In today’s mailbag, this blog received a nice comment from a very well-meaning individual who has a rather traditional churchianity view of the Torah. He was politely taking exception with my view that the biblical dietary laws are still in force … Continue reading
A Man Called Lot: What We Can Learn from His Life In Luke 17 32, Yeshua warns end times believers to “Remember Lot’s wife.” What did he mean by this pointed warning? Is Lot not a picture of the typical … Continue reading
Divide-and-conquer the enemy is a well known and often used offensive military strategy. The enemy may be too large and powerful for a direct frontal assault, so the idea is to break up the enemy’s army or defenses into bite-sized … Continue reading
The Hebrew Terms Relating to This Passage Defined Tzaraas: a skin disease (improperly translated as “leprosy” in some Bibles). This Hebrew word means “to be struck with leprosy (BDB)” or “to smite heavily, to strike, or scourged of Elohim” since the … Continue reading
Haftorah Reading 2 Samuel 6:1–7:17 Testimony of Yeshua On Yeshua our great High Priest: Hebrews 8:1–6 On the altar of incense: Luke 1:8–11 On YHVH’s judgment against unfaithful servants: Acts 5:1–11 On the qualifications for leadership within the congregation of the righteous: 1 Timothy 3:1–13; Titus … Continue reading
This is a long read—good for a Shabbat afternoon! But it’s important to know the historical facts. Knowing this truth will help us to better understand the background of the NT church and how the early second century church cut itself off from … Continue reading
Did Yeshua really say that we could eat anything that we could get our hands on and stuff into our mouth as many in the church believe and teach? Let’s use our brains and think this thing out! Mark 7:19, … Continue reading