Life, Death and In-between

The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: ‘A priest must not make himself ceremonially unclean for any of his people who die,’”   Leviticus 21:1 NIV Ceremonially unclean – YHVH gives instructions for His priests. These are not instructions for everyone. These instructions detail exactly…

Holy Perfection (2)

k’doshim tihiyu ki kadosh ani YHWH eloheychem  Wayyiqra 19:2  Tanakh I am holy – The verse is Leviticus 19:2 in transliterated Hebrew.  You might recognize the word kadosh (it occurs twice).  tihiyu is the verb hayah (you shall be).  When Yeshua refers to this verse in His pronouncement in Matthew 5:48, He has Torah observance…

Put To Use

I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself;  Romans 14:14 Unclean – Chapter 14 of the letter to the Romans is often used to defend the idea that Torah instructions no longer apply to Christians.  In particular, some verses in this chapter are used to set aside the…