Messianic Audio Teachings

Messianic Audio Teachings episodes:

• 04.22.2024

  Yom Hashem (Day of the LORD)

  The Cup of Elijah that we pour at the Seder Meal is the Cup of Wrath poured out on the nations in the Day of the LORD. This teaching from Shabbat Hagadol explains the concept of the Day of the...

  
• 04.19.2024

  Elijah's Cup

  Why do we pour a cup for Elijah at the Seder meal? It's not just a quaint tradtion, it's the most Messianic moment in Passover Seder meal. This teaching explores the history of the tradition and the pouring out of...

  
• 03.01.2024

  In Whatsoever Things

  Can Jews be "saved" even if they do not become Christians? In his famous Dialogue with Trypho, the second century apostolic father Justin Martyr reports a non-canonical saying of the Master which sheds significant light on the meaning of "salvation" in...

  
• 02.09.2024

  It’s Not Enough to Be a Tzaddik

  Yeshua How can our righteousness exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees? Learn how the principle of chasidut enables one to enter the kingdom.

  
• 02.09.2024

  The Suffering Tzadik (Part Two)

  If the wages of sin are death, that means that death pays for sins. But what if the person who dies is sinless? This teaching, part two of a two-part discussion, presents the material from the article titled “The Suffering Tzadik:...

  
• 02.09.2024

  The Suffering Tzadik (Part One)

  How does the death of Yeshua atone for sins? The New Testament assures us that it does without explaining how. This teaching, part one of a two-part discussion, presents the material from the article titled “The Suffering Tzadik: How Does...

  
• 02.09.2024

  The Hidden History of Messianic Jewish Movements

  Where were all the Jewish believers in Yeshua between the first century and the 1970s? Listen in on a wide-ranging and epic-long conversation taking broad sweeps through church history and the strange, ever-morphing, relationship between the church and the Jewish...

  
• 01.26.2024

  Am Yisrael 7: The Mikvah Episode

  Why does Beth Immanuel need nearly half a million dollars to build a mikvah? Ami and Daniel discuss why a mikvah is mission critical to Beth Immanuel and should be a central concern for all of Messianic Judaism. Learn more in...

  
• 01.12.2024

  Why Are We Like This?

  Why is Beth Immanuel the way that it is? Here's the mission and vision behind Beth Immanuel Messianic Synagogue to explain the Judaism part of Messianic Judaism. 

  
• 01.04.2024

  What Shall Happen

  What's going to happen in 2024 and the days to come? Here's a largely pessimistic assessment of the world as we stumble into the secular new year which makes the light of the hope of the coming kingdom shine all...

  
• 12.15.2023

  Perseverance: Putting Suffering into Perspective

  Continuing the Entrance to the Eternal Kingdom series, we learn the importance of perseverance for achieving the mission for which your soul was created.

  
• 12.11.2023

  The Festival of War

  The Festival of Hanukkah is called "the festival of lights," but it's actually a festival commemorating a war. In this teaching, we consider the biblical perspective on war. Is there such a thing as a just or ethical war? 

  
• 12.08.2023

  A Remnant will Escape

  What's the underlying spiritual agenda in the world-wide war against Israel? The story of Jacob dividing his family into two camps in preparation to meet Esau provides a clue that connects to the prophecies of Obadiah and a prophecy against...

  
• 12.01.2023

  Four Angels and the War for the Land of Israel

  Jacob's vision of a ladder reaching to heaven upon which angels ascend and descend contains a hidden meaning about spiritual warfare, the exile of the Jewish people, and their inheritance in the land of Israel. This teaching connects the dots...

  
• 11.22.2023

  Strange Bedfellows: The Secular Left and the Muslim Right

  The Secular Progressive Left and Islamic Jihadists make for strange bedfellows. What's the real story behind their common cause in anti-Zionism and their hatred for the State of Israel?

  
• 11.08.2023

  The One Who Endures

  The world has erupted with mass anti-Israel and anti-Jewish protests. Open expressions of anti-Semitism not seen since the Nazi Reich are reported in Europe, America, and American college campuses. It does not bode well for Western Society or the disciples...

  
• 11.03.2023

  Abraham's War

  Does the Bible sanction the Zionist claim to a Jewish homeland in the Holy Land? What should a Bible-believing follower of the Jesus think about the Jewish people forming the Modern State of Israel. Here's an argument from a biblical...

