Category: Apostolic Writings

These studies cover the writings by the closest shelakhim (apostles) of Yeshua haMashiakh (Jesus the Christ). Commonly called the “New Testament,” this standard canon includes the four Gospels, the letters and the Apocalypse (Revelation).

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Apostolic Writings Appointments With God Discussions Passover Prophets and Writings Torah Unleavened Bread

Prepared on the inside: Why our relationship with God matters more than our supplies (Exodus 12; Luke 14)

This digital oil painting in bold palette knife style, created by ChatGPT, depicts the interior of a partially ruined warehouse. Shelves on both sides are broken and collapsing, with scattered boxes, cans, and supplies strewn across the dusty floor, emphasizing disorder and loss. In the center, a woman sits calmly amid the debris, holding an open Bible in her hands. Her face is turned upward toward a warm beam of golden light streaming through a jagged hole in the roof, illuminating her with a sense of peace and spiritual focus. The contrast between the chaotic, shadowed surroundings and the radiant light highlights the theme of inner faith over physical preparedness. The image includes this text overlay, “Prepared on the inside: Why our relationship with God matters more than our supplies (Exodus 12; Luke 14),” and features a Hallel.info watermark in the lower right corner.

Passover and the Days of Unleavened Bread teach us to be spiritually prepared, not just stocked up for doomsday. Chametz (leaven) vs. matzah (unleavened bread), clean (fit to approach God’s presence) vs. unclean (unfit to approach), Mary vs. Martha, Israel at Sinai, and Joshua at Jericho. Through these Bible stories we learn to discern good and bad teaching, count the true cost of discipleship, and choose what really matters — Heaven’s presence with us. It’s a call to move from Egypt to home, prepared on the inside, not ruled by fear.

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Apostolic Writings Appointments With God Discussions Passover Prophets and Writings Torah

Triumphal entry & Passover lamb selection day: Seeing Palm Sunday through a Hebrew lens (John 12; Exodus 40)

This palette knife oil painting created by ChatGPT depicts the Triumphal Entry in ancient Jerusalem during Passover lamb selection day. At the center, Yeshua (Jesus) rides a donkey along a crowded road leading toward the city gates, bathed in warm, golden light. Surrounding Him, large crowds wave palm branches and shout in celebration, while multiple people carry spotless white lambs, visually linking the Passover sacrifice with the Messiah. The scene is rendered in thick, textured impasto strokes with vibrant spring colors, dynamic movement, and a prophetic, emotionally charged atmosphere. The background shows Jerusalem’s walls and gates glowing in the distance under a radiant sky. A text overlay reads: “Triumphal entry & Passover lamb selection day: Seeing Palm Sunday through a Hebrew lens (John 12; Exodus 40).” A “Hallel.info” watermark appears in the lower right corner.

The Triumphal Entry of Yeshua (Jesus) into Jerusalem on “Palm Sunday” actually is part of a chain of several of the LORD’s appointed times that lay out Heaven’s plan. On the very day Israel would choose the Passover lamb, Jerusalem unknowingly “selected” the Lamb of God. It’s one unified message of how Messiah would save humanity, from deliverance out of the “house of bondage” to the final dwelling of God with redeemed people in Zion.

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Apostolic Writings Discussions Prophets and Writings Torah

God didn’t make a mistake with you: Finding value in your ‘one talent’ (Exodus 38, Matthew 25; Luke 12; Jeremiah 29–30; Romans 12; 1Corinthians 12)

Alt-text: A digital oil palette knife–style painting created by ChatGPT shows a humble figure kneeling in a garden-like field at dawn. The person gently holds a small, newly uncovered gold coin, which glows warmly in the soft pink and golden light of the rising sun. The earth around them is freshly disturbed, with a small hole and a simple basket nearby, while textured greenery and flowers fill the scene. The figure’s posture conveys awe and quiet realization rather than shame, evoking a sense of awakening and personal worth. On the left side of the image is a text overlay that reads, “God didn't make a mistake with you: Finding value in your 'one talent' (Exodus 38, Matthew 25; Luke 12; Jeremiah 29–30; Romans 12; 1Corinthians 12).” A “Hallel.info” watermark appears in the lower right corner.

Skills, money, influence, spiritual gifts and opportunities. God’s gifts are trusts we must steward well. From this tour through several places in Scripture, we learn that every believer is a vital part in God’s living dwelling place. Instead of envy or fear, we’re called to faithful, joyful service. Discover how to stop burying your talent, embrace your God-given role, and live as truly rich in God’s eyes today and eternally.

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Apostolic Writings Discussions

From smell of death to fragrance of life: The Gospel in Israel’s Tabernacle (Exodus 12; 2Corinthians 2–3)

A digital painting created by ChatGPT in a bold oil palette-knife style, formatted as a two-panel diptych. In the left panel, several radiant human figures with brilliantly shining faces walk calmly through a devastated battlefield filled with rubble, fire, grief, and armed conflict; distressed people sit or collapse around them as pale smoke and odor rise from scenes of war, anger, death, and sadness. In the right panel, inside the Holy Place of Israel’s Tabernacle, a bearded priest wearing sacred garments and a turban with a gold plate bearing small Hebrew writing sprinkles incense from a small golden shovel onto a golden altar of incense with horned corners. White incense smoke rises before a curtain embroidered with cherubim, while a tall golden table beside the altar holds stacks of flatbread representing the bread of the Presence. Across the image is a text overlay reading, “From smell of death to fragrance of life: The Gospel in Israel's Tabernacle (Exodus 12; 2Corinthians 2–3).” A Hallel.info watermark appears on the image.

