Haftarah V’yeira “Hospitality Blessings” 2 Kings 4:1-37 (A); 4:1-23 (S) by Mark Huey As you ponder this week’s Haftarah reading and contemplate why the ancient Sages attached it to V’yeira (Genesis 18:1-22:24), the connective reasons appear to be the two common threads of hospitality and the blessings of offspring. In the case of the account […]
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2 Corinthians 5:1-4 – PME Point
For we know that if the Earthly house of our tent is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens. For indeed in this we groan, longing to be further clothed with our dwelling from Heaven; inasmuch as we, having put it on, will not […]
Waging War: Fight the Good Fight
by Mark Huey For the unbelieving, “natural” human person who is bereft of the Spirit of God, journeying through time on terra firma—life is a series of struggles with elemental realities, ranging from: simple survival, thriving by one’s own faculties and five senses, and achieving success without either knowledge or experience of dimensions beyond this […]
Haftarah Lekh-Lekha
Haftarah Lekh-Lekha “Choices That Renew Our Strength” Isaiah 40:27-41:16 by Mark Huey Lekh-Lekha (Genesis 12:1-17:27), our Torah portion for this week, begins by familiarizing the reader with the exploits of the great Patriarch Abraham. In Romans 4 the Apostle Paul later described him as the father of the faithful. While Abraham is noted for his […]
Matthew 16:24 – PME Point
Then Yeshua said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his wooden scaffold, and follow Me (Matthew 16:24, PME) One of the unique features of The Practical Messianic Edition Apostolic Scriptures, is its employment of the rendering “wooden scaffold” for the Greek stauros. A Messianic […]
God’s Patient Perseverance
by Mark Huey In recent weeks (Summer 2016), given the human propensity to focus on the here and now, as the inundation of information and current events cloud our thinking and thoughts, I was hurled back in time by reading a master’s thesis and a book which both detail how the Holy Scriptures have influenced […]
The Waters of Immersion – October 2019 OIM News
OIM Update October 2019 Now that the appointed times (moedim) of the seventh month of Tishri have ended, I have been reflecting on several things learned and observed during this year’s season of restoration toward the God of Creation. What a joy to follow this pattern for life (the Creator’s calendar) for the past quarter […]
Haftarah Noach
Haftarah Noach “Walking by Faith” Isaiah 54:1-55:5 (A); 54:1-10 (S) by Mark Huey The cataclysmic Flood described in Noach (Genesis 6:9-11:32) is undoubtedly the most memorable event that most of you will be considering this week. However, it is the post-deluge Noahdic Covenant that God unilaterally established with Noah and his progeny, which is reflected […]
Titus 2:13 – PME Point
looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Yeshua the Messiah (Titus 2:13, PME) Titus 2:13 is a verse which unambiguously affirms the Divinity of Yeshua the Messiah, referring to Him as both “God and Savior.” The Greek source text of importance is epiphaneian tēs doxēs tou […]
Wait Patiently Upon the Lord
by Mark Huey Human nature by design was created in the image and likeness of the Creator (Genesis 1:26-27), and consequently—since the Maker is an initiator of actions from declaring that there be light, to the infinitesimal details of the motions of the universe, down to the anatomical minutiae of every particle ever conceived—the propensity […]
Haftarah Bereisheet
Haftarah Bereisheet “Israel: The Light from Darkness!” Isaiah 42:5-43:10 (A); 42:5-21 (S) by Mark Huey The recipients of the revelation from the Creator God, read in the opening few verses of Genesis, that the first recorded spoken words of the Almighty are: “Let there be light” (Genesis 1:3). Hovering over a formless and void Earth […]
Matthew 16:18 – PME Point
And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will rebuild My assembly and the gates of Sheol will not prevail against it (Matthew 16:18, PME) As far too many Bible readers are aware, the claim of Matthew 16:18, as it appears in most English versions, says, “And I […]
Empowered by the Spirit
by Mark Huey The words and instructions shared by Yeshua with His Disciples during the moments steadily leading toward His betrayal, humiliation, and execution—should give today’s Believers great confidence in the Divine work that is expected of them by the Holy One of Israel. After demonstrating the essence of servant leadership, and describing how He […]
Prophets for Hire: A Messianic Plague
by Mark Huey Several weeks ago on the way to our Shabbat services (Summer 2008), I mentioned to my family that with Balak (Numbers 22:2-25:9) being the Torah portion, it would be an excellent time for our congregational leader to address some of the problems associated with immorality in the camp. In light of our […]
Hebrews 8:13 – PME Point
In His saying, “A new service,” he has made the first old. But that which is becoming old and ageing is close to vanish away (Hebrews 8:13, PME) Many people in today’s Messianic community, when reading Hebrews 8:13 in a version like the New American Standard Update, are quite aware that the word “covenant” has […]
Peaceful Proclamations
The indwelling power of the Holy Spirit of God is an awesome advantage Believers have, as the Comforter or Helper has been placed into the hearts of the faithful, to lead and teach them what the will of the Almighty is for His Creation (John 14:16, 26). With this reality manifesting itself in a very […]
John 5:18 – PME Point
For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was loosening the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.” (John 5:18, PME) Most versions say something to the extent that “he was breaking the Sabbath” (NIV) or “he was […]
The Rules of Engagement
“Things which are hidden belong to Adonai our God. But the things that have been revealed belong to us and our children forever, so that we can observe all the words of this Torah” (Deuteronomy 29:29, CJB). Since 1995, our family has been committed to a Messianic approach to our faith in Yeshua (Jesus), the […]
TorahScope: V’yeilekh
V’yeilekh And he went “The Importance of Obedience” Deuteronomy 31:1-30 Hosea 14:2-10; Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-27 As the Book of Deuteronomy begins to come to a close, our annual cycle of Torah study begins to wind down. It is during these final words of Moses to Ancient Israel that we find some of his most […]
Shanah Tovah from Outreach Israel Ministries and Messianic Apologetics!
Outreach Israel Ministries and Messianic Apologetics wish you a Shanah Tovah on this Rosh HaShanah! May the Lord bless you greatly as we enter into the New Year 5780! Thank you for your continued prayers and support of our ministry efforts!
Departed Family and the Sovereignty of God – September 2019 OIM News
Inevitably, the work of the ministry that we have been called to walk by faith, always seems to be full of unexpected twists and turns—where the Almighty One is consistently teaching us more about Him and His ways, so we might come to know Him even more intimately. For whatever reasons over the past several […]
Acts 23:29 – PME Point
and I found him to be accused about questions of their Law, but having no accusation worthy of death or imprisonment (Acts 23:29, PME) Claudius Lysias wrote Festus, concluding that the Apostle Paul was not worthy of death or prison. He says, as it appears in many English versions, “and I found him to be […]
Circling or Keeping Commandments?
Now this might sound silly, but the obvious fact that one cannot keep the commandments of God unless he or she knows the commandments seems fairly elementary. After all, how can a person keep God’s commandments if one does not know them, or for that matter, has never spent any time reading and studying them? […]
TorahScope: Nitzavim
Nitzavim Standing “Prophecies Here and Now” Deuteronomy 29:9[10]-30:20 Isaiah 61:10-63:9 The events of Nitzavim occur near the end of Moses’ declarations to the Ancient Israelites, and contain some extremely profound prophecies. I believe that we are witnessing the fulfillment of some of these prophecies today. From the creation of the State of Israel in the […]
