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Jonah 2: Yonah’s messianic psalm on salvation for a righteous man

Daniel Agee

Yeshua (Jesus) said that the “wicked generation” was going to be only given one sign which Yeshua called “the sign of Yonah (Jonah)” (Matt. 12:38–41; 16:1–4; Luke 11:29–32). This chapter is the key to the “sign of Jonah” that Yeshua lived. The sign of Jonah was how Jonah’s reluctance to perform the duty God had for him was transformed into acceptance of God’s task for Him. Yeti was also reluctant to accept the task God set out for Him. When Jonah accepted his duty, Nineveh was saved. When Yeshua accepted His duty, all mankind was saved.

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Appointments With God Discussions Jubilee Sabbatical Year Torah

Leviticus 25: Shemitah (sabbatical year) and Yobel (Jubilee)

Richard Agee

The shabbats (sabbaths) of the land and the Yobel (Jubilee) are not about the U.S. or other countries, but about the land of Israel. Yet even in the diaspora (outside the land), there are lessons we can learn about how we should trust in God, how far God can take care of His people and how we are to take care of our families and each other.

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Apostolic Writings Be a Berean series Videos

Video: Mystery of Double-Minded Scriptures on Grace and Law

Be a Berean video series

Here is part 2 of the Be a Berean video study series by Sean Hilton. In this episode, Sean explores dozens of ‪ ‎New Testament‬ verses that seem to say be contradictory on whether the Law (aka the ‪Torah‬) is what believers in ‪‎Yeshua‬ the Messiah‬ (‪Jesus‬ Christ) should be keeping or is “nailed to the cross.” Sean asks those interested in knowing God better whether the Bible is double-minded on grace and the Law.

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Discussions Torah

Leviticus 24: Tabernacle oil and bread plus use of God’s name

Richard Agee

Anything that is brought to God must be clean, pure and sincere, not just our olive oil and bread but our words and hearts are to be clean, pure and sincere, too. When a person blasphemes God’s name, that desecration of God’s reputation has to be dealt with in the most severest of terms, regardless of whether the person is a native born Israelite or a “stranger.” We can’t understand the depths of God’s mercy without understanding the depths of God’s justice.

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Atonement Discussions Prophets and Writings

Jonah 1: Beginning look at the ‘sign of Yonah’

Studies in Prophets and Writings

The book of Jonah is the Haftarah reading during the Day of Atonement/Yom Kippur. The main theme of Jonah is how God deals with different kinds of sinners and brings them into His fold: repentance and sacrifice. We have been taught this idea that all sinners are equal and because all sinners are equal, all sinners require the same remedy, but it’s not that simple. As Yonah sets out to run away from God’s mission, we discover that the more we know, the more God requires. Although God saved both the mariners and the people of Nineveh from His wrath, He did not use the same method to do so.

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Appointments With God Discussions Torah

Overview of Shabbat and God’s appointments (Leviticus 23)

How do we proclaim a Holy Day? By making it a priority in our schedule to show up and attend to it. (Photo by Dwayne Blee/Freeimages.com via Creative Commons license)

An appointment can be a place, a time or an event. When we use the word moedim, it’s an appointment or an assignment. The Tabernacle of Meeting is the Tabernacle of Appointments. When we “proclaim” His holy days, God can work in us to sanctify us. How do you proclaim an appointed time? Proclaiming is an active verb, not a passive verb. It’s not something we say, it’s something we do. You proclaim an appointed time or moedim by what you do on that day. You either do it or don’t do it. You show up or you don’t. If you do it, you are proclaiming it. If you ignore it and don’t do it, you aren’t proclaiming it.

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Apostolic Writings Be a Berean series Videos

Video: Be a “Berean”

Be a Berean video series

This video starts a study series by Sean Hilton. It will take a page from the Bereans (Acts 17:10-11) who checked what apostle Paul was teaching them from the words of God about Yeshua (Jesus) as the promised Messiah. This series will explore what seem to be contradictory Bible verses on whether “the Law” in Exodus, Leviticus and Deuteronomy was abolished or downgraded with Yeshua’s death and resurrection then how a deeper understanding of the language, culture and biblical context can greatly enrich Bible study — Berean-style.