{"id":2753,"date":"2014-01-12T13:44:59","date_gmt":"2014-01-12T13:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=2753"},"modified":"2014-01-12T13:44:59","modified_gmt":"2014-01-12T13:44:59","slug":"bits-of-torah-truths-parashat-yitro-consecrate-sancrify-make-holy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/bits-of-torah-truths-parashat-yitro-consecrate-sancrify-make-holy\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Yitro, Consecrate, Sancrify, Make Holy"},"content":{"rendered":"

This weeks reading is from Parashat Yitro (Shemot \/ Exodus 13:17-17:16<\/em>), the Scriptures tell us Yitro (Jethro) came to Moshe bringing Moshe\u2019s wife Zipporah and his two sons (18:6-8<\/em>).\u00a0 Moshe told Yitro everything the Lord had done and Yitro said 18:10 \u201c… \u2018Blessed be the Lord who delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of Pharaoh, and who delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.\u201d (NASB)<\/em>\u00a0 The next day, Yitro saw all that Moshe was doing for the people and recommended that Moshe select leaders from the people as judges so that only the heavy matters Moshe would judge (18:13-26<\/em>).\u00a0 Moshe says farewell to his father-in-law and on the third month after the exodus the people arrived at the wilderness of Sinai (18:26-19:1<\/em>).\u00a0 Moshe brought the word of the people to the Lord and the Lord told Moshe have the people consecrate themselves for on the third day the Lord will come down on the Mountain of Sinai (19:7-16<\/em>).\u00a0 The Lord warned Moshe to warn the people not to break through and gaze so they would not die (19:24-25<\/em>) and God called Moshe and Aaron to come up on the mountain.\u00a0 The Lord gives the people His ten commandments (i) to have no other gods before Him (20:1-5<\/em>), (ii) do not take the name of the Lord in vain (20:6-7<\/em>), (iii) remember the Shabbat (20:8-11<\/em>), (iv) honor your father and mother (20:12<\/em>), (v) do not murder (20:13<\/em>), (vi) do not commit adultery (20:14<\/em>), (vii) do not steal (20:15<\/em>), (viii) do not bear false witness against your neighbor (20:16<\/em>), (ix) do not covet your neighbors house (20:19<\/em>), and (x) do not covet your neighbors wife, male or female servants, his ox, donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor (20:19<\/em>)
\nThis week\u2019s Parashah is particularly interesting for us to look at this week.\u00a0 In Shemot \/ Exodus 19:3-11<\/em> we read that Moshe went up to the Lord on the mountain, God says he bore them on eagles wings when bringing them out of Egypt.\u00a0 The Lord speaks of the covenant and obeying His voice, and the people being a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.\u00a0 The people agree with the word of the Lord and Moshe instructs them to consecrate themselves because in three days the Lord will come to the mountain of Sinai.<\/p>\n

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Shemot \/ Exodus 19:3-11<\/em><\/strong>
\n19:3 Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him from the mountain, saying, \u2018Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob and tell the sons of Israel: 19:4 \u2018You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles\u2019 wings, and brought you to Myself.\u00a0 19:5 \u2018Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine; 19:6 and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.\u2019 These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel.\u2019 19:7 So Moses came and called the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the Lord had commanded him.\u00a0 9:8 All the people answered together and said, \u2018All that the Lord has spoken we will do!\u2019 And Moses brought back the words of the people to the Lord.\u00a0 19:9 The Lord said to Moses, \u2018Behold, I will come to you in a thick cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and may also believe in you forever.\u2019 Then Moses told the words of the people to the Lord. 19:10 The Lord also said to Moses, \u2018Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments; 19:11 and let them be ready for the third day, for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.\u00a0 (NASB)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What is interesting is in Shemot \/ Exodus 19:10-11<\/em> the Lord tells the people to sanctify themselves because He is going to visit in three days.\u00a0 What does it mean to consecrate ourselves and how did the people do this?\u00a0 Note that this is repeated through the Torah over and over again.\u00a0 For example, we read in Vayikra \/ Leviticus 20:7 \u2018You shall consecrate yourselves therefore and be holy, for I am the Lord your God. 20:8 \u2018You shall keep My statutes and practice them; I am the Lord who sanctifies you. (NASB)<\/em>\u00a0 Note both the people and the Lord are involved in the sanctification process.\u00a0 Note also that the word used for \u201cconsecrate yourselves\u201d is \u05b0\u05e7\u05b4\u05d3\u05bc\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05dd<\/span> derived from the root \u05e7\u05d3\u05e9<\/span> meaning to make holy.\u00a0 Thus, the biblical use of the verb \u201cconsecrate\u201d<\/em> is a synonym for \u201csanctify,\u201d<\/em> meaning \u201cto make holy.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 This is an important point because in this world we need to be aware of how much unholiness is out there in this world.\u00a0 As believers, we should not choose to rub shoulders with what is unclean and be defiled.\u00a0 The company we keep can defile, as Paul\u2019s citation from Isaiah 52:11<\/em> in 2 Corinthians 6:17<\/em>.\u00a0 Paul says we are to separate ourselves from everything that defiles and then the Lord will accept us (read 2 Corinthians 6-7<\/em>).\u00a0 God\u2019s command to be holy is not only in the Torah, it is spoken of throughout all of Scripture (compare Vayikra \/ Leviticus 11:44, 19:2, 20:17<\/em> to 1 Peter 1:16<\/em>).\u00a0 Revelation 19:7-8<\/em> tells us the bride of Christ sanctified herself for the coming of the Lord.\u00a0 Therefore, consecrated people are never lazy people, this is the lesson that is illustrated in Aaron and his sons from Shemot \/ Exodus 28:41 \u201c\u2026 consecrate them \u2026 that they may minister unto Me in the priest\u2019s office.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 Take for example, hypothetically, \u201cif you knew the exact day and time Yeshua would return on the clouds for His people, how would you behave?\u00a0 How would you consecrate yourself?\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 With that in mind, are you able to put yourself into the shoes of the Children of Israel in Shemot \/ Exodus 19:10-11<\/em> and understand what Moshe was telling them to Sanctify\/Consecrate themselves?\u00a0 Should we not be living consecrated lives daily?\u00a0 How are you consecrating yourselves today? BTT_Parashat Yitro-2014<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This weeks reading is from Parashat Yitro (Shemot \/ Exodus 13:17-17:16), the Scriptures tell us Yitro (Jethro) came to Moshe bringing Moshe\u2019s wife Zipporah and his two sons (18:6-8).\u00a0 Moshe told Yitro everything the Lord had done and Yitro said 18:10 \u201c… \u2018Blessed be the Lord who delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2753","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-bits-of-torah-truth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}