Core of the Bible

The Kingdom of God, like a mustard seed, grows significantly from humble beginnings. MORE INFO: Visit the blog articles and full podcast archive at: coreofthebible.org Email questions or comments to Steve at: coreofthebible@gmail.com   MUSIC: All music in today's episode: "Brittle Rille" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3460-brittle-rille License: https://filmmusic.io/s...

The festival of Unleavened Bread symbolizes separation and sincerity and provides a reminder of God’s deliverance. MORE INFO: Visit the blog articles and full podcast archive at: coreofthebible.org Email questions or comments to Steve at: coreofthebible@gmail.com   MUSIC: All music in today's episode: "Brittle Rille" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3460-brittle-rille L...

As the Lamb of God, Yeshua demonstrated he was not only the one who reconciled Jacob’s people, but who would also become the light to the nations. MORE INFO: Visit the blog articles and full podcast archive at: coreofthebible.org Email questions or comments to Steve at: coreofthebible@gmail.com   MUSIC: All music in today's episode: "Brittle Rille" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmu...

The miniseries on Titles for God's people concludes with the Bride. This image of the Bride emphasizes all believers' spiritual unity with Messiah, a narrative metaphor fulfilled in the Book of Revelation. MORE INFO: Visit the blog articles and full podcast archive at: coreofthebible.org Email questions or comments to Steve at: coreofthebible@gmail.com   MUSIC: All music in today's episode: "Britt...

The true Body of Christ represents all believers unified by faith and love, transcending physical assemblies and denominations. MORE INFO: Visit the blog articles and full podcast archive at: coreofthebible.org Email questions or comments to Steve at: coreofthebible@gmail.com   MUSIC: All music in today's episode: "Brittle Rille" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3460-br...

The miniseries explores biblical titles for God's people, focusing on terms like "church" and "body of Christ." It distinguishes between their historical meanings and modern interpretations, emphasizing the significance of assemblies in Jewish tradition. The series ultimately reveals that the true Church exists as a spiritual assembly of believers, transcending earthly definitions. MORE INFO: Visi...

As I mentioned last time, we are currently doing a little miniseries on the titles for God’s people. Over these few episodes, we are looking at the following terms in some detail: believer and Christian, the Remnant and the Elect, the Church and the Body, and the Bride of Christ. These are all terms that by most accounts are considered synonymous and applicable to the people today who claim to bel...

What's the difference between being a believer and a Christian, the Remnant and the Elect, the Church and the Body, and the Bride of Christ? These are all terms that by most accounts are considered synonymous and applicable to the people today who claim to believe in Messiah. However, over the next several episodes I intend to look at scriptural reasons as to why I believe this is not the case, ho...

Luke 24:44-47 – Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled .” Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead , and that, in his na...

I believe for us to understand Daniel better, we will need to view it together with the teachings of Yeshua. Both of these passages have a larger context which can help us gain some of these insights. As I have already suggested earlier, the judgment that was imminent in the day of Yeshua and his disciples was the complete annihilation of the city of Jerusalem, and the removal of the temple system...

Isaiah 26:19 - Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead. Ezekiel 37:1-3, 11-14 - The hand of Yahweh was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of Yahweh and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. And he led me around among them, and behold...

Like every other grand doctrine in the Bible, the topic of resurrection is not without its own complexity. I have found that resurrection is a wide-ranging topic in the Bible. Within its pages there are mentions of many individual resurrections, but there are also indications of collective types of resurrection, as well. Additionally, in a prophetic sense, resurrection is tied together with aspect...

Eighth Day is related in the Bible only as a day of consecration, offerings, assembly, and rest. It has been viewed as joined to the seven-day festival of Sukkot, yet distinct from it as a separate appointment day. In Hebrew culture, it is known as Shemini Atzeret , a phrase literally meaning Eighth-Assembly, or gathering. During the Second Temple period and the time of Yeshua, this appointment da...

To begin with, these events were to be remembered symbolically by living in sukkot for a week once a year to remind them of those desert wanderings and the provision of God. The sukkot or shelters served as a reminder, not only of the shelters they lived in during that time, but of the shelter and protection of God during the desert wanderings. Additional symbols of this week include the command t...

The Day of Atonement encompassed humility of fasting, burnt offerings, and sabbath rest. From these examples we can see how significantly God focused on the heart of the believer in approaching this day. They were to be sincerely humble, thanking God for his provision, delivering their whole selves to him, and understanding they were recognizing this day as an intermission, a hold or pause button...

In the Exodus narrative, we learn that the presence of God on Sinai with this shofar-blast was the occasion in which he himself spoke the Ten Commandments (or Ten Words) to the entire nation at once. Because the force and sound of the words were so frightening (perhaps so loud as to have been considered "ear-splitting"), the Israelites begged Moses, as their representative, to go and speak with Go...

To quickly review, last time we examined the first two premises: how atonement was represented in the past through the biblical calendar and the Day of Atonement and also the significance of blood sacrifices in general. We also reviewed how Yeshua conveyed his role as the Good Shepherd, the Ransom, and the founder of the new covenant sealed with his own life. Today, we are moving into the New Test...

In order to view atonement from an authoritative biblical stance, it made sense to me to consider it by identifying the following categories: How was atonement represented in Israel’s past (the Old Testament, or Tanakh) How did Yeshua view his role in that worldview This whole ritual on the Day of Atonement or Yom Kippur is a vivid illustration of themes that would have been commonly understood wi...

When Yeshua arrived on the scene in the years of his public ministry, he was proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God and how God was establishing it among those who would believe in that generation. Yeshua’s salvation was all about the Jews and forming a remnant of faithful believers (i.e., children of Abraham) from among the non-belief of the wider Jewish community to carry the message of...

While most people studying the Bible recognize that God made covenants with Abraham, they misunderstand or overlook how Abraham’s relationship with God came about. To begin with, God simply made seven promises to Abraham before any covenants were enacted. Genesis 12:1-4 Now Yahweh said to Abram, "Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father's house, To the land which I...

With an understanding of how covenants worked in the ancient world, we can gain a better perspective on the application of these covenantal principles today. God’s covenant with Abraham was to be the start of a set-apart tribal community that would eventually become the physical nation of Israel. Hundreds of years after Abraham, his physical descendants, the children of Israel, became enslaved in...

It is my contention that the Bible reveals that humans have been created as mortal beings reflecting the image of the eternal God. This image is one of free will ruling benevolently over God’s Creation. However, because man has free will, yet is mortal and limited, humans are subject to ignorance, covetous desires, and pride which result in disobedience to God. This disobedience is sin.  This diso...

1 - Creator of all. I believe that in the beginning of what we consider the universe and time, God created all things, and that all existence is therefore dependent upon God who is the Source and End of all things visible and invisible. He created man in His own image, which set man apart from the animal creation.  2 - Righteous and holy. God's commandments and laws define God's righteousness (tha...

Most Christians today do not recognize or celebrate the biblical feast days. This is due primarily to the fact that Christianity teaches that the sacrificial aspect of the rites conveyed in the Torah have been fulfilled in Messiah Yeshua. I agree one hundred percent. But “fulfilled” does not mean “done away with.” I believe the Bible teaches that in Messiah, that which was a physical requirement f...

Through his Spirit, God reveals to individuals the true understanding of his spoken and written Word, setting them apart for his purpose and will, and motivating faithful actions of believers. Through his Spirit and Word of truth, God convicts of sin, regenerates individuals causing them to be born again or from above, and sets them apart from the world for his purpose. As God continually acts thr...