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As the Deer Pants for the Water
By Marty NystromArranged to NAF by Sara DuVall I needed to come up for air a little in the middle of my ongoing blog series, and Friday, I received a beautiful photo opportunity that inspired me to transpose this song.… Continue reading
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The Grain Offering He Called for
Torah: Leviticus 1:1-6:7(5:26)Haftarah: Isaiah 43:21-44:23 This post is a continuation of my exploration of the Torah portion Vayikra (He Called). In my last post The Burnt Offering He Called for, I focused on the burnt offering and how it represents… Continue reading
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The Burnt Offering He Called for
Torah: Leviticus 1:1-6:7(5:26)Haftarah: Isaiah 43:21-44:23 Long ago, the Jewish sages created reading calendars to be read annually throughout all the synagogues every sabbath. They are the Parsha (from the Torah, the first five books of the Bible), and the Haftarah… Continue reading
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He Assembled His People to Follow Him According to all the Accounts
This time, I’ll focus on three things: the repetition of the tabernacle instructions and what it has to do with Jesus, the glory of the Lord in the tabernacle and what that has to do with Jesus, and the leading… Continue reading
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When You Take the Chance to Stand up and be Counted in God’s Census with Unveiled Face
This reading portion takes us through instructions for the half-shekel census, the bronze basin, the recipe for holy anointing oil, the recipe for holy incense, the commissioning of Bezalel and Oholiab to make everything associated with the tabernacle, Shabbat, the… Continue reading
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Who is Your Banner?
I just happened to be looking at the Iranian flag in a news post this weekend, and the flag suddenly hit me in a way I never thought of before. In the middle is a red emblem that replaced the… Continue reading
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The Pure Order
The Torah portion for February 28, 2026, Tetzaveh (You Are to Order) covers the vestments of the priests, the ordination process, and the altar of incense. The Haftara covers part of the instructions God gave Ezekiel about the future temple.… Continue reading
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The Light’s Contribution to the World
The Torah portion for February 21, 2026, T’rumah (Contributiuon), concerns the material contribution and instructions for the tabernacle, God’s dwelling place among His people. The Haftarah portion concerns how this tabernacle structure meant for a nomadic people in the wilderness… Continue reading
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His Rulings Are Upright
This portion begins with various rulings on social situations between people concerning slaves and restitution for losses in various situations, includes the confirming of the covenant between God and Israel, and ends with Moses, Aaron, Aaron’s sons, and 70 elders… Continue reading
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To Proclaim His Excellencies
First, I want to talk about how the giving of the Ten Commandments at Sinai (Horeb) foreshadows the coming of the Holy Spirit and the second coming of the Messiah in the last days, as well as how the Mosaic… Continue reading
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