LIGHT OF MENORAH

Rev John Ferret
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The study of the Bible in its historical context - with a focus on the archaeology, history, geography, customs , culture, and even the languages of the ancient Middle East. WE ask what did they understand THEN - the original intent of the Lord - so that we can expand and enrich our understanding NOW and thus become true disciples of Adonai Yeshua as in John 8:31-32.

  1. 19h ago ·  Video

    Leviticus 4 part 1 - Lev. 4:1-35 - The Sin Offering - "What's the Gospel?"

    What would you say if someone asked you what was the Gospel?  More than likely we'd say something like, "It is the 'good news' that Jesus Christ died for human sins and rose from the dead to offer eternal life to all who repent and believe."  What would say if you're then asked what's the background behind the Gospel?  Like me, before I got my masters in Bible History and delved into the Jewish roots of Christianity, we'd probably have no idea how to respond. But, Jesus taught the Gospel.  What did those Jews in His day hear when Jesus told them of the Gospel?  What did they understand?  Was it something brand new or was it something they understood?  In this lesson we will study the Sin Offering.  Every Jew in Jesus' day knew what this offering was and what it did and what it did not do.  Every Jew also knew about Yom Kippur as the day of atonement for their sin.  The Sin Offering was a critical part of that day.  So, were their sins atoned for?  Were they forgiven? On top of that are atonement and forgiveness the same?  If Jews are forgiven of their sins on Yom Kippur, a feast of the Lord, why did Jesus have to come and offer His life so our sins are forgiven?  He's the Lord.  He gave the Jews the appointed time of Yom Kippur.  So, if the offering on Yom Kippur took care of the sins of the Jews, then become a convert to Judism.   So much is not taught in the "church" today.  The "church" has abandoned the historical context of the Bible and have separated itself from our Jewish roots.  Few pastors know Greek or the Hebrew or the cultural aspects of Israel in Jesus' day.  All they know is teaching from the New Testament without understanding that it is all Jewish and comes from the Jewish culture of Jesus' day and before and God's foundational books, the Torah.   So, come and join us to understand the Sin Offering.  Come and join us and understand what God says sin is and isn't.  Come and join us and understand that once the Temple was destroyed in 70 A.D. the Jewish people felt they were in deep trouble without the Temple and the rituals God and ordered and designed.  It was as if no Temple then no Judaism.  Come and join us and grasp the foundational concepts of the Gospel that only makes sense in the Jewish culture and it comes out of God's Torah, His instruction (not law), the first five books of the Bible.  If you do not study Torah, the Bible in Jesus' day, you'll not have the understanding of the Gospel of the Kingdom.  You'll not get it out of the New Testament.  The New Testament comes out of the Old Testament.  For Jesus the only Bible He had was the Old Testament, the Hebrew Scriptures with the Torah as the foundational books of God's word; the foundational books of the Gospel. Rev. Ferret - who is this guy? (John - on the Nile at Luxor Egypt) What's his background?  Why should I listen to him?  Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0

  2. 3d ago

    Truth Nuggets 4 Part 2 ”What‘s Your Name?

    Truth Nugget 4 Part 2 The name of God is so special and so holy (kadosh קדוש) - meaning set apart, special, distinct.  The rabbis in Jesus' day and even before even made up a new law - don't say God's name so you won't break the commandment that says do not take HIS name in vain.  Therefore, in Jesus' day the tetragrammaton, yud hay vav hay יהוה, was not said.  Other words were substituted like Adonai meaning ""Lord" or HaShem meaning "the Name."  So one might say God's name, יהוה, I pronounce it "Yah Vay," is a name so above other names, so beyond other names, separate and set apart or kadosh קדוש - God even says this about His name.   This is the historical context we need to understand when we read the New Testament.  Religious Jews who followed Jesus as Lord, as Savior, as God, knew this.  It was part of their everyday culture.  Thus, the verses Phil 2:5-11 take on a whole new meaning.  We then ask Jesus, "What is your name?  What is your REAL name?"   Here are links to the articles I referenced in these podcasts.   Judaism 101 - Jewish law or halakah (one's walk) - http://www.jewfaq.org/halakhah.htm David Biven's article - "Jesus and the Oral Law: the Unutterable Name of God." -  https://www.jerusalemperspective.com/2087/ Rev. Ferret - who is this guy?  (Ferret on the Sea of Galilee) What's his background?  Why should I listen to him?  Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0

  3. 3d ago

    Truth Nuggets 4 Part 1 ”What‘s Your Name?”

