An Instance of Yeshua (Jesus) Teaching Torah

In the Gospels, if we read it with our eyes open, we can see clearly that Yeshua taught/clarified and explained Torah.  Here, in Jn. 7, during the Feast of Sukkot (Booths), Yeshua begins teaching mid-way through the feast.

"Now when the feast was already half over, Jesus went to the temple courts* and began to teach.* Then the Jews were astonished, saying, “How does this man possess knowledge, because he* has not been taught?” So Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not mine, but is from the one who sent me. If anyone wants to do his will, he will know about my* teaching, whether it is from God or I am speaking from myself."

The Jews were clearly impressed and amazed at his teaching.  He was not teaching to do away with the Law (Torah), otherwise they would have torn their clothes and decried him a blasphemer.  But this is not what happened (Jn. 7:19-24).

We are not told all of what Yeshua taught here, though we are given a glimpse of some ( vv. 19-24), exhorting the Jews to follow Moses and KEEP Torah!  All His teaching had a point, we can safely assume it had something to do with the feast of Sukkot, and His role in fulfilling it (c.f.. Matt. 5:17-19).  The Apostle John points out in the beginning of his Gospel account, that the incarnated Torah (Word of God) became flesh and tabernacle (or "sukkahed") among us (Jn. 1:14).

"Now on the last day of the feast—the great day—Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and let him drink, the one who believes in me. Just as the scripture said, ‘Out of his belly will flow rivers of living water.’ ” Now he said this concerning the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were about to receive. For the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.)"

We see here that indeed Yeshua was teaching on how He is the substance of what the feast is pointing to.  He's not saying "Quit keeping the feast," but explaining how He is the fulfillment (Mt. 5:17).

Yeshua taught we are to keep His commandments, and the word (of His time, he did not supercede it, He WAS it) commands we observe Yhwh's feasts (Lev. 23; Mt. 5:17-19).

Hanukkah, it's Significance for Believers Today

The next holiday coming up on the Hebrew calendar, celebrating Yah's prophetic events, is Hanukkah.  This feast is not commanded in scripture, yet it is important in the life of those who love the Saviour.  Also know as the feast of Dedication, it was celebrated yearly by Yeshua (Jn. 10:22-23).

In this short video. Pastor Deyoung gives us a brief insight inn the prophetic significance of this feast for believers today.

"Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked." 1 Jn. 2:6

ISIS, Yhwh's Tool for Judgement on The Israelites

About a year or so ago, Yhwh spoke to me as I was studying my Bible.  The previous night on the news, there was much celebration of law-lessness.  And Abba said to me, "Look, the eyes of my Lord Yahweh are on the kingdom of sin, and I will destroy it from the surface of the earth. However, I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares Yahweh."  Amos 9:8

As we reject the ways of Yhwh on earth   in our respective countries, we think Elohim doesn't see.  Or we think He is like us, and that's part of the problem, we worship a God made in our image.  We reject the holy, set-apart God who has revealed Himself to us in the Bible.

As a consequence of disobedience to the Torah, the ten northern tribes were scattered. Dispersed to the ends of the earth (Hos. 7:8), 9:17).  Later, around 135 C.E., the house of Judah also was exiled into the nations.  The tribes have migrated, and in fulfillment of prophecy, gone to the ends of the world.  And so Yhwh has graciously extended the Covenant to all peoples.

And we are there descendants.  If we reject Father's instructions, do we think we shall escape judgment?  Abba Yhwh knows all things.  He has prophesied a coming shaking.

“Yes, look, I am going to command and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations like one who shakes with a sieve, but not a pebble will fall to the ground. All the sinners of my people will die by the sword, who say, ‘Evil will not overtake or confront us.’" (Amos 9:9-10).

Repent and follow Yhwh's instruction, the Torah.  The Torah-less one is coming, and he is here!

The Prophecy of Avram's Birth

Many of us know of Father Abraham, from whom is descended Ishmael and Isaac, and the line that comes from him, known as the Biblical patriarchs.  But most of us don't know of the early life of Abram, other than his lineage described in Genesis, because Gentile believers were separated from the Hebraic roots of their faith by an baptized pagan emperor, who syncritized the faith with pagan worship, that has entrenched the faithful.  But knowing this prophecy of Abram's Birth puts the modern prophetic circumstances into a greater Biblical context.

And when all the wise men and conjurors went out from the house of Terah, they lifted up their eyes toward heaven that night to look at the stars, and they saw, and behold one very large star came from the east and ran in the heavens, and he swallowed up the four stars from the four sides of the heavens.

3 And all the wise men of the king and his conjurors were astonished at the sight, and the sages understood this matter, land they knew its import.

4 And they said to each other, This only betokens the child that has been born to Terah this night, who will grow up and be fruitful, and multiply, and possess all the earth, he and his children for ever, and he and his seed will slay great kings, and inherit their lands.     (http://sacred-texts.com/chr/apo/jasher/8.htm)

Did the Apostle set Gentiles free from Torah? The Truth about Acts 15!

Coming from the Southern Baptists, I know this is a commonly held view, that the Apostles named only four things which the Gentiles had to abide when becoming followers, and thus they declared the Gentiles free from having to keep the Law (Torah).

In this 35 min. video, Jim Staley of Passionfortruth.com, gives an excellent defense on why this is not all the Apostles were saying.  Staley leads us on a closer inspection of the Council's ruling in "The Truth About Acts 15".  This is an excellent teaching for all hungry for Truth!

Once again, Jason A doesn't let us down.  Through compilations of news clips, he shows how far we've come (and where we'll soon be).

Genetic Roots of the Ashkenazi Jews | The Scientist Magazine®

Today, many are rediscovering the Hebrew Roots of their faith, and many are re-discovering the migration of the ten northern tribes.  It seems Yhwh is calling out the descendants of Ephraim.  The below article from The Scientist discusses some of the mitochondrial variation among Ashkenazi Jews.



Genetic Roots of the Ashkenazi Jews | The Scientist Magazine®