērion moos-tay'-ree-on.....From a derivative of μύω muō (to shut the mouth); a secret or “mystery”
(through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious
rites): - mystery.
Parable:
Strong’s #G3850 parabolē par-ab-ol-ay'
From G3846; a similitude (“parable”), that
is, (symbolically) fictitious narrative
(of common life conveying a moral), apoth gm or adage: -
comparison, figure, parable, proverb.....
The Hebrew word Sod: Strong’s
#H5475 sôd sode ...From H3245; a session, that is, company
of persons (in close deliberation); by implication intimacy, consultation, a secret: - assembly, counsel, inward, secret
(counsel).
Psa 25:14 the secretH5475 of YHWH is with them that fearH3373
him; and he will shewH3045 them his
covenant.H1285 ............
Parables are concealed words for
those outside the covenant in order that they seek and will not understand,
until they have brought genuine repentance and turned to the Torah’s instruction (i.e. Christianity). We see that the meaning of “sod” and
“mystery” is the same. Indeed יהוה keep “secrets” for those that fear Him and seek
Him daily. Today you will see that to
build our faith need study and that the faith will come when the inner man is
fed with the Torah, יהוה’s Ruach.
The time will come when the birth pangs
(tribulations) will increase that those who have neglected to study the Torah will be shaken, because their
“House” has been built on “sand” (Matt.7:26) and the enemy will have easy way
to overcome them.
Chapter 21.
- Verse 1-3…..”Speak to the priests…….no one is to be defiled for the dead……..except for….relatives….mother….father….son….daughter….brother…sister
near to him who has no husband
The “parasha” title “Emor” is the Hebrew word:
Emor: Strong’s
#H559 אמר
written aleph, mem,resh, 'âmar aw-mar',
written aleph, mem, resh.....A primitive root; to say (used with great latitude): - answer, appoint,
avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command
(ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X
indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say,
speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think,
use [speech], utter, X verily, X yet.
This word “emor” implies unconditional obedience
as it is a command from יהוה. Law for the priests,
sons of Aharon and of course his descendants,
was “not to defile” themselves.
To defile:
Strong’s #H2930 טמא ṭâmê' taw-may'
...A primitive root; to be
foul, especially in a ceremonial
or moral sense (contaminated):
- defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, X utterly.
If you
remember we saw this word “tame”
already in other “parasha”: The parasha
Emor bring us to make difference between death and living. A dead body has
no more life or “Elohim given breath of
life” and become “tame” affecting
those who touch the dead.
Lev 11:4 neverthelessH389
(H853) theseH2088
shall ye notH3808 eatH398 of them that chewH4480 H5927 the cud,H1625 or of them that divideH4480 H6536 the hoof:H6541 as(H853) the camel,H1581 becauseH3588
heH1931 chewethH5927 the cud,H1625
but dividethH6536 notH369 the hoof;H6541
heH1931 is uncleanH2931
unto you. ....
Centuries
later, the prophet Yechezk’el reminds
the people:
Eze 44:23 “And
they (the priest) are to teach My people
the difference between the
set-apart and the profane, and make them know what is unclean and clean.
Eze 44:24 “And they are to stand as judges in a dispute, and judge it according
to My right-rulings. And they are to guard My Torot (plural of Torah) and My laws
in all My appointed festivals, and set apart My Sabbaths. Eze 44:25 “And they are not to defile themselves by coming near a dead man.
Only for a father or mother, for a son or daughter, for a brother or unmarried
sister they defile themselves. Eze 44:26 “And after his
cleansing, they count seven days for him, Eze 44:27 and on the day that he comes into the inner court of the set-apart
place to attend in the set-apart place, he brings his sin offering,” declares
the Master יהוה.
Now
to understand the word for “dead” in the first verse is the Hebrew word: Strong’s #H5315 נפשׁ nephesh neh'-fesh..From
H5314; properly a breathing creature, that is, animal or (abstractly)
vitality; used very widely in
a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental): - any,
appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead (-ly), desire, X
[dis-] contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart (-y), (hath, X jeopardy
of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man,
me, mind, mortality, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self,
them (your) -selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would
have it.
We read: Gen 2:7 and
YHWHH3068 ElohimH430 formedH3335
(H853) manH120 of the dustH6083 ofH4480
the ground,H127 and breathedH5301 into his nostrilsH639 the breathH5397
of life;H2416 and manH120 becameH1961
a livingH2416
soul.H5315
We see that
in B’reshit (Gen.) the word is
translated as soul (nephesh) and
preceded from the word “living” which is the Hebrew word “chay” from “chayah” to
live. This is in opposite to the “dead”.
In the p’shat or literal it is not easy to
understand the reason why יהוה command the priest not to be “tame”, defiled by the dead. We can see
for some understanding:
Mat 22:31 “And concerning the resurrection of the
dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by Elohim, saying, Mat 22:32
‘I am the Elohim of Aḇraham, and the
Elohim of Yitsḥaq, and the Elohim of Yaʽaqoḇ’? Elohim is not the Elohim of the dead, but of the living.”
The
physical meaning it implies also the spiritual meaning:
Rom 4:19 And not having grown weak in belief, he did
not consider his own body, already dead,
being about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s womb, Rom 5:15 But
the favourable gift is not like the trespass. For if by the one man’s trespass many died, much more the favour of
Elohim, and the gift in favour of the one Man, יהושע
Messiah, overflowed to many.
