The Unexpected Cosmology

Torah Observance: A Day In The Life -

Is an Angel from Heaven Preaching Torah…? (Revelation 14:6) - As a child, I would obsessively read through Revelation and imagine a time when people could look up to the sky and see actual angels flying through the air, proclaiming the Gospel to a world no longer capable of hearing it from their fellow man. John records such an event as follows: “Then I saw […]

Targum Torah Portion Week 21: Exodus 30:11 – 34:35 - Targum Jonathan on Exodus Week 21 Chapters 30:11 – 34:35     And Yahuah spake unto Mosheh, saying, When thou takest the sum of the sons of Israel according to their number, they shall give every man the ransom of their souls before Yahuah when thou numberest them; that there may not be among them […]

Targum Torah Portion Week 20: Exodus 27:20 – 30:10 - Targum Jonathan on Exodus Week 20 Chapters 27:20 – 30:10     Chapter 27 .   ואתה וְאַנְתְּ תְּפַקֵיד יַת בְּנֵי יִשְרָאֵל וְיִסְבוּן לָךְ מִישְׁחָא דְזֵיתָא דַכְיָא כְּתִישָׁא לְאַנְהוֹרֵי לְאַדְלָקָא בּוֹצִינַיָא תְּדִירָא And thou shalt instruct the sons of Israel to bring the pure olive oil, beaten, for illumination, that the lamps may burn continually. […]

Targum Torah Portion Week 19: Exodus 25:1 – 27:19 - Targum Jonathan on Exodus Week 19 Chapters 25:1 – 27:19     . Chapter 25כ״ה     וידבר וּמַלֵּיל יְיָ עִם משֶׁה לְמֵימָר And the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying,   מַלֵּיל עִם בְּנֵי יִשְרָאֵל וְיִסְבוּן קֳדָמַי אַפְרְשׁוּתָא מִן כָּל דְּיִתְרְעֵי לִבֵּיהּ וְלָא בְּאַלְמוּתָא תִסְבוּן יַת אַפְרָשׁוּתִי Speak unto the children of Israel, that they […]

Targum Torah Portion Week 18: Exodus 21:1 – 24:18 - Targum Jonathan on Exodus Week 18 Chapters 21:1 – 24:18     . Chapter 21כ״א       ואלה וְאִלֵּין הִינוּן סִדְרֵי דִינַיָא דִי תְסַדֵּר קֳדָמֵיהוֹן AND these are the orders of judgments which thou shalt order before them.   אֲרוּם תִּיזְבוּן בִּגְנֵיבוּתֵיהּ לְעַבְדָא בַּר יִשְרָאֵל שִׁית שְׁנִין יִפְלַח וּבְמַעֲלֵי שְׁבִיעָתָא יִפּוֹק לְבַר חוֹרִין מַגָּן […]

Targum Torah Portion Week 17: Exodus 18:1 – 20:23 - Targum Jonathan on Exodus Week 17 Chapters 18:1 – 20:23 . . Chapter 18י״ח     וישמע וּשְׁמַע יִתְרוֹ אוֹנוֹס מִדְיָן חָמוּי דְמשֶׁה יַת כָּל מַאן דְּעָבִיד יְיָ לְמשֶׁה וּלְיִשְרָאֵל עַמֵּיהּ אֲרוּם אַפֵּיק יְיָ יַת יִשְרָאֵל מִמִּצְרָיִם And Jethro, prince of Midian, the father-in-law of Mosheh, heard all that Yahuah had done for Mosheh and […]

Lord of the Sabbath: Did Jesus Resurrect on Saturday or Sunday? - Part 1 They Ate Passover with Their Shoes On (and Buried the Lamb of God in Haste)     THE MAN NAMED Joseph of Arimathea could not have possibly slowed his stride to mull over the fragrant herbs and wildflowers presently dressing the outskirts of the road, dotting the hillsides surrounding Jerusalem in deeply penetrating […]

Palm Sabbath: The Day Judah Chose Their Passover Lamb - THE OCCASION BY WHICH JESUS MOUNTED upon the foal of a donkey and descended down the southeastern slope of the Mount of Olives was no ordinary day. It was the tenth of Nissan, a Sabbath—or Saturday, April 21, 31 AD by the Gregorian calendar. We can quickly deduce that the timing of His triumphant entry […]

Remember When Constantine Changed the Law of God and Got Away with It? - WHY EMPEROR Maxentius chose to meet Constantine in open battle, rather than endure a siege in Rome, is a question best relegated to histories prodigious book of blunders. Rome was undoubtedly stockpiled for such an event. Evidence points to the fact that both Valerius Severus and Galerius, challengers to the Augustan throne, were successively repelled […]