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Send us a Text Message.This is PART 2 of my interview with Barrie Schwortz, the Official Documenting Photographer for the 1978 Shroud of Turin Science Team. Barrie had been asked to join the Shroud Science team due to his extensive specialized skills in photography and his subsequent contract work with the Los Alamos National Laboratory, analyzing films and photos of U.S. Government atomic bomb blasts. Today, let’s continue with the interview that I began with Barrie Schwortz in PAR...

Send us a Text Message.With this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio, we will speak with Barrie Schwortz who was the Official Documenting Photographer for the Shroud of Turin Science Team in 1978. Barrie Schwortz will speak with us about the Shroud as evidenced by his extensive professional photography background.Barrie had been asked to join the Shroud of Turin Science team back in 1978 due to his extensive professional work with the Los Alamos National Laboratory, scientifically analyzing fil...

Send us a Text Message.Each year at the season of Passover, multitudes of millions of Jewish people from all over the world, as well as those who are not natively born to the Jewish faith and culture, all gather together around each of their local family tables to remember a very special festival that is called Passover in the Bible. Why do they do this? What does it all mean, and particularly, HOW is the Passover table service conducted?With today’s episode of Real Israel Talk Radio (with an...

Send us a Text Message.Previously, in Part 1, we heard from California Attorney Iver Bye, who spoke about American Law and how it often relates to what is found written in the Bible. In today's program, Part 2, Attorney Iver Bye will talk more about the definitions of legal words. He will also take us on a brief journey into the backstory of the U.S. Constitution and a little about the framers and founders who brought us this essential document that defines the United States of America.Attorn...

Send us a Text Message.I had the privilege to have a sit-down, face-to-face conversation about Biblical Law and Teaching ("Torah") versus American Jurisprudence with California Attorney Iver Bye. Attorney Iver Bye has specialized in courtroom criminal law since graduating from law school in the late 1970s. If you perhaps find an interest in learning about Divine Wisdom, Teaching (Torah), and Law and how it relates to American and Common Law, then stay with us for this hour-long program.Attorn...

Send us a Text Message.In this Real Israel Talk Radio episode, I will close my 30-part series on the Last Passover Week Chronology of Yeshua. With this extended study (one hour and six minutes), I will summarize all I have presented since starting the series. I will begin and end with three questions: 1) How did Yeshua manage to DO (meaning, TO BE THE PASSOVER LAMB) and also to EAT the Passover Lamb with his disciples precisely according to Exodus Chapter 12?2) How did Yeshu...

Send us a Text Message.We read from the Hebrew text of Psalm 110:4 - "Yehovah has made AN OATH and will He will not be comforted [with any other decree], “You are a Cohen or Priest forever through The WORD of Melchizedek.” English translations usually express this as “The Order of Melchizedek,” but based on the context of Psalm 110:4, it is not about a religious or spiritual group, order, or society.The Hebrew root supporting "The Order" of Melchizedek is D-V-R (Dalet-Vet-Resh), which is abou...

Send us a Text Message.Beginning around 150 years before Yeshua, the Pharisee was called a Hasid because the Hebrew term means a “loyalist.” In other words, Pharisees were political and religious loyalists supportive of the family dynasty of the Hasmoneans. The Tzadokim, or Sadducees, relates to the term Zadok, which was a different group of priests not related to the Sons of the House of Tzadok at Qumran. It appears from surviving documents of the time that they took their name from Zadok, a...

Send us a Text Message.What we know is that the Levitical Sadducees were not legally of the bloodline of Aaron to Eleazar to Phinchas to Tzadok. Rather, they were more likely of the line of Aaron’s son Ithamar, whose priestly line ended in the days of King Solomon, but they continued seeking priestly legitimacy going back to the days of the Hasmoneans. Consider that they held prominent political and religious appointments that were NOT the rightful and true House of Tzadok in the days of King...

Send us a Text Message.Avi ben Mordechai here. Shalom! You are tuned into Real Israel Talk Radio. Today’s show is “Why I Exchanged My Christmas Tree for a Menorah,” a special edition 2023 teaching hosted by my wife Suzanne.Suzanne will share with you some of her thoughts about the tradition of Christmas and the Christmas Season. All of what Suzanne will speak about today is easily verified from documented history and so, it is really nothing new. I asked Suzanne to present her perspecti...

Send us a Text Message.Yeshua (Jesus) was known by three titles: 1. The Word made Flesh (John 1:14)2. Melchizedek, King of the Celestial Kingdom of Shalem (John 18:36)3. Melchizedek, Priest of the Kingdom of Shalem (Genesis 14:18)From Genesis 14:18 to Daniel 9:24 to Revelation 21:2-3, the message remains the same because Yeshua is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8).With today's podcast, Episode 139, and Part 26 in this series about Yeshua and the House of Tzadok, we wi...

Send us a Text Message.Within the priestly line of Tzadok, there were several well-known priests, according to Nehemiah 11:11, which included such personalities such as Jeremiah the Prophet (Jeremiah 1:1) and Ezra the Priest/Scribe (Ezra 7:1-5). Previously, I focused on the priestly line of Aaron and how it came to be established through his firstborn son, Eliezer, who passed on his elected authority to Pinchas, who then passed his authority on to Tzadok (1 Chronicles 24:3 and Nehemiah ...

