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Apostolic Writings Discussions Torah

Living water vs. dead bones: How Messiah moves us from decay to new creation (Leviticus 15; Matthew 9 & 23; Mark 5; Luke 8)

Created with ChatGPT, this oil palette knife digital painting shows two first-century Judean scenes. On the left, a woman with a twelve-year flow of blood kneels and grasps a blue-threaded tzitzit on the lower hem of Yeshua’s outer cloak. On the right, Yeshua gently helps a twelve-year-old girl stand after raising her from death as witnesses look on in amazement. The image has the text overlay, “Living water vs. dead bones: How Messiah moves us from decay to new creation (Leviticus 15; Matthew 9 & 23; Mark 5; Luke 8),” and includes a Hallel.info watermark.

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.

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Blessings of the statutes and judgments

Moses’ final words about the “statutes and judgements” have a particular significance for us during Sukkot. There are no amendments to the statutes of God. And we aren’t allowed change or alter God’s judgements. We should read them not to challenge them but to understand them, wrestle with them and apply them to our lives.