This man
was “Adam” the first mankind from the
earth (1st Corint. 15:47). You remember we read that the carcase of dead animals:
Lev 5:2 orH176
if a soul (nefesh)H5315 touchH5060
anyH3605 unclean (tame)H2931
thing,H1697 whetherH176 it be a carcaseH5038
of an uncleanH2931 beast,H2416 orH176
a carcaseH5038 of uncleanH2931 cattle,H929
orH176 the carcaseH5038 of uncleanH2931
creeping things,H8318 and if it be hiddenH5956 fromH4480
him; heH1931 also shall be unclean,H2931 and guilty.H816
Carcasse: Strong’s#H5038 נבלה nebêlâh neb-ay-law'
From H5034;
a flabby thing, that is, a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collective);
figuratively an idol: - (dead)
body, (dead) carcase, dead of itself, which died, (beast) that (which) dies
of itself.
The torah
tells us that when the priest touched the carcase of a dead animal or even of
man “nephesh”, he becomes unclean,
“tame”. We have seen the reason יהושע tells us that יהוה is the Elohim of the living, not from the dead. Death came because of sin,
which is the transgression of the Torah (mitzvoth), commands. Sin separates us
from Elohim, making us unacceptable
before Elohim, thus death while
living is a state of spiritual condition. Death came though transgression and
thus dead bodies make man “tame”,
“unclean” and inacceptable before Elohim. I remember when I was a young boy, we
went to the supermarket and when we saw a Muslim buying we enjoyed to put
“pork” in his caddy (wagon) and observed him. When he saw the pork in the
caddy, he just let all stay and went to take another wagon. All was made “tame”
by coming in contact with “pork”. It is amazing that today Christians are blinded to the truth and boast to be able to eat all
kind of food, adhering to Constantine
pagan law. .....Keil and Delitzsch give us following explanation: The
priest was not to defile himself on account of a soul, i.e., a dead person (nephesh, as in Lev_19:28), among his countrymen, unless it were
of his kindred, who stood near to him (i.e., in the closest relation to him),
formed part of the same family with him (cf. Lev_21:3),
such as his mother, father, son, daughter, brother, or a sister who was still
living with him as a virgin and was not betrothed to a husband (cf. Eze_44:25). As every corpse not only defiled the
persons who touched it, but also the tent or dwelling in which the person had
died (Num_19:11, Num_19:14); in the case of death among members
of the family or household, defilement was not to be avoided on the part of the priest as the head of the family. It
was therefore allowable for him to defile himself on account of such persons as
these, and even to take part in their burial.
Num 19:14 thisH2063
is the law,H8451 whenH3588
a manH120 diethH4191 in a tent:H168
allH3605 that comeH935 intoH413
the tent,H168 and allH3605 thatH834 is in the tent,H168
shall be uncleanH2930 sevenH7651 days.H3117
.
May be we
can see that the priest and the High Priest, where to come into the tabernacle
for the service and thus couldn’t enter in a “tame” (unclean) condition! We can explain it because in the “sod” the Tabernacle is a picture of Messiah and the Body of Messiah where no unclean is to be
brought. The Tabernacle in the wilderness is also a picture of the Assembly
(all Israel)
in the world as it is today in the spiritual.
Dead is the opposite of life (Chay), we can ask what life is?
Deu 32:46 and he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I
testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe
to do, all the words of this Torah. Deu
32:47 for it is not a vain thing for you; because it is
your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the
land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
Life = keeping and doing things written
in the Torah!
Death= Rejecting the Torah!
Verse 5……… they do not make any bald place on their
heads…………..
Remember
the children of Israel
(carnal man) came out from Egypt,
Mytzrayim where they spent four
hundred thirty years. This is a long period of time. It is like if we say today
we were slave in a foreign country since the year 1579 and had been penetrate
by their traditions. Here making bald place on the head or cutting the corner
of the beard was pagan tradition as Keil and Delitzsch explain: the
prohibition which is addressed to individuals being applicable to the whole:
upon their head shall no one shave a bald place, namely, in front above the
forehead, “between the eyes” (Deu_14:1).
We may infer from the context that reference is made to a customary mode of mourning for the dead; and this is placed
beyond all doubt by Deu_14:1, where it
is forbidden to all the Israelites “for the dead.” According to Herodotus,
2, 36, the priests in Egypt
were shaven, whereas in other places they wore their hair long. In other nations it was customary for
those who were more immediately concerned to
shave their heads as a sign of mourning; but the Egyptians let their hair grow both upon their head and chin
when any of their relations were dead, whereas they shaved at other times. The two other outward signs of mourning
mentioned, namely, cutting off the
edge of the beard and making incisions
in the body, have already been forbidden in Lev_19:27-28,
and the latter is repeated in Deu_14:1.
The reason for the prohibition is given
in Lev_21:6 - “they shall be holy unto their God,” and therefore not
disfigure their head and body by signs of passionate grief, and so
profane the name of their God when they offer the firings of Jehovah; that is
to say, when they serve and approach the God who has manifested Himself to His
people as the Holy One. On the epithet applied to the sacrifices, “the food of
God,” see at Lev_3:11 and Lev_3:16.
Cutting the flesh disqualified somebody to serve יהוה:
Lev 21:21 ‘No man among the offspring of Aharon the priest, who has a defect (mark in the flesh, i.e.
broken bones, mark, tattoo….) is to come near to bring the offerings made by
fire to יהוה
Verse 7……. they do not
take a woman put away from her husband………
Put away: Strong’s #H1644 גּרשׁ
gârash gaw-rash' written gimel,resh, shin....A
primitive root; to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce: - cast up (out),
divorced (woman), drive away (forth,
out), expel, X surely put away, trouble, thrust out. We see here clearly the woman who got a “get
of divorce” from her husband.
