Ephesus is one of most mentioned cities in the biblical New Testament. The apostles Paul and John spent much time there planting and shepherding a church there, and Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians was written to the Christians who lived in Ephesus. Also, the Book of Acts recounts how Paul almost started a riot there when preaching the gospel, and one of John’s seven letters in the Book of Revelation was addressed to the church at Ephesus. In this enlightening and fascinating video, Nathan takes you on a tour of the stadium where Paul preached and see the ruins of the ancient church where John is likely buried.
David, a man after God’s own heart according to the Bible, passionately extolls the blessing, value, sublime truth, the godliness and righteousness of YHVH’s Torah law in Psalm 119. However, the early church fathers disagree with David’s and the Bible’s assessment of the God’s law. Who is right? The Bible or the early church fathers who laid the theological foundation for what most Christians’ aversion regarding the law to this day?
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A lot of people talk about being Torah-obedient, but up close, their talk and walk don’t match each other too well. Others claim to follow YHVH’s Torah, but then find a rationale for not doing so when it inconveniences their lives, hinders their money making capabilities, or means becoming unpopular with their friends and loved ones. Still others, in reality, are only playing spiritual games while claiming to be Torah obedient, but live up only to the bare minimal requirements of the Torah while ignoring the rest. Do you fall into any of these categories? When it comes to Torah obedience, are you a minimalist or a maximalist? Yeshua talked about those who draw near to him with their mouths, but their hearts are from him. Hmm… Selah!
This and other videos by Nathan are available as podcasts on Spotify and Apple podcast under “Hoshana Rabbah.”
If you are interested in participating in Hoshana Rabbah’s weekly Shabbat online fellowship (Oasis Elim Online), send an email to hoshanarabbah@earthlink.net.
In this talk, we explore how to move from religion and religiosity into having a personal relationship with YHVH Elohim (the LORD God) and seeing his face.
Psalm 49 provides us some valuable insights about the place of music in the life of the Christian and how this is a wonderful, Elohim-anointed means to receiving divine revelation straight from heaven.
In this video, Nathan shares insights and photos from his recent trip through six Mediterranean countries while shining the light of Scripture onto various common religious Christian practices that he observed while touring numerous churches. Presently, YHVH is calling his people away from and out of dead and unbiblical religiosity and into a life-giving, eternal relationship with Himself through Yeshua the Messiah. Are you stuck in non-biblical religious traditions of men thinking that this is the way to Elohim, when it is not? It is time to come out of Babylonianism and embrace the Truth of the Bible, the Word of Elohim, which is the ONLY way, the truth and the life!
Pruning pines in the Japanese style is the most difficult and challenging of any garden pruning activity. This is because it typically takes years to learn and there are few teachers to pass this knowledge on, and few students will to invest the time and patience to learn.
Moreover, it is one thing to prune a pine that has been meticulously cared for and expertly pruned for hundreds of years in a garden in Japan, for all you have to do is to follow the pattern that has already been laid out. But it is quite another and a completely different thing to initially train a pine in the niwaki or sukashi styles involving pruning to create pads, ramification and layering of branches.
It is still a whole other thing to prune a mature pine that has never been pruned properly, and still another thing all together to prune one that was pruned initially in the Japanese style and then left unpruned for many years, or worse yet, pruned badly by inexperienced hacker-wacker “pruners.”
In our business, seldom if ever do we encounter a pine that has been pruned properly by an expert in the Japanese style for decades, and certainly not for hundreds of years—at least in the U.S. More likely, we either have to start from scratch, or do corrective and restorative pruning (as was the case in this video), and this process takes a few years of regular pruning to achieve the desired results (as will be the case with the pines in this video).
The effort is worth it though, for the end results will be an eye-poppingly beautiful and attention-grabbing tree that will be the envy and centerpiece of any garden, and will bring awe-inspiring joy, peace, harmony and love to all who view it.
This is the journey and these are the results of practicing a craft that few comprehend, but that many appreciate! For me this is a spiritual and God-ordained endeavor to bring a little peace, joy and harmony to a troubled Earth one tree at a time.
Please enjoy this video as we take another dive into the world of aesthetic pruning in the Japanese style.
