“Once upon a time a Preacher, Professor &
Rabbi . . .” sounds like the beginning of a good joke, but in this case it is
the beginning of a twenty-five journey. I am the preacher, Dr. Ike Tennison is the Professor and the Rabbi is Jeffrey Leynor. Our destination was to
more accurately understand the words of our Bibles and the histories of our
religions – Christianity and Judaism.
We specifically wanted to focus on the first century CE when both of our
religions were Jewish sects and part of Second Temple Judaism and learn more
about how one of those sects – the Jesus
Movement – became a universal Gentile religion, and the other – the Pharisees – became Rabbinic Judaism.
What we discovered, however, is much more important than what we planned.
Today, the social bonds that are required to hold Americans together and make
it possible for our democracy to exist are breaking down and many of the
problems we face – political, economic
and religious – are the result. We believe that what we discovered on our
journey has the power to strengthen those bonds and bring Americans together --
especially those with Judeo-Christian values
and heritages. Click on “Once upon a
time a Preacher, Professor & Rabbi” at -- http://www.myerscommunications.us/biblical-heritage-center-resources-page.html
Not only did Yeshua read and speak Hebrew, so did his followers and disciples! Two very well known, but not accurately understood words in the Gospel of Matthew prove it – jot and tittle . For some reason jot and tittle stick in the minds of Christian Bible readers. But when you ask them what jot or tittle mean, you get a lot of conflicting and some really weird answers. Today, you are going to get the facts about what Yeshua originally said and how they ended up in English translations of the Bible as jot and tittle . Let’s begin by reading Matthew 5:18 from the King James translation: For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. If you have not read the article “ From Yeshua to Jesus ” in Yeshua’s Kingdom Handbook please take a moment to read it online by clicking here before you continue. In it you will see how we began with the name “ Jesus ” and traced it through Lati...
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