Deu 24:1 whenH3588
a manH376 hath takenH3947 a wife,H802
and marriedH1166 her, and it come
to passH1961 thatH518 she findH4672
noH3808 favourH2580 in his eyes,H5869 becauseH3588
he hath foundH4672 someH1697 uncleannessH6172
in her: then let him writeH3789 her a billH5612
of divorcement,H3748 and giveH5414 it in her hand,H3027
and sendH7971 her out of his house.H4480 H1004
..................Do not forget this statement because the House of Israel
got a “bill of divorce” called a “Sefer
Keritut”, or “get of divorce” (Colossians
2:14) which has been nullified by יהושע Messiah,
paying the price for us. Col 2:14 having
blotted out the certificate of debt
against us – by the dogmas – which stood against us. And He has
taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the stake. ........
Dogma: G1378 dogma dog'-mah......From
the base of G1380; a law (civil, ceremonial
or ecclesiastical): - decree, ordinance.............In Hebrew there
are at least two words for “ordinances”, “choq” which is used for custom,
decree or appointment; the other word used for “ordinances” is:
Strong’s:H4941 משׁפּט mishpath
written mem, shin,peh, tav,meaning: mishpâṭ mish-pawt'
From H8199;
properly a verdict (favourable
or unfavourable) pronounced judicially,
especially a sentence or
formal decree (human or (particularly) divine law, individual or
collectively), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly justice,
including a particular right, or privilege (statutory or
customary), or even a style: - +
adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion,
disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just (-ice, -ly),
(manner of) law (-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right,
sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
We can see
that this “dogma” “mispath” were referring to the “sefer keritut”, the bill of divorced proclaimed against the House of
Israel, you and me, according to the prophets Hosea, YrmeaYahu and
others.
Elohim
required this standard from the priest and more also from the High Priest. The
reason is given us verse 8……..he is set-apart
to you. For I, יהוה,
setting you apart, am set-apart. The priest serving in the Tabernacle had to be “Qadosh”, “Set apart”, because they were to be like Elohim who is “Qadosh”, “Set apart”. Now
let us see what the meaning for us today is, and how it applies to our life.
Question: Who are the priests today,
the Levites?
1Pe 2:9 But
you (you and me) are a chosen race, a
royal priesthood, a set-apart nation,
a people for a possession, that you
should proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous
light,
Now we can see the standard of life
we are called to live! How can we come into יהוה’s presence in
our worship or personal prayers, been “tame”,
defiled, by having followed the world standard?
1Co 6:19 Or
do you not know that your body is the
Dwelling Place of the Set-apart Spirit who is in you, which you have from
Elohim, and you are not your own? 1Co 3:17 if
any manG1536 defileG5351 theG3588
templeG3485 of Elohim,G2316 himG5126
shall ElohimG2316 destroy;G5351 forG1063
theG3588 templeG3485 of GodG2316
isG2076 holy,G40 whichG3748
temple yeG5210
are.G2075
As we go
on, we will see that there is more to see in the “sod” meaning. יהוה’s
people are called to be set apart every day, not from Shabbat to Shabbat. The body is also call Tabernacle:
2Pe 1:13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to
stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
2Pe 1:14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as
our Master Yehoshua the Messiah hath shewed me. …………
Verses 10-15……… And the high priest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil
was poured…………..let him take a wife in
her maidenhood (virgin)……………a widow or one put away or a defiled woman or a
whore – these he does not take. But a
maiden of his own people he does take as a wife.
The
high priest has rules which are more restrictive than the priest. The High
Priest is the only one to minister in the Most Set Apart place. He was
commanded to take a wife in her maidenhood, the King James used the word
“virgin” which is the Hebrew word “bethûlîym”,
no widow, no divorced woman, no harlot, no profane that is polluted! Let us see now the spiritual meaning:
Who is our
High Priest, is it not יהושע Messiah?
Heb 2:17 WhereforeG3606
inG2596 all thingsG3956 it behovedG3784
him to be made like untoG3666 his brethren,G80 thatG2443
he (Yehoshua) might beG1096 a
mercifulG1655 andG2532 faithfulG4103
high priestG749
in thingsG4314 pertaining to Elohim,G2316 to make reconciliation forG2433 theG3588
sinsG266 of theG3588 people.G2992
Heb 3:1 Therefore, set-apart brothers, partakers of the heavenly calling,
closely consider the Emissary and High
Priest of our confession, Messiah יהושע, Heb 4:15 ForG1063 we haveG2192
notG3756 an high priestG749 which cannotG1410
G3361 be touched with the feeling ofG4834
ourG2257 infirmities;G769 butG1161
was inG2596 all pointsG3956 temptedG3985
like asG2596 G3665 we are, yet withoutG5565
sin.G266
What our
condition was before: Harlot, divorced, polluted…
Jer 3:8 And I saw,H7200
whenH3588 forH5921 allH3605
the causesH182 wherebyH834 backslidingH4878 IsraelH3478
committed adulteryH5003 I had put her away,H7971 and givenH5414
H413 her(H853) a billH5612
of divorce;H3748 yet her
treacherousH898 sisterH269 JudahH3063
fearedH3372 not,H3808 but wentH1980
and played the harlotH2181 also.H1571
Bill of divorce: Sefer
H5612, Kerituth H378...................But
look what Shaul write in his Elohim given wisdom:
2Co 11:2 ForG1063
I am jealousG2206 over youG5209 with godlyG2316
jealousy:G2205 forG1063 I have espousedG718 youG5209
to oneG1520 husband,G435 that I may presentG3936 you as a chasteG53
virginG3933 to Messiah.
Chaste.Strong’s#G53
hagnos hag-nos' From the same as G40; properly clean, that is, (figuratively) innocent, modest,
perfect: - chaste, clean, pure...............
Virgin.
Strong’s #G3933 parthenos par-then'-os
Of unknown origin; a maiden; by implication an unmarried daughter: - virgin.
