This parashah starts with Aaron, who has been undergoing sanctification for the office of Cohen HaGadol for the past 8 days, beginning his duties as High Priest. Also his two oldest sons, Nadab and Abihu, were to start assisting him. The problem is that the boys had been drinking (implied
Many people are taught that all who call on the name of the Lord will be saved. That’s accurate but not absolute. God will forgive us if we ask for it, and prove we mean it by doing T’shuvah (turn from sin), which will be to live our life showing that
I was reading (in the New Covenant writings) some of the Epistles to the Messianic Communities in the Diaspora this weekend and noticed how Shaul (Paul) and Kefa (Peter) write in a way that seems to indicate God has predestined those who will be saved. We have Ephesians 1:5 (“Having predestinated
This parashah covers sacrifice and ordination rules, but that is not what I want to talk about today. The Torah is more than just a “book”- it is a narrative (that archaeological discoveries are proving to be historically accurate), it is a Ketubah (marriage certificate) between God and His people,
I certainly hope so! If not, all of us are in BIG trouble! The real question is: do unrepentant sinners go to heaven? I think I can safely say the answer to that question is: NO! Not a chance. Not happening. Close the door on your way out. Sin is
One of my coworkers has to deal with his wife passing away, suddenly. They are barely 40, and he has two young, low-functioning autistic children. When such tsouris happens, we have to think about why. Is this a judgment from God? Is it an attack from the enemy? Is it
This Shabbat Torah reading begins with the 3rd book of the Torah, Vayikra, or Leviticus. God tells Moses the rules and procedures for presenting offerings before the Lord. He goes through each type of offering, which animals or substitutes are allowed, and which type of sin the offering is intended to
Yes, He does. How can anyone say He doesn’t? He changed His mind when Abraham asked Him to spare Sodom and Gemorrah if He found just 10 honest men there. He changed His mind when He allowed the enemy to harass Job (first it was don’t touch Job, then He allowed
Isaiah says that we are all like sheep, easily led astray to do evil. We are also just plain, easily led stray. People want to be led, not to lead. Oh, they want to be in charge, all right- everyone wants to be able to talk and have everyone else
This last chapter and a half (or so) of the Book of Exodus tells us all the things that God instructed Moses to have the people make, with regards to the Tabernacle, were made exactly as God had commanded. All I can say is, “About time they did something right!”