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… fire while being drunk and somehow tried to enter the Holy of Holies, which was only allowed by the High Priest and only once a year, during Yom Kippur since in verse 9, we read that the Lord tells Aaron not to partake of strong drink or wine when coming to the tent of meeting …
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… First Fruits, the Feast of Pentecost, which occurs 50 days after First Fruits and the Feast of Ingathering, which would also include the Feast of Trumpets and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement and which all occur in the 7th month of the Jewish calendar.
Chapter 24 is about sealing the deal. The Lord presented …
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… Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Messiah shall rise…” (1 Thess. 4:16).
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, occurs on the 10th day of Tishri. The High Priest, representing all Israel, would enter K’dosh K’dosheem, the Holy of …
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This week we have a double parasha, Acharei Mot, which means “After The Death”, and Kedoshim, which translates to “Holy Ones”. These parashas span Leviticus 16-20, which cover the Yom Kippur service, sexual sins, punishment for child sacrifice, and the repeated command to observe the Lord’s commandments. However, all these themes can be …
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… I say this because few, if any, synagogues are selling tickets to a Sukkot service. Sukkot does not have the turnout you see on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. So, Sukkot is often ignored or given little attention by most Jewish people today. After all we have more important things to deal with! Matters of …
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… from your unbelief and trusting in Yeshua the Messiah. He alone is the One upon whom God has set His seal of approval. Yeshua Himself is our Yom Kippur sacrifice. He Himself is Tzur Yeshuataynu – the Rock of our Salvation.
This song is one that has a happy ending. Your life can have a happy …
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… pride) is nearer to us than we’d like to admit.
This morning, which is Shabbat Shuvah – the Sabbath of Repentance which falls between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, I’m going to share with you three biblical examples of people having had the entirely wrong read on an individual and a situation, and how …
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One of the themes of Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur is judgment. From the beginning of Rosh HaShana to the end of Yom Kippur, God is looking at our lives. He is analyzing us. On Yom Kippur He makes His decisions. He determines if we will live or die in the following year. Now, this …
… Rosh HaShanah (the traditional Jewish New Year, but actually the Feast of Trumpets), Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), Sukkot (the Feast of Tabernacles), Chanukkah (the Feast of Dedication) and Purim. We celebrate the holidays because it is written in the Torah for Israel to observe these festivals forever (Leviticus 23:21, 31, 41 …
… seventh year you were to be released and given enough resources to start off fresh. Every fiftieth year, during the Shanat Yovel (the Year of Jubilee), on Yom Kippur, all property that had been leased was restored to the original owners. If your family had a piece of property that was the family’s inheritance …
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… s 490 years of defiance! How tragic!
Next God commanded that at the end of every seventh sabbatical year, at the end of 49 years, on the Yom Kippur of the New Year, the 50th year, we were to declare a release throughout the land. It was called Shanat Yovel – The Jubilee Year, and was …
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… will happen when Messiah Yeshua returns from Heaven – the trumpet of God will sound with the return of Messiah Yeshua, which we see in 1st Thessalonians 4. Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) shows us that we need to humble ourselves before God, repent of our sins and turn from our rebellion against God through …
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… priests of Israel are not to go into the Most Holy Place as they desire. Instead, the High priest was only allowed on the day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, and only in a very specific manner. The Yom Kippur sacrifice was to be made for all Israel to make atonement for our sins.
Leviticus 17 …
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On the first day of the seventh month, Yom Truah, the day for sounding the shofar, also known as Rosh HaShana, we prayed and blew the shofar and considered the important things the shofar reminds us of. For the Yamim Nora’im, the 10 Days of Awe from Rosh HaShana to Yom Kippur, we confessed …
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… about it, but not saying anything. “Well?” said his wife. Finally he said, “I didn’t move”.
Shabbat Shuvah – the Sabbath of Repentance, between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, is an appropriate time to think about our relationship with the Lord. And, since the word shuv literally means ‘turn’ let’s consider what it means …
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This week is Shabbat Shuva which is known as the Sabbath of Return. In Hebrew, Shuva relates to the word Teshuva which means repentance. Occurring between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, this is a special Shabbat focused on repentance and return.
Repentance is a word we use a lot, but to quote Inigo Montoya in …
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… of not only Jews, but Gentiles as well. We should be examining our walk with the Lord all year around however, this time between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, known as the Days of Awe is a special opportunity to examine where we are and where we need to be. Are there certain issues that …
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… message of salvation day after day, to everyone we can.
Give our time and energy to build Messiah’s Community.
The Ten Days from Rosh HaShana to Yom Kippur are designed to help us get right with the Lord our God, renew our relationship with Him so we are loving Him with all our heart …
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… Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Messiah shall rise…” (1 Thess. 4:16).
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, occurs on the 10th day of Tishri. The High Priest, representing all Israel, would enter K’dosh K’dosheem, the Holy of …
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… fire while being drunk and somehow tried to enter the Holy of Holies, which was only allowed by the High Priest and only once a year, during Yom Kippur since in verse 9, we read that the Lord tells Aaron not to partake of strong drink or wine when coming to the tent of meeting …
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… to the Lord on this altar and tend to the lamps. No other offering was to be performed on this altar except the atoning sin offering during Yom Kippur.
Parasha Tetzaveh can be summarized in a single theological principle: Holiness. The word kadosh – “holy” is found throughout this parasha. Kadosh means to distinguish, to set …
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This week’s parasha is entitled Ha’Azinu, which means “give ear.” A modern-day translation would be a command to “listen” to what is about to be said. Ha’Azinu covers all of Deuteronomy, Chapter 32, which contains 52 verses. With this being Shabbat Teshuvah, the Great Sabbath of Repentance that occurs between Rosh …
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Introduction:
Submitted for your consideration, a theological metaphor for the coming judgment, courtesy of the Everly Brothers:
Wake up, little Susie, wake up
We’ve both been sound asleep, wake up, little Susie, and weep
The movie’s over, it’s four o’clock, and we’re in trouble deep
Wake up, little Susie, we …
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… holy mountain refers to that special mountain in Jerusalem called Mount Moriah, on which the tent was placed. Later, the temple replaced the tent. Today that area is called the Temple Mount.
O Lord, who may live in your tent? Who may dwell on your holy mountain? This is poetic language. The meaning is …
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… dedicated to the Lord while he has an uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from my presence I am the Lord”. It does not say cut off from the people – they were cut off from the presence of God which means they would no longer be able to work inside the tabernacle. They …