Remember Jerusalem

By looking at the grand narrative of the Biblical story, we are able to better understanding things from GOD's Kingdom perspective. Ultimately we will receive either salvation (righteous) or wrath (unrighteous). A consistent theme throughout the Biblical story – that gives us confidence in our interpretation – is that GOD brings salvation through judgment. We want to have a holy fear in the true Judge that produces hope in the...

Tom shows the significance of the Feast of Trumpets as a day of prophesying in the Return of King Yeshua. Every shofar and trumpet blast of Israel is connected to the return of King Yeshua. This appointed time is a call to corporately prophesy what is known in Hebrew as the "Baruch Haba" – blessed is He Who comes in the Name of the LORD (Matthew 23:39). Rooted in Psalm 118, all four Gospels include this necessary cry of I...

To Know the LORD is Know His Power. Pharoah and the Jewish people in exile in Egypt were getting to know the LORD through His power. GOD wants the Jewish people and the world to know Him and His power helps us to know that He is a covenant-faithful GOD, the power is unto relationship with Him. To know the LORD is also to display His power unto relationship. Our personal salvation should lead to a demonstration of power––so the worl...

What is the inheritance of redeemed humanity? Yeshua says that the meek will inherit the earth! Revelation 21:5 says that GOD is making "all things new" NOT "all new things." There is similar destiny and continuity between the Earth's NOW and NOT YET and redeemed humanity's NOW and NOT YET. We are both longing for our resurrected bodies (Romans 8:19-23)! Our inheritance and covenantal expectation is to...

What did Yeshua do after He died on the cross? Is Hell the same thing as Sheol/Hades? What is the significance of the Valley of Hinnom and Gehenna? Peter's (and the boys) great  teaching on Shavuot/Pentecost (Acts 2) showed how Yeshua's body would not be abandoned or decay in Sheol/Hades (Psalm 16).  Through His death and resurrection, Yeshua defeated the principalities and powers and set the captives free. He now holds t...

To hasten the return of the LORD we need to be aligned with Jerusalem. Jerusalem is the beginning, central, and final setting to the Gospel story. Almost every major event in the Bible takes place in Jerusalem, around Jerusalem, or is ultimately referencing Jerusalem.  Psalm 137:5 – "If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither. May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I cease to remember you, if I do not set J...

Are we zealous for good deeds (Titus 2:14)? The Greek word euangelion is what we translate as the Good News. In ancient Greece, it represented the reward given to the messenger who brought a good report from the battlefield. Together with Messiah, we not only receive the reward  of eternal life but we are also rewarded for the good deeds He created us to walk in (Ephesians 2:10; Revelation 20:11-12)! Let's pursue eternal rewar...

The heart of the Gospel is ADOPTION, GOD's quest for a unified Kingdom-Family. Adoption rightly leads to an identity wrestle. When people from the Nations become children of GOD they do NOT become spiritual Israel but do become spiritual children of Abraham (Romans 4) and are grafted in to the “rich root of the olive tree” (Romans 11:16-17). The unifying identity of all the children of GOD, Jew & Gentile, is that we are a ...