Australia’s first minister, Rev. Richard Johnson, arrived with the first fleet on the 20th of January 1788. Then, on the 3rd of February 1788, Rev. Johnson held the first Christian service in Australia. National Christian Heritage Sunday is celebrated on the first Sunday in February each year.
While we’ve been focusing on learning all we can about Mashiach, the Jewish Messiah, we’ve seen how the rabbinical views about Messiah have changed over the centuries. We know that the predominant understanding of Messiah was that He’d come to suffer and atone for His people, but by the time Jesus arrived, that view had [...]
Last time we looked at probably the main reason most rabbis reject Jesus as Mashiach, because they claim that Mashiach is supposed to usher in world peace when He arrives. Because Jesus came 2,000 years ago and there’s been war after war after war during that time, He couldn’t possibly be Mashiach. As I mentioned [...]
For quite a few weeks now we’ve been focusing especially on the Jewish Messiah; Mashiach, who He would be, when He would come, what He would do, what He would achieve, how He would be treated and what His mission would be focused on. We’ve learned about the other Biblical characters, well at least three [...]
While we’ve been learning about Mashiach – the Jewish Messiah – we’ve learned about many aspects concerning His nature, character, behaviour, attitudes, His beginning, His end and who His life mirrors. In fact His life actually mirrors the lives of Joseph and David. If you study it, you also see that the entire book of [...]
So last time we began to learn about the person of Moses and how he had a remarkable relationship with God, to the point where God spoke with him face to face the way friends speak with each other. All Jews revere Moses, he did after all bring about the absolute deliverance of the Hebrews [...]
We’ve been learning about Mashiach, the Jewish Messiah, identifying the prophecies about Him, learning about His characteristics and works and weeding out any supposed messiahs and discarding them. We want to know who the Mashiach is, and be devoted to Him. Last time we learned about the parallels between Joseph and David and how they [...]
For a last several programs, we’ve focused on the parallel characteristics between Joseph and David, because previously, we learned that most rabbis believe that there are two Messiahs to come, or that one of two of these possible Messiahs will come. Either Mashiach ben Yosef – Messiah son of Joseph, the suffering Messiah. Or, Mashiach [...]
For the last couple of programs, we spent time looking at how the Old Covenant characters of Joseph and David parallel each other. What is it about these two men that make rabbis look at the possibility of two possible Messiahs? A Messiah like Joseph who suffered for his family or a Messiah like David, [...]
We began looking at the parallels between the lives of Joseph, the son of Jacob and David, king of Israel. The Jewish people, as we’ve already discussed, have identified two messiahs in the prophecies of the Bible. Mashiach ben Yosef, a suffering Messiah who is like Joseph, the son of Jacob. Or, the other possibility [...]
We’ve been focusing specifically on the life and person of Mashiach, the prophesied Messiah of the Jewish people for some time. We’ve looked at the prophecies themselves and the mathematical probabilities of one single individual fulfilling them all. We’ve looked at the fact that there have been so many self-proclaimed Messiahs throughout history that it [...]
Mashiach has been our topic for quite some time. The Bible has a lot to say about Him and in fact, He is the central figure of the entire Bible, followed second by the people of Israel, from whom Mashiach comes. He has what is the most important role in human history…to redeem fallen man. [...]
Last time, we began understanding how to the Jewish mind, there is a possibility of two Messiahs, and the reason they hold to this view is because when you look at all the prophecies about the coming Mashiach, you get two very distinct pictures. You see very clearly the picture of a suffering Messiah, who [...]
We’re in a series about Mashiach, the Jewish Messiah spoken of so much in the Bible, Christians believe Messiah to be none other than Yeshua – Jesus Christ. Jews cannot believe Him to be their Mashiach because they say He didn’t achieve what they believe Mashiach is supposed to achieve when He comes. The problem [...]
The Mashiach has been probably the most important personality in Judaism since it’s beginning. The Jewish people have been looking for, waiting for, and longing for Mashiach throughout their entire history, and with good reason. They’ve been a very persecuted people. While Christians believe Jesus is their Mashiach, they do not and its for that [...]
We’ve been in a series that’s been dedicated to learn about the characteristics, nature and identity of Mashiach, who He is, when He would come, why He would come and what He’d achieve. We’ve looked at a lot of information and we learned that there’s a particular chapter in the Bible that made life very [...]
We’re making our way through Isaiah 53 verse by verse to get a comparison of what this prophecy said would happen to Mashiach and what actually happened to Jesus. We’re up to verse 6. Isaiah 53:6, ‘All of us like sheep have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; but the [...]
This short series on the Forbidden Chapter, is based on an article and the research of Dr Eitan Bar, from One For Israel. We’ve been learning about how the rabbis going back many centuries removed the last three verses of Isaiah 52 and all of Isaiah 53 because the description of the Mashiach in them [...]
We’re investigating the details of the Mashiach, the Messiah, so that we can look at all the criteria, then examine those who’ve claimed to be the messiah to see if their claims match up with the prophesied criteria. For the last couple of programs we’ve been talking specifically about Isaiah 52, the last 3 verses [...]
We’re investigating the details of the Mashiach, the Messiah, that the Bible has provided so many details about, and when you consider all that was written about this individual, it makes your mind spin trying to consider that one individual would actually be able to meet all the criteria. We learned last time that the [...]
We’re in the middle of a series about the Mashiach – the Messiah of the world. We’ve been looking at the probability of one person fulfilling all the prophecies about His arrival, life and death. We’ve looked at the meaning of His name and the characteristics of His nature and behaviour as well as the [...]
We’re in a series with a quest, the goal of which is to correctly identify the Mashiach – the Messiah of the world. There have been many, many throughout history claiming that title and mandate and they’re from all different nations, different cultures and religious backgrounds. Some date back to antiquity and some are a [...]
We’re in a series at the moment about Mashiach, the Jewish Messiah. We’ve been investigating for a while now all the various prophesied characteristics and criteria of this individual to see if there’s any one specific person in human history who qualifies. So far, Jesus is the only one who fits the bill. One of [...]
We began learning about the feast of Shavuot, or the feast we call Pentecost. We learned in our last program that Shavuot takes place 50 days, or seven weeks from Passover and it’s a celebration of the giving of the Law. We learned that for this celebration an offering of two loaves of bread were [...]
Deuteronomy 23:15-17, 'You shall also count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day when you brought in the sheaf of the wave offering; there shall be seven complete Sabbaths. You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall present a new grain offering to the [...]