{"id":6525,"date":"2017-05-10T20:49:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T20:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=6525"},"modified":"2018-07-26T00:51:09","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T00:51:09","slug":"bits-torah-truths-parashat-emor-origins-lamb-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/bits-torah-truths-parashat-emor-origins-lamb-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits of Torah Truths, \u05e4\u05e8\u05e9\u05ea \u05d0\u05de\u05e8, Parashat Emor, The Origins of the Lamb of God"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"supJT5MBADA\"><iframe title=\"Bits of Torah Truths, \u05e4\u05e8\u05e9\u05ea \u05d0\u05de\u05e8, Parashat Emor, The Origins of the Lamb of God\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/supJT5MBADA?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In the Apostolic Writings (NT), in the books of John and Revelation we see the phrase <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cLamb of God\u201d<\/span><\/em> being used frequently as a reference to the Messiah.\u00a0 Have ever wondered where the phrase <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cLamb of God\u201d<\/span><\/em> originates, how, and why this phrase was applied to Yeshua the Messiah?\u00a0 I would like to discuss this topic in this weeks study.\u00a0 In Parashat Emor, Moshe tells us, \u05db\u05d8\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05db\u05b4\u05d9-\u05ea\u05b4\u05d6\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d7\u05d5\u05bc \u05d6\u05b6\u05d1\u05b7\u05d7-\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05e6\u05b9\u05e0\u05b0\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d6\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d7\u05d5\u05bc: <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">22:29 \u2018When you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted. (NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 The Scriptures this week speak of the commands being performed in the way the Lord wants them to be performed.\u00a0 This is very important as it is related to our redemption and atonement.\u00a0 For example, the daily offering of the Olat Tamid (\u05e2\u05dc\u05ea \u05ea\u05de\u05d9\u05d3), the continual raise offering, consisted of 2 parts, one lamb was offered at the start of the daily service (soon after daybreak), the second lamb was brought in the afternoon (towards evening), at the end of the service (see <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Bamidbar\/Numbers 28:4 \u05d3\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d4\u05b7\u05db\u05bc\u05b6\u05d1\u05b6\u05e9\u05b9 \u05d0\u05b6\u05d7\u05b8\u05d3 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05b9\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b9\u05e7\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05db\u05bc\u05b6\u05d1\u05b6\u05e9\u05b9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05b9\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05d9\u05df \u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd: 28:24 \u2018You shall offer the one lamb in the morning and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight; NASB<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0 It is from the Olat Tamid that we derive the significance of the phrase <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cthe Lamb of God\u201d<\/span><\/em> in the sense that it is the lamb which opens and closes the daily sacrificial services.\u00a0 It is also the Tamid offering that signals the beginning and end of the Jewish day.\u00a0 The lamb of God signifies the absolute subjugation of the Jewish life to God and marked the beginning of man\u2019s daily journey to walk in godliness.\u00a0 It is also interesting to note that the Tamid parallels the Shema which is itself recited twice daily, in the beginning of the day and once again in the evening, with draws one to the daily affirmation of God\u2019s heavenly and earthly kingship.\u00a0 The context of the Shema draws one to believe in the oneness of God and to hold onto the Lord, to love the Lord with all one\u2019s heart and soul.\u00a0 The Word of God is to become a part of our lives that is said to be <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cupon our hearts,\u201d<\/span><\/em> we are to diligently teach God\u2019s word to our children, speaking of God\u2019s word always when raising up and when laying down, and God\u2019s Word is to become a part of our homes, to the very foundation of who we are, as the Scriptures say, God\u2019s word is written upon the doors of our homes and are to be placed upon our foreheads and as a sign on our hands.\u00a0 These things describe the position of the Word of God in our lives as going before us, directing our minds (forehead), and being at our right hand, a position of power and authority in our lives for discerning between what is right as opposed to what is wrong.\u00a0 We find the Shema defining the beginning and the ending of the day for the believer in the kingdom of God.