The Messianic Torah Observer

The barley is aviv and the renewed moon has been sighted over the Land of Israel. Thus, we have entered the Month of the Aviv, which God commanded us to guard. Tonight, we briefly discuss the significance of this command and prepare ourselves for the tremendous prophetic shadows that are embedded in this holy set apart month of God's sacred calendar year. Happy New Year!

Why do so many folks dislike, if not hate, the so-called God of the Old Testament? Well, in our discussion of the 127th Parashah of our 3-year Torah Reading Cycle, we examine the problems and misunderstandings associated with negatively judging Yehovah's warrior Persona.   https://www.themessianictorahobserver.org/2024/03/30/deuteronomy-a-rehashing-and-retelling-of-torah-to-a-new-generation-126/  ...

With this post we begin the final leg of our 3-year Torah Reading trek: Deuteronomy -- A Rehashing and Retelling of Torah for a New Generation.

What I want to provide to you here today is in this post is an explanation as to why observationalists in our faith community are observing the biblical New Year at different times this year. This is an explanation of the current calendar confusion that exists among observational calendar keepers this year.

This week's Parashah is the 125th reading of our 3-year reading cycle and it entails the Torah of the Cities of Refuge. Herein we gain insight into the righteous concepts of atonement, redemption, and grace. Our text is found in Numbers 35.9-34 Key Terms and Concepts Discussed   Refuge (aka asylum): miq-lat Die or dying: mwt (mem-vav-tav) Kill or killer or murder or murderer; manslaying or manslay...

This 122nd Reading discusses the high expectations God has for His chosen people through the story of three tribes who sought to make a home in a place other than Canaan.

What does God expect from us when we make a promise to Him and to others in the form of vows, oaths, and other obligations? This week's Torah Reading answers this question. Shabbat Shalom.

In this 3rd installment to our Israel's Inextricable link to our salvation, we explore the dangerous lie of replacement theology.

Considering ongoing antisemitic violence throughout the world, we continue our teaching series on Israel's Inextricable Link to our Salvation. This installment looks at the Apostle Paul's statement that there is neither Jew nor Greek in Messiah. Does this statement nullify our contention that our salvation is inextricably linked to Israel?

Because of the broad display of antisemitism that has overtaken the world in the past 55 or so days, I've been led to conduct a teaching series on Israel's inextricable link to humanity's salvation. I hope you join me.

Here's one for you: Are God's People Required to Wear Tzitzit Today and Is the Wearing of Tzitzits a Salvific Issue? We discuss this critical issue in this TMTO post.

To become a Christian, the church requires a would-be convert to recite a version of the sinner's prayer. But is reciting the sinner's prayer the biblical path to salvation? In this post, I discuss the seven steps necessary for Messianic Discipleship.

In this installment of TMTO, I discuss 10 things that God expects His children to do for Sukkot, aka, the Feast of Tabernacles 2023.

#YomKippur, aka #TheDayofAtonement2023, is upon us. In this installment of TMTO, we explore various paradigms and meanings that are popularly attached to this holiest day of God's calendar year.

Yom Teruah, aka The Feast of Trumpets 2023 is upon us. So, for this installment of TMTO, I unpack the Father's instructions on this set-apart day and reflect on this feast's applicability to New Covenant Believers today. 

In this 95th Reading of the 3-yr Torah Reading Cycle, we learn of the realities of the Messianic's liberty in Yeshua Messiah.  

This is a Messianic Torah Observer ministry update. 

This week's Torah Reading helps us recognize that true worship of God is holy and that it must be treated as such by the disciple of Yeshua Messiah.

We bid the listeners and viewers of The Messianic Torah Observer podcast and its YouTube channel farewell after its 8-year run.

The Apostle Paul wrote that the Hebrews had been baptized into Moses in the Red Sea. How is this so? And what does this mean to us today? What connection does the miracle of the Red Sea crossing have with New Testament baptism?

Our Torah Reading for this Shabbat reveals to us what walking in God's divine guidance and protection looks like for the one who is in a covenant relationship with the All Mighty.