Many do not realize that God’s plan of reconciling and saving the world is by grafting them into the literal family of Israel and giving them the privilege of sharing in the promises God made to Israel concerning his covenant with Abraham, an inheritance in the land and a hope in the coming Messiah! Rabbi…
This week’s parsha Vayera contains the famous story of the Akeidah Yitzchak [Binding of Yitzchak] and so I would like to relate further insight on this topic as an example for us in the context of passing our tests with the amazing Emunah faithfulness our Forefathers had! In Bereshit [Genesis] chapter 22 it tells the…
In light of God having “called out” Avraham in this week’s Torah parashah Lech Lecha, you may be surprised to find the many scriptural references to God calling out His assembly from the earliest of times… If you are being called out of something, you are naturally being called from something to something. If you are…
But just as He who called you is Holy, so be Holy in ALL you do: for it is written: ‘Be Holy, because I am Holy.’” – Peter 1:15-16 This verse emphasizes the importance of living a life that reflects God’s holiness Firstly, I shouldn’t need to remind all that we are children of Light…
Jeremiah 17:10 says “I, YHVH, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.” So we clearly see that God does search our hearts for sincerity and tests our will for resolve to be quick to serve Him without ulterior motive… Like Abraham who it is said was always quick to obey and never thought negative or grumbled in his heart… A great example for us!
In contextual contrast, right after God describes the hybridization of the human race by the fallen Watchers in Genesis 6:1-7 (see also Enoch and Jubilees 6), the scriptures purposely contrast that Noach was pure in his genealogy (inferring inherited DNA) in Genesis 1:8-9 setting the scene for why he was saved.!
In the early days of Cain and Abel the offerings were not so much for sin as they were of gratitude and this was shown by giving some of the best firstfruits of what God had provided… whether fruit, grain or livestock. Deuteronomy 26:2 says, “Take some of the firstfruits of all that you produce from the soil of the land the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket.”- Keeping this idea in mind, let’s compare the nature of Abel’s sacrifice with Cain’s sacrifice.
The importance of Understanding God in the context of Our true Divine Identity and the prophetic concept behind man being created in the image of God at the end of the sixth day! God is spirit… That spirit is conscience selfless love and the core essence of life itself. Man’s core essence and identity is…
Often prophecy in Scripture is revealed by type and antitype, by symbols hidden in stories with dual meanings and application and fulfillments. For over 20 years I have shared understanding showing how the seven days of creation reveal Hashem’s 7000 year Plan of Redemption. The following is a short excerpt and outline of that one and…
Upon meditating on the hidden words within the first hebrew word recorded in Scriptures, “Bereshit”, (‘in the beginning’) many truths are discovered and we see God’s whole plan of Salvation is laid out in this one word.