Acharei

Parashas Acharei

Leviticus 16:1 - 18:30

HafTorah

Isaiah 58: 1 – 12

Brit Chadasha

Hebrew 7:23 – 10:25

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.

The Torah portion of Acharei Mot, is the 29 Torah portion of the year which precedes the portion of Kedoshim, begins with the word; ‘The Creator spoke to Moses’ ‘Acharei Mot’ of the two sons of Aaron ‘Nadav and Avihu,’ when they came close to the Creator and they died.

The word acharei mot, meaning after the death at the beginning of this portion do more than refer to the event that take place after the death of Nadav and Avihu, the sons of Aaron. These words mean that we have the power to be after death, to transcend its power. This power or capability is the ability to decide where we will be after death, is the Light revealed on the Shabbat of Acharei-Kedoshim.

There is a state that a tzadikim, or elevated soul, the ego achieve, where the connection to the body is no longer selfish. When we reach this state of spiritual maturity, we gain complete dominion over the Angel of Death. He can no longer touch us. This is the state that Revelation 3:21 talks about, those who gets to rule and reign with Messiyah.

We can decide that we have completed our work here on Earth, and we can just let go. In the case of Aaron two sons, even though they were priest, they still had more work on their ego to do.

Acherei Mot says that when the Kohen HaGadol presided over a service in the Tabernacle, he change his clothes four times. There’s a parable that explains why that is so. “There was once a beggar who dressed in rags all the time because he had no money. A kind tailor decided to help him. The tailor took his measurements and told him to come back in a few hours. When the beggar returned and tried on the clothes, he immedediately began to scream angrily at the tailor, look what you have done! You just wanted to make fun of me! These clothes do not fit.  Patiently, the tailor told him to calm down. The new clothes will certainly fit you, if you take off the old ones first.”

It is for this same reason; the Kohen HaGadol had to repeatedly change his physical garment as he was preparing to do his work in the Temple. From this we learn that we too need to remove our old righteousness, our desire to receive for the self alone, otherwise there is no chance for the Light of the Creator to enter us.

As this Sabbath falls on the seventh day Sabbath, we experience a Sabbath Gadol a high Sabbath. If we do not let go off last year blessing or crop we will not have room for the new crop we are harvesting.

The Shabbat of Acharei Mot-Kedoshim is one of the Shabbats that is not about arriving at a new understanding. It is a Shabbat that overwhelms us with devekut. It is the Shabbat when the level of being acharei mot, after death, is revealed to us and to the world.

It is the Shabbat of overwhelming Light, of overwhelming joy, of overwhelming love.

This Parashas introduces the Yom Kippur service by saying that EL YAHWEH spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron’s two sons, Nadab and Abihu, which implies that there was a connection between the two: the tragedy and Yom Kippur service.

In addition these verses added a new dimension to the cause of their death, by saying that they died when they approached before EL YAHWEH, details that was omitted from the narrative of 10: 1 – 2, which mentioned only their sin of offering an unforebiden incense or fire.

From the description here in Parashas Acharei, it seem that they were punish only for entering an area that was forbidden to them. This apparent discrepancy will be discussed. Why is the death of the righteous Nadab and Abihu mentioned in conjunction with the chapter on Yom Kippur service?

As Yom Kippur brings atonement, and extends the life of the righteous, which is pleasing to EL YAHWEH, the death of the righteous does not please our Creator. Only the people, who recognize Yom Kippur as the Day of Atonement and treat it as such, are those to whom life will be given. Those however, who callously observe Yom Kippur as Nadab and Abihu did with their worship do not find atonement.

Those who do not honor the righteous in life do not benefit from their ascent to Heavens in death. Verse 10:1 speaks of strange fire and unforbiden incense, while this chapter speaks only of their approach before EL YAHWEH.

Although Nadab and Abihu had all the right to bring fire before EL YAHWEH, there is a proper way of doing it, as we learn from their experience that there is also a wrong way of doing it.

Acharei Mot is read twice: once on Yom Kippur and once on this Sabbath. Because of this, when we listen to or connect with the reading on Sabbath, we are also connecting with the light of Yom Kippur. As it does on Yom Kippur, however, this gift carries the responsibility for us to do some deep introspection and to awaken a desire to spiritually cleanse ourselves.

