What did Yeshua mean when He admonished to His disciples “Do not be called Rabbi. One is your Rabbi, and you are all brothers. … Do not be called Rabbi, for one is your Rabbi, the Messiah?” And if He said it, why do so many religious leaders want and insist to be called ‘Rabbi?’ But you, do not be called Rabbi, for One is your Teacher, the Messiah, and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth your father, for One is your Father,...
Read More »What is “hope?” In our western gentile culture “hope” is perceived as to expect and wish or to intend with some possibility of fulfilment like in “Keep your fingers crossed. I hope to take the test” or chance like in “I hope it is not going to rain.” But what is “hope” from Hebraic perspectives? Let us read from the Book of Ezekiel 37, the resurrection chapter, where the Hebrew word for “hope” is used:...
Read More »The Name of the Creator Yehovah is the name above all names. The letters of the Set-apart Name Yehovah have an atonement power, as we will see in this article. “And you shall make a plate of clean gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet: SET-APART TO YEHOVAH”. (Exo 28:36) וְעָשִׂיתָ and you will make צִּיץ blossom זָהָב of gold טָהֹור pure וּפִתַּחְתָּ and (engrave) open עָלָיו on פִּתּוּחֵי engravings) openings) חֹתָ֔ם seal of קֹדֶשׁ set-apart...
Read More »Was the Creator’s Name Yehovah יהוה known to Mosheh (Moses)? in order to answer this question, we need to know that in Hebrew there is neither required interrogative clauses nor question marks. The only way to determine whether a phrase is a statement, or a question is through the stress and intonation of the voice. And I appeared to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya’akov, as El Shaddai. And by My Name יהוה was I not known to them? Exo 6:3 The name YHVH was known...
Read More »The question “Did God lie to Avraham?” may seem an absurd, but as we will learn below, we indeed have the reason to ask it when we read a verse like this, And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my master being old too?” And Yehovah said to Avraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I truly have a child, since I am old?’ (Gen 18:12-13) וַתִּצְחַ֥ק and mocked שָׂרָ֖ה Sarah בְּקִרְבָּ֣הּ within herself לֵאמֹ֑ר...
Read More »And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, have been grafted in among them, and came to share the root and fatness of the olive tree, do not boast against the branches. And if you boast, remember: you do not bear the root, but the root bears you! Rom 11:17-18 My father-in-law is a master grafter. He knows how to bring back to life a tree (Eze 37:4-6). With a sharp knife he cuts the branch that does not produce fruits anymore but leaves...
Read More »In this article we will study the prophecy of the 144,000 in Revelation 7, as we will seek an answer to the question as to why exactly these tribes are listed in the prophecy and why the tribe of Dan is omitted? Where is the tribe of Dan in the prophecy of the 144,000? We read, And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed out of all the tribes of the children of Israel: of the tribe of Yehudah twelve thousand were sealed, of...
Read More »From the book Reckoning of Time The Jewish Encyclopedia, Vol. IV (1912: 423-424) summarizes the rabbinic expectations, which heavily influenced the Christian, of the role that an evil Danite would play in the time of the coming of the Messiah. Owing to the fact that his name, as the name of a tribe, is connected with the blasphemer (Lev_24:11) and with the idolatry of northern Yisra’el (Jdg_18:30; 1Ki_12:29; Amo_8:4), while Shimshon, the Judge of the tribe of Dan,...
Read More »Source: http://housedocs.house.gov/rules/hr4872/111_hr4872_reported.pdf Union Calendar No. 256 111TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 4872 To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 202 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 17, 2010 Subtitle C—National Medical Device Registry SEC. 2521. NATIONAL MEDICAL DEVICE REGISTRY. (a) REGISTRY.— with BILLS 1014 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 519 of the Federal Food, Drug, and...
Read More »The first table below gives the Julian calendar dates and Greenwich times of the astronomical vernal equinox for the years 25 BCE to 38 CE inclusive. The second table gives, for these years, the Julian calendar dates and Greenwich times of the astronomical Full Moons which occurred on or after the date of the equinox, and the dates and times of the astronomical New Moons on or preceding, and after, the date of the equinox. The days of the week are given for the equinoxes...
Read More »Refer also to the article “The second and greater Exodus of Israel”. Then those who fear Elohim speak to one another, and He listens and hears, and a book of remembrance is written before Him, of those who fear Him, and those who think upon His Name. And He spares them as a man spares his own son who serves him, Mal_3:16-18. And it shall be in that day that Yehovah again a second time shall recover the remnant of His people who are left. And He shall gather the...
Read More »The Chevlei Shel Mashiach Oh! For great is that day, there is none like it. And it is the time of Ya’akov distress, but he shall be saved out of it. And it shall be in that day,’ declares Yehovah of hosts, that I break his yoke from your neck, and tear off your bonds, and foreigners no more enslave them. (Jer 30:7-8) This refers to the Great Tribulation immediately preceding Israel’s national salvation. Both Daniel and Yeshua refer to this time as the greatest...
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