The answer to the question, “Was Yeshua successful?” depends on who is answering and what expectations he/she has. Since I write everything from a Jewish perspective, what did the 16 Jewish writers of the Hebrew Scriptures (over 1400+ years) have to say about the coming Messiah? Let’s take a look. (This may take a while.)…
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I get this question all the time. “Since the Temple is now destroyed (this happened 2,000 years ago in 70AD), how do Jewish people make atonement? The Torah commands the shedding of blood for atonement, but there is no sacrificial system today for the shedding of blood.” When the Temple was destroyed, it was a…
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As you can see below, today is the 14th of Adar, Purim Day! Today, we read the book of Esther and celebrate the great miracle of deliverance. It is fitting that Purim comes every year, a month and one day before Passover, the other great deliverance celebration. The Book of Esther is written on a…
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Here’s another piece that Rabbi Michael wrote during this last winter’s tour to Israel … We are going to tour the ruins of the city of Capernaum today, so I thought I would write a little about it. Isaiah 9:1 makes a proclamation that Isaiah 8:23 ties to Capernaum which is located at the Northwest…
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Yeshua Himself wept over the blindness of the Jewish people. Luke 19:41-42 As He drew near and saw Jerusalem, He wept over her, saying, “If only you had recognized this day the things that lead to shalom! But now they are hidden from your eyes.” Last time, we listed the initial four purposes of Yeshua’s…
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Today I want to start a series of posts to answer the question, “Is Yeshua the promised Messiah of Israel?” So I’m going to suspend the series on the Sermon on the Mount, because this series on the deity of Yeshua won’t keep. We will complete the last half of Matthew 7 later. The subject…
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Matthew 7:13-14 Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many. How narrow is the gate and difficult the way that leads to life, and those who find it are few. For some reason, I’m thinking about…
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Matthew 7:12 So in all things, do to others what you would want them to do to you – for this is the Torah and the Prophets. Was this part of Yeshua’s big sermon “something new?” It seems like it might be … John 13:34 I give you a new commandment, that you love one…
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Today, Rabbi Michael’s post comes from Jerusalem and was written during a trip to Israel a few months ago. He said at the time, “I wrote it and rewrote it several times in my dreams last night. I’m written on this verse before, but today I’m feeling something new.” Romans 8:3-4 For what was impossible…
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Matthew 7:9-11 “For what man among you, when his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or when he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good…
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