Shalom
my dear brothers and sisters. It has been a few weeks since my last blog and
weather, sickness and busyness are just some of the factors to blame. Still, the Lord has been gracious in that I
have not had to miss any Sabbath teachings.
This
past Sabbath was a continuation of a theme that we have been studying for the
last few Torah Portions; namely, the sacrifices and how they were
prescribed. The message this past
Sabbath echoed the same theme. In the
midst of my message, it was evident that the protocol in which a sacrifice was
ordered was very detailed in the Torah.
It’s as if the Torah was a divine instruction manual with detailed
information concerning how the sacrifice was to be implemented. Indeed, Torah does mean “instruction”.
I
looked at one of our members who is an aircraft mechanic and said that the
Torah is like nuts and bolts. My dear
brother knows how to tighten those nuts and bolts on that aircraft he is
working on. But, all of the nuts and
bolts and steel and prescribed manners of putting those things together serve
one purpose - to defy gravity.
So,
as we search out these prescriptions, we plainly see Yeshua throughout the instruction. Why? It
is because the goal of Torah is Yeshua. Ephesians
4:13: “Till we all come in the unity of faith, and the knowledge of the Son of
God, onto a perfect man, onto the measure of the stature (attaining) of the
fullness of Christ”. Roman 10:1-4: “For Christ
is the end of the law (is the goal of Torah) for righteousness to everyone that
believeth (or the goal)”. Attaining
Yeshua is the aim of Torah.
So,
all of the nuts and bolts of Torah are what gives us the ability to defy spiritual
gravity and attain righteousness beyond ourselves. Hallelujah!
The sacrifices made in Torah were to cover up unrighteousness, but with
the sacrifice of Yeshua we have been cleansed from all unrighteousness. No longer is our sin simply covered up, our
sin, because of Yeshua, has been washed away.
Isaiah 1:18: “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord:
though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be
red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”
Lastly,
one of the verses we focused on proclaims or foreshadows this very verse. Leviticus 6:27 said this, "…and when there are
sprinkles of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon
it was sprinkled in the holy place." Praise
God that the blood of our Yeshua was sprinkled upon our garments that were soiled
with sin and now we have been washed and made clean by that very blood that He
shed.
As with an airplane, we are seeking to arrive at a destination. Spiritually we have already attained Torah by
being - in Him. Naturally we are seeking to attain Christ or
Christ-likeness in this world by living in this world – through Him. When we land this plane at our final destination, it
will be in the world to come - with Him.
