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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!

The Life of Messiah

 

The King in Disguise

Tags:  High Holy Days, King, liturgy, parables, Rosh Hashanah, Shepherd, Yom Kippur

Yeshua's Lost High Holiday Parables A blast will be sounded...and all the dwellers of the earth will cross before You like the members of a flock. Like a shepherd shepherding his flock...thus You will pass and count and number and...
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The Messiah Tempted

Tags:  Day of Atonement, fasting, temptation, Yom Kippur

Yeshua's forty-day fast is a reflection of Moses' forty-day fast on Mount Sinai. Messiah, the ultimate redeemer, comes in the pattern of Moses, the first redeemer. More than that, the forty-day fast and confrontation with the adversary may be an allusion to the forty days of repentance that precede the Day of Atonement.
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Encountering Yeshua in the Gospels

Tags:  commentary, Franz Delitzsch, Gospels, life of Yeshua, parables, sayings, translation, Yechiel Lichtenstein

It's not like he's looking straight into my face. But I feel I'm standing up close, hearing him speak and watching him touch people in all kinds of ways. Since May 2008, I have been privileged to work on...
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Head of the Household

As a Son of David, His family lineage shaped His destiny and validated His claim to be the Messiah King of Israel. By raising a following of students, He stepped into the role of head of household over His school...
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Life of the Party

Tags:  bride, bridegroom, Jewish eschatology, messianic era, wedding banquet, wine

The Miracle of Changing Water to Wine May Messiah, who came and changed water into fine wine, change us from wickedness to goodness. (Syriac Hymn) In the early days of Yeshua's vocation as a teacher, he miraculously transformed the water...
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Yeshua's New Wine

Expositors have been scratching chins and nodding heads for a long time over the double parable of Luke 5:33-39. The meaning of the parable is seemingly obvious. The new garment is the Gospel/Grace/Kingdom/Church and the old garment is the Old Covenant/Law/Judaism.
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