News of the Week Hadashot HaShavuah 5. Yitzchak (Isaac) submitted to his father’s will. B’resheet (Genesis) 22:7-8 — “Yitzchak spoke up and said to his father Avraham, ‘Father?’ ‘Yes, my son?’ Avraham replied. ‘The fire and wood are here,’ Yitzchak said, ‘but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?’ Yeshua submitted to the will of His father. Luke 22:42 — “Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done.” 6. Adonai provided His own sacrifice, a lamb (male lamb, a ram) for the offering. B’resheet (Genesis) 22:8, 13 — “Avraham answered, ‘Adonai Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.’ And the two of them went on together. Avraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.” Yochanan (John) 1:29 — “The next day Yochanon saw Yeshua coming toward him and said, ‘Look, the Lamb of Adonai, who takes away the sin of the world!’” 7. The sacrifice took place on Mt. Moriah, near where Jerusalem would stand one day. Moriah means “ADONAI is my guide, my teacher, director. The instructions come from Adonai.” B’resheet (Genesis) 22:2 — “Then Adonai said, ‘Take your son, your only son, Yitzchak, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.’” Yeshua was sacrificed on Golgotha, just outside the ancient Jerusalem. Mattityahu (Matthew) 27:33 — “They came to a place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the Skull).” 8. Abraham (Avraham) called this site “Adonai will provide.” B’resheet (Genesis) 22:14 — “So Avraham called that place ADONAI Will Provide. And to this day it is said, ‘On the mountain of ADONAI, it will be provided.’ The “substitute sacrifice” at this place was followed years later with countless animal sacrifices to provide atonement conducted by the Levitical priests. Yeshua was the fulfillment of all these substitute sacrifices, and is a better “high priest.” Hebrews 7:27 — “Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for His own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when He offered Himself.” 9. Right after the Akidah, Adonai promised Avraham that, because of his obedience, He would use His descendants to bless all the nations of the earth. B’resheet (Genesis) 22:18 — “ ... and through your offspring, all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.” Yeshua came to bless all people, and to be the Light to everyone who follows Him. Yochanan (John) 8:12 — “When Yeshua spoke again to the people, he said, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.’” Elohim’s Appointed Times – The Fall Feasts (Part 3 of 3 Conclusion) The Shofar Sounds The central point of the Yom Teruah (Rosh Hashanah) service is the sounding of the shofar. Some synagogues go to great lengths to find an accomplished shofar blower, known as a “Ba’al Tekiah,” since this is not an easy instrument to master. The Ba’al Tekiah is responsible for making over one hundred separate blasts during a traditional service. Scripture does not tell us the number or the order of these blasts, but rabbinical interpretation from B’midbar (Numbers) has determined at least two different notes: “When a shofar blast is sounded, the tribes camping on the east are to set out. At the sounding of a second blast, the camps on the south are to set out. The blast will be the signal for setting out. To gather the assembly, blow the shofars, but not with the same signal” (B’midbar [Numbers]10:5-7). Today, we have three sounds: • “Tekiah:” one long base note ending abruptly • “Teruah:” nine staccato notes in rapid succession • “Shevarim:” three quavering notes, a cross between the other two Since the order of the sounds was not specified, we use the following formula to cover all bases: • “Tekiah, teruah, tekiah” • “Tekiah, shevarim, tekiah” • “Tekiah, shevarim, teruah, tekiah” • “Tekiah g’dolah” (“big tekiah,” the long ending blast) The three sounds have, by tradition, been associated with the three books opened on Yom Teruah (Rosh Hashanah) and sealed on Yom Kippur: • Tekiah: the sound of rejoicing for the book of life for the righteous • Teruah: a trembling sound for the book of death for the wicked • Shevarim: a mixture of joy and sadness, representing the hope for most people who are somewhere in-between. The three-book concept derives from Scripture: “But now, please forgive their sin—but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written. ADONAI said to Moshe, ‘Whoever has sinned against me I will blot out of my book’” (Sh’mot [Exodus] 32:32-33). “May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous” (Tehillim [Psalms] 6, 9:28). “But at that time, your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered” (Dani’el [Daniel] 12:1). “Then those who feared ADONAI talked with each other, and ADONAI listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared ADONAI and honored his name” (Mal’akhi [Malachi] 3:16). “Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.” (Paraphrase of Revelation 21:27). For believers, the three blasts can have additional meanings: • The single note of Tekiah . . . representing one Elohim, reaching out with His love to each of us at this special time of year. • The nine short notes of Teruah . . . representing the nine fruits of the Ruach: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. • The three broken notes of Shevarim . . . representing one Elohim in three persons: Abba, Yeshua, and the Ruach HaKodesh (Father, Son and Holy Spirit). When those who know Messiah personally hear the shofar blasts this year, they can come before ADONAI with thankfulness that they are written in The Book of Life . . . a true cause for rejoicing.
Posted on: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 03:18:40 +0000
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