Category: Blessings through Messiah
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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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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…
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Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 26:1–29:8
Moses Wrote Things That Would Be Fulfilled in Yeshua In Luke 24:44, the risen Yeshua told His disciples that everything written about Him “in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Deuteronomy 26:1–29:8 is especially interesting in that light. At first it may appear to contain mainly agricultural offerings,…
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Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9
If They Hear Moses, They Can Hear Yeshua In Luke 16:31, Yeshua says, “If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.” That statement takes on remarkable significance after Yeshua Himself rises from the dead. It suggests that Moses had already supplied…
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Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 11:26–16:17
The Hidden Teacher Is Revealed and Universalist Themes in Light of Isaiah 30:20 and Acts 3:21 Isaiah gave Israel a remarkable promise: “Although Yahweh has given you bread of privation and water of oppression, He, your Teacher will no longer hide Himself, but your eyes will behold your Teacher.” Isaiah 30:20 Believers have long understood…