But we know that the Torah is good, if one uses it lawfully, knowing this, that the Torah is not laid down for a righteous person, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers (1 Timothy 1:8-9, PME).
Ancient Advice Revisited
The Sermon on the Mount within Matthew chs. 5-7 is perhaps the most memorable of Yeshua’s teachings to His Disciples, not only because it is recorded early in the Gospel of Matthew, but because it challenges all today who examine it to embrace a deeper walk with Him as the Master Teacher. After first delineating the individual responsibilities found in the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12), and then turning to the duties of His followers to be salt and light by their good works in obedience to the Torah or Law of Moses (Matthew 5:17-19), the Messiah then delivers some important words that are intended to substantiate what He means by coming to fulfill the Torah.
TorahScope V’eira
Apostolic Scriptures Reflection for V’eira
Haftarah V’eira
Messianic Sabbath Helper – paperback
The Messianic Sabbath Helper includes a wide breadth of material, addressing a wide array of topics associated with Shabbat. This publication has been divided up into two main parts: The Significance of Shabbat and A Theology of Shabbat. You will be able to detect a progression of sorts, in our family’s own approach to the subject matter, as some things are addressed first more generally and then more specifically. In our experience, we ourselves have certainly had to move from a more elementary view of the issue of the seventh-day Sabbath, to a more developed view, and we recognize how the Messianic community needs to do the same.
Romans 10:4 – PME Point
For Messiah is the goal of the Torah for righteousness to everyone who believes (Romans 10:4, PME).
Choosing Paths
Life is all about choices: good, bad and indifferent. In fact when you think about it, at the end of your Earthly life, your experiences are the sum total of your choices and the results/consequences of those choices—given the variety of expected and unexpected circumstances you encountered, and what you personally chose to do with them. The foundational Biblical principle that you will reap what you sow (i.e., Hosea 10:12; Galatians 6:7-8) is as applicable as the laws of gravity, when it comes to the created order and how God has fashioned us in how we are to conduct ourselves within this sphere.
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Moedim: The Appointed Times for Messianic Believers – paperback
This publication, simply entitled Moedim: The Appointed Times for Messianic Believers, is an important synopsis of what the appointed times of Leviticus 23 actually are, and why they have not been abolished by the New Testament.
Apostolic Scriptures Reflection for Shemot
“God of the Living”
Matthew 22:23-33, 41-46
Mark 12:18-27, 35-37
Luke 20:27-44
Acts 3:12-15; 5:27-32; 7:17-36; 22:12-16; 24:14-16
Hebrews 11:23-26
Haftarah Shemot
TorahScope Shemot
Names
“God’s Promises Require Faithful Deliverers”
Exodus 1:1-6:1
Isaiah 27:6-28:13; 29:22-23 (A);
Jeremiah 1:2-3 (S)
1 Corinthians 13:1 – PME Point
If I speak with the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal (1 Corinthians 13:1, PME) The moderate inclusive language of the PME, following other versions (like the NRSV), better captures the intention of 1 Corinthians 13:1: “If I speak in […]
Every Evil Generation Needs Light
by Mark Huey In some recent Torah studies through the Books of Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers—which deal primarily with the trials and tribulations of the “Exodus generation” of Ancient Israel—an overriding thought that every Biblical generation was evil, at least in some way, came frequently to my mind. From Adam and Eve to Cain and […]
1&2 Thessalonians for the Practical Messianic – Commentary
It is very easy for today’s Messianic Believers to overlook the content of the Pauline Epistles, due to their complexities about issues pertaining to the Torah, First Century Judaism, and the inclusion of the nations in God’s plan of salvation. Among all of the Pauline letters, though, 1&2 Thessalonians get almost totally ignored by contemporary […]
Apostolic Scriptures Reflection for V’yechi
TorahScope Haftarah V’yechi
TorahScope V’yechi
Messianic Apologetics is now on Spotify!
You can now listen to the Messianic Apologetics podcast on Spotify!
Happy 2020 from Outreach Israel Ministries and Messianic Apologetics!
HAPPY 2020! from the Outreach Israel Ministries / Messianic Apologetics! All of us wish you and your family a blessed Happy New Year 2020! Outreach Israel Ministries and Messianic Apologetics need your help as we enter into 2020, and the third decade of the Twenty-First Century. This new decade is going to see the Messianic […]
1 Corinthians 6:12 – PME Point
“All things are permissible for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are permissible for me,” but I will not be controlled by anything (1 Corinthians 6:12, PME) A version like the 1995 NASU has, “All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, […]
Avoiding Fruitless Discussion
by Mark Huey It is readily recognized by most in the Messianic community of faith that a wide variety of teaching is currently available to those seeking instruction. The advent and proliferation of access to a virtual cornucopia of divergent thoughts, simply by typing a few choice words into any of the search engines on […]
2020 is Upon Us: What Are We Going to Do?
Surprises will be thrust upon the Messianic movement in the 2020s that has not adequately prepared itself for. Thank you for joining with Outreach Israel Ministries and Messianic Apologetics, as we bring stability and reason to our faith community!
Thank You for Your Year-End Support!
Outreach Israel Ministries and Messianic Apologetics need your help as we enter into 2020, and the third decade of the Twenty-First Century. This new decade is going to see the Messianic movement have theological and spiritual issues thrust upon it that most are not ready for. We have been preparing for this time for the […]
Messianic Beginnings – Workbook
Messianic Beginnings: An Introductory Study has been written as a primer, following the journey of the Huey and McKee family, as evangelical Believers drawn into the Messianic movement in 1995, and learning what it meant to have a more comprehensive understanding of the ancient roots of our Biblical faith. This workbook has been mainly produced […]
Apostolic Scriptures Reflection for V’yigash
Haftarah V’yigash
TorahScope V’yigash
Chanukah Blessings from Outreach Israel Ministries and Messianic Apologetics!
