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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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Friday May 15, 2026
Friday May 15, 2026
Thursday May 14, 2026
Thursday May 14, 2026
Over the last 5 to 10 years I have noticed Christians becoming interested in the Jewish Passover Meal – the Seder. Many say they see how it connects to Jesus. Christians also see how Jesus is also related to Passover. The lambs were sacrificed on the same day the Lamb of God was sacrificed or Jesus was crucified. Matter of fact I teach a course on the feasts of the Lord found in Leviticus 23 and how they testify of Jesus. Paul teaches us this. Consider the text …
Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day-- things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ. (Col 2:16-17)
The feasts are shadows of something. Something is casting a “shadow”over the feasts. What? Who? Jesus of course. He is the substance of the shadow or that which makes up the shadow. But, as we have seen in previous lessons, the greatest of all the Lord’s feasts, actually, appointed times set by Him, is the Sabbath, or in Hebrew, שַׁבָּת Shabbat.
God has created an appointed time called the Sabbath on the 7th day of each week. It is a holy TIME; it is 24 hours long and not about just going to church. During this set aside time, or holy time, the Lord commands us to have a special separate meeting during this 24 hour holy time as in Leviticus 23:3. The Jews do a synagogue service and from this the “church” followed suit and did a church service. But Jesus said …
“You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me.” (Joh 5:39)
Jesus said this between 24-30 A.D. and all they had was the Hebrew Scriptures – a.k.a. the Old Testament. So, the Sabbath must be a SHADOW of things to come. And the Sabbath MUST testify of Jesus. But how? It is easy to “see” Jesus in Passover. It is easy to see how the Jewish Seder relates to Jesus. But שַׁבָּת Shabbat? How? How is Jesus connected to this special, set aside, or holy 24 hour period? Let’s go study this in the next three lessons. So, ready? Come let’s go.
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
Wednesday May 13, 2026
Wednesday May 13, 2026
Lesson 9 Part 2
No one teaches the awesomeness of this feast, this "appointed time" of יהוה Yahvay, the Lord. Few Christians in Sunday congregations or Messianic congregations know that Shabbat is a BIG DEAL. Yes, it is a feast of the Lord by the very words of God. Don't believe me, you can read it for your self in Lev. 23:1-3 and you'll notice that the Sabbath is 1st in the list. There are 8 festivals of the Lord - they are not Jewish feasts. They belong to the Lord.
So, come. Join us. Study what you've been missing. Come and let the Lord help us understand the awesome of His שָׁבַת Shabbat so that He can enhance our walk of faith with המשיח ישוע, HaMaschiach Yeshua, Jesus the Messiah, Jesus the Christ.
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
Tuesday May 12, 2026
Tuesday May 12, 2026
Lesson 9 Part 1
Do you do the Sabbath? It is one of the Ten Commandments, so you'd better. But, do you do it on Sunday? Or, do you do it on Saturday where some might say it is the "Jewish" Sabbath? Who is right? In this video we will not debate whether the Sabbath is Sunday or Saturday. This debate has been going on for 1000's of years and I don't think I can end the debate with a short 30 minute or 60 minute video.
However, what is the Sabbath? What do you think the Sabbath is? Is it simply when you go to church? Oh no, you say, it is about church and resting, right? God said we are to rest. So why do it on Saturday or even Sunday? "Why can't I have a day of rest when I want?," some might say. But, what if He never said to rest? What if He meant something else? What's the 7th day have to do about it? Is that all it's about - going to church and, perhaps, taking a nap? Or is there something bigger that God is having us understand and practice? I suggest to you that the Sabbath - שָׁבַת Shabbat in Hebrew - is much much bigger.
Both groups, ones who practice שָׁבַת Shabbat on Saturday and those who practice שָׁבַת Shabbat on Sunday, are not being taught what this feast of the Lord actually is. This is my experience after growing up in Sunday churches and later attending Messianic congregations. No one is teaching the awesomeness of this feast, this "appointed time" of יהוה Yahvay, the Lord. Yes, it is a feast of the Lord by the very words of God. Don't believe me, you can read it for your self in Lev. 23:1-3 and you'll notice that the Sabbath is 1st in the list. There are 8 festivals of the Lord - they are not Jewish feasts. They belong to the Lord.
