2. Our Torah Connections 1 1 Welcome Yeshua’s Yeladim

3. Listen when others are talking. Let everyone around you listen too. Raise your hand to ask a question. 2

4. EL SHADDAI NEWS DESK ISRAEL REPORT 3

5. Honor Your Father and your Mother ! Alef Bet News Flash 5 Hey 4

6. 5 Alef I am the Lord your God! 1 Alef Bet News Flash You shall Have no other gods before ME 2 Bet

7. 6 Alef Bet News Flash Gimel You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain 3 Dalet Reme mber the Sabbat h Day and keep it Holy 4

8. Bamidbar/Numbers 25:10 – 30:1 “Zeal for the Lord” Pinchas (Phinehas) 7

9. WHO IS PINCHAS/PHINEHAS?  Aaron and his sons were anointed kohanim  Their children born afterwards would automatically become kohanim Pinehas Eleazar Aaron 8

10. PINCHAS/PHINEHAS THE KOHEN  Born before Aaron and his sons were anointed kohanim  Phinehas earned his priesthood because of his zeal for the LORD 9

11. THE STORY  Israel worshiped other gods  The LORD was not happy  HE ordered all the leaders to be punished 10

12. THE STORY  A man called Zimri committed a grave sin  Phinehas thought only about the will of the LORD  Phinehas killed Zimri with a spear 11

13. NUMBERS 25:10-13 10 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 11 Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned away My wrath from the sons of Israel in that he was jealous with My jealousy among them, so that I did not destroy the sons of Israel in My jealousy. 12 Therefore say, 'Behold, I give him My covenant of peace; 13 and it shall be for him and his descendants after him, a covenant of a perpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the sons of Israel. 12

14. WHAT IS JEALOUSY?  Jealousy can be both bad and good.  In Exodus 20:5a, God said, "You shall not bow down to [idols] or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God  In the Torah Jealousy is equated with Zeal for the Lords ways and reputation Do the Zealous for the Lord Activity here 13

15. WHO IS LORD?  God must be first, or Lord, or boss of our lives  Phinehas teaches us that the LORD must be Lord in our lives 14

16. YESHUA AND CLEANSING THE TEMPLE  Yeshua saw people doing business in the temple  “Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up” 15

17. ANOTHER LESSON FOR US  Stand up for what is right  Do more than what is expected 16

18. REVIEW QUESTIONS  Who was the main character of our story today? A. Moses B. Aaron C. Phinehas  Who was Phinehas’ grandfather? A. Moses B. Aaron C. Joshua C. Phinehas B. Aaron 17

19. REVIEW QUESTIONS  What was the name of the idol that Israel worshiped? A. Jack-in-the-Box B. Ronald McDonald C. Baal  How did Phinehas feel towards the LORD? A. He was angry at the LORD B. He was jealous for the LORD C. He did not worship the LORD  C. Baal  B. He was jealous for the LORD 18

20. REVIEW QUESTIONS  Who must be Lord of our lives? A. The LORD B. Baal C. YOU  A. The LORD 19

21. WHAT WE LEARNED TODAY Phinehas was Zealous for God To be Zealous for God means He rules our heart. We need to be Zealous for God. He needs to be number one in our lives. 20

22. SMALL GROUP TIME 21