The Messianic Torah Observer

Rod Thomas
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The Messianic Torah Observer is an online ministry designed and intended for Torah Observant Believers in Y'shua Messiah. Thus we encourage Torah Living --but Torah Living Y'shua-style. Additionally we provide our listeners with the happenings and goings on in and around the Hebrew Roots communities. We accomplish much of this through Rod Thomas' discussions on his personal life journey as a Hebrew Roots--Disciple of Y'shua Messiah. The True Faith--the Hebrew Roots of the Christian Faith--profoundly affected and changed forever Rod's life and in turn he shares his thoughts and perspectives with you so that you too will experience the tremendous and untold spiritual riches available to each of us who answers the call to true discipleship. We disavow and reject denominationalism at any and every level. The Bible forms the basis of his perspectives and thoughts. Shalom.

  1. Oct 29

    Should Messianics Vote The Ballot, the Kingdom, and the Believer's Personal and Spirit-Led Conscience

    This episode answers one question people actually type into search: "Should Christians/Messianics vote?" Its angle is narrower and less crowded than the usual Christian take: a Torah-observant, Messianic/Nazarene answer that voting is permitted, never required, and a matter of Spirit-led conscience.

  2. Oct 24

    The Sacred Convergence of the Three Jewish Messiahs and How Yeshua Embodies Them All

    Greetings, Saints of the Most High Ahlohim.   Beloved, when we speak of Yeshua HaMashiyach, are we considering the fullness of His calling—or only one part of the prophetic picture?   In this twelfth installment of our Melchizedek Series, I gather the threads of three Messianic profiles: Mashiyach Nagid, the Covenantal Prince; Mashiyach ben Yosef, the suffering Redeemer; and Mashiyach ben David, the righteous and conquering King. My aim is to consider how these profiles converge in our glorious Master, Yehoshua, and how the priestly dimension finds its place within the Melchizedek King-Priest framework.   You see, beloved, these are not merely titles to collect. They bring us face-to-face with questions of authority, suffering, atonement, righteous governance, and the presence of Yehovah among His people. And when we follow these threads, we are brought back to the hope of the Gospel of the Kingdom: restoration, redemption, and the righteous reign of Yah's appointed Son.   I also take time to address three honest objections. Must Messiah rebuild the Temple? Must He establish universal peace? And how should we approach the suffering servant of Isaiah 53? These questions deserve careful consideration—not shallow dismissal.   Join me as we distinguish between redemption already inaugurated and restoration not yet brought to its fullness. Let us gather the threads, beloved, and consider the portrait they reveal.   This is Part 12 of our Melchizedek Series on The Messianic Torah Observer.   Shalom, and may this teaching encourage you to search the Scriptures and deepen your walk in covenant with Yehovah through Yeshua HaMashiyach.

  3. Oct 15

    Mashiyach ben David: The Convergence of Three Messianic Profiles in Yeshua

    Who is the Messiah? Is He the royal Son of David who will reign from Zion? Is He the suffering Son of Joseph who is rejected, wounded, and ultimately vindicated? Or is He the heavenly High Priest who secures atonement and brings humanity into the presence of Yehovah Most High? In this eleventh installment of our Melchizedek Series, we begin walking out one of the most profound truths in all of Scripture: these are not three unrelated messiahs, but three dimensions of one redemptive mission. Through the Davidic Covenant, the prophets of old, Jewish messianic tradition, the Gospel genealogies, and the priestly pattern of Melchizedek, we bring Yeshua into full view as Mashiach ben David, Mashiach ben Yosef, and our eternal Cohen HaGadol. Beloved, the crown, the suffering, and the priestly ministry all converge in Him.

  4. Oct 9

    The Serpent's Oldest Question: Genesis 3, October 7, and Beresheit Faith

    Beloved, Torah's first recorded question is not an honest request for information. It is the serpent's strategic challenge in Genesis 3:1: "Did Elohim really say?" In this installment of the Messianic Torah Observer, we examine how that ancient question still works today—introducing uncertainty, loosening our grip on Yah's Word, and persuading the world to call evil good and good evil.  Against the backdrop of Parashat Bereshit and the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre, we turn to Genesis 1:1 and Torah's opening declaration: "Beresheit bara Elohim"—"In the beginning, Elohim created." The world may be broken, violent, grieving, and filled with deception, but it still belongs to Yehovah. Creation did not begin in violence. It began with Yah speaking, ordering, blessing, and calling His work good.  From Genesis 3 and Isaiah 5:20 to John 1:5, Lamentations 3:22–23, Psalm 121:4, and Proverbs 30:5, this teaching calls Yah's Covenant people to stand firm. The darkness came, beloved, but it has not overcome the Light. Yehovah neither slumbers nor sleeps. His mercies remain new every morning. And He is not finished creating, speaking life into the void, preserving Yisra'el, or accomplishing His covenant purposes in this world.

