This week’s study
- Readings: Aug. 1, 2026Leviticus 22–23 calls Israel to honor God through worship and to meet Him through His appointed times. These festivals rehearse His redemption: Messiah is their substance, not their cancellation. Paul in Colossians 2 warns believers against human judgments and counterfeit spirituality, while Zechariah 14 looks ahead to Yeshua’s worldwide reign, when all nations will celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles. God’s calendar tells one unfolding story — from holiness and deliverance to resurrection, restoration and fellowship.
Related readings
See the full year of readings from First Fruits of Zion and TorahResource (one-year cycle or three-year cycle). For a schedule of readings to go through the Apostolic Writings and Prophets & Writings, see the Scripture-reading cycle at MessianicJudaism.net.
Latest study notes and audio recordings
Discover why Leviticus 21, Ezekiel 44, John 4 and 6, and 1Corinthians 10–11 focus on the “table of the LORD” and what that means for us today. We explore what it really means that ancient Israel’s priests handle the “food of God,” why Yeshua (Jesus) says His food is to do the Father’s will, and how our approach today to Heaven’s altar reveals whether we’re truly drawing near — or just dropping off a gift and walking away.
The apostles’ four prohibitions (idols, blood, strangled, sexual immorality) for Gentile believers in Acts 15 were a starting line, not a finish line, for holiness. Explore how they fit together with Leviticus 17–20, Amos 9, Acts 10 and Ephesians 4–5. Find out how Gentiles “called by God’s name,” mixed seeds and fabrics, and why honest speech, justice, and love of neighbor are central to walking as a holy people in a divided modern world.
What’s the point of the Torah’s stark language about nakedness, sexuality and child-sacrificing pagan worship in Leviticus 18? It’s really about something deeper: exploiting the vulnerable, crossing God-given boundaries and confusing shame with holiness. Tracing themes from Leviticus, Genesis, 1Corinthians, Hebrews and James, we explore how “naked and not ashamed” became fearful hiding — and how Messiah becomes our true covering. Discover how sanctification, judgment and grace meet in a God who refuses to leave us in our damage.
This year, the Fourth of July lands on Shabbat (Sabbath) — a day that each week celebrates how God sets people free and gives them rest. As we commemorate 250 years since the Declaration said we’re “endowed by our Creator,” we’ll explore what real, God-given freedom and redemption look like in everyday life.
Discover how Messiah Yeshua (Christ Jesus) brings to fullness Leviticus 16 and is detailed description of the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). We connect Titus 3; Hebrews 9–10; and Luke 18 to show how Yeshua, our merciful High Priest, provides Heaven’s ultimate covering, removing and purposefully forgetting our sin, transgression and iniquity. Trace the journey from each of our “house of bondage” to the Promised Land of freedom and the meaning of Yom Kippur’s two goats. And we learn what it means to humbly trust (have faith) in His finished work.
Leviticus 15 with its uncomfortable discussion of bodily discharges has amazing connections to the dramatic Gospel accounts of the woman with the 12-year hemorrhage and the resurrection of a 12-year-old girl (Matthew 9, Mark 5, Luke 8). Explore how faith, Messianic touch, uncleanness, and death intersect with the mysterious red heifer (Numbers 19), and the mic-drop moments of Yeshua (Jesus) against hypocrisy (Matthew 23). See how internal vs. external purity, life vs. death, and the Kingdom of Heaven all converge in this rich, layered teaching.
Leprosy in Scripture exposes more than damaged skin; it uncovers the heart. As God met outcasts outside the camp, He meets us in our own wilderness places. There He calls to trust, receive cleansing through the Messiah, and return to communities as consecrated servants.