Memorial Parsha of Jesus Christs Va'etchanan: Deuteronomy 4

Disciples of Jesus Christs Memorial Parsha VA'et'chanan
Saturday, July 24, 2010, Deuteronomy 3:23 through Deuteronomy 7:11 and Haftorah Isaiah 40:1-26.

Welcome to the Memorial Parsha of Jesus Christ. The Disciples Memorial Parsha of Jesus Christ can be found in the Haphtarah of Isaiah 40:1-26, that starts off the Shabbat Nahamu (Nachumu). The opening words of the Prophet Isaiah are console, console, console; which is the beginning of a seven week cycle of Haftorah’s in the book of Isaiah, the last twenty-six chapters. The Haftorah’s that we will be reading will focus on the theme of consoling the exiles in Babylonia; remaining in hope of returning to Jerusalem to rebuild the second temple (destroyed again in 70 AD); and prophetic testimony of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ that the Gentiles will put their trust; and prophetic testimony of Jesus the Messiah that will gather the seed of Abraham, and the fulfillment of Moses law to seek and save the lost of the house of Israel.

The Seed of Israel: divisions of Israel (Numbers 1:1-54), carry the portable sanctuary, which is called a Tabernacle (Mishkans), in the Tent of Meeting (Ohel Mo-ed). Moses preached to the ancient church saying, Deuteronomy 4.

Ephraim – West (Gershonites Levites)

- Manasseh

- Ephraim

- Benjamin

Dan – North (Merarites Levites)

- Asher

- Dan

- Naphtali

Reuben – South (Kohathites Levites)

- Gad

- Reuben

- Simeon

Judah – East

- Issachar (Moses, Aaron, and Aaron and Sons)

- Judah

- Zebulun

Video, "God of Wonders"

God of Wonders, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZL0cjcLBYY Lord of all creation Of water, earth, and sky The heavens are Your tabernacle Glory to the Lord on high God of wonders beyond our galaxy You are holy, holy! The universe declares Your majesty You are holy, holy! Lord of heaven and earth Lord of heaven and earth Early in the morning I will celebrate the light And when I stumble in the darkness I will call Your name by night Hallelujah, to the Lord of heaven and earth Hallelujah, to the Lord of heaven and earth Hallelujah, to the Lord of heaven and earth God of wonders beyond our galaxy You are holy, holy! Precious Lord, reveal Your heart to me Father, hold me, hold me The universe declares Your majesty You are holy, holy! Holy, holy!

They That Wait, Isaiah 40:1-26

ISAIAH 40:1-26
 ¹Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
 ²Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins.
 ³The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
 ⁴Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
 ⁵And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
 ⁶The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
 ⁷The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
 ⁸The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
 ⁹O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
 ¹⁰Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
 ¹¹He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
 ¹²Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
 ¹³Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
 ¹⁴With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
 ¹⁵Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
 ¹⁶And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
 ¹⁷All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
 ¹⁸To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
 ¹⁹The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
 ²⁰He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
 ²¹Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
 ²²It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
 ²³That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
 ²⁴Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
 ²⁵To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
 ²⁶Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
 ²⁷Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
 ²⁸Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
 ²⁹He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
 ³⁰Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: (Isaiah 40, King James Version)

Blow the Trumpet in Zion

COMMENTARY:Deuteronomy 4:1-49

Deuteronomy 4:1-14: Moses Commands Obedience

Moses speaks to the children of Israel to listen to the statutes and the judgments’ that he has taught and to do the statutes that you may live and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers is giving you: Moses Law.

Moses commands that a word shall not be added to the commandments of God. A word shall not be taken away from the commandments of God. (2). Moses goes onto say that all of the generation before you are not here today, but you are here today because you held fast to the LORD your God. Moses teaches about the destruction at Baal Peor, in the Memorial Parsha of Pinchas (Numbers 25-30); and the anger of the LORD God, unleashed against his people. Balaam the son of Beor picked up his reward and was struck down when the Army of the Lord entered into land of the Midianites and destroyed the land and the people. (Numbers 31:6-13). This is an excellent chapter to discuss the communicative diseases that spread and plague a community. As a matter of fact all vows are accepted by God from all mankind, but the church will not be offering animal sacrifices. Nevertheless, the early church (gentiles/saints) was required to observe the sacrifices at the three festivals per year. On the contrast, God’s word is the ark of the testimony. God commanded you to perform the covenant that he wrote on two tablets of stone – the Ten Commandments. (Exodus 20:1-17).

