{"id":14698,"date":"2019-05-14T06:32:25","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T13:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=14698"},"modified":"2019-05-14T06:32:33","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T13:32:33","slug":"holiness-is-more-than-just-acting-religious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2019\/05\/14\/holiness-is-more-than-just-acting-religious\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiness Is More Than Just Acting Religious"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Leviticus 22:1\u201331, Profane Vs. Holy.<\/strong> In this section of the Torah, YHVH makes some strong delineations between that which is profane, polluted or contaminated and that which is <em>kadosh <\/em>or set-apart in service to YHVH. To come into his presence demands that men follow high and exacting standards. Why? It is to teach sinful man that although YHVH is high and lifted up above the mortal and mundane plane in his set-apartness and righteousness, he is not unapproachable by men if they will prepare themselves properly to come into his presence (see Eccl 5:1\u20132). He wanted to impress this upon the Israelites as they began the service of the tabernacle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therefore, YHVH specifies that certain offerings brought to his altar that are contaminated will be rejected if (a) the offerer is in a state of physical contamination, (b) he is contaminated through improper marriage, or (c) he is offering a blemished animal. What can we learn from this? What offerings do we bring to YHVH\u2019s altar now? Our time, our money, our energy, our talents and spiritual gifts, our devotion? Do we give him the best? Do you pray to him and study his Word in the morning when you are the freshest, or do you give him the crumbs of your day after a hard day\u2019s work just before bed when you offer up \u201csleepy time\u201d prayers and read the Scriptures as your drifting off to sleep? Are your tithes the crumbs and leftovers after all the bills are paid, the government has taken out its portion and your play money has been set aside?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are a young person, are you serving YHVH while you have the health and vigor of youthfulness, or are you planning on playing now and serving YHVH <em>after<\/em> you have sated the lusts of the flesh, if at all? (Read Eccl 11:9\u201310; 12:1\u201314 and Matt 6:24.) Examine your life. Are you giving YHVH the best in all areas? If not, repent and change your priorities, and then see what happens in your spiritual walk and relationship with him!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bible reveals that there are many aspects relating to the concept of holiness. One thing is for certain: Without holiness, no  one will see YHVH (Her 12:14). Holiness is not only a mindset, but a lifestyle\u2014a way of living, acting and speaking. Holiness is much more than just acting religious!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Leviticus 22:2 and 32,<\/strong> <strong><em>Profane not my set-apart [kodesh] name.<\/em><\/strong> Chapter 22 opens and closes with YHVH commanding his people to not desecrate his <em>kodesh<\/em> name, but to sanctify or to keep it set-apart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Hebrew thought, a name is not only what we verbally call a person, but it is also a reflection of one\u2019s character and identity. Why does YHVH stress the importance of revering and sanctifying his name? How does having a proper understanding of his name help humans to not offer profane, polluted or contaminated offerings to YHVH? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Exodus 20, we find the Ten Commandments. The Jews teach that the first word or command <em>is not<\/em> \u201cYou shall have no other gods before me \u2026\u201d but rather \u201cI am YHVH your Elohim \u2026\u201d Why is knowing his identity and his name so vital to a righteous walk? 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