Category: Torah Portion
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Torah Portion: Genesis 1:1–6:8 From Creation to the Coming of the Son of Man
Yeshua in Genesis 1:1–6:8, 1 Samuel 20:18–42, and Matthew 24:29–36 In the Beginning, Yahweh Creates The Torah begins with perhaps the most familiar words in Scripture: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). Before Abraham, before Israel, before Moses, before sin, judgment, sacrifice, or covenant, there is Yahweh. And what…
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Sukkot
Torah: Leviticus 22:26-23:44; Prophets: I Kings 8:2-21; Gospel: John 7:1-10 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘On the fifteenth of this seventh month is the Feast of Booths for seven days to Yahweh. ‘On the first day is a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work of any kind. For seven days you…
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Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12,
Torah Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12, Prophets Joshua 1:1-18, and Gospel Acts 1:1-14 Yeshua in the Final Torah Portion: From Moses to Joshua to the Restoration of All Things The Story Does Not End With Moses Deuteronomy 33:1–34:12 brings us to one of the most moving moments in all the Torah. Moses, the servant of Yahweh, has reached…
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Torah Portion: Yom Kippur and Yeshua
TORAH: Leviticus 16:1–34PROPHETS: Isaiah 57:14–58:14GOSPEL: Matthew 12:38–45; Matthew 25:31–46 Yom Kippur: A Day About Removing Sin Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, takes us into the heart of the biblical story of sin, judgment, cleansing, forgiveness, and reconciliation. Leviticus 16 describes the one day each year when the high priest entered the Most Holy Place…
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Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 32
Song of Moses TORAH: Deuteronomy 32:1–52PROPHETS: Hosea 14:2–10; Joel 2:15–27GOSPEL: Matthew 18:21–35 At first glance, Deuteronomy 32, Hosea 14, Joel 2, and Matthew 18 may appear to address very different subjects. Moses sings about Israel’s rebellion and Yahweh’s judgment. Hosea pleads with Israel to return to Yahweh. Joel calls a devastated nation to repentance and…
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Torah Portion: Rosh Hashanah
Yeshua in the Festivals: The God Who Remembers, Raises Up, and Restores Torah: Genesis 21:1–34Prophets: 1 Samuel 1:1–2:10Gospel: Matthew 24:29–36 Rosh Hashanah, traditionally associated with the sounding of the shofar, calls us to remember Yahweh’s faithfulness, examine our lives, and look toward what He will yet accomplish. The festival readings bring together three seemingly different…
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Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 29:9–31:30
The Covenant, the Return, and the Restoration of All Things Beginning With Moses When Yeshua walked with the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, Luke tells us something remarkable about the way He understood the Hebrew Scriptures: “Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself…
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Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 26:1–29:8
Moses Wrote Things That Would Be Fulfilled in Yeshua In Luke 24:44, the risen Yeshua told His disciples that everything written about Him “in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Deuteronomy 26:1–29:8 is especially interesting in that light. At first it may appear to contain mainly agricultural offerings,…
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Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19
Yeshua in Deuteronomy 21:10–25:19 and the Restoration of All ThingsMoses Was Testifying About Things Yet to Come Hebrews 3:5 says, “Now Moses was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later.” The statement gives Christians an important way of reading Moses. The commandments…
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Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9
If They Hear Moses, They Can Hear Yeshua In Luke 16:31, Yeshua says, “If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.” That statement takes on remarkable significance after Yeshua Himself rises from the dead. It suggests that Moses had already supplied…