\u00a0 Within the confines of the Lamb of God we also find the definition of the two ends of the day for the sacrificial service, we are reminded of the presence of God in our lives which is paralleled to the first and last raise offering (Olat Tamid), reminding man to daily seek the Lord God of Israel.\u00a0 These are the core principles of living a biblical life, one that is marked by a consistent spiritual growth with a focus upon the Lord in heaven that is centered upon the Lamb of God from a first century context.\u00a0 The lamb of God being offered during the Tamid, directed the worshiper to understand the entire spiritual service in the temple is contained within the blood of the Lamb which encompasses our entire spiritual life before the Lord as it pertains to sin, atonement, and redemption.\u00a0 This may be why John HaMatbil (\u05d9\u05d5\u05d7\u05e0\u05df \u05d4\u05de\u05d8\u05d1\u05d9\u05dc, John the baptizer) said what he did in regards to Yeshua saying, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">John 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, \u2018Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!\u2019 (NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Taking these things into consideration, it is possible to understand how the Messiah, as taught by the Apostolic Writings, has led to the belief that the existence of God\u2019s people is established in the Messiah who is called <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cthe Lamb of God.\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Yeshua taught if we abide in him and his word abides in us (<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">John 15:7<\/span><\/em>) whatever we ask for, it will come to pass.\u00a0 Within the context of the Olat Tamid, this is a very powerful statement because within the Lamb defined by the Olat Tamid is contained all of what God wants for our lives.\u00a0 Let\u2019s discuss these things further in this week\u2019s Torah study.<\/p>\n<p>This week we are looking at <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 22:29-23:4<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 22:29-23:4<\/span><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> 22:29 \u2018When you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted. 22:30 \u2018It shall be eaten on the same day, you shall leave none of it until morning; I am the Lord. 22:31 \u2018So you shall keep My commandments, and do them; I am the Lord. 22:32 \u2018You shall not profane My holy name, but I will be sanctified among the sons of Israel; I am the Lord who sanctifies you, 22:33 who brought you out from the land of Egypt, to be your God; I am the Lord.\u2019 23:1 The Lord spoke again to Moses, saying, 23:2 \u2018Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, \u2018The Lord\u2019s appointed times which you shall proclaim as holy convocations My appointed times are these: 23:3 \u2018For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work; it is a sabbath to the Lord in all your dwellings. 23:4 \u2018These are the appointed times of the Lord, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at the times appointed for them. 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\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea \u05d4\u05b4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05db\u05b9\u05dc \u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05b9\u05ea\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd:\u00a0 \u05d3\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e2\u05b2\u05d3\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e7\u05b9\u05d3\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e2\u05b2\u05d3\u05b8\u05dd:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In this week\u2019s Torah Portion Moshe tels us, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u05db\u05d8\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05db\u05b4\u05d9-\u05ea\u05b4\u05d6\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d7\u05d5\u05bc \u05d6\u05b6\u05d1\u05b7\u05d7-\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05e6\u05b9\u05e0\u05b0\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d6\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d7\u05d5\u05bc: 22:29 \u2018When you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted. (NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 This passage leads us to understand that there is more to the sacrifice than simply the slaughter of the animal and the spreading of the blood.\u00a0 The schedule for the Olat Tamid is as follows:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"451\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SCHEDULE OF THE TAMID SACRIFICE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\"><strong>Jewish Time<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"226\"><strong>Gregorian Time<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\"><strong>First Hour<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"226\"><strong>Dawn<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\">The first lamb is brought out and tied to the altar at dawn (Mishnah Tamid 3:2-3:3)<\/td>\n<td width=\"226\">The priest prepare the altar<\/p>\n<p>(Shemot \/ Exodus 29:38-42, Vayikra \/ Leviticus 6:1-6, Mishnah Tamid 