When God Speaks of Himself as “Us”
by John B. Metzger Ariel Ministries Magazine – Spring 2019 The concept of the triune nature of the God of Israel has traditionally been the hardest thing for Jewish people to believe and accept. Any attempt to explain the mystery of the triune God to a Jewish person must be based on the Hebrew Scriptures. One of the points that may be made pertains to the plural pronouns God chose to use in reference to Himself. This article sheds light on these pronouns. It is based on a chapter of John B. Metzger’s excellent book Discovering the Mystery of the Unity of God. When God Speaks of Himself as...
Read MoreThe Heart of God being Understood by His People Today
by John B. Metzger What is the heart of God’s focused as it relates to us in the body of Messiah? What is the mission of the Church? What is the purpose of the Church? If we under-stand those two points as God intended it to be understood in the Church we would be half way to restoring the spiritual vitality of the church as exhibited by the 1st century Church. How was that exhibited by the apostles and disciples of Yeshua? The Mission of the Church is to go and in your going teach and baptize and include in that teaching all that Yeshua has commanded (Matthew 28:19-20). The mission of...
Read MoreWhat was Practiced became known – The Fall Feasts
By John B. Metzger In years past I merely viewed the Feasts of Israel as agricultural feasts that Israel was to practice under the Law of Moses [see manuscript #62]. I had no idea the feasts and Yeshua are intricacy tied together into a beautiful picture of redemption that was laid out in the Hebrew Scripture, fulfilled in the gospels and unveiled in the New Testament. I was raised in good Bible church and went to a good Bible College yet the significance of these feasts where unknown to me. We want to examine the fall feasts but let me give some background first. They were agricultural...
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Chart on Dispensations and the Covenants.
