Vayikra

VAYIKRA

Leviticus 1:1 – 5:19

Haftarah

Yeshayahu “Isaiah” 43:21-44:23

Brit Chadasha

Romiyah 8:1-13

Please Pray this

Prayer

First before reading.

In the name of Yahushua

Our Messiyah,

I pray for the Spirit of Understanding

The Spirit of Knowledge and

The Spirit of Wisdom

As I read through this Parashas

This Torah Portion is the 24^th portion in the yearly Torah Cycle, it begins with the Word “Vayikra El Moshe,” and God “EL” called to Moses and he responded. How was this voice spoken? Does it really matter? Moses was called and he responded. How much of us would respond as Moses did?

Every time Moses is called it is when a new command or a new project a new principle was to be established.

The last chapter in Exodus relates that the Corporate Tabernacle had been built and became a fitting-resting place for the Shechinah Glory, EL YAHWEH’S Presence, and for the sacrifice service.

So awesome was the Shechinah of EL YAHWEH, when it covers the Tabernacle that not even Moses could enter it. In the following verse, we hear EL YAHWEH calling Moses to enter the Tent of Meeting; Assuring Moses that the Tabernacle was built for the benefit of the people.

When EL YAHWEH called Moses, it was exclusively to Moses alone. EL YAHWEH’S Voice is powerful enough to shatter the cedars of Lebanon, and be heard throughout the world, but He called Moses by name. EL YAHWEH’S Word was spoken for all to hear, it was the people who were not worthy of hearing it.

This Shabbat of Vayikra gives us the opportunity to be the Vayikra El Moses, the one who hears the call of ABBA YAHWEH. We must have the Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding to recognize the Calling of ABBA YAHWEH, for us alone.

How we see our lives is exactly how our lives will be. Every day, we experience scores of situations, some important, some not so important, some pleasing some not so pleasing. How do we evaluate their spiritual significant is important?

How we choose to perceive the various circumstances of our lives, those moments we could view each messages as coincidences or annoyances, we can either accept them as light from the CREATOR or denied them as spiritual lessons.

I can view the car key I could not find, which was right in front of me as the CREATOR preventing me from meeting in an accident, if I had leave two minute earlier, or a means of practicing patience.

Lev 1:1  And יהוה called to Mosheh, and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying, - The Hebrew (קרא) word “call” come from the word (קרב) mean to bring near, also means that EL YAHWEH wishes to speak to Moses, and purposefully called to him. EL YAHWEH’S prophecy to Bilaam in Numbers 23:16, however, is introduced by (קרה) without the end letter(ה), a word that has two connotations: Change (דּבר) and spiritual contamination as in I Samuel 20:26. This implies that while EL YAHWEH had a reason to talk to Bilaam, He did not do so lovingly.

EL YAHWEH spoke to Moses from the Tent of Meeting, the Tabernacle. This was a moment when EL YAHWEH wanted to impress upon Yisrael that they, not Moses alone had the responsibility to be worthy of receiving or hearing the Voice of Elohim.

It was the first revelation in the newly constructed Tabernacle, which had been built with their effort, as the Place where EL YAHWEH’S presence would rest corporately.

Now it was important for them to be made aware of their responsibility to maintain a high level of Holiness. Therefore, the verse’s emphasis that this prophesies was given in the Tent of Meeting.

The Hebrew word (אמר) usually means that Moses was instructed to convey EL YAHWEH’S teaching to the nations. EL YAHWEH wanted Moses to convey the inspiring but sobering message, that His awesome degree of prophecy was granted only for the benefit of the people, and only as long as they remained worthy of it.

When a (קרא) small alef appears at the end of the word Vayikra “and He called”. Vayikra refers to Yahweh calling to Moses. Many times we are called by Yahweh; the Creator frequently gives us messages in dreams ant through other people, but we do not always hear them. The small alef is a reminder that we must reduce our ego in order to hear the still small voice of Yahweh.

Lev 1:2 “Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, and say to them, ‘When a man among you brings an offering to יהוה, you bring your offering of the livestock, of the herd or of the flock. – This verse layer out the general rule of offering. It introduces the subject of animal offering, and the sort of animal that are ineligible for the sacrifice. Sacrifices are nothing more that pictorial words, design to teach us a pattern we need to follow. This is a form of the Written Word been spoken, or you may call it the Oral Torah. When it is been done, it becomes the fulfilled Torah.

