Foundations with Mandy and Robbo

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.

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.

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.

Another group within the Jewish community during the ministry years of Jesus were the Zealots. On Foundations today, we'll begin learning about this fascinating 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 did.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.

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 well.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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

On Foundations today, we’ll continue our conversation on the all-important question, 'What Is Truth'’ and learn from the author of Truth itself.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 modern world, truth has become somewhat flexible and optional. However, the Bible is the bedrock of truth so we’re going to ask and see about answering the age-old question...what is truth, 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 reached the last episode in our series on Replacement Theology, and it’s going to be devoted to the many places in the Bible where made specific promises to His Chosen Jewish people, about His commitment to their future, their security and the fulfilment of His Word.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.

This is the second-last program for our series on Replacement Theology, the faulty belief that God has forsaken the Jewish people, and replaced them with the Gentile church. We’ve been learning over the past few days that God hasn’t forsaken them, in fact, He’s been keeping all His promises to them. In our program today, we’re going to recap the promises He’s made and kept to 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.

We’ve got three episodes left in this series about Replacement Theology. Over the last few days, we’ve learned about the incredible promises God made to His people, proof of His commitment to them. In our program on Foundations today, we’ll learn about what God promised regarding vineyard in Israel which have and continue to be fulfilled 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’re getting closer to the close of this series of Replacement Theology on Foundations. We’ve been learning about amazing, fulfilled promises of God to His people, demonstrating that He hasn’t forsaken them. In today’s program, we’ll look at His promise regarding the Holy City of Jerusalem.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 learn about another fulfilled promise of God to His people, especially the restoration of their ancient holy language. Hebrew was only used for ceremonial purposes, beyond that it was a forgotten and dormant language. But God promised its restoration because God always keeps His promises to His people. He’s never forsaken or replaced them, as many in Christendom believe.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.

On our last program on Foundations, we learned about the land being desolate without the Jewish presence, and on today’s program, we’ll learn about the prophecies indicating that when the Jews return to their land, it would become lush; blossoming and prosperous.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’ve been learning about amazing promises kept by God to His Jewish people, today we’ll be looking at prophecy that reveals that when the Jewish people were exiled from their land, it would become desolate.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 not finished with our series on Replacement Theology, but we’re getting closer. We’ve been learning about the incredibly detailed prophecies given by God about the restored nation of Israel, and today we’re going to look at Bible prophecy revealing that when the Jews returned to their ancient homeland, they would be in unbelief.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 on Replacement Theology, we’ve been focusing for the past couple of programs that God is keeping His promises to His people. Clearly not replacing or rejecting them. In today’s program, we’re going to learn about God’s promise to cause the nation of Israel to be reborn in a single day.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 learned about God’s promise to bring His people home to their ancient homeland after 2,000 year in exile. Today on Foundations, we’ll look at the resurrection of the Jewish people after the Holocaust, that is described in Ezekiel 37.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 on Replacement Theology, we’re now learning about God’s extraordinary promises to His Chosen People, promises He would never have made if His intention was to forsake them. We’ll continue tonight learning about how God kept His promise to resurrect His nation and how the process of their rebirth came about.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.

So over the past several weeks, we’ve learned a lot about Replacement Theology. We’ve learned about very bad treatment against Jews, about how Gentiles are grafted in, not replacing the Jews, and tonight on Foundations we’ll begin learning about some remarkable promises God made to His Jewish people about them being reborn as a sovereign nation.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 going to look at the requirements of Gentile believers who are grafted in to the Jewish people of God. It’s important to understand, especially because many Christians embrace Replacement Theology. When Christians begin to understand that God has a glorious future for the Jews, they can become a bit confused about their own identity in the process.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 verses that people use to argue in favour of Replacement Theology, that God has replaced the Jewish people with the Gentile church, and has rejected the Jewish people forever. We’re going to look at Scripture today that disproves that and in fact, promises a wonderful future for 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.

On Foundations we’re in the middle of a series about Replacement Theology, and in particular about how Gentiles are grafted into the Commonwealth of Israel. Today, we’re going to look at another verse that has been both confusing and misapplied, but is really about God’s promises of faithfulness and commitment to His 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.

Last time on Foundations we began learning about Paul’s teaching of Jews and Gentiles in Christ being one new man, and we’re going to continue on that vein 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 still in a series about Replacement Theology, and on the program today, we’ll going to learn more about the grafting in process, and that Paul taught that in Christ, both Jews and Gentiles become one new man.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.