One in Messiah
Congregation
Shabbat
Shalom
March 15, 2008 -
Adar 2, 7th day
God has His own
calendar
Esth.9 [1] Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar
אדר a-dar - A primitive root; to expand, that is, be great or
(figuratively) magnificent: - (become) glorious, honorable – (Purim)
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Why are
we here today?
The 4th Commandment is a part of the covenant given to us
at mount Sinai
We read from law and the prophets every Sabbath. Sixth
times in the Gospels and letters it uses the word Sabbath.
Acts 13 [13] Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos,
they came to Perga in Pamphylia:
and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. [14] But when they departed
from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. [15]
And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue
sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye
have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
[27] For they that dwell at
Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of
the prophets which are read every sabbath
day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
[42] And when the Jews were gone
out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached
to them the next sabbath.
[44]And the next sabbath
day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God
Acts 15 [21] For
Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the
synagogues every sabbath
day.
Luke 4 [16] And he, Yeshua / Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been brought
up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.[17] And there was
delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias.
Part of a Torah Portion - KI
TISA ( When thou take- to lift, bear up, carry)
Exod. 31 [13]
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep : for it is
a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I
am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
[16] Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath
throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant .
[17] It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six
days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was
refreshed.
Ezek. 20 [12]
Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths,
to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that
sanctify them.
[20] And hallow my sabbaths;
and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the
LORD your God.
Luke 23 [56] And
they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
Messiah Yeshua speaking of the future: Matt.24 [20] But pray ye that your flight be not in the
winter, neither on the sabbath day:
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Torah portion - Vayikra
Leviticus וַיִּקְרָא and he called, chapters 1 to 5
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Topic for today:
The Lord calls and
speaks pertaining to:
Types of
offerings
Types of
sacrifices
Ignorant
sin and their offerings
Something
dies so something can live
Atonement
We all
need the Saviour
קרבּן
qorban - something brought near the altar, that is, a
sacrificial present: - oblation, that is offered
Lev. 1 to 3
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Sins in Ignorance and their Sacrifice
Lev. 4
[3] If the
priest that is anointed do sin according to the
sin of the people;
[13] And
if the whole congregation of Israel sin through
ignorance,
[22] When a ruler hath sinned
[27] And
if any one of the common people sin through
ignorance
Ecc.7 [20] For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and
sinneth not.
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Lev. 5
Confessions
of guilt and the Trespass offering done in ignorance
Lev.
5 [1]
And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of
it; if he do not utter it, then he
shall bear his iniquity.
Lev.
19 [17] Thou shalt not hate thy brother in
thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour,
and not suffer sin upon him.
back to Lev.
5
[15] If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD;
[17] And
if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by
the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his
iniquity.
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Out of the land - in
exile
[31] If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to
cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine
altar in this house:
[32] Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants,
condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the
righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
[33] When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because
they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy
name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
[34] Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel,
and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest
unto their fathers.
[35] When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have
sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and
turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
[36] Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and
of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should
walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an
inheritance.
[37] If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting,
mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their
enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever
sickness there be;
[38] What prayer and supplication soever be
made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the
plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
[39] Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do,
and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest
the hearts of all the children of men;)
[40] That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land
which thou gavest unto our fathers.
[41] Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of
thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;
[42] (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy
strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward
this house;
[43] Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all
that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all
people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel;
and that they may know that this house, which I have builded,
is called by thy name.
[44] If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever
thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD
toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built
for thy name:
[45] Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and
maintain their cause.
[46] If they sin against thee, (for there is no man
that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with
them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto
the land of the enemy, far or near;
[47] Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were
carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of
them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done
perversely, we have committed wickedness;
[48] And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their
soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto
thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their
fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for
thy name:
[49] Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy
dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
[50] And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee and all their
transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them
compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion
on them:
[51] For they be thy people, and thine
inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of
Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
[52] That thine eyes may be open unto the
supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to
hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.
[53] For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the
earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.
[54] And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all
this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of
the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
[55] And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a
loud voice, saying,
[56] Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel,
according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his
good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
[57] The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him
not leave us, nor forsake us:
[58] That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways,
and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he
commanded our fathers.
