Weekly Torah Studies
Today's Torah
Portion:
The Hebrew Alphabet:
Tav
Tav
Tav
is the 22nd letter of the Hebrew Alphabet. It is no coincidence that
in Psalm 22, we find the prophecy of the crucifixion of our Messiah.
“…My
God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Why art Thou so far from helping me,
and from the words of my roaring? O my God, I cry in the daytime, but Thou
hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. But Thou art holy, O
Thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel… But I am a worm, and no man; a
reproach of men, and despised of the people. All they that see me laugh me to
scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on
Yahweh that He would deliver Him: let Him deliver Him, seeing He delighted in
Him… Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. I am
poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax;
it is melted in the midst of my bowels. My strength is dried up like a
potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the
dust of death… They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture,” Psalm 22:1-18.
Spiritual Meaning of the Tav
Tav = T, and 400 and means “A MARK”, “A
SIGN” and “A SEAL”
“Tav symbolizes the making of a Covenant, to
seal, to join two things together, and Ownership."
On the Cross, Yahshua purchased us as His Bride, and
we became His OWN. “Ye are not your own. For ye are bought with a price;
therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are Yahweh’s,” 1
Corinthians 6:20.
Torah, is spelled with the Hebrew
letters Tav, vav, reysh, and hey. Adding their meaning we get a picture of the
Messiah (John 19:5) “Behold (hey), the Man (reysh), the nail (vav), the Cross
(tav)”
Pilate once asked the ultimate question: “What
is Truth?” (John 18:38). The Hebrew word for TRUTH is EMET which is spelled: aleph,
mem and tav. Putting the meanings of these letters together, see the
ultimate TRUTH:
“The Creator (aleph) is revealed on (mem) the Cross (tav).”
22 is Yahweh’s
number of “LIGHT, SIGHT”, and “REVELATION”. With Tav, the 22nd letter of Yah’s Divine Alphabet, we SEE the Love of Yahweh REVEALED through His only Son, as He hung upon the Cross.
Tav: The Final Revelation
Below the main
Text of God’s Word lie numerous codes and prophecies which are encoded at
various distances between the letters. Just one example of this is Isaiah 53,
where we see that Messiah’s Name (Yahshua,
which means Salvation) and all of His disciples, and all who had a significant
part in the Crucifixion, were all encoded in equi-distant letter sequences
within that chapter!
The words and phrases we are talking about are those
known by every person familiar with the disciples' accounts of Christ's final
days. In code, there are the names of the key players in his arrest, trial and
conviction, such as Herod, Annas and Judas, plus all of
the disciples. There are also phrases such as the Mary's weep bitterly, let
him be crucified, true messiah and son of Mary, and these in
turn are intersected by hundreds of other similar ELSs. But these are just the
beginning. Research continues to turn up more Yahshua codes and ELSs in
these two chapters.
Details about hundreds of Jesus codes found to date
are provided in Ed Sherman's book, Bible Code Bombshell. Below is an
illustration of the central portion of the array and some of the key codes
displayed around the focal code.
Chuck Missler,
in his book Cosmic Codes, gives
another example of how the Spirit of Yah
encoded the Story of Messiah into Scripture, from the Beginning. The meaning of
the patriarchal names, combined together in a sentence, gives us a beautiful
prophecy of Yahweh’s amazing GRACE.
In Genesis 5, we find a genealogy of ten men, from Adam to Noah, whose names
have the following meanings:
Adam = Man
Seth
= Appointed
Enosh = Mortal
Kenan = Sorrow
Mahalalel = The Blessed God
Jared = Shall come down
Enoch = Teaching
Methuselah = His Death shall Bring
Lamech = The Despairing
Noah = Rest, and comfort
“Man (is)
appointed mortal sorrow, (but) the Blessed God shall come down teaching (that)
His Death shall bring the despairing rest and comfort.”
This Week's Torah Studies: (Statutes 61-80)
The Torah studies are provided in two formats for your convenience. The first option (below) is the blank worksheets for this week, which will allow you to print out the worksheets and hand-write the studies yourself. If you have less time, you may wish to read/print my completed Statute studies. The completed worksheets are the second option (below):
This week we will be studying Statutes 61-80, which are summarized below. Happy studying!
