Today I want to explore a topic I believe is quite misunderstood by the church. I am talking about the concept of “atonement“. In my last post, I expounded on this concept by analyzing the Hebrew word KIPPUR from which we get the English word “atonement“. Biblically speaking, the word “atonement” means to pay a […]

“For all the firstborn among the people of Israel are mine, both humans and animals; on the day I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set them apart for myself.  But I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the people of Israel, and I have given the Levites to Aharon and […]

“Here is how you are to cleanse them: sprinkle the purification water on them, have them shave their whole body with a razor, and have them wash their clothes and cleanse themselves.“-Numbers 8:7 We are in the midst of studying the initiation rites for the Levites that once completed will signify they are officially ready […]

“Adonai said to Moshe, “Take the Levites from among the people of Israel and cleanse them. Here is how you are to cleanse them: sprinkle the purification water on them, have them shave their whole body with a razor, and have them wash their clothes and cleanse themselves.“-Numbers 8:1-2 Right off the bat in verse 5, we are given a […]

Today we begin Numbers Chapter Eight. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James Version, click here. “Adonai said to Moshe, “Tell Aharon, ‘When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps are to cast their light forward, in front of the menorah.  Aharon did this: he lit its lamps so as to give light […]