Exodus 33:12 – 34:26; Numbers 28:16-31 Ezekiel 36:37 – 37:14 1 Corinthians 5:1-8 Whenever you have kept the festival of unleavened bread or are now keeping it, what did you think of when you ate matzah? What does it mean to digest, to internalize unleavened bread? As the tzi-tzi reminds us to obey the commandments…
Author: MVF Silverton
Partake in the Name
The feast week of Unleavened is my favorite time of the year. I always look forward to my wife’s flatbread, made with freshly ground wheat, white beans, oil, water, salt, honey, and a few herbs. I love to toast it, then spread it with butter and salt. Baking flatbread with my favorite pizza toppings is…
Power in the Blood?
Metzora, Cleansing the Leper Vayiqra (Leviticus) 14:1 – 15:33 Melekim Bet (II Kings) 7:3-20 MattitYahu (Matthew) 9:20-26, 11:2-6; Mark 5:21-34; Luke 5:24-34; 8:42-48; 9:51 – 10:42; Kefa Alef (Peter) 1:13-16; Romans 5:6-21, 6:17-23; Ivriym (Hebrews) 13:1-5 A Hebrew Roots leader once told me he did not believe that there is ‘power in the blood.’ He…
Promises From the Master Teacher
For many of us, The Passover and the Feast of Unleavened season is a time of reflection. We repeat the story of preparing for the Exodus, protecting our homes with the blood of the Lamb, giving our leaven a rest, and partaking in the Body of Messiah. We remind ourselves what this time is about…
The Leprosy of Fear, Stumbling Blocks, and Power
“There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.” I John 4:18 How often do we think of fear being the concept of losing control? In our sinful state, loss of control means loss of power or control. Sometimes fear is…
A Radical Change
The disease was killing me. It wasn’t a virus that ran its course, nor was it an infection that antibiotics could kill. There was no natural cure. No doctor on earth had a remedy. It was destroying me. It was destroying my ability to think straight and talk coherently. It was robbing me of ambition,…
To Mix or Not to Mix
A dough bowl, also called a kneading trough, is a wooden vessel traditionally used for mixing, raising, and kneading yeast dough for making bread. It was hand-carved from a single piece of wood. It could be oval, round, or rectangular, and vary in size and width. The requirements for mixing bread are typically flour, yeast,…
What is True Freedom?
Tsav – Command Leviticus 6:8 – 8:36 Jeremiah 7:21 – 8:3; 9:22 – 23; Malachi 3:4 – 4:6 Hebrews 9:11 – 10:18; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 10:14-23 What does it mean to live free? Some say the Law is bondage. If you want to be free, I’m told not to live under the ‘Old Testament,’ live…
The Dove Sacrifice
VaYiqra: And He Called Leviticus 1:1 – 6:7 Isaiah 43:21 – 44:23 Matthew 5:23-30; Hebrews 9:1 – 10:28; 13:10-16 Romans 8:1-13 Most of you wouldn’t give a chocolate Easter bunny to a loved one. But would you give that special someone Dove chocolates? Okay, so their ingredients are not so healthy. I am not advertising…
Stand up and Confess!
Have you ever wondered how many of us would care to have our sin(s) be made known publicly? I would dare say not too many. It would be a humbling experience. A few years back, songwriter Ray Stevens wrote a tune called, “The Day the Squirrel Went to Church.” It was a humorous tale of…