CHANUKAH BLESSINGS! from the Outreach Israel Ministries / Messianic Apologetics administration team! from left to right: Burgess M. Guin, Admiral Guin, Oswald P.N. Guin, Dr. Pinchas E. Gwynne, Alfred B. Guin, General Guin, Clement Guin All of us, both man and bird, wish you and your family a blessed Chanukah 2019–and a Happy New Year […]
Galatians 5:2-3 – PME Point
Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Messiah will profit you nothing. And I testify again to every person who receives circumcision, that one is a debtor to do the whole Torah (Galatians 5:2-3, PME)
Does the Holy Spirit Obey the Word of God?
During the early stages of the Messiah’s ministry, His cousin John the Immerser/Baptist announced a principle to his disciples, which in many regards, denotes the life long challenge for every dedicated follower of the God of Israel. Simply spoken, John’s conclusion that he must decrease, so that the Messiah would increase, was confirmed by his explanation concerning who Yeshua was, where He came from, what He spoke, and that He would give the Spirit to His followers without measure, in order that they might receive eternal life and avoid the wrath of God…
Apostolic Scriptures Reflection for Mikkeitz
Reflection for Mikkeitz
“Divine Interpretive Wisdom”
Acts 7:9-16 (esp. vs. 10b-12)
Psalm 105:19-21
Haftarah Mikkeitz
TorahScope Mikkeitz
The Impact of the Maccabees on Second Temple Judaism – December 2019 OIM News
As the second decade of the Twenty-First Century ends this month, the anticipation of what the Lord is going to accomplish during the 2020s ramps up. Clearly, the connection with “VISION” is on the mind of many futuristic thinking people, since optometrists determine visual acuity by this standard of measurement. But what about those spiritually focused Believers who faithfully follow the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and who have received forgiveness by the blood sacrifice of Yeshua the Messiah? Are their prayerful expectations of Israel’s restoration and sweeping revival valid? Or in addition, is it finally time for the children of Abraham (“for I say to you, that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham,” Matthew 3:9b) to become the living stones referenced by the Apostle Peter (“you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Yeshua the Messiah,” 1 Peter 2:5)? Are true Believers willing, able, and ready to aggressively possess the gates of our enemies? For most assuredly, this is a sworn promise to the multitude of God’s children who currently exist on Planet Earth…
Romans 14:14 – PME Point
I know and am persuaded in the Lord Yeshua, that nothing is common in itself; but to him who thinks anything to be common, to him it is common (Romans 14:14, PME)
A Messianic Evolution?
One of the many blessings of being intimately involved with the Messianic community of faith for nearly two decades, is the opportunity to reflect on the curious development of what we truly believe is a genuine move of the Holy Spirit. By the grace of God, our family has not just been passive observers, since 1995, but we have also been called to be active participants, in attempting to bring forth, as accurately as humanly possible, what we believe the Lord is doing with His people at this time in history. This responsibility has not been taken lightly! We know that the Holy Scriptures place a higher degree of accountability upon those who are to exposit upon its truths…
Apostolic Scriptures Reflection for V’yeishev
Haftarah V’yeishev
TorahScope V’yeishev
Ephesians 1:1 – PME Point
Paul, an apostle of Messiah Yeshua by the will of God, to the holy ones who are also faithful in Messiah Yeshua (Ephesians 1:1, PME)
Restoration Calls
For the faithful follower of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, twenty years might represent less than a wink of time in the eye of the Eternal One. But from our limited human perspective, given the possibility of longevity noted by Moses in Psalm 90:10b (“Or if due to strength, eighty years”), a score of years could be as much as a quarter of a physical lifetime, or even a third of life after one matures…
Apostolic Scriptures Reflection for V’yishlach
Reflection for V’yishlach
“So-Called Brethren”
1 Corinthians 5:1-13
2 Corinthians 6:14-18
Hebrews 12:14-17
Revelation 7:1-12
Haftarah V’yishlach
TorahScope V’yishlach
V’yishlach
He sent
“A Wrestling Faith”
Genesis 32:3-36:43
Hosea 11:7-12:12 (A)
Obadiah 1:1-21 (S)
Acts 15:5 – PME Point
But certain ones of the sect of the Pharisees who had believed, stood up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them, and to order them to observe the Torah of Moses” (Acts 15:5, PME)
Restoration Patterns
Let it be known from the onset of this article, that the author makes no apologies for attempting, by the indwelling teaching of the Holy Spirit (John 14:16, 26; 15:26)—to construe life and spiritual applications through the unvarnished grid of the sacred Holy Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation. For by the unmerited grace of the Creator God, He chose to reveal His Word to certain selected individuals in Ancient Israel and others after the resurrection of the Messiah, who spoke and wrote and collected it for the instruction and edification of all. In His infinite wisdom, God chose to preserve His message of goodness and redemption, initially by the Jewish people (Romans 3:2)—but certainly since the Day of Pentecost, by those from nations indwelt by His Holy Spirit as well, who have believed in the efficacy of Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus Christ).
Apostolic Scriptures Reflection for V’yeitzei
Haftarah V’yeitzei
Haftarah V’yeitzei
“Return, Restoration, Resurrection”
Hosea 12:12-14:10 (A); 11:7-12:12 (S)
