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Now Is The Time w/Rabbi Steve Berkson | Intro to the Appointed Times of Yahweh | Part 1
Yahweh has set times and seasons according to His purpose. In this teaching on the basics of this matter, Rabbi Steve Berkson takes us through the where, what, who and when of these “moadim”, or special appointments. As Rabbi Steve points out, these observances are...
Dr Hollisa Alewine – Footsteps of Messiah Part 23 – (It’s Time)
We are now living in the time of the Gentiles, which is a measured time. When King Yeshua returns instead of the nations ruling on earth we’ll have Israel ruling the nations. The Kingdom of Heaven will be ushered in when the clay and iron feet from Nebuchanezzar’s dream shatter and we see the end of that beast kingdoms.
Mark Call – Parsha “Behar” (Lev. 25:1-26:2) teaching from Shabbat Shalom Mesa
Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship for a two-part look at Torah parsha "Behar," (Leviticus 25:1 through 26:2) and some instruction "from har Sinai" - or Mt. Sinai - that is explicitly said to refer to WHEN you 'enter the land.' It's also ABOUT the land,...
Now Is The Time w/Rabbi Steve Berkson | Discovering Your Identity | Part 10
In part 10, the final part of Discovering Your Identity, Rabbi Steve Berkson moves us from Isaiah chapter 11 to Romans chapter 11 traversing between the TaNaK and the Brit Chadasha. You will learn through the writings of the apostles that they knew and understood the...
Dr Hollisa Alewine – Footsteps of Messiah Part 22 – (The Sharp Sickle Pt 3)
Over the past few episodes we looked at correlations between the sharp sickles of Passover, specifically the First Fruits of the Barley, and the sharp sickles of Revelation Fourteen. Within that passage of Revelation, we read a very specific prophecy:
And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle. Then another angel, the one who has power over fire, came out from the altar; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Put in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, because her grapes are ripe.” So the angel swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth, and threw them into the great wine press of the wrath of God. And the wine press was trampled outside the city, and blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, for a distance of 1,600 stadia. (Re 14:17-20)
Yeshua harvests for Firstfruits of the Barley and Shavuot, the conclusion of human “wheat.” The angel of fire harvests those from the Vineyard as well as the vineyard of the whole earth to throw them into the winepress of Sukkot, when the decrees of Rosh HaShanah are executed upon the whole world. Sukkot is also known as “The Feast of the Nations.” One may enjoy the Feast of the Nations with Yeshua, or one may be part of a nation consumed by his wrath.
As we’ve seen, the prophecies of Scripture are fulfilled multiple times in history. Often there are textual markers, such as a doubled word or repetition within the text, or sometimes a chiasm. Blood up to the horses’ bridles is a very precise prophecy, and it leads the reader to a previous fulfillment. In the last stand of the Jews who followed Bar Kokhba, a false messiah, the Romans massacred the inhabitants of Beitar. According to the lone survivor of the massacre, the blood in Beitar ran up to the Roman horses’ noses. That leads to the Footsteps prophecy of Song of Songs, which prophesies the “turn” of Messiah on the mountains to meet with his Beloved Israel.
2:17 Until the cool of the day, when the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
The mountains of Bether are an odd location because they are not mentioned anywhere else in Scripture, and even the Romans’ massacre there was far in the future when first prophesied in the Song. There must have been a singular event in history that would mark a step of Messiah’s turning to his Beloved.
Mark Call – Parsha “Emor” (Lev. ch 21-24) teaching from Shabbat Shalom Mesa
Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship for a two-part look at Torah parsha "Emor," (Leviticus chapters 21 through 24) and, THIS week, what it means for the 'cohenim' or priesthood, to "be holy" -- no, "set apart", or qadosh -- because He is. And it is,...
Torah Teachers’ Round Table – Tanakh Edition – Jeremiah chapter 48 concl
The teachers complete the discussion of Jeremiah/YermeYahu chapter 48.
Dr Hollisa Alewine – Footsteps of Messiah Part 21 – (The Sharp Sickle Pt 2)
“Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one like a son of man, with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand. And another angel came out of the temple, calling out with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, ‘Put in your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe.’ Then He who sat on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.” (Re 14:14-16)
Yeshua is the one with the sickle in the Cloud. He sits, or in Hebrew, “dwells” there. The same Hebrew word, yashav, means to sit or dwell. Yeshua harvests his firstfruits with the message, “Reap,” and he hurries to reap the Father’s firstfruits. In this instance, he reaps the standing sheaves all the way to the end of the earth. He hurries to perform the mitzvah and doesn’t let it age or sour.
Now Is The Time w/Rabbi Steve Berkson | Discovering Your Identity | Part 9
How well do you know and understand the parable of the Prodigal Son? You probably have never heard an explanation of that parable like Rabbi Steve Berkson brings it in this teaching. In Discovering Your Identity, part 9, there are more connecting of the dots as Rabbi...
Mark Call – Parsha “Kedoshim” (Lev. ch 19-20) teaching from Shabbat Shalom Mesa
Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship for a two-part look at Torah parsha is "Kedoshim," (Leviticus chapters 19 through 20) and what it means that we should "be holy" -- no, "set apart", or qadosh -- because He is. And, conversely, why it means when a whole...
Torah Teachers’ Round Table – Tanakh Edition – Jeremiah chapter 46 into 48
Chapters 46 through 47 and into 48 of the Book of YermeYahu, or Jeremiah, is the subject of the Torah Teachers' Round Table study this week, and much of the prophecy is directed at judgment against nations which had turned on Yahuah. And that, as the teachers note,...
Dr Hollisa Alewine – Footsteps of Messiah Part 20 – (The Sharp Sickle Pt 1)
Although the red beast Rome destroyed the daily sacrifice, it cannot destroy the sacrifices in the highest place, the Kingdom just above Mount Zion. Now let’s investigate the image of the beast, its last kingdom Rome, and red Rome’s daughters. This will help us to understand Revelation Fourteen, the one like the Son of Man with a sickle, and then the angel with the sharp sickle who follows him.
The “Footsteps” working text is found here in the Song of Songs:
Until the cool of the day, when the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether. (So 2:17)
“The mountains” in the corresponding midrashic thread allude to the powerful kingdoms that have subdued Israel, and specifically Rome, the largest and most powerful kingdom, whose “feet” are still mingled with the governments of the kingdoms of the earth. The mountains of Bether (Beitar) are an unusually specific reference to a place that had no historical significance until hundreds of years later when the Romans destroyed the last of the Jews there who followed the false messiah Bar Kokhba.
