5/30/20
Naso
Take Up -Numbers 4:21- Numbers 7:1
Judges 13:2-5
Parasha
Naso Take up
Numbers 4:21- Numbers
7:1
Judges 13:2-5
The Torah Portion Naso means to Take UP. The
Torah portion discusses the responsibilities of the Gershonite and Merarite
clans of the Levitical tribes. It brings forth details of the Levitical census
which G-D required. Nasso discusses who is to be outside the camp (specifically
those who had leprosy or individuals who had come into contact with a dead
body). When people unintentionally break the Torah G-D requires confession of
sin and repayment plus an additional 20 %. The portion gives instructions how
about unconfirmed adultery is to be tested and what happen with positive and
negative results. The instructions for
those who wish to take a Nazirite vow are laid out. The Torah portion concludes
with the only prayer The Holy One in Israel ever wrote to be said only by Kohanim
over Israel and the consecration of the Mishkan.
My focus this week is on TAKING UP NASO, Teshuva, true repentance.In
western society today most people equate repentance with saying I am sorry. The
Biblical Hebraic understanding is far different. The definition for sorry is -
Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil that has happened to
one's self or friends or country. It does not ordinarily imply severe grief,
but rather slight or transient regret.Websters 1828 part a. With G-D and our
fellow human beings sorry is not repentance and sorry is not enough. What is
the Biblical Hebraic understanding of Repentance TSHUVAH –Repentance in Hebrew
means-The
idea of repentance is a return to the path of righteousness. It includes steps
of confessing the sin, asking forgiveness, when possible restitution and always a complete change of behavior, thought,
and action going forward. 5 Adonai said to Moshe, 6 “Tell the people of Isra’el, ‘When a man or woman commits any kind of sin
against another person and thus breaks faith with Adonai,
he incurs guilt. 7 He must confess
the sin which he has committed; and he must make full restitution for his
guilt, add twenty percent and give it to the victim of his sin. 8 But
if the person has no relative to whom restitution can be made for the guilt,
then what is given in restitution for guilt will belong to Adonai, that
is, to the Cohen — in addition to the ram of atonement through which
atonement is made for him
For this is
what Adonai Elohim,
the Holy One of Isra’el, says:
“Returning and resting is what will save you;
calmness and confidence will make you strong —
but you want none of this! Yeshayahu 30:15
the Holy One of Isra’el, says:
“Returning and resting is what will save you;
calmness and confidence will make you strong —
but you want none of this! Yeshayahu 30:15
19 “Therefore, repent and turn to God, so
that your sins may be erased; 20 so that times of refreshing
may come from the Lord’s presence; and he may send the Messiah appointed in
advance for you, that is, Yeshua. Acts
3:19-20 CJB .Lastly Yeshua stated If you have really turned from
your sins to God, produce fruit that will prove it! Mathew 3
As people in covenant relationship with G-D
we need to take teshuva seriously. We are not done with a two second I’m sorry. Romans
2:5 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB) 5 But
by your stubbornness, by your unrepentant heart, you are storing up anger for
yourself on the Day of Anger, when God’s righteous judgment will be
revealed Revelation 3:3 CJB So
remember what you received and heard, and obey it, and turn from your sin! For
if you don’t wake up, I will come like a thief; and you don’t know at what
moment I will come upon you.Revelation3:3
. There is no getting away with
sin .We can be cleansed and forgiven G-D it takes action it take practical
steps of returning which are to be lived out consistently going forward in life
.
So how do we live
out teshuva? We confess to G-D and to those we wronged that we have sinned
.Second if there is a way to give them restitution we do so .We go forward
after that differently permanently aligned with G-Ds Torah we conform our
thoughts words and actions to his will instead of our feelings, wants, and
perspective. I highly advise this since a lack of repentance brings a serious
set of consequences in this life and in the Eternal Kingdom. Ending on a
positive note when we truly repent G-D brings blessings. What blessings? We are
forgiven, and G-D blesses
us with rest, acts of salvation,
calmness ,confidence, and strength .
calmness ,confidence, and strength .
For this is what Adonai Elohim,
the Holy One of Isra’el, says:
“Returning and resting is what will save you;
calmness and confidence will make you strong —
but you want none of this! Yeshayahu 30:15
the Holy One of Isra’el, says:
“Returning and resting is what will save you;
calmness and confidence will make you strong —
but you want none of this! Yeshayahu 30:15
I humbly invite each person, married couple, family,
congregation and people to NASO take up Teshuva . Bring blessings into your lives as a result of Teshuva.
We all have Teshuva we need to do let’s get to it.
Working out
my teshuva,
Tree of Life
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