Send us a Text Message.Today's episode continues our study of the well-known House of Tzadok (the "Zadokites") as it relates to the life of Yeshua, Hebrew Scripture, and the New Covenant.Recall from Hebrew Scripture a hereditary line that began with Abraham and then to Isaac, to Jacob. Then, through Leah, Jacob's wife, she conceived and gave birth to Levi, which means “attached” or “joined.” Through her son Levi, a son was born - Kohat. He later produced Amram. Amram added two sons, Mos...

Send us a Text Message.With today's episode, we will learn about the well-known House of Tzadok (the "Zadokites") from Hebrew Scripture. We will look at four specific aspects of their collective life as they wrote about it in the Dead Sea Scrolls. We will learn that The House of Tzadok was not associated with the so-called Community of the Essenes The House of Tzadok took Hebrew scripture at its face value and believed themselves to be the Elect or Chosen of Yehovah to teach and to ...

Send us a Text Message.Let us examine the biblical terminology often called “First Fruits” or “Bikkurim.” This terminology is often confused with another ceremony called the Omer Wave-Sheaf offering, more accurately referred to in biblical parlance as Reisheet Katzir – Harvest of the First Cutting of the Grain. "First Fruits" is about the scriptural festival of Shavuot or Pentecost. The timing of the festival was understood from Leviticus 23:15-16 and based on two different points of view.&nb...

Send us a Text Message.Once again, remember that in Pharisaic and Second Temple times, two different festival calendars were operationally running side by side. 1) The Pharisaic and Sadducean traditional sighted moon calendar. One day always advances to the next day, beginning with sunset. 2) The House of Tzadok priestly calculated sevens' solar calendar. One day always advances to the next day, beginning with sunrise. Typically, Matthew 28:1 is...

Send us a Text Message.If we want to understand the timing of Yeshua's Third-Day resurrection, we must first understand how the priestly families of the House of Tzadok ("Zadok") defined a day. For the priestly House of Tzadok (Ezekiel 44:23-24), a 24-hour day was measured from sunrise to sunrise. For the Pharisee Separatists, a 24-hour day was measured from sunset to sunset. These measurements of the passage of time were two reckoning systems that operated side-by-side at the time of Y...

Send us a Text Message.We will learn four important principles in this extended (90-minute) podcast for Passover and Unleavened Bread (Festival of Matza). In fact, I think the information in this podcast is vital to learn and understand, particularly in these days in which we are living. Therefore, I strongly encourage you to download, listen and share this special 90-minute program with others. I think our time is very short, and we must get focused on biblical truth more than ever before.&n...

Send us a Text Message.On our podcast today, we'll look at the gospel narratives showing us that it was now early Thursday morning the second day of Unleavened Bread (Aviv 16) according to the House of Tzadok reckoning of the annual festivals BUT according to Judean reckoning, it was Aviv (Nisan) 14 - the Passover Preparation Day (John 19:14). Yeshua was once again brought before Pilate for a SECOND INTERVIEW early in the morning at about 0600 hours. His FIRST INTERVIEW was the day before, on...

Send us a Text Message.It is often assumed that Yeshua’s overnight inquisition was under the auspices of a legal hearing conducted by Annas and his family. Be assured, there was nothing legal about it. The real and legal trial of Yeshua began at sunrise and continued through the bulk of the daylight hours.In the early morning of the fourth day of the week - "Wednesday" - at about 0600 hours on what was the first day of Unleavened Bread (according to the Sons of Tzadok calendar of sevens),&nbs...

Send us a Text Message.In today's program, we will continue with our study in Event Number 14 and look into the life of Annas also called Ananias or Annas, and his son-in-law Caiaphas as referenced in Luke 3:1 and Luke 16:19-31. A coregency of two high priests was not permitted in biblical law, and yet here we see that both are in fact called "high priests." So, what's up with this? We will also take a deep dive into the timing of Peter's three denials of Yeshua and the two crows of the ...

Send us a Text Message.With today's program, let's begin with the arresting officers of the Judean High Court recorded in John 18:12 - Then the detachment [of troops] and the captain and the officers of the Judeans arrested Yeshua and bound him. Those who were sent to apprehend Yeshua in the Garden of the Mount of Olives were officers dispatched by the Temple priests and the religious Judeans, sent to arrest Yeshua and deliver him to the religious authorities for breaching Jewish re...

Send us a Text Message.Let's begin with Matthew 26:30. "And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives." We must ask the question, Why did Yeshua go out to Har HaZeitim, that is, the Mount of Olives? And on leaving the guest room late on Passover, what song did they sing on their way to the Mount of Olives? The Mount of Olives is a mountain of three peaks that separates the Judean Desert in the east from the city of Jerusalem in the west. An ...

Send us a Text Message.Let us read from Matthew 26:20-23. (and also John 13:26). When evening had come, He sat down with the twelve. Now, as they were eating, He said, “Assuredly, I say to you, one of you will betray Me.” And they were exceedingly sorrowful, and each of them began to say to Him, “Master, is it I?” He answered and said, “He who dipped his hand with Me in the dish will betray Me. In this series episode, let’s talk about the Passover tradition of dipping. The practice of dipping...

