Tag Archives: Jewels of Judaism
A Modern-Day Hebrew
What does it mean to be a Hebrew? Abraham established the standard of what it means to walk in faith with the living God. Christians and Jews alike whole-heartedly agree that the life of Abraham is a model of what it means to truly believe in God. We see evidence of this in the following […]
Continue readingCreation – An Attempt to Rewrite History
This week restarts the yearly reading through the first five books of the Bible, the Torah. According to Jewish tradition, immediately following the celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles we once again begin reading from Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” The foundations of life as we know it […]
Continue readingPurim – For Such a Time as This!
Purim is the celebration of life for the Jewish people. The story is as old as the Bible, as it is recorded in the book of Esther. The Persian Empire was at its height at the writing of the book of Esther, a kingdom of over 127 provinces from India to Ethiopia (Esther 1:1-2) with King Ahasuerus […]
Continue readingGod Still Speaks – Va’Yishlach – Dec. 17
Can a person really hear from God? Living in Jerusalem, I regularly hear people explain how they have heard the Lord speak to them. Some people have proven that they have truly heard from God while others have proven just the opposite, as the word which they claimed was from the Lord was shown to […]
Continue readingAuthority in Prayer – Ki Teitzei – Sept. 17
When Nehemiah first heard about the deplorable situation of the city of Jerusalem and of the people living in it, he responded by seeking the LORD in prayer: …let Your ear now be attentive and Your eyes open to hear the prayer of Your servant which I am praying before You now, day and night, […]
Continue readingHow Many Days & Nights was Yeshua in the Grave?
The Jewish celebration of Passover and the Christian observation of the death and resurrection of Yeshua from the grave (generally referred to as “Easter”) are often observed on the same weekend, however, in some years they can be observed up to a month apart. The connection between Passover and the death and resurrection of Yeshua are […]
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