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The study of the Bible in its historical context - with a focus on the archaeology, history, geography, customs , culture, and even the languages of the ancient Middle East. WE ask what did they understand THEN - the original intent of the Lord - so that we can expand and enrich our understanding NOW and thus become true disciples of Adonai Yeshua as in John 8:31-32.
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2 days ago
2 days ago
Once again we come to text of the Bible that is taken out of its historical context. Once again we are surrounded by childish ideas of the Scapegoat and what the term עֲזָאזֵל Azazel means. It is not a name. And Jewish scholars agree that the scapegoat is NOT a sacrifice. It does nothing for the person - does not forgive sin - at all. So what is it?
On top of that Jesus says in John 5:39 the following ...
"You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; ..." (Joh 5:39)
OK - God says sometime between 24-30 A.D. that Scripture testifies of Jesus. All they had was the Hebrew Scriptures the Old Testament and the Torah, the first five books of the Bible were the foundation of the Bible. Does the Scapegoat, עֲזָאזֵל Azazel, testify of Messiah Yeshua, Jesus the Christ? Does the Scapegoat, עֲזָאזֵל Azazel, shows us the Lord? Wait till you see!!
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy? What's his background? Why should I listen to him? Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0
3 days ago
3 days ago
In Genesis chapter 4 we come to an interesting character, Lamech. He's not the father of Noah since that Lamech was a descendant of Seth. This Lamech in chapter 4 is the great great great grandson of Cain. He seems to be an unforgiving character just like his ancestor Cain; Lamech talking to his two wives said if someone hurts him he will have his revenge seventy and sevenfold; that means a whole lot. His worldview was clearly not the worldview of the God of the Bible, the God of Abraham, the worldview of Judaism; it was distinctly opposed to our Christian worldview and Jesus' teaching.
Jesus uses this account of Lamech to give His disciples 2000 years ago the counter worldview to Lamech. As a Jewish rabbi He teaches from the Torah to help them and us know the truth of God's word and the truth of how we are to live as His holy people. Jesus uses the Torah, the only Bible they had in Jesus' day, to teach the gospel since the Father had already inspired Moses to write about the gospel in the Torah. But how? Come and join us and let's dig deep.
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy? What's his background? Why should I listen to him? Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0
4 days ago
4 days ago
Awhile back a pastor I knew did a lesson on Yom Kipppureem. In his sermon he connected Yom Kippureem to Passover for us who were Christians. I never heard this before and it was interesting. Over the years this has stayed with me and I think there is something here to be considered. Let's take a look.
1) Yom Kippureem totally involved the high priest. He alone was involved in all the sacrifices and rituals of the appointed time, no on else, so that all the unintentional sins of Israel would be forgiven and atoned for. But, Yeshua is our high priest, and He was the only one on Passover to provide a way so that our intentional sins would be forgiven and atoned for.
2) On Yom Kippureem there was one from the flocks that was the sin offering, a goat chosen by lot. On Passover, there is only one Lamb of God, Yeshua, the Lamb who takes away the sins of the world and He was chosen since the beginning of time. (Luke 9:35)
3) Today the Jewish people reserve the month before Rosh HaShana as a month to prepare for Yom Kippureem. It is the month of Elul. For us Christians we today have a time before Passover when we prepare for the remembrance of the sacrifice of the Lamb of God and the cross. We call it Lent.
4) In the year of Jubilee the shofar is to be sounded on Yom Kippureem. This is to announce that all slaves were free and all are released from their debts. Today, the shofar is blown at the end of the services for Yom Kippureem. But, on Passover, the shofar was blown in Jesus' day at the time of the sacrifice of the Passover lambs. It was at this time that Jesus died and we, as slaves to sin, chose Jesus, and proclaim Him as Lord and Savor, as God, we can confess our intentional sins are are forgiven, released, and free. He paid the price of our debt. For Jew and Gentile the shofar blast on Passover the day and hour Jesus died announces the year of Jubilee tat started then and never ends.
5) On Yom Kippureem the high priest showed up a week early. He was then in the Temple getting ready of his big day on Yom Kippureem. Jesus as well. He showed up in Bethany six days before Passover, the day of the sacrifice of the Lamb of God. He was in the Temple and it was as if Jesus was teaching and witnessing His word before His terrible day when WE crucified Him due to our sin.
There probably is more. And there is. But now. Come. Study this last lesson on Yom Kippureem. Study and see and hear how Jesus is the shadow of this appointed time over us.