Send us a Text Message.The four-gospel accounts of Yeshua’s crucifixion and third-day resurrection do not seem to flow chronologically as we might like them to. Collectively, the gospel narratives inform us of the events of his last week in a rather disjointed and, in some cases, totally confusing way. Often, as we try to follow the events and make good sense of them, it brings up more questions than it does answers.With today's podcast, Episode 125, and Part 12, I will continue to analyze th...

Send us a Text Message.The four-gospel accounts of Yeshua’s crucifixion and third-day resurrection do not seem to flow chronologically as we might like them to. Collectively, the gospel narratives inform us of the events of his last week in a rather disjointed and, in some cases, totally confusing way. Often, as we try to follow the events and make good sense of them, it brings up more questions than answers.With today's podcast, Episode 124, and Part 11, I will continue to analyze the final ...

Send us a Text Message.The four-gospel accounts of Yeshua’s crucifixion and third-day resurrection do not seem to flow chronologically as we might like them to.Collectively, the four gospel narratives appear moderately disjointed and, in some cases, totally confusing! Suppose you have done any detailed comparison readings of the chronology of Yeshua's final Passover week, as many biblical scholars have done throughout the centuries. In that case, you will inevitably run across many chronologi...

Send us a Text Message.The four-gospel accounts of Yeshua’s crucifixion and third-day resurrection do not seem to flow as smoothly as we might like them to.Collectively, the four gospel narratives appear moderately disjointed and, in some cases, downright confusing! Suppose you have done any severe and previous comparison readings of all the chronology, as many biblical scholars have done throughout the centuries. In that case, you will know precisely what many of these issues are all about.W...

Send us a Text Message.The four-gospel accounts of Yeshua’s crucifixion and third-day resurrection do not seem to flow as smoothly as we might like them to.Collectively, the four gospel narratives appear moderately disjointed and, in some cases, downright confusing! Suppose you have done any severe and previous comparison readings of all the chronology, as many biblical scholars have done throughout the centuries. In that case, you will know precisely what many of these issues are all about. ...

Send us a Text Message.The four-gospel accounts reporting on Yeshua’s crucifixion and third-day resurrection do not seem to flow as smoothly as we might like them to flow.Collectively, the four gospel narratives appear moderately disjointed and, in some cases, downright confusing! If you have done any previous and serious comparison readings of all the chronology, as many biblical scholars have done throughout the centuries, you will know precisely what many of these issues are all about.With...

Send us a Text Message.Luke 3:23 tells us: Now Yeshua himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age. Specifically, in what year might this be referring? And more importantly, in what year did his Roman crucifixion and third-day resurrection occur? For our End Times or Last Day Messianic Hope, I think it is vital for us to study out an answer to this question so that we can watch and wait for the fulfillment of Romans 8:23-25 as Sha'ul or Paul wrote saying: We also ha...

Send us a Text Message.In John 11:9-10, Yeshua speaks of walking in the Light and walking in the darkness. Walking in the darkness means the Light is not in him. The same message is echoed in John 12:36, "While you have the Light, believe in the Light, that you may become Sons of Light." Sha'ul (Paul) speaks in a similar way when writing 1 Thessalonians 5. Verse 1 - But concerning THE TIMES (of the disputed calendars of that era vs. THE SEASONS (the moedim of the biblical festivals) bret...

Send us a Text Message.To follow along with this study, access the calendar handouts on my website at http://www.cominghome.co.il. Navigate to Free Resources and then click on the dropdown menu Podcast Extras.Many are not aware of the numerous time and date calendar issues that were predominant in the days of Yeshua. At the time of Yeshua’s ministry, there were at least three different calendars that were simultaneously functional – One was the Roman secular calendar and two were Jewish relig...

Send us a Text Message.Navigate here to help you follow along with the calendars that I built for this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio. OR go to www.cominghome.co.il and click on "Free Resources." Then click on "Podcast Extras." If you are a detail and numbers person, you will want to listen to this Real Israel Talk Radio program. This is Episode 116 and PART 3 in my continued analysis of Yeshua’s last Passover week timeline related to the time and date structures of the Jewish and Ro...

Send us a Text Message.Navigate here. To help you follow along with this analysis, study the timeline calendars that I built for this series. OR go to www.cominghome.co.il and click on "Free Resources." Then click on "Podcast Extras."This program of Real Israel Talk Radio is Episode 115. This is a PART 2 analysis of Yeshua’s Passion Week Timeline: 27 Detailed Events of his Last Passover Week Chronology.The gospel records speak of many events playing out in Yeshua’s last Passover week. L...

Send us a Text Message.This program of Real Israel Talk Radio is Episode 114. This is a PART 1 analysis and overview of Yeshua’s "Passion Week" Chronology of Yeshua: Passover to Crucifixion to Third Day Resurrection.The texts of the four gospel accounts report on Yeshua’s last-week crucifixion and his third-day resurrection. With this multi-series, I hope to offer plausible answers to many problematic texts in Yeshua’s “Passion Week” chronology (as it is called).A comparison read through all ...

