Category Archives: Deeper Study

Elijah and running the race..

Elijah has long been a fascination for me!! My long time readers know that a couple years ago I wrote a seven part series titled Elijah, Significance in the End Times.  While a long read, it really explores much Scripture … Continue reading

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Excellent Scripture Compilation, Re: Restoration Promises

I have been doing a bit of reading and digging in the Scriptures trying to gain deeper insight into the prophesied return of Ephraim and how it is all supposed to work out.  In the process, through a link on … Continue reading

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Ex. 14:19, The Angel of God and the Pillar of Cloud

Last week in my guest teaching at a local Sunday School, I mentioned this verse and briefly drew a connection between God (Exodus 13:18) 18 Hence God led the people around by the way of the wilderness to the [a]Red Sea; … Continue reading

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Joseph Torah Portions

Many here know that the Joseph portions are my very ‘favoritest’ of all the portions.  Here for this week and the next two are posts from last year: Jesus / Yeshua as pictured in Joseph. Part 1. Jesus / Yeshua as … Continue reading

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A Common Error In Christianity and Judaism (Pt 2)

Jacob was in a bind!!  He was returning to the land and his brother, an enemy that desired his inheritance and blessing, was waiting for him.  What to do? Jacob decided to divide all he had -the people, the flocks … Continue reading

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A Common Error in Chrisitianity and Judaism (Pt 1)

Christianity,  Judaism and many Messianics suffer from a common error that effects pretty significantly how they understand large parts of Scripture, and particularly current events, both geopolitical and eschatological. While this error may seem very simple on the surface, it … Continue reading

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Pre-Sinaitic Torah

Pre-Sinaitic Torah. Here is a good article detailing the existence of Torah before Mt. Sinai.  We have looked at this before, but there are a couple points in here I was not familiar with!  I think the new material, or … Continue reading

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Leviticus 19 ~ Apologetically, A Most Useful Chapter!

The Parsha for this last Shabbat was ‘Kedoshim,’ and it is a dynamite chapter dealing with holiness and how to be ‘holy ones.’  We took a super look at that in our weekly shabbat that you can download and listen … Continue reading

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Genetic Memory? The Monarch Butterfly and You!

While reading Batya Wootten’s Who Is Israel? recently, I came across an interesting phenomenon.  (Thoughts on the book later.) Wootten uses the Monarch butterfly to illustrate a possible reason why so many today are turning to Judah and embracing the … Continue reading

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Tales from the Bus. Salt.

I inherited a route that is more than unruly.  In driver parlance, I received a ‘party bus.’ The primary reason is probably that the retiring driver has been ill and many subs have bounced through the bus while admin steps … Continue reading

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Before the Foundation of the World! Implications…

Last week I was pondering something interesting.  “The law is spiritual, therefore, it can’t be done away with!” I had determined to study and write about it, but you can tell by recent content that I have not had time … Continue reading

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Justifying Syncretism. IVPNT: Acts Pt. 5

Dr. William J. Larkin’s IVP New Testament Commentary on Acts is the ‘gift that keeps on giving.’  I seriously thought that three, or at most four, posts would cover the main fallacies within Christendom evidenced in his treatment of Acts…  … Continue reading

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The ‘yoke of the law?’ IVPNT: Acts Pt. 2

Continuing where we left off yesterday, let’s dig a little more into Dr. William J. Larkin’s (Ph.D.) treatment of Acts 15 in his IVP New Testament Series Commentary on Acts.  Yesterday we considered his use of ‘law-free gospel.’  Today, we … Continue reading

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Christendom and the ‘Law-Free Gospel.’ IVPNT: Acts Pt. 1

Yesterday, I posted a piece concerning Christian attitudes regarding Jewish believers who keep God’s Commandments and I evidenced the anti-Torah/antisemitic bias by quoting a number of commentaries.  Leading the evidence was The IVP New Testament Commentary Series volume on the … Continue reading

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Who is… The Savior?

The ‘Who is…‘ connections should be getting easier!!  In the last few days we have looked at several, resulting in a series!  Today we want to consider, “Who is…  The Savior?” Christendom would immediately ascribe the title of ‘Savior’ to … Continue reading

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