Sabbath Thoughts And Reflections

Yeshua told His disciples that in order for them to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, their righteousness has to surpass that of the Scribes and Pharisees. Given the terrible reputation these religious leaders had, what did Yeshua mean by that statement? An imputed, grace-based righteousness? Or another righteousness? We break this statement down and search out its answer.

This weekend, millions of Jews and Messianics throughout the world will, in one form or another, endeavor to observe Passover. Some will endeavor to celebrate Passover by way of Jewish traditions such as the Seder. While others will go the route of keeping Passover with the original covenant in mind. Many of us will endeavor to keep Passover by way of the renewed covenant: In Spirit and in Truth. In this 3-part installment of TMTO's Sabbath Thoughts and Reflections, we will discuss the many ways people will keep Passover this year. As well as we will discuss the way that Yah's set-apart people will keep Passover in Spirit and in Truth.

This weekend, millions of Jews and Messianics throughout the world will, in one form or another, endeavor to observe Passover. Some will endeavor to celebrate Passover by way of Jewish traditions such as the Seder. While others will go the route of keeping Passover with the original covenant in mind. Many of us will endeavor to keep Passover by way of the renewed covenant: In Spirit and in Truth. In this 3-part installment of TMTO's Sabbath Thoughts and Reflections, we will discuss the many ways people will keep Passover this year. As well as we will discuss the way that Yah's set-apart people will keep Passover in Spirit and in Truth.

This weekend, millions of Jews and Messianics throughout the world will, in one form or another, endeavor to observe Passover. Some will endeavor to celebrate Passover by way of Jewish traditions such as the Seder. While others will go the route of keeping Passover with the original covenant in mind. Many of us will endeavor to keep Passover by way of the renewed covenant: In Spirit and in Truth. In this 3-part installment of TMTO's Sabbath Thoughts and Reflections, we will discuss the many ways people will keep Passover this year. As well as we will discuss the way that Yah's set-apart people will keep Passover in Spirit and in Truth.

This coming Sabbath, millions of Jews will celebrate the Jewish holiday of Shabbat HaGadol. What does this holiday have to do with this coming Passover Season? And what does it have to do with Messianics today? We're talking redemption and atonement as central themes to this Jewish holiday.

It is finally here beloved. The Month of Aviv. Yah declared that this is the head of His calendar year and that we are to guard it. What does it mean to guard the Month of Aviv? Well, we seek to answer that question in this discussion.

In this Torah Reading discussion, we explore the Torah concepts of birthrights, blessings and covenant promises from both a natural and spiritual perspective, through an exposition of the Esau and Jacob story.

In this Torah Reading discussion, we explore the Torah concepts of birthrights, blessings and covenant blessings from both a natural and spiritual perspective, through an exposition of the Esau and Jacob story.

In this 2nd part of our Paul Validates Torah Living for God's People, we tackle a passage where the apostle seems to insinuate that God's people do not need to perform good works, aka keep Torah. Is this what the apostle is saying or is he saying something entirely different?

This week's Torah Reading illustrates the realities of covenant blessings in spite of the world around us. And these covenant lesson realities are illustrated in the life of Isaac.

This week's Torah Reading touches upon a number of spiritual themes: covenant; God's sovereign providence; and the elect/chosen/predestined status of God's people. So, we seek to answer the question: How do we know if we have been chosen to be in covenant with God?

In Romans 3:31, Paul asserts that he "establishes the law." In stating this, was the great Apostle to the Gentiles validating the necessity of Torah-living for God's people, or something else? We discuss in detail. Shalom and welcome.

We've talked quite a lot about be the importance of being in covenant and operating in covenant. But how does one operate in covenant? What is needed to operate in covenant. Well, this week's Torah Reading may provide us the answers to these questions.  Shabbat Shalom and Welcome.

In this installment of TMTO, we ask and answer the question: Should Messianics keep-observe-honor-memorialize Purim? And in our brief exploration of this topic, we examine opposing views as it relates to Messianics and Purim.

In our Torah Reading for this Sabbath, we read of the death of the Matriarch of our Faith, Sarah. And in our discussion, we will explore the eternal truths associated with this sad, but important story. We will touch upon the themes of loving our wives; being a sojourner in this world; burial versus cremation when caring for a deceased loved one; as well as we'll examine many of the historic and cultural elements that are attached to this beautiful Reading.  Shalom and Welcome.

Many of us view covenant as an exclusive club or culture that belongs to God's elect and those who find themselves outside of covenant are doomed to be outside of God's blessings and provision. But the truth of the matter is that God operates in ways that are often foreign to us and that defy how we believe God should operate. In today's Torah Reading discussion, we discuss the in's and out's of covenant and how God's justice and mercy define how He will interact with those who are in covenant versus those who are outside covenant.

This week's Torah Reading touches on a number of relevant themes that include righteousness, justice, reverence, hospitality, boldness, laughter, theophanies and covenant. But the one theme that stands out most is culture. In this installment of TMTO's Sabbath Thoughts and Reflections, we explore each of these themes, in particular the theme of culture. What is the God Culture/the Hebrew Culture? What was Abraham's role in that Culture? And what does that culture have to do with us today?

Seems we have been indoctrinated to view God exclusively from a "Fathering" perspective. But could one of God's revealed names be indicative of a "Mothering" side to the Creator of the Universe? In this installment of TMTO we explore and discuss the power and meaning of El Shaddai. 

This week's Torah Reading touches on a great many critical spiritual themes to include that of Trusting Faith; Respect; Patience & Perseverance; Responsibility and Honor. We explore these and other themes in our Torah Reading discussion entitled: Yehovah-The God Who Sees.