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Magazine Articles

Browse, read and study through our extensive library of original articles, from previously published First Fruits of Zion magazines. Updated regularly!

Messianic Theology

 

Medicine for the Soul

Tags:  charity, High Holy Days, prayer, repentance, resolutions, righteousness, tz'dakah, Yom Kippur

The High Holy Days are a season of the year to get serious about repentance, prayer and acts of righteousness. On Rosh Hashanah we are diagnosed as sinners...On Yom Kippur, the gavel of judgment falls...Repentance, prayer and acts of righteousness are the only things that we can do to help our case.
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Yeshua's View of Torah

Matthew 5:17-20 is a central text for our consideration in this article, with the emphasis on the believer’s relationship to the Torah in the light of Yeshua’s view of Torah. It is a text over which much debate has arisen, and is a kind of touchstone for one’s views of the Torah in general.
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The Holy of Holies

Unlike the pagan gods who resist contact with mortals, the God of Israel longs, as a Father, to commune with His children. However, the dwelling of God among His people brings into focus a fundamental problem: Can a God who is kadosh (holy) dwell among people who are unholy? How can the Holy One commune with sinners? Herein lies the wonder and mystery of the Tabernacle…
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