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We’re taking a short break from the study of Hebrews to try to answer a few questions about Jews and Gentiles. The first question is “Are Gentile born again believers in Yeshua, spiritual Jews?” Do they become spiritual Jews when they are converted? Does the Bible answer this question? Many Gentile believers who love the Jewish people and Israel want to be spiritual Jews and believe that they are....

Greetings, Folks. And Happy 2026! Last time we ended our session on Hebrews chapter 1 with this comment about verses 4 and 5: These verses describe a Father bestowing upon His Son the divine inheritance of kingship . This change in status didn’t make Him better in the sense of becoming a better God but rather to become better than the angels in a new sense . Because He did something that no angel...

How could Jesus, Who was always God, become even better? Hi Folks. This will be our last podcast of 2025. We’ll resume in January. I’m excited for us to move on today to the next two verses of Hebrews so let’s start by reading them. We’re using the NKJV: Hebrews 1:4-5 (NKJV) having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. [5] For to...

Hi Folks. Thanks for joining me as we move ahead in our study of Hebrews. We’re moving on to verses 2 and 3 of chapter one today but before we do that, I want to tell you about a friend of mine. He is no longer with us. His name was Joel (name changed for confidentiality purposes) and he was Jewish. He suffered from depression and always proclaimed forcefully that his depression was due to a chemi...

Introduction Hebrews is an amazing book. It is a book of contrasts. It contrasts the Old Covenant given through Moses with the New Covenant first prophesied through Jeremiah in the Hebrew Scriptures and later inaugurated by Yeshua at the last supper, a Passover seder, and at the cross. It was written to Jewish people not long before the second Jewish Temple was destroyed by Rome in 70 AD. Some sch...

Hi Folks, I’ve said that I would say no more about imminence but I have to say a little more. Did you know that Charles Spurgeon, J. C. Ryle, and George Mueller, believed in imminence? I’m not saying that they believed that the Rapture was imminent, although I think that they may indeed have believed that ( The Second Coming of Christ: Encouragement to Watch and Be Ready for Our Lord’s Return [Upd...

Hi Folks. Welcome to the podcast. Last time, I said we’d talk about the purposes of the Rapture on the next podcast and here we are, so let’s dive right in. The Purposes of the Rapture, not necessarily in order of importance , are as follows: 1. The first purpose of the Rapture is to deliver believers - the Church - from the wrath to come, the 7 year Tribulation . Which wrath? The 7 year Tribulati...

Hi Folks. I said in the last podcast that I would talk more about the purposes of the Rapture. And I will, soon. But I want to put the question of imminence - defined in the last podcast - behind us. You must accept the Doctrine of Imminence. And, yes - it is a doctrine. Once you accept it, the mid-tribulation rapture, the pre-wrath rapture, and the post-tribulation rapture are simply out of the q...

Folks, Welcome to the podcast! I’ve spoken about the Rapture before on this podcast. And yet many people that I talk with are still confused about it. I view that as my fault. I need to present the Rapture in a clearer way. So, here goes. All from the Scriptures. First, is there such a thing as The Rapture? Most definitely. From the three most basic passages: ONE: 1 Thessalonians 4:14–18 NLT For s...

As most of you know, I’m Jewish. And I don’t think that I’m better than anyone else. Perish the thought! But what am I to think if the Nation that I’m a member of has been chosen by the LORD, the Master of the Universe, for a certain position and Christian believers keep denying the truth of that? What am I talking about? Let’s read a few passages of Scripture and I think it will become clear. Deu...

Hi Folks, This is Art Wolinsky. I hope you’re all doing well today and thanks for tuning in. We’re going to finish our discussion of Covenant Theology today. We’ll come back to it again if necessary in the future. But I want to let you all know that next time we’ll talk about something different and perhaps more basic. But no less profound. Last time we talked about how Covenant Theology tore the...

How many of you have heard that God has promised the Jewish people a Land, the Land of Israel, in perpetuity? We talked about this last time but a brief review might be helpful. It’s in the Bible, in a covenant that God made with Abraham when he was still Abram: Genesis 15:18–21 NIV 18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of...

Hi Folks, What does one do when he finds himself at a church that seems just a bit peculiar? It’s almost as if there is a paradox. It is a very uplifting place. The people are loving and friendly. The Lead Pastor frequently says to the congregation: I love you. I believe he means it. The preaching is unusually solid and Bible based and the application of the Bible based truths that are taught each...