Discover how God turns the smell of death into the fragrance of life in this deep dive into Israel’s Tabernacle, Passover and 2Corinthians 2–3. We explore the Mishkan (“dwelling place”) as Heaven’s beachhead on earth, Israel’s calling as a blessing to the nations, and how Yeshua (Jesus), our Passover Lamb, makes us living sacrifices and living stones. Learn how the Spirit writes God’s Word on our hearts, transforming us into a people whose lives become His incense in a dying world.

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Apostolic Writings Appointments With God Atonement Discussions Passover Torah

Ashes that heal: What the red heifer teaches about sin, death and hope (Numbers 19; Hebrews 9)

A digital painting created by ChatGPT in a bold oil palette knife (impasto) style shows a three-panel scene moving from right to left. In the right panel, a weary homeless man with a forlorn expression sits on a city sidewalk against a downtown building while blurred pedestrians walk past him, suggesting indifference and isolation. In the center panel, an ancient Israelite man in period-appropriate white robes leads a perfect red heifer by a rope toward a blazing bonfire, evoking the ritual of the red heifer described in the Torah. In the left panel, Yeshua wearing a crown of thorns struggles under the weight of a large wooden beam along the Via Dolorosa while Roman soldiers accompany Him. Thick, textured palette-knife strokes and warm, dramatic lighting unify the scenes. The image includes the text overlay: “Ashes that heal: What the red heifer teaches about sin, death and hope (Numbers 19; Hebrews 9)” and a “Hallel.info” watermark in the lower right corner.

God can turn even the worst things — like death and sin — into a path to life and hope. The Bible’s profound yet paradoxical red heifer, Passover and Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) all point to the Messiah — Yeshua (Jesus). He blocks judgment, washes us clean and opens the way back to God. Because of Him, God chooses to forget our sins, and we no longer have to live chained to our past.

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Apostolic Writings Discussions Torah

Golden calf vs. living God: Choosing who dwells in your heart (Exodus 31-32; Deuteronomy 9; 1John 2)

Alt-text: A digital painting generated by ChatGPT in a bold oil palette knife style. Moses stands on a rugged slope of Mount Sinai at left, gripping shattered stone tablets and gazing down in anguish at the camp below. In the valley, a golden calf idol stands elevated on a pedestal, surrounded by flames and dancing figures in chaotic revelry. Above the camp, a faint, radiant vision of the future tabernacle glows with holy light, contrasting divine presence with idolatry. Dramatic lighting and vigorous, textured strokes heighten the emotional intensity. Text overlay in the lower right corner reads, “Golden calf living God: Choosing who dwells in your heart. Exodus 31-32; Deuteronomy 9; 1John 2.” A Hallel.info watermark appears in the lower left corner.

Exodus 31–32 reveals God as the ultimate Artist Who gifts human creativity to build a Tabernacle where He can truly dwell among His people. In this study, we see the contrast between that embassy of the Creator of the heavens and the earth and the golden calf, a human-created false representation of the divine. This calf graphically reveals what happens when we put anything else at the center of our lives. Through Moses’ mediation and New Testament insights about the Messiah, we learn that real repentance, mercy and obedience turn our hearts and communities into God’s living Tabernacle.

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Apostolic Writings Discussions Life With God Prophets and Writings Tithe & Finances Torah

Render to God what is God’s: Identity, ownership and stewardship in Scripture (Exodus 30; 2Kings 12; 2Corinthians 9)

A digital palette knife oil painting created by ChatGPT shows a radiant human heart formed from glowing treasure — gold coins, widow’s mites, half-shekel silver, a vial of anointing oil, and carved Temple stones — suspended above an open ancient scroll with softly blurred Hebrew script. Thick impasto textures and bold strokes in deep blue, crimson, gold, and white light convey spiritual intensity and total heart investment in the Kingdom of Heaven. On the right side, text reads, “Render to God what Is God’s: Identity, ownership and stewardship in Scripture (Exodus 30; 2Kings 12; 2Corinthians 9).” A Hallel.info watermark appears in the lower right corner.

Some thrill at going “all in” on a risky but profitable venture or free-climbing a skyscraper. But what does it really mean to go all-in for the Kingdom of God? From the half-shekel “ransom” in Exodus to the repairs of the neglected Temple in 2Kings, from the widow’s mite to apostle Paul’s call to cheerful giving that’s responsibly managed, we see that God isn’t chasing our money. He’s pursuing our hearts. We’re ransomed from bondage to our past; entrusted with time, talents and treasure; and invited to invest them where they matter most: in eternal, kingdom-building living.