Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Torah Class - Day 4: Commandment 1 - Statutes 23-46


On Monday, September 18, we will start our studies of Statutes 47-74... The link to print the blank worksheets for next week is above.

This week, we completed the study sheets for Statutes 23-46, which can now be printed and inserted into your Torah binder. 

If you wish to complete the Statute studies completely on your own, you may do so by simply only printing the blank (pdf) set of worksheets for this week and completing them outside of class. Note: you will want to be ready to start a whole new set of worksheets for each Monday's class.

If you wish to print and read/study this last week's Statute studies as completed by the instructor (in and outside of class), please feel free to print the completed set of worksheets for this past week.

All of our Torah Class worksheets are also viewable/printable from the Torah Class Binder Worksheets webpage.

Here's the summary of the Statutes we covered in this week's worksheet set:

Commandment #1: Exodus 20:1-3 (completed previously, but these current Statutes are under Commandment #1)

Statute #23 (under Commandment 1)
  • Exodus 25:8-9 - Build the holy House (Sanctuary) of Yahweh so that He will dwell with you.
Statute #24 (under Commandment 1)
  • Exodus 25:8-9 - The Sanctuary that you build must be patterned after the Heavenly Pattern.
Statute #25 (under Commandment 1)
  • Exodus 23:13 - Do not speak of false gods in any way that is wishful or worshipful.
Statute #26 (under Commandment 1)
  • Exodus 23:13 - The character, authority, and honor of false gods has no place with you.
Statute #27 (under Commandment 1)
  • Deuteronomy 13:12-15 - Do not teach, influence, or entice anyone to worship false gods.
Statute #28 (under Commandment 1)
  • Deuteronomy 13:12-15 - Do not allow anyone on sacred ground (your home, your worship center, or anywhere else that is dedicated to Yahweh) who teaches, influences, or entices others to worship false gods.
Statute #29 (under Commandment 1)
  • Deuteronomy 13:12-15 - If someone (in the dedicated ground/home/facility) is suspected of teaching/influencing other believers into idolatry, no not act on rumor alone. Inquire and be certain whether the story is true.
Statute #30 (under Commandment 1)
  • Deuteronomy 13:12-15 - If the person is found to be truly teaching/influencing into the worship of false gods, cut him/her out of the Body. Without reservation, fully destroy idolatry and remove its teachings from your midst.
Statute #31 (under Commandment 1)
  • Deuteronomy 13:12-15 - Teachers/influencers into false worship are an abomination. Abomination must be removed from among you.
Statute #32 (under Commandment 1)
  • Deuteronomy 13:6-8 - If a dear friend, or spouse, or family member tries to entice you to serve other gods, do not listen or fall prey to the temptation.
Statute #33 (under Commandment 1)
  • Deuteronomy 13:6-8 - You are not to keep that person in your life, nor keep secret what he/she is doing to influence others into false god worship.
Statute #34 (under Commandment 1)
  • Deuteronomy 13:6-8 - You are not to pity this person, who influences others into false god worship.
Statute #35 (under Commandment 1)
  • Numbers 18:5 - The priests of Yahweh bear the responsibility to be watchmen who safeguard Yahweh's holy Temple.
Statute #36 (under Commandment 1)
  • Numbers 18:5 - The priests of Yahweh bear the responsibility to be watchmen who lead in the worship of Yahweh and ensure that the corporate Body of Christ engages in His true worship. 
Statute #37 (under Commandment 1)
  • Exodus 27:20-21 - Keep the Menorah always lit, in the Sanctuary of Yahweh.
Statute #38 (under Commandment 1)
  • Exodus 27:20-21 - The fuel for the Menorah Fire is pure olive oil, only.
Statute #39 (under Commandment 1)
  • Exodus 25:30 - Priests are to set a showbread Table continually before Yahweh's Presence.
Statute #40 (under Commandment 1)
  • Deuteronomy 18:20 - When a prophet (teacher of "truth") claims to speak in Yahweh's Name, but does not speak the Truth from the Word of God, that presumptuous prophet will die (which for now, involves being cut off from the Body of Christ).
Statute #41 (under Commandment 1)
  • Deuteronomy 18:20 - When a person claims to teach truth, yet does it in the name of a false god, that false prophet will also die (which involves being cut off from the Body of Christ).
Statute #42 (under Commandment 1)
  • Deuteronomy 13:1-3 - If a false prophet encourages people to do or believe things which honor false gods, you are not to listen to him/her.
Statute #43 (under Commandment 1)
  • Deuteronomy 13:1-3 - Even if the false-god-serving teacher "proves" his false teachings with miracles, or gives prophecies which come true, you are not to listen to or allow yourself to in any way be influenced by him or her.
Statute #44 (under Commandment 1)
  • Exodus 30:7-8 - Priests of Yahweh (we are all priests-Rev 5:10) are to burn incense before Yahweh (representing prayer - Revelation 8:3-4) every morning and evening.
Statute #45 (under Commandment 1)
  • Exodus 30:7-8 - The lamps of the Menorah are to be dressed/tended every morning and evening.
Statute #46 (under Commandment 1)
  • Exodus 30:7-8 - Tending the Menorah and incense are to continually done every morning and evening (representing morning and evening worship times), throughout our generations.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Our next LIVE Torah class will be:
Monday, September 18, from 10-11 AM (PST)

Upcoming Fall Feasts & Schedule:
  • Yom Teruah (Feast of Trumpets) is September 17. You are invited to join Lighted Way Ministries for a special Feast of Trumpets Weekend. We will be broadcasting on Vimeo on Sabbath (Sept 16) and on Sunday (Sept 17) at 2 PM (PST) on both days. Click here to join us

  • Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) is Tuesday, September 26. You are invited to join Lighted Way Ministries for this holiest Day of the year. We will be broadcasting on Vimeo at 2 PM (PST). Click here to join us

  • Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) is the week of October 1-8. You are invited to join Lighted Way Ministries for this exciting Fall Retreat. We will be broadcasting on Vimeo at 11 AM (PST) and at 6:30 PM daily. Additional broadcasts will be on the schedule. Click here to join usThere will not be any Torah Classes during the entire month of Octoberdue to this Fall Retreat, and due to Mark and Shauna Manfredine's ministry trip to Australia and NZ, immediately following Sukkot.

  • New Zealand - Australia Ministry Trip (Mark and Shauna Manfredine will be gone - no classes during this time) October 16 to November 6. Contact Shauna if you are in the Melbourne area or the Tauranga area of New Zealand and would like to attend our meetings, or have a personal need. There will be no live Torah Classes during this time.

  • TORAH CLASSES WILL RESUME (after Sukkot and Ministry Trip) on Monday, November 13, 2023...