News and commentary for Tuesday, 24 December, 2024.

Most years, when everybody who lies for a living takes off a week, there are some things that manage to slip out that otherwise get hidden.

News and commentary for Monday, 23 December, 2024.

“One thing that is vital, but missing in a lot of the teachings that you’ve learned from all of your life, is the strength of context.” –Rabbi Steve Berkson

The topic of this episode of Darkness & Light is, “being called out of darkness, into His marvelous light.” (1 Peter 2:9), one of the few real status changes–coming into Light beyond human comprehension.

• How does one come out of darkness? How does one know if he/she is in the light?

Beginning his text in 1 Peter 1:2, Rabbi Berkson stops to point out to whom the writer was addressing this letter, “those who are…set-apart (Holy) by the Spirit unto obedience…” Obedient to what?

• If the Torah became no longer relevant at the time Yeshua Messiah was killed on a cross, as certain majority faith groups teach, then what is to be obeyed?

Once again, redefining our lexicon, terms and words, Rabbi Berkson makes us look at the term ‘born again’ as the writer uses it to describe those who are walking toward the Kingdom with a “living expectation.”

• What is Peter talking about when he uses the term ‘born again’? (1 Peter 1:3) Does he mean it in the same way as Yeshua did in His conversation with Nicodemus? (John 3)

• What is the “living expectation”? (1 Peter 1:3)

• What is the “inheritance incorruptible”? (1 Peter 1:4)

• What is the condition that applies to the “protection of Elohim”? (1 Peter 1:5)

• If I am living as a set-apart one, why am I “grieved by manifold trials”? (1 Peter 1:6-7)

• Why would you receive praise, respect and honor from Messiah Yeshua? (1 Peter 1:7)

• What if this life is all there is?

You need to hear Rabbi Berkson as he uses his Gym Membership as an analogy to illustrate real belief.

• Did he really say, salvation is nothing?

• How does one set themselves apart in their behavior?

Once again, Rabbi Steve Berkson delves deeper into scripture to uncover even more dimensions of Darkness and Light.

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This week’s reading from the Torah, parsha Vayazhev (Genesis/Bereshiet chapters 37 through 40) shifts the story of the line of the patriarchs to Yosef/Joseph, the first-born son of Rachel.

The Bible tells us there was favoritism, and that is just part of the reason his brothers resented him.

The Erev Shabbat reading covers that beginning, and his sale into slavery in Egypt, the house of Potiphar, and then prison. There is far more, too:

There are a number of major themes in the study of Joseph this week, from what he teaches us about dreams, to that issue of favoritism and jealousy, and the results, to a larger question about ‘adversity’, and how it figures in our lives, and His plan.

But in the middle of all that is one of the most notable “chiasms,” (Mark prefers the Hebrew term ‘atbash’ – for “alef-tav, beit-shin” because the first and last, and second and second-to-last name is so descriptive of the Biblical equivalent of an HTML tag)) in the Bible: about Judah and Tamar.

That theme, of what happens “in-between” resonates.

Because we, today, are there too:

The combined two-part teaching is here:

WATCH ENTIRE VIDEO HERE (will be harder to follow if you can’t see the video graphics of ancient eclipse paths & Stellarium Planetary Alignment)  Originally posted Mar 25, 2024 but we are getting very close and world events seem to be ramping up the closer we get to Feb 2025.  Are ancient eclipses during the fall of ancient Babylon connected with present day eclipses over the United States? The answer and where these ancient eclipses occur WILL surprise you! Is the upcoming planetary alignment of ALL seven planets connected to John’s vision of the revealing of Y’shua Messiah in Revelation chapter 1? Watch this video all the way to the end to be amazed at the possibilities and then pray about what you and your family can do to get ready physically and spiritually… just in case. For more messages like this one visit https://www.hiswordheals.com/blog

The Torah teachers complete the study of the Book of the prophet Isaiah chapter 61, and then continue through 62 and into chapter 63.

News, commentary, and an extended look at the major events of the week ending Saturday, 21 December, 2024.

Host Mark Call again continues to warn that this interval, between that almost-rigged election and the potential January 20th inauguration, are probably the most perilous times in our lives.

And we continued to see that demonstrated this week, even as massive acts of treason continue to be revealed. Which just “ups the ante.”

This week, it seems that the wheels make have come off the Deep State Tyranny Wagon. Or at least their Ministry of Truth in the WasteStream Media has started to panic.

Join David Justice and Mark Call as they look back at a week many people thought might never come:

The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and even some international leftist sources like the UK’s Daily Mail have admitted that — surprise!!! — ze BidenFuhrer is senile. And he WAS senile from Day one. (But we knew it before the election was rigged…)

And they even know that the same folks who were pulling his pupped strings were covering up the biggest political scam in American history.

There’s more, of course. And it’s just getting rolling.

Since we are still in that “In-Between” time, but the dangers and threats are becoming more obvious by the day, it’s time to consider a ‘contrast’ in potential upcoming scenarios:

So, it’s important to understand what that means.

[Note: Sorry – the original recording for this show turned out to be virtually un-listenable. So that MP3 has been removed, and replaced with the weekly news-wrap show.)