So, come. Join us. Study what you've been missing. Come and let the Lord help us understand the awesome of His שָׁבַת Shabbat so that He can enhance our walk of faith with המשיח ישוע, HaMaschiach Yeshua, Jesus the Messiah, Jesus the Christ. Let's us return to our first love. Sing along with us, "Ahshuv Ahlecka - Coming Back to You." Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoMT2fqnQyM
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 May 11, 2026
Monday May 11, 2026
For a comprehensive study of God's Sabbath check out the video Bible study series entitled, "The Lord's Shabbat: a Big Deal." Jewish people do the Shabbat on Saturday (the 7th day) and Christians on Sunday. But what is the Lord's Sabbath? It's not about going to church or the synagogue. It is not exclusively about taking it easy and resting. It is the Lord's Shabbat and not ours. We do not get to do what we want since God made the Shabbat HOLY or in Hebrew קָדוֹשׁ KADOSH. It means separate, set aside, distinctly special. God did this and He specified its purpose. Both Jews and Christians need to return to the Very Words of God and His Torah, His instuction, to relearn what His Shabbat is all about. Here's the link to the podcast playlist of all eight videos.
LINK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05bc07ssllo&list=PLvcIXun2BQDLshZetXi0avkG665YNcI5I
In lessons 8-11 of podcast 47 on the Ten Commandments we focus on Exod. 20:8-11 or commandment #4 in the Jewish and Protestant list of the Ten Commandments and #3 of the Catholic list. The commandment is to keep the Sabbath, the 7th day of the week, holy. In Hebrew to be holy is to be separate or set aside as special. The commandment is NOT to rest but to make it HOLY. Matter of fact the Hebrew word for Sabbath is שַׁבָּת Shabbat and it has a conceptual meaning of ceasing, to desist, to stop work for a period of time. It does not mean taking a nap, laying around in your backyard drinking iced tea, or picking up a book and reading and relaxing. Many Christians have no idea of the Hebrew and think they can pick their own day to rest and have a break from work. I agree. If you want a day off from work and your boss approves, go ahead. But the 7th day is defined by God and HIS Shabbat (Gen. 2:2-3 and Lev. 23:3), His day where WE cease and desist and do other things to make HIS Shabbat holy. The better idea is to stop one’s normal weekly activity and to lay it aside and to do “work” that makes the Sabbath holy. Thus, if one rests all day, if one sleeps for most of the Sabbath, one probably is not doing what needs to be done to make this day HOLY, special, set aside as unique.
In lesson 8 we will study the Shabbat and consider some basic ideas. One idea is that where did this 7 day week come from? Must’ve come from somewhere right? Some say the Jews stole the 7 day week from the Babylonians. Consider this.
BABYLON AND THE 7 DAY WEEK
Counting from the new moon, the Babylonians celebrated every seventh day as a "holy-day", also called an "evil-day" (meaning "unsuitable" for prohibited activities). The lunation of 29 or 30 days basically contained three seven-day weeks, and a final week of eight or nine days inclusive, breaking the continuous seven-day cycle. But, the Sabbath week has nothing to do with the moon. If the Jews stole it from the Babylonians every full moon of every month would be a Sabbath; for us it’d be a Saturday. Sorry, it just doesn’t work. (Pinches, T.G. (1919). "Sabbath (Babylonian)". In Hastings, James (ed.). Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics. Selbie, John A., contrib. Charles Scribner's Sons)
Among other theories of Shabbat origin, the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia of Isaac Landman advanced a theory of Assyriologists like Friedrich Delitzsch that Shabbat originally arose from the lunar cycle, containing four weeks ending in Sabbath, plus one or two additional unreckoned days per month. The difficulties of this theory include reconciling the differences between an unbroken week and a lunar week, and explaining the absence of texts naming the lunar week as Shabbat in any language. In other words there is no primary sources that in anyway support such a view. (Sampey, John Richard (1915). "Sabbath: Critical Theories". In Orr, James (ed.). The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.)
