Foundations with Mandy and Robbo

We began a conversation last time about the name Emmanuel, the name God said would belong to the Messiah when He would be born. We’re continue that conversation 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.

On our program today we’ll continue our series about the Messiah and in particular begin to learn about the special name God said He would be called by. Emmanuel.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 last program we began a new series about the Messiah and in particular, we began to look at the prophecy about the Virgin Birth and the claim that many believe this particular doctrine is a myth. We’ll dispel that myth 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 start a new series on Foundation, all focused on the Messiah and what the Bible said about Him. In this program we’re going to look at the prophecy that said He’d be born of a Virgin. 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.

In our previous program, we began looking at the topic of blaspheming against the Holy Spirit. We’ll continue and conclude 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.

There’s an obscure mention in the New Covenant about not blaspheming against the Holy Spirit. There are different views about what this means and that’s what we’re going to begin covering 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 God’s chosen people. The Bible says this clearly. But why did God decide to choose that particular group of people? Why didn’t He choose another ethnic people? 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.

Does God pray? If so, who does He pray to since He’s God and already knows all things? We’re continuing our conversation on the topic of Tefilah ? the Hebrew word for prayer 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.

To some people prayer is easy and comes naturally, for others, it’s a real struggle. To the Jewish mind, Tefilah - prayer - is a much deeper more intimate interaction with God. There’s also the belief that God Himself prays. That’s the concept we’ll be looking at 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 word Hallelujah is one of the most commonly known words among all the cultures of the world and yet many people have no idea it’s a Hebrew word, let alone what it means. 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.

We’ll be learning about fear on Foundations today, mostly about how to understand it by knowing the context the word is used in. It’s a lesson for every word found in Scripture.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.

If ever there was a misunderstood topic in the Bible, it’s the topic of judging. People don’t realise that there are times when we are required to judge and there are times when we’re not. In the program today we’ll be learning about learning to judge rightly in our daily lives. 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 focusing on the importance of names at the moment on Foundations, and in this program we’re going to look at the most wonderful name of all ? Jesus ? and we’ll also learn how the Jewish people revere God’s name. 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’re going to take a look at the power of names. Sometimes people choose bizarre names for their children that have us scratching our heads, but in Bible times, names were incredibly important. 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 First Fruits is also separate to the Feast of Passover, but occurs so close to it, that it’s become part of the Passover week celebrations. We’ll learn about this feast, what it represents and how Jesus fulfils all of it. 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.

While the Bible lists the Feast of Unleavened Bread separately from Passover, it occurs as soon as Passover finishes and today, Jews simply consider this feast as part of the Passover week of celebrations. We’ll learn how this particular feast of the Lord also presents Jesus as its fulfilment. 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 the program today, we’ll continue to unpack the celebration of the Passover meal. We’ll learn about the third and fourth cups in the celebration and how the meal is concluded. 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 most important parts of celebrating the Passover meal is the telling of the story of Passover and why Jews around the world celebrate this meal every year. We’ll look at 4 important questions that are asked during the meal as well and learn about the 2nd cup of Passover and then what the different symbolic parts of the meal are and what they represent. 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 a number of symbolic elements in the Passover meal, and in our program today we’ll learn about The First Cup, the hand washing ceremony and the Maror, the inclusion of the green vegetable that’s so important for this meal. 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 as we continue learning about Passover, we’ll learn about some of the particular elements of the meal as Jews celebrate Passover today. We’ll learn about leaven and the lighting of the Passover candles. 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’ll continue learning about the Feast of Passover, and get some history as to why this feast became so important and significant to God’s 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.

The Feast of Passover is the first of the seven mandatory feasts of the Lord that God commanded His people Israel to observe every year. We’ll be learning about this feast over the coming days to learn what the feast entailed and how Jesus our Messiah fulfils every element of the Passover meal. 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 at a verse in the Gospel of Matthew that at first seems out of place and second, seems a little bit superstitious. Jesus was not even remotely superstitious, so we’ll tackle it to see if there’s a deeper meaning. 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 rabbis and their students or disciples in the past couple of programs and today we’ll finish up learning how disciples would watch, follow and emulate their rabbis so closely that the process was described as walking in his dust. In other words, staying so close to learn all they could, that the very dust from the rabbi’s sandals would cover them. 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 rabbis of the ancient world ? and today ? hand selected their students, their disciples, whom they would teach about God’s Law and how they were to live. The disciples or students role was to learn everything they could from him so that their lives mirrored that of the rabbi. We’re continuing on Foundations to learn how students or disciples related to their rabbis.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 Bible describes Jesus in a number of ways, He’s a Shepherd, He’s a carpenter, He’s the Son of God, He’s a teacher?and He’s also called a Rabbi. What is a rabbi and what did a rabbi do? Not only that, who wanted or even needed a rabbi? That’s the focus of our program 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.

