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What does the Bible have to say about socialism and racism? (Deuteronomy 11:26–16:17)

Socialism and racism are big topics of today’s society. Does the Bible have anything to say about these issues? Torah reading ראה Re’eh (“see,” Deut. 11:26–16:17) gives us Heaven’s insights into these two important matters.

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LDS offshoot targets Jews and Hebrew Roots Messianics with Book of Mormon paraphrase

An offshoot Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) group, which calls itself the Restorative Scriptures Foundation, and incorporated under the name Restoration Archive LLC, published a Hebrew Roots paraphrase of Restorative Scriptures Foundation’s version of the Book of Mormon in 2019. The work targets Orthodox Jews and Messianic believers through social media with a Hebraicized, unorthodox spin on the faith of Yeshua. Learn more about this effort.

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Numbers 22–24: Beware of self-loving, double-speaking prophets

It’s important to respect yourself as one who bears the image of God, but when does self-love cross over into conceit? And when that conceit is in the heart of a prophet that practices deceit, it’s a sobering warning. The lesson of Balaam told in Torah reading בָּלָק Balak (Numbers 22:2-25:9) and expanded upon in Micah 5:6–6:8 and Jude 3-16 is a warning and a contrast between a true prophet of God, namely Messiah Yeshua (Christ Jesus), and a false prophet.