Tag: kadash/qadash – to make holy/set apart – Strong’s H6942

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Mercy red with Truth and awe: Arrival of the ‘fittest’ for the Kingdom of God (Leviticus 11)

Mercy red with truth and awe: Arrival of the 'fittest' to enter the Kingdom of God (Leviticus 11)

There’s a big difference between learning Torah on an intellectual level, through hearing lectures and reading books versus doing it in the real world.

In the Torah reading שמיני Shemini (“eighth,” Leviticus 9–11), ancient Israel high priest Aaron and his sons are taking what Moses has taught them about being their role in the Tabernacle and starting to step into the hands-on role. We have to do the same thing. It’s a good thing to read the Bible, listen to it being spoken, but then we have to actually do what it says before it can change us and make us who God wants us to be.

Amid all the instructions about “clean” and “unclean” foods in this passage, the underlying lesson is profound: It’s in God’s great mercy and love for mankind to lift us up from the mire we’re knowingly or unknowingly trapped in then set us apart to join Heaven in the restoration of the world (Eph. 2:10; 2Tim. 2:21).

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Yeshua the Firstfruits: First-born of those who are being saved

Humans and donkeys have something very important in common, according to the words of God: Both have to be redeemed by the blood of a lamb. The purpose of the memorial of Unleavened Bread is to remind us those who trust God have crossed over and what was before is destroyed and is gone. The past is destroyed just as the Egyptian army was drowned into the Sea.

When we accepted Yeshua as our Savior, we chose Him as our first-born. We have made Him first in our hearts.

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Leviticus 19: The LORD defines what is holy

Richard Agee

Leviticus 19 is about God wanting us to be as holy as He is. If we couldn’t be holy as God is holy, God wouldn’t have told us to even try to be holy like Him. If it was utterly too difficult to do, He wouldn’t have told us to do it. This is not a random chapter, inserted out of the blue to dumbfound us. This isn’t merely a book of dos and don’ts.

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God’s appointments with humankind gain meaning over time – not obsolescence

A number of theologians have wondered publicly if the festivals of the LORD are relevant for today or are just historical or intellectual curiosities. Many dismiss Sukkot as either a harvest festival only applicable in the Land of Israel or only relevant with a standing temple. Let’s explore what the Bible says about the past, present and future layers of meaning in these annual appointments and how they teach us about the Messiah and ourselves.

We will look at the different layers of the festivals: past, present and future.

In a sense, they are like a wedding anniversary, on which the couple remembers all the experiences layered on top of one another since the cutting of that first wedding cake.