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Apostolic Writings Discussions Shabbat

Book of Hebrews, part 4 — Rest, Sabbath-rest, and rest in Yeshua

A prominent Bible teacher has challenged the validity of the Book of Hebrews in the Apostolic Writings because he thinks the writer was attacking the validity of the Torah, the law of God. In Hebrews 3-4, some see the teaching that the seventh-day Sabbath has been replaced with “daily rest in Yeshua,” but a careful reading reveals just the opposite.

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Apostolic Writings Discussions

Book of Hebrews, part 3 — New Covenant replaces temple & Torah? Mistaken about the temple?

Does the author of Hebrews replace the Levitical service in the temple with the New Covenant? Did the writer make a mistake about articles in the Holy of Holies, or the Most Holy Place? Does Hebrews change or cancel our obligations to Torah? This study explores Hebrews 9 and Leviticus 16.

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Apostolic Writings Discussions

Book of Hebrews, part 2 — What is meant by ‘angels’?

Angels as described in the Bible are mysterious. They have great power and a dazzling appearance. Today, some are so enraptured with angelic beings that they seek to commune with them, and the situation wasn’t much different in the first century. Was Messiah Yeshua simply one of the mighty angels, elevated above the others for a certain role? The Book of Hebrews explains.

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Apostolic Writings Discussions

The Book of Hebrews — Bible or baloney?

This discussion is “meat in due season,” because a noted Messianic teacher has written a couple of articles strongly questioning the canonicity of the Book of Hebrews. One unintended consequence of throwing out the Book of Hebrews would be to negate Yeshua’s (Jesus) role as the High Priest of His own sacrifice.

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Discussions Torah

Genesis 1:6 — ‘let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters’

Gen. 1:6 describes God’s action of creating the “firmament” by creating an expanse. In the original language, this process was “beating out,” like with metal or dough. What does God want to “pound out” in our lives to create what He wants in the world?

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Genesis 1:5 — ‘God called the light, Day … the darkness, Night … the evening and the morning were the first day’

In Gen. 1:5, God is not only describing what the world was like when He created it but what it will be like when He returns to re-create it. That may be the spiritual picture behind light and darkness, evening and morning in this verse.

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Appointments With God Pentecost/Shavuot

What ‘crop’ is God going to ‘harvest’ from your life?

Pentecost is described in the Bible first as a celebration of the wheat harvest. Then the timing of it coincides with God’s giving of His Torah at Sinai. Then it is connected with the giving of God’s Spirit to the first believers of Messiah Yeshua. How are all of lessons connected?