Baruch atah YHVH, Eloheynu, Melech ha-O’lam, asher
bachar banu m’kol ha-amim,
v’natan
lanu eht Torah-to. Baruch atah YHVH, noteyn ha-Torah. Ameyn.”
(Blessed are you, YHVH, our Elohim , King of the
Universe, you have selected us from among all the peoples,
and have given us your Torah.
Blessed are you, YHVH, giver of the Torah. Ameyn.)
Shaul as we have come to expect addresses this week’s
Torah teaching in the book of Hebrews.
Heb 5:1 For every priest taken from among men is
appointed on behalf of men in matters relating to Elohim, to offer both gifts
and offerings for sins,
Heb 5:2 being able to have a measure of feeling for
those not knowing and being led astray, since he himself is also surrounded by
weakness.
Heb 5:3 And on account of this he has to offer for
sins – as for the people, so also for himself.
Heb 5:4 And no one obtains this esteem for himself,
but he who is called by Elohim, even as Aharon also was.
Heb 5:5 So also the Messiah did not extol Himself to
become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him, “You are My Son, today I
have brought You forth.”1 Footnote: 1See 1:5, Ps. 2:7.
Heb 5:6 As He also says in another place, “You are a
priest forever according to the order of Malkitseḏeq,”1
Footnote: 1Ps. 110:4.
Heb 5:7 who,
in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and petitions with
strong crying and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was
heard because of His reverent fear,
Heb 5:8
though being a Son, He learned obedience by what He suffered.
Heb 5:9 And
having been perfected, He became the Causer of everlasting deliverance to all
those obeying Him,
Heb 5:10
having been designated by Elohim a High Priest “according to the order
of Malkitseḏeq,”
Heb 5:11
concerning whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have
become dull of hearing.
Heb 5:12 For
indeed, although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to
teach you again the first elements of the Words of Elohim. And you have become
such as need milk and not solid food.
Heb 5:13 For
everyone partaking of milk is inexperienced in the word of righteousness, for
he is a babe.
Heb 5:14 But
solid food is for the mature whose senses have been trained by practice to
discern both good and evil.
First of all: no- where do we find here or in any
of the Apostolic Scriptures a replacement of the priesthood. Our Messiah
clearly stated that not one word of the Torah would pass away while heaven and
earth were still here - Mat 5:17-19 – He
also warned that we should not break the least of these commandments.
Shaul reminds us that a Priesthood was meant to
take us on into maturity. Sadly this has not been the case.
A restored Priesthood will bring us into the full
revelation of mystery of Messiah.
The mystery of the revelation of Messiah remains a
mystery for almost all of mankind including the church in this present time.
Many claim to know him but in reality very few do. Very few people can connect
Yahshua with the fullness of the Torah.
Col 1:26 the secret which has been hidden from ages
and from generations, but now has been revealed to His set-apart ones,
Col 1:27 to whom Elohim desired to make known what are
the riches of the esteem of this secret among the gentiles: which is Messiah in
you,1 the expectancy of esteem, (Messiah can only dwell in us according to the
volume or context of all scripture)
Many who claim to be believers are going to be
bitterly disappointed one day when they discover that they have been lied to
and misled by religious leaders concerning the true identity and mission of
Messiah.
Col 1:12 giving thanks to the Father who has made us
fit to share in the inheritance of the set-apart ones in the light,
Col 1:13 who has delivered us from the authority of
darkness1 and transferred us into the reign of the Son of His love,
Footnote: 1Lk. 11:35, John 8:12, John 12:46-50, Acts 26:18, Eph.
5:8.
Col 1:14 in whom we have redemption through His blood,
the forgiveness of sins,
Col 1:15 who is the likeness of the invisible Elohim,
the first-born of all creation.1 Footnote: 1Heb. 1:6,
Rev. 3:14.
Col 1:16 Because in Him were
created all that are in the heavens and that are on earth, visible and
invisible, whether thrones or rulerships or principalities or authorities – all
have been created through Him and for Him. (to bring us near him and to make us one with
him)
Col 1:17 And He is before all, and in Him all hold
together.
Col 1:18 And He is the Head of the body, the assembly,
who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that He might become the
One who is first in all.
Col 1:19 Because in Him all the completeness was well
pleased to dwell,
Col 1:20 and through Him to completely restore to
favour all unto Himself, whether on earth or in the heavens, having made peace
through the blood of His stake.
The real truth about Yahshua for the most part has fallen
on deaf ears.
Isa 59:14 And right-ruling1 is driven back,
and righteousness1 stands far off. For truth has fallen in the
street, and right is unable to enter. Footnote: 1Amos 5:7.
Isa 59:15 And the truth is lacking, and whoever turns
away from evil makes himself a prey. And יהוה saw, and it
displeased Him that there was no right-ruling.
Isa 59:16 And He
saw that there was no man, and was astonished that there was no intercessor. So
His own arm saved for Him, and His righteousness upheld him.
Isa 59:17 And He
put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of deliverance on His head.
And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped Himself with
ardour as a mantle.
