Messianic Audio Teachings

People on their deathbeds often report seeing angelic beings or even the presence of deceased family members. Are these merely hallucinations created by a dying brain, or are they glimpses into the World of Souls. This teaching from Shabbat Vayechi explores the meaning behind the biblical euphemism of being gathered to one's people.

When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed and breathed his last and was gathered to his people (Genesis 49:33)

There's more than meets the eye to the story of the man born blind. This fifth of the seven signs of the Messiah is the only miracle of Yeshua to be reviewed in a court of law. Get the story behind the story. 

How did feeding a multitude with five loaves and two fish meet important Jewish messianic expectations, making it a perfect sign of Messiah? Learn how this event dramatized the Psalm the sages refer to as "the Messiah chapter" and discover the "two fish" hiding in plain sight in the Torah.

Why is the story of the healing of an official's son in Capernaum considered to be the second sign? Here's a close-up look at an important but often unnoticed story in the Gospel of John and similar stories from the Synoptic Gospels and the Talmud.

What's the significance of the miracle Yeshua performed at the wedding at Cana? The Gospel of John refers to it as the first of his signs. What were the other signs and why is this one so significant? 

Who are the “spirits in prison” who “formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah" (1 Peter 3:19-20)? A cryptic passage in 1 Peter seems to allude to some larger apocalyptic concept from behind the veil with a glimpse into the world of souls. Here's a quick discussion of a fascinating topic that opens the larger question of what really happens to us after death.

If Yeshua came to die for our sins, then why did he pray that the cup of suffering might be taken away from him? This teaching on Parashat Ki Tavo's curses and blessings reaches into the kingdom to obtain some help for our physical condition in the world today. 

Why was Yeshua called "a glutton and a drunkard"? Discover the meaning behind the cryptic passage, "We played a flute for you, but you did not dance; we sang a dirge, but you did not mourn," and learn about the path of meseret nefesh, asceticism, and self-control.

Your soul's purpose in this world is to serve God. That's why it was given a body. This purpose implies that there is a foundational commandment in the Torah that many of us may be neglecting. The soul is like an astronaut in a spacesuit. Is an astronaut concerned with maintaining his spacesuit?

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