  
• 10.24.2023

  Beneath the Double Rainbow

  A personal perspective on the Simchat Torah October 7 Massacre, the Gaza War, world events, and the coming day of wrath in light of parashat Noach. 

  
• 10.13.2023

  The Battle Within

  In this continuation of the Pitchei Olam series, we will discuss the meaning of "self-control." A battle rages within every person. Our enemy, the evil inclination, wants to strip us of the image of God and turn us into any other animal....

  
• 09.21.2023

  The Fool and His Wife

  An important story about Rosh Hashanah and the coming of the Messiah is hidden just beneath the surface of the story of David, Abigail, and Nabal. Here's the teaching for Rosh Hashanah 5784.

  
• 09.01.2023

  A Heart to Know

  Along the path on our journey to the Kingdom, we must acquire knowledge. In this lesson we learn about the Jewish concept of knowledge, what it means to know God, and the steps involved in gaining knowledge.

  
• 09.01.2023

  Antichrist: The Wrong Jesus

  What if you have been following the wrong Jesus? Do you think that the wrong Jesus can save you? This teaching discusses the problem with making correct theology a criteria for salvation. 

  
• 08.25.2023

  Antichrist: Solomon's Exile

  Who is the Antichrist? A popular Jewish legend about Solomon and the prince of demons offers an uncanny insight into the nature and identity of Antichrist. 

  
• 08.18.2023

  Antichrist: Who is Like the Beast

  A great deception is coming. Or perhaps it's already here. Listen to a quick introduction to the shadowy character and end-times arch-villain called Antichrist. This teaching presents the "Man of Lawlessness" and "World Deceiver" in light of the Torah's warnings...

  
• 08.04.2023

  Bartholomew and the Everlasting Clothes

  Bartholomew did not change his clothes for 26 years. An old Christian tradition about the martyrdom of Bartholomew preserves a legend about the miraculous clothing worn by the apostles, pointing us to the hope of the resurrection from the dead. 

  
• 08.04.2023

  Rich Man Poor Man

  Would it be so wrong if God were to make you wealthy? On Rosh Hashanah, your money for the coming year is determined. Here's a teaching about wealth, poverty, and wisdom based on Parashat Ekev and the words of King...

  
• 07.28.2023

  Be Excellent

  2 Peter 1:5 instructs us to add "virtue" or "excellence" to our faith. But what does that mean, exactly? Take a linguistic journey through the sources to find the Jewish heart at the core of this concept.

  
• 07.07.2023

  The First Admonition

  The first of three admonitions for the three weeks "between the narrows" comes from the first chapter of Jeremiah. This teaching rehearses the story of King Josiah, Torah Rediscovered, and the world of the biblical prophets in the days of...

  
• 06.20.2023

  The Bigger They Are

  The spies sent to spy out the land of Canaan saw giants and warned the people not to enter the land. The Torah says that the giants in Canaan were Nephilim. Here's the story of how Caleb and Joshua not...

  
• 06.16.2023

  What are Little Boys Made Of

  Gender identity has never been a more polarizing issue than it is today, but here's a Beth Immanuel teaching from back in 2011 about the difference between boys and girls and the stuff they are made of. Despite our differences, we...

  
• 06.09.2023

  Nine Mirrors

  What is reality? It's not what you think. Or maybe it is what you think--and that's the problem. Here's a discussion on the nature of prophecy and how it relates to getting in touch with Absolute Reality. 

  
• 06.02.2023

  King David's Tomb

  Why do we read the book of Ruth on Shavuot? This inquiry into the origin of the custom takes us on an Indiana Jones style adventure to find the authentic tomb of King David. 

  
• 05.25.2023

  Open the Gates

  The first commandment at Mount Sinai was "I am the LORD your God who took you out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery" (Exodus 20:2). Why did God introduce himself this way instead of as the God "who...

  
• 05.19.2023

  Am Yisrael 6: Rambam on Yeshua

  What did Maimonides say about Yeshua of Nazareth? In the uncensored version of Mishneh Torah, the Rambam states that Yeshua of Nazareth cannot be "the one promised in the Torah," but he remains conspicuously silent about the messianic prophecies in...