Deuteronomy 4:15-40: Beware of Idolatry.

God reminds the people that you know that God is a formless feature (4:35-36, 39). You shall not worship any form of likeness of God, because no man has ever seen God. (Deuteronomy 4:15-19). Today you have been delivered out of the house of bondage, the iron furnace, out of Egypt to be his people so that you would not have to worship their gods. (Jeremiah 46:1).

Next Moses reiterates that the LORD was angry with him for your sakes and swore that he shall not cross over the Jordan, and that he would not enter the good land which the LORD your God is giving the children of Israel as an inheritance. (Deuteronomy 1:37; 3:25-27). Moses shall die in this land, but you shall cross over and possess the promise land, in the land of the Canaan.

Moses preaches that you shall teach the children the commandments of the LORD God, and you shall not forget that it shall be forbidden that your descendants act corruptly with carved images of god and do evil in the sight of the LORD God to provoke the anger of the LORD God. The heavens and the earth, two elements Moses calls to witness that you shall perish from the land over across the Jordan that you shall possess: your days shall not be prolonged and you shall perish. Moses has explained the manner in which the enemy will exile the children of Israel from the land.

Moses preaches that when you are in exile you will serve the gods made by the hands of men, that are wood and stone that cannot hear or see. Then you will seek the LORD God and you will find Him because God is a merciful God. God will not forsake you, destroy you or forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore to them, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; through miracles since the beginning of the earth (4:29-34, 37, and 38).

Deuteronomy 4:41-43: Cities of Refuge East of the Jordan

Moses preaches the about the cities of Refuge that have been assigned when crossing over into the Jordan as the Lord God commanded in the Memorial Parsha Mattos-Massei, in Numbers 35:7-30. The Cities of Refuge are used for unintentional crimes that result in death. A person could stay there until judgment, thus being innocent until proven guilty. (Numbers 35:25-30; and Deuteronomy 4:42). The cities will be Bezer (Reuben; 1^st Chronicles 5:1-6; 10); Gilead (Gad; 1^st Chronicles 5:18-22); and Golan in Bashan (the land of the giants (Manasseh; 1^st Chronicles 5:25-26).

Deuteronomy 4:44-49: Introduction to God’s Law

Moses preaches the introduction to Moses law, just as he did in the Memorial Parsha of Mattos-Massei (Deuteronomy 1:5). This is Moses law that you shall enter promise land and do the statutes and judgments of the LORD God, which are the testimony of the children of Israel when they came out of the land of bondage, out of Egypt with a high hand. (Exodus 15). Moses Law was preached on this side of the Jordan in the land of Sihon the king of Amorites’ and the children of Israel, the second generation defeated (Deuteronomy 2:26-37). Then the children of Israel took possession of the land of Og the king of Bashan (Deuteronomy 4:44-49; 3:1-11).

The Disciples of Jesus Christ Memorial Parsha, Shemin, Leviticus 9-11

THE MEMORIAL PARSHA OF JESUS CHRIST, SHEMINI

THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS CHAPTERS 9 THROUGH 11
Sabbath, March 26th, 2011. Haftorah 2nd Samuel 6 through 2nd Samuel 7:17.



 

Leviticus 9: Commentary

The Priests Begin Their Ministry
1 On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel. Moses says to Aaron , "Take a bull calf for your sin offering and a ram for your burnt offering, both without defect (blemish), and present the sacrificial offering made by fire on the altar and before the LORD. Then Moses says to Aaron you shall say to the Israelites: 'Take a male goat for a sin offering, a calf and a lamb—both a year old and without defect—for a burnt offering, and an ox [a] and a ram for a fellowship offering [b] to sacrifice before the LORD, together with a grain offering mixed (mingled) with oil. Moses says, Today the LORD will appear to you.' " The day that the LORD will appear to the children of Israel coincides with the Passover, the eighth day after Passover and inauguration of the first priest. The oil and flour together create a matzah the same bread that the Israelites took with them when they were forced to flee Egypt, and knowing this was their only chance for redemption, as Moses had commanded in the book of Exodus Chapter Four, all that were on the LORD's side, fled with Israel (Leviticus 9:1-4).

