Truth Nugget 27 - episode 1 prt 1 - https://lightofmenorah.podbean.com/e/truth-nuggets-27-episode-1-part-1-the-rapture-restored/

Truth Nugget 27 - episode 1 prt 2 - https://lightofmenorah.podbean.com/e/truth-nuggets-27-episode-1-part-2-historical-context-of-matt-2429-31/

                      LINKS FOR FURTHER STUDY 

               LINK 1 - get the book "The Difficult Words of Jesus" - https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Difficult-Words-Jesus-Perspective/dp/B098XVRHDN/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3J4OZ9IUQZ8BF&keywords=Understanding+the+Difficult+Words+of+Jesus%3A+New+Insights+From+a+Hebrew+Perspective&qid=1684698362&sprefix=understanding+the+difficult+words+of+jesus+new+insights+from+a+hebrew+perspective%2Caps%2C735&sr=8-1

               LINK 2 - Jesus likely spoke Hebrew as His daily language - Hebrew4Christians - https://www.hebrew4christians.com/Articles/Jesus_Hebrew/jesus_hebrew.html

               LINK 3 - excellent article on Jesus speaking Hebrew - https://skipmoen.com/subscribe/hebrew/the-hebrew-gospels/

               LINK 4 - Jewish concepts of the end of days (Jewish Eschatology) - https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/eschatology

 

Truth Nugget 27 - episode 2 prt 1 - https://lightofmenorah.podbean.com/e/truth-nuggets-27-the-rapture-restored-lesson-2-part-1/?token=08045894a78129836cfde5857086c1be

    LINKS FOR FURTHER STUDY 

               LINK 1 - Joel Kramer's awesome video in the area of Shittim - https://youtu.be/Qrv1_C-I3Es

               LINK 2 - Joel Richardson's videos showing the early church fathers never taught the rapture - https://fai.online/mgbs/category/THE+RAPTURE+%26+ENDURANCE

               LINK 3 - Article reviewing Jewish ideas of the End Times or Eschatology - https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/eschatology

               LINK 4 - David Malcom Bennet's paper entitled, Rapture or Not Raptured - That is the Question.  He provides proven research on the document Pseudo Ephraem showing it does not teach the rapture - https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/eq/2008-2_143.pdf

               Link 5 - another superb resource for the study of Pseudo Ephraem as a ancient document that does not teach the rapture - https://www.bible.ca/rapture-pseudo-ephraem-latin-syraic-texts.htm

                Link 6 - Joel Richardson's video showing that the Shepherd of Hermas does not teach the rapture - a must see - https://fai.online/mgbs/rapture-endurance-17

Truth Nugget 27 - episode 2 prt 2 - https://lightofmenorah.podbean.com/e/truth-nuggets-27-the-rapture-restored-episode-2-part-2/

LINKS FOR FURTHER STUDY 

               LINK 1 - Article asking is the rapture an example of replacement theology or the church is the new Israel? - https://www.jpost.com/christian-in-israel/features/christian-zionism-and-the-pre-tribulation-rapture-176422

               LINK 2 - Messianic Jewish scholar teaches on the Jewish view of the rapture - https://torahlifeministry.com/teachings/articles/29-the-rapture/109-the-jewish-understanding-of-the-rapture.html

               LINK 3 - scholarly paper showing the unbelievable connections of Jewish Rabbinic literature (Midrashim) to 1 Thess 4:16-17 - https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:34781/

               LINK 4 - https://www.worldhistory.org/Thessalonica/

               LINK 5 - awesome pictures of the archaeological sites in Thessalonica - https://holylandphotos.org/browse.asp?s=1,4,13,284&thumbs=1

Truth Nugget 27 - episode 2 prt 3 - https://lightofmenorah.podbean.com/e/truth-nuggets-27-rapture-restored-episode-2-part-3/

LINKS FOR FURTHER STUDY 

               LINK 1 - article from aa Messianic Jewish scholarly site on an alternative view of what many Christians today say is the "rapture" - https://torahlifeministry.com/teachings/articles/29-the-rapture/109-the-jewish-understanding-of-the-rapture.html

               LINK 2 - good article giving an overview of the meaning of a disciple in Jesus' day - https://www.thattheworldmayknow.com/rabbi-and-talmidim

               LINK 3 - 13 articles of faith as per Maimonides - https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-thirteen-principles-of-faith/

               LINK 4 - the Resurrection concept is totally a Jewish concept and rabbis taught the dead rise first - https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1127503/jewish/The-Resurrection-Process.htm

               LINK 5 - the awesome scholarly paper by two credible Christian professors showing the connections of 1 Thess 4:16-17 to rabbinic writings - https://www.academia.edu/820577/1_Thess_4_16_17_in_Rabbinic_Perspective