This is the 2021 Week 21 Torah portion – Ki Tessa – with related studies from the Prophets and New Testament.
This week’s study page:
Additional Notes:
http://ephraimawakening.com
Blogs about the Sabbath/Sabbaton/Sabbitismos:
https://ephraimawakening.com//?s=sabbath
https://ephraimawakening.com//?s=sabbaton
https://ephraimawakening.com//?s=sabbatismos
Pray for Justin Best (formerly known as the “Christian Truthers” YouTube channel) – and the MANY who are following him right now. While he had ditched Paul and I warned him what would come next, he was still making a good effort to defend Yeshua as the Messiah with his recent “Messiah Complex” video series (many of which were quite good). Then… he fell off the edge of the cliff I told him he was headed toward – the same cliff I’ve watched many fall off of over the years. Now “Christian Truthers” is no more. While I truly believe Justin is a sincere searcher of truth, and is in fact quite intelligent; a man who DOES do a lot of research, I think he has spiralled out of the game, without gaining the full picture. That’s bad enough, but the real problem is compounded by the fact he has become a person of some influence (I believe he had 50k subscribers on his YouTube channel) and thus MANY will simply just follow without doing their own research. This is most unfortunate.
In an effort to prevent as much of that from occurring as I can, here are some good books and other resources you should check out on this issue:
A Scholarlry Response to Zeitgeist the Movie (A Rebuttal to Part 1) by Doug Hamp: https://youtu.be/YmpxS1U74eQ
Caesar’s Messiah (easily) Debunked by Chris White: https://youtu.be/Keu4yOpu_o4
Time is the Ally of Deceit by Richard Rives: https://toolong.com/product/time-is-the-ally-of-deceit-book/
See also his video series by the same title: https://toolong.com/time-is-the-ally-of-deceit-book-and-5-dvd-study-series/
Too Long in the Sun by Richard Rives: https://toolong.com/product/too-long-in-the-sun-book-by-richard-rives/
Evidence That Demands a Verdict, Volume 1: Historical Evidences for the Christian Faith by Josh McDowell:
https://amzn.to/3sQNyVg
The New Evidence That Demands A Verdict: Evidence I & II Fully Updated in One Volume To Answer The Questions Challenging Christians in the 21st Century by Josh McDowell: https://amzn.to/3e7MAjj
Evidence That Demands a Verdict: Life-Changing Truth for a Skeptical World by Josh McDowell: https://amzn.to/2OjRChH
The Case for Christ: A Journalist’s Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus by Lee Strobel: https://amzn.to/3bhK9Zy
Pagan Christian Connection Exposed by Michael Rood: https://amzn.to/3e9KY8q
Pagan Christianity? Exposing the Roots of Our Church by Frank Viola and George Barna: https://amzn.to/3kzWX0s
Epidemic: Examining the Infected Roots of Judaism and Christianity by Dr. Russ Houck: https://amzn.to/3bWyD4L
The entire 12 volume “Walk in the Light” series by Todd D. Bennett is quite good: https://toddbennett.selz.com/item/walk-in-the-light-12-volume-complete-set
But as it pertains to this issue, please see…
The Messiah: A Scriptural and Historical Examination of the Purpose and Identity of the Messiah (Walk in the Light Book 5): https://amzn.to/2MPKn0E
Pagan Holidays: Examining the Ancient Origins and Propriety of Various Religious Holy Days (Walk in the Light Book 11): https://toddbennett.selz.com/item/pagan-holidays-walk-in-the-light-vol-11
Some of my own take on FAQ and issues concerning Paul:
See also: http://vhc.ephraimawakening.com/foolish-galatians
I’m sure there are many others, but this will get you started.
On another note, this is Jake Grant’s awesome new song: https://youtu.be/pZJc2F_hLj4
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