Foundations with Mandy and Robbo

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 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.

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.

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.

Even though Hanukkah isn’t a mandatory feast, even this annual celebration is a picture of Jesus, who is the Light of the world. That’s what we’ll be learning about during today’s program.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 Foundations today we’ll continue to learn about Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, and the miracle that took place centuries ago during the rededication of the Temple.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 Hanukkah isn’t one of the Mandatory Feasts of the Lord, but it is an annual celebration that even Jesus participate in. The New Covenant calls it the Festival of Lights. It’s to commemorate the rededication of the Temple.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 wrap up our series on the characters in the Nativity story with a series of questions asking is it possible? At the end, you can draw your own 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.

God had promised to send a Messiah for His people, but for the Messiah to come, He needed human parents to raise and protect Him. Joseph and Mary were God’s chosen and they were a remarkable yet simple and humble couple. Today on Foundations we’ll learn about this wonderful pair.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.

Everyone involved in the Christmas story are important, and quite often the Shepherds are seen as background characters, but we’ll discover today why the Shepherds were actually crucial players in this story.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 lead up to Christmas and we’re learning each day about the different people who played crucial roles in the narrative. Today we’ll learn about the priesthood.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 the program today we’re going to look at the characters of Herod the Great and the Romans who governed in Jerusalem and how they reacted to the news of a new born King of the Jews.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 Foundations today, as we lead up to Christmas, we’ll look some more at the role of Daniel and the Magi and how their knowledge of the heavens led them to believe their Messiah had finally arrived.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 begin looking at all the characters who make the Christmas story so rich in meaning. Specifically today we’ll look at the role of the Magi, and how Daniel and his friends may have had more to do with them than we may have realised.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.

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.

We’re in the middle of a series on the identity of the Messiah, and we’ve been spending some time looking verse by verse of Isaiah 53. This chapter seems to be describing the life and suffering of Jesus and we’ll continue this 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’ll continue to look a verse at a time of Isaiah chapter 53, a chapter that is often referred to as the forbidden chapter.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 the conversation about why many rabbis don’t teach about Isaiah 53, and yet each verse seems to describe very accurately the suffering 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.

Our series on the Messiah continues on Foundations today, we’re learning about the description of the Messiah in Isaiah 53 and why many rabbis don’t teach it to their congregations, or if they do why they’ve changed the original interpretation.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 conversation today on the forbidden chapter in the Bible that describes the Messiah. Isaiah 53.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 focus on Foundations for a few weeks now has been the identity of the Messiah. We’re looking into the forbidden chapter of the Bible that seems to very clearly and accurately describe Jesus as the Messiah. We’ll continue that 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’ve mentioned before on Foundations how sometimes rabbis will use a different interpretation of Scripture in order to avoid a conclusion that would rest on Jesus identity. We’re in the middle of a series on Foundations at the moment about the identity of the Messiah and we’re going to look into a chapter of the Bible that rabbis haven’t typically taught their congregations from for a long time in order to avoid some uncomfortable questions.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 struggle for many rabbis today is that there are many descriptions of the Messiah in the Bible that easily point to Jesus, however, to deal with that problem, reinterpretation has become a matter of course.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 identity of Messiah on Foundations at the moment, there are many references to this person in Scripture and today we’re going to look at a description in Zechariah.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 on Foundations, we looked at the description of the Messiah in Psalm 22, and this time we’ll be looking at the stunning similarities of Psalm 22 and the New Covenant description of Jesus’ suffering in the New CovenantYour 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 journey on Foundations focused the identity of the Messiah, and in the next couple of programs we’ll look specifically at the description of this person in Psalm 22.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 continuing to look at Daniel’s prophecy about the coming of Messiah, but in particular, what the correct starting point was for the beginning of the countdown.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 look at the concept of God becoming a human being through the lens of a Jewish worldview.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 about the criticism that the Bible has simply plagiarised the concept of God having a son from ancient pagan religions.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.

For those who try to discredit the Bible, often they’ll use the criticism that a deity having a son didn’t originate with the Bible, but is fact a pagan mythical belief that the Bible copied. That’s an issue we’re going to tackle 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.

Bible prophecy can be very confusing because there’s so much symbolism and the terminology can get quite distracting as well. We’re going to look at the mysterious seventy sevens mentioned by Gabriel to the prophet Daniel, when he detailed the coming 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.

Today on Foundations we're going to look at the concept of God becoming a human being through the lens of a Jewish worldview.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 about the criticism that the Bible has simply plagiarised the concept of God having a son from ancient pagan religions.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.

For those who try to discredit the Bible, often they'll use the criticism that a deity having a son didn't originate with the Bible, but is fact a pagan mythical belief that the Bible copied. That's an issue we're going to tackle 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 continuing to look at Daniel's prophecy about the coming of Messiah, but in particular, what the correct starting point was for the beginning of the countdown.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.

Bible prophecy can be very confusing because there's so much symbolism and the terminology can get quite distracting as well. We're going to look at the mysterious seventy sevens mentioned by Gabriel to the prophet Daniel, when he detailed the coming 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.

Jews and Christians are both longing for the Messiah, and on Foundations today we're going to look at the prophecy of Daniel, that described in quite a bit of detail the coming 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 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.