Week's Roundup - False reliance is a distraction from the Truth
Highlights from this week's learning and events; An eternal message from the Torah about how believing in a system is itself a form of idolatry
Did you know that the Torah has an eternal Divine Message that applies to every single human being? Authentic Torah learning grounds us in reality, both what we can observe and what is beyond our observation, grasp and even understanding, and leads to practical positive action. Positive for us and positive for those around us. Torah reveals our Divine Innate Spiritual Compass and brings our Spiritual Backbone to the forefront of life.
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In each Week’s Roundup, you will find a special topic, links to this week’s learning, the Torah perspective on current events, upcoming learning and action suggestions. This week we embrace trusting G-d Al-mighty Directly. Learn, take hope and take action, and share.
There appear to be two main camps today - those who trust the system and imagine it can never fail. Any system - monetary system, food supply system, energy system, educations, transportation, security, etc. The second camp anticipates the imminent collapse of one or all of those systems.
Both camps are fed with propaganda - some buy the propaganda that the systems are forever. And those people are calmed by the thought that the systems will always deliver for them.
Others buy the propaganda that the systems are just a few moments from utter collapse. And they are agitated, anxious, and angry at those who dare disrupt the systems.
Both camps are off track.
In counting on the system to take care of you, you’ve replaced an Infinite Creator with a false sense of security that the system will protect you from any danger.
If you are angry that someone is tampering with the system, then you are also relying on the system and frightened that it might not be here tomorrow. That’s also replacing G-d Al-mighty with a false sense of security that the system will protect you from any danger - just now, you are really scared that the system might no longer be able to protect you and perhaps rail against those who undermine the system and retreat in fear.
Both camps are easily manipulated because they are looking for relief from fear and anxiety, relief from the unknown and looking for predictable certainty. Both will be easily reassured by whoever can convince them that he will step in and ensure their well-being.
It’s time to form a third camp. It may be a minority, at first but eventually everyone will be part of it. And really it’s not a camp, because the type of person eligible for the third camp will never join a camp.
Rather, it’s having a direct relationship with G-d Al-mighty. Knowing that just as He has taken care of men regardless of whether or not there was a monetary system or even money, so too He will take care of men without a monetary system or money. Substitute any and all systems in the above system and you have got the point.
I explore that with examples in this video:
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Shabbos is coming, a reminder for every human being that they are an intentional creation of G-d Al-mighty right now and a continuing beneficiary of His Love, His Joy and His Abundance! What an incredible moment to increase even more in joy!
Action: Use the link above to check Shabbos Candellighting times in your city around the world. Shabbos Candlelighting time in New York City this week (4/28/23) is 7:31 pm and Shabbos ends at 8:34 pm.
Here is some of the learning we did this week:
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Sunday Learning
👉 2023-04-23 - Mitzvos Hashem - Rabbi Steif #57 - Be Wholehearted with G-d & your heart will be whole (Playlist - Mitzvos Hashem of Rabbi Steif for Bnai Noach).
Wednesday Learning
👉Zecharia 8:23: Parshas Acharei-Kedoshim: Love your fellow as yourself - Feel how much G-d loves you! (Zecharia 8:23 Playlist).
Thursday Learning
👉 Emunah (Faith) in Action 46 - Beis HaLevi 33 - It's not about the information, nor the result...it's about the tranquillity of the soul! (Emuna (Faith) in Action Playlist)
👉🌟🌟🌟How does modern healthcare resemble ancient Canaanite cults? (Torah Lessons Playlist).
On Substack this week:
On Substack, I write about the practical implications of Torah learning, and how to keep our thinking clear, grounded in honesty and common sense. Here’s The Rabbi Smith Bulletin for this week: A lot of great activity on Notes. Check them out on by Substack Profile. Click on the ‘Notes’ tab in the Latest Section next to ‘Posts.’
A Torah perspective on the world around us…
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A peek ahead…
Sefiras HaOmer
Restarting the Rambam Mishnah Torah
A thought in concluding for now…
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Actions:
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**GOD wants to be worshipped HIS WAY no longer in an old covenant Jewish way and definately not in 35,000 and growing Protestant "man made" Golden Calf ways.***
BIBLICAL “FOREVER” COMMANDS OF WORSHIP
Does your Church meet the “forever” historical link all the way back to Judaism when Jesus Christ died on the cross, and from that point on until this very day celebrate the fulfillment of these “forever” liturgical worship commands of GOD in their “perfected” NEW COVENANT FORM?