Lev 16:1  And יהוה spoke to Mosheh after the death of the two sons of Aharon, as they drew near before יהוה, and died. – Again we see the proof that what is been written here is the Word of The Creator, and not Moses’ words, as is so often disclosed by those who reject the law. The lesson being taught here is a believer must be careful how he or she draws near, how we come to EL YAHWEH is prayer and in worship, how we bring our gifts. We cannot assume to just finish eating pork and the next minute singing Him praise with unclean lips. No uncleanness can come before a perfectly Holy Elohim. Light and darkness cannot mix.

Lev 16:2 And  יהוה said to Mosheh, “Speak to Aharon your brother not to come in at all times to the Set-apart Place inside the veil, before the lid of atonement which is on the ark, lest he die, because I appear in the cloud above the lid of atonement. – Moses a truly obedient person did what he was told to do. EL YAHWEH spoke to Aaron as he was commanded. When EL YAHWEH tells us to speak to someone, He has already prepared the heart of that person to receive that Word. HE alone knows the heart of man, and what is require for them to progress spiritually.

This message to Aaron was a Word that was design for a moment such at that time. It was not for a few weeks later, it was for that moment. It could be that maybe Aaron was planning and doing something rash, by even trying to enter the Holy of Holies to make atonement for the rest of his sons, or it could be the more obvious, reason that Yom Kippur was drawing close and EL YAHWEH was preparing Aaron for the occasion.

This is the imperfection of the old Covenant; the high priest could only enter the Holy of Holies one a year, while the new covenant, Yahushua our Messiyah is in the Holy of Holies, 24/7. In the old covenant there was a veil, in the new covenant there is no veil. The original veil was rent in two when Yahushua died on the Stake.

Lev 16:3 “With this Aharon should come into the Set-apart Place: with the blood of a young bull as a sin offering, and of a ram as a burnt offering. – Aaron was now being prep, on the stringent requirement of those who were qualified to enter the Most Holy Place. The most expensive sin offering was a young bull and a ram the best of the smaller offering were to be sacrifice. Today, we enter the Holy of Holies by the Blood of the most expensive offering ever conceive by EL YAHWAH, the Greatest Sacrificial Bull of them all is El Yahushua.

The sacrifice of a bull is more than meets the eye. The Bull represents the sacrifice of the ego. Since those in power of spiritual authority, must sacrifice more of their ego than anyone else. A young bull is usually full of himself, because of it strength, he think he is invincible. It is this ego we must all try to sacrifice.

Part of the cleaning process is making sacrifice, and here we read that Aaron had to sacrifice two goats. One animal was a sacrifice for Yahweh the positive goat, while the other was made to take on all the negativity of the people and be destroyed in this way, good was separated from the evil.

We see this fulfilled when the solder pierce Yahushua’s side and blood and water came out. Before we do any kind of cleansing, we must make a clear distinction between good and evil. If we do not have an understanding about the nature of good and evil, we will not be able to cleanse ourselves.

 

Lev 16:4 “He should put on the set-apart linen long shirt, with linen trousers on his flesh, and gird himself with a linen girdle, and be dressed with the linen turban – they are set-apart garments. And he shall bathe his body in water, and shall put them on. – The person who wants to enter into the Holy of Holies must posse’s holy linen long shorts, with linen trousers for his flesh. Meaning that a certain state of righteousness must be achieved by our flesh.

That person must gird their behavior with a linen girdle of righteousness, and their mind must be under the influence of Total righteousness, which the Linen Turban represents.

These are the garments, the character of those who are set apart, those who are holy. They must wash their bodies in the Blood and the Water that flows from the side of Yahushua, before they put on their garments to enter into the Holy of Holies.

Lev 16:5 “And from the congregation of the children of Yisra’ĕl he takes two male goats as a sin offering, and one ram as a burnt offering. – On their way into the Holy of Holies the High Priest must bring on behalf of the congregation two male goats as a sin offering and one ram as a burnt offering.

Today our High Priest El Yahushua, just show His nail pierce feet and spear pierce side as symbol of those offering. However, we are still requiring to bring the cost of the Lamb to the congregation. 

Lev 16:6 “And Aharon shall bring the bull as a sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house. – Our Messiyah and Savor El Yahushua is our High Priest or Kohen Hagadol, the One who sits permanently at our Fathers Right Hand, He is the one who brings our atonement to the Father.

