Last week we went over the origin of the sacrificial system and touched on the fact that the underlying Hebrew words of our English translations are not always kept distinct in what we read today.  This week, we’re going to dive more into what was involved in the sacrificial system and also get into some of the Hebrew words that will help us understand it.  This will give us a good foundation on which to build an understanding of what this system actually meant, or accomplish

As promised, we’re going to start getting into the sacrificial system set forth by YHWH in His Law.  That’s not to say I’ve figured the whole system out through my studies thus far, but I will say I have found a lot of interesting things right off the bat!  I’ll also say that it seems every time I start to understand another piece, it always somehow fits into some seemingly random other part of scripture that you wouldn’t think has anything to do with sacrifices. This week, w

Last week, we went over how the last supper of our Messiah with His disciples before His crucifixion was not a Passover meal and how that week He performed all the Torah requirements for Him to be the Passover Lamb.  While we didn’t really focus on it, this fact is also why He is called the Lamb in many verses of scripture.  There’s no other explanation for this connection between Him and a lamb, because even in His ministry, He did not call Himself a lamb.  He talked about H