Folks, the most recent conversation between myself and Rabbi Mordechai Klein took place a couple of weeks ago. Here’s a recap of the end of that conversation: Rabbi, our conversation started a few weeks ago with your question, “How can I have eternal life”? Rabbi, this is how. Believe that Jesus Christ, Yeshua Ha Mashiach died to to pay the price for your sins and mine. Just believe, Mordechai. Do...

The Gospel from the Hebrew Scriptures Acts 28:23 (ESV) When they had appointed a day for him, they came to him at his lodging in greater numbers. From morning till evening he expounded to them, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets. A young Jewish woman, Rachel, has been depressed and counseling as well as medicati...

Hi Mordechai. I know that you want to know why Yeshua had to be fully God and fully Man. Right? Yes, Art. I am most interested in this. In fact, I think it is more accurate to say that I have a deep hunger to know the answer to this question. OK. Let me try my best to explain this. Remember the Fall that we talked about last time? And remember how Adam, the first human, was given dominion by Adona...

Art: Hi Folks. We’re going to pick up where we left off last time in the conversation between Art (that’s me) and Rabbi Mordecai Klein. Once again, this is an imagined conversation. Art: So Rabbi, the Bible tells us that this child, the Son of God and Messiah, was fully man and fully God. He was and is the God-Man. Rabbi: But Art, why would God allow such a thing? Art: As I said last time, God did...

Folks, let’s have a brief recap from last time. Art Wolinsky, which is me, and an Orthodox Rabbi, Mordecai Klein, are talking about how a person can have eternal life. Here is the end of the interview from last time : Rabbi: I’m beginning to see something, Art. Yeshua, or Jesus, is equal to God. He is God. So if I believe in Him, He can grant me eternal life. Is Yeshua also the Messiah? Art: Rabbi...

Art: Hi Rabbi Mordecai. Thanks for coming. Rabbi: Of course, Art. I’m looking forward to our conversation today. I want to know more about how I can have eternal life. And also I don’t understand how there can be one God comprised of three persons. Art: Mordecai, I think answering your second question first would be best because that will lay an important foundation. Let’s read from the Torah. Rab...

Good Evening, Folks. The following is an imagined conversation between an Orthodox Rabbi and a Jewish believer in Jesus. Before I read the conversation to you, let me define a few words for you in case you don’t know what they mean. The Torah is the 5 books of Moses (Genesis through Deuteronomy); the Tanach is the entire Old Testament comprised of the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings; the Tal...

Who knows best? Two angels are having a conversation in heaven: Bobby: You know, I was wondering how everything is going to get done perfectly in the future. Gabriel, remember what the Father says: 1 Corinthians 2:9 (TLV) But as it is written, “Things no eye has seen and no ear has heard, that have not entered the heart of mankind—these things God has prepared for those who love Him.” Gabriel: Bob...

Hi Folks, A couple of weeks ago my wife and I were having dinner with another couple who are strong believers in Jesus Christ.  The subject of election and predestination came up.  This other couple, both husband and wife, were unwilling to accept that God chooses those He will save from before the foundation of the world.  I asked if they believed that their own salvation was certain; put another...

Timeline of Daniel’s 70th Week, The Tribulation Well, my friends, I’ve got to reason together with you one more time, I’m afraid.  You see, I don’t want you to die.  I don’t want you to suffer eternal death. What am I talking about?  I’m no longer talking about October 7th and I’m not talking about Hitler’s holocaust.  Those are in the past.  What I’m going to talk about today is all in the future...

Come, let us reason together once more.  Our sins will be the death of us.  For eternity.  That’s not a figure of speech brothers and sisters.  It’s the truth.  God spoke to us through the prophet Isaiah centuries ago and He said this: Isaiah 1:18 (NKJV) "Come now, and let us reason together," Says the LORD, "Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red li...

Rabbi Charles Freshman 1819-1875 From  Rabbis meet Jesus the Messiah –  a collection of 24 biographies and testimonies of Rabbis encounters with Jesus the Messiah © Messianic Good News. Charles Freshman was born in Micklosh, a city pleasantly situated on the river Waag, in Hungary, as the oldest of thirteen children. The parents were strict adherents of Judaism and the father was a business man, n...