Shaul is speaking of those belonging to the body of
Messiah, be presented to him to the wedding been “virgin”.
Rev 14:4 TheseG3778
areG1526 they whichG3739 were notG3756 defiledG3435 withG3326
women;G1135 forG1063 they
areG1526 virgins.G3933 TheseG3778
areG1526 they which followG190 theG3588 LambG721
whithersoeverG3699 G302 he goeth.G5217 TheseG3778
were redeemedG59 fromG575
among men,G444 being the firstfruitsG536 unto GodG2316
andG2532 to theG3588 Lamb.G721
Do
you still doubt, it is about you and me?
Eph 2:1 AndG2532 youG5209 hath he quickened, who wereG5607 deadG3498
(without Torah) in
trespassesG3900 andG2532 sins;G266
Eph 2:2 WhereinG1722 G3739 in time pastG4218
ye walkedG4043 accordingG2596 to theG3588
courseG165 of thisG5127 world,G2889
accordingG2596 to theG3588 princeG758
of theG3588 powerG1849 of theG3588
air,G109 theG3588 spiritG4151
that now workethG1754 G3568 inG1722 theG3588
childrenG5207 of disobedience:G543 Eph 2:4 ButG1161 Elohim who isG5607 richG4145
inG1722 mercy,G1656 forG1223
hisG848 greatG4183 loveG26
wherewithG3739 he lovedG25 us,G2248
Eph 2:5 EvenG2532 when weG2248
wereG5607 deadG3498 in sins,G3900 hath quickened us togetherG4806 with Messiah, (byG5547 graceG5485
ye areG2075 saved;)G4982 Eph 2:6 AndG2532 hath raised us up together,G4891 andG2532
made us sit togetherG4776 inG1722
heavenlyG2032 places inG1722 Messiah
יהושע Eph 2:13 ButG1161
nowG3570 inG1722 Messiah יהושע yeG5210
who sometimes wereG5607 G4218 far
offG3112 are madeG1096 nighG1451
byG1722 theG3588 bloodG129
of Messiah .................
When
Messiah will come back at his second
advent, there will be a beautiful wedding for those who are this royal
priesthood, a virgin (spiritual see the 10 virgins parabel in Matthew 25), those who have followed Messiah יהושע in all his way and have not defiled (tame) themselves.
Rev 19:7 let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage
of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. Rev 19:8 and to her was granted that she
should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the
righteousness of saints. Rev 19:9 and
he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the
marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true
sayings of YHWH.
Verse 11. ………nor defile himself for his father or his
mother,......Compare with what Shaul
says to the Corinthians: 2Co 11:3 But I
am afraid, lest, as the serpent deceived Ḥawwah (Eve) by his trickery, so your
minds should be corrupted from the
simplicity that is in Messiah. The
Greek word used here for “corrupted” is:
Strong’s #G5351 phetheirō fthi'-ro. Probably
strengthened from φθίω phthiō (to pine or waste): properly to shrivel
or wither, that is, to spoil (by any process) or (genitive) to ruin
(especially figuratively by moral influences, to deprave): - corrupt
(self), defile, destroy. Verses
22-23……..He
does eat the bread of his
Elohim………... he shall notH3808 go inH935
untoH413 the vail,H6532 norH3808
come nighH5066
untoH413 the altar,H4196 becauseH3588
he hath a blemish;H3971...The priest is called to eat the bread
of His Elohim, the blemish make the
priest unacceptable to come to the veil or the altar and be partaker to eat the
bread of Elohim! This make all of us
disqualified to come to יהוה, but thank be to Elohim that יהושע came to restore us unto יהוה
in order that we can be
partaker of eating the bread of our Elohim,
that is to “eat” the bread, the Torah.
Pro 9:5 Come,H1980
eatH3898
of my bread,H3899 and drinkH8354 of the wineH3196
which I have
mingled.H4537
Isa 55:2 WhereforeH4100
do ye spendH8254 moneyH3701 for that which is notH3808
bread?H3899 and your labourH3018 for that which satisfiethH7654
not?H3808 hearken diligentlyH8085 H8085 untoH413
me, and eatH398 ye that which is good,H2896 and let your soulH5315 delight itselfH6026 in fatness.H1880
Mat 4:4 But He answering, said, “It has been
written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes
from the mouth of יהוה.’ ”1 Footnote: 1Dt. 8:
1Co 10:17 because
there is one bread, we, who are many, are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.
Lev 21:1 and יהוה
said to Mosheh, “Speak to
the priests, the sons of Aharon, and say to them: ‘No one is to be defiled for the dead among his people, ...
Lev
21:23 only, he does not go near the veil or
approach the altar, because he has a
defect, lest he profanes My set-apart places. For I am יהוה, who
sets them apart.’ ” Lev 21:24 Thus Mosheh spoke
to Aharon and his sons, and to all the children of Yisra’ĕl. …………
Chapter 22.- Verse 3. Read following:
Lev
15:3 ‘And this is his uncleanness in regard to
his discharge; whether his flesh runs with his discharge, or his flesh is
stopped up by his discharge, it is his uncleanness.
The
required high standard of purity applied to the priest and High Priest in any
form of his life. His daily behaviour qualified or disqualified him to come
into יהוה
presence. How it is
with us today?
The world
since Adam’s sin is in a state of
impurity and has need of restoration:
Act 3:21 WhomG3739 the heavenG3772
mustG1163(G3303) receiveG1209 untilG891
the timesG5550
of restitutionG605 of all
things,G3956 whichG3739 GodG2316
hath spokenG2980 byG1223 the mouthG4750
of allG3956 hisG848 holyG40
prophetsG4396 since the world
began.G575 G165 .
Restitution: Strong’s #G605 apokatastasis ap-ok-at-as'-tas-is From G600; reconstitution: - restitution.
