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8/19/2019 Parashah 25 Tzav

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Parashah 25: Tzav (Give an order)

Torah: Leviticus 6:1 (6:8 in some versions) through 8:36.

Haftarah (Writings and Prophets): Jeremiah 7:21 - 8:3.

B'rit Hadasha (New Testament): Mark 12:28-34; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Cor.10:14-23.

Summary & Overview

TORAH

• Leviticus 6:8 | Instructions concerning Sacrifices

• Leviticus 7:11 | Further Instructions

• Leviticus 8:1 | The Rites of Ordination

Last week we looked at the introduction to the Sacrifices, and this week we willdig a bit deeper into this topic to understand their significance, spiritual andprophetic application. When you read through this Torah Portion, you will seehow complicated the Sacrificial System really is and this is why Priests had tostudy so long to perform all the Sacrifices.

Q – Why is the Sacrificial System so complicated?

It is because our relationship with YHVH is so complicated. In the beginning,before sin came into the world, Adam and Eve walked in the Garden and had aface to face relationship with YHVH, just like we have with friends and familytoday, but sin shattered the relationship between YHVH and man. Not only that,

the connection between the Physical and the Spiritual Realms was broken aswell. The purpose of the Sacrificial System is to start the restoration of all theseshattered and broken pieces that will repair our relationship with YHVH and ourconnection with the Spiritual Realm.

These Sacrifices acted as a covering over the things thatwere cursed as a result of sin and the final restorationprocess is done through the Work of the Messiah throughHis Sacrifice. Every detail of every Sacrifice is the pictureof what His Sacrifice accomplished in order to restore usback unto the Father. He started this Restoration

Process through His Sacrifice during His First Comingand will complete the Restoration through the Work atHis Second Coming.

The Sacrificial System is also a picture of us, of thecomplexity of our relationship with YHVH and with otherpeople. It shows how the detail within the Sacrifices is a picture of the restorationthat needs to take place within each one of us in order to restore our brokennessthat is the cause of broken relationships between us and YHVH and us and otherpeople. This is what the Commandments are all about; they are always about therestoration of relationships and the restoration of YHVH’s Creation and the re -

connection with Him.


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When you look at all the different pieces of all the Sacrifices, it gives you theidea that it is like the pieces of a “jigsaw puzzle” where YHVH is putting togetherall the pieces to restore everything that was affected by sin that entered theworld. His final goal is to make us all Echad or One again, one beautiful“picture” as it once was in the Garden of Eden.

In contrast to the Garden of Eden, we find ourselvesin a World where people dislike or hate one another,even Believers differing from opinion, bash and stabone another to hide their insecurities by alwaystrying to be right. Some people hate YHVH andothers choose not to believe in His existence. It is atotal mess and far removed from YHVH’s initial Plan.Combining all these issues that exist within all thesedifferent people in the world makes it a very complex

problem that requires a complex solution, hence the complexity of the Sacrificial

System. YHVH uses it as a “tool” to repair this mess and restore His brokenCreation. You will see a lot of complexity even if you just look at a relationshipbetween two people like a husband and his wife for example. As soon as youmix intelligence with emotions and package it in different genders, you gettremendous complexity.

When you come to faith in YHVH you think it is simple and you just have tobecome a little better than what you were yesterday and justbecome good, and everything will be ok. We try to keep it simple,but our relationship with YHVH is actually more complicated than aphysical relationship between two married people. What adds to the

complexity is that you are trying to have a relationship with someoneyou cannot see, He occasionally speaks to you but mostly throughdeciphering words that were written many years ago. He hides Himselfand tests the relationship without warning and best of all; He is inanother realm that you do not comprehend. Taking all these factors intoaccount makes this the most complex relationship of them all, and that is whyHis Restoration is so complex and hard to understand. Luckily Messiah is doingmost of the work, and we just need to trust Him and obey His directions to allowthis relationship to be restored and established.

Col 2:12 tells us that all the Feasts and the Sacrifices are shadows, but the

substance thereof is in Messiah. A Shadow is only an outline of something real,and the object that cast the shadow is always more complex than the shadowitself, and this is also true about the Sacrificial System of YHVH. For this veryreason, people do not want to study it and only look at the one Sacrifice done inMessiah but lost the essence of what He has done, not understanding the detailbehind His perfect work.

