The Cry “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani,” cried Jesus on the cross. “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46). At that moment Heaven stood still in awe. A paradigm shift took place. Something changed. The angels had to marvel. The heavenly beings must have gasped. For the first time in eternity, God…

Shavuot, or the Feast of Pentecost, is one of the seven feasts described in Leviticus 23. Originally, Shavuot was an agricultural feast. Eventually, it became known as the day Moses received the Law from Mt. Sinai. Historically, the Jews would celebrate Shavuot by reading the Books of Exodus focusing on the record of Moses receiving…

“And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters” (Genesis 1:2) A young Jewish carpenter stood up in the synagogue in Nazareth, stood up to read the Torah.  The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him.  He unrolled it and began to read from chapter 61, “The Spirit of the…

Regarding Regrets O God, You Who are the truth, make me one with You in love everlasting. I am often wearied by the many things I hear and read, but in You is all that I long for. Let the learned be still, let all creatures be silent before You; You alone speak to me.…

The Enemy In 168 B.C. the Syrian emperor Antiochus came from the north and defeated Egypt.  During the process of celebrating his victory he was pressured by Rom to withdraw. In his anger at this reversal, he directed his resentment towards, and made a swath through, the land of the Jews.  He set out to…

Q&A with Dr. Jeffrey Johnson Founder of Israel Today Ministries Why should evangelicals seek to understand the Jewish roots of Christianity? The Abrahamic covenant states we will be blessed if we bless Israel.  The Apostle Paul and Jesus himself also told the Gentiles that they were to bless the Jewish people.  (Romans 15:27; Matthew 25:40).  …

The church owes a debt to the synagogue in many areas: The church is a debtor to the Synagogue for the idea of “canon,” the concept of sacred authoritative Scripture to rule and guide in all areas of one’s life. In the early synagogue the Scripture was employed in four ways each of which has…

“I am come that they might have life” (John 10:10). Beloved, We have been given a great gift, namely the gift of life! “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul” (Genesis 2:7). By virtue of…

To say Christians owe a debt to the Jew is an understatement. The foundation upon which New Testament faith rests is the Hebrew Bible. The Tenach, or the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), is comprised of three major divisions. Torah the five books of Moses; Nevi’im the Prophets and Ketuvim the Writings. All that Christians hold…

Metamorphosis Factor   JOHN Chapter Seven Last Six Months of the Lord’s Life on Earth. Between verses one and two of chapter seven a most incredible episode took place. John mentions it in chapter 1:14, “…We (Peter, James, and John) beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace…