 Why Study the Torah? Because it is very important to YHVH:
1 Corinthians 10:11
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How does this week’s Torah Portion relate to the Haftarah and Brit Chadasha Portions?
What did you find most interesting about this week’s reading?
What is the general theme of this reading and how does it apply to our lives today?
Passover illustrated in a wonderful movie:
Answering the accusation that we can't keep Passover:
The Passover/Unleavened Bread readings:
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The Timing of Yeshua's Death, Burial and Resurrection:
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Like so many other things in modern Christianity, "Good Friday" is a lie. How do you get three days and three nights dead (Matthew 12:40) from Friday to the equally pagan lie of Easter Sunday? I can't believe I believed that nonsense for most of my life.
Yeshua died on a Wednesday Passover, was dead during Unleavened Bread, Wed. to Thrus. night (1), Thurs. to Fri. night (2) and Fri. to Sat. night (3) and was up at the end of the Sabbath and the beginning of First Fruits.
The reason the Passover lamb was to be kept for 4 days (10th to 14th according to Exodus 12:1-6) was because Yeshua is the "Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" (Rev. 13:8). A day with the Lord is as a thousand years (2 Peter 3:8). Thus the Lamb of God was kept by the Father for 4,000 years [4 God days] from the time of Creation until the Lamb was sacrificed. And just like the grain offering which had to be eaten within 2 days (Lev. 7:15-17), so also do we have 2,000 years [2 God days] to partake of the "Bread of Life" (John 6:33-51), which came from (or was born in) Bethlehem (NOT on Dec. 25th), which means the "House of Bread". After that it's time for the fire.
Yeshua used "Moses and the prophets" to explain who He was to the men on the Road to Emmaus (Luke 24:27), because those were the Scriptures that all testified of Him in countless ways! Until we dump the vain (pagan) traditions of men and get back on YHWH's page, we will never truly know/understand who are Savior was/is/is to come.
Exchange the lie for the truth and learn just how amazing our JEWISH Savior (Revelation 5:5), who fulfilled the Torah (Matthew 5:17-19) really is!
Unleavened Bread:
Answering the accusation that we can't keep Passover:
The Timing of Yeshua's Death, Burial and Resurrection:
14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Revelation 12
New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
The War in Heaven
3 Then another portent appeared in heaven: a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. 4 His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth.
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
22 For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the Lord.
1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Are Gog and Magog, Russia and China, or Nephilim giants?
I see dead people...
50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
We need to wake up!
The Gospel in the Stars:
KJV - "turtles??" - OOPS!
8 And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.
Luke 2
King James Version (KJV)
22 And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
23 (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
24 And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
Speaking of birds...
1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:
3 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;
4 Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
5 And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:
6 As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:
7 And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.
Spiritual Roots of Sickness:
James 5
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
13 Is anyone among you suffering? Then he must pray. Is anyone cheerful? He is to sing praises. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; 15 and the prayer [l]offered in faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him. 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.
Who was the prophet Daniel talking to in the last two chapters of his book? Consider the following descriptions:
Daniel 10
13 and in the midst of the lampstands I saw one like the Son of Man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash across his chest. 14 His head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; his eyes were like a flame of fire, 15 his feet were like burnished bronze, refined as in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters.
21 “You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but on the seventh day you must stop working, even during the seasons of plowing and harvest.
22 “You must celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the first crop of the wheat harvest, and celebrate the Festival of the Final Harvest at the end of the harvest season. 23 Three times each year every man in Israel must appear before the Sovereign, the Lord, the God of Israel. 24 I will drive out the other nations ahead of you and expand your territory, so no one will covet and conquer your land while you appear before the Lord your God three times each year.
Kevin & Amanda Roberts on Obedience to YHVH's Calendar and Feasts:
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The Scriptures for this week's study are:
TORAH:
PROPHETS:
2 Kings 4:42-5:19