“Drawing water from the wells of salvation.” ― Isaiah 12:3
In just 8 days, the Palestinians will be making a unilateral move to abandon the Peace Process and declare statehood. They will request the borders to be the 1967 lines. They would control Jerusalem, or most of it, for sure the Old City and the Temple Mount. …
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The question is often asked, “How did Gentiles get the notion that they needed to pull away from Judaism and form new practices?” The answer is complex—but the “withdrawal” can be traced back to the writings of the early Church Fathers.
The question about where did the Gentiles get the notion to pull away from the Jews/Judaism is an easy one—Anti-Judaism was a centerpiece feature of the early Church Fathers’ ideology. The “A Brief History of Anti-Semitism” workbook has a plethora of reference material covering church history. Sadly, many of the Church Father’s wrote hate-filled sermons and letters telling believers to stop practicing Judaism and stop associating with Jews. …
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The Jewish people celebrate Passover with a festive ceremony called a Seder. At the Seder, we eat a variety of unique foods and drink four cups of wine that together represent the four aspects of Israel’s Exodus from Egypt (Exo 12:12-13).
After the meal (which is served in the middle of the Seder), we eat a piece of unleavened bread (matzah) known as the “afikomen.” It is the last thing that we eat during the Seder and represents the Passover lamb that was sacrificed in Egypt on the night that God redeemed His people. …
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The “surface” meaning of a text is known as a peshat. In other words, a text means what it says—whether or not it is intended literally or figuratively. When God called Abram to leave his own “country,” God promised him (among other things) that He would make of Abram a “great nation” (Gen 12:1-3).
How do we know that God intended to “raise up” a “flesh and blood” people from Abraham—a physical people (Israel) through whom He would accomplish His redemptive purpose in the Olam HaZeh (this world)? It’s simple! …
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The festival of Rosh HaShanah, literally the ‘Head of the Year,’ marks the start of the Hebrew calendar year. This year it falls on 29th September and commences the year 5772. It is the first celebration of the Fall Festival cycle that we refer to as the High Holidays, which includes Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. The fall holiday cycle ends with the final festival of Sukkot. The Bible refers to the holiday as Yom Ha-Zikkaron (the Day of Remembrance) or Yom Teruah (the Day of the Sounding of the Shofar). The holiday is instituted in Leviticus 23:24-25. “Speak to the people of Israel, saying: In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of complete rest, a holy convocation commemorated with trumpet blasts.” …