Ask the Messianic Rabbi

Here are the questions for this month, as answered by our wonderful panel of "messianic rabbis".

  1. Who was Melchizedek? Click here ...
  2. When was communion introduced and what were the disciples doing when they met daily and broke bread together? Click here ...
  3. Is it possible to know who now carries Israelite ancestry? Although greatly watered down, there must be large numbers of people in the world who are related by blood to the Jewish people or to the 10 lost tribes. Following on from that thought is the question of whether it matters? Click here ...
  4. What are your views on Kaballah? Is the God of Scripture also the god of the Kaballah? How should messianic believers view it? Click here ...
  5. What do you see as the major differences in teaching between Messianic teachers versus popular Evangelical teachers like Chuck Swindoll, Woodrow Kroll, John McArthur, or other acclaimed respected teachers? Click here ...
  6. Can man change Gods mind? As in the conversation between Moses and GOD on Mt. Sinai after the golden calf incident. Click here ...
  7. Why would God want to kill Moses when He told Moses to go to Egypt? (Exodus 4:24 And it came to pass on the way to the encampment, that the Lord met him and sought to kill him.) Click here ...
  8. At a Church I heard several people give testimony of speaking to a Prophet who spoke into their lives. Are there still prophets in our time as I was taught that prophets only existed during the times of the first apostles. Click here ...
  9. My question is regarding the blue threads in the tzitzit. I was told that because the blue dye came from snails, people should not wear the tzitzit as snails are an abomination. What do the rabbis think? Click here ...
  10. What are the correct Hebrew names for Jesus and God? Click here ...

Here are the previous questions answered:

  1. Arethere still apostles today and, if so, how do we know they are authentic? Click here ...
  2. What are the views on the issue of divorce and remarriage from a Hebrew and biblical perspective, versus the typical institutional Church view. Click here ...
  3. There is a stream of theological teaching called "Open Theism" which states that God does not know the future because it is unknowable due to the free will choice of individuals upon which future events are contingent i.e. God is NOT omniscient - He knows everything that has happened and that is happening but not the future. Does this reflect the God of the Bible? Click here ...
  4. What do you think about current desires to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem? Click here ...
  5. What language did Jesus speak? Click here ...
  6. Is it important for churches to keep the feasts of the Bible or is it ok to celebrate Christmas and Easter? Click here ...
  7. Why were many Jews upset with the movie, ‘The Passion of the Christ?’ Click here ...
  8. Aren’t the 10 Commandments the ‘Old Covenant’, followed before the coming of Jesus Christ? Should we still follow them? Click here ...
  9. Isn’t it true that the Jews killed Jesus? Click here ...
  10. I have heard various opinions on the topic of 'eternal security of the believer'. What do you think about this? The idea that you can lose salvation? Click here ...
  11. What is the Biblical/Hebraic perspective on the “40 days of Lent”? Should we be doing Lent? Click here ...
  12. If God's plan was to offer salvation to all, why was Jesus "sent to the lost sheep of Israel"?
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  13. How can a gentile christian effectively witness to a jew given the brainwashing/cultural differences on both sides?
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  14. What were the views of the Jewish teachers on the "after-life" prior to the incarnation? It seems to me that very little is said in the Old Testament and if that matches general beliefs at the time, when Jesus started speaking of Gehenna the Pharisees would only have thought of the Valley of Gehinnom and not of anything else.
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  15. I have been reading many articles suggesting there is no such place as hell or eternal damnation. Does the scripture stating that "...every knee shall bow and tongue confess that Jesus Christ as Lord." refer to what is known as universal salvation?
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  16. In my Pentecostal tradition, the uttering of the word "hallelujah" has been called the highest praise we can give God. I have serious doubts in my mind that this is true. I am open to biblical persuasion, however. I guess that my question is, "What is the highest praise we can give God, and why is it the highest?" I would trust that the answer would include addressing the popular view of the word hallelujah.
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  17. Should we celebrate the Sabbath?
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  18. 2nd Kings 25:8-9 In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month- that was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon- Nebuzaradan, the captain of the bodyguard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9 And he burned the house of the LORD and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down. Jeremiah 52:12-13 In the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month- that was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon- Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, who served the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem. 13 And he burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down. I read according to Jewish History the temples were destroyed on the 9th of Av. Help please?
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  19. These two names are found in the Hebrew scripture, Yeshua and Yehoshua, used by different people in different places. The man who became a great leader of the Israelites changed his name to Yehoshua when he went to spy out the promised land. Is there any real difference in the Hebrew language between these names? If not, why do we have different spellings of these names?
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  20. Why was there no tribe named after Joseph as there was with his brothers. It appears the honour fell straight to his two sons Ephraim and Manasseh.
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