How do we Approach the Almighty?(Leviticus 16-20)

 

All people are naked before the Lord so that He must be approached with purity and respect. If our hands are not clean, we will never experience the Hidden Light as  Psalm 24:3-4 states, “Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? And who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood And has not sworn deceitfully.” NASU The only way to fight the Fallen One is though confession of sin and faith in the Messiah for only then can we rest in holy peace.

Those who walk in faith by the Scripture, the Lord applies them a living grace. True life comes from Torah as Leviticus 18:5 declares, “So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, by which a man may live if he does them; I am the LORD.” NASU People in places like West Virginia and Germany are weaker because marrying close relatives spreading things like hemophilia. Likewise, the abundance of homosexuality is a sign of a failed society. The Children of the Almighty must keep themselves from the abominations of the pagan world.

Our uniqueness is our witness. Social sins like oppressed poor are equally evil before the Lord. We have an equal obligation to feed the poor, defend the weak and love those world around us. Those who oppress the poor ask for revolution.

 

Be holy. Don't do witchcraft. Eat kosher.      

How Long Will You Refuse to Obey the Bible? (Exodus 16-20)

 

Slavery is dependency on man, but true freedom comes by faith in the Almighty. Man hates freedom because they live only in the physical realm. As the physical explains the spiritual, Yeshau sustains His children remembering John 6:35 states, ‘Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.”’ As Messiah sustains, our Heavenly Father gave us a day of rest to show our obedience.

 

Miracles are not faith, but prove the faith that exists. Faith questions, but in the divine's family. The Lord show Himself as we need it but not to create faith as Dennis Prager wrote in his book “Exodus God, Slavery and Freedom,” “If faith in God and leading a religious life were dependent on constant and obvious divine intervention, no one would believe in God.” (Pg. 192)

 

Wickedness rises in every generation. Wickedness and judgment come in the shadow of weakness from blessing, for Peter warned in 1 Peter 5:8, “Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.” NASU We cannot defeat wickedness as individuals but must rely on others and the Lord.

 

 As man needs a wife, a leader needs others who can share his burden. The Holy commandments are standard that all His people should know. Leadership must be a dance of justice and compassion. A wise man knows when to accept the advice of another.

 

The universe is an expression of the divine. If one dwells in the Torah, then he may intercede for the nations as he is a light to the nations. The Ten statements of the divine are these:

 

“ I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

 

“You shall have no other gods before Me.

 

“You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. 5 “ You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,  but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.

“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 “ Six days you shall labor and do all your work,  but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it  you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

 

“ You shall not murder.

 

“ You shall not commit adultery.

 

“ You shall not steal.

 

“ You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

 

17 “ You shall not covet.”

 

NASU(Ex 20:2-17a NASU)

Are You Impressed by the Lord? (Exodus 6-10,)

 

       

If you fall in your power, it is not the Lord’s fault. When the Lord calls us to a mission, but we fall, then we will see the Almighty as G. Campbell Morgan declared, “The supreme need in every hour of difficulty and depression is a vision of God. To see Him is to see all else in proper proportion and perspective.” It is the Almighty’s victory though “cracked pots.”

The Holy One has given us a divine heritage. In remembering what the Lord did for our ancestors, we gain faith as Dennis Prager wrote in his book “Exodus God, Slavery and Freedom,” “Without remembering, there is no gratitude, no wisdom, no faith.” (Pg.111) the Almighty has not forgotten us but will deliver His children.

Within fate, the Lord has given all men free will. The children of Light being the only image of the divine the pagans see stand in the expression of righteous judgment. When a person freely rejects the Lord long enough, he loses his will to his own depravity as he descends into holy justice. Compassion’s roots are in holiness as Dennis Prager states later, “While the world needs compassion and other good traits, they must all be rooted rooted or we end up with neither justice nor compassion.” (Pg. 80) Though divine judgment, people gain a reverence for the divine.

 

The Lord punishes us to draw us to turn from our own wickedness. In our punishment we see His righteousness, If we repent, we may still receive punishment, but we will have light though it as the Lord forgives us in the blood of the Messiah as Micah 7:9 declares, “I will bear the indignation of the LORD Because I have sinned against Him, Until He pleads my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me out to the light, And I will see His righteousness.” NASU Repentance is not a single act, but a continual process of turning from sin.

Forgive our sinfulness. Do not reject the Lord. Believe.