Every aspect of every Sacrifice is a little piece of information that you can use totweak and improve your faith and relationship with YHVH. This makes theSacrifices well worth studying and the reason why it is found in the Heart of theTorah and the Heart of YHVH as we saw last week.


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Restoring the Garden

Adam’s first job was to name all the animals, histask was to identify the animals and assign namesaccording to their characters. Gen 1:20 reads inHebrew; “ Vayikra ha Adam Shemot ”, translated

directly; “and He called Adam Names. From Gen1:20’s perspective, Adam stood in between theanimal kingdom and YHVH because Adam had afleshly body similar to animals, containing a“Fleshly Soul”, the Nefesh, together with a

“Spiritual Soul”, the Neshamah that connected to YHVH. One part of Adamrelated to “animals” and the other to YHVH, thus making Adam the mediatorbetween “the animal kingdom” and the Heavenly Kingdom. This is a picture ofman (animal kingdom) that connects to YHVH though Adam (Messiah).

From the phrase “ Vayikra ha Adam Shemot ” you will notice the two names of

the Books following Genesis, namely Shemot or Exodus and Vayikra orLeviticus, with “ Adam” in the middle. This links to the main topics of each ofthese two Books namely, the Tabernacle or Presence of YHVH and theSacrificial System, with Adam right in the middle. It is as if man needs to comethrough the Sacrificial System, through Adam to enter the Tabernacle andYHVH’s Presence when looking at the sequence form right to left.

Shemot / Exodus ADAM Vayikra / Leviticus

Presence of YHVH Tabernacle ADAM Sacrifices Man

Personal Application: Adam represents Y’shua Who is the Priest Whoconducts the Sacrifices on man’s behalf and Who “name” the animals or callsout their new characters. People can be seen as animals when they have notreceived the Nashamah yet implying that Adam, the Second Adam Who wasboth “animal and man” (Nefesh) and God (Nashamah), Who brought the perfectSacrifice on behalf of the “animal kingdom” (humanity). He stands in betweenthe Tabernacle or Presence of the Father and man.

Spiritual Application: Secondly, Y’shua is not only Adam the Priest, but alsorepresents all the animals that are brought as sacrifices so that His blood canatone for the sin of the people who presented their offering unto YHVH. He is

the Mediator between YHVH and man, the Kingdom of YHVH and the Kingdomor Animals (man) and every single Sacrifice deals with some aspect orbrokenness to repair all the steps and doors that lead to the Father in theSpiritual. Y’shua is not only one Sacrifice, the Lamb, but every single Sacrificeand only through the Work of the Messiah, can the complete RestorationProcess take place to restore the Garden of Eden State as it was before sinentered YHVH’s Creation.

There are a lot of correlations between Leviticus and the Garden of Edenbecause Leviticus is about the repair of the Relationships lost in the Garden ofEden. Everything in the Tabernacle is a picture of Messiah and also a picture ofyou. In the same way, we see that all the Sacrifices is a picture of Messiah anda picture of you. The Priesthood Is a picture of Messiah, and the Priesthood isalso a picture of you.


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The Sacrificial System

There are five kinds of Sacrifices, and we are going to look in detail at each oneof them so that we can see how they relate to us and how we can apply thiswisdom in our lives to be part of YHVH’s Restoration Process. As we discussedlast week, each Sacrifice is associated with a different Object in the Tabernacle

Pattern that relates to us and our relationship with YHVH and how we“approach” Him. Keep this in mind as we go through each one of theseSacrifices. This week we will look at each Sacrifice in the order they first appearin Scripture to reflect on the Restoration Process each one represents:

1. hli (olah) – whole burnt offering – Gen 3:21, Gen 8:20, Gen22:8, Lev 1:1-7 – Voluntary

2. hxnm (minchah) – meal offering – Gen 4:3, Lev 2:1-16 – Voluntary 3. ,ymls (shelamim) – peace offering – Exo 20:24, Lev 3:1-17 –

Voluntary 4. taux (chatat) – sin, ie. breaking Covenant & Purification for

uncleanness - Exo 29:14, Lev 4:1-35 – Obligated

5. asm (asham) – guilt offering - trespass – i.e.,. adultery Lev 5:6-19 – Obligated

1. Olah: hli Burnt Offering (Lev_1:1-17)

Holy of Holies, Golden Altar & Ark

Perhaps the best-known class of offerings is the burntoffering. It was the oldest and commonest sacrifice, andrepresented total submission to YHVH’s will. The Hebrew

word for burnt offering is “olah”, from the root “ Ayin-Lamed-Heh”, meaningascension. It is the same root as the word “aliyah”, which is used to describemoving to Israel or ascending to the podium to say a blessing over the Torah.


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An “olah” was completely burnt on the outer altar; no part of it was eaten byanyone. Because the offering represents complete submission to YHVH's will,the entire offering is given to YHVH (i.e., it cannot be used after it is burnt).

The skin that was removed from the animal belonged to the Priest and wasused to write the Torah Scroll. This was the offering Paul referred to when he

said that we must become living sacrifices Rom 12:1. The end result will be thatyou have Torah written on your body (actions) and you become the Voicewalking.

Facts Regarding this Offering:

• Voluntary Offering

• Tabernacle or Temple not required (Noah & Abraham’s offerings)

• No one ate of this Offering

• Animals Sacrificed:o ??? - YHVH – Clothes of Adam and Eve – Gen 3:21o Ram- Isaac - Abraham - Gen 8:20o Lamb - Noah - Gen 22:8o Whole ram. Exo 29:18o Cattle, herd, oxen. Lev 1:3 (also used in Peace Offering)o Great cattle Lev_1:3o Bullock Lev_1:5o Sheep Lev_1:10o Goats Lev_1:10o Turtledoves Lev_1:14o Pigeons Lev_1:14o Must be of male gender Lev_1:3o

Animals without blemish Lev_1:3 • Sacrificed on the following occasions:

o Feast of First Fruitso Feast of Shavuot / Pentecosto Feast of Trumpets (ishah not olah)o Feast of Sukkot / Tabernacles (ishah not olah)

Prophetic Application: First mention of this Offering was in Gen 3:21 rightafter Adam and Eve sinned where YHVH covered them with the skins ofanimals. The reason for this thinking is that with the Olah or Burnt offering, theskin of the animal is spared and used for writing of a Torah Scroll. This in itselfis a beautiful picture of how YHVH’s Torah covers us like a skin, not to exposeour sinful nature until we are fully restored.

The second mention of a Burnt Offering was in Gen 8:20 that was done byNoah after the Flood. This next phase of Restoration has to do with YHVH’sJudgement of the World and man’s Salvation during this time. This relates tothe Second Coming of Messiah Be David, the Mighty King on the white Horsewho will defeat His enemies and cleanse the earth in order to restore andestablish His Kingdom.


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The third mention of a Burnt Offering was in Gen 22:2where Abraham was asked to offer up Isaac unto YHVH. What is most interesting is that this Burnt Offering done by Abraham is connected to the picture of the Passover Lamb.This is a picture of the Passover Sacrifice, Y’shua, Whowas sent by His Father, Who gave Himself willingly for thesake of others. By His work we can enter back into theFather’s Presence and be restored back into the Garden ofEden, His Kingdom also known as the New Jerusalem.

Prayers Associated with this Offering : This Offering is within the Holy ofHolies and relates to the Presence of the Father. This is where you forget allyour problems, your shopping list with all your needs and submitting entirely toHim in Worship. In His Presence, you do more listening to that talking so thatyou can hear from YHVH regarding His Will for your life. This type of prayer isalso known as meditative prayers.

2. Mincah hxnm Meal Offering (Lev_2:1-16)

Showbread

A meal offering (minchah), also called a ‘meat offering’. Meat,food and meal is the same word in Hebrew and does notnecessarily mean meat since this offering does not involveanimals. The word “mincah” means; gift, tribute, offering and mealoffering.


