BECHUKOTAI
Leviticus
26:3 – 27:24
Haftarah
Yirmeyahu “Jeremiah” 16:19 – 17:14
Brit Chadasha
Ephsiyah “Ephesians” 2:11 – 19
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 Becchukotai means “In my statutes” is
the 33rd reading and it appears in the first verse of the reading,
which generally promise good things if the Torah is followed Deut 28: 1 -14 and
negativity if Spiritual principle are not followed, Deut 28: 15 – 68.
Parashas begins with the Heavenly blessings that await the Yisraelites
people if they live up to the covenant which יהוה have given to them, in order for them to receive the
Shekinah.
The only reason we study Torah, is to learn the Ten luminous or
commandments, and within those ten are 612 specific commandments. Why do we
need to learn them, it is to come to the ultimate state of understanding. The
ultimate state of knowledge is to come to the understanding that we really do
not know anything, that no matter what we have learned so far, it is nothing
compared to true understanding.
The only way our spiritual work actually reveals Light is if we diminish
our Ego in everything that we do, that the purpose of all our spiritual work is
this consciousness of lowering ourselves.
When we look at the way nature works, on the trees and other vegetation as
they grow from a mere seed. The light of growth exists in all the earth, but
there has to be a diminishment of the seed in a specific point, a deterioration
of the shell around the seed before it can draw all the Light of growth from
the earth and become a plant. The same is true for our spiritual life, if we
are doing our work properly, it feels as if we are in a endless competition as
every tree in the forest fight to beak through many difference layers before
reaching the light of the sun.
The majority of humanity does not know that we are in a spiritual struggle
as the plant in a forest is in a struggle for light. However, our social structure
uses that competitive desire within us to focus on the wrong set of criteria,
to advance in this world, instead of in the world to come.
I often tell people that knowing that we do not know does not refers to
Torah studies, but to who we are. We are gods with an ego, and it is the
reprogramming of our ego which is of importance to us. It is the reprogramming
of our ego, the diminishing of our ego, why spiritual rules were made. These
rules when apply to the physical sense make no sense to us, but as we work
within them, we must be aware that whatever progress we have made, there is
still a long distance to go.
A the core and purpose of our
spiritual growth, what we need to understand is that we may have accomplish very
little, in comparison to what the CREATOR has in store for us, we still have a
long way to go. If we see our spiritual work as nothing, we have done a lot.
Why? Because this is a sign of how much we have grown.
The point I wish to make is this! Sometimes we think of reducing the
influence of our selfish ego, the desire to receive, as a nice addition to our
spiritual development. However, if the purpose of diminishing our ego is not at
the heart of our spiritual life, then we have accomplished nothing.
As believers we need to be very careful to avoid the traps of religious
thing, the thinking that all progress must be outward. This state of mind is
not spiritual accurate, for the level of surrender comes from the level of
sacrifice and bring with it tremendous joy and inspiration.
By minimizing our self importance we make room for the Holy Spirit to join
us, so that this sense that our journey is endless is accompanied by sheer
delight in that journey, and when we feel this way, it is a sure sign that we
are growing spiritually.
The Statues we learn in chapter 23, represent a particular harvest day in
the Land of Yisrael, when we celebrate these day, we might not see the
spiritual growth, however, certain spiritual blessing is ascribe to everyone
who by faith in Messiyah Yahushua celebrate these days.
This story evolves into the description, the admonition, a sobering account
of punishment, and curses that will be the inevitable outcome of any attempt to
violate the terms of the Covenant.
Although EL YAHWEH mercy is display in El Yahushua, Grace preventing all of
these curses from overcome the believer who sins. This Grace is given to all
Hebrew people who believe that El Yahushua is the Lamb slain from the
foundation of the Earth. Grace is nothing more than time; time for us to repent
from all sin.
A careful examination of the history of the Church, we will see that those
who believe in El Yahushua and keep His Commandments were regularly persecuted,
up until the year 324, when the church became the religion of choice for the
Roman Empire.
The Church was promise, fame, and fortune if they violate the terms of the
Covenant, and security from human persecution. That is why the Shekinah was
never seen in any Sunday church since then.
The blessing that EL YAHWEH promise in this Parasha, are still in store for
those who choose to be obedient to the terms of the Covenant. El Yahushua
improved on the original Covenant Moses negotiate between ABBA YAHWEH and the
Hebrew people at Mount Sinai, when He died on the Cross. The terms and
condition of this new covenant are seen plainly in what we call today the
renewed Covenant.
But the essence of the Covenant at Mount Sinai can still be seen in the
application of the Principles of the Renewed Covenant.
The long list of blessing describe in verse 3 – 13 and the even longer list
of curse verse 14 – 43 which was again repeated in Deut 28, could be
misunderstood as an indication that there are many more curses than blessing.
Actually, the blessing are given in general terms, and are therefore brief; the
curse, however, are given in greater detail, because they are intended to awe
the people into obedience to יהוה
command.
This commentary will explain in spiritual term the meaning of the physical
blessing, such as military victory, and prosperity that are describe in this
Parashas. The blessing and curses are all result of an inward spiritual
manifestation. Since EL YAHWEH is the King of the Spiritual Kingdom, there is a
spiritual and a physical blessing and curses that are associated with obedience
to the Covenant.
The physical blessing, is to help us achieve the lofty spiritual heights
require for us to reach maturity. It is easier for a physical fit person to climb
a mountain that a man with a physical deformity, such a one leg.
Material blessing are hardly the primary reward, nor is material
deprivations the primary punishment; only in the World to Come and Gehinnom can
there be adequate reward and punishment.
A person who enjoys good health, prosperity, and security finds it much
easier to perform the commandments that will elevate him spiritually. Therefore
יהוה assures us that the person who
serves Him with sincerity and joy will be granted all the blessings of this
world and the one to come. Conversely, one who rebels will be punished with
deprivation in this world so that it will be difficult for him to perform the
commandments and earn a share in the World to Come.
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