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 Unleavened Bread

First day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread — Remembering the Father

A man with a contemplative expression, wearing a green button-up shirt and a straw hat, rests his chin on his hand against an olive green background. Text beside him reads: "Food for Thought: First day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread — Remembering the Father." The bottom right corner displays the website "hallel.info" with a stylized Hebrew letter.

We know that Yeshua loves us and we love Yeshua. Sometimes God the Father is left out of the loop of affection. We forget the fact that everything Yeshua ever did was because of His Father. We don’t think about the fact that God loves us even more. Yeshua did nothing that was not approved by the Father. God has set aside this time as a time of protection and sanctification. He gives us His sincerity and His truth. We don’t become unleavened because of us but because of Him.

Richard also presents his views on the role of Yeshua in Creation and the identity of the Holy Spirit.

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Apostolic Writings Appointments With God Discussions Passover

Important final words of Yeshua before Passover

Many Christians think of Yeshua’s sacrifice as a personal sacrifice, a sacrifice by one Man Who died for us as individuals. His dying thoughts were about the people He was coming to die for. His dying thoughts were about what may happen to all the people at the Last Day and how many of them will not be prepared to face the wrath of God.

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Luke 5:1-11: Yeshua calls first of the 12

On the surface it appears that the apostles just jumped at Yeshua’s offer without thought or consideration, but there was far more consideration in their decision to follow Yeshua than we could ever imagine.

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Apostolic Writings Appointments With God Discussions Passover

Betrayal of Yeshua is key to His sacrifice at Passover

We are approaching a time when our minds should be centered on the words and deeds of the Messiah. We are called upon to examine our lives in preparation for the Passover. Are we living the way the Lord want us to live? In most Passover celebrations, we ignore or give brief mention to Yeshua’s betrayal at the hands of Judas Iscariot, one of His own Apostles. The bible tells us that Yeshua was glorified by this act, yet many in the Christian church heap lots of condemnation on Judas for what he did.

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Apostolic Writings Discussions Prophets and Writings

The Gospel in 2nd Samuel 15-21

This section of 2nd Samuel is the “second witness” of the veracity of the gospel authors and their testimony of Yeshua’s life, death and resurrection. As Yeshua told the pharisees in John 5:39, “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.” These Scriptures Yeshua calls the Pharisees to re-examine are the TaNaKh (Torah, Prophets and Writings). He tells them — and us — that the entire TaNaKh give us His story.

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Luke 4:14-44 — Yeshua proclaims His mission from Scripture in a synagogue

Yeshua proclaims from the Scriptures that He is the fulfillment of messianic prophecy in Isa. 61:1-2. Yet the people of His hometown demand more signs and reject His proclamation.

A medieval polemic against Christianity faulted Luke for a “garbled,” deceptively shortened quotation of Isaiah 61. How valid is that claim?

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Matthew 4:1–13 — temptation of Yeshua for 40 days parallel the testing of Israel for 40 years

In this next chapter, Yeshua travels away from His anointing at His baptism and is sent “by the Spirit” to the wilderness to suffer temptation at the hands of the Adversary. These temptations, His reaction to them and how He overcame them were a crucial training ground to prepare Him for His final mission of crucifixion and resurrection.