Encouragement / Advice
- Creation, Encouragement / Advice, Kingdom of God, Walking in the Ways of the Creator, YHVH Elohim/God
What is the Will of God?
Growing up in Christianity, I came to understand the Will of God to essentially consists of loving God with your whole heart, soul, mind and strength & loving your neighbor as yourself. And we do the latter by applying the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Loving Your Neighbor As Yourself When I was young, I had a hard time with the phrase “as yourself” in the loving your neighbor part, because I struggled with negative feelings of self-worth. I remember when I was in middle school, at the age of 12 or 13, I had this notion that other people were more…
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First Things First: Get a Grip & Hold Fast
I believe we, as Bible students, Bible readers, and so-called Bible believers needs to read our Bibles, starting at the beginning of the book. We need to gain a firm grip on what is established there and then hold fast to it when reading all that comes after it, in order to make proper sense of it all. One would think this approach would make common sense and need not be said, but evidently it needs be said, because it doesn’t typically happen that way. But also, more importantly, I believe we need to get a firm grasp on reality before we even open the Book. And then we need…
- Appointed Times of YHVH, Encouragement / Advice, Feast of Tabernacles - Sukkot, Kingdom of God, Passover - Pesach, Sabbath Day - Shabbath, Walking in the Ways of the Creator
Time to Rally the Troops
The Enemy is engaged in warfare against the Son of Man. He is hell-bent on destroying the Seed of the Woman — not just the Anointed One (singular man), but the entire body: all of mankind. This war is not just a spiritual war or an attempt to simply destroy the economies of this world or the way our society currently operates, it’s about destroying humans on a personal level — each one of us, and corporately, in our spirit, mind & body. The System is Destined to Fail Honestly, the economy here in America & societal operations-at-large have been destined to fail because they are set up against our…
- 3-Land and Seas, 6-Man and Woman, Encouragement / Advice, Kingdom of God, Walking in the Ways of the Creator
We Are in the World, But Not Of It
Genesis 1 tells us that in the beginning God made the sky, land & seas. He brought forth regenerative vegetation on the land & put the sun, moon & stars in the sky to light the land. He filled the sky, land & seas with regenerative living beings. And then He brought forth a Son (also known as Man), to inhabit this world. And He anointed that Son with authority, power & dominion to rule in righteousness, and thereby experience perpetual life on the land. God has provided all of us with what we need to physically live in this world made by Him. However, most people in this modern…
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Obedience & the Authority of Men
The idea that obedience to all authority is automatically deemed righteous is disturbing to me because it relinquishes the responsibility for each person from having to discern right from wrong and choosing to do that which is right — instead, he/she just simply obeys and passes the buck of responsibility for discernment to someone else. When it’s a matter of obeying God, the Maker of us all, who knows & understands all, being supreme in all wisdom and established the order by which righteousness is determined, then by all means we are to obey Him. But when it comes to obeying men, who are not always righteous in their behavior,…
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Connecting With You Through Video
About a month ago, I took on a 30-day Ignite Video Challenge to get comfortable with doing short videos for the purpose of connecting with my audience. It was wonderful! I finished the course earlier this week and mustered up enough courage to go public. So, today marks Day 1 of my video-making journey at my Messyanic YouTube channel. And in this video I share why I’ve chosen to do video. Check it out… I plan on doing short weekly videos addressing a wide variety of topics, such as: Personal Stories and Experiences from the various paths I’ve taken Tips and Solutions for studying the Bible and other related resources…
- Appointed Times of YHVH, Day of Atonement - Yom Kippur, Day of Shouting - Yom Teruah, Encouragement / Advice, Feast of Tabernacles - Sukkot, Feast of Unleavened Bread, Feast of Weeks - Shavuot, Jesus / Yeshua, Passover - Pesach, Sabbath Day - Shabbath, YHVH Elohim/God
Free From the Calendar Debate
I’m so glad to be free from the “calendar” debate! Chasing after the sun, moon and stars to determine when to “appear before the LORD” is so last-year for me. No offense is meant to those searching these things out now. Keep searching — don’t settle on doing what everyone else is doing just because everyone else is doing it. Be able to give a sound reason for why you do what you do. I’ve shared some of my notes on my past calendar study for anyone who might be interested in comparing notes with me. From time to time, I go back and make revisions based on newer understanding,…
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The Birth of Jesus Christ Bible Study
A Free Remote Round-Table Style Bible Study Class on: “The Birth of Jesus Christ“ Starts at 8:00 PM EST each Thursday night starting May 11, 2017. Classes are not in session presently; they will begin again in mid-October, 2017 I’ve put together Bible Study Guides for each person to download and work through independently over the course of the study, and I’ve secured a room through Zoom.us for us to meet each week to share what we’re learning. Each week’s assignment will be made available the previous week. In order to participate in the following week’s round-table discussion each participant will be expected to complete that week’s assignment. While I will be…
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Try Starting at the Beginning
Whenever I aim to understand a particular passage in Scripture, I find it necessary to always consider the immediate context. However, it’s not always enough to just consider the surrounding context. Better understanding may be found when we start back at the beginning. 😉
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Looking at Luke From the Beginning
I had a bit of an “aha!” moment earlier this week when discussing the virgin birth doctrine with some friends on Facebook. I was explaining how the account given in the book of Luke where Mary is confronted by an angel of the Lord took place before she became pregnant, whereas the account given in the book of Matthew where Joseph is confronted by an angel of the Lord took place after Mary became pregnant. (I realized this two years ago when I began to challenge the Virgin Birth doctrine for myself.) In the case of the book of Matthew, I had explained the need to start reading from the…