Holy Scriptures and Israel

Holy Scriptures and Israel
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Shalom. Are you looking to deepen your understanding of the Bible? To see the scriptures through the eyes of the original writers and uncover the rich Jewish roots of your faith? This is the official podcast of Holy Scriptures and Israel, a ministry dedicated to sharing the good news of the Lord Yeshua (Jesus the Messiah) with the Jewish people, and to instructing Christians on the foundational truths of their faith. Join us for verse-by-verse Bible teaching presented from a Hebrew-Messianic perspective. From Genesis to Revelation, we explore the original context, language, and culture of the Bible to bring the Word of God to life. Our studies are perfect for those interested in Messianic prophecy, the End Times, the relationship between Israel and the Church, and a deeper, more authentic walk with the Messiah. Our podcast launches with in-depth teachings from Brother Gideon Levytam, born and raised in Jerusalem. We pray this ministry will be a blessing to you. For more teachings or to support our ministry, please visit https://www.holyscripturesandisrael.com.

  1. 2h ago

    Zechariah 11:1-6 - The Rejection of the Good Shepherd

    The Book of Zechariah (זְכַרְיָה) promises that Israel will be restored. In chapter 11, Brother Gideon Levytam shows that a judgment had to come first. Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. The temple in Jerusalem was built with cedars from Lebanon, and the fire speaks of the day it would burn. The shepherds howl, for their glory is spoiled. They are the religious leaders of Israel. Gideon then shows why. God told Zechariah to feed His flock, acting out the part of a good shepherd. The good shepherd is a picture of the Messiah, who would come to care for His people. The leaders of the nation did not care for them, and when the Messiah came, they rejected Him. Before Pilate the chief priests cried, We have no king but Caesar (John 19:15). So God gave them over to the king they chose. In AD 70 Rome destroyed the temple, and the Jewish people were scattered. Yet God still loves Israel, and one day He will bring His people back to Himself. Holy Scriptures and Israel exists to share God's Word with the Jewish people from a Hebrew-Messianic perspective. If this teaching has been a blessing to you, we invite you to partner with us in this vital work. To learn how you can support this ministry and help us continue reaching others, please visit https://www.holyscripturesandisrael.com.

    Zechariah 11:1-6 - The Rejection of the Good Shepherd

  2. Oct 25

    Revelation 2:1-7 - Thou Hast Left Thy First Love

    The seven letters of the Book of Revelation (הִתְגַּלּוּת, Hitgalut) begin with the assembly at Ephesus, and Brother Gideon Levytam shows what the Lord saw there. These believers worked hard for the Lord and were patient in their trials. For His name's sake they did not give up. They tested those who claimed to be apostles and found them liars. They hated the deeds of the Nicolaitans, men who set themselves over God's people, and the Lord hated those deeds too. Then Gideon turns to something sad the Lord had to say: thou hast left thy first love. First love is the love a believer had on the day he first knew the Savior's grace. An assembly can hold every truth and stay busy in the Lord's work while its heart grows cold toward Him. God spoke the same way of Israel's early love in the wilderness (Jeremiah 2:2). Yet the Lord does not say lost. He says left, and what was left can be returned to. He calls them to remember where they began, to repent, and to do the first works. Every believer overcomes by faith (1 John 5:5). To the one who overcomes, He promises to eat of the tree of life in the paradise of God. Holy Scriptures and Israel exists to share God's Word with the Jewish people from a Hebrew-Messianic perspective. If this teaching has been a blessing to you, we invite you to partner with us in this vital work. To learn how you can support this ministry and help us continue reaching others, please visit https://www.holyscripturesandisrael.com.

    Revelation 2:1-7 - Thou Hast Left Thy First Love

  3. Oct 18

    Romans 11:1-7 - God Has Not Cast Away His People

    Opening Romans chapter 11, Brother Gideon Levytam teaches that God has not cast away His people Israel. Some say God has finished with Israel and passed her blessings to the church. Paul answers, God forbid. God is true, and if He would not keep His promises to Israel, no believer could be sure of His promises to the assembly. Paul himself is the first witness. He does not say he was an Israelite, but that he is one, of the seed of Abraham and of the tribe of Benjamin. A Jewish believer belongs to the assembly, yet by descent he remains a Jew. Born again ahead of his nation, Paul is a pattern of what God will yet do for Israel. Gideon brings a second witness, Elijah the prophet (Eliyahu HaNavi, אֵלִיָּהוּ הַנָּבִיא). Elijah made intercession against Israel and said he alone was left. God answered that He had reserved to Himself seven thousand who had not bowed the knee to Baal (1 Kings 19:18). God's people are to be prayed for, never against. Even so, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. It is the Jewish believers within the assembly. The rest of the nation were blinded. That blindness is God's judgment, partial and temporary, until the day when all Israel shall be saved. Holy Scriptures and Israel exists to share God's Word with the Jewish people from a Hebrew-Messianic perspective. If this teaching has been a blessing to you, we invite you to partner with us in this vital work. To learn how you can support this ministry and help us continue reaching others, please visit https://www.holyscripturesandisrael.com.

