Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay (Psalm 16:9-10). During periods of oppression the messianic hope became closely identified with the national aspirations of the people. The Son of […]
Tisha B’Av – Mourning the destruction of the Temple | Zechariah 11
October 4, 2012 by
According to a Jewish Lexicon Tisha b’Av (9th day of the fifth month in the Hebrew calendar), which commemorates the destruction of both the first and second Temple, is the most melancholy day in the Jewish calendar1. The Babylonians, under Nebuchadnezzar, destroyed the first temple on 9th of Av 586 BC and, by Divine providence, the Romans […]
WHAT’S IN A NAME? | Controversy over the divine name
October 4, 2012 by
Then Manoah inquired of the angel of the LORD, “What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes true?” He replied, “Why do you ask my name? It is beyond understanding” (Judges 13:17-18) It has become fashionable in some Christian circles to revert to the Hebrew names of YHWH and […]
How will Israel be delivered? – the truth will set you free
October 4, 2012 by
Every year millions of Jews throughout the world celebrate the Passover as a reminder of how the LORD delivered the Hebrew people out of slavery in Egypt. The irony is that, figuratively speaking, many Jews remain enslaved in Egypt and Babylon to this day. Virtually the entire generation who partook of that first Passover in […]
The Cross – prefigured in the Law
October 4, 2012 by
Dies auch in Deutsch erhaeltlich ‘They travelled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the desert? There is no […]
The stone the builders rejected has become the Cornerstone | Psalm 118
October 4, 2012 by
Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD. This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it. I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation. The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. […]
The sins of the Fathers
October 4, 2012 by
At a recent Christian conference in Germany the issue of collective guilt over the holocaust was quite palpable. There was an emotional spectacle of German Christians kneeling before a handful of Jewish believers asking for forgiveness for the holocaust, which is, apparently, a recurring theme at conferences of this nature in Germany. It seems that, […]
The Seventieth Week of Daniel
October 4, 2012 by
“Seventy weeks (sevens) are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint the most holy one … He will confirm a covenant with many (one week). […]
The New Covenant with Israel | Jeremiah 31
October 4, 2012 by
God chose one nation, Israel, to make known his ways and reveal his character to all mankind. God called Israel into a covenant relationship with himself and entrusted his law to them to reveal his plan of salvation for all the nations. The Bible is the record of God’s dealings with Israel through the covenants. […]
The Redemption of Jews and Gentiles foreshadowed in Ruth
October 4, 2012 by
The story of Ruth and Naomi is a beautiful picture of our redemption. It is the story of the grace and mercy of our Redeemer to both Ruth, the Moabite, who was far off and to Naomi, the Jewess, who was near but who had strayed from under the wings of the protection of her […]
