Beha'alotcha בהעלותך "When you set up "
The Menorah
The Menorah is the seven branched lampstand that was place in the holy place of the Temple. On it were seven lamps, one mounted on each branch. This small passage gives some important information about the Menorah. One of these hints is that the lamps should be mounted in order to give light in front of the Menorah. Each lamp had a spout where the wick was placed in order for the lamp to be lit. The oil was contained inside the lamps, it was a specially prepared oil used only for the Menorah. These spouts could be turned in any direction on the arm. The Torah seems to be saying that all of the lamps must be placed so that they point to the center lamp which would face straight out. The center branch is the Shamash branch. Shamash means 'servant' in Hebrew and it was called this because it held up all of the other branches of the Menorah. So it served as the servant of all the others, it is also the most important branch because without it none of the other branches would remain in the air.
Now God could have made the Menorah in any form He chose. The reason that the Menorah looks like it does is because He is using this object to teach us something. There is only one branch that holds all the others up. The Servant branch gives equal support to all of the other branches. The lamp on this branch gives light to all the others because it is always lit first. The other branches face this branch because their light comes from the Servant and also points to the Servant. This Servant is none other then Yeshua the Messiah. One of His first disciples Yochanan (John) wrote the vision from heaven he saw about the end of the age. He calls it the Revelation of Yeshua the Messiah given to His servant Yochanan. In it we see one like the Son of Man walking in the midst of the seven lampstands (Revelation 1:12-13). He is in the midst of them because He is the middle branch, the Shamash, the Servant. This shows us that the vision of John is taking place in the heavenly courts of God's Temple. He is hearing conversations and seeing events that God want relayed to His congregation that lives here on the earth. That congregation is one and is connected into the Servant, but it shines its light in different locations. What Yeshua is telling the congregations in Revelation is how they are reflecting the light that is pointing toward Him. For some He has kind words and for others He has warnings,though for all of them He is showing them how well they are reflecting their light back towards Him.
So each one of us, by how we act needs to be a light to the world that points to the true light of the Messiah our King. Each of our congregations need to be showing the true light of God through our thoughts and actions. How do our actions reveal who the Messiah is, and how would He act in this world? Each person should serve Messiah Yeshua with all of our heart, soul, and might. This is our work, our service, our act of worship, and our devotion to YHWH (the LORD) that we learn and obey His commandments so that the world can see the light of Yeshua the Messiah.
Now God could have made the Menorah in any form He chose. The reason that the Menorah looks like it does is because He is using this object to teach us something. There is only one branch that holds all the others up. The Servant branch gives equal support to all of the other branches. The lamp on this branch gives light to all the others because it is always lit first. The other branches face this branch because their light comes from the Servant and also points to the Servant. This Servant is none other then Yeshua the Messiah. One of His first disciples Yochanan (John) wrote the vision from heaven he saw about the end of the age. He calls it the Revelation of Yeshua the Messiah given to His servant Yochanan. In it we see one like the Son of Man walking in the midst of the seven lampstands (Revelation 1:12-13). He is in the midst of them because He is the middle branch, the Shamash, the Servant. This shows us that the vision of John is taking place in the heavenly courts of God's Temple. He is hearing conversations and seeing events that God want relayed to His congregation that lives here on the earth. That congregation is one and is connected into the Servant, but it shines its light in different locations. What Yeshua is telling the congregations in Revelation is how they are reflecting the light that is pointing toward Him. For some He has kind words and for others He has warnings,though for all of them He is showing them how well they are reflecting their light back towards Him.
So each one of us, by how we act needs to be a light to the world that points to the true light of the Messiah our King. Each of our congregations need to be showing the true light of God through our thoughts and actions. How do our actions reveal who the Messiah is, and how would He act in this world? Each person should serve Messiah Yeshua with all of our heart, soul, and might. This is our work, our service, our act of worship, and our devotion to YHWH (the LORD) that we learn and obey His commandments so that the world can see the light of Yeshua the Messiah.
Consecration and service of the Levites
TORAHNumbers 8:1-12:15
8:1 - The Seven Lamps 8:5 - Consecration and Service of the Levites 9:1 - Passover at Sinai 9:15 - The Cloud of Smoke and Pillar of Fire 10:1 - The Silver Trumpets 10:11 - Departure From Sinai 11:1 - Complaining in the Dessert 11:16 - The Seventy Elders 11:31 - God Sends Quail 12:1 - Aaron and Miriam Jealous of Moses |
PROPHETSZechariah 3:1-4:7
13:2 - The Birth of Sampson |
GOSPELS |