Lev 16:7 “And he shall take the two goats and let them stand before יהוה at the door of the Tent of Meeting. – The Blood and Water that flow from His Side is the two goats, describe here in this verse. Our Kohen Gadol will stand before EL YAHWEH and present us, along with our report card to our Father. That report will show our achievement and our failures. The atonement that El Yahushua will make for us, will depends on our wiliness to be obedient. The step and the mindset we have will determine the Grace, the quality and quantity of rain we will receive the next spiritual year.

When Yahushua sees the mind of David in us, it will encourage Him to speak more forceful on our behalf. To say to our father, this one, this one right here, is making all the necessary effort to achieve perfection before he dies, give him some more Grace.

This Grace is similar to the rain fall that starts a few weeks after the Yom Kippur service. That why we must always ask, for EL YAHWEH to send us the right rain in the right season. What type of rain are you praying for?

Lev 16:8 “And Aharon shall cast lots for the two goats, one lot for יהוה and the other lot for Azazel. – Aaron shall cast lot to see which one of the goats will be the blood offering and which one will represent the water.  Today, we do not need to cast lots anymore; we have the blood and the water that flow from the side of El Yahushua, all we have to do is to apply the blood or the water as we feel necessary.

Lev 16:9 “And Aharon shall bring the goat on which the lot for יהוה fell, and shall prepare it as a sin offering. – And El Yahushua will present the Blood that flows from His side first, as a sin offering.

 

Lev 16:10 “But the goat on which the lot for Azazel fell is caused to stand alive before יהוה, to make atonement upon it, to send it into the wilderness to Azazel. – He will then present the Water that flow from His side as the offering that wash away our sins. The same way the Red Sea washes away Pharaoh Army, to be seen no more.

What sinful nature will be wash away from us this year? What will we overcome, never to be experience again? Or are we still carrying that dead man on our shoulder, when Yahushua has given us the ability to cast him into the red sea spiritually.

Lev 16:11 “And Aharon shall bring the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house, and shall slaughter the bull as the sin offering which is for himself, - Since El Yahushua as no sin, He does not need to offer this sacrifice any more. He is the only High Priest that had no sin, therefore He does not need to present a sin offering, and He is seated at the Right Hand of our Father. He will never leave the Holy of Holies, our Father Right Hand ever.

Lev 16:12 and shall take a fire holder filled with burning coals of fire from the altar before יהוה, with his hands filled with sweet incense beaten fine, and shall bring it inside the veil. – This verse indicate that we must worship El Yahushua for He is our High Priest, He is our defense Attorney, He is the one who know us best, He will ask for on our behalf what we are not capable of asking for ourselves.

 

Lev 16:13 “And he shall put the incense on the fire before יהוה, and the cloud of incense shall cover the lid of atonement which is on the Witness, lest he die. – Our Kohen Gadol is the Channel by which our worship will ascend to the Throne Room, to the Mercy Seat, to the Very Presence of EL YAHWEH. He will present our worship to our Father.

Lev 16:14 “And he shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the lid of atonement on the east side, also in front of the lid of atonement he sprinkles some of the blood with his finger seven times. – El Yahushua, praise be His Holy Name, will take our sin offering and with His own Finger place it in His side and place it on the Lid of Atonement on the east side, and in front of the Mercy seat El Yahushua will sprinkle His blood seven times.

   

Lev 16:15 “And he shall slaughter the goat of the sin offering, which is for the people, and shall bring its blood inside the veil, and shall do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the lid of atonement and in front of the lid of atonement. – Today when we bring the cost of the Lamb to our Priest/Pastor, El Yahushua will present Himself as our defense attorney, our Kohen Hagadol. El Yahushua will present the Blood from His feet as a sin offering for the People, and sprinkle it on the Atonement seat, and seven times in front of the Throne.

Aaron’s sacrifice of the positive goat paved a way for us to connect directly with the Light, with no one acting as intermediary and nothing intervening between us and the Light, Connecting with this verse gives us the opportunity to let the light force of the Creator enter us and remain with us constantly. This light can help cleanse, heal us, and even allow us to bring about miracles.

Lev 16:16 “And he shall make atonement upon the Set-apart Place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Yisra’ĕl, and because of their transgressions in all their sins. And so he does for the Tent of Meeting which is dwelling with them in the midst of their uncleanness. -  Our Lord and Savor shall make atonement upon the Sanctuary. The sin for which the bull and the he-goat atone is that of contamination of the Sanctuary and its sanctities, meaning that someone entered the Temple or who ate the flesh of the offering while contaminated.

