“And the king said to him, ‘What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honour?’ And Haman thought in his heart, ‘To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?’ And Haman answered the king, ‘For the man whom the king delights to honour, let the royal […]
Messiah Son of David
October 5, 2012 by
“Save me, O God, for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: My eyes fail while I wait for my God. They that […]
Rabbinic Authority and the Oral Law
October 5, 2012 by
“… although the law revealed at Sinai always reigned supreme, the Sages made a massive contribution to its development.” (H. Chaim Schimmel) [1] In an earlier article we considered whether the Hebrew scriptures support the idea of an oral law originating at Mount Sinai. We now consider whether the rabbis legitimately hold the powers to interpret […]
All Israel will be saved – Understanding Romans 9-11
October 5, 2012 by
Introduction In chapters nine to eleven of his letter to the Romans, the apostle Paul deals with the questions: “Did God reject His people? Had God’s promises to Israel failed?” “Yes,” might be a natural, but unenlightened conclusion in view of Paul’s teaching of the first eight chapters – namely that the Gospel is the […]
La Resurrection des Morts
October 5, 2012 by
Ceci est le cinquième de six sujets énumérés en Hébreux 6 comme les enseignements élémentaires du Christ et la fondation de la foi Chrétienne. traduit par Mupemba Twelekeje Abraham n’avait pas eu seulement la promesse d’une bénédiction – tu deviendras une grande nation et à travers toi toutes les nations de la terre seront bénies – mais […]
The Temple that cannot be defiled
October 5, 2012 by
God is Spirit and is invisible in the material world, apart from His moving in and through tangible things. Similarly He abides with us by ‘indwelling’ part of His creation. God allows Satan to exercise power as ‘prince of the world’ and to resist the Divine presence in his earthly domain. Satan directs his efforts […]
Did Jesus bring knowledge of God to the world?
October 5, 2012 by
In his book, ‘Twenty-six reasons why Jews don’t believe in Jesus’, Asher Norman suggests that Jesus did not meet any of six authentic Jewish messianic criteria. This is the last of a series of responses to Norman’s objections, dealing with the last of his six criteria. “THE SIXTH MESSIANIC CRITERIA IS THAT HE WILL BRING KNOWLEDGE […]
Did Jesus gather in the scattered of Judah and Israel?
October 5, 2012 by
This is the third of a series of responses to the claim that Jesus did not meet any of six authentic Jewish messianic criteria. In his book, ‘Twenty-six reasons why Jews don’t believe in Jesus,’ Asher Norman writes: “THE THIRD MESSIANIC CRITERIA IS THAT [MESSIAH] WILL BRING THE JEWISH PEOPLE BACK TO ISRAELNot only did Jesus fail […]
Anointed One – was Jesus anointed king over Israel?
October 5, 2012 by
In his book, Twenty-six reasons why Jews don’t believe in Jesus, Asher Norman claims that “Jesus failed to fulfil any of six authentic Jewish messianic criteria”. Jesus’ first supposed failure, namely that he could not be from the tribe of Judah without a biological father, is dealt with in an earlier article. We now consider whether Jesus […]
The House built on Sand – Rabbinic Judaism and the Oral Law
October 5, 2012 by
Judaism ascribes the many obvious and fundamental differences between its own practices and the religion of the Bible to an oral law and tradition: “The Jewish People are frequently called ‘the People of the Book’; yet if one were to search out a people who follow the teachings of the Written Law (Torah sheBichtav) literally, […]
