{"id":2780,"date":"2014-01-31T00:34:23","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T00:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=2780"},"modified":"2014-01-31T00:34:23","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T00:34:23","slug":"bits-of-torah-truths-parashat-terumah-the-free-will-offering-and-yeshua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/bits-of-torah-truths-parashat-terumah-the-free-will-offering-and-yeshua\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Terumah, The Free Will Offering and Yeshua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weeks reading is from Parashat Terumah (<em>Shemot \/\u00a0 Exodus 25:1-27:19<\/em>), the Lord tells Moshe to speak to the Children of Israel to raise a contribution for the Lord (<em>25:1<\/em>, <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05d0\u00a0 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b0\u05d3\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05de\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05d4 \u05dc\u05bc\u05b5\u05d0\u05de\u05b9\u05e8: \u05d1\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d3\u05bc\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05d7\u05d5\u05bc-\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b5\u05ea \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b4\u05d3\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05d7\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b8\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9:<\/span>) asking them to give gold, silver, and bronze, linen materials, goat hair, rams skins, and acacia wood.\u00a0 The feminine noun terumah, (<em>\u201clifting up\u201d<\/em>) comes from the verb stem, <em>\u201crum\u201d<\/em> (<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05dd<\/span>) meaning <em>\u201chigh\u201d<\/em> or <em>\u201cto lift up.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 The tithe offering in Hebrew is <em>\u201cterumat ha-maaser\u201d<\/em> (<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05ea\u05e8\u05d5\u05de\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05e2\u05e9\u05e8<\/span>) and is a rabbinical term based on the commandment in the Hebrew Bible to give a tithe, maaser (<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05de\u05e2\u05e9\u05e8<\/span>), of 10% to the Levites.\u00a0 The term terumah occurs 76 times in the masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible.\u00a0 According to the Septuagint it is rendered <em>\u201cafairema\u201d<\/em> (\u1f00\u03c6\u03b1\u03af\u03c1\u03b5\u03bc\u03b1), in the King James Version (1611) it is generally translated as<em> \u201coffering\u201d<\/em> but also sometimes as <em>\u201coblation\u201d<\/em> and four times as <em>\u201cheave offering\u201d<\/em> (<em>see Strongs Concordance<\/em>).\u00a0 In addition to this, terumah is used in various contexts throughout the Hebrew Bible, including one usage in Proverbs denoting <em>\u201chaughtiness\u201d<\/em> (see <em>Mishley \/ Proverbs 29:4<\/em>, <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05d3\u00a0 \u05de\u05b6\u05dc\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d8 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3 \u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d9\u05b6\u05d4\u05b6\u05e8\u05b0\u05e1\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4:<\/span>).\u00a0 In most contexts in the Scriptures it refers to designating something for a higher purpose, lifting and setting apart something from a larger quantity, an example may be taken from the gifts offered by the Children of Israel for the inauguration of the Mishkan as is described here in Parashat Terumah.\u00a0 The reading for this week describes an obligatory offering (Terumah) that the Lord is asking the people to contribute for the specific purpose of the construction of the Mishkhan (Tabernacle).\u00a0 The Lord is asking that the Mishkhan be constructed with all of its instruments and altars that are to be made in the specific way He has shown Moshe (<em>25:9-27:19<\/em>).\u00a0 The Lord states that the sanctuary be constructed so that He can dwell among His people (<em>25:8<\/em>).\u00a0 This week\u2019s Parashah is particularly interesting for us today, why do you think that is?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05e9\u05de\u05d5\u05ea \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05db\u05d4<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> \u05d0\u00a0 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b0\u05d3\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05de\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05d4 \u05dc\u05bc\u05b5\u05d0\u05de\u05b9\u05e8: \u05d1\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d3\u05bc\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05d7\u05d5\u05bc-\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b5\u05ea \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b4\u05d3\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05d7\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b8\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9: \u05d2\u00a0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d6\u05b9\u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05d7\u05d5\u05bc \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05dd \u05d6\u05b8\u05d4\u05b8\u05d1 \u05d5\u05b8\u05db\u05b6\u05e1\u05b6\u05e3 \u05d5\u05bc\u05e0\u05b0\u05d7\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05ea: \u05d3\u00a0 \u05d5\u05bc\u05ea\u05b0\u05db\u05b5\u05dc\u05b6\u05ea \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05d2\u05bc\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05df \u05d5\u05b0\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05ea \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b4\u05d6\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd: \u05d4\u00a0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b9\u05e8\u05b9\u05ea \u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05dc\u05b4\u05dd \u05de\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05d3\u05bc\u05b8\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b9\u05e8\u05b9\u05ea \u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e6\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d8\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd: \u05d5\u00a0 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05de\u05b6\u05df \u05dc\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e9\u05b8\u05b9\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05de\u05b6\u05df \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05d8\u05b9\u05e8\u05b6\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05e1\u05bc\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd: \u05d6\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d0\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9-\u05e9\u05c1\u05b9\u05d4\u05b7\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05dc\u05bc\u05bb\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05e4\u05b9\u05d3 \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05df: \u05d7\u00a0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05e9\u05b9\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05db\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9\u05db\u05b8\u05dd:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Exodus 25:1-8<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em> 25:1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 25:2 \u2018Tell the sons of Israel to raise a contribution for Me; from every man whose heart moves him you shall raise My contribution.