The offerings atone both for sin of contamination that was done intentionally and for sins that were committed unintentionally. Yahushua our Kohen Gadol will sprinkle the His blood, first for those who are in the Ministry, and then for the People.

EL YAHWEH Presence the Shekinah, remain with El Yahushua always, there we have access to HIM through Yahushua. If His Presence was not in the Holy of Holies, no atonement could not be possible; only as long as the essence of His Holiness remains in the Holy of Holies can the Redeem community sins can be cleansed by His Blood.

Lev 16:17 “And no man should be in the Tent of Meeting when he goes in to make atonement in the Set-apart Place, until he comes out. And he shall make atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the assembly of Yisra’ĕl. – On Yom Kippur no other person is allow to intercede on behalf of our sins. No other person must be even seen in the Tabernacle that day.

As El Yahushua make atonement for us one a year on Yom Kippur, His service as our Kohem Gadol in that Awesome Place and that awesome day is to seek atonement for those who believe in Him. If anyone do not believe is El Yahushua as our Messiyah, they will not receive that awesome privilege of having the Best Kohen Gadol of all time intercede for us.

 

Lev 16:18 “And he shall go out to the altar that is before יהוה, and make atonement for it. And he shall take some of the blood of the bull and some of the blood of the goat, and put it on the horns of the altar all around. – El Yahushua shall leave His Throne at the Right Hand of EL YAHWEH to make atonement for all those who believe in Him. He shall present His Blood as the Blood of Atonement. El Yahushua our Messiyah will place his Blood that was shed at Calvary on the horn of the Altar and all around it, for those who believe in Him.

Lev 16:19 “And he shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and set it apart from the uncleanness of the children of Yisra’ĕl. -  El Yahushua our Kohen Gadol shall clear away the ash of the previous incense from the Altar of Burn Incense. And place His Blood seven times on it.

This would symbolize that last year praise and worship was past, next year praise and worship must be done with a new sets of spiritual criteria. Yahushua said to the Lady at the well a time will come when he who worships Me will worship Me in Spirit and truth.

We worship Him at whatever level of our spiritual growth. If we are in the first day of creation, we must worship Him at the level of revelation we have been given. If we are in the fifth day of Creation then we also worship EL YAHWEH at that level of Spiritual growth we have experience.

The Blood that was place on that Altar seven times represent the seven levels of praise and worship we must bring to that Altar. The Blood place there on Yom Kippur was to sanctify it once a year in preparation for our spiritual growth.

Verse 20 –22 The He goat to Azazel. The concept of an animal carrying away all the sins of a nation or people can be seen in the life of El Yahushua death on the Stake at Calvary.

This ritual of the scapegoat is to inspire the Hebrew people, those who believe in Yahushua, and those who do not yet believed to believe in Him for the removal of their sins. This portrayal of the scapegoat is to help people to believe that a sacrificial lamb had been sacrifice for us all. That the provision had been made for man to free themselves from the burden of past, present and future sins and removes them as far as the east is from the west.

One valuable lesson that can be learnt here, it is not just good to seek after forgiveness, as atonement represent. It is even more important to repel the hostile traits that dwell in us, that create the opportunity for us to sin.

Lev 16:20 “And when he has finished atoning for the Set-apart Place, and the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat. – The final part and the most important part of the service, is to know that the tendencies those human desires, that allow us to become victims to temptation, had now been removed. While it is good to ask for forgiveness, it is even more importance to make sure the root cause that causes us to sin have been sacrifice, permanently.

Lev 16:21 “Then Aharon shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and shall confess over it all the crookednesses of the children of Yisra’ĕl, and all their transgressions in all their sins, and shall put them on the head of the goat, and shall send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a fit man. – Since Yahushua is the High Priest and He is also the Lamb slaying from the foundation of the world, He cannot lay his hand on His own head. The relevance of this verse today is that, when we confess our sins to Yahushua, and pay the required atonement; Yahushua, will take upon himself to atone for our sins, and take the curse of our sins, which is found in Deut 8:15 – 68, and nail it to the Stake.

There is a perfect man name Yahushua that was chosen to remove negativity from the physical world and who never the less become contaminated by it and therefore become our sin offering. Mat 27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Yahushua cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?

