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Church Leadership – Part 2/2
In the first part we saw the parallels between the priesthood under the Law to Israel, with priests and levites, and the New Testament...
Church Leadership – Part 1/2
Our congregation, Nachalat Yeshua, is going through a period of transition from one generation to another. This is part of life, and of growing...
The Kingdom of God Streaming Through History
Rev Aug 3, 2024 (originally published Oct 21, 2017)
Ps 145:3-5, 8-13
God has always been Sovereign King – Sovereign Lord – over His creation, both in...
Shavuot: What is it About?
Shavuot/Weeks is the fourth of the annual appointed times which YHVH God gave to Israel to celebrate and to remember His mighty works on...
The Resurrection of Yeshua: Why It Matters
On of the 13 tenets of historic Judaism (Pharasaic/Talmudic/Rabbinic) is the resurrection of righteous Jews at the end of the world, on the last...
Passover and Easter Calendar Confusion
I am frequently asked about why Easter and Passover are not always like it was in the year that Jesus/Yeshua died, and rose again...
Passover Seder Haggadah: The Blood of the Lamb!
Questions, questions, questions!
Why is Passover this year in Israel different than all the others that we have known? We are at war, and there...
The Perpetual Scapegoat
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uovx_XOzLyg
Lev 16:5-10, 15-22; Is 53:10 – living scapegoat bearing all the iniquities, transgressions, and sins of Israel; Israel being atoned for on the...
Dedication of Our Children To God
Before I became a true believer in God, I would consider the significance of the Jewish New Year, what we call Rosh HaShana (even...
It is Still Purim!
YouTube video from Mar 22, "Purim is Still On-going":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIesbmEHBa0
Today is the 168th of the war in Gaza, and of the nightmarish captivity of still...
Educating Our Children to Know God
Some of us have grown up in homes with both parents believers; some of us have grown up with only one parent being a...
The Mystery of Iniquity
We are all a bit shocked from the rapidly increasing lawlessness in our countries, and the violent bitter antisemitic protests against Israel and the...
A PHYSICAL Temple to Come
1Cor 10:11 The Scriptures were written for us, upon whom the end of the ages has come, for our admonition. Last days have been...
Marriage Covenant
Is 54:4-8 “Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed; neither be disgraced, for you will not be put to shame; for you...
Adam and Eve: Marriage
Mt 24:37-39 “But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the...
The Son of God Was Born!
Before I was a believer, like most Jews, one of my objections to Jesus being the Messiah was that there is no peace. We...
The Light That Shines in the Darkness
When God created the heavens and the Earth, the first thing that was seen only by Him is darkness. On the first day, when...
War Update – 54th Day
Today is the 54th day of this psychologically intense war. I hadn't really planned to write an update today, until I remembered the significance...
Who Is The God of The Abrahamic Faith?
YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL9uFzAXmuY
We often hear about the three “Abrahamic faiths”: that of the Jews, of the Christians, and of the Muslims. Why? Because they...
Overcoming Antisemitism Through The Gospel
Presented at AmZI conference -- "Antisemitism Today" -- in Germany on 26 Sept 2023
Based on the Bible, living in Israel, and personal experience
I don’t...
Repent, and Believe the Good News!
Today (Sept 16, 2023) in the Jewish calendar is the first day of the seventh month, what the Jewish people call Rosh HaShanah, or,...
How Should We Live in View of The Hope?
Last week we heard about how we are to hear and believe the word of God, and to act according to it. Do we...
Sanctification Because of The Hope
Last week we spoke about controlling what words come out of our lips, and that it is a matter of our sanctification, our purity....
Hebrews — Better in MANY Things
Are you a Hebrew: a believer who knows that you are a stranger and a sojourner here in this world, on your way to...
Shavuot/Pentecost
Excerpted from our prayer/newsletter of May 22, 2023
This Friday in Israel is the holiday of Shavuot/7 Weeks. Pentecost/50 Days will be on Sonday. Biblically,...