Today on Foundations we’re going to learn about a beautiful teaching method by the rabbis who taught their youngest students how sweet the Word of God is. 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 previous conversation today about the Ten Commandments and look at them from a New Covenant perspective in the life of the Rich Young Ruler.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.

Is there a difference between the Ten Commandments and the Law of Moses? This can be a touchy subject for many, but on Foundations today we’re going to look at whether or not these commandments continue to apply to us 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’s a prevailing attitude in Christendom that all we need to do to share the Gospel is do good deeds for those in need?is that true or does the Bible indicate something else?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 be looking for the real treasure chest on Foundations today and the hint is that it has something to do with the ark? But which one? That’s our conversation 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.

We’ll be continuing our conversation today on Foundations, learning what our faith is supposed to be built on. 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.

Faith is a really significant characteristic of both Judaism and Christianity, but what is our faith actually built on? We’ll tackle that question 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.

Every year the natural seasons come and go, and then repeat the process the next year. There are seasons in our lives as well, good times and bad times and there are also religious seasons too. In this program we’ll take a look at those seasons that the Jewish people remember each year. 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 be continuing our conversation today on Foundations about the unexpected and yet wonderful insights that can be discovered, even in the boring genealogical lists found in the Bible. 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.

Most of us get a little tired when we read through the Bible and come to yet another long list of names for yet another genealogy. However, sometimes when you dig a little deeper, even the boring lists of names contain hidden treasures. 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.

In this program we’re going to look closer at the name of our Messiah, the wonderful name of Yeshua.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 be finishing up our conversation on Foundation on the topic of rain, and the different kinds of rain that God brings to His people and the land and what they mean physically and spiritually. 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.

Rain is essential to life, and yet God promised a land inheritance that gets very little rain and promised that it would be very fruitful. However, God put His people in the land we know as Israel to ensure they would always have to trust Him for their survival. That’s the topic of 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.

On our program today, we’ll conclude our conversation about the Menorah, the Golden Lampstand that originally stood in the Temple. Looking at what all the parts of the beautiful lamp symbolised and what its significance is. 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 we’re going to spend a couple of programs learning about the beautiful golden candelabra that is the official symbol of the State of Israel. It’s called the Menorah, and was the only source of light in the Holy Temple. We’ll look at its purpose and also what it symbolises. 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.

While the feast of Purim isn’t a mandatory Feast of the Lord, it’s a very important feast in the Jewish calendar. We’ve been learning about the how’s and why’s, and we’ll continue learning about this feast, but particularly from a Messianic Jewish perspective.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’ll continue the story of Queen Esther of Persia, whose uncle Mordecai became the focus of irrational hatred by evil Haman, who plotted to wipe out entirely, every Jew living in the kingdom of Persia. 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 annual holiday of Purim is a celebration and remembrance of another time in Israel’s history when a plot was formed against them to exterminate them. In today’s program we’ll go back in time to ancient Persia, and a young Jewish girl who became queen and who would save her people. Her name was Esther.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’ll be looking at the issue of learning to be satisfied with what you have, not constantly looking at what others have and wishing they were yours. 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’s some contention within Christendom on the topic of original sin, some people don’t even know what it is! Today on Foundations we’re going to look at this topic and see if it’s Christian or Jewish in its origin.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 we’ll finish up learning about the Jewish methods of interpreting Scripture, and this method is known as Sod. (pronounced Sode) 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 conversation about Jewish interpretation of the Bible continues today on Foundations, and we’ll be looking at the method called Derash. This method looks for alternate or greater lessons gleaned from the text, while never compromising the main meaning of the text. 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 continue on the theme of last time, that being the Jewish methods of interpreting Scripture. The method we’ll talk about this time is Remez, where there’s a hint of something deeper to search for. 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.