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     Lesson 47 Episode 15 Part 1 - no stealing!!   The 8th Commandment - Lo Tegenev - לא תגנב - No Stealing. But it doesn't specify what NOT to steal!  God did this by design. Why? Join us in the next podcast on the Ten Commandments and let the Lord take us deeper into understanding His Covenant foundation.  Rev. Ferret - who is this guy?  (Ferret - teaching in the ruins of Chorazin) What's his ba...

This is part 4 of episode 14 on the 7th Commandment - Exo 20:13  לא תרצח  Lo Tenaf - NO ADULTERY.  We focus on the question of where did God ever say that extra-marital sex is a sin? Is forbidden?  What about abortion?  In Jesus' day these are sins.  But, it is not specified in the Torah.  Check it out at this link ... https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/premarital-sex So, where is it in the Bibl...

This episode provides a clear review of episodes 1 and 2.  We see that in the Ancient Near East adultery was a serious crime and it wasn't primarily about the sex.  If not about the sex outside of marriage, what's the serious nature of adultery back in the 15th century BC?  Secondly, no other pagan culture had their god or gods commanding that adultery was forbidden.  It was a man made set of laws...

EXODUS LESSON 73 PART 2 I strongly urge you to listen to Lesson 73 part 1 before listening to part 2.  You’ll see how important it is to make sure you do this to get a better understanding of the questions and issues in these verses.  Here’s the link for part 1 - https://lightofmenorah.podbean.com/e/exodus-73-part-1-exod-3210-18-god-cant-change-his-mind/ One major problem we'll deal with is the wa...

EXODUS LESSON 73 PART 1 In lesson 73 part one and part two we tackle the question, "Does God change His mind?"  As we study Exod. 32:10-18 it is clear the answer to this question is critical.  Also, Moses asks the Lord to not destroy the Hebrews.  It seems as if Moses intercessory request affects the Lord and He "changes His mind."  Or does He?   In this lesson I mention the fact that a generation...

  The "play" button is just above this picture - the orange circle with the white triangle.   In part 1 we learned that laws against adultery were common in the pagan cultures of the ancient near east.  The laws against adultery were not related to the sexual sin per se, but that this was detrimental to the preservation of the family and the community.  It adultery was looked upon as an attack aga...

The "play" button is just above this picture - the orange circle with the white triangle.   Rev. Ferret - who is this guy?  (Ferret ... ready to teach at the Pyramids in Giza) What's his background?  Why should I listen to him?  Check his background at this link -  https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0

We now come to the 6th commandment … “You shall not murder.” (Exo 20:13 NASB) “Thou shalt not kill.” (Exo 20:13 KJV) “You shall not murder.” (Exo 20:13 NKJV) “Thou shalt not murder.” (Exo 20:13 Jewish Bible) So for 100’s of years many Christians have stated this commandment as not to kill.  Many Christians used the King James translation in an argument that Christians must adhere to pacifism and t...

LESSON 12 PART 2 Join us in lesson 12 part 2.  Come and continue to delve into a study of a truly unique commandment of the Lord that He decided was critical for all Israel and us, as true disciples of Adonai Yeshua.  Our parents attain a status that no one else in the Bible can attain, ever.  It speaks volumes to us of how a good and just and Godly society itself can survive.  It focuses on mom a...

Lesson 12 Part 1   Did you ever stop and ask what does it mean to “honor your parents?” Honor?  Does that mean we obey them?  If we love our mom and dad is that the same as honoring them?  Or something else?  On top of that what is this doing here?  We’re dealing with an awesome event – the giving of a New Covenant by the Lord to His Chosen Ones at the mountain of God.  Just read … Then the LORD s...

Lesson 11 Part 3 The Bible was clearly meant for those the first ones to hear it.  Like the Torah.  It was meant for the Hebrews coming out of Egypt.  The New Testament was written for the first disciples like John and Mark and Matthew and Paul and Mary.  And once we understand what the "first hearers" heard and understood, we then an see how it relates to us.  God gave them His word so they under...

Lesson 11 Part 2 The Bible was clearly meant for those the first ones to hear it.  Like the Torah.  It was meant for the Hebrews coming out of Egypt.  The New Testament was written for the first disciples like John and Mark and Matthew and Paul and Mary.  And once we understand what the "first hearers" heard and understood, we then an see how it relates to us.  God gave them His word so they under...

Does the Bible, specifically the New Testament, prove that Jesus changed the practices in Second Temple Judaism?  Did Jesus do away with the old law, the TORAH, and start a new Sabbath on Sunday?  It seems that if you study the New Testament in ENGLISH and separate it from the historical and ancient cultural context, the answer would be yes.  However, the Bible was clearly meant for those first di...