Rom 8:19 for the earnest expectation of the creature
waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of YHWH. Rom 8:20 for the creature was made subject to vanity,
not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Rom 8:21 because
the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption
into the glorious liberty of the children of YHWH. Rom 8:22 for
we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until
now. Rom
8:23 and not only they, but
ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves
groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
We see here
Shaul speaking of: Creation and of the children of Elohim.
1Co 11:27 So
that whoever should eat this bread or drink this cup of the Master unworthily
shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Master. 1Co 11:28 But let a man examine himself,
and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup. 1Co 11:29 For the
one who is eating and drinking unworthily, eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the body of the
Master. 1Co
11:30 Because of this many are weak
and sick among you, and many sleep (are dead).
We can see
that immoral behaviours affect the body. Many today neglect the spiritual and
moral attitude, been entangle by the world system.
To be dead
is opposite to life. In D’varim we
read:
Deu 32:46 he
said to them, “Set your heart on all the words with which I warn you today, so
that you command your children to guard
to do all the Words of this Torah.
Deu 32:47 “For it is not a worthless Word for you, because it is your life, and by this Word you prolong your days on the soil
which you pass over the Yardĕn to possess.”
Verse 4……or a man who has had an emission of semen…
We read:
Lev 15:16 ‘And when a man has an emission of semen, then he shall wash all his
flesh in water, and be unclean until
evening.
After sunset,
the man was restored…...
Verses 8.Corruption or to be defiled (tame) comes also through false company
beast are considered to be picture of demons and pagans:
1Co 5:11 But now
I have written to you not to keep company with anyone called ‘a brother,’ if he is one who whores (fornicator), or
greedy of gain (abuser of others), or an idolater, or a reviler (abusive), or a
drunkard, or a swindler – not even to
eat with such a one.
Shaul is not speaking from those outside the covenant, but from those “called brother”! We should take time to let this think in our
heart to help us when challenged by others.
Verse 9……lest they bear their sin for it and die….Today
many are dead spiritually and don’t even know. If you look at the world, many
speak of “refreshing their spiritual condition”, “to do something for the
spirit”, but these things are a lie, because they only search to satisfy the
“ego” of the carnal nature.
Verse 10-13……………. but no stranger eats of it.
Shaul says: That at that time you were without Messiah, being aliens from the
commonwealth, being stranger from
the covenant of promises……..
In verse 10
the Hebrew word for “stranger” is not the same meaning as for “foreigner”: Stranger: Strong’s #H2114 זוּר
zûr zoor written zayin, vav,resh...A
primitive root; to turn aside
(especially for lodging); strange,
profane; specifically (active
participle) to commit adultery: - (come from) another (man,
place), fanner, go away, (e-) strange (-r, thing, woman).....
Foreigner: Strong’s#H8453 תּשׁב to-shawb' written tav,shin, beth....(The second form used in Kings Num_17:1); from H3427;
a dweller (but not
outlandish, H5237); especially (as distinguished from a native citizen
(active participle of H3427) and a temporary inmate, H1616, or mere lodger, H3885) resident alien: - foreigner-inhabitant,
sojourner,
To eat of
his meat verse 11: Remember “to eat of the meat” is a euphemism for “taking
part of somebody’s life”:
Rom 6:16 KnowG1492 ye not,G3756
thatG3754 to whomG3739 ye yieldG3936 yourselvesG1438 servantsG1401
toG1519 obey,G5218 his servantsG1401 ye areG2075
to whomG3739 ye obey;G5219 whetherG2273
of sinG266 untoG1519 death,G2288
orG2228 of obedienceG5218 untoG1519
righteousness?G1343
Joh 6:56 “He who eats My flesh and
drinks My blood stays in Me, and I in him.
Verse 16………….. Allow them to bear the
crookedness of trespass………..
1Co 11:27 So
that whoever should eat this bread or drink this cup of the Master unworthily shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Master. 1Co 11:28 But let a man examine himself, and so let
him eat of that bread and drink of that cup. 1Co 11:29 For the one who is eating and
drinking unworthily, eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning
the body of the Master.
To
eat of the bread is to remind us that we are partaker of Messiah’s suffering............How many times believers take part
in the Feast of יהוה or Shabbat having bitterness, grudge, unforgiveness or bitterness in
their heart and don’t even think about it, been ignorant of the Torah.
Verses 17-24. We see again that the same rule
work for the sacrifices. In order to understand, we shall have in mind that
this sacrifices point to יהושע, the perfect sacrifice
for the sin of the all world (1st Yochan.2:2). In these verses, we find again two words for “stranger”. The first is verse 18 in Hebrew “ger” a guest, but in the verse 25, we
have again stranger which in Hebrew
is the word “nekar” which carry the
meaning of paganism. All this disappear in the English translation!
Verse 25. from a son of a stranger (nekar)’s hand you do not
bring…………for their corruption is in
them, and defects are in them,
Here the
word for “corruption” is: Strong’s#H4825
“m’shoah” from #H7843 “schachath” to decay i.e. (cause) ruin.
Read now
what Shaul says:
1Co 15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead: it
is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption;
Verses 31-33.Elohim reminds the children of Israel (carnal
man) again and again to keep the commandments (mitzvoth) and to do them, because He is יהוה their Elohim. Today majority of Christianity call “L-rd” and reject the
commandments! Concerning Yehuda they
call Elohim:HaShem !
Jer 44:26 “Therefore
hear the word of יהוה,
all Yehuḏah who are dwelling in the land of Mitsrayim, ‘See, I have sworn by
My great Name,’ declares יהוה, ‘My Name shall no
longer be called upon by the mouth of any man of Yehuḏah in all the land of
Mitsrayim, saying, “As the Master יהוה lives...”