  
• 05.18.2023

  Let the Redeemed of the LORD Say

  Yeshua teaches in the Nazareth synagogue and proclaims "liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners" in reference to the Juibilee laws of Leviticus 25. This discussion on the mitzvah of redeeming captives considers the plight of "the infant taken captive...

  
• 05.05.2023

  Kiddush Hashem

  To love God with all your soul means being willing to relinquish your soul for the sake of His name. Here's a sober discussion about martyrdom as an expression of the commandment to sanctify God's name: "You shall not profane...

  
• 04.28.2023

  Entrance to the Eternal Kingdom: 2 Peter 1:5-7 in its Jewish Context

  Explore the process of spiritual self-improvement as outlined in 2 Peter 1:5-7, in light of Jewish thought. Learn how Jewish sources provide step-by-step outlines for personal growth, and delve into the importance of the pursuit of holiness and entrance to...

  
• 04.14.2023

  Do This In Remembrance of Me

  What's the real meaning behind the Eucharist, the Lord's Supper, and Communion? This teaching offers a Messianic Jewish perspective on the ritual that goes beyond the Passover Seder context to unlock the significance of the Master's words, "Do this in...

  
• 04.04.2023

  The Voice of the Turtledove

  Yeshua claims that he is the resurrection and the life. What does that mean, and do we really believe it? A teaching from the second day of Passover 2022 discusses the hope of the resurrection and the significance of Yeshua's...

  
• 03.31.2023

  Chametz u-Matzah

  The holiday we usually refer to as "Passover," the Torah refers to as "Chag Ha-Matzot," the Festival of Unleavened Bread. A holiday celebrating the exodus from Egypt makes sense, but how did flatbread end up stealing all the attention? Learn...

  
• 03.16.2023

  Two Cows, Atonement, and Glory

  How does atonment work? This teaching for Shabbat Parah (The Sabbath of the Cow) and Shabbat Ki Tssa (story of the golden calf) upends most conventional ideas about how atonement was accomplished on the cross. 

  
• 03.08.2023

  The Key of David

  This class from Isaiah in the New Tetament takes you through Hezekiah's tunnel back to the days of Isaiah to discover the meaning behing the keys to the kingdom of heaven that Yeshua entrusts into the hands of his disciples....

  
• 03.02.2023

  The Seven Heavens and the Mystery of the Hebdomad

  Some deep thoughts about the seven heavens derived from early Christian and Messianic Jewish sources including Irenaeus, Epistle of Barnabas, Ascension of Isaiah, Clementine Homilies, and Gospel of Thomas. 

  
• 03.02.2023

  The Branch of David

  Class three of Isaiah in the New Testament tackles Isaiah 1 and the significant Messianic prophecy of Isaiah 10-11. Get ready for a solid hour of intertextual Bible study taking you from 722 BCE to the Apostolic Era and all...

  
• 02.09.2023

  The Portentous Child

  A significant teaching about the meaning of the book of Isaiah, King Hezekiah as the Messiah, and the true meaning of the prophecy of the virgin birth. Here's the real story behind some of the New Testament's best-known quotations of...

  
• 02.07.2023

  Am Yisrael 5: The Shabbat Episode

  In this episode, the guys discuss Shabbos observance in their own lives, at Beth Immanuel, and in the larger Messianic Jewish movement. 

  
• 02.03.2023

  Isaiah's Vision

  Did God really want Isaiah to harden Israel's hearts, blind their eyes, and deafen their ears? This introduction to the book of Isaiah and study on Isaiah's vision in chapter 6 unlocks important ideas from the New Testament about the...

  
• 02.03.2023

  The Water Walkers

  Afraid to hope? Here's the antidote. Discover the secret to success and how to become a "water walker" in this live 2007 presentation on the story of the crossing of the Red Sea from Parashat Beshallach.

  
• 01.25.2023

  Malachi and the Sadducees

  The prophet Malachi sets us up for the religious conflicts that define the gospels in the New Tesament Era. This teaching provides an overview of the book of Malachi and it's place in the history of the Second Temple Era...

  
• 01.25.2023

  Moving Mountains with Haggai and Zechariah

  The prophets Zechariah and Haggai worked together at the time of the building of the Second Temple. This teaching begins with Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret in the Temple, unlocks the meaning of the mysterious visions Zechariah, reveals the name of...