Foundations with Mandy and Robbo

In the same way there are different denominations in Christianity, there are different denominations within Judaism as well. We’re going to take a little time to understand the different groups and what makes them unique. In this program we’ll be learning about Kabbalah.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rabbis play a very important role in the lives of most Jewish people, as spiritual leaders and guides, but there are other religious leaders known as rebbes (Reb-ees). We’ll learn what the difference is between these two groups today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our program today on Foundations we’re going to learn who and what the Sanhedrin was.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Who were the priests? We’ve learned that they were from the family line of Aaron and they were from the tribe of Levi. We’re going to learn more about their roles and the seriousness of what they were required to do.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’ve learned about the special role of the Tribe of Levi, and on Foundations today we’re going to learn about a particular family line from the Levites and what their special roles were. The Kohanim, otherwise known as the priests.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’ve been learning about the special role of the Levites on Foundations, and in this program we’re going to focus specifically on the Cities of Refuge and why they were so significant, but also the prophetic implications of these cities.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re learning about the tribe of Levi, a tribe that was set apart from the others for a very specific task, we’ll continue that conversation today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We know that one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel were the Levites. Who were they, and what makes them different to all the other Jewish tribes? That’s what we’ll be learning about today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Foundations today, we’ll conclude the conversation we began last time regarding the Jewish Zealot community.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on Foundations, we’ll continue learning about the Essene community at the time of Christ.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Another group within the Jewish nation around at the time of Jesus were the Essenes. They weren’t explicitly mentioned in the New Covenant, but they have proven to be a very important group of people. We’ll learn about them today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re going to continue our conversation today on Foundations on who the Scribes were and what they didYour support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Often when the Pharisees were mentioned in the Gospels, the Scribes were mentioned along with them. That’s the group we’ll begin learning about today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’ll continue our conversation today about the group of religious leaders during the ministry years of Jesus, known as the Sadducees.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Sadducees are mentioned in the New Covenant, they were another group of religious leaders during the time of Jesus. In our program today, we’ll begin learning about who they were.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On a previous program on Foundations, we began learning about the Pharisees, we’ll continue learning about this group today as wellYour support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are various different groups mentioned in the New Covenant within the Jewish community. Today on Foundations we’re going to learn about the Pharisees.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Building fences to most people, in a metaphorical sense, usually indicates fixing a repaired relationship, to patch things up. In Judaism however, building fences is a completely different thing, and that’s what we’ll be talking about today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’ve had a strong focus on the Messiah for a long time on Foundations, today we’re going to wrap up this long series, finishing with the promise of our Warrior Messiah magnificent return to establish righteousness on earth.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Foundations today, we’re continuing our conversation about the return of the Messiah, and what His mission is going to look like the next time around.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re getting close to the end of our series about the Messiah. A little while ago, we learned that the rabbis believe there are two Messiahs. We know that Jesus came as the Suffering Messiah already, but where does the Warrior Messiah fit in. That the topic of our conversation today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our series on the Messiah is ongoing, but in our program today on Foundations, we’ll wrap up the conversation about the resurrection and come to some conclusions.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’ve been focusing on the subject of the resurrection of Christ, and it’s part of our series on the Messiah. We’ll continue that subject today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re in a series about the Messiah, and in particular we’re looking at the issue of the resurrection. Did Jesus really rise from the dead? That’s the question we’re discussing on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our series about the resurrection, we’ve spent a little bit of time looking at how Judaism views such concept. We’re going to look some more at the resurrection and why is so important, because if Jesus didn’t rise from the dead, death won! We’ll tackle that issue on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re in the middle of a series about the Messiah and we’re going to conclude on this program, the view of the resurrection in JudaismYour support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re in a long series about the Messiah, and probably the keystone to the claims of Jesus being the Messiah is His resurrection. Today on Foundations we’re going to look at the view of the resurrection in Judaism.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Simchat (Simk’hat) Torah is an annual celebration of the complete reading of the Word of God over the course of the year. We’ll learn how and why the Jewish people celebrate the wonder of God’s Word like this at the end of every reading cycle.