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Torah Portion: Genesis 1:1–6:8 From Creation to the Coming of the Son of Man
Yeshua in Genesis 1:1–6:8, 1 Samuel 20:18–42, and Matthew 24:29–36 In the Beginning, Yahweh Creates The Torah begins with perhaps the most familiar words in Scripture: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). Before Abraham, before Israel, before Moses, before sin, judgment, sacrifice, or covenant, there is Yahweh. And what…
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Ransom and Participation: Two Ways of Understanding the Atonement
The Ransom Theory of Atonement and the Participation Theory of Atonement are different ways of explaining what Jesus accomplished through His incarnation, death, and resurrection. Yet they need not compete with each other. In fact, they fit together remarkably well. Ransom emphasizes our liberation from bondage, while Participation emphasizes our union with Participation emphasizes our…
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Sukkot
Torah: Leviticus 22:26-23:44; Prophets: I Kings 8:2-21; Gospel: John 7:1-10 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘On the fifteenth of this seventh month is the Feast of Booths for seven days to Yahweh. ‘On the first day is a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work of any kind. For seven days you…
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Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12,
Torah Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12, Prophets Joshua 1:1-18, and Gospel Acts 1:1-14 Yeshua in the Final Torah Portion: From Moses to Joshua to the Restoration of All Things The Story Does Not End With Moses Deuteronomy 33:1–34:12 brings us to one of the most moving moments in all the Torah. Moses, the servant of Yahweh, has reached…
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God’s Passion
On September 22, 2026, I asked Chat GPT to tell me God’s number one passion based on Scripture. Here is the response I received. If I had to identify one thing Scripture most consistently portrays Yahweh as passionately pursuing, I would put it this way: Yahweh has a passion for restoring His creation to Himself—because…
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Torah Portion: Yom Kippur and Yeshua
TORAH: Leviticus 16:1–34PROPHETS: Isaiah 57:14–58:14GOSPEL: Matthew 12:38–45; Matthew 25:31–46 Yom Kippur: A Day About Removing Sin Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, takes us into the heart of the biblical story of sin, judgment, cleansing, forgiveness, and reconciliation. Leviticus 16 describes the one day each year when the high priest entered the Most Holy Place…
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Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 32
Song of Moses TORAH: Deuteronomy 32:1–52PROPHETS: Hosea 14:2–10; Joel 2:15–27GOSPEL: Matthew 18:21–35 At first glance, Deuteronomy 32, Hosea 14, Joel 2, and Matthew 18 may appear to address very different subjects. Moses sings about Israel’s rebellion and Yahweh’s judgment. Hosea pleads with Israel to return to Yahweh. Joel calls a devastated nation to repentance and…
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Torah Portion: Rosh Hashanah
Yeshua in the Festivals: The God Who Remembers, Raises Up, and Restores Torah: Genesis 21:1–34Prophets: 1 Samuel 1:1–2:10Gospel: Matthew 24:29–36 Rosh Hashanah, traditionally associated with the sounding of the shofar, calls us to remember Yahweh’s faithfulness, examine our lives, and look toward what He will yet accomplish. The festival readings bring together three seemingly different…
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Wounded Love
There is a line in the song A Little Child Shall Lead Them that deserves more than a passing hearing: “The lost, the last, the least are gathered home by wounded love that never knows defeat.” Those two words, wounded love, contain much of the gospel. The Love That Would Not Let Us Go John…
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Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 29:9–31:30
The Covenant, the Return, and the Restoration of All Things Beginning With Moses When Yeshua walked with the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, Luke tells us something remarkable about the way He understood the Hebrew Scriptures: “Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself…
The Fallacy of Hell
The Lake of Fire is not what we've been taught.