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Messianic Jewish Emuna: A new creation: from darkness to light

When we are called by the father to receive the gift of faith, in the redemptive work of our Rabbi Yeshua the Messiah (His death and resurrection), upon acceptance we are instantly a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17) “Therefore, if anyone is united with the Messiah, he is a new creation- the old has passed; look, what has come is fresh and new!”. So what exactly is a new creation? God gives us some very insightful lessons from the Torah and the Good News scriptures that paint a picture to deepen our understanding of what it means. In the book of Bereshit / Geneses there is a picture God gives us of the process of creation, which can be used to show us our life with and without Yeshua as our Messiah. Without our Rabbi Yeshua in our life, we are separated from God and His Torah (teachings) as well as His love, which Rabbi Shaul teaches that we are nothing without it. So what does it mean to be nothing? (Bereshit / Geneses 1:2) “The earth was unformed and void, darkness was on the face of the deep”. The dictionary defines the word void as; empty, useless, vain, and gives us synonyms to the word such as; fruitless, and meaningless. Do these definitions look familiar? If we look back into our previous studies about love and our life...

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Newsletter, Toronto Pride Parade, Video of the Week

Homosexuality in the Buff

Homosexuality in the Buff

The Science of Homosexuality: “Well I was born this way - God created me this way - God made me a homosexual” Due to the Fall of Mankind and sin entering the world it opened the door for physical degenerations, mutations, and physical and medical anomalies in the human genome as well as chemical imbalances and deficiencies in the brain ...

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Mashiach, Newsletter, Torah

The Order of Things – Torah Life

The Order of Things - Torah Life

When we study Torah we should be very careful not to read into it things that are not there. At the same time there is an abundance of ideas and issues that are not so obvious to the casual reader. I am not referring to what we might call "reading between the lines," where all sorts of concepts may be developed with little or no actual c ...

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Israel, Mashiach, Messianic Judaism, Newsletter

Do we want Mashiach now?

Do we want Mashiach now?

Ask someone coming out of Synagogue on a Shabbat, “Do you believe in God?” and the worshipper is shocked. “What type of question is that? Of course I do!” Then ask him, “Do you consider yourself religious?” and you’ll hear “Certainly. That's why I'm here!” This is normal. These conversations ma ...

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Jewish Roots, Messianic Judaism, Newsletter

Messianic Judaism – The Doctrinal Dilemma

Messianic Judaism – The Doctrinal Dilemma

There is a saying in English which we call the KISS method.  Keep It Simple Stupid.  It means that when we are trying to explain something we should keep it at a very basic level so that everyone can understand. I believe that this must also apply to the situation of doctrines and beliefs.  The harder we make it for people to unders ...

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Abortion, Newsletter

The Rest of the Story

The Rest of the Story

Before I formed you in the belly I knew you, and before you came out of the womb I sanctified you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations. (Yeremiahu 1:5) A mother in a delivery with a high temperature, waits to deliver a premature baby.  The doctor comes in with the grim news.  In order to save your life you must have an abortion ...

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Mashiach, Messianic Judaism, News, Newsletter

What does the word Mashiach mean?

What does the word Mashiach mean?

Mashiach is the Hebrew word for Messiah. The word Messiah in English means a saviour or a “hoped-for deliverer”. The word Mashiach in Hebrew actually means “anointed”. In Biblical Hebrew the title Mashiach was bestowed on somebody who had attained a position of nobility and greatness. For example, the High Priest is referre ...

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Chag Passover / Pesach, Newsletter, Torah

Sephardi Seder Traditions (Passover)

Sephardi Seder Traditions (Passover)

Seder traditions for us are an collection of practices that are Sephardic in origin, but for many of us these practices have grown and changed because they were practiced underground in either maranno or crypto-Jewish households. Remember: Sephardic Passover customs and traditions can vary from region to region, country to country, city to city, c ...

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Jewish Studies, Mashiach, Newsletter

The Jewish Messiah, Never a Christian

The Jewish Messiah, Never a Christian

The Joke: A Jewish businessman in Chicago sent his son to Israel for a year to absorb the culture. When the son returned, he said, "Papa, I had a great time in Israel. By the way, I converted to Christianity." "Oy vey," said the father, "What have I done?" He took his problem to his best friend. "Ike," he sa ...

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Jewish Studies, News, Newsletter

I Don’t Want to be Healed!

I Don't Want to be Healed!

“But Moses said to the Lord, "Please, O Lord, I have never been a man of words, either in times past or now that You have spoken to Your servant; I am slow of speech and slow of tongue." 11 And the Lord said to him, "Who gives man speech? Who makes him dumb or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord? 12 Now go, and I will ...

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Messianic Judaism, News, Newsletter

The false doctrine of the Secret Rapture

The false doctrine of the Secret Rapture

Which is taken: the wheat or the tares? (A.K.A. The rapture of the church is a lie) There is no rapture. At least not the way the Christian church defines it. Those who are taken away, according to Scripture, are those who are "the wicked and the treacherous" (Prov. 2.21-22). The tares and chaff will fly away on the wind and be burned. T ...

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Jokes, News, Newsletter

If Noah Built The Ark Today

If Noah Built The Ark Today

And the Lord spoke to Noah and said: "In six months I’m going to make it rain until the whole earth is covered with water and all the evil people are destroyed. But I want to save a few good people, and two of every kind of living thing on the planet. I am ordering you to build Me an Ark." And in a flash of lightning He delivered t ...

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Emunah, Newsletter

Messianic Jewish Emuna: Essential love

Messianic  Jewish Emuna: Essential love

As we have learned from the introduction to the Emuna series, love is essential in our relationship with God and each other as believers in the God of Israel and our Rabbi Yeshua the Messiah, because love is the fullness of the Torah (Romans 13:10). As witnesses of Yeshua and His redemptive work in our lives as new creations, we need to pursue lov ...

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Mashiach, Messianic Judaism, Newsletter

Is it Jewish to Believe in our Rabbi Yeshua HaMashiach?

Is it Jewish to Believe in our Rabbi Yeshua HaMashiach?

To some, the concept of a Jew believing in our Rabbi Yeshua seems to be a contradiction. The reason is, many people have a dichotomy set up in their minds. On the one hand, you have Jews and Judaism and on the other hand, Christians and Christianity. You are either one or the other…..so the thinking goes. But this simple dichotomy is in rea ...

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Mashiach, News, Newsletter

Do you really want Mashiach now?

Do you really want Mashiach now?

Do you really want Mashiach Now? Many people have that cry in their lips, but do not mean it. In the Amida which is a set of prayers composed by eighteen different prayers, we find at the end of it a prayer asking for Mashiach to come, to reveal Himself, and to bring Yeshuah / Salvation to our people, to our lives, to bring true Shelema (peace) to ...

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