Messianic Messages with Izzy (Video)
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I hope you see Yeshua of Nazareth, and learn more about the Hebrew context of the Bible and the Jewish roots of the Christian faith, through these teachings. I preached these Shabbat sermons to my Messianic congregation live over the course of several years, and they're now hosted by my Hebrew school at holylanguage.com. If you appreciate these talks please subscribe, leave a positive review, and check out the perks of membership at holylanguage.com.
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I hope you see Yeshua of Nazareth, and learn more about the Hebrew context of the Bible and the Jewish roots of the Christian faith, through these teachings. I preached these Shabbat sermons to my Messianic congregation live over the course of several years, and they're now hosted by my Hebrew school at holylanguage.com. If you appreciate these talks please subscribe, leave a positive review, and check out the perks of membership at holylanguage.com.
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English
Episodes
"King's Apostolic Table, Omnilocal Paradox, Tear-Spattered Epistle" Terumah 2 Corinthians 1-3
12/27/2022
Teaching on Exodus 25-27 and 2 Corinthians 1-3 from a Messianic Jewish Perspective. Mitzah to build sanctuary. Shachan, mishkan, and shechinah. Langenscheidt Pocket Hebrew Dictionary on 'in their midst'. Paradox of local versus omnipresent. Community construction project. Freedom and voluntary verve. God's love letters. Kaparah of Mashiach's blood. Connection between the King's table and the Apostolic. Vision and implementation. Point of glory. Tear-spattered epistle. Be proud of each other....
"Syncing With The Creator Of The Universe 1" - The Hebrew/Jewish/Israel Calendar and the New Testament
12/27/2022
Part 1 of a trilogy on the Biblical calendar, the Hebrew/Jewish/Israel calendar. Rosh chodesh, the new month. Purpose for the moon's creation. What would Jesus do? What Jesus did. How Yeshua planned his day, scheduled his time, and structured his worship life. Greatness in the kingdom and mitzvot. Paul and the early Christians and the calendar and feasts of Israel. Festivals as shadow. How celebrating the Festivals is a component of discipleship. How keeping the feasts is a component of...
"Why Do We Sing The Shema?" - Lama Talks With Izzy
12/27/2022
In this "Lama (Hebrew for 'Why?') Talk With Izzy", Izzy explains why we sing the Shema, the Hear oh Israel passage from Deuteronomy 6 that Yeshua said in Mark 12 was the greatest commandment.
"Why Do We Say Shabbat Shalom?" - Lama Talks With Izzy
12/27/2022
In this "Lama (Hebrew for 'Why?') Talk With Izzy", Izzy explains why we greet each other with 'Shabbat Shalom'.
"Why Do We Read From The Torah?" - Lama Talks With Izzy
12/27/2022
In this "Lama (Hebrew for 'Why?') Talk With Izzy", Izzy explains why we read from the Torah.
"Making Of A Hero, the Stolen Messiah, and Words in Collision" - Vayeshev and Matthew 19-20
12/27/2022
Teaching on Genesis 37-40 and Matthew 19-20 from a Messianic Jewish Perspective. Sit on thrones governing the tribes of Israel. Burden and scorching heat. Quote from First Fruits of Zion's Torah Club and Why Men Hate Going To Church by David Murrow. What do you want? Haven't you read? Foremost emotion of Yeshua. Sadducean make-believe. Irony. When God doesn't come through, lessons from Yosef. The mysterious man. Dots over Hebrew word spelled aleph and tav, alpha and omega. Masters of Joseph....
"Moshe Incompetent and Israelus Invictus Vs. Dark World Ruler" - Shemot and Mark 1-2
12/27/2022
Teaching on Exodus 1-6 and Mark 1-2 from a Messianic Jewish Perspective. Israel's exile and the scattering of Yeshua's disciples not the end of the story. Analysis of Israel's dynamic dna in action. Parellel with dna of body of Mashiach in the nations. Recommended reading including Foxe's Book of Martyrs, Martyr's Mirror, Heavenly Man with Brother Yun, and Voice of the Martyrs with Wurmbrandt. Profile of dark spirit behind world system. Fears aliyah, uses tactical burdens and anti-shabbat...
Story - Couple Drop Dead For Messing With God - Acts 5
12/27/2022
True story about God killing a husband and wife for lying to his face. People getting along, sharing, happy, Sesame Street would be so proud. Like an action film or thriller. Ad hoc solutions. Partners in crime. Esp from God. Awe. Human capacity for selflessness or selfishness. Good deeds with a bad heart. Satan can fill the hearts of believers. Christians and Messianics can be demonically influenced. Warning, in a community of recovering sinners you will be wronged and hurt at times. God's...
Story - Diverse Community Develops Creative Solution Instead Of Folding - Acts 6
12/27/2022
True story of diverse multilingual Yeshua community developing creative solution with consensus support instead of splintering. From Acts of the Apostles, chapter 6. Imagine a country with no welfare system, pension plans, and life insurance. Plight of widows. Care of widows in the Torah and the early Yeshua movement. Negative spindoctors. Relate to needs not being met, marginalization as a minority, specializing in strenths, delegating tasks, new job. Embracing diversity. Growth pains and...