Also, what might be some reasons to keep the Sabbath? Oh I know. It means going to church. Nope. The Sabbath is HOLY time: a 24 hour period that God set aside as His. How do we participate in HOLY time?
So, get ready. You are in for an amazing “ride” to hear God, to hear The Very Words Of God, and join with HIM to make this 24 hours special and awesome.
Who is this guy, Rev. Ferret? What's his background? Why should we take time to listen to him? Here's a link to check out his background ... - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0
Sunday May 10, 2026
Sunday May 10, 2026
Exodus Lesson 71 Part 2
In Exod. 31:13 it says …
“But as for you, speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'You shall surely observe My sabbaths; for this is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.” (Exo 31:13)
The word BUT is the Hebrew word ACH (אַךְ H389) meaning “never the less, or none the less, or but, or surely and more. It is as if God is saying
“What came before is very important but what comes now is even more important that all that has come before, so, Moses, speak to the sons of Israel … “
The Sabbath, the Lord’s Sabbath, His Shabbat in Hebrew is more important than all that has come before. More important than all the instruction and all the detail about God’s Tabernacle and the dress of the High Priest and the Priests starting in chapter 25. More important that the induction ceremony of the Aaron and his sons. It seems God is saying it is more important than when Moses first went up Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments. He's been there since and in v. 18 he gets the two tablets from the Lord and this ends his stay of 40 days and nights on Sinai. It seems that the Shabbat is more important than everything back to chapter 20! That was when God gave Moses the Ten Commandments, the Lord’s Covenant. Shabbat is bigger than all this.
On our YouTube channel I have a “playlist” series I did on the Lord’s Shabbat, or the Sabbath. It is incumbent on us, true disciples of Messiah, to know about Jesus’ Shabbat, God’s Shabbat. We’ll find that it is the most important of the Lord’s feasts.
LINK to the Shabbat playlist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05bc07ssllo&list=PLvcIXun2BQDLshZetXi0avkG665YNcI5I
And now here in Exod. 31:12-18 we see the Shabbat is called a SIGN (אוֹת – “oat”) and it is called the covenant of Shabbat. It is given to man and not man given to shabbat. But the Hebrews are the Bride. Just like in a contemporary religious Jewish wedding, only the bride gets a ring. So, only the bride gets the Shabbat, God’s ring, the sign or אוֹת – “oat” of the covenant. But Jesus is our Bridegroom, our future “husband” and He asked us to keep His commandments and the greatest feast of the Lord is the Sabbath of THE SHABBAT. And Jesus said do it to show me our love! (Joh 14:15) "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.”
The shabbat is like our ring as we are betrothed to our Bridegroom, our Yeshua, our Jesus. We do His Sabbath to tell Him we love Him and to use it as a testimony to the world of God and His Salvation. How dare us say we can Shabbat on any day we want. It is NOT about onl rest. It is about the Lord's Shabbat to testify He is and He is the creator of the universe and He brings His salvation to all of us both Jew and Gentile. We do Shabbat on God's designated day to testify of Him.
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy?
(Ferret - visiting ancient Gath in Israel. Didn't see Goliath though!)
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
Saturday May 09, 2026
Saturday May 09, 2026
Now we focus on commandment #2 or #3 depending on whether you are a Jew or Catholic or Protestant. Again, here are the three lists of the Ten Commandments.
Jews have one and the Catholics have theirs and the Protestants have theirs. They are all different. Our focus is not studying the Ten Commandments since that phrase never appears in Hebrew in the Bible but the Ten STATEMENTS. That is what it really says. Not commandments. It was a mistranslation of the church first appearing in 1500’s A.D.
We will study Exod. 20:7. The 1st half of the verse is the commandment. But, we can not study the commandment without putting it back into its textual context. When we do we find this act is dangerous. It is perhaps the most dangerous of all things we ever could do. Why? Well. Come join us as we study the commandment that says in English, “do not take the name of the Lord in vain.”