1:2)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\"><strong>Third Hour<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"226\"><strong>9:00 AM<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\">The first lamb is sacrificed at 9:00 AM (Mishnah, Tamid 3:7)<\/td>\n<td width=\"226\">9:00 AM is the first hour of prayer (Shema and Mode Ani)\u00a0 (Acts 2:15) Temple gates open \u201cShacharit\u201d (morning service)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\"><strong>Sixth Hour<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"226\"><strong>Noon<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\">The second lamb is brought out and tied to the altar at noon (Mishnah: Tamid 4:1)<\/td>\n<td width=\"226\">Noon is the second hour of prayer (Acts 3:1; 10:9) \u201cMinchah\u201d (gift offering)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\"><strong>Ninth Hour<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"226\"><strong>3:00 PM<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"226\">The second lamb is sacrificed at 3:00 PM (Antiquities of the Jews 14.4.3 (14:65),\u00a0 Philo Special Laws I, XXXV (169))<\/td>\n<td width=\"226\">3:00 PM is the third hour of prayer; also called the hour of confession (Acts 3:1, 10:9) \u201cMa\u2019ariv\u201d (evening: our afternoon is the Jewish evening next day began at sundown) (3 hours of prayer see Mishnah Berakhot)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>At dawn the lamb is brought to the altar which reminds us to begin our day thinking about the things of God.\u00a0 The Lord desires for us to have the correct repentant attitude and to perform the commands in the way that He has designed.\u00a0 This is for the purpose of bringing glory to His name according to His Word and signifies the absolute subjugation of one\u2019s life to God.\u00a0 This is the imagery we receive within the context of the Temple service and the Lamb of God.\u00a0 The sacrificial service is defined in such a way as to remind us of the presence of God in our lives which is paralleled to the first and last raise offering (the Tamid) and how we are to daily seek the Lord God of Israel.\u00a0 Note again how this is designed to lead one to grow spiritually with a focus upon the Lord in heaven that is centered upon the Lamb of God from a first century context.\u00a0 The lamb of God being offered during the Tamid, directed the worshiper to understand the entire spiritual service in the temple is contained within the blood of the Lamb as it pertains to sin and atonement.<\/p>\n<p>The Mishnah Tamid describes the order of starting the daily sacrifice in the Tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem in the following way.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Mishnah Tamid 3:2<\/span><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d4\u05dd \u05d4\u05de\u05de\u05d5\u05e0\u05d4 \u05e6\u05d0\u05d5 \u05d5\u05e8\u05d0\u05d5 \u05d0\u05dd \u05d4\u05d2\u05d9\u05e2 \u05d6\u05de\u05df \u05d4\u05e9\u05d7\u05d9\u05d8\u05d4. \u05d0\u05dd \u05d4\u05d2\u05d9\u05e2 \u05d4\u05e8\u05d5\u05d0\u05d4 \u05d0\u05d5\u05de\u05e8 \u05d1\u05e8\u05e7\u05d0\u05d9. \u05de\u05ea\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d1\u05df \u05e9\u05de\u05d5\u05d0\u05dc \u05d0\u05d5\u05de\u05e8 \u05d4\u05d0\u05d9\u05e8 \u05e4\u05e0\u05d9 \u05db\u05dc \u05d4\u05de\u05d6\u05e8\u05d7 \u05e2\u05d3 \u05e9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05d1\u05d7\u05d1\u05e8\u05d5\u05df \u05d5\u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05d0\u05d5\u05de\u05e8 \u05d4\u05d9\u05df: The appointed [priest] said to them: Go out and see if the time of slaughtering [the Tamid] has arrived. If it [the time] has arrived, the watchman would say, \u201cIt [the eastern sky] is shining [it is dawn].\u201d Masya ben Shmuel says: [the priest would then ask] \u201cHas the eastern sky lit up until Chevron?\u201d and he [the watchman] would say \u201cYes!\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Mishnah Tamid 3:3<\/span><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d4\u05dd \u05e6\u05d0\u05d5 \u05d5\u05d4\u05d1\u05d9\u05d0\u05d5 \u05d8\u05dc\u05d4 \u05de\u05dc\u05e9\u05db\u05ea \u05d4\u05d8\u05dc\u05d0\u05d9\u05dd. \u05d5\u05d4\u05e8\u05d9 \u05dc\u05e9\u05db\u05ea \u05d4\u05d8\u05dc\u05d0\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05d9\u05ea\u05d4 \u05d1\u05de\u05e7\u05e6\u05d5\u05e2 \u05e6\u05e4\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9\u05ea \u05de\u05e2\u05e8\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea \u05d5\u05d0\u05e8\u05d1\u05e2 \u05dc\u05e9\u05db\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05d9\u05d5 \u05e9\u05dd. \u05d0\u05d7\u05ea \u05dc\u05e9\u05db\u05ea \u05d4\u05d8\u05dc\u05d0\u05d9\u05dd. \u05d5\u05d0\u05d7\u05ea \u05dc\u05e9\u05db\u05ea \u05d4\u05d7\u05d5\u05ea\u05de\u05d5\u05ea \u05d5\u05d0\u05d7\u05ea \u05dc\u05e9\u05db\u05ea \u05d1\u05d9\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05d5\u05e7\u05d3. \u05d5\u05d0\u05d7\u05ea \u05dc\u05e9\u05db\u05ea \u05e9\u05d4\u05d9\u05d5 \u05e2\u05d5\u05e9\u05d9\u05df \u05d1\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d7\u05dd \u05d4\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd. He [The appointed priest] said to them: Go out and bring a lamb from the Chamber of Lambs. Now, the Chamber of Lambs was in the north-western corner [of the Chamber of Fire]. There were four chambers there: one was the chamber of lambs, one was the Chamber of Seals, [where one could buy tokens marked with the appropriate meal offering], one was the Chamber of Fire, and one was the chamber where they would make the Lechem HaPanim.