  5. Oct 1

    The Eighth Day — The Feast Nobody Leaves

    What does Shemini Atzeret reveal about Yeshua, the nations, and the heart of Yehovah? In this teaching, beloved, we bring together the grief and commanded joy of the Eighth Day, Yeshua's cry for the thirsty in John 7:37–38, Solomon's prayer for the foreigner, the seventy bulls of Sukkot, and the one remaining bull. This is the Feast nobody leaves—the intimate Moed where the King says, "Stay with Me just a little while longer."

  6. Sep 24

    The Feast of Tabernacles 2026

    Beloved, Sukkot is far more than a memorial of our wilderness sojourn. In this installment of The Messianic Torah Observer, we   turn to Leviticus 23, John 1:14, Zechariah 14, Revelation 7, Nehemiah 8,   Psalm 27, and Isaiah 4 to examine the Feast of Tabernacles from the ground   up, the top down, and the inside out. We consider what it means that Yeshua   tabernacled among us, why every surviving nation will go up to Yerushalayim   to keep Sukkot in the Kingdom Age, and how the fragile sukkah teaches the   people of Yehovah to live as exiles whose security is found in Him alone. The   Kingdom is coming; in the meantime, we build, remember, and rejoice.   Halleluyah!

  7. Sep 17

    Ha'azinu and Shabbat Shuva: The Song of Moses, Teshuvah, and Yom Kippur

    Beloved, Ha'azinu is more than Moshe's final message to Yisra'el. It is the Song of Moshe. It is a Covenant witness deliberately placed in the mouths of our Jewish cousins by the so-called sages of old so that Yah's warning, judgment, and His promise of restoration would not be forgotten. In this installment of The Messianic Torah Observer, we walk through Deuteronomy 32 and examine why Yah chose poetry and song to preserve truth across generations. We trace the song's movement from the faithfulness of "The Rock," through Yisra'el's rebellion and scattering, to Yehovah's final vindication and atonement. We then connect Ha'azinu with Revelation 15 and the Song of the Lamb, showing how Moshe's ancient song points forward to redemption in Yeshua HaMashiyach.  In the second movement, we turn to Shabbat Shuva—the Sabbath of Return that stands between Yom Teruah and Yom Kippur. Drawing from Hosea 14 and Matthew 18, we consider what teshuvah truly requires. Biblical repentance is not merely an emotion; it is a deliberate change of direction toward Yehovah, accompanied by honest words, renounced idols, restored relationships, and Covenant forgiveness. If you are preparing your heart for the Day of Atonement, seeking a deeper Hebraic understanding of repentance, or studying Parashat Ha'azinu, this teaching calls you to return while there is still time. Today is the day of salvation, beloved.

  8. Sep 10

    The Hidden Feast: Yom Teruah, the New Moon, Hannah's Prayer, and the Return of the King

    This episode explores Yom Teruah (aka the Day of the Blowing of Trumpets) as the only feast in the biblical calendar given no explanation, the only feast that begins on the New Moon when the moon is dark and hidden, and the only feast whose arrival literally could not be known in advance. Drawing from Leviticus 23, Matthew 24:36, 1 Samuel 1–2, and the ancient two-witness system for declaring the new month, this teaching reveals why Yom Teruah is the most prophetically loaded day of the biblical calendar year and what it means for the return of Yeshua. The episode also explores Hannah's silent prayer as the Haftarah key to the feast's theology and unpacks the Ten Days of Awe that Yom Teruah opens.

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The Messianic Torah Observer is an online ministry designed and intended for Torah Observant Believers in Y'shua Messiah. Thus we encourage Torah Living --but Torah Living Y'shua-style. Additionally we provide our listeners with the happenings and goings on in and around the Hebrew Roots communities. We accomplish much of this through Rod Thomas' discussions on his personal life journey as a Hebrew Roots--Disciple of Y'shua Messiah. The True Faith--the Hebrew Roots of the Christian Faith--profoundly affected and changed forever Rod's life and in turn he shares his thoughts and perspectives with you so that you too will experience the tremendous and untold spiritual riches available to each of us who answers the call to true discipleship. We disavow and reject denominationalism at any and every level. The Bible forms the basis of his perspectives and thoughts. Shalom.

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