“Those camping on the east side toward the sunrise are to be under the banner of the camp of Y’hudah; they are to camp according to companies; by tribe and leader they are as follows…
“Then Kefa [Simon Peter] addressed them: “I now understand that God does not play favorites, but that whoever fears Him and does what is right is acceptable to Him, no matter what people he belongs to.”
“11 Have nothing to do with the deeds produced by darkness, but instead expose them, 12 for it is shameful even to speak of the things these people do in secret.”
(Emphasis mine)
“… in union with the Messiah and through the Good News the Gentiles were to be joint heirs, a joint body and joint sharers with the Jews in what God has promised.”
Another clear rebuke of replacement theology and also, two-house theories (the belief that God has a different…
“But the present condition of Israel does not mean that the Word of God has failed.”
This passage is an outstanding rebuttal to those who fall for various forms of replacement theology & anti-Zionism, usually believing that 1) God’s plan for the Jews failed, and thus that the goal…
Yeshua (Jesus) describes Himself in this passage as the Good Shepherd. He comes to His sheep meeting all the requirements: fulfilling all the Messianic prophecies, walking in the ways of Torah and being of the lineage of David, a fellow Jew. Anyone who did not fulfill these requirements was clearly a false…
“Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law?”
If Yeshua (Jesus) came to abolish the law of Moses, why would He say these words? I imagine if that were the case, then He would have more than likely said, “None of you keeps the law. Good! I came to nullify it…
When Yeshua (Jesus) commanded Simon to “launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch,” it wasn’t only to show His power. Simon and the other fishermen had spent all day fishing without anything to show for it, and suddenly with Yeshua they had far more than they could ever ask for. It was as…
I have a handy mnemonic for remembering the 10 commandments in two halves: Oh, I never sin, Mom! My awesome smart friend Christian. Allow me to explain:
O: One God (or no Other gods)
How fascinating that in the time of Yeshua’s (Jesus’) ministry, there had arisen a sect of Judaism that did not believe in the resurrection.
Many people, without a comprehensive knowledge of the scriptures, do not realize that resurrection (and eternal life) was a common theme in…
