Massei - מסעי : "Journeys"
Torah : Numbers 33:1-36:13
Haftarah : Jeremiah 2:4-28; 3:4; 4:1-2
Gospel : Matthew 24:1-25:46

Thought for the Week:

Yeshua asks us, "What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?" (Matthew 16:26) The Levites are an example of those that forfeit this world that they might inherit the world to come. They inherited no portion in the land, nor did they gain for themselves through career and industry. Instead, their lot in life was God Himself, as He tells the priests in Numbers 18:20, "You shall have no inheritance in their land nor own any portion among them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the sons of Israel."

Commentary:

Numbers 35:1-8. In the Torah this week, Moses calls for the establishment of Levitical cities among the Israelites. Disciples of Yeshua are like Levites for Messiah. The Levites were the servants of the Temple and of the Priesthood. Messiah is the living Temple. He is our High Priest in the order of Melchizedek. As His disciples, we are His servants--His Levites.

In the same sense that the Levites were the property of the priesthood and the Tabernacle, we are the property of Yeshua. Our diligence in the kingdom falls along the same lines as much of the Levitical work. Like the Levit...