<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Mishnah provides details on how the priest determined whether the time to slaughter the Tamid has arrived which is established by the position of the sun in the sky.\u00a0 This is important because the sun light defines the day for the Jewish community.\u00a0 Our day is to begin thinking upon the Lamb of God.\u00a0 If it was the correct time, the lamb would be brought in from the Chamber of Lambs.\u00a0 The Mishnah describes three chambers, the Chamber of Lambs, the Chamber of Fire, and the Chamber where the Bread of the presence (Lechem HaPanim) was prepared.\u00a0 This indicates that everything was ordered and in its place in preparation for the daily service.<\/p>\n<p>Another commentary <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sifrei Bamidbar 143:3<\/span><\/em> has the following to say concerning the verses we are looking at this week and the Olat Tamid.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sifrei Bamidbar 143:3<\/span><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> (Bamidbar 28:8) \u201cAnd the second lamb\u201d: Why is this written? Since it is written \u201cthe one lamb shall you offer in the morning,\u201d I might think that if it were not offered in the morning it could be offered in the evening. It is, therefore, written \u201cthe second shall you offer up towards evening,\u201d implying that if the morning tamid had not been offered, the evening tamid is not to be offered.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Because it is written (of the Paschal lamb, Shemot 12:6) \u201cand they shall slaughter it at twilight,\u201d I do not know which takes precedence, the tamid or the Paschal lamb. It is, therefore, written \u201cthe second\u201d \u2014 the second to the tamid, and not second to the Pesach (i.e., it is slaughtered before the Pesach.) From here they ruled: Nothing precedes the morning tamid but (the smoking of) the frankincense. And nothing follows the tamid of twilight but the incense, the Pesach, and those lacking atonement on Pesach eve, so that they can bring their atonement (and observe the Pesach.) (Bamidbar 28:8) \u201cAs the meal-offering of the morning and its libation shall you offer it.\u201d What is the intent of this? Because it is written (Ibid. 4-5) \u201cthe one lamb shall you offer in the morning and the second lamb shall you offer towards evening.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">And just as \u201ca sweet savor\u201d is written in respect to an ox, so is it written in respect to a lamb and in respect to a bird \u2014 whereby the Torah teaches us that there is no \u201ceating\u201d or \u201cdrinking\u201d before the Holy One Blessed be He, but (that His) only (\u201cgratification\u201d) is that He speaks and His will is done. And thus is it written (Psalms 50:12) \u201cWere I hungry, I would not tell you. For Mine is the world and its fullness. (11) I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are with Me.\u201d Lest I think He eats and drinks, it is written (Ibid. 13) \u201cDo I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of he-goats?\u201d Why, then, do I ask you to sacrifice to Me? To do My will. And thus is it written (Vayikra 22:29) \u201cWhen you sacrifice a thank-offering to the L-rd, it is to your favor that you sacrifice it.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Sifrei Bamidbar commentary speaks of the first and the second lamb which is to be offered at the beginning and the end of the day.\u00a0 The discussion goes that if the first Tamid was not offered, then the second Tamid is not to be offered.\u00a0 The Tamid offering sanctifies the altar for the start of the daily sacrifices.\u00a0 Without the lamb of God to sanctify the altar, no sacrifices would be performed upon the altar based upon the Torah.\u00a0 Note how the rabbis speak of the Pascal lamb (Passover lamb) in relation to the Tamid.\u00a0 Their conclusion is that the Pascal lamb must be brought before the second Tamid or else it must be brought on the next morning.\u00a0 Based upon the rabbis, the Olat Tamid also supercedes the Passover lamb.\u00a0 The point of these sacrifices is \u201cto do the will of God\u201d where the thank offering being spoken of in this week\u2019s Torah portion is done for our favor or enjoyment meaning that we rejoice before the Lord because of His goodness and mercy.<\/p>\n<p>The commentary <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sefer HaChinukh 296:1<\/span><\/em> speaks of sanctifying the name of God as it is related to the sacrifices.