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
Thursday May 07, 2026
Thursday May 07, 2026
Exodus Lesson 71 Part 1
In Hebrew Genesis 2:3 has a unique Hebrew grammatical construction only found here in chapter 2 verse 3. The Hebrew translated direct from the Hebrew is that “God ceased from creating all his work that God created TO DO.” This seems to suggest that the Lord stopped creating work to be accomplished in the future work. Hebrew scholars such as Ibn Ezra (1092-1167 A.D.) and Radak (1160-1235 A.D.), noted that the Hebrew phrase that God created a world that was complete in its foundation but designed to have its full potential realized through time, partly through the stewardship of humanity. In other words it seems possible that God has created work for the future for Himself, His people like Moses, David, Isaiah, and of course Jesus and US!! It is a very interesting valid alternative translation of Gen. 2:3. (See “JPS Torah Commentary: Genesis. Nahum Sarna. © 1989. The Jewish Publication Society. Jerusalem, Philadelphia, and New York)
Ask many Christians today how they are saved and they would tell you they are saved by GRACE and not by WORKS. They are right. This is the very words of God found in Eph. 2:8-9. But, what we miss is this is a Jewish concept and understood quite clearly among religious Jews in Jesus’ day. Consider the Hebrew words Chen (grace/favor) and Chesed (lovingkindness) which represent God’s unmerited favor and mercy shown to individuals and the nation, rather than just earning salvation through works. Hebrew Origins: The concept of grace (chen - found 69 times in the Tanakh) emphasizes God’s unmerited favor, such as when Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. Grace is then connected to Torah often expressed in Judaism as "saved by grace, led by Torah," or God’s instruction and not law. It is seen as a gift that frees individuals to walk in God's ways out of love, not just for merit. Here’s a number of websites to check it out and go deeper in your understanding and study.
- https://www.myjewishlearning.com/2013/05/21/rescuing-grace/
- https://hoshanarabbah.org/blog/2016/02/26/concept-of-grace/
- https://free.messianicbible.com/feature/grace-enough/
In this podcast we will study Eph. 2:10. The verse that most Christians forget. They stop at verse 9 when they quote Eph. 2:8-9. They tell us that works don't matter. But, they do not read THE VERY WORDS OF GOD in verse 10. We are sved by grace not by works to then become God's workmanship to do good WORKS!! Thus, the Lord is telling us, the mark of a true Christian is once they are saved they do work given to them by the Father. Works God created for us in Gen. 2:3.
Many of our Bibles say that Jesus was a carpenter as we find in Matt. 16:18 or Mark 6:3. But, few study the Greek word that carpenter translates. I never heard on pastor teach on this. Not one. The Greek word is TEKTON. It is a broad term for a craftsman, artisan, or builder, often used specifically for a woodworker or carpenter. Tekton refers to a skilled worker who constructs with various materials, including wood and stone. Shown below are a few websites to check this out
- https://biblehub.com/greek/5045.htm
- https://www.billmounce.com/greek-dictionary/tekton
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekt%C5%8Dn
This Greek word tekton in the Septuagint translates the Hebrew word CHARASH חָרָשׁ H2796. The meaning in Hebrew is artisan or craftsman whose trained hands shape wood, stone, metal, or precious gems or any material. Thus, since there was NO New Testament in Jesus’day, only the Hebrew Scriptures, we can confidently say Jesus was not only a carpenter but construction worker. And as B'zal'el and Oholee-av were to lead a group of CHRASHEEM to build God's Dwelling Place, our Jesus, who is a CHRASH, will build His congregation. And this congregation will be like ONE TEMPLE, one place where God dwells. I can't make this up. The connections are too awesome.
These two words in the podcast, TEKTON and CHARASH, were related to the Hebrew phrase tikkun olam (pronounced taykoon olam) תיקון עולם originating in the Mishnah meaning “to fix everything.” Reform Judaism states that tikkun olam has evolved from a purely spiritual, concept into a mandate for social action, social justice, and environmentalism. Dennis Prager, a famous conservative talk show host and scholar, who is also a deeply religious Jew, feels that tikkun oal as social justice shows why so many American Jews are democrats.
