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Readings: Tisha b’Av (9th of Av)

A dramatic historical painting by John Martin, dated 1850, depicting the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. The scene shows a massive stone temple with columns collapsing amid clouds of dust and smoke, as explosions tear through the structure. Crowds of people, rendered in silhouette, stand in the foreground and on surrounding hills, witnessing the devastation. The warm, golden tones and dynamic composition convey the chaos and tragedy of the event.

Tisha B’Av mourns the destruction of the First and Second Temples and other Jewish tragedies, observed with fasting and prayer. For believers in Yeshua (Jesus) as the Messiah and the “Word (of God) made flesh,” He brings to fullness the pattern of the Temple’s role as a pattern of Heaven. Believers are “temples of the Holy Spirit” and “living stones,” forming a spiritual house. Prophetic hopes of Temple restoration and Ezekiel’s ark-less temple point to Yeshua, culminating in the New Jerusalem, where God and the Lamb are the temple.

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Exodus 21: God is Enforcer of covenants, Liberator of slaves, Vindicator of the unborn

Parashat Mishpatim is one of the most uncomfortable chapters in the Torah. It has rules about what we would call indentured servitude as well as how to deal with victims of infanticide. However, the overarching theme in today’s Torah study is how God holds us to keep our own covenants, even if they go above and beyond the covenants He has placed on us Himself. 

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Apostolic Writings Discussions

Luke 13:1-9: Yeshua addresses ‘Why do bad things happen to the innocent?’ with parable of fig tree in vineyard

Jeff

Many ask something like, “Why do the good die young and the evil seem to live forever?” Yeshua answered two questions about whether sin brought on two tragedies at that time by saying those weren’t punishment for sin, but all need to take notice that a big disaster for Israel — Rome’s destruction of Yerushalayim — was coming and need turn back to God.