Therefore let no one sit in judgment on you in matters of food and drink, or with regard to a feast day or a New Moon or a Sabbath. Such [things] are only the shadow of things that are to come, and they have only a symbolic value. But the reality (the substance, the solid fact of what is foreshadowed, the body of it) belongs to Christ. (Col 2:16-17)
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy? What's his background? Why should I listen to him? Check his background at this link - click here for the teacher's background
6 days ago
6 days ago
In this second lesson on the most holiest day for the religious Jewish people, Yom Kippureem יום הכיפורים - the day of Atonements יום הכיפורים - we wonder if the Hebrews did this "feast" during the 40 years in the Sinai? Did they do it in David's day, Solomon's, or Hezekiah's?
In Jesus' day Yom Kippureem יום הכיפורים was devoutly practiced and it was called "The Great Day" or "The Day" or simply the "The Fast." This can be seen in the books of Acts when Paul was on that sea voyage and experienced the ship wreck. Consider ...
When we had sailed slowly for a good many days, and with difficulty had arrived off Cnidus, since the wind did not permit us to go farther, we sailed under the shelter of Crete, off Salmone; and with difficulty sailing past it we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea. When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even the fast was already over, Paul began to admonish them, and said to them, "Men, I perceive that the voyage will certainly be with damage and great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives." (Act 27:7-10)
Dr. Craig Keener - an superb and highly credible Bible historian and scholar - comments on this. He says ...
The “fast” here refers to Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, which occurs in September or October. Sea travel became more dangerous as winter approached (2Ti_4:21; Tit_3:12). Shipping was completely closed down from around November 10 to as late as March 10, but September 15-November 10 and March 11-May 26 were risky periods as well. (The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament. © 1993 by Craig S. Keener).
During Jesus' day the appointed time focused on the High Priest and the rituals and events taught by יהוה Yahvay, the Lord our God, in Leviticus 16. It is possible there were services in the local synagogues across Israel. However, the TORAH, God's "instruction" and not law emphasized the High Priest and the things that must be done on the Temple in Jerusalem.
After 70 A.D. Judaism changes dramatically. All things had to be rethought and looked at from a different perspective. Why? There was no Temple anymore. Now what? So, Yom Kippureem יום הכיפורים takes on a whole different way of observing this awesome day as the rabbis "made up" new rituals and new practices that are not in the Bible at all. Some are. But overall the Jewish way today of doing Yom Kippureem is not like it was in Jesus' day.
We know that there are days coming we call the Great Tribulation. We know it has to do with the predictions of the "70 Weeks" on Daniel. It was weeks of years or each year represents one day of "week." In Judaism you might hear that the "last week" of Daniel's 70 weeks is called the "Time of Jacob's Trouble." Some verses related to this in Judaism are ...
"Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place. "So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress. "Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined. "And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate."
(Dan 9:24-27)
Now these are the words which the LORD spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah: "For thus says the LORD, 'I have heard a sound of terror, Of dread, and there is no peace. 'Ask now, and see If a male can give birth. Why do I see every man With his hands on his loins, as a woman in childbirth? And why have all faces turned pale? 'Alas! for that day is great, There is none like it; And it is the time of Jacob's distress, But he will be saved from it. 'It shall come about on that day,' declares the LORD of hosts, 'that I will break his yoke from off their neck and will tear off their bonds; and strangers will no longer make them their slaves. (Jer 30:4-8)
Is there some connection between Jesus, "The Time of Jacob's Distress (Trouble)," Yom Kippureem יום הכיפורים, Yom Teruah יוֹם תְּרוּעָה (rabbinic name is Rosh HaShana), and Jesus' words as we read ...
"The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel." (Mar 1:15)
Come. Join us. Let's study Yom Kippureem יום הכיפורים. Let's "see" how this appointed time is a picture of the coming of the End of Days, the awesome Day of the Lord.
Sunday Oct 06, 2024
Yom Kippureem - Episode 1 - ”It is Finished.”
Sunday Oct 06, 2024
Sunday Oct 06, 2024
Ten days after Yom Teruah יוֹם תְּרוּעָה (rabbinic name is Rosh HaShana) we come to the most holiest day for the religious Jewish people, Yom Kippureem יום הכיפורים - the day of Atonements. Already we see that when we call it Yom Kippur we are incorrect. God calls it Yom Kippureem, atonements is plural.