Some other modern Jewish interpretations suggest that in the absence of a single, personal Messiah, humanity itself (as a collective) is responsible for being the "Messiah" by performing acts of kindness to heal the world. This results in the general concept in contemporary Judaism that repairing the world is ONLY through human effort to usher in a future Messianic era.
This clearly is not the view in Christianity. Christians hold to the fact that the Messiah (Jesus) has come to begin this restoration, with a future return for a final, complete, restoration and renewal of the entire universe.
The Christian view seems to be more correct. The phrase tikkun olam appears in the Jewish prayer in the 2nd paragraph called Ahlaynoo עָלֵינוּ – meaning it is against us, on us, or incumbent on us. This prayer may have been written in Jesus’ day. It first appears in the Mishnah is the 3rd century A.D. Clearly, the prayer says God will fix everything and perfect the world. Today in religious Jews seemed to have abandoned the idea that God does tikkun olam. This is clear in the prayer and in the Hebrew Scriptures. There is nothing in the prayer or in God’s word that says Messiah will come only if mankind does tikkun olam. Shown below is the prayer.
סידור אשכנז, ימי חול, תפילת שחרית, סיום תפילה, עלינו א׳
עָלֵֽינוּ לְשַׁבֵּֽחַ לַאֲדוֹן הַכֹּל, לָתֵת גְּדֻלָּה לְיוֹצֵר בְּרֵאשִׁית. שֶׁלֺּא עָשָֽׂנוּ כְּגוֹיֵי הָאֲרָצוֹת, וְלֺא שָׂמָֽנוּ כְּמִשְׁפְּחוֹת הָאֲדָמָה; שֶׁלֺּא שָׂם חֶלְקֵֽנוּ כָּהֶם, וְגוֹרָלֵֽנוּ כְּכָל הֲמוֹנָם. שֶׁהֵם מִשְׁתַּחֲוִים לָהֶֽבֶל וָרִיק וּמִתְפַּלְּלִים אֶל אֵל לֹא יוֹשִֽׁיעַ. וַאֲנַֽחְנוּ כּוֹרְעִים וּמִשְׁתַּחֲוִים וּמוֹדִים לִפְנֵי מֶֽלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְּלָכִים, הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא. שֶׁהוּא נוֹטֶה שָׁמַֽיִם וְיוֹסֵד אָֽרֶץ, וּמוֹשַׁב יְקָרוֹ בַּשָּׁמַֽיִם מִמַּֽעַל, וּשְׁכִינַת עֻזּוֹ בְּגָבְהֵי מְרוֹמִים; הוּא אֱלֺהֵֽינוּ, אֵין עוֹד. אֱמֶת מַלְכֵּֽנוּ, אֶֽפֶס זוּלָתוֹ, כַּכָּתוּב בְּתוֹרָתוֹ: וְיָדַעְתָּ הַיּוֹם וַהֲשֵׁבֹתָ אֶל לְבָבֶֽךָ כִּי יְהֹוָה הוּא הָאֱלֺהִים בַּשָּׁמַֽיִם מִמַּֽעַל וְעַל הָאָֽרֶץ מִתָּֽחַת, אֵין עוֹד.
TRANSLATED: It is our obligation (incumbent on us or AHLAYNO עָלֵֽינוּ) to praise the Master of all, to ascribe greatness to the Creator of the [world in the] beginning: that He has not made us like the nations of the lands, and has not positioned us like the families of the earth; that He has not assigned our portion like theirs, nor our lot like that of all their multitudes. For they prostrate themselves to vanity and nothingness, and pray to a god that cannot deliver. But we bow, prostrate ourselves, and offer thanks before the Supreme King of Kings, the Holy One blessed is He, Who spreads the heavens, and establishes the earth, and the seat of His glory is in heaven above, and the abode of His invincible might is in the loftiest heights. He is our God, there is nothing else. Our King is true, all else is insignificant, as it is written in His Torah: And You shall know this day and take into Your heart that Adonoy is God in the heavens above and upon the earth below; there is nothing else.
