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CWN.org - In Israel, a resurgence in the number of Jews who believe in Jesus is getting a lot of attention. Many leaders say it's the strongest growth since the time of Jesus and that the Messianic movement could be on the brink of a great revival. "This is the first time where we've seen Israeli society in general being so open to consider who Yeshua is," said Messianic leader Asher Intrater. "This is a real miracle, and there's beginning to be grace and favor with us in the land."

Shortly before he died, one of Israel's most prominent rabbis wrote the name of the Messiah on a small note which he requested would remain sealed until now. When the note was opened, it revealed what many have known for centuries: Yehoshua, or Yeshua (Jesus), is the Messiah. A few months before he died, one of the nation’s most prominent rabbis, Yitzhak Kaduri, supposedly wrote the name of the Messiah on a small note which he requested would remain sealed until now. When the note was unsealed, it revealed what many have known for centuries: Yehoshua, or Yeshua (Jesus),...

The Name of Jesus: Its Power in Our Lives Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Our reflections are on the name of Jesus, its power in our lives. Whoever enters on the path of sanctity must keep his focus clear. What are we doing? Whom are we following? How are we to act? Why are we acting as we are? All of these questions can be answered in one word: Jesus. What are we doing? Better, what should we be doing? What Jesus told us to. Whom are we following? Jesus. How are we to live? As Jesus did. And why?...

In my first article on the Fall High Holy Days, we saw that the Feast of Trumpets is intimately linked by both Yeshua and Sha’ul with Yeshua’s Second Coming on the clouds of heaven, and saw that this corresponded with the expectations of the rabbis. Now we come to the second of the Fall Feastdays, and the holiest day of the Jewish—which is to say, Biblical—calendar: Yom Kippur takes place on the tenth of Tishri, nine days after Rosh Hashanah. On that day, the high priest would put on a special coat of white linen and carry out a very...

As many of you already know, we are entering into the fall High Holy Days, comprised of the Feasts of Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles. Just as the spring Feastdays celebrate the First Coming of Messiah Yeshua, and Shavuot (Pentecost) celebrates the giving of the Ruach HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit) to the Ekklesia in between the visitations of Yeshua, the Fall Feastdays look forward to His Second Coming—and in particular, the Feast of Trumpets looks forward to His Glorious Appearance in the clouds of heaven!The day which this year falls on September 23 (beginning at sundown the previous night) is known...

The Harrison County School board has a problem, a whole lot of questions and very, very few answers. Two civil liberties groups sued the board last month over its decision not to remove a picture of Jesus from Bridgeport High School. "And I do not want to spend taxpayers' dollars, says school board member Sally Cann. "But even if we have a free organization, does that make them the best organization to represent us? I don't think so, necessarily. I mean, I don't know how to go about it." This comes after six groups have offered free legal counsel to...

Synagogues combine faith traditionsMELBOURNE - There is no cross at Kol Mashiach Synagogue. "People think they'll come in here, and suddenly we'll produce one from the back room," said Messianic Rabbi Alan Levine, the spiritual leader of the Melbourne congregation. "We won't. We don't have one." A cross, of course, is an enduring symbol of Christianity and belief in the life and death of Jesus. You'll see one at virtually every Christian church around the world, but not at Kol Mashiach, which meets in a secular-looking building on Lake Washington Road. "We're a synagogue, not a church," Levine said. "Don't...

When the Stars Fall: A Messianic Commentary on the Revelation by Michael D. Bugg About the Time of the End, a body of men will be raised up who will turn their attention to the Prophecies, and insist upon their literal interpretation, in the midst of much clamor and opposition. --Sir Isaac Newton Introduction Over eighty years ago, H.A. Ironside wrote, “It is certainly cause for deep regret that to so many Christians the Book of Revelation seems to be what God never intended it should be—a sealed book.”[1] Sadly, eight decades later, the situation is little changed. Why is...

Questions for a Rabbi or Talmudic scholar In recent days there have been posts on the subject of how Judaism views Christianity.  My Christian teachers have taught me a number of interpretations that I accept because I trust my teachers.  However, that doesn't mean that they are right.  In fact one of the principle reasons I trust these particular teachers is that they stress over and over again that we are not to take them at their word, but we are strenuously instructed to research, study, and think for ourselves and pray about our questions in order that we might...

Interviewing the Lord God Creator of all things. Tuesday August 19th, 2003 Me: Lord, In the first eleven verses of the Gospel of the Apostle John, John, referring to You as Word, says that You and the Father are one, In the beginning was the Word (Jesus), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same (Jesus) was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him (Jesus); and without Him was not any thing made that was made. In Him was life; and the life was the Light of men. And the Light...

Consider Abraham: "He believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."1 Avraham Avinu ("Our Father, Abraham") is terminology found frequently in Jewish and Rabbinic literature.2 It does not appear as such in the Tanakh (Old Testament). But the New Testament attests to it multiple times, in the Gospels, Acts, and Epistles.3 This should not surprise us since the theological reflections, traditions and terminology of the sages and rabbis informed the Jewish views of Jesus and his first disciples.4 Abraham was considered the first proselyte to Judaism, and subsequently became the patriarch of the Jewish nation. He is esteemed...

"Not Subject to the Law of God?" Part 4. Christianity's Difficulty with "the Law" As mentioned, the Hebrew view of faith is not just "believing" in God, as some teach. Even demons believe in him (James 2:19) and know who Yeshua is (Matthew 8:29). Having repented (teshuvah) in faith, we are now to look at the Torah as our "how-to guide" regarding God's will for our lives. The entire Torah is the "Law of Liberty" we are to live by. (James 1:25; 2:12) We cannot pick and choose which Torah commandments we want to follow either (James 2:10-11). Any religion...

[Q NOTE: THIS SECTION ON CALCULATED ODDS is one of the most exciting, to me. I believe the facts presented in this section are very incredible, very AWESOME.] The Scrabble Factor The seven Hanukah ELSs appear within a 1,123 letter long section of text, which is somewhat smaller than the 1,584 letter long section that is crossed by all of the Isaiah 53 ELSs that are at least as significant as the Hanukah finds. So the two source texts are fairly comparable in size. In reality most of the Isaiah 53 cluster is concentrated in the last half of the...

The Feast of Tabernacles. “Booths” The birth of Yeshua? Sept 21, Tishrei 15th 5763 Leviticus 23: 33-44 tells us the story of the Israelites and their journey out of Egypt and the following 40 years of wondering. We can find the name Sukkoth in Gen. 33:17 “And Jacob journeyed to Succoth; and built for himself a house, and made booths for the livestock, therefore the place is named Sukkoth.” The Hebrew word Sukkoth means “hut” The Biblical name for Sukkoth is “The Feast of Tabernacles". There are three times the Lord commanded the Jews to assemble in the Temple in...