Judeo-Christian Clarion — Teaching Moments

Numbers 21:16-17,  “From there they continued on to Be’er, the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people together and I will give them water.” Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well! Sing to it!” Be’er in Hebrew means well. When Israel was in need of water God always provided.  The […]

Today people are running here and there. It seems like time is also running, running away with our lives. We live in an instant world, click this and you are there. Knowledge is at our fingertips. We do not even need to leave our couch, and we can do almost anything. Pick up the phone […]

We celebrate our freedom, and we should because freedom is a gift from God. But there is a responsibility that goes with freedom and it is not something to take lightly or for granted. Freedom is not free, someone has to pay for that freedom. Here in America, many thousands of lives were given for […]

 Gen 1:26-27 tells us “Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.  So God created […]

Isaiah 49:13 tells us, “Shout for joy, you heavens! And rejoice, you earth! Break forth into joyful shouting, mountains! For the Lord has comforted His people and will have compassion on His afflicted.” So often we read Scripture, but we just don’t feel it. In our minds we say that God’s Word is truth, but […]

The question is, does God pursue us?  Most people will say, “No”, but does Scripture bear that out? We see in Genesis 3:8-9 this,  “Now they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of […]

We want to take a closer look at Psalm 118, because it speaks of the mercy of God. When people go through their trials, they tend to think that God does not care about them, or that He is mean and cruel. But the psalmist speaks differently. We know by Scripture that David had many […]

1 Corinthians 2:15-16 tells us, “But the one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is judged by no one.  For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct Him? But we have the mind of  Messiah.” The writer first asks the question, “Who has known the mind of […]

Psalm 84:12 says, “Lord Almighty,    blessed, is the one who trusts in You.” Did you ever have a friend that you could not trust? I would say that if you did, that he wasn’t really a friend. A friend is a friend because you can trust him.  Yeshua says this in John 15:15,  “No […]

The heart is the center of us all. Scripture tells us this about the heart.  Proverbs 4:23, “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” Proverbs 27:19, “As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.” And Jeremiah says this in  Jeremiah 17:9, “The heart is deceitful above […]

During special occasions and during the different holiday seasons many people get invited to attend  parties and dinners at peoples’ homes.  Years ago it was the custom to lift up your glass and toast the person or persons who invited you  to the occasion.  Today, maybe the best man may still toast the bride and […]

Today we have many people who are role models for our children. We also as adults have people who set an example for us. But is it only for worldly purposes? This is what God’s Word has to say about His people setting an example for other believers. Hebrews 13:7 says, “Remember your leaders, those […]

Hebrews 5:7-8 tells us this about Yeshua, “ In the days of His humanity, He offered up both prayers and pleas with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His devout behavior.  Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things […]

The Bible speaks about the second coming of the Messiah in Revelation 19:11-16 .  It says this,  “And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war.  His eyes are a flame of fire, and on […]

Romans 10: 6-10 tells us, “But the righteousness based on faith speaks as follows: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will go up into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Messiah down),  or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Messiah up from the dead).”  But what does it say? “The Word […]

We want to look at Timothy. Timothy had a Jewish mother and a Greek father. In families today, so many children have parents of different backgrounds.  The Apostle Paul loved Timothy whom he called his son. This is what discipleship is all about. So often today our children are not disciplined, there are, so many […]

We are first introduced to Melchizedek in Genesis 14:18. Abraham’s nephew Lot was taken captive during a war amongst several kings. When receiving the news, Abraham and his men went to rescue Lot. “After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in […]

We want to start by looking at the Scriptures about the Tree of Life Genesis 2 :8-9, 16-17 says this, “The Lord God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed.  Out of the ground the Lord God caused every tree to grow that is […]

Is Thanksgiving more than just saying thank you? We see that the Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving with their Native American friends. They were thankful that they taught them about the land and the seasons in America, and so they showed them their gratitude by their hospitality. But is there more to being truly thankful. […]

The Psalmist writes, “Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth, You who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens!” Do we ever meditate on the name of God? Do we ever think about how much power is in the name of God? God has many names and each of His […]

God created such a beautiful place for us to dwell. He took the matter into His own hands and worked it like a Potter with His clay, molding it, and fashioning it to His liking.  Like a Sculptor, He chiseled out the mountains, and dug out the rich green valleys, and the waters go on […]

Over the Centuries there have been many stories, great stories, stories that they even made into movies. But there is no greater story than God’s story. You can not say this is the best of God or that is the best of God, because God has no bounds. There is one time in the Bible […]

