Studies

Class #3 Amos Last week we left of just as Amos was about to tell the Northern Kingdom of Israel what was about to befall her for her numerous sins. Keep in mind that her sins were considered more severe than the same sins committed by the nations around her because the Israelites knew better;… Read more »

AMOS There were five prophets in the 8th century including Amos. Amos states his work occurred during the reigns of Jeroboam II, king of Israel, and Uzziah king of Judah. These two kings were also mentioned in Hosea. This makes it possible for us to pin down the time of his ministry at about the… Read more »

Typology of the Offerings THE SIN OFFERING The sin offering was first directly commanded in Lev. 4. “If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them”, then that conduct would require a sin offering…. Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Introduction Since I’ve come to believe and invest my life in Yahshua the Messiah, the promised One of Israel, I have progressively been concerned with the Gentile Churches lack of understanding, missed opportunities, and poverty of knowledge because of their reluctance to examine Jewish concepts extant at the time of Yahshua’s visitation. It is the… Read more »

The False Face of Spirituality I want to take you on a journey to find, if possible, where the seat of the spirit and the seat of the soul reside. In many passages of Scripture there seems to be a blurring of the spirit and soul, yet in other Scriptures there seems to be a… Read more »