Forty years before the destruction of the Temple … the doors of the Temple used to open of their own accord, until Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai rebuked them saying, “O Sanctuary, Sanctuary! why dost thou terrify thyself? I know well that thine end is to be destroyed, for Zechariah the son of Iddo prophesied concerning […]
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 […]
‘Yeshua’ in the Tenach
October 4, 2012 by
The Name ‘Jesus’ in the Old Testament Something very interesting occurred one spring in St. Louis. I was visiting in the home of our friends, Brother and Mrs. Charles Siegelman, and another Jewish man was present there. He claimed Jewish orthodoxy for his creed. Of course the conversation centred around Him Who is the Centre […]
More than a prophet – only Jesus is ‘al masih’
October 4, 2012 by
également en Français The Qur’an speaks of 124,000 prophets, 315 apostles or messengers, but only one ‘al-Masih’. What is the meaning of al-Masih? What makes Jesus (Isa) different to all the prophets, apostles and messengers of God, and why is he alone given this unique title? This mystery was revealed to successive prophets over many hundreds […]
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 […]
Torah or God? Judaism’s crisis of absolutes
October 4, 2012 by
לכבוד רעי אחי באמת In the introduction to his book Tiferet Yisrael, Rabbi Judah Loew of Prague (the Maharal) 1voiced the previously unspoken dilemma of his religion: does devotion to Torah exclude a simultaneous devotion to God? According to Professor Abraham Joshua Heschel, few Jews have contemplated this point of tension: “Jews have often loved the Torah […]
They will look to me whom they have pierced | Zechariah 12
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Should Christians expect a mass conversion of Jews before the “second coming”? Many Christians believe in such a scenario partly on the basis of Zechariah’s famous prophecy: ‘I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to Me whom […]
How will Israel be delivered? – the truth will set you free
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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
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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. […]
