Torah The Dinah Incident 28 Jan 201128 Jan 2011 Genesis 34 tells us what happened to Leah and Jacob’s daughter named Dinah. One day Dinah went out to see the daughters of the land. A man named Shechem, who…
Apostolic… The Battle of Leah and Rachel 23 Jan 2011 Genesis 29-35 describes what I call the battle of Leah and Rachel. This bout may not have started if Jacob had been given to Rachel after working his first seven…
Prophets Hosea 14 Jan 20115 Nov 2011 Hosea is a very unusual book because God commanded the prophet Hosea to marry a prostitute and have children with her because the land was engaged in spiritual prostitution. …
Apostolic… Divorce and Remarriage 7 Jan 201118 Jan 2011 In Matthew 19:3-9, “Some Pharisees came to him [Jesus] to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?" 4…
Prophets… Esau and Jacob 2 Jan 201111 Nov 2012 Today, I want to summarize some information from Jasher 26-32 and Genesis 25-33. I won’t cover all of the details today so we can come back and explore more of…
Apostolic… The Search for Isaac’s Wife 26 Dec 2010 Today’s post is about the search for Isaac’s wife and is based on Genesis 24, Jasher 24, and John 4:1-42. After the death and burial of Sarah, Abraham sent Isaac…
Torah The Binding of Isaac 18 Dec 20105 Nov 2011 Again today, we will consider the book of Jasher that’s been mentioned twice in the Bible in addition to the Genesis account concerning the binding of Isaac [also known as…
Torah Isaac and Ishmael 10 Dec 2010 Genesis 21 tells us that Sarah and Abraham were still dwelling in the Philistine city of Gerar when Isaac was born. Since Sarah was ninety years old when Isaac was…
Prophets… Sarai Will Be Called Sarah 4 Dec 20105 Nov 2011 Today, I want to look at Genesis 16 -20 to see it in its original context and to see how it relates thematically to Jesus and His people both past,…
Prophets… The Early Life of Abraham Part 4 26 Nov 2010 Today we will continue our discussion from the last post. If you recall, Abram went into Egypt because there had been famine in the land of Canaan. Pharaoh had taken…
Prophets… The Early Life of Abraham Part 3 18 Nov 201021 Nov 2010 As we ended our last discussion, Terah, Lot (Haran’s son), Abram, and Sarai finally left Ur of the Chaldeans with Terah’s household and possessions but instead of making it to…
Torah The Early Life of Abraham Part 2 12 Nov 2010 Today, I want to continue the account of Abram from the Book of Jasher. At the end of the last post, Abram was living with Noah and Shem. Abram left…
Torah The Early Life of Abraham Part 1 5 Nov 20105 Nov 2010 The book of Jasher continues to be fascinating to me because it gives so much insight into areas that the Bible remains silent on. Again, the primary reason I’ve been…
Torah The Tower of Babel 30 Oct 2010 After the worldwide flood, Genesis gives us the genealogy of Noah’s sons: Japheth, Ham, and Shem. Genesis then focuses on Nimrod, the son of Cush who was the son of…
Torah Noah 25 Oct 20105 Nov 2011 Up until recently I had not spent much time reading extra-biblical sources, however I’ve been reading the Book of Jasher [Yashar] because this book is mentioned in Joshua 10:13 and…
Torah Cain and Abel Approached God With Offerings 19 Oct 201027 Oct 2011 After Adam and Eve were exiled from the Garden of Eden, Eve conceived and gave birth to Cain and Abel. When Cain and Abel grew up, Cain worked the ground and…
Torah Creation 16 Oct 20105 Nov 2011 When I attended a secular university many years ago, I took a class on the book of Genesis. The professor quickly pointed out that there were two very different accounts…
Apostolic… The Dispensation of Grace 9 Oct 2010 I often hear people talk about grace. They say that now is “the dispensation of grace” and because of that we are not “under the law.” Although what is being…
Apostolic… The New Marriage Covenant 4 Oct 20105 Nov 2011 Finding the Jewish wedding tradition in the Torah gave me further incentive to find it in the new covenant. Did you try to discover it for yourself? Let’s compare our…
Torah The Original Marriage Covenant 30 Sep 20105 Nov 2011 Several years ago when I began to study Torah from a Messianic Jewish perspective, I heard someone give a sermon from a portion of Deuteronomy. The speaker said this Torah…
Apostolic… The Ultimate Sukkah 26 Sep 2010 During the Feast of Tabernacles I have been pondering various things. As I discovered the reason why there will be sacrifices during Christ’s millennial reign, I decided to explore the…
Prophets What to Expect When Jesus Reigns in Jerusalem 22 Sep 201010 Oct 2011 Now that we’ve discussed the basics of what’s going to happen when Messiah returns, let’s turn our attention to what we can expect after Christ’s return because people have a…
Prophets Historical Pattern of the Future Part 3 17 Sep 20107 Dec 2011 Today we’ll look at what is coming in the future in order to see how it fulfills the original pattern we discussed earlier. Babylon is present day Iraq. Iraq has…
Prophets Historical Pattern of the Future Part 2 13 Sep 201015 Sep 2010 Today we continue looking at the historical pattern of the future through the eyes of the past. If we look carefully, we can see how it parallels with the original…
Prophets Historical Pattern of the Future Part 1 9 Sep 201012 Sep 2010 I would like to present a basic pattern of the latter days based on the past. Today, I will list only the primary pattern. The next time, I will show…
Torah Similarities Between Joseph and Jesus 6 Sep 20103 Jul 2019 After speaking with a Jewish person you may be surprised to find out the Jews are expecting two Messiah’s but they don’t all realize their Messiahs are really one and the…
Apostolic… Revelation Follows The Pattern of the Exodus 2 Sep 201030 Oct 2011 The Bible is full of many patterns that show us what will happen in the future. When I first began to learn to study the Bible through thematic connections, I…
Apostolic… The Fulfillment of the Fall Feasts 27 Aug 201030 Oct 2011 The Fall Feasts will be fulfilled during Jesus’ second coming. Everyone seems to have a difference of opinion of how the events will take place. Figuring out the proper sequence…
Prophets Reason for Christ’s Return 20 Aug 20105 Nov 2011 The prophets had a lot to say about the Promised Land of Israel in the last days. What happened in the past will be true of the future as well. …
Torah Feast of Tabernacles (Hag Sukkkot) 14 Aug 201030 Oct 2011 The Feast of Tabernacles is also known as the Feast of Booths or the Hag Sukkot. It begins on the 15th of Tishrei, lasts seven days, and ends on the…
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