Israel’s three great offices were prophet, priest and king. Of these, the most enigmatic to moderns is that of priest. However, without the priesthood the Nation of Israel could not have existed, for only the…

How should an understanding of doctrine motivate a believer toward action? To be a doer of the word? First, one has to know the Word to do the Word. What one believes determines what one…

Baruch atta ‘Adonai ‘Elohenu, Melech ha’olam, Shehecheyanu, v’kiyimanu, v’higiyanu la’z’man ha’zeh. “Blessed are you O LORD, King of the Universe, for giving us life, sustaining us, and enabling us to reach this time.” (Traditional Hebrew…

In a conversation on religious questions, Fredric II, King of Prussia (1740-1786) asked Joachim von Zieten, General of the Husars, whom he esteemed highly as a Christian for his plain and uncompromised views, “Give me…

This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded, saying, ‘Speak to the sons of Israel that they may bring you an unblemished red heifer in which is no defect, and on…

In reciting their thrice-daily prayers, observant Jews around the world turn in the direction of the site of the former Temple in Holy Jerusalem. However, according to a recent survey of Israel’s public 43 percent…

For over a century the Jewish People had suffered the humiliation of subjugation to Rome. Entering Jerusalem in 63 BC, the triumphant Roman General Pompey had even dared to enter the Holy Temple, initiating a…

What is Premillennialism? Premillennialism is the belief that Jesus Christ will physically return to earth (Zechariah 14:3; Acts 1:11) to set up a throne in Jerusalem (Psalm 2:6; Isaiah 2:2-4; 1 Chronicles 17:14; Matthew 19:28;…

“And let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them. According to all that I am going to show you, as the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all…

“Then he made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work, its base and its shaft; its cups, its bulbs and its flowers were of one piece with it.” (Exodus 37:17)…