When YHVH says He was astonished
that He could not find an intercessor, what did He mean?
There was no one who could stem the tide of evil
and cause His people to return to the ancient paths of Torah.
Only one person has ever
qualified to be this kind of intercessor – Yahshua Ha Mashiach.
THE RESTORED PRIESTHOOD WILL
POINT US FORWARD TO MESSIAH’S SUPERIOR PRIESTHOOD.
If Ha Satan knew who he was he
would never have impaled him.
1Co 2:6 Yet we speak wisdom among those who are
perfect, and not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age that are
being brought to naught.
1Co 2:7 But we speak the wisdom of Elohim, which was
hidden in a secret, and which Elohim ordained before the ages for our esteem,
1Co 2:8 which no one of the rulers of this age knew,
for if they had known, they would not have impaled the Master of esteem.
1Co 2:9 But as it has been written, “Eye has not
seen, and ear has not heard, nor have entered into the heart of man what Elohim
has prepared for those who love Him.”1 Footnote: 1Isa.
64:4.
1Co 2:10 But Elohim has revealed them to us through
His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all matters, even the depths of
Elohim.
Shaul goes on to say that our battle is not against
flesh and blood.
Eph 6:12 Because we do not wrestle against flesh and
blood, but against principalities, against authorities, against the world-rulers
of the darkness of this age, against spiritual matters of wickedness in
the heavenlies.
Eph 6:13 Because of this, take up the complete armour
of Elohim, so that you have power to withstand in the wicked day, and having
done all, to stand.
Our battle is against the spirit
of lawlessness – Torahlessness – the
anti Messiah.
2Th 2:9 The coming of the lawless one is
according to the working of Satan, with all power and signs and wonders of
falsehood,
2Th 2:10 and with all deceit of unrighteousness in
those perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth, in order
for them to be saved.
2Th 2:11 And for this reason Elohim sends them a
working of delusion, for them to believe the falsehood,1 Footnote: 1Eze.
20:25, John 9:39, John 12:40, Acts 7:42, Rom. 1:24-28.
2Th 2:12 in order that all should be judged who did
not believe the truth, but have delighted in the unrighteousness.
Eph 6:13 Because of this, take up the complete armour
of Elohim, so that you have power to withstand in the wicked day, and having
done all, to stand.
Eph 6:14 Stand, then, having girded your waist with
truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
Eph 6:15 and having fitted your feet with the
preparation of the Good News of peace;
Eph 6:16 above all, having taken up the shield of
belief with which you shall have power to quench all the burning arrows of the
wicked one.
Eph 6:17 Take also the helmet of deliverance, and the
sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of Elohim,1 Footnote: 1Isa.
59:21.
Eph 6:18 praying at all times, with all prayer and
supplication in the Spirit, watching in all perseverance and supplication for
all the set-apart ones;
Eph 6:19 also for me, that a word might be given to me
in the opening of my mouth, to be bold in making known the secret of the Good
News,
When I put on Messiah – (Rom 13:14
but put on the Master יהושע Messiah, and make no provision for the
lusts of the flesh ) – I too am clothed with the garments of the High Priest.
We have once again deluded ourselves in believing
that our armour is physical and compared this armour to the armour of a Roman
soldier. What good ever came to the Hebrew people through Rome? The garments
Shaul refers to here are the garments of the Priesthood of Yisrael.
2Co 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not
fight according to the flesh.
2Co 10:4 For the weapons we fight with are not fleshly
but mighty in Elohim for overthrowing strongholds,
2Co 10:5 overthrowing reasonings and every high matter
that exalts itself against the knowledge of Elohim, taking captive every
thought to make it obedient to the Messiah,
2Co 10:6 and being ready to punish all disobedience,
when your obedience is complete.1 Footnote: 1John 3:36.
Our hope
and deliverance is in our High Priest – Yahshua Ha Mashiach – according to the
order of Melchizidek.
The King who has made everything right by telling
the truth.
The priestly garments in this Torah portion reveal
the intercessory role our Messiah enters into on our behalf.
Everything mentioned in this Torah portion will be
restored one day again when the Temple is built and the service of the temple
restored. Each aspect of the tabernacle will lead us closer to our Messiah and
to become more like him in every way.
As we read this portion we are once again
challenged in the area of submission to righteous authority. Many will fail to
be part of the bride of Messiah because they did not recognize nor submit to
YHVH’s appointed priesthood.
The Torah
portion begins:
Exo 39:1 And of the blue and purple and scarlet material
they made woven garments, to do service in the set-apart place. And they made
the set-apart garments which were for Aharon, as יהוה had commanded
Mosheh.
Hebrew names for blue purple and scarlet - tekheleth", "argaman", and "tolah".
Tekheleth, as far as we can tell, is a shade of
(sky?-)blue made from the glands of the mollusk Murex trunculus
– snails found deep in the Red sea.
Menaḥoth 43b: “The tekheleth
[thread] resembles the sea, and the sea resembles the heavens, and the heavens
resemble YHVH’s Throne of Esteem”. The High Priest wears a robe entirely of tekheleth,
and so one might suggest that the thread of tekheleth worn in the tzitzith
allows each Israelite to remember that they are part of a "nation of
priests" (Ex. 19:6).
