Ezra, His Team, and the Message of Peace!

 

When Ezra arrived in Jerusalem with the First Torah Scroll in Judah, he was accompanied by a body of 120 elders, judges, prophets, sages, teachers, and scribes. They had been members of the very large Jewish community in Babylon that was founded by the captives who had been taken there in 586 BCE by the Babylonian armies that destroyed the previous Temple. This story has been lost for almost 2000 years, but it is essential for understand the words the scribes wrote on the Torah scroll. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/46277860ee5e/ezra-his-team-and-the-message-of-peace

Using Belief Models to Create Transparency in Belief Conflicts!

 

I am writing this email to you 113 years after my father was born, 1,946 years after Jesus was crucified and 1,926 after Luke wrote his two books. Without knowing what happened in those huge time gaps between me and those events, it would have been impossible to discover any facts-based examined answer to the question -- “When did Gentiles first officially become members of the Jesus Movement?” Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/826a2209e63a/using-belief-models-to-create-transparency-in-belief-conflicts

Using Belief Models to Create Transparency in Belief Conflicts!

 

I am writing this email to you 113 years after my father was born, 1,946 years after Jesus was crucified and 1,926 after Luke wrote his two books. Without knowing what happened in those huge time gaps between me and those events, it would have been impossible to discover any facts-based examined answer to the question -- “When did Gentiles first officially become members of the Jesus Movement?” Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/826a2209e63a/using-belief-models-to-create-transparency-in-belief-conflicts

Hillel Taught That All People are Deserving of Love

 

Although Hillel and Akiba after him taught that love of man is a central pillar of the Torah’s teaching, behind it is something even more basic. Love of neighbor is itself derived from an even greater principle: that man is made in the image of God; and a religiously inspired love of man flows from the more fundamental love of God. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/1596bff17ac0/hillel-taught-that-all-people-are-deserving-of-love

Lots of Elohims, Idols, and King Solomon! This Why We Use Models & Guidelines!

 

If we had been there at the time of Ezekiel, as we walked around Jerusalem, we would have seen people giving food to idols and worshipping them on the mountain tops around Jerusalem. There were idols in the Temple also. Who put the idols in Jerusalem? Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/f44166b57dd2/lots-of-elohims-idols-and-king-solomon-this-why-we-use-models-guidelines

Remember the Power of TZEDAQAH and Returning!

TZEDAQAH is the outstanding, overriding, and yet simple, theme of Jesus. This means one thing to people who view Jesus through a “Religion Box.” It means something very different to people who view Jesus through the “Alliance and Covenant of the Creator of the Skies and the Earth” box! Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/b63c22467a93/remember-the-power-of-tzedaqah-and-returning

Jesus Did Not Create a Religion

 

This a difficult concept for many American Christians to grasp. However, in order to understand the movement Jesus led, we must think about the things that he did. His parents took him to the Temple in Jerusalem every Passover because he was circumcised and named when he was eight days old. That day he became a son of the covenant Yahweh made with Abraham and his descendants. If that hadn’t been done, he would not have been allowed to enter specific areas of the Temple. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/9a75f2a8590c/jesus-did-not-create-a-religion