lees hierdie in Afrikaans “Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I […]
Unless I go away
October 5, 2012 by
“Now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ Because I have said these things, you are filled with grief. But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counsellor will not come to […]
Born to be King
October 5, 2012 by
Dies auch in Deutsch erhaeltlich “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” (Isa 9:6) Christians are prone to think of Jesus perpetually in […]
Who are the Jewish people? Part three: Judaism
October 5, 2012 by
This is part three of an abridged and edited version of a Powerpoint series compiled by Margie Kinsella. JUDAISM The religion that is today called “Judaism” is not Biblical. Where did it come from? [i] Rabbi Ben Zion Bokser stressed the fact that the Rabbinic sages and the Talmud are the source of Judaism: “This is […]
Who are the Jewish people? Part two – The Return to the Land
October 5, 2012 by
This is the second part of an abridged and edited version of a Powerpoint series compiled by Margie Kinsella. THE LAW OF RETURN The Law of Return includes in its definition of a Jew every person who was born of a Jewish mother. The law further provides that the rights of a Jew are vested […]
Who are the Jewish people? Part one – Background and History
October 5, 2012 by
The question of “Who is a Jew?” remains a contentious and unresolved issue, relating as it does to the ‘Law of Return’ and the nature of the ‘Jewish State’ as well as to the question of whether Jewishness is necessarily connected with either the practice of Judaism or Zionism. This series offers a brief overview […]
The Jewish Festive Calendar
October 5, 2012 by
What does the worker gain from his toil? I have seen the burden God has laid on men. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end (Eccles. 3:9-11). The story of Israel’s redemption is represented […]
A Christian response to claims that the Gospels contain conflicting accounts and other contradictions
October 5, 2012 by
In his book, ‘Twenty-six reasons why Jews don’t believe in Jesus’, Asher Norman attacks the integrity of the New Testament on a number of grounds. This response deals with allegations relating to the consistency and reliability of the Gospel texts. Norman raises four objections in this regard, Matthew and Luke’s Birth and Infancy accounts are contradictory […]
Jesus of Nazareth and the Temple’s destruction
October 5, 2012 by
Not only did God choose to speak through people, but people often choose to speak on behalf of God. How then do we tell the difference between those entrusted with Divine revelation and those spreading false messages in His name? The test is given in Deuteronomy 18: “You may say to yourselves, “How can we know […]
Pentecost – the gift of the Holy Spirit achieved the goal of the Torah
October 5, 2012 by
“You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto Myself. Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure to me above all people …”(Exodus 19:4-5) God redeemed the children of Israel […]
