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  • Jude – Now I will praise the Lord

    Who is Jude? The first thing I want to know about any letter I receive is who sent it to me. So as a leader or member of one of several churches we would want to be certain of the identity of the author of Jude and the authenticity of Jude’s message. Jude, a bondservant…

    Jude written inside a gold star of David
  • James and Jerusalem’s Controversy – 7

    Jerusalem’s controversy at the time of Jesus and James continues to this day, yet goes back to the centuries before Christ. “ירושלים, ירושלים, ההורגת את הנביאים ורוגמת באבנים את שליחי אלוהים, פעמים רבות חפצתי לקבץ את בניך כתרנגולת המקבצת את אפרוחיה תחת כנפיה, אולם לא הנחתם לי. הבשורה על-פי לוקס 13:34 Habrit Hakhadasha/Haderekh (HHH) I…

    painting of pilgrims walking to old Jerusalem
  • That you may have Certainty – 5 – A King of the Jews

    King of the Jews And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, “You have said so.” – Luke 23:3 They had remembered  hearing the indictment of this gentile governor  while hiding their faces from his Roman judgment seat. Although complicit in Jesus’ prosecution, an illegitimate half-jew Herodian sat powerless while Roman troops…

    that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught.