235. Conversations: An Offering to Elohiym

As the world seems headed to destruction, people hearts are cold towards their fellow man, and truth is impossible to find. Many of us are stunned by the callous disregard for anything good and honest. The question must be “how did this happen?”

Tonight, we will have a look at the roots of this catastrophe beginning in the Book of the calling, Vayikra, or Leviticus per the Septuagint. Vayikra begins where Shemoeth or Exodus left off. After describing the Temple and the Priests, the materials used and the purpose, Vayiqra moves to look at the children and their use of the Temple in making offerings to Elohiym. We will look past the mechanical parts of the offering described in chapter 1 and to the spiritual ideas we can glean and how that information might change the hearts of the offeror.

James 1:22
Matthew 7:22-23
Matthew 7:13-14
Yechezq-el’ (Ezekiel) 33:31
Matthew 15:8
Yesha-yahu (Isaiah) 29:13
Qoheleth (Ecclesiates) 3:15
Vayiqra 1:1-3
Hebrews 10:6-8
Romans 6:23

From Stone’s Chamash “this was the moment when YHVH wanted to impress upon Yisrah-el’ that they, not Moshe, had the responsibility to be worthy of receiving prophecy”...“Now it was important for them to be made aware of their responsibility to maintain a high level of holiness”