    Romans 11:1-7 - God Has Not Cast Away His People

  4. Oct 11

    Zechariah 10:8-12 - I Will Gather Them, for I Have Redeemed Them

    The study of the Book of Zechariah (זְכַרְיָה) reaches the close of chapter 10, where Brother Gideon Levytam teaches verses 8 to 12. I will hiss for them, says the LORD. The word means to whistle, lishrok (לִשְׁרֹק) in Hebrew, as a shepherd whistles and his sheep follow his voice. I will gather them, for I have redeemed them. The same Lamb whose precious blood redeems every believer will redeem the nation of Israel. Once the LORD scattered His people in judgment. Now He will sow them among the nations for a purpose: to serve the world as a nation of priests (Isaiah 61:6). Every true believer is a priest today as well, going into the presence of God and coming out to serve. Turning to verse 10, Gideon shows why the LORD names Egypt and Assyria. Egypt recalls how God redeemed Israel from bondage, the story rehearsed at every Passover. Assyria carried the ten northern tribes into exile, and they too will be restored. He will bring His people into Gilead and Lebanon, every portion of the land He promised, until there is not room enough for them. When He passes through the sea with affliction, the sea stands for the nations, and God will judge those that afflicted Israel. And He promises, I will strengthen them in the LORD. The One who speaks is the Messiah, Jehovah the Son, and He strengthens Israel in Jehovah the Father. They shall walk up and down in His name, a redeemed nation in the full service of God. Holy Scriptures and Israel exists to share God's Word with the Jewish people from a Hebrew-Messianic perspective. If this teaching has been a blessing to you, we invite you to partner with us in this vital work. To learn how you can support this ministry and help us continue reaching others, please visit https://www.holyscripturesandisrael.com.

    Zechariah 10:8-12 - I Will Gather Them, for I Have Redeemed Them

  5. Oct 4

    Revelation 1:17-20 - Fear Not, I Am the First and the Last

    Brother Gideon Levytam concludes the first chapter of the Book of Revelation (הִתְגַּלּוּת, Hitgalut) with verses 17 to 20. When John saw the glorified Messiah, he fell at His feet as dead. The Lord laid His right hand upon him and said, "Fear not; I am the first and the last." In Isaiah these are God's own words, and here the Messiah speaks them of Himself. He was dead, and behold, He is alive forevermore, never to die again. He holds the keys of hell and of death. Through His death He broke the devil's power of death and freed all who lived in fear of it (Hebrews 2:14-15). For believers, death has become a servant that ushers them into the presence of the Lord. Gideon then turns to verse 19, where the Lord Himself gives John the division of the whole book. John is to write the things he has seen, the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter. The things which are belong to the present church age, in the letters of chapters 2 and 3. In verse 20, the seven golden lampstands are the seven assemblies, called to give light in a dark world. The seven stars are their angels, malachim (מַלְאָכִים), a word that also means messengers. They are those who shepherd each assembly, held in the Lord's right hand. Each letter that follows is addressed to the angel of its assembly and calls, "He that hath an ear, let him hear." Holy Scriptures and Israel exists to share God's Word with the Jewish people from a Hebrew-Messianic perspective. If this teaching has been a blessing to you, we invite you to partner with us in this vital work. To learn how you can support this ministry and help us continue reaching others, please visit https://www.holyscripturesandisrael.com.

    Revelation 1:17-20 - Fear Not, I Am the First and the Last

  6. Sep 27

    Sukkot - The Feast of Tabernacles (חָג הָסֻּכּוֺת)

    Brother Gideon Levytam brings us to Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, in Leviticus 23:33-43. It is the seventh and final feast of the LORD. It was given as a feast of rejoicing, and no one could rejoice before a holy God without atonement. So blood was shed on every day of the feast. The offerings commanded in Numbers began with thirteen young bullocks and fell by one each day, seventy in all. They stood for the seventy nations descended from Noah's sons, because God had the redemption of every nation in mind. For seven days Israel dwelt in booths, sukkot (סֻכּוֹת), the word that gives the feast its name. The roof was left open to the sky, and there they remembered how God brought them out of Egypt. The booth speaks to every believer of the faithfulness of God, and of the thanks owed to Him. Gideon teaches that Sukkot, the last of the feasts, points to the kingdom the Messiah will bring at His return. In that day, as the prophet Zechariah foretold, all the nations will go up to Jerusalem to worship the King and keep the Feast of Tabernacles. Yeshua will reign as King of kings for a thousand years. It is the kingdom He taught His disciples to pray for: "Thy kingdom come." At this feast He cried, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink" (John 7:37). Holy Scriptures and Israel exists to share God's Word with the Jewish people from a Hebrew-Messianic perspective. If this teaching has been a blessing to you, we invite you to partner with us in this vital work. To learn how you can support this ministry and help us continue reaching others, please visit https://www.holyscripturesandisrael.com.