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sefer HaChinukh 296:1<\/span><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> The command to sanctify the Name &#8211; We are commanded to sanctify the Name as it is written, \u201cAnd I will be sanctified in the midst of the Children of Israel\u201d (Leviticus 22:32). This means that one must surrender his life to preserve the religion. TOBM have already explained based on tradition and textual exegesis when this applies. Even though the Torah says, \u201cand you shall live by them\u201d which implies that you should not die for them, they have already received that this is not universally applicable. Through the tradition we live for all matters in the Torah. They explicitly said (Talmud Sanhedrin 74a) that three mitzvot always require martyrdom, and these include idolatry and any of it\u2019s subcategories. This means anything that is prohibited on the strength of it\u2019s unique restrictions, as we will soon explain. Also, sexual impropriety and subcategories, as well as murder. Is a person demands that he worship idols or be killed, he should be killed and not worship, even though his heart will remain true and faithful to HaShem. He still must die and not commit this evil act and allow the assailant to believe that he has denied HaShem. The Sifra says (Sifra Emor 8:6), \u201cFor this reason I took you out of Egypt, so that you will publicly sanctify My name.\u201d The same is true for the other two &#8211; he must die and not transgress.<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Torah speaks of the Lord dwelling in the midst of His people and that the people are commanded to sanctify the Name of the Lord in their midst.\u00a0 The idea of sanctifying the Name of God is paralleled to one surrendering one\u2019s life to the Lord.\u00a0 Note how the Rabbis say that surrendering one\u2019s life is synonymous to preserving the religion of Judaism.\u00a0 The commentary continues in the discussion on sanctifying the Name, three things require martyrdom (i) idolatry, (ii) sexual immorality, and (iii) and murder.\u00a0 The rabbis say we are to lay down our lives if asked to compromise one of these three things.\u00a0 It is interesting while watching the television these are the three things that we see.\u00a0 Immorality, idolatry in the form of witchcraft, and murder.\u00a0 Is it surprising the evil one has designed what we see on television in these three categories?\u00a0 It is very important not to compromise our faith, and we are called to sanctify the Name of the Lord in our hearts and our lives.\u00a0 The First Century context helps us to understand the importance of starting each day thinking upon the things of God which begins with the Lamb of God.<\/p>\n<p>The sacrificial service of the Olat Tamid (the Lamb of God) was meant to sanctify the altar for the purpose of beginning the daily sacrifices, Olah Korban, Khatat Korban, Asham Korban, and the Shelamim Korban.\u00a0 This was performed for the purpose of sanctifying the Name of God and His word.\u00a0 Based upon what we read of the Messiah, the Name of God is also sanctified in the descriptions of the Messiah as the Lamb of God.\u00a0 In these descriptions, our Father is glorified in the Lamb of God, in His Messiah, and may be the reason for John\u2019s gospel and the book of Revelation using this terminology in reference to the Messiah based upon this First Century context.\u00a0 (<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">John 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, \u2018Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!\u2019 NASB<\/span><\/em>)\u00a0 Taking these things into consideration, it is possible to understand the teachings of the Disciples on the Messiah as the Lamb of God,which has led to the belief that the existence of God\u2019s people is established in the Messiah who is called <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cthe Lamb of God.\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Note how the entirety of the Temple ritual is contained within the sacrifice of the Lamb of God.\u00a0 In the book of Revelation, we read of the Lamb raising up to deliver His people in victory after having been slain.\u00a0 In Paul\u2019s writings, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">1 Corinthians 5:7<\/span><\/em> suggests that the death of Yeshua is paralleled to the Paschal Lamb (Passover lamb), taken from the references from the book of John.\u00a0 The Lamb of God metaphor is also in line with <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tehillim \/ Psalm 23<\/span><\/em>, which depicts the Lord God of Israel as a shepherd leading his flock.\u00a0 The Book of Revelation includes over twenty-nine references to a lion-like lamb (<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cslain but standing\u201d<\/span><\/em>) which delivers victory.\u00a0 The connection to Yeshua and the Lamb of God is found in <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Revelation 21:14<\/span><\/em> where the lamb is said to have twelve apostles.\u00a0 The risen Lamb implies victory for God\u2019s people within the context of the Lamb from both the Olat Tamid and Passover.\u00a0 This Lamb of God gained victory over death and received everlasting life.\u00a0 This Lamb of God who lives forever has the power to also give everlasting life to those who 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