In other word, even though they were chosen to engage the negative energy, he was touched by it at the spiritual level. Yahushua was the person chosen to take the scapegoat into the wilderness. Yahushua took the entire curse for our sin offering, meaning that everyone who believes on Him, their sins was destroyed. He was chose because he was perfect and He could take on all the negative curse of the law for us.

Lev 16:22 “And the goat shall bear on itself all their crookednesses, to a land cut off. Thus he shall send the goat away into the wilderness. – Since the atonement of sins require a blood sacrifice, El Yahushua our Messiyah, died as our atonement goat, bearing on Himself all of our crookedness, and take it to a land cut off from us, by the Water that flows from His Side.  When darkness fell in Luke 23:45 it was the Father closing His eyes to Yahushua for he took our sin and Abba Yahweh could not look at sin. In verse 46 Yahushua reply why have you forsaken me? For the first time in His life Yahushua was not in the eyes of His Father. What is this crookedness? Deuteronomy 28:15 But it shall come to pass, if you do not listen unto the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes which I command you this day; that all these curses shall come against, and overtake thee: Col 2:14  Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

Lev 16:23 “Aharon shall then come into the Tent of Meeting, and shall take off the linen garments which he put on when he went into the Set-apart Place, and he shall leave them there. - EL Yahushua our Kohen Gadol does not take of His garment any more. However when He went to the Cross they took off His cloth. Mar 15:24 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. John 19:23  Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Yahushua, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. 24  They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which said, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.

Verse 24 – 28 describes the conclusion of the service. As noted above, the service it describes was performed before the High Priest put on his Golden Vestments.

Lev 16:24 “And he shall wash his body in water in the set-apart place, and shall put on his garments, and shall come out and prepare his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people, -  This rule only apply to the earthly Kohen Gadol not to our present Kohen Gadol. The second part of this verse is done by El Yahushua our Ruling Kohen Gadol. He is the one that present our burnt offering. El Yahushua shall provide atonement for His people, those who believe in Him. An elevated offering that will brings us one step closer to perfection, full maturity.

This chapter does not list all of the offerings of the day. In addition to the two Tamid “Continual” offering that are brought every day of the year, including on Yom Kippur, these are offerings that are brought as part of the Yom Kippur mussaf offering “additional offering” service, which are listed in Numbers 29: 8, 11.

Lev 16:25 and burn the fat of the sin offering on the altar. – El Yahushua shall burn the fat, that material excess that has cause us to sin is offered up by us to him, who is our High Priest.  

Lev 16:26 “And he who sent away the goat to Azazel washes his garments, and shall Wash his body in water, and afterward he comes into the camp. – When El Yahushua died on the Stake He fulfilled the requirement of this passage, in the natural. Today, we must exercise the Water that flow from His Side, and washes away our sins as the goat that removes our sins far away from us. 

Lev 16:27 “And the bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the Set-apart Place, is brought outside the camp. And they shall burn their skins, and their flesh, and their dung with fire. – When El Yahushua was crucified outside of the city, He in essence made atonement for all past, present and future sins, all at the same time. 

Lev 16:28 “And he who burns them washes his garments, and shall bathe his body in water, afterward he comes into the camp. – The application of this verse today is in the officer of the Pastor, who must take the individual and their offering outside the camp in order to make atonement for them.

The Pastoral minister must be very careful that in the process of helping another person deal with their spiritual issues, they too must wash themselves against cross contamination in the process.

Meaning that before and after a counseling section, he or she should cover themselves in the Blood for protection and wash themselves in the water that flow from the side of Yahushua.

Verse 29 34 illustrate the eternal commandment of Yom Kippur. Having outlined the Yom Kippur ritual to the Hebrews, the Torah now begins to state the commandment to implement Yom Kippur as an annual festival. In addition to the temple service, which had been the sole focus of this chapter so far? We also will see the additional commands to fast and refrain from work.

Lev 16:29 “And this shall be for you a law forever: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you afflict your beings, and do no work, the native or the stranger who sojourns among you. – The command to refrain from work, to refrain from any effort to increase one spiritual elevation. This is a time to stop and look over the spiritual strive we have made over the last spiritual season. Yom Kippur is that time when our report card is to be handed in to our High Priest for presentation to our Father. No effort should be made on that day to increase any further the status of our yearly spiritual report card.

