"Jesus was a good Christian boy who went to church every sunday" We might as well begin with a Before/After kind of test in which you, the reader, are its main protagonist. How many mistakes can you spot on the top of this article? Most believers will spot three; only those "in the know" will catch the fourth one. Try it yourself before you go on reading! One of the most effective weapons which the enemy of God has used for his purpose of separation and deceit has historically been semantics. Semantics studies the connotations and denonations of words. While "to connote" means "association" and "relationship," "to denote" means "to mean." Many of the words we used possess "connotations," i.e., relationships with other words and some of these very relationships are good, and some are bad, negative ones. For instance, the word "Christ" has positive connotations for Christians, [...]
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Within the pages of the book of Shemot / Exodus in our Holy Torah, we are given a lesson in gratitude hidden within the text for us to discover and receive as an instruction from God to apply to our lives. (Shemot / Exodus 2:11-12) “One day, when Moshe was a grown man, he went out to visit his kinsmen; and he watched them struggling at forced ...
Armilus, Son of the Stone / Armilus the Antichrist. Ten signs will come onto the world adjacent to the coming of MAshiach were revealed to Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, zs’l, as follows: The first sign: The Holy One, blessed be He, will cause three kings to arise who are apostates from their religion. They will behave deceptively, for they will ma ...
Earlier today I was browsing Facebook pages that belong to people who are on my friends list when I came across a sister who uses the Hebrew word "YAHshua" to describe our Master. This is the message I sent her. I would love your comments below – especially if you disagree with the conclusions of this note. However, I ask that you r ...
Torah 24/7, the weekly Torah portion all at the convenience of your computer. Please keep our website marked so that you can get more articles concerning our hope, Melech HaMashiach. Torah is the Hebrew word meaning teaching. It’s root means to throw or shoot an arrow.? HaShem uses this word Torah in scripture to signify His Teaching to His p ...
Sitting in the Seat of Moses. (Mattityahu/Matthew 23:1-3) “Then Yeshua addressed the crowds and His talmidim: “The Torah-teachers and the P’rushim,” He said, “sit on the seat of Moshe. So whatever they tell you, take care to do it. But don’t do what they do, because they talk but do not act!” Within the Mes ...
Spiritual disciplines are simply those aspects of being Yeshua’s disciple that require some intentionality. They are "disciplines" because they require self-discipline to do regularly and well. Disciples study their master’s lifestyle, worldview, use of scripture, ahavah Yisrael (love for Israel, the people and the land) ...
(Divrei-Hayamim Bet/2 Chronicles 20:1-3) “Some time later, the people of Mo’av and the people of ‘Amon with other ‘Amonim came up to fight Y’hoshafat. Y’hoshafat was told , “A huge Army from beyond the [Dead] Sea, from Aram, is on its way to fight you; right now they are in Hatzatzon-Tamar” (that is, ...
How Jewish is that? Do you think this saying is very Jewish? Does it have a Jewish connotation? Believe it or not, this passage has been misunderstood completely. This passage is all about taking the mantle of leadership, not about dying crucified, or expecting one day as a martir, or even wearing a cross. We read in the Book of Uri / Luke 9 (23-25 ...
Thirteen principles of faith We believers in the Messiah and His Torah are unique among other observant Jews in that we look to the Torah and Messiah and Messiah’s disciples for guidance and doctrine and theology. The rabbis of Judaism play also a role in our lives than in the lives of other Jews. Rabbinic rulings come after Messiah’s a ...
For many Christians that are supportive of Messianic Jews and the work of Messianic synagogues they support us as the “Jewish church”. The “Jewish church” being defined as a Jewish cultural form of Christian faith. This can be seen in Hispanic, Korean, Filipino, Arab and other culturally sensitive forms of Christianity. Using the wording of ...
What מרן רבינו ישוע מלך המשיח / Maran Rabbeinu Yeshua HaMashiach and HaShlichim / the Emissaries began in Jerusalem was not the church, it was not Christianity. It was a realization that Melech HaMashiach (King Messiah) and ...
Open my heart to Your Torah, that I may hasten to do Your Mitzvot. There are several reasons why the Torah is to be lived. These are not presented in order of importance; they are meant to be considered equally. As we do so, a more complete picture will unfold. Because God Tells Us To! One word frequently used to describe much of the content of the ...
Weekly Sidra: Va’etchanan (and I pleaded) Torah Portion: Devarim / Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11 Haftorah: Yeshayahu / Isaiah 40:1-40:26 Devarim 3:23 And I implored Hashem at that time, saying: ואתחנן אל־יהוה בעת ה• ...
"Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. For the way you judge others is how you will be judged — the measure with which you measure out will be used to measure to you. (Matthew 7: 1-2) How many of you have had these verses used against you in the past? Hands Up!! Well, I know I have had them used against me. Ma ...
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