[It is timely to feature a book which, most likely, few students venture into reading; for why would anyone wish to vicariously experience the horror of witnessing YHWH’s destruction of the remnant of His people, in His center of worship and governance? Why timely? Because the 9th of Av is a date on which tragic […]
Read more[As Christians/Messianics, we—Sinaites—must have studied the book of Daniel no less than a dozen times, because it had been drummed into our clueless minds that the only way we could and would and should understand the last prophetic NT book of Revelation is by understanding the OT book of Daniel, for the imagery of both are […]
Read more[Translation is by EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses; commentary from P&H/Pentateuch & Haftorahs, ed. Dr. J.H.Hertz.—Admin1.] 1-9. REGULATIONS FOR PRIESTS WHO SHARE IN A SACRIFICIAL FEAST The last Chapter dealt with the bodily defects that disqualify the priest from officiating in the Sanctuary; this section insists on physical purity as the condition in which alone he […]
Read more[Continuing our commentary from Pentateuch and Haftarahs, our MUST READ and MUST OWN Resource Book, we now reach the regulations concerning priests and the Sanctuary. Remember that the priesthood of Israel is from the tribe of Levi. It is speculated that Jews today bearing the name ‘Cohen’ which is Hebrew for ‘priest’ might trace their […]
Read more[Those of us reading these chapters today will naturally wonder what is the connection of these commandments to us? Do we indulge in “Molech worship” or “necromancy” or any of the “abominable” practices that these pagan idolatrous nations indulged in? We might better think this way: are there modern equivalents to the cultural […]
Read more[Pentateuch & Haftorah [P&H] give this title to this chapter: PROHIBITION OF — UNLAWFUL MARRIAGES, UNCHASTITY, and MOLECH WORSHIP And rightly so. If the previous chapters have been dealing with ‘ritual uncleanness’ related to being bodily or physically fit for tabernacle/temple worship, this chapter deals with ‘moral uncleanness’ (lifestyle) and its punishment. The relationship between individuals […]
Read more[The Temple sacrificial system remains a curiosity for ex-Christians, specifically to us, Sinaites. If it is not at all intended to point to the supreme sacrifice by God-Man Mediator Jesus Christ who sheds his blood for the salvation of all mankind (according to Christian theology), then what were the animal sacrifices all about? Why would […]
Read moreImage from www.stlucasucc.org [UPDATE 2017: This monthly “aid” for searchers has been replaced first by “Yo Searchers! Need Help?” Then to use a word closer to our cultural Filipino/Tagalog word for strangers, we resorted to “Hoy” shortened to “Oy!” And it became — “Oy Searchers! Need Help?” for every month of every year. The original intention was […]
Read more[This continues our series from A Literary Guide to the Bible, a MUST READ book if you are interested in this approach to reading the Hebrew Bible specifically, though the book is based on the Christian Bible, Old and New Testaments. Please be reminded that Sinai 6000 does not regard the Wisdom Books as ‘Divine Revelation’, since […]
Read more[My first exposure to Scripture was through a reading list for a college literature course. The one and only ‘biblical’ selection was the “OT” book of Job and rightly so. Aside from theme, poetic dialogue, plot and the age-old question about “why must man suffer,” some of the most breathtaking passages come straight from the […]
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