Now that we are only two days away from the finish-line of the heart of the annual Feast cycle, I find it getting harder and harder to pinpoint the exact event that the finale of the Feast of Weeks is meant to commemorate. We’ve begun this journey on… Read More »Israel: Pure and Sinless
Immediately after the three Pilgrimage Feasts are offered to Israel in the “Book of the Law” which Moses is writing during his encounter with Yah at the top of the mountain, the focus shifts. In Exodus 23:20 we hear the words that describe the ultimate goal of all of Scriptural… Read More »The “Real” Promised Land
Continuing through “The Book of the Law V1.0” we find these new instructions for our Israelite ancestors: “Three times in the year you shall keep these Pilgrimage Feasts to me:” • You shall keep the Pilgrimage Feast of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you shall eat unleavened bread… Read More »The Three Pilgrimage Feasts
The laws about slavery in scripture can be the easiest to criticize for both believers and non-believers. Everyone wishes there was a command that said, “Thou shalt not ever enslave anyone under any circumstances”. The reality is this: spiritually speaking, we belong to whoever we serve. We either… Read More »The Laws of Biblical Slavery Still Apply
Our people arrived at Mt. Sinai on the third day of the third month. The Israelites made an oral pledge to listen and obey the words of Yah, and accordingly Yah told them to set up barriers around the mountain. Then they were told to to consecrate themselves… Read More »A Primer to “The Book of The Law”
With only one Sabbath left before Shavuot, I’m in a bit of a panic trying to fit in the volume of concepts Yah has intentionally concentrated into these past 6 weeks, and these past 10 chapters of Exodus. Numbering these lessons, and having some sort of purposeful build-up… Read More »Humility and Holy Ground
Yesterday we talked about the number 10, and how Yah made everything that exists through the expression “God Said”–used 10 times in a row in Genesis 1. He similarly laid the foundation for his latest creation, Israel, by delivering—directly from His mouth to their ears—10 Words. To make… Read More »The Hidden Allegory of “Bar”
With only 2 lessons left before the 6th Sabbath of Shavuot, it’s hard to believe that I’m just getting around to the ‘Ten Commandments’ now. I supposed if Yah waited for months after Israel’s liberation from Egypt, then I shouldn’t have been hasty in discussing them either. I… Read More »“The Ten Debarim” (aka “The Ten Commandments)
Acts 1:3, 9-11, “In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. He presented himself… Read More »“Ascension Day” — A Time of Testing and the Number 40
Exodus 19:9, “And Yah said to Moses, “Behold I am coming to you in a thick cloud.” 9:16, “On the morning of the third day, there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain…” 9:18, “Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke, because YHWH had descended on it in fire.… Read More »Darkness, Fear, and Dread