{"id":2963,"date":"2026-05-03T07:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2963"},"modified":"2026-05-03T07:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:22:15","slug":"torah-teaching-for-parsha-acharei-mot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2963","title":{"rendered":"Torah Teaching for Parsha \u201cAcharei Mot\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Parsha &#8220;Acharei Mot&#8221; (Leviticus chapters 16 through 18) begins, as it says up front, &#8220;After the Death&#8221; of the two sons of Aaron. But we see several other parshas, since then. Why is that noted here, and what does it mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And two of those have had to do with a &#8216;plague&#8217; that hasn&#8217;t been seen for centuries, at least. Most of us have also been told that the things described in THIS one, too, are &#8220;old testament,&#8221; and &#8220;done away with.&#8221; Arguably, it&#8217;s even MORE wrong here!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship for a story that only begins there. And if you find the connections valuable, please forward the message to those who might be blessed by it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Erev Shabbat reading lays out the story, beginning &#8220;after the death,&#8221; and tells us, over and over again, in fact, that the &#8220;statutes&#8221; described are to be &#8220;forever,&#8221; and even tells us the consequences of the <em>Big Lie<\/em> that they&#8217;re not:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SSM-5-2-26-Acharei-Mot-teaching-podcast-xx.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The story tells us &#8220;after the death,&#8221; of Aarons sons, Nadab and Abihu, that there are things that must be done, in accord with His Instruction, so that those who do so, WHEN He says so, &#8220;die not.&#8221; And then it follows with the description of the &#8220;two goats,&#8221; one for YHVH, and the other for &#8220;Azazel.&#8221; It might seem that the &#8216;picture&#8217; represented by the ritual is fairly clear, and yet it&#8217;s not a &#8216;perfect fit&#8217; for what Yahushua did &#8211; for several reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark begins the Sabbath Day midrash with those, and the fact that most of what &#8212; in this instance, certainly &#8212; must be called what it is, now too often ignored. Even though He says it remains a &#8220;statute forever.&#8221; And says it three times even.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many people with a &#8216;sunday-school&#8217; background will remember the line from Hebrews that &#8220;it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.&#8221; But they ignore the context, and the lesson of the distinction between sin committed &#8220;in ignorance&#8221; (Hebrews 9:7) and knowing and deliberate rebellion to Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries.<\/em> Hebrews 10:26-27<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This parsha then goes on to directly outline some of those things, which much of the world, and the &#8216;Whore Church&#8217; which at minimum tacitly accepts, even promotes, YHVH warns about. Some &#8212; like things taught in the Publik Cesspools, and mandated by social pressures and tax subsidies &#8212; which are called &#8220;abomination,&#8221; and carry a death penalty. And they &#8220;defile the land,&#8221; which is why, He concludes, they were, and are, &#8220;vomited out&#8221; of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We &#8216;cannot serve two masters.&#8217; Which will it be?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Acharei Mot: &#8220;When Does <del>Continued <\/del>Deliberate Sin In &#8216;Ignorance&#8217; Merit Being &#8216;Vomited Out&#8217;?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WT-CooH-5-3-26-Acharei-Mot-Do-NOT-defile-statutes-FOREVER-podcast-xxx.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Service information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship worship services and teachings are broadcast live every Sabbath, via Paltalk. (www.paltalk.com has both the link, and the app.) The &#8220;room name&#8221; is &#8220;Walking Torah with Shabbat Shalom Mesa,&#8221; and can be found via the paltalk search, then bookmarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erev Shabbat services begin at 7:00 PM Mountain Time Friday evenings (9 PM Eastern, 8 PM Central)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Live Sabbath teachings begin shortly after 11 AM Mountain time on Sabbath day (Saturday).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>email: mark@markniwot.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The combined two-part reading and Sabbath <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/mark-call-torah-teaching-for-parsha-acharei-mot\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/mark-call-torah-teaching-for-parsha-acharei-mot\/\" target=\"_blank\">midrash<\/a><\/strong>, via Hebrew Nation Radio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parsha &#8220;Acharei Mot&#8221; (Leviticus chapters 16 through 18) begins, as it says up front, &#8220;After the Death&#8221; of the two sons of Aaron. But we see several other parshas, since then. 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