“Torah is the mysterious bridge which connects the Jew and God, across which they interact and communicate, and by means of which God fulfils His covenant with His people to sustain them and protect them.” So says Rabbi Shraga Simmons in an article on the Aish website about Shavuoth. He also tells us that: At Mount Sinai when the Torah was given, the entire Jewish nation – 3 million...
If you’ve been with us for a while, you may know that I was looking at the Book of Exodus and the lessons which we learned from the event of the Jews coming out of Egypt. And, in Corinthians Paul tells us that these things which happened are examples to us who have come to faith in Jesus the Messiah. As we look at the pattern of events which took place with the Exodus, we can see that there...
ESPAÑOL 简体字中文版 繁體字中文版 Muhammad is the last and greatest prophetThe Qur’an is Allah’s revelation sent down to Muhammad and that this is the final and greatest revelation. It has never been changed from the time that it was given by revelation to Muhammad.Islam is the final religion, based on Muhammad’s life and teaching and sayings (Sunnah). Speakers’ Corner – Hyde Park – The...
First of all, the first verse says ‘the prophecy that Habakkuk, the prophet, received’. We don’t know anything about Habakkuk apart from what’s in this book. The burden which the prophet Habakkuk saw.Habakkuk 1.1 There’s no reference to him outside of this book and he doesn’t make any reference to any kings under whom he was prophesying as other prophets usually do. But we can...
Today we’re going to go back to Exodus. So, if you’ve been with us for a while, you know that I’ve been looking at the lessons we can learn from Israel’s wanderings through the wilderness. And we now come on to the Ten Commandments passage. The centre-point if you like, of the Exodus story. And indeed, of the whole of the Old Testament, the Hebrew scriptures, in which God...
Do you know who the Christ was? A simple Jew like your father. A kind of Hassid.’
André Schwarz-Bart – The last of the Just
He said to them, “Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts? Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself.
Luke 24.38-39