Bill C-9, Parliament & The Fire on The Altar

27 Mar 2026

Tsav "Command”

TORAH:  Leviticus 6:1-8:36 | PROPHETS: Malachi 3:4-24 | GOSPEL: Matthew 17:9-13

There’s something significant happening right now, and I’m standing in a place that reflects it.

I’m here on Parliament Hill, in Canada's Capital with the Peace Tower behind me. But it’s not just the building that matters—it’s what happened here.

Just the other night, inside this place, the House of Commons met and voted to pass Bill C-9 where it would consider parts of Scripture—passages from Leviticus, Deuteronomy, and even the New Testament—as hate speech.

Hate speech! Where has our nation gone?

What makes this even more striking is that all around this very building are engravings of Scripture. The Word of God is literally written into the foundation of this nation’s government—yet now we find ourselves in a moment where that same Word is being questioned.

At the very same time, just one block away, something completely different was happening.

We gathered for the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast—bringing Jerusalem to the capital of Canada. Believers, church leaders, members of Parliament, Rabbis, and people from across the nation came together to worship, to pray, and to stand with Israel, calling on the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Two realities. Side by side.

This is where this week’s Torah portion, Tsav (Leviticus 6–8), speaks so clearly.

In it, we are given a command:

The fire on the altar must never go out.

It was to burn continually—the worship, the incense, the offering before the Lord was not to stop.

Standing here, there is a powerful reminder of that.

Behind me is the Centennial Flame in Ottawa, a fire that has been burning continuously since 1966! It points to a deeper reality—there is another fire that must not go out.

For years now, the flame on the Altar of Prayer has been burning across the nations, with believers from over 100 nations committed to praying for Israel 24/7. Worship, intercession, and prayer continually rising before the Lord.

This is what we were created for—to intercede, to worship, and to lift up what is on God’s heart, just like the incense on the altar.

And even now, as we look at our nation and wonder where things are heading, we hold onto hope.

Watching this flame—with both fire and water—brings to mind Isaiah 43, where God says that through fire and through water, He will be with us.

There was a time when Canada boldly declared where it stood. Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper stood in Jerusalem and proclaimed that through fire and water, Canada would stand with Israel.

Maybe today it doesn’t look like that.

But we are believing for a turnaround.

We are believing that the hundreds of thousands of Jewish people living in this nation will be carried by the Body of Christ in love—before they are carried home to Israel.

And in the middle of it all, the call remains the same:

Keep the fire burning.

Keep the fire burning. Keep the incense of worship rising. Do not let it go out.

Join a prayer group. Be part of what God is doing. Lift your voice in intercession.

Because this is not just about a nation—this is about God’s heart.

And His fire is still burning.

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NEXT PORTION April 3 2026 Shmini "Eighth"

TORAH: Leviticus 9:1-11:47 | PROPHETS: II Samuel 6:1-7:17 | GOSPEL: Matthew 3:11-17