Parashas Tetzaveh
Exodus 27:20 – 30:10
Please Pray this
Prayer
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
On this Sabbath of Tetzaveh, two Torah portion are
read: Tetzaveh which means “you will command” and Ki Tetze “when you
take”. Tetzaveh represents ABBA YAHVEH ongoing description on building the
physical and spiritual Tabernacle. While Ki Tetze is called the Zachor,
which means to remember.
Meaning we must remember ABBA YAHWEH ongoing desire
to build a spiritual temple in the flesh of every human being.
This portion is the 20th and the 21st
portion in the Torah Cycle, it is always read on the Sabbath before Purim. The
story of Purim describe Haman, the Prime minister of King Achashverosh of Persia,
who cast lots to establish the best way to wipe out the Yisraelites. Haman is
the code word for everything negativity in our lives.
On this Sabbath of Tetzaveh, ABBA YAHVEH is asking
Moses which is a form of Messiyah Yahushua to come and help us choose the
consciousness of Purim, the victory over the children of darkness of the
Amalek.
On the Sabbath of Tetzaveh the Holy Spirit will
help to guide us between the consciousness of Purim and Amalek. The spirit of
Purim is the removal of uncertainty from our lives, and Amalek is doubting.
Will we allow our faith in Messiyah Yahushua to
bring more light or will we allow the negative spirit of Amalek to bring more
darkness in our lives? These are the choices available to us on this Sabbath as
we prepare for Purim.
This is why, when we read the additional portion of
Zachor at the end of this Torah reading of Tetzaveh, we receive special
assistance from the Holy Spirit in these areas of our lives.
This is the only Sabbath of the Torah Cycle when
Moses a type of Messiyah comes with a gift to help us overcome the flesh,
whether we earn it or not. Messiyah gives us the ability to allow us to replace
the darkness of doubt with the clarity of faith.
Tetzaveh is the only Torah Portion that does not
mention Moses by name. Some people believe that this was in response to Moses
request when he said “If you do not forgive them, I will have no part of your
plans.” You can even erase me from YOUR Book, and in response to this
challenge, the CREATOR had to erase Moses from one of the Torah Portion, and
Tetzaveh is that Book.
On the Sabbath of Tetzaveh, the spirit of Moses,
which is MessiYah Yahushua, opens up the gates so we can experience ultimate
fulfillment. He also shows us the two things we must do to connect to this
unending fulfillment during the rest of the Torah Cycle. We as believers or
children of Light, we must awaken our desire to accept greater responsibility,
and we must make every sacrifice necessary to lived up to that responsibility.
This Torah portion deals almost exclusively with
the Kohanim, the Priest: Their selection, their vestments, and the inauguration
service by means of which they and their offspring would become confirmed for
all time as the special ministers of EL YAHVEH.
Having completed the commandments regarding the
actual construction of the Tabernacle, the process by which perfection is
attained; the Torah now turns to those who will perform the service at the
different Altars, the Mighty Hand of YAHVEH, the Five Fold Ministry. It begins
by teaching that the oil for the Menorah (Holy Spirit) must be absolutely pure.
Without any mixture of a foreign substances or even olive sediments.
This requirement of absolute purity is a fitting
prelude to the selection of Aaron and his sons as Kohanim, for they too, must
remain pure and separate from the rest of the nation, in the sense that they
may not permit unauthorized people to take part in the service.
Exo
27:20
"You are to order the people of Yisra'el to bring you pure
oil of pounded olives for the light, and to keep the Menorah burning
continually. - The
commands up to now was to build the various parts of the Tabernacle, now Moses
is been instructed to convey the instruction to those who would do the work,
but he had no personal involvement with the task. The Tabernacle is nothing
more than visible Words, as The Torah is the written Words, the Tabernacle and
it contents are visible words. Every item in the Tabernacle describe a
particular principle in Torah. Every principle we are told to perform, brings
more light into our lives when we proform them. By proforming these principles
we are in essence bring Heavens to Earth, or more light to our area of
influence.
The three command:
a. The preparation of the oil;
b. The designation of the Kohim;
c. The selection of the wise and talented men who
would make the vestments and build the Tabernacle.
The importance of these three commandments is that
the oil represents the anointing of the seven Spirit of the Menorah. The
Kohanim “Priesthood” are the living embodiment of the role of the fivefold
ministry, the Mighty Hand of YAHVEH. The constructions of the vestments in
which the Kohanim serve demonstrate Yisrael’s capacity to elevate human
activity to a Divine level.
In the wilderness, olive tree were not available,
the oil had to be bought from trading or oil that was taken during the exodus
from Egypt.
That oil had to be brought to Moses for his inspection, to certify that it was
of the essential quality.
The oil for lighting had to be pressed rather than
crushed, this oil had to be absolute pure, without any olive particles or
sediment. Even though such impurities could be filtered out later on, the sense
of the verse is that the oil had to be absolutely pure from the start. This oil
represent the same principle of the best of the best, the first 10%.
Therefore, the oil was made by pressing each olive
against each other gently, until one drop of pure oil emerged. Afterwards, the
olive could be crushed and the remaining oil used for the meal offering. This
oil is for Aaron and His sons to used.