Do
you think it’s a coincidence? 33. That brought you out of Egypt…..Remember
the reason, יהוה sent Moshe to deliver the
Children of Israel (carnal man) from the bondage of Mitzrayim (Egypt):
They were called to serve Elohim:
Exo 9:1 and יהוה said
to Mosheh, “Go in to Pharaoh and speak to him, ‘Thus said יהוה Elohim of the Heḇrews, “Let My people go, so that they serve Me.
How it is
with us today, are we exempt from following the Torah, as it is taught in Christianity, the Constantine religion? Today the Torah
is followed with a willing heart, and love for יהוה through Messiah יהושע who has open the way for us to do it by faith:
1Jn 5:3 For this is the love for Elohim, that we
guard His commands,1 and His commands are not heavy.
Jas 1:22 And become doers of the Word, and not hearers only,1
deceiving yourselves. Footnote: 1See Mt.
7:24-27, Lk. 6:46-49, Lk. 8:21, Rom. 2:13, Heb. 4:11, Rev. 22:14. Jas 1:23 because if anyone is a hearer of the Word
and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror, Jas 1:24 for he looks at himself, and goes away, and
immediately forgets what he was like. Jas 1:25 But he that looked into the perfect Torah, that of freedom,1
and continues in it, not becoming a hearer that forgets, but a doer of work,
this one shall be blessed in his doing of the Torah. Footnote: 1See
2:12.
Joh 14:15 “If you love Me, you shall guard My commands.1 Footnote: 1See Ex. 20:6, vv.
21&23, 1 John 5:2-3, 2 John v. 6.............
Lev 22:1 and יהוה
spoke to Mosheh, saying,...Lev 22:28 “But do not slaughter a cow or a
sheep and its young on the same day. Lev 22:29
“And when you bring a slaughtering of thanksgiving to יהוה,
bring it for your acceptance. Lev 22:30 “It is eaten that same day, leave none
of it till morning. I am יהוה. Lev 22:31 “And you shall guard
My commands and do them. I am יהוה. Lev
22:32 “And do not profane My set-apart Name, and I shall be set-apart
among the children of Yisra’ĕl. I am יהוה, who
sets you apart, Lev 22:33 who brought you out
of the land of Mitsrayim, to be your Elohim. I am יהוה.”
Chapter 23: The Feast of Yehowah :
This chapter is the exhaustive
giving of יהוה’s feast and its regulation. For an in deep ..Study,
look at my “midrash” the feast of יהוה.The
Feasts of יהוה are the pattern of redemption for all those who believe in יהושע HaMoschiach.
The Feast are embedded in the scriptures and connected directly to יהושע
for their fulfillment.
They are a shadow of good things to come. There is a clear parallel between
Moshe the savior of the carnal man, the children of Israel and יהושע, the savior of
the spiritual man and redeemer of the body.. The parallel is also found in Yehushua son of Nun, who brought the
Children of Israel (carnal man) into the promise land after Moshe’s death.:
Feast: Strong’s מועד #H4150 “moed”,
mem(40), ayin(70), dalet(4) (total 114)From H3259; properly an appointment,
that is, a fixed time or season; specifically a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly
(as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand): -
appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set,
solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn (-ity), synagogue, (set) time
(appointed)..............
H3259 yâ‛ad yaw-ad'........A
primitive root; to fix upon
(by agreement or appointment); by implication to meet (at a stated time), to summon (to trial), to direct
(in a certain quarter or position), to engage
(for marriage): - agree, (make an)
appoint (-ment, a time), assemble (selves), betroth, gather (selves, together),
meet (together), set (a time).
Convocation: Strong’s #4744 מקרא miqra
mem(40), qaf(100), resh(400), aleph(1), (541)...........miqrâ' mik-raw'......From
H7121; something called out, that is, a public meeting (the act, the
persons, or the palce); also a rehearsal:
- assembly, calling, convocation, reading.
H7121 to call out a person, to
meet, to invite.
Verse 3. The first of His Qadosh, set apart convocation is the weekly Shabbat which
nowadays is rejected by the majority of people who follow the doctrines of
demons proclaiming that we are done with the Shabbat, following the false
Shabbat introduced by Constantine in the 4th century C.E. It is very
sad when we know that the all world is populated with a majority of Ya’acov
descendants (B’reshit 48:16).
Shabbat is
marked been the seventh day of the week. Seven is a number for divine
perfection on earth.
Verse 4…..which you shall proclaim in their season….
Season is
the same Hebrew word used for “feast” Strong’s#H5150 “moed”
appointed time: Deu 16:16 “Three times a year all your males
appear before יהוה
your Elohim in the place
which He chooses (1st King 11:36): at the Festival of Unleavened
Bread, and at the Festival of Weeks, and at the Festival of Booths. And none
should appear before יהוה empty-handed,
Then the
Feast proclamation goes on:
Verses 5.
In the
first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, between the evenings, is
the Passover to יהוה
There are
many things to say concerning the “first month” because it is יהוה
who told Moshe that the
month of Aviv is the first month of the year:
Exo 12:2 “This month is the beginning of months for
you, it is the first month of
the year for you.
This is
clear enough to see that the year start on the month of Aviv. Is there any
other way to count the year or to start the counting of years? If we follow the way of Judaism there are many
ways, are they completely wrong?
Lev 25:8 ‘And you
shall count seven Sabbaths of years for yourself, seven times seven years.
And the time of the seven Sabbaths of years shall be to you forty-nine years. When do they start to count the
years?