When a man who is the head of the family, brings an offering, the Hebrew word uses here is (Adam) meaning any man, regardless of nationality may bring it. This offering is to draw us closer to EL YAHWEH and to help us elevate ourselves before Him. The common translation, sacrifice, does not capture the essence of the meaning of the phrase. It could also mean that when we sacrifice our body, we also elevate ourselves spiritually.

Throughout the Torah the four letters Hebrew word (יהוה) represent the Character of the Mercy of EL YAHWEH, the Name used in connection with offering, never the name Elohim, which represent the Attribute of Judgment. Offering is a means to draw near to יהוה the merciful Elohim.

If anyone offer to EL YAHWEH an offering, it represent your sincere effort to draw closer to Him, then your offering take on the exalted state of an offering made by fire to EL YAHWEH. However, if we merely go through the notions of performing the physical acts of the service, then unfortunately, it remains merely an act. It must also cost the giver something; it cannot come from another source.

Lev 1:3 ‘If his offering is a burnt offering of the herd, let him bring a male, a perfect one. Let him bring it at the door of the Tent of Meeting, for his acceptance before יהוה. The first type of offering describe here is is the cattle; which represent the energy of death and help us to remove death from our lives.

Whenever good things of any kind come to an end, the cause of the end is the Angel of death. This Torah reading is a powerful weapon to weaken the Angel of death in our lives, untimately we will achieve the death of death itself, resulting in immortality for ourselves and for the world.

 An elevation offering is also called an olah-offering in Hebrew. Brought by someone who has a praise offering, he must offer a male the positive energy which the Torah. If can be brought, by anyone who have some sort of rejoicing, that have not been carried out in deed, and by anyone who attended any of the three pilgrim feast. It may also be brought by anyone who wishes to raise his spiritual level.

When anyone draws near to YAHWEH with an offering, it is to say that they believe in the provision that EL YAHWEH has provided for us to draw near to Him. The sacrificial system is a dialog not a monolog.

There are various version of the Olah offering, it comes from the root word (עולה) connotes going up, this means an offering that is completely burn up, or going up in flames to EL YAHWEH. This offering name reflects its purpose, which is to raise its owner from their present spiritual position to the next higher spiritual level.

This is called Olah offering because it is superior to all other offering, because it is voluntarily brought and is offered on the Altar in its entirety. The translation, elevation offering, is literally and allows for all of the above conations.

It must be unblemished. Any blemishes would disqualify an offering. A completely healthy animal, recognize the pureness of the offering. When a Hebrew person seeks to come closer to EL YAHWEH, He should do so with all of the right reasons, with nothing omitted, nothing missing. In exchange the Torah promises a life in which even pain and death lose their sting. The term “offer” refers either to the consecration of the animal or the sacrificial service. Today this animal is our Messiyah Yahushua, the one who did on Calvery.

Since the actual service is describe below in verse 5, the word offer (he shall bring) in this application, must refer to the obligation that the cost of an animal must be set aside for an offering, since we no longer kill an animal. However, the cost of that animal must be from a clean source, it cannot be borough, or stolen or from any ill gain.

No one can be coerced anyone to bring an offering. If someone is required to bring one, but refuses to do so he will have to face the consequence of not drawing closer to EL YAHWEH. Who would want to do such a thing? That why various level of offering is describe to meet every possible economic position a believer might find them self in.

Lev 1:4 ‘And he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him. – The word (כּוח    כּח) also alludes to one strength. Meaning we must place our strength on the sacrificial lamb who we all know is El Yahushua (Jesus Christ). Therefore, even though the word is in the singular, the leaning must be done with both hands with all one’s strength. While doing so, we must confess the purpose that prompted us to bring this offering.

It is this action that will help us as we approach Passover, to help us during the seven days of unleavened bread, when we examine our spiritual gain over the past year that will help us to be overcome them. These short coming is the leaven we remove from our house, every year, is the short comings we overcome every year, never to be seen any more in our lives.

Lev 1:5 ‘And he shall slaughter the bull before יהוה. And the sons of Aharon, the priests, shall bring the blood and sprinkle the blood all around on the altar which is at the door of the Tent of Meeting. – This must be done in the Outer Court on the north side of the Brazen Altar. The Kohanim shall bring the Blood, after the slaughter, in a vessel so that it can be transported to the Altar.