In this first of the three lessons on this feast (not a feast but an "appointed time" or mo'edeem מועדים - like a date - one knows the day, the time, and the place of the meeting) we will learn why it is called the day of atonements. We will see that those who teach that atonement means "AT ONE MENT" are showing their total lack of Bible knowledge and understanding. We will deal with the question that few in the pulpit can deal with and that is if on Yom Kippureem God atones and forgives ALL the sins of all the people Israel (look it up in Lev. 16:34) then what did Jesus do on the cross? Does this mean Israel is cleansed of all sins once per year, but non-Jews, like us, need Jesus? Does that mean Israel does not need Jesus? Is Israel some sort of super race in God's eyes? We will see that Yom Kippureem does not cleanse Israel of sin. We will see that indeed all men, all women, young and old, Jew and Gentile, have no hope to be forgiven of their sin unless there is the solution God provided, His death and blood sacrifice on the cross. All this is right in front of us. The confusion is cleared up easily and precisely IF you know the Hebrew and IF you know what the Torah says about UNINTENTIONAL SIN and INTENTIONAL SIN and the SIN OFFERING. All the answers are right there in front of us, but few in the church are educated in Biblical Hebrew and the ancient culture of Israel, our Jewish roots. Our seminaries are graduating highly educated pastors with no Biblical understanding, no knowledge of Biblical Hebrew or Greek, and no training in understanding the Bible in its historical context or the Jewish roots of Christianity.
Here's two awesome links to two articles at www.TorahClass.com - a Jewish/Christian teaching site explain this - 1) https://torahclass.com/old-testament-leviticus-lesson-23-ch16/?format=video&lang=en 2) https://torahclass.com/old-testament-leviticus-lesson-24-ch16-ch17/?format=audio&lang=en
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy? What's his background? Why should I listen to him? Check his background at this link -click here for the teacher's background
Friday Oct 04, 2024
Genesis 14 - Gen. 4:10-26 - Abel's BLOOD(S) Cry Out to Me
Friday Oct 04, 2024
Friday Oct 04, 2024
In the previous lesson I mentioned two verses I wanted to emphasize. The first was Genesis 4:9 and in this lesson it is Genesis 4:10. God tells Cain that his brother's blood cries out to the Lord. For me as a Christian reading it in English it seems to mean to me that God is simply saying that He has witnessed Abel's murder. However, it has deeper implications. So deep, matter of fact, that this verse is related to the Bible's view that killing a baby in the womb is more than one death! But, the key is, NOT in English but in Hebrew.
Once again we need to reconnect to those amazing scholars Jew and Gentile to help us see what the Hebrew means and how it was understood in Jesus' day and before. Thus, once we understand the Lord's original meaning it helps us today apply it the way it was intended. Many times in this series I bring up two sources that are so helpful for the study of the Torah for us Christians. One is the Torah commentary by Dr. John Currid. The second is the JPS (Jerusalem Publication Society) Torah Commentary. I recommend both of these resources for any of you who are serious Bible students.
Another great resource is this web site (link below). It is entitled "Hebrew 4 Christians." At this website are amazing resources for you to go deeper in understanding the Jewish background of the Bible, to learn Hebrew, and to study Torah as a disciple of Yeshua. Here's the link - https://hebrew4christians.com/index.html
Rev. Ferret (above - in a tomb in the necropolis of the ancient city of Hierapolis in Turkey) - who is this guy? What's his background? Why should I listen to him? Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Rosh HaShana (YOM TERUAH) - 4 - 1st & Last Shofar
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
ROSH HASHANA EPISODE 4
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In lesson 4 we seem to get at the primary connection between this feast of the Lord, this "appointed time" commanded by Him, His מוֹעֲדִ mo'ed and Yeshua HaMaschiach, Jesus the Messiah, the Christ. Jesus said (John 5:39) that SCRIPTURE testifies of Him. So, this feast in Torah likely testifies of Him.
We will focus on those coming out of Egypt and the one shofar blast that was beyond loud, strong. It was awesome, amazing, and unbelievable. As we study the events of this shofar blast it seems to create a definite connection to an event in the future - an event that mirrors the event experienced by the Hebrews at Sinai. It takes us to a certain mountain, a specific location that we are all looking forward to.
