Every Passover is opened with this prayer: “Praised be Thou, O Lord, King of the Universe, who has sanctified us with Thy commandments, and enjoined upon us the mitzvah (good deed) of kindling the Festival lights… According to tradition, the Israelites were redeemed from Egypt because of the pious women of that generation being more… Read more »
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Pesach (Passover)
Did we Jews in the time of Yahshua celebrate the Passover the same way as they do today? Substantially yes, for Jews preserve their traditions tenaciously and faithfully. Passover and Christianity’s Easter whose basis in rooted in paganism, generally coincide in time (usually March or early April). In the first 200 years or more Easter… Read more »
Matthew 3:11 Is There a Second Baptism-An Exposition
Key Verse: Mat 3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: Yochanan the Immerser (John the Baptist) prophesied that The Coming One would mikveh (baptize)… Read more »
Weak Believers – Strong Trust
Romans Chapter 14 Christians often challenge Messianic Jews as being “weak believers” because they keep G-d’s Festivals, dietary laws and His Shabbat. The specifics of the passages usually quoted are clearly in a Gentile cultural and religious context, NOT a Jewish one. Christians bring a presupposition “to the table” that the “New Testament” abrogates the… Read more »
The Parable of the Sower: Mark 4:3-8
(Transmission: Mill’s Inductive Method) I. Yahshua in His wisdom in Mark four does not define the subject of the parable prior to his reported delivery, for example: “Sown seed is like unto the word of God”. In other parables he does identify the subject and we can only conclude it was not so in this… Read more »
The Parable of the Sower: Mark 4:3-8
Scientific Method Written some time ago for a Seminary Newsletter Since the middle of January the resource I use for research, production and delivery of studies, sermons, and articles has been sitting somewhere on a technician’s bench in that mysterious land of computer repair. This has left me quite frustrated because in that computer’s hard… Read more »
Messiah In The Torah
The idea that the Messiah can be found in the first five books of the Holy Scriptures is outrageous to most Orthodox Jews. Nevertheless, He is there! Even believers in Yahshua sometimes have a hard time seeing Him in the torah, but once He is seen, He is understood in a deeper way. The Torah… Read more »
Har HaBeit ( Mount of the House) Temple on the Mount
First Temple called: HaBeit HaRishon Second Temple : HaBeit HaSheni Third Temple : HaBeit HaShlishi alluded to in Dan 9:27 and mentioned in Rev. 11:1-2 Fourth Temple : Millennial Temple HaBeit HaRavi’I Eze. 40:1-48:35 In Matthew 24, Yahshua outlined the future of the Tribulation Period, and one of the elements He described was the destruction… Read more »
Call no Man Rabbi
Most people who resent the term rabbi quote from Matthew 23:8, but to have a better understanding you must include the following verses to verse 10. A literalistic approach to Matthew 23: 8-10 is inappropriate in the reading of this passage for the following reasons. Yahshua also warns against being called “father” or “teacher” in… Read more »
Binding and Loosing Another Perspective
Another Perspective In the last few years, HaSatan has been “bound” repeatedly by sincere Christians. Yet, he has obviously become increasingly active. Large meetings have been held in a number of cities across the United States, where as many as 10,000 Christians have been led in “binding” various spirits such as crime, murder, homosexuality, etc….. Read more »