How did the Ark of the Covenant move from the guarded tabernacle to the hands of Israel’s enemies — and what does its journey reveal about holiness, leadership, and access to God? In this study, we trace the layers of separation around the Ark, contrast Torah’s transport instructions with the Philistines’ and David’s attempts, and examine the corruption of Eli’s priesthood. Discover the connection between the torn temple veil and reported open gates to the Messiah and to living God’s way.
What is God preparing you to do, and are you ready to answer His calling? Discover how the Levites’ sacred duties, Isaiah’s call to be God’s witnesses, and Paul’s teachings on spiritual maturity reveal a powerful pattern: preparation, faithful service, and speaking truth in love. Explore why humility must precede authority, knowledge must precede teaching, and every believer has a vital role in building up the Body of Messiah amid a confused and divided world. Is your faith ready for action?
Discover how a “boring” census in the opening chapters of Numbers, a mysterious river in Ezekiel 47, and the parables by Yeshua (Jesus) in Luke 15 all tell one unified story: God counts every name, pursues every lost one, and turns spiritual deserts into places of living water. This study weaves together Torah, Prophets and Gospel to confront lone‑wolf faith, expose our ideas of holiness and reveal why Heaven refuses to accept “acceptable losses” in the family of God.
This study on Torah reading בְּמִדְבַּר Bemidbar (“in the wilderness,” Numbers 1:1–4:20) focuses on Heaven’s concern for each individual member of Israel’s tribes. Messiah Yeshua (Christ Jesus) touched on that with His three lost-and-found parables in Luke 15, particularly how a shepherd seeks one lost sheep. Though part of an orderly whole as God’s people, each person is valued. As the tribes were transformed from a multitude to a cohesive unit centered on God’s dwelling — the solution to the world’s anguish — so too may each Israelite accept the role and be renewed to uplift God’s legacy through Messiah. When all work in unison and depend on the Eternal, the salvation promised to the world through Israel will be fulfilled.
Why would the Tabernacle be covered with the skin of an unclean animal? Why would God call Himself by the name of a pagan god? Here are answers to such questions from the Torah reading בְּמִדְבַּר Bemidbar (“in the wilderness,” Num. 1:1–4:20).
Genealogy is a very popular hobby in our time. Many want to learn their origins. Some use insights history to understand where they are going. A springboard for such insights is the seemingly dull genealogical census in Torah reading בְּמִדְבַּר Bemidbar (“in the wilderness,” Num. 1:1–4:20).
The stories of our ancestors — whether recent such as those who served in World War 2 or ancient Spiritual ancestors in the Bible — can teach us to stand for what is right, even if we have to stand alone, instead of staying silent when the world is careening into evil.
One of the last warnings Heaven has for Earth is that it has serious commitment and infidelity issues. The people don’t know the Maker because of cultural drift over decades or eons, or the people have had a relationship with the God revealed through Israel but want something else.
As the annual Feast of Weeks (Shavuot, aka Pentecost) approaches quickly (May 17 this year), we are focusing in this study on the opening chapters of the Bible book of Hosea. One of the themes of Shavuot is the “marriage” of Israel and Heaven at Sinai with the giving of the Ten Words (aka Ten Commandments, Exodus 19-20) and the joining of the nations to the Holy One (Acts 2). And Hosea begins with an extended living parable for Israel through the prophets dysfunctional family.