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From Self-Sufficiency to Spiritual Transformation: Lessons from Matthew 16

Yeast is commonly seen as a symbol for pride, something bad. Why does God command us to not eat leavened bread for seven days after Passover then at Shavuot (Pentecost) command that He be offered two loaves of leavened bread? How is the answer to this paradox found in Yeshua’s cryptic instruction to His disciples to beware of the “yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees”?

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Discussions Prophets and Writings

Joshua 9

Teacher: Daniel Agee [contact] Thought questions How did Yehoshua (Joshua) punish the Gibeonites for their ruse? How did that punishment end up being a great blessing? What were the Gibeonites really up to, according to the Hebrew? If I enter an agreement with someone based on a fraud, is one bound to it? Why did […]

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Joshua 8

Reader: Jeff Teacher: Daniel Agee [contact] Duration: 43:21 File size: 10.4 MB [download MP3 audio]

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Discussions Torah

Meaning behind monthly, Passover and Pentecost offerings (Numbers 28:11–31)

Learn how to see Messiah Yeshua (Christ Jesus) in the qorbanot (offerings, sacrifices) presented at the Tabernacle of Israel on each Rosh Chodesh (New Moon), Pesakh (Passover) and Shavu’ot (Pentecost).

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Messiah in daily and Sabbath offerings (Numbers 28:1-10)

Learn how to see Messiah Yeshua (Christ Jesus) in the tamid (continual, morning and evening) and Shabbat (Sabbath) offerings.

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Accounting for light and righteousness in Israel (Numbers 26–27)

After various plagues and judgments over the 40 years of wandering in wilderness, God called for Israel to be counted again. It was also time to divide the Promised Land among the 12 tribes, based on the wisdom of God’s light and righteousness.

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Perpetual priesthood of peace and mercy for wayward Israel (Numbers 25)

Have you been “dragged away and enticed” by something that seems irresistibly appealing? Feel like God could never take you back? A false prophet enticed Israel away from God with sex, but God’s ambassador was there to mend the relationship.