I mentioned in this lesson about Rabbi Saadia Gaon living in the early 10th century A.D. He suggested there were ten events related to the Shofar we should relate to Rosh HaShana. (NOTE: the actual name used by God is Yom Teruah, the Day of the Blast. Rabbis made up the name Rosh HaShana. Their views of the Lord's feast and its meaning is unbiblical and not close to the Lord's purpose). If you wanted to read the actual words of Rabbi Gaon check the link below. Also, check the link below that shows that Rosh HaShana is not what God wanted or intended. God named this this "appointed time," this מוֹעֲדִ mo'ed, one of His feasts as in Leviticus 23, יום תרועה, Yom Teruah - the day of the blast (shofar blast is assumed). The rabbis changed it and took out of the Bible, took out of the context of God's word.
LINK 1 - ten shofars of Rabbi Gaon
https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/128856?lang=bi
LINK 2 - Rosh HaShana is not biblical and of God but Yom Teruah is
https://booksnthoughts.com/rosh-hashanah-is-not-a-biblical-holiday/
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy? What's his background? Why should I listen to him? Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0
Monday Sep 30, 2024
Monday Sep 30, 2024
I have heard the excuse of many in the "church" of why we do not do the Biblical feasts. One will say they are the Jewish feasts. And we are not Jewish. Right, you are not Jewish, but you are also wrong. Lev. 23:1-2 tells us that these feasts - actually in Hebrew they are the מועדים mow-ed-deem (H4140) or the appointed times) - belong to the Lord, belong to יהוה Yahvay. They are not only for Jews but for all God's people. On top of that Jesus also seems to imply that the feasts, the appointed times, are His. Consider ...
And He said, "Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, 'The Teacher says, "My time is near; I am to keep the Passover at your house with My disciples."'" (Mat 26:18)
The Passover is one of the feasts, one of the מועדים mow-ed-deem and Jesus seems to say this is His. Thus, Jesus is saying He is the Lord! He is saying that the feasts are His.
Besides that Jesus says in John 5:39 ...
"You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me" (Joh 5:39)
He said this to the Scribes, the Chief Priests, the Temple Elders, and probably some Pharisees in 24-30 A.D. All they had was the Hebrew Scriptures (a.k.a. the Old Testament) and the first five books of the Bible, the Books of Moses, a.k.a. the Torah, were the key foundational books of the Bible. Jesus is saying the Torah testifies of Him, the Messiah. So, the feasts, the מועדים mow-ed-deem, testify of Jesus. Thus, some say in the church that the Biblical feasts are Jewish and only about Jewish stuff. There's nothing in the feasts about Jesus. Wrong. What did our Lord just teach us? Why won't we listen to Yeshua? We don't listen to Him and and wonder why over 80% of so called people who call themselves Christians in the USA do NOT have a Biblical worldview. We Bible teachers have a lot to answer for and it will be a fearsome thing to be face to face with Jesus when we are judged.
In part three we will look at four possible ways יוֹם תְּרוּעָה Yom Teruah or the Day of the Blast (rabbis changed it to Rosh HaShana, the head of the year) connect to Jesus. We will not make up stuff. We will not invent non-biblical connections. We will stick like glue to the very words of God and the real facts of Biblical history. We will only consider four. I think there are more and you may find others. But, the four I chose convinced me to say that once you know this then the "church" has NO excuse for not doing the מועדים mow-ed-deem of the Lord. Once Jesus is manifested in the feasts it is incumbent upon the "church" - all of us as disciples of Adonai Yeshua - to do then as an expression of our love and thankfulness. We do Christmas - nice holiday but not commanded by God. Easter - nice holiday but not commanded by God. Lent - awesome time before Easter but not commanded by God. Advent - preparing for the birth of Christ but again, man made, and not commanded by the Lord. The only one we do is Pentecost and in many churches today you attend Pentecost Sunday and it is not even brought up. But now there is no excuse. Come. Blow the shofar on the evening of יוֹם תְּרוּעָה Yom Teruah (a.k.a. Rosh HaShana) and rejoice and celebrate our new life in Jesus.
גמר חתימה בספר החיים טלה
G'mar Chatima Beh Sefer HaChaim Tahlah
May you be inscribed in the Lamb's Book of Life
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy? What's his background? Why should I listen to him? Check his background at this link - click here for the teacher's background
Saturday Sep 28, 2024
Rosh HaShana - Part 2 - The Shadow of Messiah
Saturday Sep 28, 2024
Saturday Sep 28, 2024
SPECIAL PODCAST SERIES
The Fall Feasts of the Lord
Once again we return to Jesus' words in John 5:39 ...
"You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me." (Joh 5:39)
How do we "see" Jesus in Rosh HaShana? This feast of the Lord is in the Torah, the main books of the Bible in Jesus' day when He said the words found John 5:39. It is not how the Jewish people celebrate this feast. NO!! It is how the word testifies of the Messiah, Jesus the Christ. How does the Shofar sound of this feast show us Yeshua?
