A Sign Among the Gentiles, Romans 11, Isaiah
Behold, I will lift up my hand to the Gentiles, and raise my signal to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in their arms, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders. Kings shall be your foster…
Why Pharisees Matter
Since posting last Friday a little corrective information about who the Pharisees really were (see “The Pharisees” here) I’ve had some interesting interaction with Christians both in person and online about the topic. Most of that interaction has been positive,…
What Is Popular on a Messianic Blog?
So, it’s not exactly scientific, but I have observed trends since I started blogging in December 2006. In the six and a half years I have been doing this, I have looked at the number of readers I get on…
Last Day Resurrection, a Jewish Concept
Some Greeks and Romans believed in the underworld, a place where people continue after death as shades or ghosts, like Patrocles in the Iliad who was mourned by Achilles in the central tragedy of the book. The Jewish prophets passed…
Reward and Desire, Proper Loves
In preparing an outline about the Resurrection on the last day, a belief shared by Judaism and Christianity, I wanted first to think about the idea of the promise of reward and the idea of our desire. Some see these…
Actively Waiting and Believing
Are we disciples of Isaiah? Is longing for the stages of arrival of the kingdom of heaven beneficial for Jews and Christians? If so, why? And what sorts of things should we expect? Every aspect of the kingdom of heaven’s…
Isaiah’s Vision of Torah and the Nations in the Last Days
Future visions inform present living. Often our circumstances now are bleak but our faith in the future is glorious. Rays of the ideal times to come add light to the prevailing twilight of the now. Jerusalem is more than a…
Isaiah 64:4(5), A Close Examination
Isaiah 64:4 (64:5 in Christian Bibles) is a good instruction in this month of Elul. Collectively as a people, all Israel (including Messianic Jews and Messianic gentiles who join with Israel in the practice) we are looking into our own…
Christians, Wake Up from Your Slumber, Part 1
No, this isn’t about the presidential election in America. And it isn’t about making social policy statements regarding civil unions or marriages for same-sex couples. Neither, as I will explain below, is this a “don’t be concerned with politics” message….
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The Great Ingathering in Isaiah
Bring us home in peace from the four corners of the earth, and lead us upright into our land, for you are the God who brings salvation. -Siddur (Jewish Prayer Book), from the Ahavah Rabbah (a blessing before the Shema)….