[59] And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before
the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the
cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the
matter shall require:
[60] That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and
that there is none else.
[61] Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk
in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
Pss. 14
[3] They are all gone aside, they are all together
become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Pss. 53
[3] Every one of them is gone back: they are
altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Rom. 3 [10] As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
[12] They
are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is
none that doeth good, no, not one.
[23] For
all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Ecc.7 [20] For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and
sinneth not.
1 John 2 -
ignorant sin
[1]
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not.
And if any man sin, we have an advocate
with the Father, Yeshua the Messiah / Jesus Christ
the righteous:
[2] And he
is the propitiation for our sins: and not for
ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
[3] And
hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
[4] He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is
not in him.
[5] But
whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of
God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
[6] He that saith he abideth
in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
propitiation - the act of conciliation, an expiatory (place, thing,
person), an atoning victim - sin
sacrifice
advocate - a person who pleads for or in behalf of another;
intercessor, consoler, comforter.
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Just to show you what Judaism will not tell
you, they speak of The Messiah taking on the sins of
Israel
Talmud - Mas. Mo'ed Katan 28a
R. Eleazar said, Wherefore is [the account of]
Aaron's death closely followed by [the account of the disposal of] the priestly
vestments?6 [To inform you] that just as the priest's
vestments were [means] to effect atonement,7 so is the death of the
righteous [conducive to procuring] atonement.
Talmud - Mas. Berachoth
62b -
(29) According to the dictum that the death of the righteous is an
atonement.
Soncino Zohar, Shemoth,
Section 2, Page 212a
The souls
in Lower Paradise, on every New Moon and Sabbath day, go about and ascend to
the spot called Walls of Jerusalem, where there are a great many chieftains and
legions mounting guard, as written: I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O
Jerusalem (Isa. LXII, 6). They mount up as far as that
spot, but do not enter it until their purging is complete. There they prostrate
themselves, drink in ecstatically of the celestial radiance, and then return
into Paradise. They also at times go forth, roaming about the world and viewing
the bodies of the sinners undergoing their punishment. So Scripture says: And
they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of
the men that have rebelled against me; for their worm shall not die, neither
shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh
(Ibid. LXVI, 24). They continue to roam about, casting their glance on those
who are victims of pain and disease, who suffer for their belief in the unity
of their Master. They then return
and make all this known to the Messiah. When the Messiah hears of the great suffering
of Israel in their dispersion, and of the wicked amongst them who seek not to
know their Master, he weeps aloud on account of those wicked ones amongst them,
as it is written: But he was wounded because of our transgression, he was crushed because of
our iniquities” (Ibid. LIII, 5). The souls then return to their place. The Messiah, on his part, enters a
certain Hall in the Garden of Eden, called the Hall of the Afflicted. There he calls for all
the diseases and pains and sufferings of Israel, bidding them settle on
himself, which they do. And were it not that he
thus eases the burden from Israel, taking it on himself, no one could endure
the sufferings meted out to Israel in expiation on account of their neglect of
the Torah . So Scripture says; “Surely our diseases he did bear”, etc. (Ibid. LIII, 4).
Isa.53[ 5] But he was wounded
for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities : the
chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
[11]
He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his
knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear
their iniquities
[12]
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the
spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he
was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare
the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
1John.2 [2]
And he ( Messiah ) is the propitiation for our sins:
and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
Heb.2[ 17]
Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made
like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest
( Messiah ) in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the
sins of the people.
Heb.9[ 28] So Christ ( Messiah
) was once offered to bear the sins of many ; and unto them that look for
him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Rom.5[ 8] But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet
sinners, Christ ( Messiah ) died for us.
1Thes.5[ 10] Who ( Messiah )
died for us , that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with
him.
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Recap - ONE SACRIFICE FOR SINS FOREVER
No more daily sacrifice needed
Heb.7[ 27] Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for
his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he
did once , when
he offered up himself.
Heb.9[ 12] Neither by the blood of goats
and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into
the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
[26] For
then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to
put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
[28] So Messiah / Christ was once offered to bear the sins of
many ; and
unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto
salvation.
