Articles
Is Jesus the Messiah?
The Meaning of Messiah
When you hear the word Messiah, what image comes to mind? A bunch of singers in search of an orchestra at Christmas time? Let's face it, most of us do not really know what the word means.
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Which Half Isn't Jewish?
By Eva Rydelnik
Ever wonder if it's important to transmit Jewish heritage to your kids, when only one of the parents is Jewish? It can be confusing, but my husband and I believe it is important.
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Two Routes to One Messiah
When Mark and Farryl married in 1988, they had no spiritual ambitions. In fact, it would be a year before Mark wrote to his Baptist born-again parents, informing them that that he had married, that his wife was Jewish and that, as they may have already guessed, he himself was not a Christian. Though he loved his parents, Mark had been living a separate and somewhat secret life for quite some time.
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The Suffering Messiah
The Suffering Messiah: What the Rabbis Say
Do the rabbinic writings speak of a "Suffering Messiah?" The answer to this question is a resounding-"Yes!" Where do the early rabbis draw their material from? From the Jewish Scriptures! Two primary Scriptures that the rabbis draw upon in their writings on the Suffering Messiah are Psalm 22 and Isaiah 53.
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Jesus and the Jewish People: A Look at History
Why don't Jewish people believe in Jesus?
From the earliest days of what was known as the Nazarene sect of Jewish believers through the later centuries of Christianity, the majority of Jewish people have denied the claims of the New Testament. While theological and cultural differences have contributed to a hardening of positions on both sides, it may also be said that the forces of history have helped to drive a wedge between mainstream Judaism and Christianity that has made the distance even harder to bridge. One of the saddest things is that it happened so quickly. But how did it come about?
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The Seventy Weeks of Daniel
By Dr. Harold A. Sevener
Christmas, like Hanukkah, should always remind us that Israel is "God's Time Clock" for the nations. When the angel Gabriel told Mary she would conceive the Messiah Yeshua, it was no coincidence! Centuries earlier God sent Gabriel to Daniel.
Daniel was told "Seventy Weeks" (Hebrew "sevens" or 490 years) was the time God had placed upon Jerusalem before the Messiah would come (Daniel 9:24-27). The 490 years measures three periods of time on God's "Time Clock." Jerusalem is the "event hand" moving prophetic history to fulfill God's Word.
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