Lev 25:9 ‘You shall then sound a ram’s horn to pass through on the tenth day of the seventh month, on the
Day of Atonement cause a ram’s horn to pass through all your land. Lev 25:10 ‘And you shall set the fiftieth year apart,
and proclaim release throughout all the land to all its inhabitants, it is a
Jubilee for you. And each of you shall return to his possession, and each of
you return to his clan.................
In
order to have seven full years, the counting must begin at the same point, for
the Yovel (Jubilee) it was at Yom
Kippur. There is a deeper meaning beside it, but the rabbis on this point
are not wrong calling the First of the seventh month “Etanim, tishrei” the beginning of the year in another counting. In
Fact יהוה
count the Jubilee (see
my midrash on “12O years)…………….
Verse 7.On the first day……you shall do no servile work
That is
Aviv 15 the day of full moon, when the light of the moon is fully seen in the
night. We know that the moon is a metaphor representing the assembly of the all
House of Israel. Israel
has been called to be light to the world (shine in darkness), the moon itself
receiving light from the sun, a picture of Messiah
giving light to the Assembly. In the midst of the moon the time of the full
moon represents also the completion of Israel Gathering who goes from less to
full again to less when decreasing. It is a rehearsal for all those who know Torah, that one day soon the Full moon
will shine for Israel
redemption.
Verses 9-14.When you
come into the land, you shall bring a sheaf (omer) of your harvest…….
To come
into the land is a euphemism for
“salvation”
11. and the priest shall wave before יהוה,
to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the Shabbat, the priest shall wave
it.
12;and you shall offer that day when you wave……
יהושע is our first fruit .
1Co 15:23 and each in his own order: Messiah the first-fruits, then those
who are of Messiah at His coming, ................
We will see
when studying the Feast (see my midrash). Verses
39.The fruit of the land. It is
interesting to see that the Feast were given to the Children of Israel (carnal
man) while wandering in the wilderness, which is a picture of you and me in the
world today, our own wilderness. The
last ingathering, the fruits of the land represent the last believers (you and
me) who will enter the Kingdom at the time of the fall feast or just before the
second coming of Messiah יהושע. This time of harvest is
no more the harvest of corn, but the harvest of fully ripe fruits (grapes, and
other fruits). The wheat (believers from the first harvest during Shavuot in
the spring) has produced new fruits when dying. The fall harvest in the seven
month (fall season) has been always the biggest one and therefore the time of
fullness and rejoicing. In Yochanan
chapter 7,
we see יהושע
at the feast of
Tabernacle (verse1). The Yehudin knew
that the end cannot come until the dispersed among the nations (gentiles) have
been brought back into the fold (7:35). The last great day is called “Hoshana
Rabba”, the drawing of water. In Zecharyahu 14, we see that this feast
will still go on when Messiah יהושע comes back (14:16-18). Zec 14:16 And it shall be (future) that
all who are left from all the gentiles (nations) which came up against
Yerushalayim, shall go up from year to year to bow themselves to the Sovereign,
יהוה of hosts, and to observe the Festival of Booths. Zec 14:17 And it shall be, that if anyone of the clans of
the earth does not come up to Yerushalayim to bow himself to the Sovereign, יהוה of hosts, on them there is to be no rain. Zec 14:18 and if the clan of Mitsrayim does not come up and
enter in, then there is no rain.
On them is the plague with which יהוה plagues
the gentiles who do not come up to observe the
Festival of Booths. Zec
14:19 this is the punishment of
Mitsrayim and the punishment of all the gentiles (nations) that do not come up
to observe the Festival of Booths.
Lev 23:1 And יהוה
spoke to Mosheh, saying, Lev 23:2 “Speak to the
children of Yisra’ĕl, and say to them, ‘The appointed times of יהוה,
which you are to proclaim as set-apart gatherings, My appointed times, are
these: Lev 23:3 ‘Six days work is done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest,
a set-apart gathering. You do no
work, it is a Sabbath to יהוה in
all your dwellings....
Lev
23:42 ‘Dwell in booths for seven days; all who are native Yisra’ĕlites
dwell in booths, Lev 23:43 so that your
generations know that I made the
children of Yisra’ĕl dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Mitsrayim. I am יהוה
your Elohim.’ ” Lev 23:44 Thus did Mosheh speak
of the appointed times of יהוה to the
children of Yisra’ĕl.
Chapter 24:
Command
the Children of Israel (carnal man) to bring pure oil to make the lamp (menorah) to burn continually! The “menorah” burning is a picture of Messiah
יהושע
and the Ruach HaQodesh the Set Apart Spirit,
bringing light. The menorah (lamp)
was placed in the Tabernacle, a picture of the body of Messiah. The anointing
represented by the oil burning in the menorah is only available through Messiah יהושע. In order to
receive the light and the anointing, one must come through the door: Joh 10:9 “I am the door. Whoever enters through Me, he shall be saved, and shall
go in and shall go out and find pasture. Joh
14:6 יהושע
said to him, “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life.
No one comes to the Father except through Me. …….
There
were three doors to enter the Tabernacle:
The entrance to the inner court (the way where common people had
access)
-
The entrance to the Tent (the truth
where only the priest had access)
-
The entrance to the Qadosh place (the life
where only the High Priest had access)
יהושע says: Verse 5-7. And you shall take fine flour and bake
twelve cakes………….and thou shall set them in two rows…..upon the pure table
before יהוה …….. and you shall put clear frankincense on each
row
These
verses contain many hidden truth. The fine flour represents the purity and
holiness brought by crushing the corn (Children of Israel, you and me), twelve
cakes fro the twelve tribes of Israel.
The frankincense is the sweet odour of the saints’ prayers ascending before the
throne of יהוה .
Rev
8:4 and the smoke of the incense, with the
prayers of the set-apart ones, went up before Elohim from the hand of the
messenger.
