Weekly Torah Commentaries UMJC - Union Of Messianic Jewish Congregations

Pinchas was zealous, not jealous. He knew the Lord, and knew that strict
adherence to his rules was the only correct way to live. He was zealous for
the Lord, not jealous of the lifestyle of the pagan nations.

Recently at dinnertime, as the family sat around the table, the question
came up, “Why do parents think more highly of their own children than
others? Does that reflect bias?” And, the implication, “If so, is that bias
. . . ok?”

The beauty of the red heifer was not in its life but in its death. It is
more valuable in its death than it ever was in its life. In its death it
changes forms. It does not cease its power, but it goes through a
metamorphosis from the physical body to the ashes.

This week’s parasha, Korach, records a mutiny of sorts that becomes the
archetype for rebellion in Judaism, and could also have become the standard
for a really bad day, but for the intervention of Hashem.

In our parasha, Adonai gives the commandment and instruction for the
tzitzit which were to be on the borders of the garment. They also were
found on the hem of Yeshua’s garment in Luke 8:44, bringing healing to a
woman who had been ill for 12 years.

Moses longed for the day in which we are living: “If only Adonai would make
all the people prophets! If only Adonai would put the Spirit on all of
them!” Let’s say Amen to that as we walk daily in the Spirit-infused Torah
of the risen Messiah.