• Voluntary OfferingTabernacle or Temple not required (Cain and Abel’s offerings)

• Priests ate of this Offering

• What was Sacrificed: o [First fruits] Green ears of corn with oil and frankincense. Lev_2:14 o Fine flour with oil and frankincense seasoned with salt Lev_2:2o Unleavened cakes Lev_2:4

• Sacrificed on the following occasions:o Feast of First Fruits.o Feast of Sukkot / Tabernacles

Prophetic Application: The first mention of a Meal Offering was in Gen_4:3where Cain and Abel offered Meal Offerings unto YHVH. The meal offeringrepresents the best fruit of their hands, devoted unto YHVH. This was the firstSacrifice after the fall of man. Every different type of Sacrifice represents the“remedy” for a particular “fallen state” or curse that came into this world as aresult of sin. In this case, it was the fall of nature and the fall of man whereYHVH cursed the ground that brought up thorns and thistles, He cursed man toeat from the sweat of his brow and cursed the woman in the bearing of children.This is why YHVH gave the Mincah, to deal with these curses and propheticallyreveal the Work that Messiah will do in the future. This work is to restore fallen

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Personal Application: This Offering together with the Peace Offering isassociated with the Sabbath gathering of Believers around a meal and HisWord. The fellowship together with YHVH’s people around the Truth is a sweetaroma in His presence and well pleasing unto Him, just like the Minchah. This iswhere you discuss the Seed, the origins of the wisdom within His Word, theGround Flour, the working together to spread the Truth and the Cakes, theinteraction and fruit and expression of His Word among brethren and the world.Fellowship is voluntary but a blessing if done in love around the Truth.

Prayers Associated with this Offering : This Offering is within the Holy Placeassociated with the Showbread and has to do with Relationships. Each one ofthe two stacks of the Showbread represents different relationships, firstly yourrelationship with YHVH and secondly, your relationship with fellow believers.This Offering represents Prayers that you offer up for fellow believers, for unitywithin the Assembly and people’s general needs. This Offering, through theconnection to the Showbread and Word of YHVH, represents prayers whereyou pray YHVH’s Word back to Him.

3. Zebach Sh'lamim: ,ls Peace Offering (Lev_3:1-17) Menorah

The Peace Offering is a sacrifice that expresses thanks orgratitude towards YHVH for His abundant provision andmercies. There are three kinds of peace-offerings: (1) thethanksgiving offering; (2) the votive-offering and (3) the free-will offering. Verse 5 informs this to be a sweet-savour,

since no sin is involved in it, like the meal offering, makes itone of the most satisfying offerings unto YHVH.


• Voluntary Offering

• Slaughtered in the door of the Tabernacle.

• Blood splashed all around the Altar

• Tabernacle or Temple not required (Moses’s offering on Altar of stone)

• Priests and family ate from this Offering

• Animals Sacrificed: o Cattle (herd), "baqar "o Goat "ez"

• Sacrificed on the following occasions:o The daily burnt offering was always made first, and it was followed

by the meal offering and the peace offering on the same fire. o Feast of Shavuot / Pentecost

Prophetic Application: This Offering was first mentioned in Scripture whereYHVH instructed Moses to offer Burnt Offerings and Peace Offerings beforereceiving the Ten Commandments and the Torah, Exo_20:24. The Peaceoffering was given by YHVH to rectify the curse that came upon man as a resultof the lie that was spoken by Satan in the Garden of Eden. The TenCommandments and the Torah represent the Truth of YHVH that is the remedyfor the Lie of Satan that brought the fallen state within YHVH’s Creation. The


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Piece offering represents this Work of Messiah of restoring Truth and removingthe lie as well as making peace, removing the enmity that existed betweenYHVH and man, Eph 2:16.

Spiritual Application: The Hebrew term for this type of offering is sh'lamim

which is spelt the same as the word shalom ,ls that means "peace" or"wholeness." This Offering is associated with the Menorah and thus linked tothe Spirit of YHVH Who provides “light” in your Tabernacle. There was a certainway you have to eat of this offering, and if you do it the wrong way, you will becut off. This implies that you should take care in dealing with YHVH’s Word andHis Spirit because any lie will bring a similar curse upon man as it did in theGarden of Eden.

Prayers Associated with this Offering : The kind of prayers associated has todo with your relationship with YHVH and not your “shopping list” where you askHim things. This is when you praise Him for Who He is and give Him thanks andworship as you enter into His peace. It is also linked to His Spirit and has to do

with praying in the Spirit so that you can be build up in your most holy faith Jude1:20.

