Did you know that there are dozens of prophecies about Jesus in the Old Testament?Most Americans do not understand that Jesus fulfilled some incredibly amazing prophecies when He came to this earth. And even most Christians do not understand that these fulfilled prophecies are very powerful evidence for the Christian faith, and should regularly be used in evangelism and in destroying the arguments
Most of the readers of this blog are familiar with the Messianic prophecies in Isaiah 53.If you aren't, I would encourage you to read Isaiah 53: look at what the Bible Code researchers have found in those Messianic chapters in Isaiah!They have found the name of Jesus (Yeshua), Mary, the names of the 12 disciples, Messiah, Galilee, Herod, His Cross, Let Him Be Crucified and many other terms related
Romans 11 explains very clearly the RIGHT attitude and stance we, as believers in the power of the blood of Christ Jesus of Nazereth should have towards unbelieving Jews in Israel.Christianity has been defined by human hands and minds that has stolen and corrupted the beauty of what is truly Christian that is clearly testified by the Scriptures and the Holy Spirit.And it is by this failure that ma
It is a matter of prophecy that Moshiach (the Messiah) be a king with not just the pomp and pageantry of royalty, but the legal power of life and death over his enemies within the society itself. Now in Halachah (Jewish Religious Law) matters of practice take on a religious import. If something is recognized as the best way of doing things, it is likely that when in pursuit of God's Honor, we must do things in that very way. And it is a matter of practice in our times that society considers good governance that which is closest to democratic ideals, and that which avoids the potential ability to abuse power by individual leaders. This brings us to the question. How do we have a king messiah in the age of democracy? According to God's own rules, this seems to be almost a paradox.Well we a
For hundreds of years before the birth of Jesus the Jewish people waited, some patiently, some not so patiently, for the coming of the Messiah. The prophets foretold of the power that he would wield as he restored Israel to its proper place at the head of all nations. Those that had subjugated and persecuted God’s chosen people would be dealt with in a swift and decisive fashion.
In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him and his place of rest will be glorious. In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the sea.
He will raise a banner for the nations
and gather the exiles of Israel;
he will assemble the scattered people of Judah
from the four quarters of the earth.
Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish,
and Judah’s enemies will be cu
I just did a search on Google News for 'Messianic Jew' and I found the following interesting stories which are of interest to anyone who wants to study or know more about this modern tendency in Christianity.1.) " 'Messianic Jew' attacked, wrongly arrested" (March 14, 2007)According to the Baptist Press, in Israel a Jewish Christian evangelist was attacked and wrongly arrested after being beaten up by what have been described as 'ultra-Orthodox' Haradim Jews. See http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/BPnews.asp?ID=25172 for more information.2.) "Local [Messianic] Religious Leader on Trial for Soliciting Sex" (March, 12th 2007)This always happens in every religion and it sickens me. For more on this subject read the story at http://www.whptv.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=e14128f8-a9f1-4003-8439-e55a9424bdb2.3.) " 'Messianic Jew' finds few options for group practice" (March 8th, 2007)An article about a 'Messianic Jew' seems interesting. I disagree with the first sentence which
כ"ח באדר תשס"זויהוה נתן חכמה לשלמהSefer HaBahir, verse 3 excerptTraditional interpretation: "And G-ddess gave Wisdom to Shlomah."There exists within Judaism the idea that wisdom (chochmah) is generally preferred over prophecy (nevuah). Moreover, the kabbalah [1] teaches:The only individual for whom wisdom and prophecy merged into a single stream of enlightenment was Moses, who was able to receive prophecy while still in possession of his routine faculties.Thus, for Moses, wisdom and prophecy were equivalent chameleons, in a manner of speaking, co-existing together in a single stream of awareness.How does this relate to the phrase above from the Bahir? Let's examine the phrase.First, the word chochmah has a gematria of 73. Interestingly, the word הנביאה - "the prophetess" - from Shemot 15:20, also has a gematria of 73. Here then, in the awareness of "the prophetess", is where wisdom and prophecy merge into a single stream of consciousness. Here then, dw
י"ב בשבט תשס"זThe final two foodstuffs associated with Tu B'Shevat in Devarim 8:8 are olive oil and date-honey. The phrase is written this way - "a land of olive oil and date-honey."ארץ-זית שמן ודבשAretz (a land) pertains to Malchut, the final letter hey (ה) of the tetragrammaton (יהוה). The gematria of the entire phrase of 4 words is 1410. This value has a digit sum of 6. Six is the value of the letter vav (ו) of the tetragrammaton. Thus, what we have here in this phrase is a land (hey) of vav. In other words, we have a unification of the hey and the vav of the tetragrammaton. Importantly, tradition teaches that these two letters of the tetragrammaton pertain to the messianic aspect of the soul [1].It is also worth noting that the two letters vav-hey have a combined gematria of 11, the number of the incense spices of the universe of Tohu. Elevating Tohu (via the mystery of the incense spices [2] as traditionally taught) likewise elevates the Divine Name.N
