Beth Elohim Messianic Synagogue Explaining some of the parables Yahshua used in his ministry In response to an email question I received about some of the parables Yahshua used in his ministry, I will address the first in this response, and the other two questions in subsequent responses. The parable of the Wedding Feast found… Read more »
Sermons
The Diseases of Egypt Revisited
Beth Elohim Messianic Synagogue The Diseases of Egypt Revisited Today I want to address an area of study and information- sharing that proves the adage “what goes around comes around.” This saying is no less true than when we address the diseases of Egypt and their relationship to sin. The metaphor of Egypt to sin… Read more »
A Look at Technology and the Effects on the Religious Personality
A Look at Technology and the Effects on the Religious Personality This lesson is taken form an essay written by Andrzej Szczypiorski who addressed the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations. I expounded on it with the Messianic Jewish information provided us by the B’rit Chadashah for consistency and some comparison to… Read more »
Does G-d Hate?
Does G-d Hate? Most of you have been taught that G-d is love, and that we live in a dispensation of grace. This teaching along with other doctrines of “grace only,” directly or indirectly, paints a picture of a G-d that will not exact a price for an individual’s rebellion (sin). In other words, G-d’s… Read more »
Amalek
Amalek In light of the current situation in the Mideast, I want to investigate some of the end-time players, especially Amalek. Our sages and rabbis identify Amalek as the perennial enemy of Israel throughout biblical and modern history. Therefore, we must recognize that Amalek’s progeny is Israel’s eternal enemy. Since this is so the question… Read more »
The Concept of Freedom: Freedom (from) and Freedom (for)
The Concept of Freedom: Freedom From/Freedom For Let’s talk today about the concept of “freedom.” We in the United States like to boast about our freedoms, yet I say democracies are both a blessing and a curse: as Torah is a blessing or a curse. Largely everything depends upon how we understand the concept of… Read more »
John 7:53 – 8:11
The preceding scriptures of this week’s B’rit Chadasha reports that Yahshua on the last day of Sukkot the day of Hoshanna Rabba told the crowd that if “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38“He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of… Read more »
Exposition of Matthew 5: 38-42
Mat 5:38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ Mat 5:39 “But I say to you, do not resist him who is evil; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. Mat 5:40 “And if anyone wants to… Read more »
Exposition of Matthew 7: 12-29
Mat 7:12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. Mat 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be… Read more »
Pidyon Haben
Luke 2:22 And when the days for their purification according to the law of Moshe were completed, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to YHVH Luke 2:23 (as it is written in the Law of the L-rd, “EVERY first-born MALE THAT OPENS THE WOMB SHALL BE CALLED HOLY TO YHVH”), Luke 2:24… Read more »