Bible
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How God Speaks Through His Appointed Times
The Parsha reading that I will cover in this entry is Emor (Speak), which was read in synagogues on May 2 this year. From this portion, I will cover the standard of holiness for the priests, the standard of perfection… Continue reading
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Going down to the River
Leviticus 12:1-13:59Haftarah: 2 Kings 4:42-5:19 Leviticus 14:1-15:33Haftarah: 2 Kings 7:3-20 This Torah portion, scheduled for April 18, 2026, covers the laws for cleanliness and purification for women who give birth, for lepers, for diseased objects and homes, and healthy and… Continue reading
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Distinguish between the Clean and Unclean
As I catch up on the Torah schedule, my post for today is about Shmini (Eighth), scheduled to be read April 11, 2026. This portion covers the first sacrifice Aaron and his sons make to the Lord after being consecrated,… Continue reading
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The Sin Offering and the Guilt Offering He Called for
I think this will be my last post on the Torah portion reading Vayikra, cited above. I really want to address the Haftarah too and how that related to God’s eternal plan for Israel and the world through Messiah, but… Continue reading
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The Peace Offering He Called for
The Hebrew words translated as peace offering are zevah shelamim (“sacred gift of greeting”). What is the Hebrew greeting? Shalom. What does shalom mean? Peace. This peace is a wholeness of being in body, mind, spirit. The shelamim, translated as… Continue reading
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The Grain Offering He Called for
Leviticus 2 covers the stipulations of the grain offering (minhah). Minhah basically means “tribute, gift,” harkening more to the offering’s function than its contents. Jesus, who was born in Bethlehem (meaning House of Bread), on the night He was betrayed… Continue reading
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The Burnt Offering He Called for
The burnt offering is the first offering mentioned in Leviticus. In Hebrew, it’s called the ‘olah. It’s the same word from which we get Holocaust. It was completely burned up on the bronze altar. None of it was eaten by… 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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