‘PARSHA BEHAR’

 

THE ATTRIBUTES OF G-D’S DIVINE NATURE

 

The ‘parsha’ (‘Torah’ portion) this week is a double ‘parsha’, ‘Parsha Behar - Bechukotai’. Because of this, ‘Parsha Bechukotai’ will be found as a separate article on the ‘Thought for the Week’ page of this website.

 

‘Parsha Behar’ (on the mountain), is found in Leviticus 25:1 – 26:2. The corresponding ‘haftorah’ (reading of the prophets) is found in Jeremiah 32:6-22.

On the mountain of Sinai, G d communicates to Moses the laws of the Sabbatical year. Every seventh year, all work on the land should cease, and its produce becomes free for the taking for all, man and beast.

G-d’s Divine Nature

In Exodus 34:6-7 we receive a revelation of G-d’s Divine nature: “The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin”

The Hebrew of the above scripture is: “ADONAI, ADONAI, EL rachum ve’channun, erech apayim, ve’rav chesed v’emet; no’tzer chesed lo’a’lo’afim, no’seh a’von va’phesha v’chata’a ve’nakeh”

Words from our leadership

Vision Statement

Ministering the truth of the gospel to the Jewish people and the truth of the Jewish people and Israel to the church.

Manfred Nochomowitz

Jewish people are not just 'another people group'; they are the most strategic people group.

Bible Reading for today

And that the remission of sins should be preached in His Name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem...

Luke 24:47

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek..

Rom 1:16

For by Grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is a gift of God, not of works, least anyone should boast...

Eph 2:8-9