Commentaries & Kingdom News

July 2017

7/26/2017 2:44:53 PM

Devarim

Ardelle Brody

Shalom!   Devarim, the book of "words" begins with a punch as Moshe speaks to the Israelites of some very significant locations where their mistakes contributed to lengthening their journey from 11 days to 40 years:   Devarim/Deuteronomy 1:1 These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on this side of the Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain opposite Suf, between Paran, Tophel, Laban, Chatzerot, and Di Zahav. 2 It is eleven days' journey from Horeb...

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7/19/2017 4:32:02 PM

Mattot/Masei

Ardelle Brody

Shalom!   We'll begin this week's letter with some insightful quotes from Joe Snipes, Torah teacher from Gates to Zion Ministries (http://gatestozion.net/), on vows and oaths:   Many times when we run into 'seeming' contradictions in Scripture between the TaNaKh (Hebrew Scriptures), and those of the Messianic Writings (Mattityahu/Matthew to Hitgalut/Revelation), we may have to go 'searching a little deeper and further'....Torah is the ROOT from...

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7/12/2017 2:05:22 PM

Pinchas

Ardelle Brody

Shalom!   Yeshua commented...   Luke 24:44 Then He said to them, "These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Torah of Moshe and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me."   John 5:46 "For if you believed Moshe, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me.   It's fairly obvious how some Torah stories point to Messiah, yet other details...

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7/5/2017 11:00:21 AM

Balak

Ardelle Brody

Shalom!   Our entire Torah portion this week focuses on Balak's zeal to curse and destroy the people of Israel. Of the 54 sections of the Torah, six of them are named after people. Only two of them are named after Gentiles - Yitro and Balak. Yitro is Moshe's father-in-law who only sought to bless the Israelites (see Shemot 18). Balak, however, only sought to do harm and destroy the chosen people. To accomplish his goal, he plans to enlist the help of a certain well known...

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