[This is first posted October 10, 2012 as part of a series under ‘Discourse’ between ex-Messianic Sinaites and their former bible teacher who became a Messianic missionary “MM” who founded Messianic congregations in several Southeast Asian countries. The specific topic is on Temple ‘offerings’ in the TNK which was called ‘sacrifices’ in the Christian Old Testament. —Admin1.] […]
[This is first posted October 10, 2012 as part of a series under ‘Discourse’ between ex-Messianic Sinaites and their former bible teacher who became a Messianic missionary “MM” who founded Messianic congregations in several Southeast Asian countries. The specific topic is on Temple ‘offerings’ in the TNK which was called ‘sacrifices’ in the Christian Old Testament. —Admin1.] […]
Read more[First posted July 5, 2013, this is being reposted on the occasion of the celebration of the Giving of the Torah, commanded to be celebrated as one of the seven “My feasts” in Leviticus 23. Sinaites have determined that just like Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) and the weekly Sabbath, this feast is not for Jews […]
Read moreIn the first article on Biblical Diet, I mentioned a great source book that should be in every family library: The Maker’s Diet, by Dr. Jordan Rubin. The following excerpt from Dr. Rubin’s book is intended to whet your appetite enough to make you want to get your own copy of the book, since […]
Read more[Justice — “just behavior or treatment”. Is there justice in this world? We know that the Judge of all humankind is truly just, and yet when we see the world of humankind and how it appears that the righteous are at a disadvantage in a Torah-less world and the unrighteous seem to lord it […]
Read more[This is from Pentateuch & Haftarahs.] TABLE OF PROHIBITED MARRIAGES In Force Among Jews To-Day A man may not marry:— A woman may not marry:— (a) His mother, grandmother, and ascendants; the mother of his grandfather; his stepmother, the wife of his paternal grandfather, and of his ascendants; and the wife of his maternal grandfather. […]
Read moreD. THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGBOUR AS THYSELF Leviticus XIX, 18 The ‘Golden Rule’ in Judaism. The world at large is unaware of the fact that this comprehensive maxim of morality –the golden rule of human conduct—was first taught by Judaism. No less a thinker than John Stuart Mill expressed his surprise that it […]
Read more[This is from: Pentateuch & Haftarahs, reformatting and highlights added. Those who are clueless about certain ‘research’ conclusions that have been passed off as ‘reliable’ and ‘true’, debunking the historicity and authenticity of the books composing the Torah will find these “additional notes” surprising. Those who are familiar with a hypothesis claiming that these first […]
Read more.[Commentary from our MUST READ/MUST BUY Pentateuch and Haftorah, ed. Dr. J.H. Hertz. Translation is EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses.—Admin1.] REDEMPTION OF VOWS AND TITHES The Book of Leviticus concludes, as it opened, with a chapter of Sanctuary-regulations—voluntary contributions to the upkeep of the Sanctuary, such offerings being a true expression of devotion to […]
Read more[Commentary from Pentateuch & Haftorahs, ed. Dr. J.H. Hertz; all other comments with no brackets is ours, indicated by S6K. Translation is EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses.—Admin1.] CONCLUDING ADMONITION The Book of Leviticus has its sacerdotal chapters, its ceremonial parts, its ethical section; and, in its concluding portion, it strikes the note of Prophetic […]
Read more[The principle of ‘shabat” or “ceasing from doing what one normally does” has given its ‘name’ to the 7th day of the week, the Sabbath. Now in this chapter, we learn that even inanimate objects such as land or the earth or the soil are to be given rest, or to cease from what […]
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