Send us a Text Message.Millions of biblical readers and Bible teachers still have "old school" thinking when it comes to the biblical definition of "chodesh" or "rosh chodesh." The meaning is typically the "new moon." But the truth is, chodesh does not mean "moon" and rosh chodesh does not mean new moon.Come, learn about Lo Adu Rosh as a postponement rule for the Feast of Trumpets or Yom Teruah. Learn about Lo Badu Pesach which is postponement rule for the festival of Passover.Also, see an al...

Send us a Text Message.Matthew 16.1-4:Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and testing him asked that He would show them a Sign from Heaven. He answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, fair weather, for the sky is red; and in the morning, foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.” Hypocrites! You know how to understand the face of the sky, but you cannot the Signs of the Times.What did Yeshua mean with the statement, “But you cannot understand the Signs of the Ti...

Send us a Text Message.The Hebrew word chesed is most often understood and translated to mean “mercy.” The problem is that chesed does not at all carry this meaning in biblical Hebrew. Any respectable scholar of the Hebrew language will tell you the word's true meaning. But, putting academic respectability aside, if we simply allow the precise meaning of ancient paleographic or pictographic Hebrew to define chesed, it will show us the term is about fidelity, faithfulness, and covenant l...

Send us a Text Message.A deeper look into Matthew 12:5-7. ...Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are blameless? Yet I say to you that in this place there is One greater than the temple. But if you had known what this means, I desire mercy and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the guiltlessIt was not Yeshua’s disciples who were lawless; that is, they were not disloyal and covenant breakers with Yehovah. In fact, ...

Send us a Text Message.On today's episode of Real Israel Talk Radio, I will seek to unravel Yeshua's lessons on loyalty. This is program episode 109 and Part 13 on the Qumran Dead Sea Scrolls and their link to the story of the Pharisees and their accusations against Yeshua and his disciples about Sabbath unlawfulness. Generally, it seems to me that when the Bible expositors unpack the story from Matthew 12:3-4, which is part of the overall context in the eight verses of this narrative, the ta...

Send us a Text Message.When Bible expositors unpack Matthew 12:1-8, they often conclude that showing someone compassion and mercy overrides the Sabbath's biblical laws and many other laws. In other words, a focus on demonstrating the love and compassion of the Almighty Eternal One for every soul is more important and not getting bogged down in the minutia of biblical laws.I want to show that the story's conclusion is not about Sabbath laws. It is not about showing compassion. It is not about ...

Send us a Text Message.A conclusion of my views on the 50-Day and 7-Sabbaths Count of the Omer in the New Covenant narrative from Acts 20:6-12. Specifically, I will address details on the following points:1) Acts 20:7. "Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight." In biblical Hebraic thought, we learn that midnight means an hour of judgment, salvation, and resurrection. The midnight definition is also the middle second watch of...

Send us a Text Message.With today's program, I will address the following points: A) When does a biblical day begin and end in the Bible? Sunset to Sunset OR Sunrise to Sunrise?B) In 2 Chronicles 3:1-2, why did King Solomon begin his work with the House of Yehovah on the First Sabbath of the Seven Sabbaths in the 50-Day Count of the Omer? And did he actually violate the Creator's Sabbath work prohibition of Exodus 31:15-16? C) What is the actual significance of the 50-Day and 7-Sabbath Count ...

Send us a Text Message.As you likely know, the annual 50-Day Count of the Omer is one of many controversial issues between those who observe the traditional rabbinic lunisolar calendar and those who observe any one of several other counting traditions. The point that I am going to make on this program today is that Sha'ul and his ministry companions were all observing the Dead Sea Scrolls Qumran House of Tzadok 364-day solar calendar. Jewish oral tradition teaches that the 50-Day Count of the...

Send us a Text Message.Today, we will look at the testimony of Sha'ul or Paul and his spiritual transformation on the road to Damascus from a rabbinical student of Gamaliel to a Sent One of Mashiach Yeshua and the House of Tzadok.In the Book of Acts chapters 9 and 22, Sha'ul or Paul was sure of what he saw and what he heard while he was traveling down from Jerusalem on the road to Damascus; the desert settlement of the Qumran Community House of Tzadok situated along the northwest shores of th...

Send us a Text Message.What does Damascus have to do with the desert wilderness of Qumran on the northwest shores of the Dead Sea? Damascus in Genesis 14:15 is more than just an ancient city in the Land of Aram ("Syria"). In the previous episode in this Dead Sea Scrolls series, I presented one possible reason why the infamous Qumran Community of the Dead Sea called their settlement "Damascus." In Hebrew, it is uniquely likely to join the two Hebrew words 1) doleh = he who dra...

Send us a Text Message.The House of Tzadok biblical priesthood referred to Qumran as Damesek or Damascus. Meanwhile, Paul traveled to Damascus to do some work for Jerusalem’s illegitimate authorities. He came to arrest many in Yeshua known as “The Way,” charging them for rebellion against Jerusalem’s authority. Before arriving, he had an audio-visual experience changing his life and his theology forever. Of course, it begs the question: what does “Damascus” have to do with the desert wilderne...