    Sukkot - The Feast of Tabernacles (חָג הָסֻּכּוֺת)

  7. Sep 20

    Yom Kippur - The Day of Atonement (יֹום הַכִּפֻּרִים)

    In Leviticus 16, Brother Gideon Levytam draws our attention to the Day of Atonement, the sixth of the seven feasts of the LORD. One man of one tribe could enter the Holy of Holies, and only on one day of the year. Aaron came washed and in white linen. He atoned for himself before he atoned for the nation, because the high priest was a sinner like the people he represented. Two goats were set before the LORD. One was killed and its blood sprinkled before the mercy seat, the kaporet (כַּפֹּרֶת). The other carried Israel's iniquity, transgression and sin away into a land not inhabited. Atonement was made even for the holy place, because a holy God was dwelling among an unclean people. Setting that beside the day Israel keeps now, Gideon shows what has been missing since the temple fell. There is no altar, no priesthood and no sacrifice. The fasting and the prayers remain, but not the blood that the LORD said makes atonement for the soul (Leviticus 17:11). Aaron entered once a year and secured a covering for a year. Yeshua entered once by His own blood and obtained eternal redemption (Hebrews 9:12). The goat could only carry sin away from the camp. The Lamb of God takes it away altogether. Israel's own Day of Atonement awaits the day they look upon Him whom they pierced, and a fountain is opened to them for sin and for uncleanness. Holy Scriptures and Israel exists to share God's Word with the Jewish people from a Hebrew-Messianic perspective. If this teaching has been a blessing to you, we invite you to partner with us in this vital work. To learn how you can support this ministry and help us continue reaching others, please visit https://www.holyscripturesandisrael.com.

    Yom Kippur - The Day of Atonement (יֹום הַכִּפֻּרִים)

  8. Sep 13

    Rosh Hashanah - The Feast of Trumpets (זִכְרוֹן תְרוּעָה - רֹאש הַשָנָה)

    From Leviticus 23:23-25 and Numbers 29:1-6, Brother Gideon Levytam shows the significance of the Feast of Trumpets, the fifth of the seven feasts of the LORD. These feasts are appointed seasons, moadim (מוֹעֲדִים), and God calls them His own. Scripture names the first day of the seventh month Zikaron Teruah (זִכְרוֹן תְּרוּעָה), a memorial of the blowing of the trumpet. He commanded the blast and gave no reason for it. Israel later called it Rosh Hashanah (רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה), the head of the year. The shofar sounded, but blood was still required. A burnt offering, a meal offering and a sin offering were commanded with it, each a picture of the greater sacrifice to come. Drawing the calendar forward, Gideon shows that God has already kept four of these appointments. Passover was fulfilled in the Messiah's death. Unleavened Bread spoke of His sinless life. First Fruits was fulfilled in His resurrection. Shavuot saw the forming of His assembly from Jew and Gentile together. The LORD who kept those four will keep the three that remain. The reason withheld in Leviticus is the regathering of Israel, when a great trumpet shall be blown and His people are gathered one by one (Isaiah 27:12-13). Israel is in the land in part, but the nation is not yet restored to her God. For believers the same trumpet carries a nearer hope. The LORD Himself shall descend, and those who are His will be caught up to meet Him (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17). Holy Scriptures and Israel exists to share God's Word with the Jewish people from a Hebrew-Messianic perspective. If this teaching has been a blessing to you, we invite you to partner with us in this vital work. To learn how you can support this ministry and help us continue reaching others, please visit https://www.holyscripturesandisrael.com.

    Rosh Hashanah - The Feast of Trumpets (זִכְרוֹן תְרוּעָה - רֹאש הַשָנָה)
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Shalom. Are you looking to deepen your understanding of the Bible? To see the scriptures through the eyes of the original writers and uncover the rich Jewish roots of your faith? This is the official podcast of Holy Scriptures and Israel, a ministry dedicated to sharing the good news of the Lord Yeshua (Jesus the Messiah) with the Jewish people, and to instructing Christians on the foundational truths of their faith. Join us for verse-by-verse Bible teaching presented from a Hebrew-Messianic perspective. From Genesis to Revelation, we explore the original context, language, and culture of the Bible to bring the Word of God to life. Our studies are perfect for those interested in Messianic prophecy, the End Times, the relationship between Israel and the Church, and a deeper, more authentic walk with the Messiah. Our podcast launches with in-depth teachings from Brother Gideon Levytam, born and raised in Jerusalem. We pray this ministry will be a blessing to you. For more teachings or to support our ministry, please visit https://www.holyscripturesandisrael.com.

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    Holy Scriptures and Israel
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
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