4. Chatah: haux Sin Offering (Lev_4:1-35)

Brazen Altar

A sin offering was brought to atone for sin for breaking theCommandments out of ignorance. To atone means to purge or

to cover like the covering with pitch the same Noah has usedto cover the Ark so that it will float and the people will besaved who are “covered”. This means that the Chatah Offeringdid not take away sin but cover that specific sin that was done by theperson who brought the offering. The word for sin is “chatah” and theword for sin offering is exactly the same. The Sin offering was used for RitualCleansing when a woman after menstruation cycle and when she had a baby.This was to “cover” her because of her unintentional “uncleanness” beforeYHVH. The “covering” was to allow the person to come into YHVH’s Houseagain after sinning because sin cannot be in the Presence of a Holy God.

The Hebrew term for this type of offering is chatah or chatat", from the word for

sin is "chata" - aux -, meaning, "to miss the mark." It consists of the letters;"chet" (life) x and "tet" u (death, shake) and "aleph" a (YHVH). YHVH send HisSon to take sin upon Himself so that move from death (tet) into life (chet).

A chatah could only be offered for unintentional sins committed throughcarelessness, not for intentional, malicious sins. Some chatatot were individual,and some were communal. Communal offerings represent the interdependenceof the community and the fact that we are all responsible for each others' sins. Afew special chatatot could not be eaten, but for the most part, for the average

person's personal sin, the priests ate the chatah.


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• Obligated Offering for unintentional sin

• Blood sprinkled before veil before in the Holy Place, put some of theblood on the horns of the Incense Altar and the rest poured out at thefoot of the Brazen Altar.

• Tabernacle or Temple required• Priests ate from this Offering

• Animals Sacrificed:o A young bullock "par " - High Priest - Lev_4:4 o Lamb - Ewe - “kisbah" - Individuals - Lev_5:6-7 o Lamb – young ram - "kebes” - Individuals - Lev_4:32 o Kid - "seheerah" goat -"ez" - Kingo Two turtledoves - "tor" - Poor people - Lev_5:7-10 o Two young pigeons - "gawzel" - Poor peopleo 10th of an ephah fine flour – Very poor people - Lev_5:11-12

• Sacrificed on the following occasions:o By appointment of a Priesto On termination of a Nazirite vowo After recovery of skin disease or Leprosyo After childbirtho After menstruationo Feast of Shavuot / Pentecosto On the Day of Atonement – Yom Kippur (Bull, goat)

Prophetic Application: This offering is first found in Exo 29:14 where a bullockis sacrificed as a sin offering as part of the ordination of the Priesthood. As wehave seen in the Tabernacle Pattern, the Sin Offering is associated with the

Brazen altar that deals with sin and there is a connection to the covering of sinas well as Y’shua’s offering that took away sin.

Q – How can the sin offering be connected to Y’shua’s Crucifixion?

There are many disputes especially when Christians try toconvince Jews that Jesus died for our sins, connecting Himto the Sin Offering. The first problem you encounter is thatthe sin offering required a female Lamb, Y’shua is male.This cause a major stumbling block for the Jews and theystick to their guns that Y’shua cannot be the sin offeringbecause of this fact. The answer to this question lies a bit

deeper within the Hebrew language and you have to havean understanding of all the Sacrifices, including those done on Feast Days inorder to make the connection to Messiah’s Sacrifice. John the Baptist was oneof the people who had a revelation of this and made the following proclamation,and if you analyse it, you will find the answer.

John 1:29 The next day he saw Y’shua coming toward him, and said,“Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

When you know the detail of the Sacrifices you will say that John made astatement that is not true because the lamb or sin offering only atone for sin, in

other words, cover sin, it does not take sin away. Yet John calls Y’shua the Lamb of YHVH that is referencing the Passover Lamb, not the sin Offeringlamb.