\u00a0 25:3 \u2018This is the contribution which you are to raise from them: gold, silver and bronze, 25:4 blue, purple and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair, 25:5 rams\u2019 skins dyed red, porpoise skins, acacia wood, 25:6 oil for lighting, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, 25:7 onyx stones and setting stones for the ephod and for the breastpiece. 25:8 \u2018Let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them. (NASB)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Most people would answer saying <em>\u201cthe tithe is why this is important for us today.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 However, that is not exactly what the Lord is trying to tell us regarding these Scriptures.\u00a0 The Apostle Paul told the people of his day in <em>Acts 17:24 \u2018The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; 17:25 nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; 17:26 and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, 17:27 that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; 17:28 for in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, \u2018For we also are His children.\u2019 (NASB)<\/em>\u00a0 In the text of the Torah, God asked for the people to make a sanctuary so He may dwell among His people.\u00a0 The Hebrew word for <em>\u201csanctuary\u201d<\/em> is mikdash (<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05de\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1<\/span>) which comes from the root word kadash (<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05e7\u05d3\u05e9<\/span>) meaning <em>\u201cto be set apart as sacred.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 A mikdash is therefore a <em>\u201choly place\u201d<\/em> a <em>\u201cset apart space\u201d<\/em> that is meant to be a place of worship and rest.\u00a0 Note also how these other words share this root word <em>\u201ckedushah\u201d<\/em> (holiness), <em>\u201ckiddushin\u201d<\/em> (betrothal), <em>\u201ckaddish\u201d<\/em> (sanctification), and <em>\u201cKiddush\u201d<\/em> (a sacred time), etc.\u00a0 So when the Lord asked the people to make him a mikdash (<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05de\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1<\/span>), he was asking the people to make a sacred place for His presence to manifest.\u00a0 It is interesting to note that the Terumah is one of the <em>\u201cfree will\u201d<\/em> offerings that are given to the Lord and therefore the Lord was also asking the people to make a place in their hearts for the purpose of worshiping God that is expressed in the free will offerings that were given to the Lord.\u00a0 Note in <em>Shemot \/ Exodus 25:8<\/em> that the mikdash is what the Lord asks to be built.\u00a0 Note also that the Lord is asking the people to build this <em>\u201cset apart place\u201d<\/em> (<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05de\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1<\/span>, mikdash) so that he can <em>\u201cdwell\u201d<\/em> there which comes from the root word shachan (<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05e9\u05db\u05df<\/span>) meaning <em>\u201cto sit, dwell, or lie down with someone.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 The Tabernacle was called the mishkan (<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05de\u05e9\u05db\u05df<\/span>) a set apart place that was intended for rest and intimacy with God.\u00a0 Therefore, we can conclude that within the command to build a place for the Lord to dwell, we are to invite God\u2019s presence within our hearts that gives us communion and fellowship with Him.\u00a0 Note, Yeshua also said that we will find joy, rest, and peace when we <em>\u201cabide in him\u201d<\/em> (<em>John 15<\/em>).\u00a0 The end goal of the Mishkan was found in sacrificial love, that the life of the innocent was given for the sake of the sinner that provided for us a tangible hope of holiness and perfect righteousness that only God gives making a way for us to be acceptable in His sight.\u00a0 Because of Yeshua the Messiah, we are able to draw near to God because He is our korban (<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05e7\u05e8\u05d1\u05df<\/span>, sacrifice) that brings us into eternal fellowship with the Lord.\u00a0 In this week\u2019s Portion, we read about the free will offering, the Terumah that God asks for the purpose of building a place to dwell among His people.\u00a0 As noted earlier, the various contexts within Scripture, including this weeks reading, has the terumah designating something for a higher purpose by lifting and setting apart something for the Lord (the construction of the tabernacle).\u00a0 Could one application of these Scriptures today be offering ourselves, giving of our lives, our hearts, all of who we are to the Lord so He can construct His tabernacle within us?\u00a0 According to the Scriptures, we must give our hearts freely to Yeshua the Messiah so the Lord can work in our lives and construct a place where he can dwell. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/BTT_Parashat-Terumah-2014.pdf\">BTT_Parashat Terumah-2014<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weeks reading is from Parashat Terumah (Shemot \/\u00a0 Exodus 25:1-27:19), the Lord tells Moshe to speak to the Children of Israel to raise a contribution for the Lord (25:1, \u05d0\u00a0 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b0\u05d3\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05de\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05d4 \u05dc\u05bc\u05b5\u05d0\u05de\u05b9\u05e8: \u05d1\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d3\u05bc\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05d7\u05d5\u05bc-\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b5\u05ea \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b4\u05d3\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05d7\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b8\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9:) asking them to give gold, silver, and 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