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.
R. Dennis Richards quotes Yeshua’s statement, “The coming of the son of man will be like the days of Noah” and draws correlations between the “sons of God” in Genesis 6 who modified the DNA of man to make the Nephilim and other similarities between the time before the flood and what is happening in our world today.
R. Paul Falk expounds on the parable about the wheat and the tares focusing on Yeshua’s numerous teachings about the traditions of men. He also explains many of Yeshua’s misunderstood statements, and shows some amazing correlations such as why YHVH commanded that no altar be built with chiseled stones.
For this Torah portion, Patrick Shannon interprets the first verse of Genesis with the book of John to understand how the Hebrew word, “et,” spelled aleph-tav (alpha-omega) is “the Word” through which all was created, and shows how the Scriptures often use metaphors to reveal deeper meanings.
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In this foundational Yom Kippur message, R. Paul Falk explains the true meaning of atonement and answers several key questions like: What must we do to obtain atonement? What happens if we do not have it? How is fasting involved? Why is the command for no work and complete rest on Yom Kippur so important?