In Gen. 1:3, God says, “Let there be light!” Richard explores the connection between God’s bringing light to darkness at the beginning of the world to Messiah Yeshua’s (Jesus) bringing His “light” to the darkness of people living apart from God.
https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/file/080510%20John%2021.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:03:39 — )Subscribe: RSSMessiah Yeshua (Jesus) had a special encounter with seven of His closest students and was out to rebuild a special one, Peter, following a heart-breaking betrayal. Yeshua taught Peter that to truly love God, he must have not just brotherly love but self-sacrificing love.
Genesis 1:2 — ‘ruach’
Gen. 1:2 says, “the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters” (NASB). The words from the original language for “Spirit” and “moving” give us an intimate picture of who God is.
https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/file/080503%20Judges%2015.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:53 — )Subscribe: RSSThe stories of Samson’s mighty victories with a jawbone of a donkey and torches lit between foxes’ tails are favorites in children’s books. Was Samson just a clever brute hero, or is God trying to send a message down through the ages about what […]
https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/file/080503%20Genesis%201v2b%20-%20darkness%20on%20the%20face%20of%20the%20deep.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:02:57 — 10.8MB)Subscribe: RSSGen. 1:2 says that “darkness was on the face of the deep.” How is the “darkness” and “light” in Genesis 1 related to the “darkness” and “light” that apostles Paul and John talk about?
https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/file/080426%20First%20of%20the%20Harvest.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:03:42 — )Subscribe: RSSWhy is Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) called the "firstfruits of the resurrection"? How is the biblical celebration of Firstfruits around Passover time connected to Yeshua? Richard explores what God is teaching about a "harvest" of people for God through Messiah. View a larger image. Speaker: […]
Why does God tell us to remove leaven — “yeast” in the NIV translation — from our mouths, homes and community during the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the seven days right after Passover? Why does God tell us then to put leaven in our mouths at Shavu’ot (Pentecost) a short time later? What does this have to do with Messiah? The connection is startling.