Messiah Matters

The guys look at some interesting sound bytes from the internet, respond to comments about last weeks show, and discuss the various ways people count the omer.

The guys looks at several different endorsements of Itzhak Shapira's book Return of the Kosher Pig by Christian and Messianic leaders and ask if this is the "Truth" the Gospels speak about. What does it say about leaders who are endorsing theological heresy?

The guys bring on Tim Hegg for their yearly discussion on the Passover Chronology and if the Last Supper was a Passover Seder.

Four different papers/article on four topics are discussed. The Israel Bible and the websites guidelines for "open discussion" between Jews and Christians is looked at. A paper in the March 2016 JETS on Romans 2:12-15 is looked at. A new documentary by a "Messianic" and his stance on evangelism is looked at. And a recent article by Dr. Eli on Torah for gentiles is looked at.

We welcome Michael Gonzales, the new member of the TR team on the show. We discuss a new iron age seal found in Jerusalem, can a Jewish person who is not a believer but keeps Torah saved? And what is the definition of a heretic and a heretical doctrine?

The guys discuss an article put out by Ken Rank from United2Restore, in which he claims that Jews who keep Torah but don't believe in Messiah, are still saved because they believe in a Messiah, and even though they don't realize it, they really believe in Yeshua.

An online conversation over a video takes center stage. Do orthodox, non believing Jews, believe in the same Messiah we do? Does it really matter if a person believes Yeshua was already here once? Doe does it simply matter if they believe He will come? Wouldn't this discount the work of Yeshua on the cross?

Acts 15:10 is discussed. What is the Yoke? Is it the Torah like most Christian commentators believe? Or is it something else?

Is there negative things written in the Talmud about Yeshua? Or is it talking about a different Yeshua? What do the earliest manuscripts say?

The history and discovery of Codex Sinaiticus by Constantine Von Tischendorf is discussed. Of most interest, was the story of Tischendorf finding the codex in a kindling heap true, or a lie made up to get the codex out of St. Catherine's?