We want to look closer at the meaning of  this Name that is above all names. Philippians 2:5-11 tells us this, “Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,  who, as He already existed in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,  but emptied Himself […]

The blood of Yeshua gives us many things, like power, peace, justification and sanctification, salvation and forgiveness and so much more. We were God’s enemies and without hope as Romans 5:10 tells us, “For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, […]

So what does it mean to live in the Spirit? We find Yeshua speaking to Nicodemus. Nicodemus was a Pharisee. The Pharisees believed in the resurrection whereas the Saduccess did not. Nicodemus was also a member of the Sanhedrin, we could say it was like our Supreme Court or even like our Congress, only dealing […]

Last month we read about how one must die to be born of the Spirit. Now we want to look at how we walk in the Spirit. Well, we know that first, you must be born of the Spirit, and to do that we must die to ourselves and the world. Once we have been […]

This was an old saying once, but the Bible records such a time. The story in John 9:1-12 starts by telling us that there was a man born blind. Yeshua’s disciples saw this man and asked Him, “Who sinned, the man or his parents?” I guess this has always been the question. We want to know […]

As believers what sets us apart from the world?  You may say various things like going to church or doing good or even believing in God. Psalm 4: 3 says, “But know that the LORD has set apart him that is godly for Himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto Him.” So what […]

 After the resurrection of the Messiah, Yeshua tells His disciples this, Matthew 28:18-20,  “And Yeshua came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.  Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, (baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the […]

Can we have the mind of the Messiah, and if so, how? We must first be a disciple of the Messiah. Mathew 28:19 says, “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations.”   To be a true disciple of the Messiah we  must be His pupil. Matthew 10:24-25 tells us that we must learn from […]

Psalm 138:1 begins “I will give You thanks with all my heart; I will sing Your praises before the gods.” Let’s stop right here, for there is so much we can say about this verse.  Let’s start by asking this question, “Do you thank God with all your heart”? In Matthew 22:36-38 one who was […]

Kneeling before a person is a sign of humility and respect. It is also a sign of submission, obedience, and loyalty. People have bowed their knees to all sorts of things, like kings and queens and even idols. It was quite popular to take a knee during the National Anthem as a sign of protest, […]

New beginnings are always good. It gives us a chance to start over, to reset and go forward with fresh new dreams and hopes. We are going to look at end time events and end with the New Jerusalem. We hope you will read from the beginning to the end of this series. Today all […]

Part 2 ended with the return of Yeshua and the Messianic Age. Now we want to look at what follows. The book of Hebrews starts by telling us that God spoke through His prophets but now He speaks through His Son. Hebrews 1:10-12 says this “You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the […]

In part 3 we ended by looking at the Bride of Yeshua. Now let us look at this New Jerusalem where we will live for eternity. We always hear people say that they want to go to heaven and yet we read that the New Jerusalem that comes down from heaven, (Revelation 21:10). We read […]

John 1:1-5 tells us this, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.  All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him not even one thing came into being that has come into being.  In Him was […]

Life is based on time and time is always moving. Second by second, minute by minute, we go from hour to hour to day to day and the years keep coming and going. The planets keep orbiting around the sun to give us our seasons, and our days and nights. Yet, it seems as though […]

So what exactly is wisdom, and do we really need it?  Wisdom is the ability to contemplate and act productively using knowledge, experience, understanding, common sense, and insight.  Proverbs 3:19-20 says this about Creation, “The Lord by wisdom founded the earth;    by understanding He established the heavens; by His knowledge the deeps broke open, […]

We live in a world today that seems to be anything but safe. So many cities have either defunded their police or many police personnel have quit their departments. We may have gun rights in this country, but there is never a right to shoot a person outside of self-defense and even at that today, […]

We know that God is high and lifted up and He dwelt among His people in the wilderness. He is holy and He dwelt in the Ark of the Covenant under the Mercy Seat between the wings of the Cherubim  in the Holy of Holies. Psalm 26:6 says, “Lord, I love the dwelling of Your house, […]

Many people do not believe that there is a spiritual battle going on in the heavenlies. Many people are frightened by the thought. Others do not believe that we must fight this spiritual battle, they think that God only fights this battle. We want to take a closer look into this subject because we know […]

Today we want to take a closer look at James 2:1-13 for it says this,  “My brothers and sisters, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Messiah Yeshua with an attitude of personal favoritism.  For if a man comes into your assembly with a gold ring and is dressed in bright clothes, and […]

Hebrews 12:4-13 says this,  “You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin; and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons, ‘My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor faint when you are punished by Him; for whom the Lord loves […]