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).
There are language cues in Acts 3 that strongly suggest that it is a description of an event on the afternoon of Pentecost. Thus this is a continuation of the events of Acts 2. The Spirit of God is on display in the temple with power, a display meant to prompt Israel to “turn back” from their rejection God’s Messiah and be restored by God’s Spirit.
Peter’s Pentecost sermon not only made A’s for power of the Spirit but also for being “politically incorrect” in condemning the listeners. Why did Peter say what he said this particular Pentecost? What are the consistent lessons of Pentecost, called Shavuot in Hebrew for “sevens” or “weeks”?
https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/file/080524%20Acts%201%20part%201.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 48:07 — 8.3MB)Subscribe: RSSIs the book of Acts the record of God’s creation of “the church”? Or is it a continuation of the story of God’s reaching out into the world through Israel, a people who “struggle with God and men” and prevail in bringing a blessing […]
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.
Richard explores the Bible’s third Hebrew word, “Elohim,” to understand more about who God is and what Yeshua (Jesus) meant by “you are gods.” The fourth Hebrew word, the untranslated “et,” shows us how God explains His plan from the beginning.
More than 2,000 years of debate lies behind the question of when Messiah Yeshua rose from the dead. Rather than an esoteric inquiry, timing matters because Yeshua’s life, death, and resurrection happened “according to the Scriptures.”
Why was Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) go to the temple on Chanukah, the Festival of Dedication, in John 10? The healing of the blind man in John 9, an obscure messianic prophecy in Haggai 2 and Yeshua’s bold statements gave Israel’s leaders their ultimate test of loyalty to the Holy One or to anti-God human laws.