Aaron and sons, along with the elders of Israel brought the flock of the herd as Moses had commanded to the front of the Tent of Meeting - for a sacrificial offering: and all the congregation came near and stood before the LORD. Then Moses said, "This is what the LORD has commanded you to do, so that the glory of the LORD may appear to you" (Leviticus 9:5-6). That day, all the people that had the spirit of God, and a gift in their heart offered the voluntary and offering with integrity and eagerly waited for the glory of the LORD to appear.

Moses said to Aaron, "Come to the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering [that is made by fire] and make atonement for yourself and the people; and offer the peoples sacrificial offerings the  and make atonement for people, as the LORD has commanded" (Leviticus 9:7)

Aaron went to the altar and brought the sin offering for himself (Leviticus 8:15-17 and Leviticus 9:8-11). Then as Aaron goes to the altar to offer a sin offering and also sacrifices the burnt offering, in the manner prescribed (Leviticus 8:18-21 and Leviticus 9:12-14. Next, Aaron then brought the offering that was for the people. He took the goat for the people's sin offering and offered it for a sin offering as an offering made by fire before the LORD (Leviticus 8:18,22-25 and Leviticus 9:8). Next, Aaron brought the burnt offering as an offering made by fire before the LORD (Leviticus 8:18-21 and Leviticus 9:12-14,15,16).  Aaron also brought the grain offering, took a handful of it and burned it on the altar in addition to the morning's burnt offering (Leviticus 8:26; Leviticus 9:17). Aaron also sacrificed the bull and the ram as sacrificial offerings from the peace (fellowship) offerings from the people. Then Aaron' sons presented to him the blood, which he sprinkled around the altar that is made by fire before the LORD (Leviticus 9:18-20). Lastly, Aaron waved the breasts and the right thigh before the LORD as a wave offering, as Moses commanded (Leviticus 8:25-27 and Leviticus 9:21).

After the wave offering is burned and the sweet aroma from the offering made by fire to the LORD is made for the people from the sacrifices from the sin offering, the burnt offering and the fellowship offering, then Aaron lifted his hands toward the people and blessed them and he stepped down (Leviticus 9:22).

Moses and Aaron then went into the Tent of Meeting. When they came out, they blessed the people; and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people. Fire came out from the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown (Leviticus 8:28 and Leviticus 9:23-24). Yes, the once down trodden had been comforted and encouraged by the LORD.

Leviticus 10: Commentary

The Profane Fire of Nadab and Abihu
In this chapter Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron take thier censer and put fire into and thus offered a profane fire before the LORD, which was not commanded before God. Fire devours Nadab and Abihu and they died before the LORD (Leviticus 10:1-2).

Then in the 3rd verse of the tenth Chapter of the book of Leviticus, Moses says this to Aaron: ³...... "This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified." The Bible says that Aaron held his peace. (Leviticus 10:3, King James Version)

Moses called Mishael and Elzpaha, the nephews of Aaron to carry the brethern out of the sanctuary, in the camp. And after Mishael and Elzaphan carried their brtheren out of the santuary, then Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, the two remaining sons, "don't uncover your hear, nor tear your clothes or you will die and wrath will come upon all of the people." Moses also said to Aaron and his remaining sons, let your brtheren, and the whole house of Israel mourn the burning which the LORD has kindled. Lastly, Moses says to Aaron and his sons, "You shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you." Aaron and sons did as Moses had commanded, and took counsel of the word of God.

At the end of the story Moses investigates goat used in the sin offering. Moses is angry because Eleazar and Ithamar about the burnt up goat as a sacrificial offering, the sin offering, that was at the altar made by fire before the LORD. Moses was angry because he said that God gave it to you eat, it is most holy and you; and is given to you to bare the guilt of the congregation and to make atonement for them before the LORD. In the end, Aaron and sons see that many more days come ahead that befall the Royal and Holy Priesthood, and their faith will justify them in the office of the Priesthood. However, every day people convert into a religion and do not want to follow the God's word. Would you follow God's word after Moses had encouraged you, and exhorted you on a day that your brother had died in the midst of God's glory and his wrath? Jesus is a prime example and a descendant of Aaron on his Matrilneal of his Maternal and Paternal ancestry lines. You shall see that Jesus is very concerned with the honor and glory of God, His Father, the Father. God hastened to perform his promise through this ministry and Jesus resurrected three days after his burial and he came down from the cross at Golgotha.