    This podcast is broken into two separate parts.  Part 1 sets up the historical context and part 2 applies it to a special verse about Jesus. The name of God is so special and so holy (kadosh קדוש) - meaning set apart, special, distinct.  The rabbis in Jesus' day and even before even made up a new law - don't say God's name so you won't break the commandment that says do not take HIS name in vain.  Therefore, in Jesus' day the tetragrammaton, yud hay vav hay יהוה, was not said.  Other words were substituted like Adonai meaning ""Lord" or HaShem meaning "the Name."  So one might say God's name, יהוה, I pronounce it "Yah Vay," is a name so above other names, so beyond other names, separate and set apart or kadosh קדוש - God even says this about His name.   This is the historical context we need to understand when we read the New Testament.  Religious Jews who followed Jesus as Lord, as Savior, as God, knew this.  It was part of their everyday culture.  Thus, the verses Phil 2:5-11 take on a whole new meaning.  We then ask Jesus, "What is your name?  What is your REAL name?"   Here are links to the articles I referenced in these podcasts.   Judaism 101 - Jewish law or halakah (one's walk) - http://www.jewfaq.org/halakhah.htm David Biven's article - "Jesus and the Oral Law: the Unutterable Name of God." -  https://www.jerusalemperspective.com/2087/ Rev. Ferret - who is this guy?  (Ferret on the Sea of Galilee) What's his background?  Why should I listen to him?  Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0

  4. 4d ago ·  Video

    Exodus - 5 part 2 - the date of the Exodus - 1446 B.C.

    Exodus - 1446 B.C. In part 1 we focused on real archaeology that shows 1) the Israelites were in Egypt prior to the Exodus and 2) that real archaeology supports the date of the Exodus to the 15 century B.C. or 1446 B.C.  In part 2 we will deal with the dates.  In Exod. 12:40 the sons of Israel (Jacob) lived in Egypt 430 years till they left with Moses.  Where does that number come from?  Why doesn't anyone explain it?  Also it is taught to us that the early date of the Exodus was 1446 B.C. and no one ever justifies this date.  It is just stated.  Why won't anyone help us understand that this date of 1446 B.C. is supported by REAL archaeology and not someone's opinion or speculation.  Well, I will.  This lesson is to show that the early date of the Exodus, 1446 B.C. is very likely considering the archaeology supporting it and the study of the events in their historical context.   I mentioned I will provide a number of resources and links to help you study further.  These links and resources are shown below. You'll need these slides below to help you put all this together as you are listening.   Link 1 - an article on Edwin Thiele that shows how he connects the Assyrian King List (calendar) to 1 Kings 6:1 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/m9au2fpr9suktj8/Dating%20Old%20Testament%20History%20Thiele.pdf?dl=0 Link 2 - an article by Dr. Bryant Wood on setting of the date for the Exodus - https://biblearchaeology.org/research/chronological-categories/exodus-era/3288-recent-research-on-the-date-and-setting-of-the-exodus Rev. Ferret - who is this guy?  (Ferret ... resting in God's shade in His city, Yerooshalayeem) What's his background?  Why should I listen to him?  Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0

