The Messianic Torah Observer

In the midst of extolling the virtues, power and relevance of the Gospel of Messiah to his Roman Messianic readers, Paul makes a rather shocking statement that many, within and without our Faith Community today, either embraces or ignores:

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Messiah: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth: to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”

The gospel applies to the Jew first, and oh by the way, it applies to you non-Jews as well? What in the world could the renowned Apostle to the Gentiles mean by this confusing statement?

Let’s dig into this challenging Pauline passage and see if we can nail down what Paul meant by the statement: “…to the Jew first and also to the Greek.”

Shalom and Welcome.

In this installment of TMTO, we continue our exploration of the Book of Romans, stopping to look at chapter 1 verse 8. Contained in this verse is essential knowledge related to how we must approach the Almighty. And we unpack that knowledge here, together. Shalom and Welcome.

As we continue on in our study of Paul's challenging and difficult passages, we come to Romans 1:7 where the apostle refers to his readers as "saints?"

How did Paul understand sainthood? Does Paul's understanding of sainthood match that of the Church?

In this installment of TMTO, we define sainthood using Scripture and we seek to apply the principles contained therein to our walk with Messiah. Shalom and welcome.

How does the Child of Yah put on and use the Breastplate of Righteousness? Yeshua taught us how and we discuss in detail how to don and use this vital piece of spiritual armor: The Breastplate of Righteousness.

I gave this teaching to my beloved Feastkeepers brethren back in May of this year. It is part 1 of a 5-part Armor of God series that I am very excited to share with you--Putting on the Image of God-The Belt of Truth. It is my hope that you are able to see the Armor of God from the Hebraic perspective and having done so, that your walk with Messiah will be enhanced. Shalom and Welcome.

Would you consider your present relationship with the Creator of the Universe on par with that of a Levitical Priest? Is your life holy and separated unto the service of God? This week's Torah Reading highlights the exacting requirements for a Levitical Priest and how those exacting requirements portend our role as modern-day priests unto Yah. It's taken out of Leviticus 21. Shalom and Welcome. 

This week's Torah Reading is about the Holiness Codes that Father provided to the Hebrews in order that they be set-apart from the nations of the world. These holiness codes remain in effect for every disciple of Yeshua and are of salvific expediency.

Here's a difficult to understand Pauline statement: "to bring the nations to obedience of faith." What does that even mean? I know what religion thinks it means. But what did Paul mean by obedience to faith? The answer to this question may not be as you or Christianity may perceive it to be.

This week's Yeshua-Focused Torah Study is about sanctification and how sexual immorality causes the Child of Yah to become defiled and in the process Yah's Name to be diminished in the earth.

We unpack this week's Torah Reading 88 in Leviticus 17 which deals with the prohibitions against animal-blood sacrifices outside the Tabernacle-system; consuming blood; and sacrifices made to pagan gods: all from a Yeshua-centric perspective. Shalom.