In two
rows: Two been the
number for division (B’reshit 1:7-8), representing the future splitting of the House
of Israel and the House of Yehuda.
The number six, the number of man shows that it was not יהוה’s will for His
children.
Verses 10-16 The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the
Name of יהוה
and was put to death:
1Jn 5:16 If
anyone sees his brother sinning a sin, not unto death, he shall ask, and He
shall give him life for those not sinning unto death. There is a sin unto
death. I do not say that he should pray about that.
Mar 3:28 “Truly, I say to you, all the sins shall be forgiven the sons of men,
and whatever blasphemies they speak, Mar 3:29
but he who blasphemes against the
Set-apart Spirit has no forgiveness forever, but is subject to everlasting
judgment,”
Verse 20. Fracture
for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth;…………….
Mat 5:38 “You heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a
tooth,’
Mat 5:39 but I say to you, do not resist the wicked. But whoever slaps you on
your right cheek, turn the other to him also.
We
shall remark that יהושע do not say I change the saying but he just add “do not resist the
wicked, but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. Who are the wicked, are they not those who
where abusing people with their “takanot”
doctrines of the Pharisee because they were the one making “halachah”, the way to interpret the
Torah? The meaning of turning of other
check is not as Christianity teaches, to give his face for a slap, but in the
context of “love your neighbour has yourselves”:
Tobbia from Yashanet
writes:
This is one of the
most commonly misunderstood concepts in Judaism. Ask most people and they will
say that this has something to do with "retaliation in the Old
Testament" versus "love and forgiveness in the New Testament." This
is incorrect - Judaism has never interpreted the verse in this fashion. The
Torah command regarding "eye for eye" had to do with providing for limited liability in matters of legal
compensation. Here Yeshua is
teaching to go beyond the minimum required of you, especially when you have
wronged someone.(turning the other check when one slap you on
the right check)…….
In the Torah the rule is that when somebody abuses
his neighbor or any man, the one abused brought him to the judge who gave him
compensation (read Vayyira/Lev.6:1-6). Now the measures are made in imagery, i.e. the value of an eye, thus
an eye for an eye. In no case was and eye to be removed for the person. I is
the same with the slap in the face, the man slapped brought his opponent to the
judge who determined the price to pay for reparation.
יהושעgoes behind and
tells his disciples to go more then it was required by the Torah.
Mat 5:25 Agree with thine adversary (opponent)
quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary
(opponent) deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the
officer, and thou be cast into prison. Mat 5:26
Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no
means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing (paid fully
thy debt).
Verse 22. You are to have one right-ruling, for the stranger and for the native…………
Right ruling:
Strong’s #H4941 משׁפּט “mishpat” From H8199;
properly a verdict (favourable
or unfavourable) pronounced judicially,
especially a sentence or
formal decree (human or (particularly) divine
law, individual or collectively), including the act, the place, the
suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly justice, including a
particular right, or privilege (statutory or customary), or even
a style: - + adversary, ceremony,
charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due,
fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just (-ice, -ly), (manner of) law
(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X
worthy, + wrong.
Stranger. Strong’s
#H1616, גּר
ger êr
gêyr gare, gare written gimel, resh. From H1481;
properly a guest; by implication a foreigner:
- alien, sojourner, stranger.
It is amazing to me that today Christians
proclaim to be “free from the law” when Elohim
says that there is one law for the Children of Israel and for the “Ger”, the
stranger. D’varim 6:4 confirm that
there is ONLY ONE ELOHIM:
Deu 6:4 “Hear, O Yisra’ĕl: יהוה our Elohim, יהוה is one!
This means that He is also the Elohim of the none Israelite, no matter
what they think about it!
Lev 24:1 And יהוה
spoke to Mosheh, saying, Lev 24:2 “Command the children of Yisra’ĕl that they
bring to you clear oil of pressed olives
for the light, to make the lamps burn
continually....Lev
24:23 And Mosheh spoke to the
children of Yisra’ĕl, and they brought the one who cursed outside the camp, and
stoned him with stones. And the children of Yisra’ĕl did as יהוה
commanded Mosheh.
Haftorah
Eze 44:15 “But the priests, the
Lĕwites, the sons of Tsaḏoq, who guarded the duty of My set-apart place when
the children of Yisra’ĕl went astray from Me, they shall draw near to Me to
serve Me, and shall stand before Me to bring to Me the fat and the blood,”
declares the Master יהוה. Eze 44:31
“The priests are not to eat any bird or beast
found dead or torn to pieces. 1Pe 2:4 Drawing near to Him,
a living Stone – rejected indeed by men, but chosen by Elohim and precious – 1Pe 2:5 you also, as living stones, are being built
up, a spiritual house, a set-apart priesthood, to offer up spiritual slaughter offerings acceptable to Elohim
through יהושע Messiah. 1Pe 2:6 Because it is contained in the Scripture,
“See, I lay in Tsiyon a chief corner-stone, chosen, precious, and he who believes on Him shall by no means be put to
shame.”1 Footnote: 1Isa.
28:16. 1Pe 2:7 This preciousness, then,
is for you who believe; but to those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief
corner-stone,”1 Footnote: 1Ps.
118:22. 1Pe 2:8 and “A stone of stumbling and a rock that makes for falling,”1
who stumble because they are disobedient2
to the Word, to which they also were appointed. Footnotes:
1Isa. 8:14. 2See John 3:36, Heb. 3:18. 1Pe
2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a set-apart nation, a
people for a possession, that you should proclaim the praises of Him who called
you out of darkness into His marvellous light, 1Pe 2:10 who
once were not a people, but now the people of Elohim; who had not obtained
compassion, but now obtained compassion.
May יהוה
bless you as you keep the way through Messiah
יהושע
