R. Paul Falk sheds a very insightful light on how we should deal with the people causing our problems citing examples of how YHVH taught Joseph, Jacob and Judah to overcome their particular issues with others.
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Wrestling with YHVH 2
In this second installment of the Wrestling series, R. Paul Falk shares a very interesting theory about exactly who the Angel of the YHVH was that wrestled with Jacob, showing uncanny parallels throughout the rest of the Scriptures. An eye-opening perspective when considering that Jacob’s experience is likely a metaphor of what goes on with each of us.
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Vayish’lak – And He Sent
In this Torah portion, Rick Ortiz examines the event in which Jacob wrestles with the angel of YHVH, looking at the meaning of the Hebrew word, “wrestle,” and likens this event to all of us, every day (or rather, night).
R. Paul Falk likens the battle that was raging inside Rebecca (pregnant with Jacob and Esau) to the battle that rages inside every one of us, as well as how Jacob’s wrestling match with the Messenger of YHVH relates to a deeper meaning for the term “born again.”
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Tares 5 – On This Rock
R. Paul Falk continues the series based on the parable about wheat and tares, explaining the correct Scriptural meaning of Matthew 16:17-18 in which Yeshua charges Simon/Peter with “loosing and binding on earth,” gives him the “keys to the kingdom” and declares “On this rock I will build my congregation.” An eye-opening correction to thousands of years of misunderstanding!
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Toldot – Aramean Women
Patrick Shannon looks at the reason that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob all married Aramean women, from their original family line in ancient Paddan Aram, besides their astounding beauty.
Download the slideshow (PDF) to follow along with the visuals! Toldot-Slideshow
R. Dennis Richards presents an insightful view of how YHVH commands us to search for Him, and how all of the things in our every day lives—such as the “conveniences” of technology—continually keep us from finding Him.
In this Torah portion, R. Paul Falk shows some amazing correlations between Abraham sending his servant to get a bride for his son Isaac, and our Father sending to gather the bride for a covenant with His Son…a very deep well indeed!
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Vayera
Rick Ortiz summarizes one of the richest Torah portions, Vayera, beginning with YHVH appearing to Abraham to announce that he would have a son in his old age, through the account of Sodom and Gemorrah being destroyed, to Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac.
R. Paul Falk continues the series on the parable of the wheat and tares, with further discussion about spiritual blindness, leaders who say they can see, and the often-misunderstood meaning of partial blindness.