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PARASHAH: “VaYelech” (and he went) DEUT 31:1-30 “I am 120 years old today,” starts Moshe, “I can no more go out and come in…” Interestingly, he mentions his age, 120 years old. Guess the day he spoke to his people was his last birthday. He would complete 120 years on earth and...

“Indeed,” responded the owl, “Thou didst lay the foundation and caused the bricks to be made, and thus laid with mortar, but who givest thee intelligence to thus build upon this city?” Was it not the LORD God, king of the Universe? The great I AM, the most powerful Elohim, El Elyon? And who...

THE WILDMAN (by J. Ben Avraham) He was not always a Wildman. There was a time when he was of sound mind, a ruler of a great city, but arrogance and pride were the cause of his present demise. So, the wild man ran up and down, throughout the great forest that was near his city. He lived...

That's right, many are still spiritually blinded, yet they ARE coming back to the land. That much is true, yet there is still a remnant that is coming to believe in Messiah Yeshua. Hopefully, the population of believers will grow. Prophecy sees in the future that ALL in Israel will accept the...

PARASHAH: “Nitsavim” (you are standing) DEUT 29:10-30:20…ISAIAH 61:10-63:9… JOHN 16:1-17:26 We are coming up to the end of Moshe’s earthly ministry. He has walked with God’s people for 40 years and has gone through a lot with them. He received the...

GOD’S APPOINTED DAYS, (Yom Teruah, or Rosh HaShannah) ROSH HaSHANNAH or YOM TERUAH This is the first of the Fall Feasts or Festivals. Leviticus 23:24 reads: "In the Seventh month, on the first of the month, you will have a Shabbat rest, a remembrance of Shofar blowing, a Holy gathering." Many...

Hello Seeker, On my paternal grandmother's side of the family, our ancestors came to America in 1619, to Watertown, Colony of Massachusetts. John and Elizabeth Ellis had a son named Richard, who joined the Massachusetts Militia and was a wheelwright and a surveyor. He was in his 70s when the...

Before you begin reading, it is necessary to mention that I derived the idea for this short story from another short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown," which was a reading assignment when I was enrolled at Liberty University. I also drew inspiration from the movie "The...

TESTIMONIUM VERITATIS (True Testimony) By J. Ben Avraham I pace back and forth here on the patio. The fortress of Antonia is full of life and busy during the day, but at night, so quiet, ever so quiet. As I look out over the city of Jerusalem, there are faint lights here and there. Torches...

SHOUT for joy to the Lord, all the earth. 2 WORSHIP the Lord with gladness; COME before him with joyful songs. 3 KNOW that the Lord is God. It is he who MADE us, and we are his[a]; We are his people, the sheep of his pasture. 4 ENTER his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; GIVE...

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“They are but shadows, oh man,” interrupted the angel. “Shadows?” questioned the young man. “Yes,” replied the angel, “shadows of things to come, mere shadows of He who has come to fulfill all the prophecies of the Torah and the Prophets. It is He who walks among you this very day.” The young...

A STRANGE JOURNEY (By J. Ben Avraham) The young man found himself in some sort of tunnel. It was a swirling tunnel that seemed to be made up of radiant light. This radiant tunnel of light seemed to revolve around and around, pointing to some kind of distant vortex which seemed to grow nearer...

ISAIAH 60:1-22 Israel can rejoice, for the "LIGHT of ISRAEL" will attract all the nations. Isaiah gets a glimpse of the future of Israel, perhaps the millennium Israel, when YESHUA is on the throne, what a time that will be. Jerusalem will be the capital of the world, and best of all...

Yes indeed, my view as well. One could tell pagan altars from Israel's altars, because the pagans used cut stones in most cases

I bent down to help him pick up the crossbeam. Then he looked at me with a look I’ll never forget. Under his swollen eyelids came a look of peacefulness and love, together with the physical weariness and pain. I spoke only these words to him; “Yeshua, I have been ordered to assist you, and I...

ONE PASSOVER IN JERUSALEM (by J. Ben Avraham) I will tell about these events, how they happened as I best recall, so many years ago, although they seemed like they happened just yesterday. I am a merchant, as my father was before me, as my father’s father was. Buying and selling have been our...

PARASHAH: “KI TAVO” (When you enter in) DEUT 26:1-29:9 We are coming to the end of Moses' earthly ministry, and he reiterates again the importance of following and obeying the Torah of Elohim(The Words and Commandments of God). “ Moshe starts off with, “when you enter the land...

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Naomi thought about these words. She was right. He was indeed talking about spiritual things. How her soul longed for such water. She had felt bitter for so long, being ill-treated by certain men and women in Sychar. Men just used her, and the women despised her for being a “loose woman”. She...