Patrick Shannon investigates the Scriptures for why two goats were part of the yearly ritual for atonement—one to be sacrificed and one to be released into the wilderness bearing the sins of Israel. What was the meaning of this “shadow picture” for our future in Messiah?
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Rick Ortiz presents the Torah portion that contains the song that Moses was commanded to teach the children of Israel, and focuses on answering several specific questions about this prophetic work.
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R. Paul Falk begins a series based on the recurring metaphor of the vineyard in the Scriptures which is also in the Messiah’s parables. In this teaching, we learn what it means to be branches, bearing fruit in what seasons, and to whom the vineyard is given.
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R. Dennis Richards presents the Day of Trumpets, or Yom Teruah, from a New Testament perspective to show that the shofar is a sign always representing a call to some sort of an awakening that both the Messiah and the Apostle Paul emphasized, but it is not to the traditionally celebrated new year.
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R. Paul Falk examines some various places that trumpets, or shofars, were featured throughout the Scriptures, drawing some interesting insights from the walls that fell in Jericho at the seventh trumpet, the seven trumpets in the Revelations, and the parables of the Messiah that have a common thread about reconciling our accounts.
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R. Dennis Richards gives us an enlightening look at Hebrew idioms in the Scriptures and explains how idioms are always related to a specific culture and cannot be taken literally! He presents examples of idioms that we use today, and expounds on some idioms used by the Messiah such as that of “the good eye” and “the evil eye” regarding charity.
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R. Paul Falk adds another teaching on the Holy Spirit with the Torah portion about accepting the covenant before entering the promised land. He shows several other passages confirming that the covenant is for everyone, including Gentiles, culminating with the Messiah’s calling for us to be “fishers of men” to all nations, to bring all into the covenant!
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R. Paul Falk concludes this series on the Holy Spirit with a clarifying look at our calling as “the light of the world,” what that phrase really means, and the enlightening connection to how Yeshua set the example of discipleship.
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Patrick Shannon answers questions about the large stones that Israel was commanded to set up upon entering the land, and concludes with the significance of this “monumental” command.
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R. Paul Falk discusses the role of eunuchs which are mentioned throughout the Scriptures, by many from Moses to Messiah, in the context of those not permitted to enter the assembly because of castration. But he also shows a contrasting a pattern with other groups of people that are not permitted that seem to be permitted later. A thought-provoking look at an ancient custom that was fairly common, and a condition that may have been the case with certain men in the Bible that you had never considered before!
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