Tag: death

Leviticus 25-26: God’s freedom-based economy

Post author By Jarrod
Post date June 10, 2019
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The reading בְּהַר Behar (“on mount” [Sinai], Leviticus 25:1-26:2) is the shortest parashah (portion) of the entire Torah cycle, but it gets to the heart of a recurring problem as God has been working to call back mankind from wandering away from the only Source of life. Just as land needs rest from cultivation to produce bounty, how much more do people need to be freed from the burdens weighing on their hearts and minds.

Here’s what true freedom looks like: Yeshua (Jesus) preached it, died in it, rose in it and intercedes for us to make us continue in mercy and grace.

Tags bread, choice of life or death, death, economics, exile, interest, Jeremiah, Jeremiah 32, Kiddush HaShem, land ownership, Leviticus, Leviticus 25, Leviticus 26, Life, Promised Land, sabbatical year, snake, usury, Yobel - Jubilee year

Discussions Torah

Numbers 19–21; 1Corinthians 15: Death is the enemy, so choose life!

Post author By Jeff
Post date June 23, 2018
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The word calls us to choose death but God pleads with us to choose life. (Graphic created with wordclouds.com)

Death is out of place in the order God created. The biblical offering of the red heifer and the purification water made from its ashes are poured into were designed by God to be a physical cleanser and a spiritual cleanser. In the Torah reading חֻקַּת Chukat (Numbers 19-21), instructions are given for its use to remove any physical remnants of death that clings to a person who helped take care of the final rest for the dead, but it was also a spiritual cleanser used to clear away the spiritual stench of death.

Death cannot inhabit the realm of life. Even thought death is all around us, we don’t have to wallow in it. God gives us a message of life in a culture of death. A life that the Creator is looking to restore. That is the consistent message from Genesis to Revelation.

Discussions Prophets and Writings Torah

Genesis 23:1-25:18: Believers’ bargain bonanza from Sarah and Rivkah

Post author By Daniel
Post date November 7, 2015
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Why did Abraham the nomadic “father of faith” pay so much for a tomb for his wife Sarah? What’s the connection between Abraham’s and King David’s picking a certain son as the successor over other, older sons? Are does the symbol of a well in the account of Yitzkhak marrying Rivkah and in Yeshua’s encounter with the Samaritan woman teach us about the Mashiakh’s work of bringing new life out of death? These are questions tackled in this discussion of the Torah portion Chayei Sarah (“life of Sarah”), covering Genesis 23-25.

Tags 1st Kings, Abram/Abraham, burial, David, death, Genesis, Genesis 23, Genesis 24, Genesis 25, haggling, Isaac/Yitskhak, marriage, negotiation, Parashat Chayei Sarah, prayer, Rebecca/Rivkah, Recordings, Sarai/Sarah

Discussions Torah

Embalming, Mourning, and Forgiving: The Story of Yosef’s Final Act of Grace

Post author By Richard
Post date December 7, 2013
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"An ancient Egyptian scene depicting the mummification of Jacob, overseen by his son Joseph. The room is adorned with Egyptian artwork and hieroglyphs on the walls. Joseph stands nearby in Egyptian attire, watching solemnly as Egyptian priests prepare Jacob’s body, lying respectfully on a stone table. The priests hold jars of oils, spices, and linens, used for embalming. The lighting is warm, creating a reverent atmosphere that honors both Egyptian customs and the Hebrew tradition."

After the death of Yisra’el, fka Ya’akob (Jacob), 10 of his dozen sons approached Yosef (Joseph) with a message from their father: Don’t seek revenge for selling him as a slave. Yosef lived out the “second greatest commandment” in his response, showing he trusted God’s plan that had violently separated him from his family and landed him in prison for a few years.

Tags burial, chanat - embalm - Strong's H2590, death, Egypt, embalming, forgiveness, Genesis, Genesis 50, Jacob/Yaakov, Joseph/Yosef, Parashat Vayechi

Appointments With God Discussions Passover Prophets and Writings

Passion of the Messiah in Psalms

Post author By Richard
Post date March 24, 2012
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In preparation for Passover, we consider the theme of Psalms 22, 23, 40 and 88 is not death but the willingness to die despite one’s fear of death. Yeshua (Jesus) had fear God because He knew God’s awesome power first-hand. He feared death, not the Devil.

Tags death, Hebrews, Isaac/Yitskhak, Jacob/Yaakov, messianic prophecy, Psalms, Yeshua/Jesus

Apostolic Writings Discussions Prophets and Writings

Do Christians go to Heaven when they die?

Post author By John
Post date December 10, 2011
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The solid, straightforward, Biblical foundation is that death is the total absence of life, that there is no part of a person that “goes to heaven” when he dies and that the dead are actually dead and sleeping in Sheol until Christ’s appearing. We now turn our attention to some sections of Scripture commonly misconstrued to indicate otherwise. Let’s remember that they must harmonize with those parts of God’s Word.