1 Cor 11 for HISTORICAL and CULTURAL Context: “When you gather together, therefore, you do not eat and drink as is appropriate on the day of Adoneinu. But some men eat their supper before others; and so it happens that one is hungry and another is drunk. Why? Have you not houses to eat andContinue reading “Day WHAT?”
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The GREAT Command and the GREAT Commission
שְׁמַע, יִשְׂרָאֵל: יהוה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יהוה אֶחָד . וְאָהַבְתָּ אֵת יהוה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכָל-לְבָבְךָ וּבְכָל-נַפְשְׁךָ וּבְכָל-מְאֹדֶךָ לְכוּ וַעֲשׂוּ אֶת כָּל הַגּוֹיִים לְתַלְמִידִים, וְהַטְבִּילוּ אוֹתָם בְּשֵׁם הָאָב וְהַבֵּן וְרוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ וְלַמְּדוּ אוֹתָם לִשְׁמֹר אֶת כָּל מַה שֶּׁצִּוִּיתִי אֶתְכֶם. וְהִנֵּה אֲנִי עִתָּכֶם כָּל הַיָּמִים, עַד לְקֵץ הָעוֹלָם These two scriptures are both foundational. They are D’varim 6:4-5, and Matti 28:19-20.Continue reading “The GREAT Command and the GREAT Commission”
And I sought FAVOR: Can you say Grace = Torah?
Our Portion this week is called in Hebrew, “V’Etkhanan”, and the root word of this verb is “khen,” which means ‘grace’/’favor’. Since we read only the middle portion this year, I’m going to resist going into all the nuances of that, and get straight to the point in our one third portion that is reallyContinue reading “And I sought FAVOR: Can you say Grace = Torah?”
The Raptor!
The Menociraptor in the pic was a surprise, and this post could also easily be about the ridiculousness of ‘evolution.’ But, alas, it is not. It is about the ever burning and hotly debated topic that most call “The Rapture.” The one verse that most people use to assert there is a rapture is inContinue reading “The Raptor!”
Wonder WHO?
The following partial verse has been slightly ‘bent’ for certain purposes within certain theological circles: פֶּלֶא יוֹעֵץ אֵל גִּבּוֹר אֲבִי עַד שַׂר שָׁלוֹם. This is: “Peleh Yoetz EL Gibor Avi Ad Sar Shalom” Wonderful Counselor Mighty Strong My Father Eternal Prince Shalom Reading it as the Masoretes ‘punctuated’ it: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty Strong, My FatherContinue reading “Wonder WHO?”
Encounter 1
Was going to wait til lunch to post this, but I got a bit of a lull at work, and I don’t want to forget the details: I went for my 9am walk as usual. If you read my posts, you may remember my telling you of a time I was ridiculed and harangued asContinue reading “Encounter 1”
Meet Us!
The above video tells briefly why we worship G-d the way we do. My part of the story is that as a person who grew up suspecting he was Jewish, then confirming that Jewish heritage with his grandmother, who’d actually hidden it for some untold reason all my life, I was always certain that YeshuaContinue reading “Meet Us!”
A Proud Cavalier
A cavalier attitude toward faith is prevalent these days. And many people are proud of that. Sincerity in devotion to God is all but lost, and some people wear it like a badge. Our society is degrading fast past the laissez faire attitude into a mindset that has a propensity to attack even the veryContinue reading “A Proud Cavalier”
Abort Shun
“You shall NOT stand idly by the blood of your neighbor.” VaYikra 19:16 [Lev] This is a very short, and a very simple statement in scripture. Out of it comes the concept that it is our responsibility as believers in and worshippers of The God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob to SAVE LIFE. Saving lifeContinue reading “Abort Shun”
Who is THAT?
Yeshua. He is my Salvation. He has perfected me in the inner man, the ‘new being’, and before the court of Heaven, and given me access to the very throne of the Creator, to the heart of the Creator, His Father, with whom He is unified, because He originated from Him, and existed with HimContinue reading “Who is THAT?”