Hebrew Nation Online | Living Torah – Mike Clayton

The people complained about their “hardships”? You have to be kidding me! Leadership comes with many blessings. It also comes with many challenges. What does the life of a leader look like? Joinedtohashem.org

At first, we may wonder what this Torah portion is saying to us today. The answer is so simple that it is easy to miss. We the come to familiar words which separate us, not as a religion, but as a people. Joinedtohashem.org

There is a whole lot of shaking going on. Since we serve an unshakable Kingdom, let us not be shaken but stirred with the message of His abundance in our wilderness journey. We each have a place and task in the journey. Don’t let your bones join the bones of other who never found their […]

Do people treat The Land like a home that will one day be permeant or is it kind of like a time share or vacation home they believe they will just visit once in a while? Everyone and everything has value, but do we put the complete worth into the value? Joinedtohashem.org

What tone of voice does Yah have to use to get our attention? Is the message of Yah we are presenting a bag full of riches or a bag with a name beautifully embroidered on the front, but empty of revelation? Joinedtohashem.org

Our past can become an anchor which keeps us from our future. We will be called to leave our past and move forward. This is not always easy nor is it without pain. Why are some relations an abomination? Is it the act or a deeper issue? Joinedtohashem.org

A woman gives birth to a child and is put in isolation with that child for a certain number of days. Why? Could the answer be found in The Garden? Could her time alone be to contemplate the task she has before her, the task of teaching “Mama’s Torah”? Joinedtohashem.org

“Be set apart as I am set apart.” As we see the “World” opening back up, will we open back up to the world? This is a question each of us must answer. Our answer will decide the coming fires affect on our lives. Joinedtohashem.org

The sacrifices are a connection of the natural and spiritual realms. Many will read with drudgery, but we should read with anticipation of a day yet to come. Our present revelation is nothing compared to what will be. Joinedtohashem.org

The Lamb was slain from the foundations of the earth. Consider the work of Passover as completed in the spiritual realm, but still being revealed in the natural realm. This means there are levels of Passover revelation yet to be revealed. Are they being revealed in our day? Joinedtohashem.org

The Book of Leviticus is possibly the most misunderstood book in Scripture. A title from Latin did not help the issue. The theme begins with the meaning of the letter Quph. This letter opens the door to revelation and relationship. Joinedtohashem.org

The Tabernacle gives insight into so many areas of our lives. What does Shabbat have to do with the Tabernacle though? Mirrors of the women? Why just the women? What did the priests see as they looked in those mirrors and what should we see when we look in ours? Joinedtohashem.org

All men are created equal. Is this statement true or false or does it bring forth a greater question? What if we look at our creation from a different angle? The answer could be more about a greater good being produced because of our creation and an elevated status of our purpose. Joinedtohashem.org

There are times we are asked to bring an offering and times we are commanded to. Why is this? Aaron wore the garments of the High Priest in his day, but were they actually made for another High priest? One who would walk in our midst. Joinedtohashem.org  

The Tabernacle is a blueprint copy of that which is in the Heavenly realm. The messages it brings forth into our realm are endless. We begin to scratch the surface this week with lessons for our walk. Joinedtohashem.org

“The Law is done away with!” Those words have been the slogan of a religious system for centuries. What would a society look like if law was done away with? Turn on the evening news and you will find out. Let’s look at this Torah portion, not as rules and regulations, but rather instructions for […]

The Ten Words are the very foundation of our being in Messiah. Could you open the Scriptures to the right of Matthew are bring forth the same message? Grab a pen and paper and get ready to turn pages. Joinedtohashem.org

Egypt is now in the Hebrews rear view mirror, or is it? There is still some unfinished business with Pharaoh. The trap is set for the final victory which will propel the Hebrews into an adventure which will speak to us today. Joinedtohashem.org

The final plagues are upon Egypt. So much has transpired since the day Moshe came back to Goshen. Time for the Hebrews to reconnect with their identity and move on. Maybe we should do the same! Joinedtohashem.org

The Hebrews find themselves in slavery and begin to cry out. Little did they know that a man who had mysteriously left Egypt years before was being trained to answer their cries. Maybe it was their cries that lit a bush on fire to bring Moshe into his calling. Joinedtohashem.org

The life of Yaakov comes to an end. Before that end he speaks words into his boys lives. Or does he? Is he actually speaking to us today? What are the lessons we must learn? Joinedtohashem.org

Many chapters have been devoted to one event, the reuniting of the family of Jacob. Are chapters we are living today devoted to the same thing? Jacob the Father goes to Egypt, the place of exile. Is there something there for those of us in exile? Joinedtohashem.org

The end is declared out of the beginning. In the account of Joseph, we see the truth of this verse of Scripture. Joseph is given almost twenty five percent of the Book of Genesis. What is the reason for his story being given in such detail? Joinedtohashem.org

Jacob makes a stop on his way to Haran. Was this a place he had been to many times in his life? Why is he leaving anyway? Is it just about a wife or is Laban part of the purpose? Does Jacob need to come face to face with himself? Message to us today? Joinedtohashem.org

Do we study history or live history? What if the answer is yes? Isaac unstopped the wells of his father, but then dug his own well. Time to own our wells instead of drinking from those others have dug. Joinedtohashem.org