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. 1d ago

    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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  3. Aug 27

    The King Is in the Field: Elul, Yeshua, and the Meeting Your Jewish Cousins Are Still Waiting For?

    Beloved, the traditional month of Elul carries with it one of the most beautiful pictures in all of Jewish thought: a King leaves His royal palace and walks into the field where His subjects live, labor, repent, and long to be reconciled. But as moving as that image is, the question remains: who is this field-wandering King? Well, in this teaching, we take the Elul tradition seriously, but we also bring it under the authority of Torah, the Prophets, the Writings, and the testimony of the Brit Chadasha, aka the New Testament. From the love declaration of Song of Solomon 6:3 to the face-seeking cry of Psalm 27; from Isaiah's shepherd-King to Zechariah's humble King riding upon a donkey; and from Deuteronomy's promise of a circumcised heart to Yeshua's invitation in Matthew 11, the witness is clear. The King in the field is Yeshua. He has already come. He is accessible. He bids His people come, take His yoke, learn of Him, and find rest for their souls.

  4. Aug 21

    Yeshua and Ki Teitzei: The Torah Fulfilled Through Mercy

    This installment of the Messianic Torah Observer connects the weekly Torah reading Ki Teitzei with the teachings of Yeshua in the Sermon on the Mount, showing that Moshe and Messiah are not at odds with one another. Rather, they stand as two powerful witnesses in one divine conversation that reveals the heart and intent of Torah. Through topics such as divorce, vows, retaliation, generosity, justice, and compassion, this teaching highlights how Yeshua fulfills Torah by drawing Yah's people beyond external compliance and into Kingdom righteousness that flows from a transformed heart.

  5. Aug 20

    What the Greek Mindset Stole from Our Bible Reading and How We Get It Back

    Most of us were never taught to question the lens through which we read Scripture. We inherited a way of thinking from Sunday school, seminary, commentaries, hymns, and Western church tradition that many scholars identify as a Greek or Hellenistic mindset. But beloved, the Bible was not written by Greek philosophers. It was written by covenant people who thought in Hebrew, lived in covenant, told stories, kept the appointed times of Yehovah, and understood truth as something embodied, walked out, guarded, and lived before the Great I AM. In this teaching, we examine what the Greek mindset has quietly stolen from our Bible reading and what we recover when we return to the Hebraic lens of Scripture. We will consider: How Greek thinking spiritualized Torah and stripped the commandments of their concrete covenant meaning How the Hebraic reality and Jewishness of Yeshua were obscured How the biblical story was divided into law versus grace, Israel versus the Church, and Old Testament versus New Testament Why emunah is more than mental belief — it is covenant faithfulness How the Feasts of Yehovah are not abolished shadows, but appointed times, rehearsals, and holy convocations Why the Brit HaDashah should be read as the continuation of the Tanakh, not its replacement This is not about rejecting every contribution of Greek thought. It is about refusing to let Greek abstraction become the controlling lens through which we interpret a Hebraic book. If we are going to understand Torah, the prophets, the writings, Paul, the Gospels, and the ministry of Yeshua rightly, then we must learn to read Scripture the way the covenant people of Scripture understood it. So, beloved, what do you say we recover the lens we were never supposed to lose?

  6. Aug 19

    Parashat Ki Teitzei: Cursed on a Tree and the Covenant of Peace

    Beloved, this installment of The Messianic Torah Observer takes us deep into Parashat Ki Teitzei, one of the most commandment-rich and, at first glance, challenging readings of the annual Torah cycle. But buried in the middle of its warfare ethics, family laws, property responsibilities, and moral instructions are powerful Kingdom truths that point us directly to Messiah, the nations, and Yah's covenant faithfulness. In this teaching, we will examine Deuteronomy 21:22–23 and see why Paul, in Galatians 3:13, reaches back into this very passage to explain what happened on Golgotha. Yeshua did not become a curse because of His own sin or rebellion. He became a curse for us, redeeming us from the curse that our rebellion deserved. Torah did not hide the work of Messiah from us; Torah instead pointed to it all along. We will also look at the Torah of the captive woman in Deuteronomy 21:10–14 and consider how, from a deeper spiritual reading, this passage foreshadows the nations being brought near unto Yah through Mashiyach. Those who were once strangers to the covenants of promise are now brought into the household of Elohim, but not without the stripping away of the old identity, old garments, and old way of life. Finally, we will turn to Isaiah 54, the Haftarah reading for this week and part of the traditional Seven Weeks of Consolation. Here, Yah speaks comfort to the barren, scattered, and forsaken one, commanding her to sing, enlarge her tent, and trust in His unshakable covenant of peace. As we move through this traditional season of Elul and draw closer to Yom Teruah and the Fall Feasts, this word reminds us that Yah's steadfast love has not departed from His covenant people.

  7. Aug 12

    UFOs, UAPs, and the Unseen Realm: A Messianic Response to a World Looking Up

    In this installment of the Messianic Torah Observer, we discuss one of the hottest topics and subjects of the day: UFO and UAP. In this discussion, we explore the UFO/UAP phenomenom from a Messianic/Hebrew/Biblical perspective and determine how we answer a questioning world on what these things and beings are and how we are God's chosen and elect must treat them. Be prepared to have your worldview challenged and even shaken. But more so, be equipped to be a light and salt to a world that is desperately in search of answers and direction.

  8. Aug 6

    Re'eh: What Dos It Mean To Truly See?

    In this installment of The Messianic Torah Observer, we turn our attention to Parashat Re'eh, contained in Deuteronomy 11:26–16:17, and to Moshe's opening admonishment to Yah's covenant people: "See." Re'eh is not merely an invitation to notice something with our natural eyes. It is a divine call to perceive, discern, and rightly assess what Yehovah has placed before us: blessing and curse, covenant faithfulness and covenant compromise, life and destruction. Beloved, this teaching presses into the personal and communal nature of Moshe's instruction. Re'eh begins in the singular, speaking to the individual son and daughter of Yasharal, and then immediately expands into the plural, addressing the covenant community as a whole. In other words, Yah's Torah must be seen personally, embraced intentionally, and walked out faithfully among His people. We also examine the warning of Deuteronomy 13 concerning false prophets and dreamers of dreams. The issue is not simply whether a sign or prediction comes to pass. The greater question is this: where is that voice leading us? Toward YHVH, His Torah, and covenant obedience? Or away from the simplicity of faithfulness into speculation, sensationalism, fear, and compromise? In a season where world events, prophetic claims, geopolitical upheaval, and social unrest are moving faster than many can process, the instruction remains the same: Re'eh. See. Hold the headlines in one hand and the Word of Yah in the other. Test all things. Refuse to be misled. Choose the covenant path that leads to shalom, life, truth, and blessing through Yeshua Messiah.

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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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