Send us a Text Message.On this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio, Episode 101 and Part 5 of the Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, we'll take a biblical journey from Moses and Mount Sinai to Paul and the Land of Damascus. We'll follow 1,400 years of Jewish and Hebrew National history to learn the likely reasons why Jerusalem's legitimate cohanim (priests) went out to find a new home on the northwest shores of the Dead Sea. They called themselves the "Sons of Light." We call them the Qumran Comm...

Send us a Text Message.This program is Real Israel Talk Radio, Episode 100. Today's show is PART 4 of a multipart series about the Dead Sea Scrolls. In this program, we will begin putting all the pieces of the Qumran Community together and seek, from Scripture, to understand the purpose for the Qumran Community, who they were, and why they wrote the documents that we identify today as the Dead Sea Scrolls. Let us be reminded of what Moses said by the authority that was given to him from...

Send us a Text Message.This program is Real Israel Talk Radio, Episode 99. Today's show is PART 3 of a multipart series about the Dead Sea Scrolls - an excellent program for Hebrew speakers!To help us better understand the importance of the Dead Sea scrolls, you will hear an interview that I recorded with Dr. Rachel Elior – the John and Golda Cohen Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Mystical Thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.Between 1947 and 1956, the discovery of the Dead Sea Scr...

Send us a Text Message.About 20 centuries ago, hundreds of documents from a written library of scrolls were carefully placed into clay jars and deposited for safe-keeping into many of the western caves of Israel’s Dead Sea region. The area is called the Qumran. Between 1947 and 1956, the scrolls’ discovery has captured the attention of numerous academics, religious leaders, and biblical researchers emerging from all walks of life. It took about forty years, with completion in the 1...

Send us a Text Message.About 20 centuries ago, hundreds of documents from a written library of scrolls were carefully placed into clay jars and deposited for safe-keeping into many of the western caves of Israel's Dead Sea region. The area refers to the Qumran.The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls captured the attention of numerous academics, religious leaders, and biblical researchers emerging from all walks of life. Since their discovery between 1947 and 1956, deciphering and translation co...

Send us a Text Message.Welcome to Real Israel Talk Radio Episode 96. I reckon everyone has a life story to tell. But not everyone has a life story to tell about being an 88-year-old veteran post-WWII and Vietnam veteran soldier of the U.S. American Army. A soldier of war and, later, a warrior and combatant for the Prince of Peace. Today's show is a graceful and candid conversation with Retired U.S. Army Commander and Colonel Carl Smith of Oak Harbor on Whidbey Island, Washington State.&...

Send us a Text Message.Paul closes his thoughts on Love in 1 Corinthians 13. In speaking about Love, Paul tells us that there are two preceding components: Faith and Hope. And then he boldly declares that the greatest of these is Love. How are we supposed to understand this idea with its Hebraic foundation? What does it mean? With this final episode - Part 30 - in my 1 Corinthians 13 series, I will unpack the biblical concept of Love as it relates back to the opening statement that Paul...

Send us a Text Message.This program is Real Israel Talk Radio, Part 29, Episode 94, Defining Biblical Love from 1 Corinthians 13:13. Welcome to today's show. Here we are on the final statement that Paul makes in 1 Corinthians 13, speaking about Faith, Hope, and Love and then saying, "The greatest of these is Love." What are we supposed to understand from this list of biblical attributes? What does it all mean? Beginning with this episode - Part 29, and concluding with our final episode ...

Send us a Text Message.This program is Real Israel Talk Radio, Episode 93 on Biblical Restitution to Reconcile Relational Conflicts.Welcome to today's show which is a special program to deal with biblical restitution. Today's program presentation is by my wife, Suzanne. Next week, I will finish my teaching series on defining biblical love from 1 Corinthians 13.In addressing broken and strained relational conflicts, we often hear a lot about the idea of forgiving each other for all kinds of wr...

Send us a Text Message.This is Real Israel Talk Radio program - Episode 92 Program Part 28 - A Love for La La Land. Here is an interesting statement of Paul from 1 Corinthians 13:11 on the Hebraic concept of Biblical Love and what it means: "When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things."One might think to define a "child" in a way that we all would typically frame the definition. However, ...

Send us a Text Message.This is Real Israel Talk Radio program - Episode 91 Program Part 27 - YHVH's Unfailing Love. Today, we will continue with the teaching of Paul that Biblical Love never fails. Perhaps you have gone through (or you are presently going through) a downturn, and life is not so rosy and happy. It is not uncommon. It happens. However, when this happens, what is your response? Might I suggest the following thought? Faith is not based on how we begin the journey. Instead, i...

Send us a Text Message.Welcome to Real Israel Talk Radio - Episode 90 Program Part 26 - Stuck in the Mud Endurance. Today, we will continue with the teaching of Paul that Biblical Love is about "all endurance." The English term "endurance" can be deceiving because some things and events in life are not necessarily worth suffering for, as if we were running an endurance race. In 1 Corinthians 13:7, the concept of endurance is more about getting stuck in the mud and not moving out of a sit...

Send us a Text Message.Welcome to Real Israel Talk Radio - Episode 89 Program Part 25 - Defining Biblical Love. Today, we will continue with the teaching of Paul that Biblical Love is about "all hope." Indeed, with Paul's brief statement that Yehovah's Love is the idea of "all hope," his readers were learning to understand that Yehovah is Love through his promise of a final resurrection day, in Hebrew: techiyat hamatim. In today's program, I will briefly bring up the matter of what is ca...

