Category: Tishrei Journal

  • 21. Antisemitism in Church History

    Hugh Wynne Non-Jewish people know very little of the ugly history of anti-Semitism, and even less of the part played by the historical churches in this sad story because it does not appear in school history books. It is shocking and unpleasant to recall, but everyone who claims to believe that Jesus, a Jew, is […]

  • 20. God’s Eternal Covenant with Israel

    David Pawson God’s eternal covenant with Israel – what a marvellous theme! But surely we can take what I say for granted? May we not assume that this is one subject on which we all agree? Have I not been given a “safe” topic? Actually, because it is so basic and also more complex than […]

  • 19. Greece, Rome and Jerusalem. Western Culture and the Jewish Origins of Christianity

    Christopher Barder The purpose of this article is to show that the Christian Church, and the society to which it has generally conformed, have for the most part been dominated by the thought world and cultural forms of Greece and Rome rather than by Christianity’s true Jewish background; and that consequently Christianity has suffered theologically […]

  • 18. Law and Grace

    Clifford Denton Do We Ask The Right Question? The law of Moses is often set against the grace of God as if they are in opposition. It is true that we can read the New Testament as if this were so. For example, John writes, “For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth […]

  • 17. From Sabbath to Sunday, Passover to Easter and Dedication to Christmas (Some Historical Background)

    Richard Peterson The popular festivals of the twentieth century Church differ in many ways from the seasonal observances prescribed by scripture. During the first four centuries of the Christian era the Church’s feasts were moved from their places in the scriptural calendar and fixed so that, as far as possible, they would not fall on […]

  • 16. Feasts and Fellowship

    Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum This study is on the Feasts of Israel, or perhaps more specific, the prophetic significance of the Feasts of Israel as they are contained in Leviticus 23 where Moses spelled out the seven holy seasons of Israel. At the same time these seven feasts or holy seasons of Israel are an outline […]

  • 15. The Sabbath (Which Means “Rest”)

    Christopher Barder This is a most wonderful feast of the Lord. Keeping it is a Divine commandment. We know that it echoes God’s own behaviour, for He rested on the seventh day (Genesis 2:2) Himself. It looks forward to the great millennial reign of Jesus and it therefore speaks of the end of the six […]

  • 14. Restoration of the Feasts of the Lord

    Clifford Denton Imagine the whole world living in submission to God, abiding in the saving grace of Yeshua Hamashiach by the power of the Holy Spirit. Suppose that the Church had not distanced itself from its Jewish roots. From among the appointed Feasts of the Lord, consider, for example, what the Sabbath Day would be […]

  • 13. The Messiah

    Arnold G Fruchtenbaum What do Jews think about Jesus? There is no uniform Jewish opinion concerning the person of Jesus. The views range from “he never existed” to “a great Jewish prophet. The variety of Jewish views concerning Jesus becomes apparent when one looks through the books on Jesus in a Jewish library. Not uniformity […]

  • 12. The Battle with Humanism: Greek Philosophy versus Hebrew Faith

    Clifford Denton The conflict between the Kingdoms of this world and the Kingdom of Heaven has been compared with Charles Dickens study of conflicts in “A Tale of Two Cities”. In our case, however, the two cities are Athens and Jerusalem, or, possibly, Rome and Jerusalem. Greece and Rome are linked together because of the […]