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Yom Kippur : The only other sin sacrifice found inScripture that takes away sin, and that deals withintentional sin, is the sin sacrifice brought on the Dayof Atonement or the Feast of Yom Kippur. Theanimals that were used for this Sacrifice were two

identical male goats, one goat was the sacrifice thatwas taken into the Tabernacle or Temple and itsblood was sprinkled on the Mercy Seat of the Ark ofthe Covenant and the other goat was the Azazel or

scapegoat that was taken into the wilderness and pushed off a cliff. Beforesending of the Azazel into the Wilderness, the High Priest laid his hands uponthe head of the animal and declared the sin of the whole nation of Israel ontothe goat and then the goat “took away the sin”, away from the people, into theWilderness and then was pushed off a high cliff and died. Both these goats areEchad or one representing one Sin offering with two components; blood wasshed to be offered in the presence of the Father to “cover” the people and the

other part was the removal of the sin, or rather the consequences of the sin, intothe Wilderness. The phrase “take away the sin” implies the penalty for sin that isdeath, not a sacrificial death, but rather separation as if to be cut off from YHVHand His people, representing the Second Death – Rev 20:14. This is what wasmeant when Paul said in Col 2:14 “…having cancelled out the certificate ofdebt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and Hehas taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross…”

Y’shua represented both goats, the one who was a Sin Sacrifice that wasoffered in the Tabernacle, Who’s Blood was presented and sprinkled before theFather on the Mercy Seat, and the other goat died the death of separation Who

carried all the sin of the world upon Himself. Y’shua fulfilled both parts includingthe sin sacrifice.

Q – How does this fit in with Him being the Passover Lamb as well?

Before presenting the explanation, I would like to highlight something veryinteresting regarding the Passover Lamb and the Sin Offering and how they areconnected.

The Passover lamb, in Gen 22:7 uses the word “seh” hs that means ewe orfemale lamb, but YHVH specified it to be a one-year-old male lamb withoutblemish. Then in Lev 1:34 it defines the sin sacrifice as a lamb in Lev 4:32, this

time uses the word “kebes” sbk that is a male word for lamb (young ram) andspecify it as a female lamb without blemish.

Q – Why would YHVH use a female word for lamb and specify it as male andvice versa?

When you see these anomalies in Scripture, they are no mistakes or errors,YHVH just want to draw your attention to something deeper and you have to diga bit deeper.

Male Passover Lamb: The Feast of Passover is connected to the Feast of YomKippur and each explains a different angle on what Messiah has done for us.

The Passover explains a bit more about our redemption and our part we have toplay in partaking in the benefits of His Sacrifice.


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His “male” blood was applied on the outside of the house, on the doorpost andwas for YHVH to see, not for the people, so that “death could pass them over”.The lamb was for the people inside to eat (Word) to strengthen them for the journey to leave Egypt (sin and bondage). This picture explains the “covering”part of the Sin Offering that is done with the Word that is Y’shua and with theBlood of Y’shua. The blood covers you so that you can come into the Presenceof the Father and the Word helps you to know sin and to avoid sin. All we neednow is the Spirit.

Shavuot: The Strength we receive from His Spirit to help us to walk in Holinessand not to sin is found in the Fulfilment of the Peace Offering. This Offering wasoffered at the Feast of Shavuot or Pentecost, linking this part of Y’shua’s workto the outpouring of the Spirit on that Feast day. Now we have the Covering ofHis Blood, the Word and YHVH’s Spirit, all because of Y’shua’s one Sacrifice.

Female Sin Offering: The “female blood” of the sin sacrifice is symbolic of theblood of the person who brought the sacrifice because the lamb died in the

place of the individual to atone or “cover” their sin. This “female blood” is apicture of the Bride (female) who was supposed to die, but the lamb diedinstead.

This is exactly what John the Baptist did when he connected the Feast ofPassover with the Feast of Yom Kippur and made the connection that Y’shuawas both the Passover Lamb, with the sin offering and scapegoat at YomKippur. When you place the 7 Festivals on the Menorah Pattern, you will seethe link between Passover/Unleavened Bread and Yom Kippur which areplaced on either side of the Menorah revealing a balanced truth regarding theMessiah.

Fundamental Building Block: The sin offering mentioned in this Torah Portionis just a symbol of repentance that the guilty party brought so that hissin will be atoned for or covered. What is interesting is that thedifferent Sin Offerings represent basic fundamental “building blocks”that are packaged together with other Offerings within the variousFestivals to achieve a particular outcome within the RestorationPlan of YHVH’s Creation. All of this work is symbolised through theSacrifices through the Work of Messiah. Just remember thatY’shua did a lot of work during His First Coming but still haveto complete the final restoration at His Second Coming. TheSacrifices form part of the first part of His Work here on earth.

