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News, commentary, and an extended look back at the week of a total solar eclipse, where no terrorism was seen, but the Hand of the Creator arguably was, and other Truth just kept slipping out as well...

...for the week ending Friday, 12 April, 2024.

Ray Harrison is back this week with the other Torah teachers, Marks Pitrone and Call, and they continue the study of the Book of the prophet Isaiah/YesheYahu into chapter 30.

David Justice and Mark Call team up to take a look back at some of the major, and more "revealing," events of the past week, but also a look "behind the events."

And this week, even more than usual, that means 'conspiracy theories' confirmed, and outright, bald-faced lies, long told, that are being blown to smithereens by the truth. And people are having a hard time ignoring that, even if it is uncomfortable.

Mark welcomes back special guest Harmon Taylor of 'Legal Reality.'

There have been a number of recent court cases, and ultimately horrible examples, of what has happened to the 'rule of law.' But they tend to demonstrate what Harmon has taught for quite some time: Most people have entered in bondage, 'voluntarily,' even if in ignorance.

And there is a 'beast system' being built. 'Coming out of' that is only the beginning.

News and commentary for Thursday, 11 April, 2024.

More admissions that Big Brother can destroy anyone they feel like, whenever they want, and other revelations...

How do we get our lives unstuck? Is belief alone the thing that gets our lives moving and producing the kind of fruit we & God desire? How do we actualize the idealized version of ourselves?

In this series, we are seeking to answer the question Yeshua asked His disciples in John 1:38, "What do you want?". Not only are we going to find out what we truly desire, but also some proven ways to become the image-bearing people we were created to be.

https://youtu.be/FmhEKgk5pKU

 

News and commentary for Tuesday, 9 April, 2024.

There WAS a sign in the heavens on Monday, some evidently got it, and the world is still here. But so are the same issues that haven't yet played out.

And there are quite a few "Amazing Coincidences," too. Maybe even downright Unbelievable...

How do we get our lives unstuck? Is belief alone the thing that gets our lives moving and producing the kind of fruit we & God desire? How do we actualize the idealized version of ourselves?

In this series, we are seeking to answer the question Yeshua asked His disciples in John 1:38, "What do you want?". Not only are we going to find out what we truly desire, but also some proven ways to become the image-bearing people we were created to be.

https://youtu.be/oo4-99PQo7I

On what issue do Christians and those who are Messianic Torah Observant agree?

How did Abraham obey Torah before Mt. Sinai? (Genesis 26:4-5)

What is the whole point of Torah observance?

When Yeshua gave his disciples the bread and wine, saying this is the new covenant in my blood, did He start the ritual called communion?

What did Yeshua mean when He cried out “It is finished!”?

Moving into the Brit HaDashah (New Testament), Rabbi Steve Berkson continues clarifying the understanding of being covenanted with our Creator.

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One Size Fits All

"Tzav"

"One Size Fits All!"

We’ve probably all been duped by that assurance! Sure it fits, as long as you don't mind sleeves so long you could make it into a straitjacket!

One size definitely doesn’t fit all. Do we trust the ad enough to order it online? Do we hire a personal shopper who knows our taste, our height, our weight, body shape, even arm length?

How about prayer? Does one size fit all?

That’s a common question even though it is not usually worded that way.

Frequently I hear objections to Jewish prayer as vain repetition. It’s an uninformed way of looking at it, but we often simply repeat what someone who we respected told us. As we allow the Ruach HaKodesh to turn our spiritual life upside down repeatedly, that may be one area that turns.

To help coach new-to-Torah believers in the basics of Jewish prayer, I’ve written books such as Standing With Israel: A House of Prayer for All Nations, Messianic Shabbat Service, and Creation Gospel Workbook Six: Hebrew Prayer and Worship Traditions. Rather than cover that ground again, I thought I would reiterate one of the principles of Hebrew prayer.

Although the basic daily, feast, and Shabbat prayers are fixed and do not change, they do not need to. The Temple service was the same. Fixed. As the daily prayers took the place of the Temple services after its destruction, they too, were fixed.

There is room in the Amidah prayers for spontaneous, personal conversation with Adonai. The point of Hebrew prayer is that the person is transformed with each prayer. When I pray the Amidah in the evening, I am not the same person who prayed it that morning. The conversation with Adonai changed me. As immersion into Messiah Yeshua makes me a new person, so does the fire of the Ruach burn me on the altar each day.

This is why it is so difficult to advise someone on which siddur (prayer book) to purchase. It’s kind of like picking out someone else’s clothes, especially if you don’t know them personally. I’d need to know several things:

1. Do you want Hebrew text, English, or both?

2. Do you want an English transliteration?

3. Do you need a daily siddur, Shabbat siddur, or a combination of both?

4. Do you want a Messianic siddur?

5. Large print, or are you good with a font the size of a gnat’s tattoo in the pocket size?

You get the gist.

This week’s Ulpan-Or newsletter on the Torah portion is an excellent illustration of the personal relationship with prayer. The ashes from altar that burn down from the previous day are symbolically placed beside it. Today’s sacrifice will be a new one. Today’s prayers will be new because we are new, re-born of fire and water. With their permission to reproduce, I’ve included Ulpan-Or's lesson below:

TORAH PORTION "Tzav"

This Shabbat we will read Torah Portion "Tzav".

In our Torah Portion Tzav, G?d instructs Moses to command Aaron and his sons regarding their duties who offer the offerings on the altar in the Sanctuary.

The fire on the altar had to be kept burning at all times.

It is interesting to notice that each and every morning, the first order of the day in the Holy Temple was for the priest to remove a small portion of the ashes from the altar and place it on the floor just next to the altar.

Why particularly the priest had to start each day with removing ashes from the previo...