But what is most intriguing, is that back in Leviticus 10 when the death of these two priests is detailed, no one could pin-point the reason why these two were suddenly killed. What was this strange fire they had offered to the Lord? One can count some 12 different rabbinical explanations on what might have happened there…
… were the Israelites supposed to blow the trumpet? For what occasion exactly?… Medieval rabbis have posed this same question. Ibn Ezra, spoke of religious mysteries, Rabbi Abarbanel, a 15th century rabbi and bible commentator asked, Why does the Torah not explain the purpose for this festival? It is indeed an enigma of a feast… Let us consider this mystery…
While the confession is not laid out, it encompasses everything we have seen before: that the divine Messiah took on flesh in order to atone for our sins. And through His resurrection and ascension, He has become our heavenly High Priest.
In this account, we see Judas Iscariot who is very engaged and seems so eager to have Yeshua arrested. His presence here was needed because the Romans required a formal accusation before arresting anyone…
We are now in the month of Elul…
Let us now follow the chronology and concentrate on the next event, the arrest of the Messiah. Here, the situation becomes so messy, that Jesus had to again intervene to make sure He would be crucified at the right time and place. The fulfillment of this prophecy was laid entirely in His hands…
While this group formed quite a while ago, back in 2009, today they are experiencing a sudden growth. Last week, six new countries have been invited to join them and will become official members on January 1, 2024. These 6 include Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, Argentina, and the United Arab Emirates…
…The unfortunate thing is that many translators, wanting to emphasize the severity of these upcoming events, used words that depict Yeshua as being so affected by the circumstances, as if to lose control over them, as if He was reconsidering the cross.We are going to investigate how these words were translated but let me begin by assuring you that Yeshua was in complete control of absolutely every event from the Garden to the Tav (cross) and onto His resurrection….
The Jewish ceremony connected to the breaking of bread, is the one called the afikomen. It is from the afikomen where Yeshua took this bread, and said, “Take it; this is My body.” Vs.23. What is the ceremony of the afikomen? Let us briefly look at it…
John places the washing of the feet of the disciples just after Mark’s account of the man carrying the water. More precisely, right after vs.17 in Mark 14 when the account of the supper began. And by placing the events chronologically, something major emerges from the text…