Send us a Text Message.Today with Real Israel Talk Radio - Episode 88 Program Part 24 - Defining Biblical Love from 1 Corinthians 13, we'll address the statement that Paul makes saying that Biblical Love is all about "hope." Here, I am going to talk about what biblical hope means. In our everyday world, we find ourselves often hoping for a better life, for a better job, for good weather, for a loved one's well-being; for lots of things in our everyday material world. In the spiritu...

Send us a Text Message.With today's podcast of Real Israel Talk Radio - Episode 87 Program Part 23 - Defining Biblical Love from 1 Corinthians 13, let us continue with the series of statements that Paul makes saying that Biblical Love is "all believable." Here, I want to address an age-old theological question, "Can we lose our salvation?" As I read scripture, the sad truth of the matter is Yes, I believe we can. When Paul makes his very brief statement that Yehovah's Love is "all ...

Send us a Text Message.On this Episode 86 of Real Israel Talk Radio and Defining Biblical Love Part 22, let us continue with the series of statements that Paul makes in 1 Corinthians 13 verse 7 saying that Biblical Love "believes all things." Today, we'll take a closer look into the Hebrew letters giving us the word "et." These two letters in Hebrew will show us THE TRUTH of John 5:37-38 as this is linked to Hebrews 4:1-3, Exodus 15:11, Isaiah 9:6, and Hosea 5:11. On this po...

Send us a Text Message.On this Episode 85 of Real Israel Talk Radio Defining Biblical Love Part 21, let's continue with the series of statements that Paul makes in 1 Corinthians 13 verse 7 saying that Biblical Love "believes all things." What is this supposed to mean? That I can believe the Earth is round? That I can believe the Earth is flat? That I can believe a little chicken said that the sky was falling? That can I believe the Moon is made of cheese? So, what does it even mea...

Send us a Text Message.On this Episode 84 of Real Israel Talk Radio Defining Biblical Love Part 20, I will begin with the series of statements that Paul makes in 1 Corinthians 13:7 saying that Biblical Love bears all things. Really? What is this supposed to mean? That I'm just supposed take whatever someone dishes out to me, I suppose especially if the person decides to be mean and nasty? Hmm. Well, let's have a look into this matter and get some direction from scripture. Previousl...

Send us a Text Message.On this Episode 83 of Real Israel Talk Radio Defining Biblical Love Part 19, I will be explaining the second half of a statement that Paul makes in 1 Corinthians 13:6 saying, Love Rejoices in the Truth. Well then, what IS truth? It seems to me that this idea is highly subjective based on what can often be called "cultural relativity."Previously, we learned that YHVH (Yehovah) is NEVER happy if a living soul chooses to remain with the iniquity that was first introduced t...

Send us a Text Message.Our continuation from the previous podcast addressing 1 Corinthians 13:6 and the statement that Love does not rejoice in iniquity. So, what exactly is this supposed to mean? This is Real Israel Talk Radio on Defining Biblical Love Part 18 Episode 82.To answer the statement, "Love does not rejoice in iniquity," our first objective is to Hebraically define iniquity (for greater detail, listen to Defining Iniquity in the Bible from Real Israel Talk Radio on March 28,...

Send us a Text Message.A continuation from our previous podcast on 1 Corinthians 13:6 and Paul's statement that divine biblical love does not rejoice in iniquity. When we are born into this world, all of us come pre-wired with the spiritual DNA from the same father – Nachash (Genesis 3:1) also called the Serpent and the Devil. Indeed, he IS OUR SPIRITUAL FATHER whether we know it, like it or not. Hence, when we are born into this "Before Life" - as opposed to our wait for an "After Life," we ...

Send us a Text Message.This podcast continues our previous lesson from 1 Corinthians 13:6 and Paul's statement that divine biblical love does not rejoice in iniquity. What exactly does this mean? Well, I can tell you one thing that it means: Oy! Mama Mia! It is so expensive. It is going to cost us a lot and it will definitely bring out the worst in our fallen human nature, that's for certain!On our podcast today, we will begin with Jeremiah 42:5 which will then give us a text to compare it wi...

Send us a Text Message.This podcast continues with our previous lessons from 1 Corinthians 13:5 and Paul's statements that divine biblical love does not seek its own, does not provoke, and does not keep a running account of wrongs done. What exactly does all of this mean? Today, we'll address the laws and rules of religion, Jewish and non-Jewish faiths and oftentimes how we cope with those who challenge our viewpoints. And why would this happen? I think because some of our challenging vi...

Send us a Text Message.This podcast continues the lesson that I spoke about on the previous program. English translations of Leviticus 19:18 tell us this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself, I am YHVH." However, I don't think this is an accurate expression taken from the Hebrew text. In my opinion, a better rendering should be this way: Leviticus 19:18 - I AM (the source of) YOUR LOVE, TO (or towards)YOUR NEIGHBOUR, AS (like) HE (Messiah) IS (also) UNTO YOU.This is the lesson tha...

