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Kedoshim Holy The 30 th Torah Portion Reading 7 th reading in the Book of Leviticus Leviticus 19:1 20:27 Amos 9:7-15 John 7:53 10:21 Kedoshim Slide 2 biblestudyresourcecenter.com Biblestudyresourcecenter.com Slide 3 Kedoshim The Shadows of the Messiah Titles of Messiah Holy One of God - John 6:69 Slide 4 Be Holy Leviticus 19:1-2 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy. Slide 5 Un - Holy Something unholy is not evil or sinful but common, ordinary, and mundane. For example, the LORD set apart the seventh day as holy. That makes the other six days of the week unholy, i.e. common. Likewise, the LORD set apart the nation of Israel as a holy people the other nations of the world are common. Slide 6 The Saints Rabbi Shmu'el bar Nachmani Three are called by the name of the Holy One, blessed be He: The righteous, the Messiah, and Jerusalem. The righteous, as it says in Isaiah 43:71, Everyone who is called by My name. The Messiah, as it is written in Jeremiah 23:6, And this is His name by which He will be called The LORD our righteousness. Jerusalem, as it is written in Ezekiel 48:35 And the name of the city from that day shall be, "The LORD is there. Do not read, The LORD is there (shammah), but 'The LORD is its name (shammah). (b.Bava Batra 75b) Slide 7 Holy One of God The disciples applied that title to Yeshua Even the demons recognized Him as the Holy One of God. Messiah may be accounted holy by four measures: 1. Innate holiness connected to His divine nature 2. Physical holiness connected to His unique conception and birth 3. Spiritual holiness connected to the anointing power of God's Holy Spirit upon Him 4. Applied holiness connected to His righteous obedience to the commandments Slide 8 Mother, Father, and Sabbaths Leviticus 19:3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my Sabbaths: I am the LORD your God. Slide 9 After Three Days Leviticus 19:5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will. Leviticus 19:7-8 7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted. 8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Slide 10 Crumbs from the Table Leviticus 19:9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. Slide 11 The Seal of God Leviticus 19:11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. Slide 12 The Wages of the Hired Man Leviticus 19:13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. Slide 13 The Blind and the Deaf Leviticus 19:14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD. Slide 14 The Blind and the Deaf Isaiah 35:5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Slide 15 Impartial Justice Leviticus 19:15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. Slide 16 Impartial Justice Jeremiah 33:15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. Isaiah 11:3-4 3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: 4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. Slide 17 Silencing the Accuser Leviticus 19:16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD. Matthew 12:36-37 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. Slide 18 Messiah son of Joseph Leviticus 19:16 .neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD. Slide 19 Reproving Leviticus 19:17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. Slide 20 Revenge and Love Leviticus 19:18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD. Slide 21 Vine and Branches Leviticus 19:24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal. Slide 22 Vine and Branches John 15:1-3 1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Slide 23 Divination and Sorcery Leviticus 19:26 Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times. Slide 24 Messiah's Beard Leviticus 19:27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. Isaiah 50:6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. Slide 25 Keep Sabbaths / Revere the Temple Leviticus 19:30 Ye shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. Slide 26 Observe All My Ordinances Leviticus 19:37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD. Slide 27 Observe All My Ordinances Ephesians 5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. 1 Corinthians 6:15-17 15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. 16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. 17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. Slide 28 The Signature You are holy, and your Name is holy, and holy ones will praise you every day, blessed are You, LORD, the Holy God. (Shemoneh Eserei 3)