  5. 5d ago ·  Video

    Genesis 7 - Gen. 2:1-3 STOP, STOP, STOP - GOD STOPS ON DAY 7

    God does something so very interesting.  First, God is out side of time.  Time only is created when we have the sun and the moon.  So, there is no time before the creation.  And in Genesis 2:1-3 we see that God makes time kadosh קָדוֹשׁ - which is translated as holy.  From the Gesenius Hebrew Lexicon we find that kadosh means to be set apart, to be set aside, to separate as special, to be distinct.  Time is the first thing that God makes kadosh or set apart.  Pagans make statues holy.  Pagans make trees or animals holy.  Pagans make buildings holy.  Yet, the one God, the only God, He makes time uniquely special.  One day per week there is a 24 hour period that we enter into that is special and unique.  Why? More than that we read in English that God rested.  Rested?  God needs a nap?  God needs to kick back and "take a load off?" Huh??  Did God rest in the 7th day?  Later in Exodus does He also command us to rest on the 7th day, to lay back, to take a nap?  The answer is NO!!  Absolutely not.  Curious?  Come join us in lesson 7 and reconnect to those ancient days and to the Hebrew of the Torah and come and learn the Gospel written by Moses under the inspiration of Adonai. On top of that, the Sabbath (שַׁבָּת Shabbat in Hebrew) testifies of Messiah Yeshua, Jesus the Christ.  Check it out from one of the chapters in one of the class books from Light of Menorah.  Here’s the link - שhttps://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/owszf7iszt7wkykkonggs/SHADOW-OF-MESSIAH-OVER-THE-SHABBAT.pdf?rlkey=axyzu36d3x1457cmp5z823xrw&st=m5flxovt&dl=0   Rev. Ferret - who is this guy?  What's his background?  Why should I listen to him?  Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0

  6. Sep 25 ·  Video

    Truth Nuggets - 3 Part 2 - 1 Cor. 3:16 WHO’S IN THERE?

    This is session 3 part 2.  We continue with the verse 1 Cor 3:16 and 1 Cor 6:19. In part 1 (see link below if you've not listened to part 1) we saw that in Greek when we read in 1 Cor. 3:1 "YOU are a Temple of God" it does not mean just you as one person.  In Greek there are more forms of the word "you."  In 1 Cor. 3:1 it is plural meaning "all of you" or "you all" to mean we as one, all of us together, are ONE Temple of God.  Each person is NOT a temple but all of us together as the "church" are ONE Temple.  If you haven't checked out part 1 to enter that study, here's the link to part 1 that you should listen to before this one.  Link - https://lightofmenorah.podbean.com/e/truth-nuggets-lesson-3-part-1/   Everyone when asked who dwells in us answers immediately that the Holy Spirit dwells in us.  The Bible says it.  For sure.  But, there's more, much more.  When we go deeper into the Biblical Greek we find an awesome concept from the Hebrew scriptures that is so important for us to grasp is times we are living through today.   In this session I mentioned two links I would provide.  The first link is to an awesome website that will give you an amazing first hand tour of the Tabernacle Model in Timnah Park in Israel.  Some of you may have visited a tabernacle model here in the states.  But, to visit this one in Israel is to likely be in the area where the Hebrews actually camped overnight - right where this tabernacle model is located.  It is roughly 7 miles from Yovatah on the north and roughly 7 miles or so from Avronah on the south (see Num. 33:34).  The head of the park and I discussed this at length when Robin and I took a group there several years back.  He was a Jewish Bible historian (named Moses!!) and we both knew that the Hebrews traveled about 7 miles per day (that is why M. Sinai could never be in Saudi Arabia!!).  This means when you visit the tabernacle model in Timnah Park you are probably close to their camp sight between Yovatah and Avronah.  Here's the link - https://www.holylandsite.com/timna-tabernacle The second link is to an archaeological website.  This site will provide you will a first hand look at the discoveries by Eilat Mazar of Solomon's palace complex just below where the Temple he built for the Lord.  This is an awesome resource for your further study - http://templemountlocation.com/eilatMazar-SolomonicWall-RoyalComplex-SolomonPalace.html Rev. Ferret - who is this guy?  (Ferret on the Sea of Galilee) What's his background?  Why should I listen to him?  Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0