Heb.10 [10] By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of
the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
[11] And
every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same
sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
[12]
But this man, Yeshua, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever,
sat down on the right hand of God;
Rom.6[ 10] For in that he died, he died unto sin once
1Cor.5 [7] Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye
may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Messiah / Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
Eph. 5 [2] And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved
us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
Phil. 4 [18] But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
Heb. 13 [16] But to do good and to communicate forget
not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
1Pet. 2 [5] Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a
spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices,
Rom. 12 [1] I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye
present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is
your reasonable service.
LEVITES ARE A SHADOW OF MESSIAH'S PRIESTHOOD
Exod.40[ 13] And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him
, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.[
14] And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe
them with coats:[15 ] And thou shalt anoint
them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in
the priest's office : for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting
priesthood throughout their generations .
Num.25[ 10]
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,[11] Phinehas, the son of Eleazar,
the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel,
while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children
of Israel in my jealousy.[12 ] Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my
covenant of peace:[ 13] And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even
the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his
God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
New Priesthood , other
priesthoods
Heb.7
[1]
For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest
of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the
kings, and blessed him;
[2] To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by
interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem,
which is, King of peace;
[3] Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither
beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually .
[4] Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch
Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
[5]
And verily they that are of the sons of Levi , who receive the office of
the priesthood , have a commandment to take tithes of the people according
to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of
Abraham:
[6] But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes
of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
[7] And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
[8] And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
[9] And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth
tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
[10] For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec
met him.
[11] If
therefore perfection were by the Levitical
priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was
there that another priest should rise after the
order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the
order of Aaron?
[12] For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity
a change also of the law.
[13]
For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to
another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
[14] For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda ;
of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning
priesthood.
[15] And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of
Melchisedec there ariseth another priest ,
[16] Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the
power of an endless life.
[17] For
he testifieth, Thou art a
priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Pss.110 [4]
The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a
priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Heb.7 [18 ]
For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the
weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
[19] For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better
hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
[20] And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:
[21] (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him
that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not
repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
[22] By so much was Yeshua - Jesus made a surety of a
better testament.
[23] And
they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by
reason of death:
[24] But this man, because he continueth
ever , hath an unchangeable
priesthood.
[25] Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
[26]
For such an high priest became ( for ) us, who is holy, harmless,
undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
[27] Who needeth not daily, as those high
priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the
people's: for this he did once, when he offered up
himself.
[28] For the law maketh men high
priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the
law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.
We are priests, Yeshua is the high priest, we
offer up spiritual sacrifices
1Pet.2[ 5] Ye also, as
lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood , to offer up spiritual sacrifices , acceptable to God by Jesus Christ .
[9]
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood ,
an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew
forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
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Hos.14[ 2] Take with you words,
and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us
graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips
. *( calves are meant here as spiritual sacrifices
)
Heb.13 [15] By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God
continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving
thanks to his name.
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Rev.1[ 6] And hath made us
kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Rev.5[ 10] And hast made us
unto our God kings and priests : and we shall reign on the earth.
Rev.20[ 6] Blessed and holy is he
that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no
power, but they shall be priests of God and of
Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
We are the TEMPLE of God
1Cor.3 [16]
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
[17] If
any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God
is holy, which temple ye are.
1Cor.6[ 19] What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which
is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
2Cor.6[ 14] Be ye not unequally
yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with
unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with
darkness?[15 ] And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?[16
] And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God
hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and
they shall be my people.[17 ] Wherefore
come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith
the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,[ 18]
And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
Messiah is our offering
Acts.21 [26
] Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered
into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purifcation, until that an offering should be
offered for every one of them.
Rom.15 [16 ] That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to
the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the
Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
Eph.5 [2] And walk in love, as Messiah
/ Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and
a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
Heb.10 [5 ] Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
[8]
Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and
offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; [9
] Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first ( animal scarifices ),
that he may establish the second.
[10] By the which will we are sanctified through
the offering of "the body of Yeshua
the Messiah - Jesus Christ" once for all.
[14]
For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them
that are sanctified.
[18]
Now where remission of these is, there is no
more offering for sin .
( We don't need any more animal sacrifices )
Shalom all, follow
Jews who have the Messiah, the Word of God made flesh
Zech.8 [ 23]
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall
come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations,
even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We
will go with you: for we have heard that God is with
you.
Shalom