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… this is shortest parasha of the whole parasha cycle. This year, this passage falls on a very special Shabbat, the Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. This Shabbat is called “Shabbat Shuva”, the Sabbath of Repentance. A key theme of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is the theme of repentance, repenting of …
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… Messiah Yeshua, who became our ultimate Yom Kippur sacrifice for sin.
III. “What is truth?” (John 18:33-38)
(implied: cynicism – “There is no transcendent reality!”)
Pilate entered again into the Praetorium, and summoned Yeshua and said to Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” Yeshua answered, “Are you saying this on your …
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… be raised from the dead and live forever. He is our coming King, whose arrival will be heralded by the blowing of the shofar. He is our Yom Kippur Scape-Goat, who brings ultimate atonement and will judge Israel and the nations. He is our Sukkah, our Tabernacle into which we are gathered into God …
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… of His love for us, God also declared another rest at the end of seven Sabbatical cycles, the Year of Jubilee. It was to happen on the Yom Kippur of the New Year and to be proclaimed with the blowing of the shofar.
In verse 8 it states, “Count off seven Sabbath years—seven times …
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Our parasha this week is another double portion which means there are two parashas combined into one. They are entitled Acharei Mot, meaning “After the Death” and Kedoshim translated “Holy Ones”. They cover Leviticus 16-20.
The Day of Atonement or Yom Kippur is instituted here in chapter 16. This is the most solemn, significant …
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… of your own alleged ‘goodness’. That’s uncomfortable to hear, I know, but it’s the truth. What we need to learn from this parable, particularly on Yom Kippur, is that we come to God with an appeal, not an invoice. We need His mercy, because we have no merit.
III. Yeshua’s message to …
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In preparation for Yom Kippur, Rabbi Glenn examines the life of the prophet Jonah.
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… go fix that relationship first! Otherwise you are, in effect, offering a blemished, defective sacrifice to God. In fact, the Mishnah (Yoma 8:9) teaches that even Yom Kippur – The Day of Atonement, will not avail for offenses against one’s neighbor that haven’t been rectified.
The principle of settling accounts with one another …
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… of the Sabbatical years, there were some extra requirements for the Year of Jubilee. First, to announce the Jubilee year, the shofar was to be blown on Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement, v. 9). Second, all land was to be returned to the original owner. Finally, if an Israeli had become poor and hired …
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… worship, times of celebrating and remembering with thanksgiving all that God had done for them.
These 7 holy days were:
Passover
Unleavened Bread
First Fruits
Shavuot (Weeks)
Yom T’ruah ( Trumpets)
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)
Sukkot (Tabernacles)
The first holiday was Passover. This was an annual reminder that Israel’s salvation came through the …
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Our parasha for this Shabbat Gadol is entitled Acharei Mot, meaning “after the death,” referring to the demise of Aaron’s sons Nadav and Avihu who entered the Holy Place with unauthorized offerings and were struck down by God. It spans Leviticus chapters 16 through 18. The subject matter of chapter 16 is Yom Kippur …
… priests and Levites could enter. Within the inner court was the Holy Place, into which only select priests could go, and only at appointed times. And within the Holy Place was the Most Holy Place, into which only the High Priest of Israel was permitted, and only once each year (at Yom Kippur), and only
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… Spirit.
Having equal access to the Father unites us. Through Messiah we both have access to the Father. No longer just the High Priest of Israel on Yom Kippur has access to the welcoming presence of God, but now all Messianic Jews and Gentile Christians can, in a real and spiritual way, enter the Most …
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… Only the High Priest of Israel could enter into the Most Holy Place, where God manifested His presence on Earth, and only one day a year, on Yom Kippur. Closeness to God was severely limited. Humanity was far away from God. But, because of the powerful and effective blood of Yeshua, we have been brought …
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… or else it will be necessary for God to break us Himself, in a very real and painful way.
This is the Shabbat between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur – a time of contemplation and making things right with one another and with the Lord for the new year. It is a time for repentance toward …
The rabbis teach that on Rosh HaShanah God opens the books in heaven and begins to judge the world. Then He closes His books and seals them on Yom Kippur – having written everyone either in the Book of Life or the Book of Death for the next year. Jewish people all over the world are …
… the Holy Place there was a veil that blocked the way to the Most Holy Place. Only the High Priest of Israel could enter there, only on Yom Kippur, only armed with the blood of a sacrifice, and only after elaborate preparations had been made. Only then could he enter the Most Holy Place and …
… be raised from the dead, thereby giving hope that all who believe in Him will likewise be raised from the dead. His Second Coming is connected to Yom Truah – the day we blow the shofar (see, for example, 1 Thessalonians 4:16). He is the Yom Kippur Azazel (scapegoat), who removes our sin from us …
… the priests could enter HaKodesh, the Holy Place. Only the High Priest could enter Kodesh HaKodashim, the Holy of Holies, the Most Holy Place, and only on Yom Kippur. Then he could only approach the presence of God with the blood of a sacrifice, and when clouds of incense covered the Kaporet, the Ark Covering …
… (and only on Yom Kippur). The lesson is that mankind, in our fallen, sinful state, may not approach the Dwelling Presence of God directly. We may only draw near to Him through the work of God-appointed, God-ordained mediators.
The Priests
The Holy God wanted a Holy People. They lived in a Holy …
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… dead by God, it is thought that perhaps the two young men had been drunk when they committed this act.
The subject matter of chapter 16 is Yom Kippur – the Day of Atonement, occurring each year on 10 Tishri. It is the most solemn and significant day of the year in Israel’s calendar. Only …
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… benefit to you (Hebrews 13:17). We need good spiritual leaders to watch over us, to protect us, to hold us accountable. Reading the Bible on your own is not enough. Praying on your own is not enough. Watching a preacher on TV and giving to his ministry is not enough. You need a …
… humanidad. la primera fiesta de otoño es la fiesta de las trompetas. Tiene lugar en el primer día del séptimo mes, que es el mes de Tishri. Entre los judíos, se refiere más comúnmente como “Rosh HaShana”, el año nuevo judío. Puede ser el año nuevo judío tradicional, pero no es el año nuevo …
… Shanat Yovel (el año del jubileo), en Yom Kippur, toda la propiedad que había sido arrendada se restauraba a sus dueños originales. Si tu familia tenía una propiedad que era hereditaria y las cosas se habían puesto malas, uno podía alquilar la propiedad hasta Shanat Yovel, cuando debería retornar a tu familia.
Si nuestra …
… Sacerdote y nuestro Rey, Aquel que cumple los tres roles en una sola Persona; el Rey mayor que David; el Profeta mayor que Moisés; el Sacerdote mayor que Aarón? ¿No es Yeshua nuestro Rabino en jefe, nestro Maestro Supremo que nos guía a toda verdad? ¿Nuestro maravillos Consejero que nos proporcionará consejos milagrosos, infalible …