[Having come from Christian/Messianic ROOTS, it is difficult NOT to keep connecting what we have been taught by man-made religion, and what we have learned —not from ‘religion’ but from the Revelation given on Sinai, the Torah. Truly, how does one reconcile the declarations of YHWH in this chapter with the Christian teaching that —- […]
[Having come from Christian/Messianic ROOTS, it is difficult NOT to keep connecting what we have been taught by man-made religion, and what we have learned —not from ‘religion’ but from the Revelation given on Sinai, the Torah. Truly, how does one reconcile the declarations of YHWH in this chapter with the Christian teaching that —- […]
Read more[This chapter ends with one of the ‘OT’ verses we used to commit to memory as Christians/Messianics; we should continue to keep it in mind, now that we have seriously taken YHWH’s TORAH as the one and only ‘very words of God’. The Revelator on Sinai has given humankind only the instructions relevant […]
Read more[When the Catholic faithful hear the world ‘altar’, they tend to connect it with the structure at the front of their church where the priest conducts the ‘holy sacrifice of the mass’. Protestants have a similar area at the front of their church, although an ‘altar’ is not in place, usually a lectern or dais […]
Read more[First fruits: specifically, wheat, barley, vines, figs, pomegranates, olives, and date-honey” — who would have guessed that even the kind of fruit is regulated for offerings? Couldn’t you just bring apples and strawberries and mangoes? If you did not have the specific ‘fruits’ on the list but truly wanted to bring an offering, would God not […]
Read more[If the maltreatment of prisoners and animals are perpetuated to this day such that international laws have been set up to prevent cruelty and ensure humane and kind treatment of humans and beasts, all the more similar laws were needed in days of antiquity when barbaric acts were the order of the day. […]
Read more[So this is where the New Testament verse comes from, about taking down from the cross the dead body of the crucified Jesus. Read the last verses under: LAWS OF KINDNESS, THE EXPOSED CORPSE OF A CRIMINAL. And yet John 19:38-42 adds a strange phrase “but secretly for fear of the Jews” . . […]
Read more[In the past chapters, we heard from the God of Israel who instructs His chosen people how to worship, what to eat, how to weave cloths, even gives prohibition on transgender dressing, etc.; and now here are instructions regarding conquest of the Land or ‘laws of warfare’: first offer ‘shalom’ and if the perceived enemy […]
Read more[What does the command to establish a ‘city of refuge’ signify about the justice of the God of Israel? That there is provision and even mercy for unintentional sin. In fact, all the sacrifices at the Tabernacle/Temple were all for unintentional sin since, as we are taught, there is no sacrifice for intentional sin because […]
Read more[Truthfully? I’m a bit disappointed at reading the criterion for determining a true prophet from a false one: A true prophet’s word eventually comes to pass while a false prophet’s doesn’t. That’s plain common sense, not even a revelation. What if the fulfillment does not happen within our lifetime but centuries, if not millennia […]
Read more[Who better to be King than the King of kings, the Lord of lords, Creator and Master of the universe—YHWH Himself? What better form of government than that which He instituted for His chosen people, a theocracy? Who else but the predictable answer: the true and only Divine King, Who leads and guides and directs […]
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