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Chanukah’s Relation to Christmas
Jeffrey Berg "Twas the night before Chanukah, Boichecks and Maidels, Not a sound could be heard, not even the Draidels. The Menorah was set by the chimney alight, In the kitchen, the Bubbie was choppin' a bite. Salami, pastrami, a glassele tay, and zoyerey pickles...
Chanukah/Christmas
By Ken Symes December is a time when both Christians and Jews celebrate an important holiday. For the Christians it is Christmas. For the Jews it is Chanukah, also known as the Festival of Lights or Dedication. The only mention of this Jewish holiday...
Will The Temple Be Rebuilt?
Rev. Mark Robinson The spring day was typical in many ways for Jerusalem. The sun was shining and the air was crisp, but there was one notable difference. Hundreds were anxiously awaiting the sacrifice. It was April, and the celebration of Passover was at hand....
How Then Shall We Live?
By Dr. Keith Megilligan New love is exquisite. There is joy for the first time that enters the heart of the one who is in love. When you view the radiant faces of the young couple who stand enraptured in each others' presence at their wedding, you appreciate...
Is the Rapture Pre-Trib?
by Mark Robinson "Pre-trib", "mid-trib", "post-trib", "pre-wrath". Perhaps you have heard these terms—perhaps not. They refer to the timing of the Rapture of the Church. "Trib" refers to the seven year Tribulation period prophesied in the Bible that will occur just...
Of Whom Does the Prophet Speak?
Mark Robinson Isaiah 53 is perhaps the pivotal chapter in the Jewish Bible in helping determine the identity of the Messiah and the work he would do. With the possible exception of the seventy weeks prophecy of Daniel 9:24-27, the grandeur of this chapter...
Jewish Objections to Jesus in Isaiah 53
K.G. Symes "Do you mean to tell me that Jewish people reject the teaching that the suffering servant in Isaiah 53 is the Messiah?" To the young man's question I replied: "Yes, because the Christians used this passage to witness to Jewish folk with great success. So...
And also to the Greek…
by John Metzger One of the questions that used to come to mind before I was in Jewish ministries was why God only seemed to be interested in the Jewish people while the rest of the ancient world knew nothing of God, and died being eternally separated from God in hell....
To the Jew First
by Mark Robinson There should be no question as to the priority of the Church in the absence of her Head. Jesus made this very clear in His final thoughts, yea command, to those who belong to Him. His last words were, ". . .ye shall be witnesses unto me both...
Jerusalem: The Scattering and Regathering
By Jeffery Berg In Matthew 23:37-39, the Lord Jesus made a very grim prediction of the future events of the Holy City, Jerusalem. "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy...
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE AFIKOMEN
by Mark Robinson The highlight of the entire Passover Seder is the drama surrounding the afikomen. At the beginning of the evening the leader of the Seder will lift up the tri-compartment matzoh bag, and remove the middle board of matzoh. This middle piece is...
The Cup of Acceptance
by Mark Robinson The long evening of the Seder was winding down. A few hours earlier family and friends had gathered for the beginning of the annual tradition of the Passover Seder; it seemed as if the reading of the Passover Haggadah would never get to the place...