This is the first service that must be performed by the Kohanim; this slaughter may not be performed by anyone else. This sacrifice can be seen in an earlier application when Moses told the People to place the Blood over the Doorpost in Egypt, and also when El Yahushua bleed from the nail pierce Feet on the Stake.

The Kohanim would hold the basin of blood standing in front of the Brazen Altar and throws it upon the lower half of the Altar wall, the same as the blood on the doorpost. The term all around the wall is the same as on all around the door that lead to our home our tabernacle.

Lev 1:6 ‘And he shall skin the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces. – The term it shall be skinned implies that the protective covering off the nature of the flesh was to be removed before going to this altar. One must accept that El Yahushua is Lord and that we are all sinners in need of repentance. We must begin to die to our self; if our skin is removed it is a good chance that we will most likely die. It did not say who is to remove the hide, for it need not be done by a Kohanim. It is usually the Evangelist among the group that usually bring the unsaved to justification.

The proceeded of our initial justification should be shared among the Mighty Hand of EL YAHWEH minister. There is a precise order of how and into how many parts the offering should be divided.

Lev 1:7 ‘And the sons of Aharon the priest shall put fire on the altar, and lay the wood in order on the fire. – Even though a Heavenly fire was always on the Altar, the Kohen are command to add fire to it. This would imply that each individual is a separate case altogether; it should be an ongoing operation. Our verse assigns exclusively to the Kohanim the responsibility of placing the wood on the Altar and arranging it. It is this wood that supports the fire that destroyed the things that keep us captive, like our fleshly nature, which the Skin of the Animal represents. It must be done by anyone of the five-fold ministry, but it is chiefly the office of the Evangelist that performs such an actions.

Lev 1:8 ‘And the sons of Aharon, the priests, shall arrange the pieces, with the head and the fat on the wood which is on the fire on the altar. – The main circumstances to be dealt with here are our mindset. We as evangelist must always seek to change the mindset of the sinner or the lost soul, we should always start with the mind first, then we deal with our attraction to the worlds which is represented by the fat, the wealth, the comfort, the excess of the fleshly nature. They too must be burnt on this altar.

Lev 1:9 ‘But its entrails and its legs he washes with water. And the priest shall burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a sweet fragrance to יהוה. After arranging the parts upon the Altar, the Kohanim are still require to tend the fire until the entire offering is purified or liberated; or until a bond is established or until a close bond between EL YAHWEH and the one bring the offering is secure.

It is a fire offering, this often repeated word indicates that the slaughter should have in mind that he is slaughtering the offering for the sole purpose of placing it on the Altar to be consumed by fire.

As the service comes to an end, the aroma of the offering of our old nature going up in smoke on this altar pleases EL YAHWEH. He desires this kind of offering for it is the one which bring His unsaved children from death to life that is why it is a sweet fragrance to HIM.

Lev 1:10 ‘And if his offering is from the flock, from the sheep or from the goats as a burnt offering, let him bring a male, a perfect one.  – If this person is rich enough to own a flock, his offering must be from a male goat or lamb and it must be perfect.

The sheep and the goats, the second type of offering, are connected to our ego. Our ego is the voice that convinces us that we are right even when we are wrong.

Our ego makes us feel that we are free-thinkinf souls when, in fact, we are being led by a preprogrammed selfish desire. The denyal that we an ego is itself a demonstration of our selfish ego hard at work. The ego controlled by the flesh blocks our spiritual growth and is the basic for all forms of misery.

By reading this verse will help us to control the influence of our selfish ego in our lives, giving us a chance to escape the bondage of ego-based desire, the me first mentality also called Egypt and to develop a life of sharing in love, joy, peace and true freedom.

Lev 1:11 ‘And he shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar before יהוה. And the sons of Aharon, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood on the altar all around. – The person bringing the offering must do the slaughtering; on the north side of the Brazen Altar and the Fivefold ministry of Aaron and his sons is to do the rest. The person doing the slaughtering, they will realize that this animal had just died for his transgression. There are two cost associated with this offering: first the cost of the lamb and second the life of the Lamb. Today we must still incur the cost of the Lamb, but the life of the Lamb was already done on Calvary.