סידור אשכנז, ימי חול, תפילת שחרית, סיום תפילה, עלינו ב׳
עַל כֵּן נְקַוֶּה לְךָ, יְהֹוָה אֱלֺהֵֽינוּ, לִרְאוֹת מְהֵרָה בְּתִפְאֶֽרֶת עֻזֶּֽךָ, לְהַעֲבִיר גִּלּוּלִים מִן הָאָֽרֶץ וְהָאֱלִילִים כָּרוֹת יִכָּרֵתוּן;
לְתַקֵּן עוֹלָם בְּמַלְכוּת שַׁדַּי. וְכָל בְּנֵי בָשָׂר יִקְרְאוּ בִשְׁמֶֽךָ, לְהַפְנוֹת אֵלֶֽיךָ כָּל רִשְׁעֵי אָֽרֶץ. יַכִּֽירוּ וְיֵדְעוּ כָּל יוֹשְׁבֵי תֵבֵל כִּי לְךָ תִכְרַע כָּל בֶּֽרֶךְ, תִּשָּׁבַע כָּל לָשׁוֹן. לְפָנֶֽיךָ, יְהֹוָה אֱלֺהֵֽינוּ, יִכְרְעוּ וְיִפֹּֽלוּ, וְלִכְבוֹד שִׁמְךָ יְקָר יִתֵּֽנוּ, וִיקַבְּלוּ כֻלָּם אֶת עֹל מַלְכוּתֶֽךָ, וְתִמְלֺךְ עֲלֵיהֶם מְהֵרָה לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד. כִּי הַמַּלְכוּת שֶׁלְּךָ הִיא, וּלְעֽוֹלְמֵי עַד תִּמְלוֹךְ בְּכָבוֹד, כַּכָּתוּב בְּתוֹרָתֶֽךָ: יְהֹוָה יִמְלֺךְ לְעֹלָם וָעֶד. וְנֶאֱמַר, וְהָיָה יְהֹוָה לְמֶֽלֶךְ עַל כָּל הָאָֽרֶץ; בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִהְיֶה יְהֹוָה אֶחָד וּשְׁמוֹ אֶחָד:
TRANSLATED: We therefore put our hope in You, Adonoy our God, to soon behold the glory of Your might in banishing idolatry from the earth, and the false gods will be utterly exterminated to perfect the world (that is לְתַקֵּן עוֹלָם or Leh Taykoon Olam) as the kingdom of Shadai. And all mankind will invoke Your Name, to turn back to You, all the wicked of the earth. They will realize and know, all the inhabitants of the world, that to You, every knee must bend, every tongue must swear [allegiance to You]. Before You, Adonoy, our God, they will bow and prostrate themselves, and to the glory of Your Name give honor. And they will all accept [upon themselves] the yoke of Your kingdom, and You will reign over them, soon, forever and ever. For the kingdom is Yours, and to all eternity You will reign in glory, as it is written in Your Torah: Adonoy will reign forever and ever. And it is said: And Adonoy will be King over the whole earth; on that day Adonoy will be One and His Name One. (Accessed at www.sefaria.org)
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy?
(Ferret - visiting ancient Gath in Israel. Didn't see Goliath though!)
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
Wednesday May 06, 2026
Wednesday May 06, 2026
We are now in the 6th lesson in this special podcast series on the Ten Commandments. In this lesson we will focus on Exod. 20:4-6 …
"You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. "You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. (Exo 20:4-6)
One thing to observe is in context all this deals with the sin of idolatry. It is important to keep than in mind especially when one takes in the phrase “…visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me…” since this does not mean for all sins. This phrase is only related to the sin of idolatry. This will become clear in the study itself.
A second thing to consider is ONLY the Protestant version of the Ten Commandments is related to these verses. The Jewish and Catholic versions do not include any of the words from verse 4-6. Once again here is the list of the three versions of the Ten Commandments.
