Blessing for the Torah:
Bar’chu et YHVH ha-m’vorach, Baruch YHVH
ha-m’vorach l’O’lam va-ed! Baruch ata YHVH
Eloheinu melech ha-olam asher bachar banu
m’kol ha-amim, v’na-tan lanu eht Torah-to.
Baruch atah YHVH, noteyn ha-Torah. Ameyn.”
(Bless YHVH the blessed One; Blessed is YHVH, the blessed One for all
eternity. 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.)
This
Torah portion is about YHVH’s appointed authority and instruction for righteous
living in His Kingdom.
Deu 18:15 “יהוה your
Elohim shall raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your
brothers. Listen to Him,
Act 3:22 “For
Mosheh truly said to the fathers, ‘יהוה your Elohim shall raise up for you a Prophet like me from your
brothers. Him you shall hear according to all matters, whatever He says to
you.
Act 3:23 ‘And
it shall be that every being who does not hear that Prophet shall be utterly
destroyed from among the people.’ Deu_18:15-19.
This ‘’prophet’’ Yahshua will return with his bride
to the teach all nations the Torah – Yesh/Isa 2:3 And many peoples shall come and say, “Come, and let us go up to
the mountain of יהוה, to the House of the Elohim of Ya‛aqoḇ, and let Him teach us
His ways, and let us walk in His paths, for out of Tsiyon comes forth the
Torah, and the Word of יהוה from Yerushalayim.”
At this time the Set Apart House of YHVH and the
restoration of the Levitical priesthood will be fully and perfectly restored.
The Torah and its instruction as entrusted to the Levitical priesthood will
constitute the Supreme Court of the Universe.
It is clear from
scripture- – Ezekiel 45:5 – 48:11-13 – that there will
be a restored Levitical Priesthood operating and ruling under Messiah during
the millennium.
1Pe 2:9 But
you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a set-apart nation, a people for a
possession, that you should proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of
darkness into His marvellous light,
This scripture was not written to all believers, it
was written to a dedicated set apart group of people who were called to
dedicate themselves to the service or priesthood of YHVH.
It is impossible to be a priest unto YHVH and ignore
Torah. The following scripture serves as a sober reminder of a remnant
priesthood that will form part of the first resurrection:
Rev 20:6
Blessed and set-apart is the one having part in the first resurrection.
The second death possesses no authority over these, but they shall be
priests(Kohanim) of Elohim and of Messiah, and shall reign with Him a thousand
years. (These priests will be Levitical priests – an eternal priesthood that
has been promised and will not be transferred to the church)
Rev 20:7 And
when the thousand years have ended, Satan shall be released from his prison,
Our Torah portion begins:
Deu 18:1 “The priests, the Lĕwites, all the tribe of
Lĕwi, have no part nor inheritance with Yisra’ĕl. They are to eat the offerings
of יהוה made by fire,
and His inheritance.
Deu 18:2 “But(and) among his brothers Lĕwi
has no inheritance. יהוה is his
inheritance, as He has spoken to him.
Jer 33:18 ‘And for the priests, the Lĕwites, there is
not to cease a man to offer burnt offerings before Me, to kindle grain
offerings, and to slaughter continually.’’ (“kol ha amim” – continually or “all the days” – while heaven
and earth exist)
In the apostolic writings Shaul speaks of a Priestly
leadership in the assembly.
It is very clear from the apostolic scriptures that there
was never meant to be one faith for the Christians and one faith for the Jews. Sadly,
there has not been an eagerness to guard the unity of the faith.
Eph 4:3 being eager to guard the unity of the
Spirit in the bond of peace –
Eph 4:4 one body and one Spirit, as you also
were called in one expectation of your calling,
Eph 4:5 one Master, one belief, one
immersion,
Eph 4:6 one Elohim and Father of all, who is
above all, a and
through all, and in you all.
The goal of such a so called “five fold ministry” was to
establish a unity of the One faith that
existed before the foundation of the world and included both Jew and Gentile –
Is 66:21 - It was not a “new” teaching
discovered by the ''church''.
Eph 4:11 And He Himself gave some as emissaries, and
some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as shepherds and teachers
Eph 4:12 for the perfecting of the set-apart ones, to
the work of service to a building up of the body of the Messiah,
Eph 4:13 until we all come to the unity of the belief and of the knowledge of the Son of Elohim, to a
perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the completeness of Messiah,
Eph 4:14 so that we should no longer be children,
tossed and borne about by every wind of teaching, by the trickery of men, in
cleverness, unto the craftiness of leading astray,1 Footnote: 15:6,
also 2 Cor. 10:5, 2 Cor. 11:3-14, Gal. 1:6-9, 2 Tim. 3:1-8, 2 Tim. 4:2-4, 2
Peter 2:2-22, Jud. vv. 10-19.
Eph 4:15 but, maintaining the truth in love, we grow
up in all respects into Him who is the head, Messiah,
Eph 4:16 from whom the entire body, joined and knit
together by what every joint supplies, according to the working by which each
part does its share, causes growth of the body for the building up of itself in
love.
