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What’s Going On Behind The Scenes of Current and Future News?
Do you read or listen to the news? Every day in Israel politicians and commentators are vying for power and influence, telling us who...
Brief History of Rise of Messianic Judaism – 1 Mar 2016
Redemption of Jewish Identity and Hope
Jer 29:11 For I know the purposes which I am purposing for you, says Yehovah; purposes of peace and...
Three New Years
I remember that before I was a believer, I wondered and asked the question: Why do we have and remember New Year's. I was...
What Is The Purpose of The Law (Mt Sinai Torah)?
Gal 3:15-25  Brothers, I speak according to man, a covenant having been ratified, even among mankind, no one sets aside or adds to it. (16) ...
ISRAEL, THE ISRAEL OF GOD, THE COMMONWEALTH OF ISRAEL, THE CHURCH OF GOD
(Updated on 11 Oct 2013; 31 May 2016)
Beginning with an unrelated e-mail from John D, and the link that he wanted me to read,...
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:Â Israel,...
STREAMS IN THE NEGEV AND THE RETURN OF THE JEWS TO ISRAEL
"Return our exiles, O Lord, like watercourses in the Negev. Those who sow in tears shall reap with songs of joy. He who goes...
ISRAEL 2015: THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE MESSIANIC BODY
(Shared at opening of new TOS church center in Tubingen, Germany, Sept 9, 2011)
It is difficult to know what will be tomorrow, so I...
FOR SO THEY DID UNTO THE PROPHETS BEFORE US
Feb 2011
Published in Messianic Times June/July 2011 IssueÂ
Persecution of believers in Yeshua as Lord and Messiah, the Son of God, is not a new thing...
TWO MIRACLES
Pentecost Sunday
  --Our life – the life of the Church – is based on the resurrection from the dead of Jesus
  --falls on day...
SEED OF ABRAHAM — PROPHECIES POINTING TO YESHUA – 27 Oct 2010
Matthew 1:1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham.
Romans 4:16 Therefore is of faith...
THE BRANCH/PLANT
Prov 25:2Â Â It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, and the glory of kings to investigate a matter.
                --The whole Bible...
DEITY vs DIVINITY: JESUS AND US
(Rev:Â Feb 6, 2018)
I received a question, which perhaps others of you have, about the distinction between 'divinity' and 'deity'. Even a good dictionary...
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. ...
THE UNCHANGING MESSAGE: REPENT, AND BE BAPTIZED!
Acts 2:22-41  Men of Israel, hear these words: . . . Â
The apostle Peter preached to the Jewish people/the children of Israel, in the power...
ISRAEL’S 60TH – 2 May 2008
The State of Israel is about to celebrate her 60th independence anniversary. It wasn't too many months ago that there was much 'confusion of...
MY LIFE IN ISRAEL – May 2007
(A questionnaire from The Messianic Times)
1. How has living in Israel changed your relationship with God?
Living in Israel is a great place to follow...
ISRAEL’s POSITION
(Prayer Networking Conference/European-African Reconciliation Process, Harare, Zimbabwe, Sept 2, 2006)
--I come as a debtor, and enter into the labor of many others
 --to gentiles through whom...
THE INCENSE OF PRAYERS – Feb 2006
(Written for IsraelPrayer.com . Slightly edited here.)
Replacement Theology began a long time ago, when first Jews and then Christians went to the left or...
GOD IS THE MESSIAH! – 27 Nov 2004
We have spoken many times about the truth of Messiah as it is in Jesus. This is because, it seems, the Holy Spirit, who...
YHVH IS THE MOST HIGH GOD – 20 Nov 2004
Ps 83: 16,18 (17,19 Heb)Â . . . that they may seek Your Name, YHVH. . . that they may know that You, whose...
YESHUA IS GOD’S PLANT: SEED, ROOT, TRUNK, STALK, BRANCH, FLOWER, FRUIT – 2003
Tzemach – generic Hebrew word for vegetative plant; sprout, spring up; spring or shine forth, like the sunrise; posterity
Is 4:2; Jer 23:5; 33:15; Zech...
RECONCILIATION: SEEING GOD’S FACE IN THE SON OF MAN – 25 Aug 2003
(Taught at Musalaha Youth Leaders' Conference in Odenwald, Germany)
Gen 49:18 I wait with hope for Your salvation, YHVH! יהוה לישועתך קיויתי
The key...
MESSIANIC IDENTITY AND ITS DIFFICULTIES
(Presented at the "Isaac and Ishmael Conference" at Iso Kirja Bible College, Keuruu, Finland, from October 18-20, 2002)
Just as in my first subject on attitudes...