PASSOVER

Students and brethren, there is only one place where we can intelligently celebrate our Redemption through the death of Yeshua the Messiah – and that is in the fullness of his resurrection life!

Give ‘Babe’ a Miss!

Give ‘Babe’ a Miss! “Should all the nations of the world unite to uproot one word of the Torah, they would be unable to do it” (Leviticus Rabbah 19.2). Our Lord Yeshua was in complete agreement with this assessment of the Torah. He said,...

The Satisfaction of the Justice of God

The Satisfaction of the Justice of God Yeshua haMashiach (Yeshua the Messiah) is a Satisfied Saviour, having paid the full penalty for sin (which is death), not merely for the Messianic Community (the “Church”), but for all humankind.   When we look...

The Mysterious “Lamb’s Book of Life”

The Mysterious “Lamb’s Book of Life” Many readers of BRI literature and BRI Study Manuals celebrate what they call “Easter.” Others keep the “Passover.” Most participate in some form of the traditional Christian Eucharist, or...

The Blood of the Mashiach – God’s Universal Love

The Blood of the Mashiach – God’s Universal Love “Mashiach [Messiah] has entered the Holiest Place…into heaven itself” (Heb 9.24). Augustine said some very stupid things in his time and he did some very stupid things too. But one thing he...

So – You Think You’re Mortal!

So – You Think You’re Mortal! “Christian” cults are usually united in one central doctrine — the complete and utter mortality of man. “The soul that sins, it shall die” they proclaim, quoting from the prophet Ezekiel. Or, they...

Two Gods in Conflict, or One God Supreme?

Two Gods in Conflict, or One God Supreme? Our views, our insights, our recognitions, our perceptions of our world, society, culture, politics, traditions and religions are held onto tenaciously and defended vigorously because we believe our comprehension and...

The Forgiveness of Yeshua and the Fear of Death

The Forgiveness of Yeshua and the Fear of Death NO ONE IS READY TO LIVE UNTIL THEY ARE READY TO DIE. One cannot argue that the terror of death can make living an unenjoyable experience. One only has to reflect on the wasted lives of such influential people as Howard...

Fire at the Dais of Messiah

Fire at the Dais of Messiah In recent time, students attending the BRI/IMCF Yeshiva have been studying what has become known as the “unforgivable” or “unpardonable sin.” Such a wretched sin as this most certainly does exist! It was not limited...

Gentile Ministries: Scholarship, a Lost Cause?

Gentile Ministries: Scholarship, a Lost Cause? In view of the fact that some of our BRI’s talmidim (students) are great fans of the prophetic writings of Steve Rider, Willard Cantelon and the late, infamous Herbert W. Armstrong (judging from the number of books,...

On the First Day of the Week

On the First Day of the Week It was Our Lord Yeshua’s practice to visit the local synagogue on the Sabbath day (Lk 4.16). It was for the Messiah a day given to healing (Jn 5.5-9) and to education (Lk 4.31; 6.6). Messiah, indeed, proclaimed himself LORD of the...

Can a Woman be an Apostle?

Can a Woman be an Apostle? At one of our weekly BRI Yeshiva lectures this question was posed by a young lady member of the BRI student body. There was a wide variety of opinion from the class concerning not merely the question of female roles in the Messianic...

Satan in the Sanctuary: The Coming Occupation of the Third Temple

Satan in the Sanctuary: The Coming Occupation of the Third Temple According to the last two verses of the last chapter of the last book in the Hebrew Scriptures (usually, and erroneously called the “Old Testament”) we read: “Now in the first year of...

Ancient Records Reconsidered

Ancient Records Reconsidered Did the biblical account of the “Exodus” of Israel out of Egyptian bondage really occur, or have we all been treated to a fabulous racial mythological scenario, or at the very least, an insignificant tribal event with highly...

Are There Contradictions in the Bible?

Are There Contradictions in the Bible? What does the word inerrant mean? One dictionary offers the following definition: “Exempt from error; free from mistake; infallible.”    The late Dr Edward J. Young, professor of Old Testament at Westminster...

Baptised Paganism

Baptised Paganism “From the cowardice that shrinks from new truth, From the laziness that is content with half truth, From the arrogance that thinks it knows all truth, O God of Truth, deliver us” – Ancient Prayer Millions of Christians celebrate the...

Jewish Messianic Expectation Revealed in the Intertestamental Period

Jewish Messianic Expectation Revealed in the Intertestamental Period Powerful evidence both overlooked and ignored by Jewish scholars for twenty centuries points to Yeshua ben Yosef as the fulfilment of first century CE widespread Messianic expectation. Astonishingly,...

But What About Our Pets?

But What About Our Pets? We have all enjoyed, raised, loved and lost pets. Dogs, cats, rabbits, whatever. And, it is usually a child’s first experiential sense of grief over loss when a pet dies. Almost needless to say, the dispossession of a pet can be as...