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Post by alon on Feb 14, 2019 21:18:10 GMT -8
This week’s readings:
Date of reading- 16 February 2019/ 11 Adar 5779
Name of Par’shah- Tetzaveh; You Are to Order
Par’shah- Ex 27:20 – 30:10
Haftara- Ezekiel 43:10-27
D’rash: This is a tough one to do, and I had to do a lot of reading and sorting, so much so that my sources became blurred. So while I won’t be listing them at the end, just know this is not all (or even most) of my own understanding. It did take a lot of discernment to sort things out, but credit God for that.
So what spiritual truths can we glean from this par’shah? I’d like to show just a few:
Ezekiel 43:10-12 (ESV) “As for you, son of man, describe to the house of Israel the temple, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and they shall measure the plan. And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple, its arrangement, its exits and its entrances, that is, its whole design; and make known to them as well all its statutes and its whole design and all its laws, and write it down in their sight, so that they may observe all its laws and all its statutes and carry them out. This is the law of the temple: the whole territory on the top of the mountain all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.
God is Kedoshi, the Holy One (Habakkuk 1:12), and we must come to Him and worship on His terms, not our own. This is at the core of Messianic belief.
Exodus 27:20- (ESV) “You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn. In the tent of meeting, outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a statute forever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel.
Oil and flame are both representative of the Ruach HaKodesh throughout scripture. So the oil for the lamps in the Mishkan and later the Temple must be pure, as Elohim’s holiness is pure.
Exodus 28:12-14 (ESV) And you shall set the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders for remembrance. You shall make settings of gold filigree, and two chains of pure gold, twisted like cords; and you shall attach the corded chains to the settings.
God will remember His people.
The choshen (breastplate) is worn close to the heart, the seat of human emotion and spirituality. But it is always worn with the ephod, or apron, representing our physical state. We are physical beings, with physical concerns. But like the priestly garments we have an inseparable (in this life) soul. To ignore the soul makes us less than human- just an animal. Today we see the result of this all around us, with crime rampant and lawmakers calling for post- live birth abortions. However we cannot attain a state of pure spirituality either. So the two, while complimenting each other also war with each other:
Romans 7:14-15 (ESV) For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin. For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.
When I wear a tallit kitan today it is reminiscent of this priestly garment, though now reversed as we are in the Renewed Covenant and are ourselves now priests, as was always intended:
Exodus 19:6 (ESV) and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”
But that garment, like the choshen is worn close to our hearts and is thus a reminder that a.) God holds His own close to His heart, and b.) I should hold Hashem Elohai My G-d (Habakkuk 1:12) close as well.
It is said (and I believe it true) that the entire TNK points to Yeshua HaMoshiach. So it is interesting that it takes seven days to give a priest his smicha (ordination):
Exodus 29:35 (ESV) “Thus you shall do to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. Through seven days shall you ordain them,
And we see Yeshua telling Mary of Magdala not to cling to Him just after she discovered Him resurrected:
John 20:17 (ESV) Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
Yet later:
John 20:26-27 (ESV) Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.”
So eight days have passed, eight being the number of new beginnings, and He tells Thomas to touch Him. Seven is the number of completion, and Yeshua’s seven days to be ordained our priest in the heavenly Temple had now passed.
Hebrews 8:1 (ESV) Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
Date of reading- 16 February 2019/ 11 Adar 5779
Name of Par’shah- Tetzaveh; You Are to Order
Par’shah- Ex 27:20 – 30:10
Haftara- Ezekiel 43:10-27
D’rash: This is a tough one to do, and I had to do a lot of reading and sorting, so much so that my sources became blurred. So while I won’t be listing them at the end, just know this is not all (or even most) of my own understanding. It did take a lot of discernment to sort things out, but credit God for that.
So what spiritual truths can we glean from this par’shah? I’d like to show just a few:
Ezekiel 43:10-12 (ESV) “As for you, son of man, describe to the house of Israel the temple, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and they shall measure the plan. And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple, its arrangement, its exits and its entrances, that is, its whole design; and make known to them as well all its statutes and its whole design and all its laws, and write it down in their sight, so that they may observe all its laws and all its statutes and carry them out. This is the law of the temple: the whole territory on the top of the mountain all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.
God is Kedoshi, the Holy One (Habakkuk 1:12), and we must come to Him and worship on His terms, not our own. This is at the core of Messianic belief.
Exodus 27:20- (ESV) “You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn. In the tent of meeting, outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a statute forever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel.
Oil and flame are both representative of the Ruach HaKodesh throughout scripture. So the oil for the lamps in the Mishkan and later the Temple must be pure, as Elohim’s holiness is pure.
Exodus 28:12-14 (ESV) And you shall set the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders for remembrance. You shall make settings of gold filigree, and two chains of pure gold, twisted like cords; and you shall attach the corded chains to the settings.
God will remember His people.
The choshen (breastplate) is worn close to the heart, the seat of human emotion and spirituality. But it is always worn with the ephod, or apron, representing our physical state. We are physical beings, with physical concerns. But like the priestly garments we have an inseparable (in this life) soul. To ignore the soul makes us less than human- just an animal. Today we see the result of this all around us, with crime rampant and lawmakers calling for post- live birth abortions. However we cannot attain a state of pure spirituality either. So the two, while complimenting each other also war with each other:
Romans 7:14-15 (ESV) For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin. For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.
When I wear a tallit kitan today it is reminiscent of this priestly garment, though now reversed as we are in the Renewed Covenant and are ourselves now priests, as was always intended:
Exodus 19:6 (ESV) and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”
But that garment, like the choshen is worn close to our hearts and is thus a reminder that a.) God holds His own close to His heart, and b.) I should hold Hashem Elohai My G-d (Habakkuk 1:12) close as well.
It is said (and I believe it true) that the entire TNK points to Yeshua HaMoshiach. So it is interesting that it takes seven days to give a priest his smicha (ordination):
Exodus 29:35 (ESV) “Thus you shall do to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. Through seven days shall you ordain them,
And we see Yeshua telling Mary of Magdala not to cling to Him just after she discovered Him resurrected:
John 20:17 (ESV) Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
Yet later:
John 20:26-27 (ESV) Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.”
So eight days have passed, eight being the number of new beginnings, and He tells Thomas to touch Him. Seven is the number of completion, and Yeshua’s seven days to be ordained our priest in the heavenly Temple had now passed.
Hebrews 8:1 (ESV) Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