1. Passover Feast (Exodus 12:14, 24) Jesus during the “Last Supper” transformed the “forever” GOD commanded Passover by replacing the lamb with Himself in all the Gospel accounts. (Jesus is described as the “Lamb of GOD” in John 1:29, 1 Peter 1:19, and in 1 Corinthians 5:7 “Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed for us”) In the OT, everyone celebrating the Passover Feast was commanded by GOD to eat the meat of the lamb for death to “Passover”. Could a Hebrew or later practicing Jew only “symbolically” eat the lamb and obey GOD? Jesus was being liturgically consistent with the original “forever” OT Passover commands to “eat the meat of the lamb” culminating in His “hard” teaching in John 6:53-54: “Truly, Truly, I say to you, UNLESS YOU EAT the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, YOU DO NOT HAVE LIFE IN YOU. Whoever EATS my flesh and drinks my blood HAS ETERNAL LIFE”. NEWPASSOVER(CCC#611,13391340) www.salvationhistory.com/studies/lesson/the_paschal_mystery_how_jesus_celebrated_fulfilled_the_passover
2. Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16:30-33) CC has the altar and gives out the atoning blood provided by the “eternal” High Priest Jesus fulfilling Leviticus 17:11 prophecy “For the LIFE OF THE FLESH IS IN THE BLOOD, and I HAVE GIVEN IT FOR YOU UPON THE ALTAR TO MAKE ATONEMENT FOR YOUR SOULS; for it is THE BLOOD THAT MAKES ATONEMENT, by REASON OF THE LIFE” (CCC 616,623) www.salvationhistory.com/studies/lesson/jesus_and_the_day_of_atonement
3. Tabernacle Feast (Leviticus 23:41-42) CC has the Tabernacle and fulfills this feast within Mass. (CCC #1183,1090) www.salvationhistory.com/studies/lesson/tabernacles_old_testament_feast_and_eucharistic_fulfillment
4. Unleavened Bread Feast (Exodus 12:17) CC has “7 days” a week unleavened bread (CCC#1334) www.salvationhistory.com/studies/lesson/the_mystery_of_the_feast_of_unleavened_bread
5. Sanctuary Lamp (Exodus 27:20-21) CC has this burning constantly before the Tabernacle.
6. Tabernacle Candles (Leviticus 24:2-4) CC has special candles placed next to the Tabernacle as commanded (CCC #1154, 1189)
7. Bread of the Presence (Leviticus 24:5-9, Exodus 25:30) Jesus Christ becomes the true fulfilled “Bread of the Presence” during Mass consecration. (CCC #1378)
8. Leviticus Priesthood (Exodus 29:7-9, Exodus 40:15, 1 Chronicles 23:13, *Numbers 25:12-13, *Jeremiah 33:14-22, *Isaiah 66:21, Malachi 2:4-7, Malachi 3:3) Jesus fulfills the Levi Covenant promise by ordaining and reconciling the 12 apostles (tribes) for priesthood in the Upper Room ordered to “do this in remembrance of me” (CCC #611, 1337). Proof? John 13:1-20 Jesus prior to His passion washes and “purifies” the Apostles to prepare them for priestly altar work (fulfilling Malachi 3:3 and the “forever” priest washing in Exodus 30:21). Like OT “Forever” Feasts, a Leviticus form of priesthood has to preside over the altar of sacrifice, be washed, and has to abstain or be celibate to even touch the “Bread of the Presence” (CCC # 1541-2) Jesus is the “pure offering” presented by the priesthood through “daily” Mass across the world fulfilling Malachi 1:11 prophesy.
9. Priest Washing (Exodus 30:21) CC Priests complete a washing before consecration (CCC #1337)
10. Priestly Share (Numbers 18:22-23) CC Priests are the first partakers of the Holy Eucharist, and receive offerings to the Church (CCC #2043)
11. Animal Sacrifice (Leviticus 7:36-38; Deuteronomy 12:26-28, Exodus 29:42) Jesus is the described fulfillment “Lamb of GOD” (John 1:29 and 1 Corinthians 5:7) (CCC #608, 613)
12. Grain Offering (Leviticus 6:9-11; 23:13-14) CC has bread and wine offering from parishioners brought up to the priests and the altar. (CCC #1334, 1350)
13. Incense Burning (Exodus 30:8) CC Mass celebrates feasts with incense. (CCC #1154)
14. Sabbath – Mark 2:28, Matthew 12:8, Luke 6:5 “For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath”. The day our Risen Lord showed us what to do in Luke 24:13-35 and “how He was made known to them in the breaking of the bread”. The risen Jesus obeys His Heavenly Father's "perpetual" celebration command being on "the day after Sabbath" per Leviticus 23:11-14, Pentecost 15-21, and verse 39 Tabernacle Feast being the “First day” and “Eighth Day” which is one in the same SUNDAY or “First Day of the Week”. CC follows our Risen Lord’s lead with “breaking of bread” or celebrating the “forever” NEW COVENANT PASSOVER on Sundays. CC even fulfills Jesus’s “Our Father” prayer “give us this day our daily bread” (Jesus compared Himself to OT manna in John 6:31-35) by providing the NEW COVENANT PASSOVER “daily”.
The Hebrew word “olam” or English translations “forever, everlasting, or perpetual” was clearly understood by the Jewish people as they still are “forever” obeying GOD’s liturgical commands and celebrating a form of the original Passover, Unleavened Bread, Day of Atonement, and Tabernacle Feasts to this very day.
JESUS CHRIST is the NEW ADAM (Romans 5:12-21) making us part of the NEW CREATION ( 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17, GALATIANS 6:15) under NEW LAW (John 13:34, Romans 7:6, 1 Corinthians 9:19-21, Hebrews 7:12) to enter into the NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH form of worship (Isaiah 66:18-23). NEW ADAM + NEW CREATION + NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH + NEW LAW = NEW SABBATH. Old covenant law is the law of the flesh and New Covenant law is of Spirit being"Love". Pentecost is "forever" GOD commanded on what "day" in Leviticus 23:15 with a day of rest in verse 21? Hebrews 4:7-9? "HE AGAIN SETS A CERTAIN DAY ” AND “ GOD WOULD NOT SPEAK LATER OF ANOTHER DAY ".
So, if the Church was "born" on Pentecost (Acts 2:1) through the "same day" the NEW ADAM was resurrected on, then what "day" would we get "reborn" (John 3:5) on to "LIVE in the "Spirit of the law" (Romans 8:2) being LOVE (John 13:34) of the NEW COVENANT???