salvation

  • Messiah: Sent on Your Behalf

    The portion of Scripture I will cover in this post comes from the parsha reading Shlach L’kha (Send on Your Behalf), which was read this year according to schedule on June 13, 2026. The Torah portion covers the first spying… Continue reading

    Messiah: Sent on Your Behalf
  • I’ve Been Through the Desert with a Lion Who’s Named

    This portion is called B’midbar (In the Desert), and it was read this year on May 16. Don’t worry, I will catch up! This portion covers the first census of Israel, the substitution of the Levites on behalf of the… Continue reading

    I’ve Been Through the Desert with a Lion Who’s Named
  • 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

    How God Speaks Through His Appointed Times
  • 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

    The Sin Offering and the Guilt Offering He Called for
  • 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

    Who is Your Banner?
  • 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

    His Rulings Are Upright
  • 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

    To Proclaim His Excellencies
  • After He Had Let Go

    This portion takes us through the beginning journey of the Israelites out of Egypt, to the parting of the Red Sea, to the bitter water at Marah, to Elim with twelve springs and seventy palm trees, to the wilderness of… Continue reading

    After He Had Let Go
  • Bo (Go)

    This portion is absolutely full this week, so I will have to be selective about what I discuss. It was during the week of this appointed portion that I was born. It includes the last three plagues of Egypt: locusts… Continue reading

    Bo (Go)
  • Names: Their Importance and Their Power

    The oppression of Israel to bitter slavery before the Exodus is the stage upon which we see a messiah arise, Moses, and I would like to argue he acts too as a foreshadowing of the Messiah Who was promised to… Continue reading

    Names: Their Importance and Their Power