The ceremony that Aaron performed with the two goats was also performed on Yom Kippur. Aaron was the first person who came into this world to be an earthly High Priest and Yahushua our Messiyah is now our Heavenly High Priest and he open the gates in the cosmos for all the other High Priest who would come after him.

We are often the first to do certain things, becoming the pioneers who break new ground and create an opportunity for those who follow. This responsibility that we impose on ourselves can make it easier for others to grow and transform.

 

Lev 16:30 “For on that day he makes atonement for you, to cleanse you, to be clean from all your sins before יהוה. – On that day, El Yahushua will make a presentation to our Father on our behalf; on what will it take for that individual to improve for the next spiritual year, or the next Torah Cycle.

We must remember that the success of the last spiritual year is the building block for the following year. If we do not honor the holy days set by our Creator, how are we going to receive the blessing that is associate with it.

The cleansing that Torah is illustrating here is the removal of those things in our lives that cause us to have a poor spiritual report card. Yom Kippur is the time after the fall harvest were the fruit tree will be pruned in preparation for the fall rainy season, where the roots of the fruits tree grows deeper into the Word, in order for the tree to bring forth better fruits in the coming year.

 

Lev 16:31 “It is a Sabbath of rest for you, and you shall afflict your beings – a law forever. – It is a Sabbath of complete rest, unlike the other high festival when food preparation and related work are permitted, every form of labor is forbidden on that day. The Torah describe the other festivals as day of rest, while it define Yom Kippur as a Sabbath of complete rest.

Lev 16:32 “And the priest, who is anointed and ordained to serve as priest in his father’s place, shall make atonement, and shall put on the linen garments, the set-apart garments, - The Kohen Gadol who is anointed to serve at High Priest is El Yahushua. This verse tells us three things about this Kohen Gadol:

§         Although the entire chapter mentioned Aaron by name, his anointed successor is El Yahushua.

§         In the event the anointment oil prepared by Moses is not available, A Kohen Gadol assumes his office by virtue of wearing the eight golden vestments of the Kohen Gadol.

§         Finally, the verse indicates that the Kohen Gadol’s son is first in line to succeed him, provided he is qualified.

Lev 16:33 and he shall make atonement for the Most Set-apart Place, and make atonement for the Tent of Meeting and for the altar, and make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly. – The Hebrew word for atonement is kawfar, which also means to reconcile in terms of “put to right” Bring together, reunite, bring together. From the definition of these words, Yom Kippur seems to elucidate a different means.

If the Spirit of Understanding is correct, and I do not believe or know him never to be wrong. Yom Kippur is the time when El Yahushua looks over the latest group of the Fruit of the Spirit that was produce on that day.

Some of us might be in our first day of Creation, some might even be in their forth or even in our sixth day of Creation. However, if we were in our seventh day of Creation we would be one of those who El Yahushua would be presenting to our Father as a product of Creation.

Lev 16:34 “And this shall be for you a law forever, to make atonement for the children of Yisra’ĕl, for all their sins, once a year.” And he did as יהוה commanded Mosheh. – This is the day when all our sinful nature is brought before our Heavenly Father. Will the answer to all 612 commandments found in Torah be overcome or fail.

The tabernacle and later the temple was a place where physical sacrifice was performed, and in those days, there was a time and a ritual for everything. Today we have our physical sanctuary that provides a time and a place for certain connection, but there are also other times, other places, and other situations when we can also connect to Yahweh. Connecting and meditating on this verses can ensure that our choices are made at the right time and in the right places.  

Chapter 17

The King of the Universe outlines the service outside the Tabernacle in verse 1 – 9. The general rule is that offerings must be slaughtered and their service performed in the Sanctuary area, while non-consecrated animals may be slaughtered anywhere except in the sanctuary area.

In the case of offering, they may not be offered elsewhere, even if the service is dedicated to EL YAHWEH.

Lev 17:1  And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, - Anytime a new set of rules are given, our Heavenly Father signs His Name, with I spoke to Moses. 

Lev 17:2 “Speak to Aharon, to his sons, and to all the children of Yisra’ĕl, and say to them, ‘This is the word which יהוה has commanded, saying, - After Moses spoke to the Mighty Hand Ministry, it must then be taught to the people. All righteous Teachers like Moses, will convey exactly what they are taught and convey the Commandments to the Redeem community; this is not only true for the commandments but the entire community.