Prayers Associated with this Offering: The Sin Offering is thefirst step towards YHVH and is symbolised with the Brazen altar where thissacrifice took place. This offering is still made today in the form of Salvation orRedemption Prayers where you confess your sin before YHVH and acceptY’shua to become your Master and Saviour. This offering is also associatedwith repentance prays where you come to YHVH when you have sinned to askfor covering, forgiveness and for strength so that you would not commit that sinin the future.


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5. Asham: ,sa Guilt or Cleansing Offering (Lev_5:6-19)

Laver

A guilt offering was an offering to atone (cover) sins committed by

breaking of oaths and taking things that does not belong to you liketheft and fraud. It was also brought when you breached trust andwhen you were not sure if you committed a sin or not knowing whatsin you have committed.

This offering is associated with the Laver where you cleansedyourself after your encounter with the Brazen Altar before you could enter theHoly Place. The animal sacrificed had to be without blemish, and this reveals tous that this offering was to take away the “imperfections” of the people. Thiswas an obligated offering similar to the Sin Offering.


• Obligated Offering

• Slaughtered in the same place as Burt offering

• Blood splashed on the sides of Altar

• Tabernacle or Temple required

• Priests ate from this Offering

• Animals Sacrificed – same as mentioned in Burnt Offering:o ewe - "kisbah" - Lev_5:6 o kid - "seheerah" goat -"ez" Lev_5:6 o Two turtledoves - "tor" Lev_5:7-10 o Two young pigeons - "gawzel"

o Tenth part of an ephah of fine flour - Lev_5:11-12Pluso A unblemished ram Lev_5:15

This offering is first mentioned in Lev 5:6 with the giving of the detail of a guiltoffering that is based on sin offerings made for different types of “guilt” broughtupon someone’s deeds. The word “asham” is first found in Scripture in Gen26:10 where Abraham lied about Sarah being his sister and brought guilt“asham” upon King Abimelech. By doing this he exposed Rebecca and the Kingcould have engaged in adulatory, bringing guilt (asham) upon them all. TheKing could have sinned without knowing because of someone else’s sin.

Prayers Associated with this Offering : When you do or say something,someone else can stumble because of your actions, even if it is unintentional.This calls for repentance from your side even if you did not commit that sin, butwas the cause of it. This associates the Guilt Offering to intercession prayerswhere you pray or stand in for someone else, especially when you could havecaused that person to stumble.

Your actions are represented by garments, and this is the place where“blemishes” are seen externally in your life by other people. This is the Sacrificethat is associated with prayers asking YHVH to help you to become Holy. TheLaver is filled with water that symbolises the Word of YHVH. You need His

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To be Holy is not for your benefit, but so that you can shine in this dark worldand attract people into the Kingdom shining YHVH’s light through your life.Holiness is not an option but a must, just like this Sacrifice is obligated and notvoluntary.

Prophetic Application: What is interesting is that the Guilt Offering is an

application of the Sin Offering specifying what type of Sin Offering had to bebrought for what kind of sin. This show that the Sin Offering is the “buildingblock” for the Guilt Offering connecting the two into one making them Echad.Y’shua fulfilled this Offering through the Work He accomplished through theshedding of His Blood removing the guilt of sin so that we can come boldly intothe Presence of the Father - Rom 8:1, Eph 3:12, Heb 10:19.

Conclusion

We have seen the Restoration of YHVH’s Creation through the propheticshadows of the Sacrifices and that all of them are connected and head up intoone Sacrifice, namely the Sacrifice of Y’shua the Messiah. Nothing in YHVH’sCreation can and will be restor ed without YHVH’s Work through Messiah benDavid, the Suffering Servant and Messiah ben Yoseph, the Reigning victoriousKing through the First and Second Comings of Messiah. All the Work He hasdone and will do are embedded within the detail of the Seven Festivals and theSacrifices are interweaved within each of these Festivals to reveal to us thecomplexity and amazing work He is doing in us and for us.

There is more detail that explains the depths of this Restoration Process but isbeyond the scope of this study and can only be comprehended going through

years of Torah Cycles and Feast Cycles, each year learning something newregarding the Work of our Messiah. “Derosh- Derash” – Certainly Search theScripture so that you may not only know what YHVH is doing but also learn toknow Him in the process.

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