This is a clear example that if one studies the Ten Commandments dismissed from the textual context one loses a lot of what God wants us to understand. We will never get the full idea of what God is teaching us, His instruction, His TORAH, about a commandment if it is taken out of context. Thus we need to study ASERET MITZVAOT עשרת מצוות (Hebrew of Ten Commandments which is not found in the original Hebrew) in the context of ASERET HADEVAREEM עשרת הדברים (Hebrew for the Ten Words or Statements of the Lord, in other words, verses 1-17 of Exodus 20).
I mentioned the teachings of the great Bible scholar, Dwight Pryor. He did a series on the divinity of Yeshua. It can be found at the link below. Studying Dr. Pryor’s lesson will help any Christian to be able to answer the question, “Is Jesus God?” I highly recommend this audio series. Here’s the link - https://www.jcstudies.store/one-god-one-lord-the-shema-and-the-divinity-of-jesus/
In this lesson we confront one of the key dogmatic differences between Judaism and Christianity. Judaism believes that God is only spiritual and is not physical and can never appear in the physical. Christianity believes that God became a man. To a religious Jew this seems then to come against these words of God in Exod. 20:3-4. Also, they would bring up …
"God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? (Num 23:19)
This shows there is a huge barrier between the beliefs of Judaism and that of Christianity. I urge you to 1st study the lessons from Dwight Pryor mentioned above. 2nd, check out this article on GotQuestions.com – a evangelical Bible study website. Here’s the link - https://www.gotquestions.org/God-is-not-a-man.html
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
Tuesday May 05, 2026
Tuesday May 05, 2026
Our focus in this lesson is verse Exod. 20:3 …
“You shall have no other gods before Me.”
This is the 2nd commandment in the Jewish list of the Ten Commandments. But, it is part of the 1st commandment for Catholics and Protestants. See the list of the Commandments for Jews, Catholics, and Protestants below.
One thing we notice is the Catholics and Protestants both left out the phrase “who has taken you out of the land of Egypt.” We will find in this lesson that for Catholics and Protestants this will show that the verse Exod. 20:3 can not be clearly understood. It can be, however, if one studies it in textual and historical context. This lesson will bring that out quite clearly. It is another glaring example that one must study the Ten Commandments in their textual context and not “stand alone” as in the Catholic or Protestant lists.
Just consider the lists below. In the first is the Protestant Ten Commandments highlighted within the all the words of verse 1-17. The second is the Jewish list of the Ten Commandments (they are underlined). If one wants to truly understand the Commandments and their interpretation one must leave them in the original textual context.
Rabbi Jonathan Cahn, a Christian rabbi or Messianic rabbi, is quite famous for his books, “The Harbinger” and “The Harbinger II.” He has written another fascinating book I highly recommend, “The Return of the Gods.” His premise is that there is evidence in our society today that the reasons why the ancients revered and bowed down to ancient gods have returned. It is as if those ancient page gods are back among us. AS a Bible historian I find Rabbi Cahn’s writings very convincing and totally disturbing. See the picture of the rabbi below and the book, “The Return of the Gods.”
The reason I bring up this book is it so relates to Exod. 20:3 …
“You shall have no other gods before Me.”
We will see that this verse properly interpreted from the ancient Hebrew shows that a false god is more than some idol of ancient days. It seems as if the TORAH defines what a false god is and thus God’s INSTRUCTION, His תּוֹרָה Torah, shows that this is applicable to today. Jonathan Cahn suggests this in his book makes a clear and convincing argument.
Not only him as a Christian, but Dennis Prager as well. He brings it up in his Torah commentary, “Exodus: the Rational Bible,” but also in his excellent 5 minute video on Exod. 20:3.
You will see how Dennis Prager, a true scholar and deeply religious Jew, shows us what are modern false gods. Here’s the link to the video that is found at PragerU.
Link - https://www.prageru.com/video/no-other-gods
Once again I say thank you to Jonathan Cahn and Dennis Prager. Each man has given us excellent teaching on the false gods in our day. However, the Torah shows what is behind all this. God’s word is clear and precise and quite basic and simple. Taken all together we find that this statement of the Lord in Exod. 20:3 is so awesome and so terrifying as it relates to our day. You’ll see what I mean as you study along with me in this lesson.
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