Eph 4:17 So this I say, and witness in the Master,
that you should no longer walk as the
gentiles walk,1 in the futility of their mind, Footnote: 11
Cor. 12:2, and Jer. 10:2.
Eph 4:18 having been darkened in their understanding,
having been estranged from the life of Elohim, because of the ignorance that is
in them, because of the hardness of their heart,
See practice of ‘’five
fold ministry” in ancient Jewish synagogue structures – Greg Killian.
‘’There is nothing new
about the New Testament.’’
Deu 18:3 “And this
is the priest’s right from the people, from those who bring an offering,
whether it is bull or sheep: they shall give to the priest the shoulder, and
the two cheeks, and the stomach;
Deu 18:4 the
first-fruits of your grain and your new wine and your oil, and the first of the
fleece of your sheep, you give to him.
Deu 18:5 “For יהוה your Elohim has chosen him out of all your
tribes to stand to serve in the Name of יהוה, him and his
sons forever.
Deu 18:6 “And when
the Lĕwite comes from one of your gates, from where he has sojourned among all
Yisra’ĕl, and shall come with all the desire of his being to the place which יהוה chooses,
Deu 18:7 then he
shall serve in the Name of יהוה his Elohim,
like all his brothers the Lĕwites, who are standing there before יהוה.
Deu 18:8 “They are
to have portion for portion to eat, besides what comes from the sale of his
inheritance.
Lit – Portion for portion he shall eat, besides what
income is derived or inherited from the Levites fathers.
Deu 18:9 “When you
come into the land which יהוה your Elohim is
giving you, do not learn to do according to the abominations of those gentiles.
(Christmas trees, eating of pork and Sunday worship)
Deu 18:10 “Let no
one be found among you who makes his son
or his daughter pass through the fire,(satanic/pagan rituals but even
abortion) or one who practises
divination, or a user of magic,
or one who interprets omens or a sorcerer,
Deu 18:11 or one
who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls
up the dead.
Deu 18:12 “For whoever does these are an abomination
to יהוה, and because of these abominations יהוה your Elohim drives them out from before
you.
Deu 18:13 “Be
perfect before(‘’im’’ – ‘’ayin, mem’’ meaning ‘’with or beside’’) יהוה your Elohim,
Enlarged tav – ‘’Tamim tiyehe’’ or perfect you will
become – how? – through a properly functioning priesthood under the authority
of Yahshua, the aleph and tav, we be
presented perfect on the Eighth day before the presence of YHVH.
Deu 18:14 for
these nations whom you are possessing do listen to those using magic and to
diviners. But as for you, יהוה your Elohim
has not appointed such for you.
Deu 18:15 “יהוה your Elohim
shall raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brothers.
Listen to Him,
Deu 18:16
according to all you asked of יהוה your Elohim in
Ḥorĕḇ in
the day of the assembly, saying, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of יהוה my Elohim, nor let me see this great fire
any more, lest I die.’
Deu 18:17 “And יהוה said to me, ‘What they have spoken is
good.
Deu 18:18 ‘I shall
raise up for them a Prophet like you out of the midst of their brothers. And I
shall put My Words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command
Him.
Deu 18:19 ‘And it
shall be, the man who does not listen to My Words which He speaks in My Name, I
require it of him.
This is clearly a reference to Messiah as attested to in
Stephen’s last sermon before he was stoned.
Act 7:37 “This is the Mosheh who said to the children
of Yisra’ĕl, ‘יהוה your Elohim shall raise up for you a
Prophet like me from your brothers. Him you shall hear.’
Act 7:38 “This is he who was in the assembly
in the wilderness with the Messenger who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with
our fathers, who received the living Words to give to us,
Act 7:39 unto whom our fathers would not
become obedient, but thrust away, and in their hearts they turned back to
Mitsrayim,
Act 7:40 saying to Aharon, ‘Make us mighty
ones to go before us, for this Mosheh who led us out of the land of Mitsrayim,
we do not know what has become of him.’ Exo_32:1, Exo_32:23.
When we reject Yahshua’s
teaching of Torah, we too return to the religions and ideas of Egypt and
bondage.
Mat 22:16 And they sent to Him their taught
ones with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and teach
the way of Elohim in truth, and it does not concern You about anyone, for You
are not partial to any man. (This is a clear indication
that Yahshua taught the Torah, these leaders would never have made this
statement if Yahshua was coming to do away with the Torah)
Deu 18:20 ‘But the
prophet who presumes to speak a word in My Name, which I have not commanded him
to speak, or who speaks in the name of other mighty ones, even that prophet
shall die.’
2Pe 1:21 for prophecy never came by the desire of man,
but men of Elohim spoke, being moved by the Set-apart Spirit.
Rev 19:10 …I am your fellow servant, and of your
brothers who possess the witness of יהושע. Worship
Elohim! For the witness of יהושע is the spirit
of prophecy.”
Deu 18:21 “And
when you say in your heart, ‘How do we know the word which יהוה has not spoken?’ –
Deu 18:22 when the
prophet speaks in the Name of יהוה and the word
is not, or comes not, that is the word which יהוה has not
spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.