Lev 17:3 “Any man from the house of Yisra’ĕl who slaughters a bull or a lamb or a goat in the camp, or who slaughters it outside the camp, - Anyone from the redeem community who slaughter or sacrifice or slay his ego whether he is a rich man a bull, or a middle class a  lamb or a goat, wherever he slaughter it, he must bring a portion of it to the Tabernacle.

Lev 17:4 and does not bring it to the door of the Tent of Meeting, to bring an offering to יהוה before the Dwelling Place of יהוה, blood-guilt is reckoned to that man. He has shed blood, and that man shall be cut off from among his people, - If he does not bring a portion of it to a Kohen/Pastor, the guilt of shedding blood will be on him as if he had shed blood. A lot of people sacrifice their ego through motivational method; this is not true sacrifice, since it was not done in the Name of Yahushua.

Until the time of Noah, man was forbidden to kill animals for his own needs; it was only after the Flood that EL YAHWEH’S covenant with Noah gave man permission to kill animals for food, Genesis 9:3. Before the and after the flood men was saved by water.

1Pe 3:20  Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of Yahweh waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

2Pe 2:5  And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

When Yahushua came His first miracle was to turn water into wine. We are no longer save by water but the strong wine of the blood of Yahushua.

In a time when man was not permitted to kill an animal, such as slaughtering a consecrated animal outside the Tabernacle, the act of slaughtering reverts back to its status before Noah, and slaughtering such an animal is indeed tantamount to bloodshed, of course, the death penalty applies only to the taking of human life.

When any person kills an animal without a legitimate purpose, he allows himself to be influence by the same bloody characteristic that can cause people to commit murder. Therefore, his act is considered as bloodshed, since it is his bloody instincts that have taken control of him.

  

Ingesting of blood is forbidden because it connects us to the essence of an animal, which may be negative. Animals are incarnations of souls, and as with human beings, there was something they were unable to accomplish in a past life that caused their souls to return as animals.

The meat of an animal can fuel us so that when we do positive actions, we can elevate the animal’s soul as well. But if we connect to the animal’s blood, we are connected to the animal’s physicality, which prevent us from helping it to elevate.

Lev 17:5 in order that the children of Yisra’ĕl bring their slaughterings which they slaughter in the open field. And they shall bring them to יהוה at the door of the Tent of meeting, to the priest, and slaughter them as peace offerings to יהוה. – Today we do not slaughter an animal for sacrifice. However, if we do slaughter an animal for consumption, a part of it must be put aside for the Priest/Pastor.

Even if the animal was slaughtered for any reason other than the offering at the Tabernacle, it is still required for us to present the animal as a piece offering. This would be like saying a blessing over the slaughter. Blood should never be spilt, even for domestic reason without say a blessing over it.

Lev 17:6 “And the priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of יהוה at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall burn the fat for a sweet fragrance to יהוה. – When we say a blessing over the slaughter in El Yahushua name, He will present our slaughter to EL YAHWEH on our behalf. That why we are told not to eat the fat of the animal, so when we burn the fat on the fire when we are cooking the flesh of the animal, it will be a sweet fragrance to EL YAHWEH.

Fat is the same at riches that helps to enforce our ego or flesh, when we burn or sacrifice the fat it is a sweet fragrance to Yahweh.

 

Lev 17:7 “And let them no longer slaughter their slaughterings to demons, after whom they whored. This is a law forever for them throughout their generations. – When we do not say a prayer and burn some of the fat on the fire, we are in essence sacrificing our slaughter to demon. The children of Yisrael shall not follow the same practice they learn while they were in Egypt, where they did not offer a part of their slaughter to EL YAHWEH.

Someone who worship demons, think that they have independent power to choose their own way.  They will stray from EL YAHWEH who alone should be the focus of all human service.

Lev 17:8 “And say to them, ‘Any man of the house of Yisra’ĕl, or of the strangers who sojourn among you, who offers a burnt offering or slaughtering, - As the matter stands now, and what we use to make of this law. It is certain that the spiritual sacrifices we are now to offer are not confined to any one place. Our Savior Yahushua has made this clear (Jn. 4:21), and the Apostle (1 Tim. 2:8), according to the prophecy, that in every place incense should be offered, Mal. 1:11. We do not have any temple nor altar to sanctify the gift, nor does the Gospel exist in one place, but in one heart, and the unity of the spirit.