  7. Sep 24 ·  Video

    COMPLETE BIBLE STUDY PODCASTS ON THE FALL FEASTS

    Links for the Bible study podcasts on Rosh HaShana (Yom Teruah)      Lesson 1 - https://lightofmenorah.podbean.com/e/the-fall-feasts-of-adonai-rosh-hashana-part-1-the-day-of-the-blast/      Lesson 2 - https://lightofmenorah.podbean.com/e/the-fall-feasts-of-adonai-rosh-hashana-part-2-the-shadow-of-messiah/      Lesson 3 - https://lightofmenorah.podbean.com/e/fall-feasts-of-the-lord-rosh-hashana-part-3-remember-the-day-of-the-shofar-blast-the-day-of-the-lord/      Lesson 4 - https://lightofmenorah.podbean.com/e/rosh-hashana-yom-teruah-4-1st-last-shofar/ Links for the Bible Study podcasts on Yom Kuppim -       Lesson 1 - https://lightofmenorah.podbean.com/e/fall-feasts-of-the-lord-yom-kippureem-episode-1-it-is-finished/      Lesson 2 - https://lightofmenorah.podbean.com/e/fall-feasts-of-the-lord-yom-kippureem-episode-2-the-time-of-jacob-s-trouble/      Lesson 3 - https://lightofmenorah.podbean.com/e/fall-feasts-of-the-lord-yom-kippureem-episode-3-the-shadow-of-messiah/      Lesson 4 - https://lightofmenorah.podbean.com/e/yom-kippureem-episode-4-the-goat-and-the-lamb-john-539/ Links to the podcasts Bible studies on the feast of Sukkot (Tents) -      Lesson 1 - https://lightofmenorah.podbean.com/e/the-fall-feasts-of-adonai-episode-7-the-appointed-time-of-sukkot-lesson-1-emannoo-el/     Lesson 2 - https://lightofmenorah.podbean.com/e/the-fall-feasts-of-adonai-episode-8-god-dwells-with-us-lesson-2/     Lesson 3 - https://lightofmenorah.podbean.com/e/the-appointed-time-of-sukkot-lesson-3-the-bread-from-heaven/     Lesson 4 - https://lightofmenorah.podbean.com/e/the-appointed-time-of-sukkot-lesson-4-the-bread-from-heaven/     Lesson 5 - https://lightofmenorah.podbean.com/e/the-appointed-time-of-sukkot-lesson-the-8th-day-the-beginning-and-the-end/ Link to the article at GotQuestions.org "How Did Jesus FULFILL the Fall Feasts -       Article - httpswww.gotquestions.orgJewish-feasts.html Rev. Ferret - who is this guy?  (Ferret - teaching somewhere in the Galilee) What's his background?  Why should I listen to him?  Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0

  8. Sep 24 ·  Video

    Truth Nuggets - 3 Part 1 - 1 Cor. 3:16 WHO’S IN THERE?

    Truth Nuggets episode 3 is in two parts.  The first part focuses on the meaning of how we are the Temple of God as in 1 Cor 3:16-17.  Is every Christian a temple?  Is my body a temple?  If there are 2.5 billion Christians in the world does that mean there are 2.5 billion Temples of God in the world?  Or have we missed something since we are not dealing with Biblical Greek.  Are we being too self-centered to say we alone are a Temple of God?  Yup, we missed something.  And we will find what we think is a brand new Christian idea is actually a concept found all the way back to Genesis.   In this session I mentioned two links I would provide.  The first link is to an awesome website that will give you an amazing first hand tour of the Tabernacle Model in Timnah Park in Israel.  Some of you may have visited a tabernacle model here in the states.  But, to visit this one in Israel is to likely be in the area where the Hebrews actually camped overnight - right where this tabernacle model is located.  It is roughly 7 miles from Yovatah on the north and roughly 7 miles or so from Avronah on the south (see Num. 33:34).  The head of the park and I discussed this at length when Robin and I took a group there several years back.  He was a Jewish Bible historian (named Moses!!) and we both knew that the Hebrews traveled about 7 miles per day (that is why M. Sinai could never be in Saudi Arabia!!).  This means when you visit the tabernacle model in Timnah Park you are probably close to their camp sight between Yovatah and Avronah.  Here's the link - https://www.holylandsite.com/timna-tabernacle The second link is to an archaeological website.  This site will provide you will a first hand look at the discoveries by Eilat Mazar of Solomon's palace complex just below where the Temple he built for the Lord.  This is an awesome resource for your further study - http://templemountlocation.com/eilatMazar-SolomonicWall-RoyalComplex-SolomonPalace.html Rev. Ferret - who is this guy?  What's his background?  Why should I listen to him?  Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0

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The study of the Bible in its historical context - with a focus on the archaeology, history, geography, customs , culture, and even the languages of the ancient Middle East. WE ask what did they understand THEN - the original intent of the Lord - so that we can expand and enrich our understanding NOW and thus become true disciples of Adonai Yeshua as in John 8:31-32.

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    Rev John Ferret
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
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