Lastly in Chapter 10 of the book of Leviticus, God speaks directly to Aaron saying from verses eight through fifteen the following is in your bible:
 ⁸And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying,
 ⁹Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
 ¹⁰And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
 ¹¹And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
 ¹²And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy:
 ¹³And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded.
 ¹⁴And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.
 ¹⁵The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded. (Leviticus 10:8-15, King James Version)

Leviticus Eleven:

 ¹And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
 ²Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
 ³Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
 ⁴Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
 ⁵And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
 ⁶And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
 ⁷And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
 ⁸Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
 ⁹These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
 ¹⁰And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
 ¹¹They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
 ¹²Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.
 ¹³And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
 ¹⁴And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;
 ¹⁵Every raven after his kind;
 ¹⁶And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
 ¹⁷And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
 ¹⁸And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
 ¹⁹And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
 ²⁰All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.
 ²¹Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
 ²²Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
 ²³But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.
 ²⁴And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
 ²⁵And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
 ²⁶The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.
 ²⁷And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.
 ²⁸And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
 ²⁹These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
 ³⁰And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. (Leviticus 11, King James Version).



The last chapter of this Pesach (Passover) is chapter eleven of the book of Leviticus is this simple, God forbades the children of Israel that they shall not eat among the animals on the earth, and which animals that they may eat. This sounds like a pretty clear passage, but it is not. I listen to people in study sit back and say that they want to eat this and that... I have read in the Bible that other Prophets have spoken out and repeated the word of God and prophecied to the children of Israel or the Jews because they have offered a mouse or a person for a sacrifice.

In closing, I realize that many other cultures have not adopted to this passage of the Bible, or the Torah. The prophets do not adapt or modify the teachings of Moses, which is the Word of God. The Ten Commandments were written by the finger of God.

I am in good shape because I do eat the animal that divides the hoof, having cloven hhoves and chewing the cud. I don't eat an animal that chews the cud or has an cloven hoove such as a camel; because it does not have a cloven hoove, it is unclean to me. I probably wouldn't like the taste since I know it is commandment, not a mitzvot. Here there is no option, you simply shall not eat a camel.

The word of God goes onto list the animals that like the are like the camel, they eat the cud or have a cloven hoove and are unclean. Nevertheless, I know many people who had to eat these animals or starve of death: the rock hyrax; the hare - do not have cloven hooves but chews the cud. Next is the swine, the pork, the pig animal, though it divides the hoof and has a cloven hoove it does not chew the cud and is unclean to you. My bag. The camel, rock hyrax, the hare and pig are the animals, which flesh you shall not eat, and so their carcass is unclean to me.

Most importantly during Passover, you want to obstain from these animals if you generally like Pig feet, Pork Chops or you are just in a non-Kosher house on Sabbath. The word of God gives instruction to the animals of the sea that may be eaten and which animals that are an abomination that may not be eaten. Although I don't eat squid or octopus; however, my days at Seafood House numbered during a holiday like Passover (Leviticus 11:9-11). The word of God also gives instructions about which birds are abomination and may not be eated (Leviticus 11:13-19). Next the word of God gives instruction that flying insects that creep on all fours shall not be eat and are abomination to you (Leviticus 11:20). Lastly the word of God gives instruction to the animals that you may eat on all fours; and which animals on all four feet shall be an abomination to you (Leviticus 11:21-23).

The conclusion of this chapter with instruction in being clean, and how long you can remain unclean. There are specific instructioni about how if you become unclean you can consecrate yourselves back to God through following His word, the word of God (Leviticus 11:24-43).

Leviticus 11:44-47: Consecrate yourselves to God
 ⁴⁴For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
 ⁴⁵For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
 ⁴⁶This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:
 ⁴⁷To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten. (Leviticus 11:44-47, King James Version)