Send us a Text Message.HOW SHOULD WE UNDERSTAND THESE TWO BIBLICAL LAWS? -------------------------Leviticus 19:18 - "...you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the YHVH."Matthew 22:35-40 - "Then one of them, a lawyer (scribe), asked him a question, testing him, and saying, “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”Yeshua said to him, “ ‘You shall love YHVH your Elohim (God) with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great co...

Send us a Text Message.On this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio – Episode 76, Program Part 12 dealing with 1 Corinthians 13:5, we will examine some practicalities on how NOT TO "love someone to death" from within a context of how not to be a "poddy-mouth" and "empty head," comparing wisdom and love from above and below.Oftentimes, many of us will fall victim to one or more well-meaning Christians who feel it is their absolute duty to make the rounds and inspect everyone's Fruit of the Spirit...

Send us a Text Message.On this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio – Episode 75, Program Part 11 we will examine 1 Corinthians 13:5 and "Love" from within a context of those who spend their time perfecting The Art of Poddy-Mouth. We will come to understand how divine love relates to each of us through his words and actions, comparing them to Genesis 2:25 and Genesis 3:1.Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 13:5 that divine giving love does NOT speak or behave in a manner that is considered “ervah.” This...

Send us a Text Message.On this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio – Season 2, Episode 74, Program Part 10 we will continue with our detailed look into 1 Corinthians chapter 13 - "The Love Chapter" of the New Covenant. In this study on biblical love, we will recap the episodes leading up where we are now and prepare for a closer look into Genesis 2:25 and Genesis 3:1.Today, we will learn from 1 Corinthians 13:5 how both of these passages of Hebrew scripture -- Genesis 2:25 and Genesis 3:1 point...

Send us a Text Message.On this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio – Season 2, Episode 73, Program Part 9 we will continue with our detailed look into 1 Corinthians chapter 13 - "The Love Chapter" of the New Covenant. In this study on biblical love, we will examine what is called "puffy love" as Paul used the term in Hebrew and Greek. Today, we will learn from 1 Corinthians 13:4 that biblical love on Earth is supposed to be modeled on a biblical love that is first generated from YHVH in He...

Send us a Text Message. On this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio – Season 2, Episode 72, Program Part 8 we will continue with our detailed look into 1 Corinthians chapter 13 - "The Love Chapter" of the New Covenant. In this study on biblical love, we will examine two New Covenant narratives - 1) Matthew 5:27-30 and 2) Matthew 12:9-13.Matthew 5:27-30 is one of Yeshua's teachings saying, “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you th...

Send us a Text Message.On this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio – Season 2, Episode 71, Program Part 7 we will again address the biblical definition of love with an emphasis on "Ahava," the Hebrew word for "Love."We are going to take a 50-minute detour from 1 Corinthians 13:4 of the New Covenant to have a close look into a few biblical passages that are based on the Hebrew word "Ahavah" and its three-letter root "Ahav," which is derived from "Yahav" - Yud Heh Vet. This term in Hebrew refers ...

Send us a Text Message.On this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio – Season 2, Episode 70, Program Part 6 – the biblical definition of love – we are going to continue with 1 Corinthians 13:4 of the New Covenant - "...Love suffers long, is kind; love does not envy..." Love is not something that can be acquired, earned, merited, or deserved, for if it could then it would no longer be something that is freely given; rather, it would be like a wage that is earned. Far too often, we read Paul's stat...

Send us a Text Message.On this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio – Season 2, Episode 69, Program Part 5 – the biblical definition of love – we are going to continue with a look into 1 Corinthians chapter 13 of the New Covenant, a teaching that is often referred to as "The Love Chapter."According to 1 Corinthians chapter 13 and Paul’s teaching chapter on love, it is not something that can be earned, merited, or deserved and it is certainly not only for Jews or another specific national people ...

Send us a Text Message.On this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio – Season 2, Episode 68, Program Part 4 – the biblical definition of love – we are going to continue with a look into how love is defined in the Bible. In this, it will help us to better understand the Almighty Eternal One and his love for us.So, what exactly is love? Generally speaking, love is defined from the emotions and feelings that we have, one for another. Generally, we understand the human attribute of love from within t...

Send us a Text Message.On this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio - Season 2, Episode 67, Program 3, we are going to continue with a close look into the Bible's lessons on biblical love to help us to better understand how the Almighty Eternal One defines our human attribute of LOVE.So, what exactly is love? Generally speaking, if you ask folks to define it, you will likely get a barrage of varying opinions and definitions. I think, however, what's more important is not so much about how humans...

Send us a Text Message.On this program of Real Israel Talk Radio - Season 2, Episode 66, we are going to continue with our study of the Bible's lessons about biblical love to help us understand how the Almighty Eternal One defines LOVE.“What is Love? Generally speaking, love is often defined from a range of answers like: “Love” is a mix of emotions, behaviors, and beliefs linked to very strong feelings of affection, protectiveness, warmth, and respect for others.To help us understand the deep...

Send us a Text Message.On this program of Real Israel Talk Radio - Season 2, Episode 65, we are going to be looking at a few passages of the Bible to help us understand how the Almighty Eternal One defines LOVE.Consult any type of dictionary, printed or online, and type-in the question, “What is Love? What kind of answer might you expect to receive? If you have never done this, just try it sometime and you will quickly learn how the world around us defines this thing called “Love.” Generally ...

