Parashah Points: Ki Tisa – Sabbath and Sanctification
In this week’s Parashah Point on the Torah Portion Ki Tisa, we get an extra insight from Exodus 31:12-13 about another aspect of the Sabbath and sanctification.
In this week’s Parashah Point covering the portion named, Ki Tisa, we look at Exodus 32:1 and how Israel had Aaron create a substitute mediator for them because they couldn’t wait while Moses was up on the mountain. Are you waiting on God or are you moving ahead on your own?
In this week’s Parashah Point on the Torah Portion, Beshalach, we read of Israel’s salvation from slavery in Egypt. As we look at Exodus 14:30-31 we see how being saved through the Father’s great power taught Israel to believe in Him and the one He sent, Moses, so they did not perish. In fact, we will see the echoes of Exodus even into the New Testament.
Leviticus 23 lists the Creator’s appointed times—Sabbath, Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, Weeks (Pentecost), Trumpets, Day of Atonement, and Tabernacles. These festivals are God’s “appointed times” and sacred assemblies, not merely “Jewish holidays.” This Parashah Point explains the significance of each feast and shows how they reveal God’s plan of redemption and point to Messiah. Believers are encouraged to understand and honor these appointed times as part of God’s instruction for His people.
In this week’s Parashah Point on the Torah Portion Bechukotai, we learn there are blessings that comes from following the Torah, from walking in his ways. Leviticus 26:11-12 tells us what the greatest blessing of all is, we get to walk with God.