Category: Torah

Deuteronomy 1: Charter for born-again Israel

Post author By Richard
Post date June 23, 2007

There are times we just want a do-over on our lives, to hit the reset button. Ancient Israel needed such a new beginning after repeated rebellions against the LORD, the Savior from bondage in Mitsraim (Egypt), led to the nation’s judgment to remain outside the Promised Land for 40 years, until the first generation died out.

Thus begins the “second telling,” or deuteronomy, of who Israel was, where the nation was going and why. It’s also lesson for the “new creation” we become in the eyes of Heaven because of Yeshua haMashiakh (Jesus the Christ).

Tags Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy 01, Parashat Devarim

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Numbers 34–36: Big vision for Israel’s borders in Messianic age

Post author By Richard
Post date June 16, 2007

The borders of the modern state of Israel are a fraction of the territory the LORD granted the long ago. The promises for a much larger area from Genesis to Revelation speak to the wider vision of many nations in the Kingdom of Heaven and how our vision for our own potential may be too narrow.

Tags Numbers, Numbers 34, Numbers 35, Numbers 36

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Numbers 32–33: Reuben and Gad linger east of Jordan; remembering the Exodus

Post author By Daniel
Post date June 9, 2007

We may be tempted to give up when the end of our jobs, our relationships or lives are looming. Yet Moshe embodies apostle Paul’s encouragement to “fight the good fight” and “run the race” with all we have until we reach our goal or it’s time to pass the baton to the next person. Moshe encouraged the tribes of Reuben and Gad to pitch in to the hard settlement of Canaan, even when their new home was secured.

Tags Numbers, Numbers 32, Numbers 33

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Numbers 31: Israel battles Midian after prurient sneak attack

Post author By Richard
Post date May 12, 2007

The call for Israel to attack Midian, located on the southwestern coast of modern-day Saudi Arabia, comes after Midian’s plot to send in women to lure Israel away from the LORD. That, in turn, came because the LORD wouldn’t allow Bilam (Balaam) to curse Israel.

Tags Midian, Numbers, Numbers 31

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Numbers 30: Daughter of Zion and the Father’s prerogative

Post author By Richard
Post date April 21, 2007

Asking for a father’s permission to marry his daughter is viewed as comically anachronistic today. Likewise, these instructions for a father’s ability to annul a daughter’s vow seem a relic of yesteryear. Yet God teaches through object lessons, and what’s being communicated here is far more important than a surface impression.

Tags neder - vow - Strong's H5088, Numbers, Numbers 30, vows

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Messiah in offerings on Trumpets, Atonement and Tabernacles (Numbers 29)

Post author By Richard
Post date April 14, 2007

Learn how to see Messiah Yeshua (Christ Jesus) in the qorbanot (offerings, sacrifices) presented in the Tabernacle on the moedim (appointed times, festivals) of Yom Teruah (Day of Blowing Trumpets), Yom haKippurim (Day of Atonement) and Sukkot (Tabernacles).

Tags Numbers, Numbers 29, offering, Parashat Pinchas, qorban or corban - voluntary offering or wood-offering - Strong's H7133, Sukkot, Yom Kippur, Yom Teruah

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Meaning behind monthly, Passover and Pentecost offerings (Numbers 28:11–31)

Post author By Richard
Post date March 24, 2007

Learn how to see Messiah Yeshua (Christ Jesus) in the qorbanot (offerings, sacrifices) presented at the Tabernacle of Israel on each Rosh Chodesh (New Moon), Pesakh (Passover) and Shavu’ot (Pentecost).