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Holidays LIKE They Have in Judah – 5 June 2014
(11 June 2014 - For some comments and responses to this article, see http://www.kehila.com/articles/589-holidays-like-they-have-in-judah)
1Kg 12:32-33 "And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month,...
THE TRINITY
(In response to a couple of persons recently asking me to comment on my understanding of the Trinity, here is a fairly concise answer...
SHAVUOT/PENTECOST – 13 May 2013
Holiday greetings to you all!
In the following days the Biblical holiday of Shavuot ( Weeks) and Pentecost (50 Days) will be marked, properly counting from...
PRAISE TO HIM WHO SITS UPON THE THRONE, AND TO THE LAMB!
Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He will bruise your head,...
IN DEFENSE OF CHRISTMAS – 25 Dec 2012
As a Jew, I didn’t want to celebrate Christmas when I became a believer, partly because it wasn't "Jewish", and partly because it was too...
THE GREAT COMMISSION AND THE LORD’S PRAYERS
--Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness (Mt 6:33)
--Great Commission (Mt 28:18-20)
--till end of age
--fullness of Gentiles towards Israel’s salvation
--“Lord’s Prayer”...
BIRTH, DEATH, AND GOOD FRIDAY OF MESSIAH YESHUA THE LORD – 12 Dec 2012
Rev: Apr 6, 2021
I just did a quick count-down and count-up and came to this conclusion on this fourth day of Hanukkah: if Jesus...
ARE BELIEVERS TO TAKE THE KINGDOM OF GOD BY VIOLENCE/FORCE? – Part 2
Mt 11:12-13 And from the days of John the Baptiser until now the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. ...
ARE BELIEVERS TO TAKE THE KINGDOM OF GOD BY VIOLENCE/FORCE? – Part 1
There are a number of passages in the Bible which are sources of controversy and even of division within the Body of Messiah: Israel,...
THE FAITH IN MESSIAH YESHUA DIFFERENT FROM ALL OTHERS
Tit 1:1-3 truth according to godliness
It is by personal faith in YHVH God and His Word that we are saved and brought into a...
DO YOU LOVE JESUS?
I went to a website of someone who had written a book I had found very interesting and enlightening, and was shocked to see...
Under Law Contrasted to Under Grace: As a Candle to the Sun
1Tim 1:8-11
--The Law is good, if used lawfully.
--It is for sinners
--No need for law until there is enough transgressions to warrant it to...
A GREAT MYSTERY: MESSIAH AND THE CHURCH
Eph 5:30-32; Gen 2:20b-24 This is a great mystery (raz) (see also 1Tim 3:16), but I speak concerning Christ and the Church: for we are members...
BECAUSE OF THE HOPE OF ISRAEL
Acts 28:17-29 . . .I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers. . .I have nothing of which to accuse...
IN THE LIKENESS OF SINFUL FLESH
Rom 8:3 For what the Law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son...
SECRET THINGS WHICH BELONG TO GOD
In 1 Timothy, one of the qualifications for even a deacon is to hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. That...
YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN!
This is a particular expression which appears in only one chapter of the Bible, but which is indicated in many places throughout the Scriptures. ...
ADAM: HIS FALL AND RISING
I've heard some Christian preachers say they are going to show their sore displeasure to Adam when they see him because he did not...
LIGHT DISPELS DARKNESS – 21 Dec 2007
This Sonday some of us are going to Bethlehem to worship with Arab brothers and sisters in the joy of our God. Next weekend...
THE RESURRECTION OF THE JUST
(Revised July 22, 2019)
1Thes 1:2-10 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, remembering without ceasing your...
GOD’S PURPOSE FOR BELIEVERS IN YESHUA
Rom 8:26-30 The Spirit intercedes for us according to the will of God. . .
And we know that all things work together for good...
OVERCOMING HATRED FOR THE SAKE OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD
(Delivered at NEM Conference at the Baptist Village in Israel, April 23, 2006)
Mt 5:9-11 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the...
ACCORDING TO THE LAW AND THE TESTIMONY – Isaiah 8:20
(Israel Conference at Langensteinbacherhohe: “The Redemption of Israel According to Ezekiel and Paul”, Jan 8-11, 2004)
Mt 5:17-19 Jesus came not to cancel or to...