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The Passover: the Heart of the Matter

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Sheol/Hades was a place where the disembodied spirits (rephaim) went before the cross and resurrection of Yeshua. One part was called “Abraham’s Bosom” where believers went, and the other compartment was called “Torments” where unbelievers went. There was a great “chasm”…

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The Seven Canaanite Enemies of Israel in Deut 7.1-26 Are The Same Enemies Believers Face Today-And How To Defeat Them

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In Deut 7.1-26, we begin in v 1-5 with the task of Israel. They were to destroy the seven nations in the land and destroy their Asherim and sacred pillars. The names of these nations are the same enemies (or…

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How to Understand the Book of Exodus

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The second book of the Torah is called “Shemot” meaning “Names”  based on the first verse where it says, “These are the names.” It was originally called the “Book of the going out of Egypt” but later called simply “Shemot.” …

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The Lesson of the Two Ways-Five Basic Choices We Must All Make

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The Book of Deuteronomy contains the last words and testimony of a man who is about to die. It is the farewell address of Moses. He reflects on the last 40 years.  The Hebrew name for the book is “Devarim”…

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Yeshua Rebukes the Pharisees From the House of Shammai, not all Pharisees, in Matt 23.1-39

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Matt 23.1-39 is one of the most misunderstood chapters in the Scriptures. It is used to show that Yeshua was against Judaism and the Pharisees, and it became the root of Christian anti-semitism. But in reality, this chapter was against…

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Pilate and the Name Yehovah

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When Yeshua was crucified, Pilate wrote an inscription also, and put it on the cross. And it was written, “Jesus the Nazarene, the King of the Jews (Hebrew it would have said, “Yeshua HaNotzri v’melek Ha Yehudim.”  If Pilate had…

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The Four Messianic Figures in Zech 1.20

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We are going to briefly talk about the four messianic figures in Zech 1.20 who are called “craftsmen.” They are “building the congregation of God” and some have identified these craftsmen as Zerubbabel, Joshua the High Priest, Ezra and Nehemiah.…

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How to Understand the Book of Acts

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The book of Acts was written by Luke the physician, who also wrote the Gospel of Luke. He was a friend and traveling companion of Paul in Col 4.14 and 2 Tim 4.11. He was writing to Theophilus, and this…

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Tartaroo or Tartarus in 2 Pet 2.4?

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We are going to look at a controversial verse in 2 Pet 2.4, and compare it with a similar passage in Jude 6, to try and get a clearer picture of what Peter is really saying here. Hopefully we will…

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The Two WIlls of God: The Will of Command and the Will of Decree

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In Psa 139, we read that it is impossible to get beyond the reach of God, which shows the doctrines of omniscience and omnipresence (Rom 8.38). We are going to look at the Will of God in this teaching. We…

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How to Understand the Book of Jeremiah

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The book of Jeremiah is a very difficult book to interpret, so we are going to spend some time doing a proper background on it that gives us some needed information on the type of idolatry Jeremiah was dealing with,…

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The Concept of a Shadow as it Relates to Colossians 2.16-17

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Let’s talk about the concept of the “shadow” in relation to the commandments and what it means. In Col 2.17 it says, “Things which are a shadow of what is to come.” This is talking about the Torah (v 16).…

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A Proper Understanding of Isaiah 53

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Isa 53.1-12 is a prophecy about the Messiah, his human stature, his sufferings as Messiah ben Joseph, and the glory he will have. It begins with a complaint about the small number who believed the report about him, but it…

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A Lesson From Micaiah, Ahab, And His False Prophets

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In 2 Chr 18.1-34 we learn that Yehoshaphat enters into an alliance with King Ahab (Ahav meaning “brother father”) in the north when his son Joram marries the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, named Athaliah. We will see that she…

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The Last Trump is an Idiom for Rosh Ha Shanah

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There is an article on the Day of Judgment in the Jewish Encyclopedia and it says, “The Mishnah, Rosh Ha Shannah 1.2, contains the first known reference to the Day of Judgment. It says: ‘Four times in the year the…

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What Really Happened To Joseph

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Gen 37.1-36 begins to tell us the story of Joseph, and Jacob sends Joseph to find his brothers who are pasturing the sheep; the brothers conspire to kill Joseph, but Reuben has a plan to save him; Joseph is cast…

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The Beasts of Revelation 13

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Rev 13.1-18 tells us about the beast rising from the sea (the False Messiah as a Pharaoh-like ruler); the beast and his wound; the authority of the beast; his blasphemies and his war against the tzadikim (righteous); a warning to…

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The Proper Context to Understand the Book of Romans-Part 2

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The congregations in Rome were not  “Christian” congregations because they did not exist at that time. In fact, a “Christian” congregation as we know it today would have been illegal under Roman law.  The congregations in Rome were synagogues that…

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The Proper Context to Understand the Book of Romans-Part 1

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We are going to present some concepts on the Book of Romans that will hopefully correct some common errors that you may find when reading and studying from most Roman commentaries. These commentaries will not be aware of the proper…

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The Biblical Law of Agency

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This is one of the most important and misunderstood concepts in the Scriptures. Mark 3.14 says, “And he appointed twelve, that they might be with him and that he might send them out to teach” as shaliachim or “apostles” in…

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