Mysteries of God and of His Kingdom
Yeshua the Messiah, the Son of God, is YEHOVAH – 12 Dec 2014
We are in the season of remembering and celebrating the God who is Light. (Jn 8:12; 1Jn 1:5) Both Hanukkah (the Feast of Dedication)...
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...
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,...
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,...
THE NEW MOON: COVERED, OR REVEALED?
(Corrected and/or Revised on 10 Sept 2014; 4 Jan 2015; Mar 2015; June 2015; Aug 2015; Mar 2016; 31 Jan 2018; 30 Aug 2018)
Tonight (March 11,...
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...
TWO MIRACLES
Pentecost Sunday
--Our life – the life of the Church – is based on the resurrection from the dead of Jesus
--falls on day...
A GREAT AND CATASTROPHIC DAY
Tonight in Israel marks the beginning of Memorial Day, when the nation remembers those Jewish people who have fallen in battles or in terror...
MYSTERY OF THE SEVEN STARS AND LAMPSTANDS
Rev 1:12-20 Then I (John) turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the...
PARABLE OF THE NET (AND OF THE INSTRUCTED SCRIBE)
Updated Mar 9, 2018
Mt 13:47-52 “ Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some...
PARABLES OF THE HIDDEN TREASURE AND OF THE PEARL
Mt 13:44-45 Yeshua’s explanation of the field, the good seed, the tares, the enemy, the harvest, the reapers; “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure...
PARABLES OF A MUSTARD SEED AND OF LEAVEN
Mt 13:31-35; Mk 4:31; Lk 13:19; Mk 8:15; Lk 13:21 . . . The kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed, which a...
PARABLE OF THE WHEAT AND TARES
Mt 13:24-30, 13:36-43 Jesus spoke this parable to the multitudes; He explained it to His disciples:
--The devil is at work within the world...
PARABLE OF THE SOWER AND THE SEED
Last week we spoke about the mystery of lawlessness that has been already at work from the Garden of Eden. We mentioned, too, that...
MYSTERY OF LAWLESSNESS/INIQUITY
2Thes 2:7-8 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until it is taken out of...
PARABLES, AND THE MYSTERIES OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
As we look at the “mysteries of the faith, of the Kingdom of God”, we come to the well-known passages in Mt 13 (Mk 4;...
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...
RICHES OF THE GLORY OF THIS MYSTERY: MESSIAH IN YOU!
Col 1:24-28 . . .for the sake of His body, which is the Church, of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from...
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...
GREAT IS THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS
MANIFESTED IN THE FLESH
1Tim 3:15-16 Great is the mystery of godliness: being like God; His express image and likeness; knowingly and willingly choosing good over evil
1Jn...
THE BIBLICAL PEACE PLAN FOR ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST
(Presented at conference in Altheim, Germany, November 1-4, 2009)
--Israel is the first-born (Ex 4:22; Jer 31:9 ) of the nations to God, even though...
THE MYSTERY OF THE GOSPEL
We have begun to look at the mysteries of the faith which we have received and believed: that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son...
THE SECRET OF YHVH IS WITH THOSE WHO FEAR HIM
We have been looking at the mysteries, the secrets, of God and of His Kingdom. We began with those things which can not be...
THE MYSTERY OF ISRAEL
Rom 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits;...
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...