This is another awesome example of scripture that testifies of Yeshua HaMashiach, Jesus the Messiah, Jesus the Christ.  We will study the event of the Golden Calf and God will teach us in His TORAH, His instructions, that He had a plan for Israel.  He had an awesome purpose for His treasured possession (Exod. 19:5)  It all relates to John 3:16 and the love the Lord has for all, the whole world.  B...

Shavuot - Episode 7 Let’s consider those amazing connections between what happened at Sinai and during Pentecost shortly after Jesus’ ascension.  These amazing connections are pictures to us today of God's amazing power to bring us to a deeper and more enhanced understanding that the feasts of the Lord, all eight of them, are shadows of the Messiah.  Consider … Both events occurred on mountains kn...

Today is Shavuot (Pentecost) ... by God's own word in Acts 1:8 this feast is the Power Feast of the Lord. Jesus did not say to stay in Jerusalem till you receive tongues ... Jesus did not say to stay in Jerusalem till you receive spiritual gifts ... NO!! He said stay till the Holy Spirit comes to give us POWER to go and bring HIM to the ends of the earth.

SHAVUOT - EPISODE 6 Adonai is connecting Passover to First Fruits (Bikkureem) and First Fruits to Shavuot or Pentecost.  It is so clear.  When we put these events into their historical context of 1446 B.C. or the time of the first Passover, and in 30 A.D., the probable time of Jesus' death an resurrection, ascension, and the feast of Pentecost in Acts 2, we see how the missing pieces of Pentecost...

SHAVUOT - EPISODE 5 Where did the the events of Acts 2 happen?  In the upper room?  Some say it had to be since the disciples were all frightened to be jailed and persecuted like Jesus.  But, were they frightened by the time Shavuot comes around?  Remember, Jesus rises from the dead in the 1st day of the Omer (listen to lesson 1) - He rises from the dead on the feast of First Fruits, Bikkureem.  F...

Shavuot – Episode 4 In the previous episode we established the real possibility that the Hebrews arrived on the 3rd day of the 3rd month.   If this is the case then it seems as if יהוה Yahvay, the Lord, God, lead His people to His mountain to receive a new covenant at His mountain, Mt. Sinai, 50 days after Passover, after the first day of Unleavened Bread.  The Hebrews enter a new covenant relatio...

Shavuot - Episode 3 They made it.  The Hebrews led by Moses by the hand of Yahvay, the Lord, finally arrive at the Mountain of God.  Here they will receive the Ten Commandments which the Lord says is His Covenant as we read … Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel." So he was there with the LORD forty...

SHAVUOT - EPISODE 2 The feast of Pentecost is a day many Christians say is the "birthday" of the church.  That's right!  It is also the time God sends His Holy Spirit upon us.  That's right!  But there is so much more. In this first lesson we will put this feast back into its historical and cultural context of the 1st century in Israel.  We will again ask how Jesus' 120 disciples, who saw Him asce...

SHAVUOT - EPISODE 1 So few Christians really understand that there is a God ordained connection between Passover and Pentecost, between פֶּסַח Paysak and שָׁבוּעוֹת Shavuot.  So few churches today even celebrate Pentecost.  We have lost so much, we have become so disconnected from our roots, שׁוֹרָשִׁים SHORASHEEM.   The emphasis has not been in the best but the least.   One connection between Pas...

We continue with part 3 on the lesson on how is Jesus connected to Shabbat (Hebrew for the Sabbath). Jesus said all scripture testifies of Him. He said that between 24-30 A.D. and they did not have the New Testament. That means the Old Testament is all about Jesus by His own word, the very words of God. So that means the Shabbat is a feast that testifies of Yeshua. Come and join us as we study par...

We continue with part 2 on the lesson on how is Jesus connected to Shabbat (Hebrew for the Sabbath). Once you understand this it'll change your practice of the Lord's Shabbat totally. This is NOT about going to church on Sunday or your Messianic congregation on Saturday. Shabbat is about TIME, a 24 hour period we are to make HOLY. And, it is all about Yeshua.   Rev. Ferret - who is this guy?  What...

Over the last 5 to 10 years I have noticed Christians becoming interested in the Jewish Passover Meal – the Seder.  Many say they see how it connects to Jesus.  Christians also see how Jesus is also related to Passover.  The lambs were sacrificed on the same day the Lamb of God was sacrificed or Jesus was crucified.  Matter of fact I teach a course on the feasts of the Lord found in Leviticus 23 a...