Send us a Text Message.On this final end-of-series program episode about Yeshua and Salvation, I am going to bring to a conclusion all of the ideas about what is biblical salvation as I expressed the lessons from the ten previous programs. In 1 Peter 1:17-19, we learn this: "...knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things -- silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers."The concept behind a conduct or work of aimlessness appears to be derived...

Send us a Text Message.On this hour of Real Israel Talk Radio- Episode 63, I am dedicating the first half of the program to a broad overview of the Yeshua and Salvation teaching series concepts in the event that this might help some listeners consolidate the points that I've been making over the past 9 programs. Then, with the second half of the show, I will take us into an in-depth story of Yeshua's Third Day resurrection and show that this doctrine is not sci-fi nor is it a mere children's ...

Send us a Text Message.On this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio, we will continue with an in-depth look into what happened with Yeshua on that Roman crucifixion/execution tree. Moments before he passed away, Yeshua's spoke these final last words: “It is finished.” He then bowed his head and gave up his spirit. What exactly happened afterwards?After Yeshua died on that execution stake/tree, he then descended into a lower-world judgment hall, which is referred to in Hebrew as “Sheol” (se...

Send us a Text Message.John 19:30 records the final words of Yeshua just before he died on that Roman crucifixion tree. In his final words, he said, “It is finished.” He then bowed his head and gave up his spirit. What exactly is going on here? It appears to me that Paul had the answer in Colossians 2:13-14 saying, “He has made alive together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements (the certificate of indebtedness decree) that was against...

Send us a Text Message.Once again, join us as we will continue with our multipart podcast series on Yeshua and Salvation. Psalm 23:4 tells us: Yes, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.What exactly is this idea of "the shadow of death"? To better understand the expression as it appears within the context of Psalm 23, I suggest that we examine it through the lens of the Hebrew language from G...

Send us a Text Message.Concerning Biblical Salvation, what is the purpose of the Law of Moses, the Torah? Paul wrote in Colossians 2:13-14 - "And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross (tree)." What was he referring to? Col...

Send us a Text Message.Biblical salvation is more than just a theological construct. It is a Truthful and Real condition that every human being on planet earth needs! Two of the more well-known and better expressions of this much-needed gift from the Hand of the Almighty Eternal One is, firstly, that of John 3:16 - "For God so loved the world that He gave His Unique Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life." A second statement to explain this is from Sha'ul (P...

Send us a Text Message.Admittedly, I don't like sharks! Swimming off the coasts of Australia, there are plenty of sharks and oftentimes, we'll get news of another swimmer or surfer getting attacked by a Great White. What is it about some sharks that they just happen to get attracted to humans? Perhaps it is our smell? After all, sharks are famous for their acute and superior sense of smell. Indeed, their ability to smell the smallest traces of blood dispersed within gallons and gallons of sea...

Send us a Text Message.D.I.Y. Salvation = "Do-it-Yourself-Salvation." For millions and, yes, even billions of people on planet earth, it's quite an attractive option because with this salvation program, "you can have your cake and eat it too," as the old 1700's American colonial saying goes. In other words, it is a commonly accepted idea that if there is an all-powerful deity that requires a soul to be blameless and perfect in order to "go to heaven" when we die then surely, we can appease th...

Send us a Text Message.It is a valid question: What is biblical salvation, at least, according to how the early first-century believers in Yeshua might have likely understood it? In Genesis 1:11-12, we read this: "Then God said, 'Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth'; and it was so." Here, the teaching principle is, like kind produces like kind. This teaching from the...

Send us a Text Message.What is biblical salvation?Well, I suppose the answer depends on who you might ask. More often than not, the doctrine of salvation concerns a concept of eternal and spiritual deliverance from what is referred to in English as "sin." However, there is a lot more going on and I think we would do well to expand on the details more carefully, particularly as salvation and sin was defined in the Messianic Jewish mind of the Second Temple period of historical Israel. Wh...

Send us a Text Message.On this podcast of Real Israel Talk Radio, I am having a candid conversation with my wife Suzanne about death and bereavement. It is something that she knows about all too well. Suzanne speaks about the big plans that she and her late-husband made when they prayerfully decided, with the Spirit of the Almighty One leading them, to immigrate away from South Africa and to make a new life with a hopeful future for their family in Western Australia. Nine months after a...

Send us a Text Message.Every year at the end of December and moving into January, it's always the same old story: Christmas and New Years! So, many among family and friends come together to celebrate and party hearty with good food, plenty of revelry, and generally just trying to tuck all of our negative human traits away so that we can all just try to have a great time. After all, it's the spirit and season of "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year?" Right? C'mon, be joyful and let's celebrat...

Send us a Text Message.Every year near the end of December, it's always the same old story: A Christmas celebration! So, many among family and friends come together to celebrate with good food, plenty of gift-giving, and generally try to put all their differences aside whilst everyone seeks to have a jolly good time. After all, it's the spirit and season of Christmas! C'mon, be joyful! Right? Well, it depends if one believes in the December 25th Christmas story.But if you find yourself not at...