Blue speaks of that which is heavenly, purple that
which is kingly and red speaks of redemption.
All of these
articles of clothing and furniture will one day exist again and will be
tangible reminders to us of the ministry of Yahshua our High Priest. (See video on High Priestly garments)
This is ONLY an intercessory ministry for Yisrael and the
people from the nations who want to be grafted into Yisrael.
Exo 39:2 And he
made the shoulder garment of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet material,
and of fine woven linen.
Exo 39:3 And they
beat out sheets of gold and cut it into threads, to work it in with the blue
and purple and scarlet material, and the fine linen, the work of a
skilled workman.
Exo 39:4 They made
shoulder pieces for it to join it, it was joined at its two edges.
Exo 39:5 And the
embroidered band of his shoulder garment that was on it was of the same work of
gold, and blue and purple and scarlet material, and of fine woven linen,
as יהוה had commanded Mosheh.
Exo 39:6 And they
made the shoham stones, set in plated work of gold, engraved as signets are
engraved, according to the names of the sons of Yisra’ĕl.
Exo 39:7 And he
put them on the shoulders of the shoulder garment, stones of remembrance for
the sons of Yisra’ĕl, as יהוה had commanded
Mosheh.
Exo 39:8 And he
made the breastplate, a work of a skilled workman, like the work of the
shoulder garment, of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet material, and
of fine woven linen.
Exo 39:9 It was
square, they made the breastplate double, its length a span, its width a span,
doubled.
Exo 39:10 And they
filled it with four rows of stones: a row of ruby, a topaz, and an emerald was
the first row;
Exo 39:11 and the
second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;
Exo 39:12 and the
third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
Exo 39:13 and the
fourth row a beryl, a shoham, and a jasper – set in plated work of gold in
their settings.
Exo 39:14 And the
stones were according to the names of the sons of Yisra’ĕl, twelve according to
their names, engraved like a signet, each one with its own name according to
the twelve tribes.
Exo 39:15 And they
made braided chains of corded work for the breastplate at the ends, of clean
gold.
Exo 39:16 And they
made two settings of gold and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two
ends of the breastplate.
Exo 39:17 And they
put the two cords of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.
Exo 39:18 And the
two ends of the two cords they fastened in the two settings, and put them on
the shoulder pieces of the shoulder garment in the front.
Exo 39:19 And they
made two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the
edge of it, which was on the inward side of the shoulder garment.
Exo 39:20 And they
made two gold rings and put them on the two shoulder pieces, underneath the
shoulder garment, on the front of it, close to its seam above the embroidered
band of the shoulder garment.
Exo 39:21 And they
bound the breastplate by means of its rings to the rings of the shoulder
garment with a blue cord, so that it would be above the embroidered band of the
shoulder garment, and that the breastplate would not come loose from the
shoulder garment, as יהוה had commanded
Mosheh.
Exo 39:22 And he
made the robe of the shoulder garment of woven work, all of blue.
Exo 39:23 And the
opening of the robe was in the middle, like the opening in a scaled armour,
with a woven binding all around the opening, so that it would not tear.
Exo 39:24 And they
made on the hem of the robe pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet material,
twined.
Exo 39:25 And they
made bells of clean gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates on the hem
of the robe all around between the pomegranates:
Exo 39:26 a bell
and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, all around the hem of the robe,
for the service, as יהוה had commanded
Mosheh.
Exo 39:27 And they
made the long shirt of fine linen, the work of a weaver, for Aharon and his
sons,
Exo 39:28 and a
turban of fine linen, and the turban ornaments of fine linen, and short
trousers of fine woven linen,
Exo 39:29 and a
girdle of fine woven linen with blue and purple and scarlet material,
the work of an embroiderer, as יהוה had commanded
Mosheh.
Exo 39:30 And they
made the plate of the set-apart sign of dedication of clean gold, and wrote on
it an inscription like the engraving of a signet: SET-APARTNESS TO יהוה.
Exo 39:31 And they
put on it a blue cord, to fasten it above on the turban, as יהוה had commanded Mosheh.
Exo 39:32 And all
the work of the Dwelling Place of the Tent of Meeting was completed. And the
children of Yisra’ĕl did according to all that יהוה had commanded
Mosheh, so they did.
Exo 39:33 And they
brought the Dwelling Place to Mosheh, the tent and all its furnishings, its
hooks, its boards, its bars, and its columns, and its sockets,
Exo 39:34 and the
covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of fine leather, and the
veil of the covering,
Exo 39:35 the ark
of the Witness with its poles, and the lid of atonement,
Exo 39:36 the
table, and all its utensils, and the showbread,
Exo 39:37 the
clean lampstand with its lamps, the lamps to be put in order, and all its
utensils, and the oil for light,
Exo 39:38 and the
altar of gold, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the covering
for the Tent door,
Exo 39:39 the bronze
altar and its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils, the basin with
its stand,