Over the past few weeks, I have been seeing more and more posts and comments circulating on social media. These are not just opinions, but teachings and statements presented as truth by people who claim to believe in the one and only true God.

Statements like: “Israel today is not God’s people… Christians are God’s children.”

This is not new. It may feel new because of how quickly it spreads today, but the idea itself has been around for a long time. And the concerning part is not only the claim itself, but how easily it is accepted, often without being examined, and sometimes even defended, while the clear words of Scripture are set aside.

There is also another reality we cannot ignore. In a time when no one wants to offend, when everything is filtered through what will be accepted or rejected, there are leaders and teachers who choose silence. Not because the issue is unclear, but because addressing it comes with a cost. But there are moments when staying quiet is not wisdom . It is choosing comfort over truth and avoiding what needs to be said.

If we believe that the God of the Bible is faithful, then that means something. It is not just something we say. It shapes how we understand His Word, His promises, and His character.

And this is exactly where Parashat Vayikra confronts us. At the beginning of Leviticus, God calls to Moses and gives detailed instructions regarding the offerings. These were not random rituals. They were defining how a people would live in relationship with a holy God.

In the middle of these instructions, we find something that can easily be overlooked:

You shall season all your grain offerings with salt. Do not let the salt of the covenant of your God be lacking from your grain offering. On all your offerings you shall offer salt.
Leviticus 2:13

This is an important detail. God makes sure it is not missed. Every offering included it. Why? Salt is a symbol of permanence, preservation, and purity. In the ancient world, it was used not to season food, but to keep it from decaying. It slowed down the natural process of deterioration, holding something in the state it was meant to remain.

Including salt in every offering wasn’t about flavor; it was a sign. It marked God’s covenant as enduring and unbreakable. The “salt of the covenant” was a reminder that what God establishes, He preserves. Not for a moment, not until circumstances change, but as something that endures because it is rooted in His nature.

There’s another important connection found later in Leviticus:

For the life of all flesh is its blood... You are not to eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it shall be cut off.
Leviticus 17:14

Blood symbolized life, and God commanded Israel to treat it with reverence. Life was not something to be handled casually, because it ultimately belongs to Him.

Now here’s where it connects: salt was used in the preparation of meat to draw out blood. It drew out the blood, which represents life, as it is written, “For the life of all flesh is its blood...” Leviticus 17:14. So when God commanded that salt be used in offerings, He wasn’t only calling for preservation, He was calling for purification. The salt removed the blood - the life - symbolizing the surrender of that life back to God, where it belongs.

It’s a powerful image: salt cleansing the sacrifice, setting it apart, making it acceptable before God. And it points to something greater, which we see in Isaiah:

I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
Isaiah 43:25

God is the One who removes what does not belong. Not because we have earned it, and not because we have replaced anything, but because He chooses to act according to His own nature, for His own sake. That matters. Because if God acts according to His own name, then His covenant is not sustained by human consistency, but by divine faithfulness.

Isaiah continues:

Do not fear, Jacob My servant… I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out My Spirit on your offspring, and My blessing on your descendants.
Isaiah 44:2–3

God is still speaking about His people. And what He describes here is not something that was fulfilled and finished; it is an everlasting covenant that reveals His everlasting faithfulness.

I am the first and I am the last; apart from Me there is no God… Is there any other Rock? I know of none.
Isaiah 44:6, 8

So the question is not only what people are saying today.
The real question is what these claims are saying about the character of God.

If the covenant can be transferred, redefined, or canceled, then what does that say about the One who established the covenant in the first place?
What does it say about His faithfulness?
What does it say about His consistency?

Because the same God who required “the salt of the covenant” in every offering is the God who speaks in Isaiah and says that He does not forget, that He restores, and that He remains.

From Leviticus to Isaiah, we are not seeing different messages, but the same God revealing Himself. The One who establishes, preserves, and purifies is the One who fulfills, not according to human understanding, but according to His own name.

Shabbat Shalom,
Moran