Laws to Keep?
There is so much talk in among Christians about the Israelites not being able keep the law. We are criticized for disobedience and we are also criticized for enforcing the law. Which is it? Christians say they are free from the law. But they also are not free to go on sinning by breaking God’s […]
A LOOK AT – IYAR
Today is the 2nd day of the 2nd month, Iyar. Beginning of Temple Construction: In some traditions, it is noted that King Solomon began building the First Temple (Beit HaMikdash) in the month of Iyar, with 2 Iyar often associated with the initiation of this process. Mandate Recognition (1920): The Supreme Council of the Peace […]
BASHERT VERSUS ABORTION
Bashert at the Integra Dinner: Hearing Two Women, Hearing God Tonight I attended the annual Integra Pregnancy Services fund raising dinner. Two women gave testimony about the struggles with deciding how to handle their unplanned pregnancy. As I listened to them a Yiddish word from another world began to echo in my mind. The word was “bashert.” […]
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TRUTH
“They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.” — Jeremiah 6:14 A Truth Social Tweet of an AI Image Caused a Firestorm of Judgment. Righfully so! My observations can be summed up with this statement: The Pope is at war with the wrong enemy. Vatican moralism is shielding Islamist […]
LEARNING TO PRAY A NEW WAY
From Nicodemus to New Birth: Learning to Pray “Your Kingdom Come” For a long time I have struggled with how to pray. I know that prayer is not about getting my will done in heaven, but about God’s will being done on earth. Yeshua taught His Jewish disciples to pray exactly that: “Your kingdom come, […]
GIVEN OVER TO EVIL
Genesis 4:7 – “Sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it.” If we don’t rule over it, it will rule over us. According to the Torah, Human’s have evil desires. Genesis 6:5 tells us that “Every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” The […]
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE?
Jews and Christians both celebrate the Passover, albeit in different ways. We both rejoice in freedom from bondage, albeit from different types of bondage. We both celebrate First Fruits and begin counting the days until Pentecost, even though the Pentacost takes on different meanings for each. Keep in mind that all original disciples and the […]
BETRAYAL? LOOK DEEPER!
Judas Iscariot betrayed his beloved friend and rabbi, Jesus, for thirty pieces of silver. That’s the surface story. But the more we pay attention to the names, the numbers, and the metals, the more it becomes clear: Judas did not simply betray Jesus “for money.” He sold Jesus’s identity, yet the amount he took actually reveals who Jesus […]
“I WILL NEVER BELIEVE”
By the time one reaches chapter 20 in the Gospel of John, the apostle who also wrote the Book of Revelation, many signs and much testimony have been given about the ministry of Joshua (Yeshua), who the bible calls Jesus. One of the disciples who has heard it all is famously known as “Doubting Thomas.” […]
MORNING LIGHT
There is a notable scriptural and gematria connection between בוקר (bóker), “morning,” which carries a numerical value of 308 and חש (chash), a “listening silence,” which also carries a numerical value of 308. There is a mysterious connection in the letters חש. Chet (ח) 8 is the “great eight” which has a supernatural nature that […]