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our previous program we began to look at the argument of many Jewish people who reject Jesus as the Messiah, is because Messiah is supposed to bring world peace. We’ll continue our conversation on this issue on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of the criticisms of Jews who reject Jesus as the Messiah, is that the Messiah is supposed to usher in world peace. Since there is still no world peace, they conclude that Jesus couldn’t possibly be the Messiah. That’s the topic of our conversation today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re in a series about the Messiah at the moment on Foundations, we’ve been learning about Moses and how he prophesied that God would actually raise up a Messiah like Moses for His people to follow. We’ll conclude the conversation today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jewish people are looking for their Messiah to come, a Messiah who would be like Moses. Unfortunately, many rabbis believe that by believing in Jesus as the Messiah, Messianic Jews are actually rejecting Moses. We’ll look at that on Foundations today.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are seven mandatory Feasts of the Lord, we’ve learned about them all on Foundations and today we’ll get an overview of them all to see how they present the work and ministry of Jesus.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Feast of Sukkot (Soo-cott) or the Feast of Tabernacles like every Feast of the Lord, is a picture of some element of the ministry and works of the Messiah. We’ll wrap up our time on this feast today on Foundations to show how Jesus is the fulfilment of Sukkot too.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Feast of Sukkot (Soo-cott) is known mostly as the Feast of Tabernacles. It’s one of the seven mandatory Feasts of the Lord. It a remembrance of the time the Hebrews were travelling in the wilderness during their 40 year wanderings and how God provided for all their needs on a daily basis.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Foundations today we’ll see how Jesus the Messiah is once again the fulfilment of the Day of Atonement ? Yom Kippur ? as He is in every other Feast of the Lord.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement is what we’ll continue learning about on Foundations today. It’s the time of the year ? the only day of the year ? when the Jewish High Priest was permitted to enter the Holy of Holies in the Temple to make atonement for the sins of the people. It was also a time of self-denial and we’ll learn about some of the requirements of the people during this sacred time.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement in the Hebrew Calendar. It’s one of the mandatory Feasts of the Lord that God said His people were to observe every year. It’s also the most solemn and serious day of the year for the Jewish people.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’ve been learning about the Messiah for some time now, trying to nail down His identity. We’re going to look at the life of Moses for a few programs, because the Jewish people hold Moses in extremely high regard, and yet God promised to raise up another greater than Moses for His people to follow. Could that be Jesus? That’s going to start our conversation today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our program today, we’re going to look closer at the life of king David, whose life parallels the life of Messiah as we continue our journey to learn about the identity of the Messiah.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re continuing our journey to learn about the identity of the Messiah, we’ve been learning about the lives of both Joseph and Daniel, whose lives parallel the life of Messiah, we’re going to look with greater detail this time, at the life of Joseph.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on Foundations, we’ll continue our series on the Messiah and how the lives of both Joseph and David parallel His life.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re a month into our series about the Messiah on Foundations. Over the next few programs we’re going to look at the lives of two great men in the Bible and see how their lives parallel the Messiah. We’ll be looking at the lives of Joseph and David.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re going to wrap up our time learning about Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year in our program today. We’ve learned that the feature of trumpet blasts are all focused on the hearts of the people and their expectation of the coming of their king, and we’ll see clearly today how Jesus is their expected coming King. Jesus is the fulfilment of the Feast of Trumpets.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our feature program today on Foundations we’ll continue learning about the holiday of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year also known as the Feast of Trumpets. The trumpet blasts have varying sounds and they all symbolise important aspects of the people toward their king and today we’ll begin learning more about the expectations of their coming king.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rosh Hashana is the Jewish New Year, the start of the new year in the Hebrew Calendar. It’s also known as the Feast of Trumpets because trumpets feature so heavily in the annual celebration. In todays’ program we’ll get some background into the significance of the various different trumpet blasts that are sounded during this holiday.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last time on Foundations we looked at the Scriptural evidence of a suffering Messiah, and this time we’ll look at the Scriptural evidence of a warrior Messiah and see if we can reconcile them both to help us understand how Judaism believes in two Messiah’s.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our series about the identity of the Messiah, we began learning last time that there’s an understanding in Judaism that there are two Messiahs. One is described as a suffering servant, the other as a warrior. Today our program looks at the Bible’s evidence for a suffering Messiah.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Over the next few programs on Foundations, we’ll be digging into the concept in Judaism that there are actually two Messiahs. To this day, Jewish rabbis and their students ponder this conundrum, wondering in which manner Messiah will arrive.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’ve spent a bit of time moving verse by verse through Isaiah 53 in our series on the Messiah. We’ll wrap up our time this is fantastic chapter but our series on the Messiah is far from over.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.