Statute 61-62 Summary:
(61) The priests are to burn incense before Yahweh (which represents prayer–Revelation 8:3-4) every morning and every evening. (62) The lamps (which represents our witness – Matthew 5:14 – being filled with Yahweh’s Spirit and abiding in YAH) are to be dressed every morning and freshly lit every evening.
Exodus 30:7-8 “And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before Yahweh throughout your generations.
Exodus 30:7-8 “And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before Yahweh throughout your generations.
Statute 63-64 Summary:
(63) The fire on the Altar of Burnt Sacrifice (representing the Cross) is always to be kept burning, day and night. (64) Priests are to offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon it to Yahweh.
Leviticus 6:12-13 “And the fire upon the altar (of burnt sacrifice) shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings. The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.”
Statute 65 Summary:
(65) Yahshua was the One Who laid aside the white “linen” of His perfect righteousness, put on my filthy robes and suffered for me outside the “camp.” It is by His humiliation and atonement that I am made clean and accepted by Heaven. This work of the Saviour is to bring about true repentance and sorrow for sin. The priest carried the ashes outside the camp to cause the people to think about the Saviour’s work of redemption. This is statute of remembrance. By beholding, we become changed. We are to cogitate Calvary daily.
Leviticus 6:10-11 “And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.”
(See also Hebrews 13:11-13) (Also note: ashes was a mark or token of grief, humiliation, or penitence - Nehemiah 9:1, Job 42:6)
Statute 66-68 Summary:
(66) We are not to allow anything unclean to come into the heart or home where Yahweh dwells. We are not to allow leprosy into our hearts or homes. Spiritually, leprosy is reprobation (because we lose our ability to perceive guilt when we choose to justify ourselves rather than repent from sin) (John 3:19-20). (67) We are not to allow an issue into our hearts or homes. Spiritually, the issue is pining or wasting away; as in being unthankful, embittered, or complaining (1 Corinthians 10:10). (68)We are not to allow our hearts or homes to be defiled by the dead. Spiritually, death is following lusts and fleshly desires (Hebrews 9:14).
Numbers 5:2-3 “Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead: Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.”
Statute 69 Summary:
(69) The priests of Yahweh are first to be sanctified in order to fill this role. Then they are set apart for holy use. (See Revelation 5:10).
Leviticus 21:8 “Thou shalt sanctify him (the priest of Yahweh) therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I Yahweh, which sanctify you, am holy.”
Statute 70 Summary:
(70) The priests of Yahweh are to be spiritually clothed in special garments for glory and beauty (see Ezekiel 16:14 and Ephesians 6:11-18).
Exodus 28:2-4, 40 “And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty. And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office… And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.”
Statute 71-72 Summary:
(71) Yahweh’s people are to never practice fortunetelling, nor have anything to do with magic. (72) Yahweh’s people are to never eat anything with the blood.
Leviticus 19:26 “Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.”
Statute 73-78 Summary:
(73) Yahweh’s people are to belong to Him wholly and completely, without any divided or competing affections. This is what it means to be perfect with Yahweh. (74) Godly parents are never to alienate their children, transitioning them in crossing over to the devil. (75) Yahweh’s people are to not consult sorcerers, nor practice sorcery. (76) Yahweh’s people are not to practice magic, nor consort with magicians. (77) Yahweh’s people are not to practice witchcraft, nor consult witches. (78) Yahweh’s people are not to consult with demon spirits, nor consort with those who do so.
Deuteronomy 18:10-13 “There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto Yahweh: and because of these abominations Yahweh thy God doth drive them out from before thee. Thou shalt be perfect with Yahweh thy God.”
Statutes 79-80 Summary:
Yahweh’s people are to dress in a way that clearly reveals their gender. (79) Men are not to dress like women. (80) Women are not to dress like men.
Deuteronomy 22:5 “The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto Yahweh thy God.”
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