{"id":2560,"date":"2023-04-30T07:04:38","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T13:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2560"},"modified":"2023-04-30T07:04:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T13:04:38","slug":"double-parsha-acharei-mot-kedoshim-teaching-from-shabbat-shalom-mesa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2560","title":{"rendered":"Double-Parsha \u201cAcharei Mot \/ Kedoshim\u201d teaching from Shabbat Shalom Mesa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa Fellowship for a two-part look at double parsha &#8220;Acharei Mot\/Kedoshim&#8221; (Leviticus\/Vayikra chapters 16 through 20) &#8212; and another of those portions that is not only filled with a variety of interesting instructions and commandments, but so many that are now so &#8220;politically incorrect&#8221; as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Erev Shabbat reading of the parsha is first; from the &#8220;Azazel&#8221; and the Day of Atonement, to forbidden relationships, to a number of other ALMOST as equally ignored strictures, there are plenty of reminders in here about why so much is wrong with a world which ignores His Word:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SSM-4-28-23-Acharei-Mot-Kedoshim-teaching-podcast-x.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And this time around, the focus for the Sabbath Day is on those OTHER ignored elements. In Matthew 7:13-14, Yahushua tells us that the &#8220;way which leads to destruction is broad,&#8221; while &#8220;narrow is the gate, and difficult the way which leads to life,&#8221; which is why &#8220;few that be who find it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which is decidedly NOT the message most hear from a church that declared so many of those not-PC commandments &#8220;done away with,&#8221; anyway. No wonder most choose to ignore His warning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This parsha includes what He called to second most important commandment, too: &#8220;love your neighbor as yourself.&#8221; But it&#8217;s the CONTEXT there that, by omission, is just as vital to our understanding. Time for some tough, but vital, questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so much of that is vital today, as neighbor is being turned against neighbor, and &#8216;bad faith&#8217; replaces what was once &#8220;hospitality&#8221;. How do we walk that narrow path?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Acharei Mot \/ Kedoshim: the Narrow Path&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/WT-CooH-4-29-23-Acharei-Mot-Kedoshim-That-Narrow-Path-podcast-xx.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<br>The combined two-part podcast is <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/acharei-mot-kedoshim\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/acharei-mot-kedoshim\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>, via Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa&#8217;s 2023 Torah cycle teachings for double-parsha Acharei Mot \/ Kedoshim and related Scripture. <a href=\"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2560\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,1665,151,11,12],"tags":[368,1092,1829,1831,576,75,1833,1832,1830],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2561,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560\/revisions\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}