Remez is a teaching technique long used by Jewish teachers and rabbis to point their audiences to deeper meanings in their messages. In this seminar we examine the concept and how it was used, which helps us better understand Jesus Christ...
In this sermon we cover a number of key questions about the sermon on the mount, including:
• How many “disciples” did Jesus have? How should we understand that term when it’s used in the Gospels?
• Who is the audience in the...
The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke all describe John's prophecy that One would come who was much greater than he, following that with a description of the Messiah's coming judgment in a vivid picture of separating the wheat from the...
Tom Robinson goes through many of the scriptures that show the "remez" (deeper symbolic meaning) to be found through off of scripture in the temptation of Jesus.
Tom Robinson goes through many of the scriptures that show the "remez" (deeper symbolic meaning) to be found through off of scripture in the baptism of Jesus.
At the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew includes two phrases to emphasize to his Jewish/Hebrew audience how important Jesus Christ’s message is that follows. His wording also tells us, as we discussed last time, that what...
In this class, we discuss one of the Bible's more intriguing personalities, John the Baptizer. Many have misconceptions about him, viewing him as some sort of wild man in the desert doing strange things, wearing strange clothing and eating...
At the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew includes two phrases to emphasize to his Jewish/Hebrew audience how important Jesus Christ’s message is that follows. His wording also tells us, as we discussed last time, that what...
Why did Jesus, who has attracting a considerable following, leave Judea early in His ministry to go to Galilee? Clues from the four Gospels and the Jewish historian Josephus provide the answer. Traveling through Samaria, He met a woman at...
We Certainly Do Not Want to Change, Have Unpredictability, Be Upset, Move FROM Here, or Not to Be Informed Completely of What and Why God May Leave Us in A State of Non-Peace. BUT: God Knows His Plan, and It is All For Us WITH Him...
In this ongoing study of the Gospels, we examine the background of the Gospel of Matthew, including who the author was, how he wrote to prove that Jesus was the prophesied Messiah, and how the internal evidence shows that his intended...
Early in Christ's ministry, He was visited by Nicodemus, a Pharisee and likely a member of the Sanhedrin who by reputation appears to have been a great teacher. He was puzzled when Jesus told him he must be "born again"—something he...
Jesus, in His final moments enduring the crucifixion, used a teaching tool called a "remez" to provide a final revelation of fulfilled prophecy, prophecy yet to come, and very importantly for those who believe those prophecies, to provide...
Here you'll find links to all the additional resources listed in the pages of the magazine in the "Dive Deeper" boxes near the end of each article in the May-June 2024 issue.
Cincinnati, OH—The General Conference of Elders (GCE) annual meeting was held on the weekend of May 5-8, 2017, at the Holiday Inn Eastgate near Cincinnati, Ohio. The conference theme this year was “Judgment, Mercy and Faith.”
The weekend started off with registration, international meetings and mentoring and ministerial training on Friday, May 5. That evening a welcome reception was held in the large Holiday Inn atrium for those attending.
On the Sabbath a...