In this episode of IBR, we take a break from our Gospel series and talk about God and our current American political climate.

We often think of Luke as the Gentile Gospel author. A physician, and a man of accuracy, we look to Luke’s Gospel account for the most chronological and detailed account of Yeshua’s life and ministry. But is that what Luke’s intention was? This week’s episode may give you some more to think about concerning Luke’s Gospel account.

In this week’s episode we begin a 4 week look at each Gospel account. These will all be general overviews as we prepare ourselves for the life and teachings of Messiah. This week, we look at the book of Matthew.

When we read our Gospel accounts, much ado is made about the Sadducees and Pharisees, as if they are one in the same. As we looked at the Sadducees a couple of weeks ago, we saw that they were a particular group with a particular worldview. Are these Pharisees indeed the same? Is it fair to link these two groups together? Today we dive in to the wonderful world of the Pharisees of the first century.

Have you ever asked yourself these questions: Why did Yeshua have to die? Does God accept human sacrifice? What exactly is sin? How does Yeshua's death and resurrection deal with sin if we still struggle with sin today? Skipping ahead a few chapters in the Gospel of Matthew, Joe & Kyle begin to take a look a the events leading to Yeshua's crucifixion and resurrection and have a conversation about these and other fundamental questions.

 

Joe also discusses this week's parsha, Vayikra, and answers the question, "What type of sacrifice was Yeshua?"

In this Sabbath's message, Pastor Joe addresses the political challenges of our day and discusses how citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven should react.

In this episode, we continue our talk through the five main Jewish reactions to Hellenism during the Silent Years. Carrying on from last week's discussion on the Saducees, this week we are covering the Herodians & Essenes.

In this episode of IBR, we continue our walk through the “silent years” by beginning to discuss the five major Jewish responses to Hellensim. The first response we will discuss is the Sadducees. This history is absolutely crucial to understanding Yeshua’s criticism of this group in our Gospel accounts.

Many of us have heard the term “Hellenism” or “Hellenistic”, but how many of us know how Hellenism came about and how this worldview changed the world? In this episode, we introduce the beginnings of Hellenism and build a foundation for future episodes in how Hellenism affected the world of Judaism.

During the next several episodes we are going to be preparing to approach the Gospel accounts. Before we get there, though, we want to have an understanding of the Israel our Messiah is born in to. For that, we have to spend some time in the so-called "Silent Years". This episode is a refresher of the Biblical story so far, preparing us for our next several episodes.

Over the last several weeks we have examined the five Jewish reactions to the changing world of Hellenism prior to the first century. We have looked at the positives and negatives of each group and asked how their world views would affect the first century & the life and ministry of Yeshua.

 

This week, we turn the focus to us. We will not only ask the question of which group we align most with, but how do we possibly show characteristics of each group, both positive & negative. After all, they are us.

 

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In this week's episode, we reach back to wrap up last week's episode and continue the conversation around why Moshe was denied entrance into the Promised Land. In the second segment we move from Moshe to King David. We explore some powerful Eden language and see how King David is a new Adam, bringing a new Eden.

 

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