Deu 19:1 “When יהוה your Elohim
cuts off the nations whose land יהוה your Elohim is
giving you, and you dispossess them and dwell in their cities and in their
houses,
Deu 19:2 separate
three cities for yourself in the midst of your land which יהוה your Elohim is giving you to possess.
Deu 19:3 “Prepare
a way for yourself, and divide into three parts the border of your land which יהוה your Elohim is giving you to inherit, that
anyone who killed someone shall flee there.
Deu 19:4 “And this
is the matter of the one who killed someone who flees there and live: He who
smites his neighbour unintentionally, not having hated him in time past,
Deu 19:5 even he
who goes to the forest with his neighbour to cut timber, and his hand swings a
stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle
and strikes his neighbour so that he dies – let him flee to one of these cities
and live,
Deu 19:6 lest the
revenger of blood, while his displeasure is hot, pursue the one who killed
someone and overtake him, because the way is long, and shall smite him, though
he was not worthy of death, since he had not hated him before.
Deu 19:7
“Therefore I am commanding you, saying, ‘Separate three cities for
yourself.’
Deu 19:8 “And if יהוה your Elohim enlarges your border, as He
swore to your fathers, and has given you the land which He promised to give to
your fathers –
Deu 19:9 when you
guard all this command to do it, which I am commanding you today, to love יהוה your Elohim and to walk in His ways all
the days – then you shall add three more cities for yourself besides these
three,
Deu 19:10 so that
innocent blood is not shed in the midst of your land which יהוה your Elohim is giving you as an
inheritance, or blood-guilt shall be upon you.
Deu 19:11 “But
when anyone hates his neighbour, and shall lie in wait for him and rise against
him and smite the life from him so that he dies, then he shall flee to one of
these cities,
Deu 19:12 and the
elders of his city shall send and bring him from there, and give him into the
hand of the revenger of blood, and he shall die.
Deu 19:13 “Your
eye shall not pardon him, but you shall purge the blood of innocent blood from
Yisra’ĕl, so that it might be well with you.
Accidental death –The Torah teaches that until sin is
entirely removed from our existence, we will deal with the sorrows and woes of
everyday life.
Deu 19:14 “Do not
remove your neighbour’s boundary, which those in the past have set, in your
inheritance which you inherit in the land that יהוה your Elohim is
giving you to possess.
Deu 19:15 “One
witness does not rise up against a man concerning any crookedness or any sin that
he commits. At the mouth of two witnesses or at the mouth of three witnesses a
matter is established.
Deu 19:16 “When a
malicious witness rises up against any man to accuse him of turning aside,
Deu 19:17 then
both men who have the dispute shall stand before יהוה, before the
priests and the judges who serve in those days.
Deu 19:18 “And the
judges shall diligently search and see if the witness is a false witness, who
has falsely accused his brother,
Deu 19:19 then you
shall do to him as he thought to have done to his brother. Thus you shall purge
the evil from your midst.
Deu 19:20 “And let
the rest hear and fear, and never again do this evil matter in your midst.
Deu 19:21 “And let
your eye not pardon, life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for
hand, foot for foot.
Compensation must be made for damages incurred against a
fellow Yisraelite.
Deu 20:1 “When you go out to battle against your
enemies, and shall see horses and chariots and people more numerous than you,
do not be afraid of them, for יהוה your Elohim,
who brought you up from the land of Mitsrayim, is with you.
Deu 20:2 “And it
shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall come and
speak to the people,
Deu 20:3 and shall
say to them, ‘Hear, O Yisra’ĕl: You are drawing near today to battle with your
enemies. Do not let your heart faint, do not fear, or tremble, or be afraid
before them,
Deu 20:4 for יהוה your Elohim is He who goes with you, to
fight for you against your enemies, to save you.’
Deu 20:5 “And the
officers shall speak to the people, saying, ‘Who is the man who has built a new
house and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die
in the battle and another man dedicate it.
Deu 20:6 ‘And who
is the man who has planted a vineyard and has not begun to use it? Let him also
go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man should
begin to use it.
Deu 20:7 ‘And who
is the man who is engaged to a woman and has not taken her? Let him go and return
to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man take her.’
Deu 20:8 “And the
officers shall speak further to the people, and say, ‘Who is the man who is
afraid and tender of heart? Let him go and return to his house, lest the heart
of his brothers faint like his heart.’
Deu 20:9 “And it
shall be, when the officers have finished speaking to the people, that they
shall appoint commanders of the divisions to lead the people.
Baruch atah YHVH, Eloheynu,
Melech ha-‘Olam, asher natan lanu Toraht-emet, v’chay-yeh o’lam nata-b’tochenu.
Baruch atah YHVH, noteyn ha-Torah. Ameyn.”
(Blessed are you Yahweh, our Elohim, King of the
Universe, you have given us your Torah of truth, and have planted everlasting
life within our midst. Blessed are you, YHVH giver of the Torah – Ameyn