The word of God is clear, crystal. These are not the Jewish feasts. God says they are not but He says ...
The LORD spoke again to Moses, saying, "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'The LORD'S appointed times which you shall proclaim as holy convocations--My appointed times are these:
(Lev 23:1-2)
Today the church does not celebrate one of God's "feasts." One can see why. Our pastors and leaders are not trained in Hebrew, Greek, or the Bible in its historical context. The "church" has always looked upon the feasts as Jewish and that Jesus did away with the law. So, we do not see a reason to do Jewish feasts. But they are not Jewish feasts. They are the Lord's. Perhaps, if we "see" how they relate to Jesus, a church may consider a service on the evening or day of Rosh HaShana. The service might entail songs of praise and thanksgiving and perhaps a community meal or pizza party. Once you see the Christian meaning of all this then a church could once again say to our Father, "Abba, we come today to join with you on YOUR 'appointed time' and seek Your face and Your love on Your Feast that we have turned from in our lack of understanding.
In parts one and two and three of this series we will focus on Rosh HaShana. We will find that the rabbis made up the name, Rosh HaShana, and said the feasts was a celebration of the New Year. No way - not in its historical context. Once we get the rabbinic midrash out of the way the meaning of this feast, called the Day of the Blast in Torah, becomes clear and powerful and then we can see Jesus, we can see the Messiah. It then is a challenge for the "church" to understand Yom Teruah, Rosh HaShana, and to consider a praise service to honor the Lord and meet with Him on His "appointed time," and time and day He wants us to get together.
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy? What's his background? Why should I listen to him? Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0
Friday Sep 27, 2024
Rosh HaShana Part 1 - THE DAY OF THE BLAST
Friday Sep 27, 2024
Friday Sep 27, 2024
SPECIAL PODCAST SERIES
The Fall Feasts of the Lord
Once again we return to Jesus' words in John 5:39 ...
"You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me." (Joh 5:39)
He said this sometime between 24-30 A.D. and scripture then was the Hebrew Scriptures (a.k.a. the Old Testament). The primary books of the Hebrew scriptures is the Torah, the first five books of the Bible. Thus, then, how do these scriptures testify of Jesus? How do we see Jesus in the Torah? This relates to the Rosh HaShana since this "feast" is mentioned several times in the Torah. So, how do we "see" Jesus in Rosh HaShana?
The word of God is clear, crystal. These are not the Jewish feasts. God says they are not but He says ...
The LORD spoke again to Moses, saying, "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'The LORD'S appointed times which you shall proclaim as holy convocations--My appointed times are these:
(Lev 23:1-2)
Today the church does not celebrate one of God's "feasts." Not one except Pentecost, or in Hebrew, Shavuot, the feast of weeks. And, even then, they do not even understand the deeper and more expanded meaning of Pentecost. Why not? Simple, the church is so cutoff from its Jewish roots. It has been emphasized that the old is done away with and the new has come so we are not under the rules and commands of the Old Testament. The "church" has taught for centuries that what is Jewish is wrong, obsolete, and Jesus came against it. This is totally wrong and misguided. Jesus never did away with the Torah and the commands in Torah. He came to complete the Torah, to do what the Torah could never do. Just like we read when Paul taught in the synagogue in Antioch of Pisidia in southern Turkey ...
"Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, and through Him everyone who believes is freed from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses (another way of naming the fist five books of the Bible, the Torah). (Act 13:38-39)
Jesus is God, Jesus is Lord, and Paul reiterates that there is only ONE God. Thus, these "feasts" are His, they are the feasts of Jesus. I suggest that once you see Jesus in these commanded times the church can then consider to do these feasts in a Christian way as we see Jesus.
In parts one and two and three of this series we will focus on Rosh HaShana. We will find that the rabbis made up the name, Rosh HaShana, and said the feasts was a celebration of the New Year. No way - not in its historical context. Once we get the rabbinic midrash out of the way the meaning of this feast, called the Day of the Blast in Torah, becomes clear and powerful and then we can see Jesus, we can see the Messiah. It then is a challenge then to the "church" to understand Yom Teruah, Rosh HaShana, and to consider a praise service to honor the Lord and meet with Him on His "appointed time," and time and day He wants us to get together.
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy? What's his background? Why should I listen to him? Check his background at this link - click here for the teacher's background