Messiyah is our altar, and the true tabernacle (Heb. 8:2; 13:10); in him YAHWEH dwells among us, and it is in him that our sacrifices are acceptable to YAHWEH, and in him only, 1 Pt. 2:5. To set up other mediators, or other altars, or other expiatory sacrifices, is, in effect, to set up other gods. He is the centre of unity, in which all YAH’s Yisrael meet.

Yet we are to have respect to the public worship of YAHWEH, not forsaking the assemblies of his people, Heb. 10:25. EL YAHWEH loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob, and so should we; see Eze. 20:40. Though YAHWEH will graciously accept our family offerings; we must not therefore neglect the door of the tabernacle.

Lev 17:9 and does not bring it to the door of the Tent of Meeting, to do it to יהוה, that man shall be cut off from among his people. -  The last two verses should be treated as one. When we do not recognize El Yahushua, or bring a blessing over our sacrifice, that person shall be cut off from among the people.

Every time we slaughter an animal, is an opportunity for us to offer up a part of it through El Yahushua to our Father.

Verse 10 – 14 we find the prohibition against eating blood and the command to cover it.

 

Lev 17:10 ‘And any man of the house of Yisra’ĕl, or of the strangers who sojourn among you, who eats any blood, I shall set My face against that being who eats blood, and shall cut him off from among his people. – Anyone from the redeem community, the Nation of Yisrael, we are forbidden to consume any form of blood.

For blood is the essence of life for the animal, when we eat the blood we are taking on the essence or the nature or the soul of the animal.

   

Lev 17:11 ‘For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your lives, for it is the blood that makes atonement for the life.’ – The spirit of the animal is in the blood. What this seems to imply is that, that nature of the animal is in its blood. Therefore, when we eat the blood of an animal we are actually taking on the nature of the animal or the spirit of the animal.

Scripture says that a Spirit that sin must die, when an animal die, and its blood is spill it is for the soul of the one who sins.

The life of the flesh depends on the flow of blood within the vein. The moment blood cease to flow within a body, is the very moment the spirit leave the body. Elohim design the blood as a medium that goes upon the altar for atonement, as if to say “let one life be offered to atone for another.” Therefore, it is not appropriate for it to be eaten.

The life giving force in animals is borne by the blood that is why blood is the appropriate agent for atonement, not because EL YAHWEH has any desire for blood per se, but because it represents man’s dedication of his life to Him.

Lev 17:12 “Therefore I said to the children of Yisra’ĕl, ‘No being among you eats blood, nor does any stranger who sojourns among you eat blood.’ – We should not allow a person who eats blood to reside among us. The person will have a very violent temper much like that of a ferocious animal. One of the fruit of the spirit is gentleness, not fierceness.

Verse 13 – 14 covers the requirement for the covering of blood. 

Lev 17:13 “And any man from the children of Yisra’ĕl, or from the strangers who sojourn among you, who hunts and catches any beast or bird, which is eaten, shall pour out its blood and cover it with dust, - If a hunter from among the Hebrew people, is hunting far from home, kill an animal; he must drain the blood from the animal, then cover it with earth. The explanation is given in the next verse.

 

Lev 17:14 for it is the life of all flesh. Its blood is for its life. And I said to the children of Yisra’ĕl, ‘Do not eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood. Anyone eating it is cut off.’ – The soul of the animal is in the blood; therefore the blood may be said to represent life. This makes a strong case against blood transfusion. If we take the blood of an unclean person in a blood transfusion are we not taking uncleanness into our body?

  

Lev 17:15 “And any being who eats a carcass or what was torn by a beast, be he a native or a stranger, he shall wash his garments and bathe in water, and shall be unclean until evening. Then he shall be clean. – Anyone who eats a carcass that was not slaughter in the proper was, or one that was torn by a beast, is not permitted for us to eat.

The spiritual implication here is, we must not partake of any dead thing, or doctrine. Those things that cannot produce life. Or those doctrine created by unclean animals or religious animals. Animal torn by beast are doctrine created by religions.

Anyone who participates of these doctrines shall wash themselves in the water that flows from the Side of El Yahushua, and will be clean after evening.

Lev 17:16 “And if he does not wash or bathe his body, then he shall bear his crookedness.” – Anyone who does not wash themselves in the Blood and Water that flow from the Side of El Yahushua will not be clean from their crookedness. This is a wonderful revelation to the redeem community.