Story - Admin Leaps Wall Into Adventure, Ex-Wizard And Apostle Clash - Acts 8
12/27/2022
True story of an administrator jumping a cultural barrier and starting a revolution, and a clash between an ex-wizard and apostle. Crises, trouble, and opposition can be your best friends if responded to correctly, force you to grow, break out, change. Don't pigeonhole people. You're bigger than your job. The adventure is over the wall. People are watchers and followers. Our mission is to get people watching and following Yeshua. We have a hard time receiving something for free. Pray for...
How To Start A Revolution & Change A Culture - Lessons From Firebuilding - Acts 13-14
12/27/2022
What lessons does starting a campfire offer for starting a movement and changing the world? Gather small dry sticks, bring them together but don't crowd them, introduce the fire into the group but don't breathe too hard on it, allow it to start naturally, as the fire grows add larger and larger sticks and logs. Shaul and Barnaba travelled through Asia Minor in modern day Turkey as firestarters, going into synagogues with the fire of the message of Mashiach.
How To Topple A System & Change The World - Lessons From A Nalgene Water Bottle - Acts 16-18
12/27/2022
What a wind undermining the sand granules under a water bottle until it tips has to teach you about how to change the world. Foundational undermining and the sudden gradual shift. Sapping, strategic digging under wall in medieval castles and bulwarks until collapse. In Jeremiah's prophetic call, plucking up breaking down destroying and overthrowing prededed building and planting. Yeshua taught that a person must be emptied before they can be filled. Applies individually, social, politically,...
Story Revolution, 2 - What About All The People Who Don't Read Books? Reaching Nonliterate People
12/27/2022
Half of North Americans don't read books. Not that they can't, they don't. Two-third of people around the world don't read books. How are you going to communicate Yeshua's story to them? How are you going to disciple them? Story from Truth that Sticks by Avery Willis about Scott the Stonemason.
Story Revolution, 3 - Frankenstein Bible! Verses Chopped And Sewn From The Stories of Scripture!
12/27/2022
Over half of Scripture is written in story form. And the other sections have stories behind them. Do you read, discuss, and teach them in context, or chop and sew them into a horrifying Frankensteinish theological monster? What Sesame Street and the children's blurb before the sermon has to teach you. Surprising statistics concerning Biblical illiteracy in North America and what to do about it.
Story Revolution, 4 - Make Your Message Sticky! Why The Entertainment Industry Is Beating You.
12/27/2022
How do you get God's word to stick in people's minds and change their lives? Shocking statistics from the Barna Group: roughly half of people claiming to be Christians believe that Satan doesn't exist, Jesus sinned, and the Holy Spirit isn't real. Third of people say that the Bible is true, and the Quran and book of Mormon. People are bombarded with truth claims, everybody's preaching to them through the media. How do we punch through the clutter? Malcolm Gladwell in The Tipping Point says,...
Story Revolution, 5 - How Is Telling Stories From God's Word Like A Sword, Like Seeds, Like Snow?
12/27/2022
Three reasons why most people don't preach the Gospel: don't know how, expect professionals to do it, or don't have any nonreligious friends. How telling God's stories, word of mouth, is the solution to this problem. How is someone saved and changed from the inside out? How is a culture transformed? By hearing God's Word, God's stories, and believing it. Breakdown of parallels between God's word and swords, snow, and seeds, and what happens when you tell a story from the Scriptures. Story...
Story Revolution, 6 - Is Telling Stories From God's Word Part Of Torah, Jewish Roots, Prophetic Restoration?
12/27/2022
How is a return to telling word of mouth stories from God's Word an integral part of Torah, Jewish roots, and the prophetic restoration message? Five reasons for getting back to this. Torah was originally communicated orally.Telling the story of the Exodus, Haggadah, at Passover. Gospels were originally communicated orally, primarily as stories. Yeshua always told stories to mixed crowds and discipleship means imitating him. Reaching the massive niche market of nonliterate people in North...
Story Revolution, 7 - Who Can Tell A Story? And To Whom? Kids, Unchurched, Atheists, Agnostics
12/27/2022
The talk where the rubber meets the road and things get dirty, but you get somewhere. Everyone is a storyteller! Start with family, neighbors, coworkers, friends. Why telling stories is an effective way to engage and disciple children. Why a story is something that anyone from any religious background or education can understand. Why even atheists and agnostics are more open to a story than to points and disembodied concepts. Don't defend your sword, use it!
Story Revolution, 8 - Telling Stories to People of Other Religions and Postmoderns, Group Learning
12/27/2022
Telling the stories from God's word, word of mouth, to people from other religions. Welcome people from other religious cultures to your city and neighborhood instead of fearing them. Yeshua sent them because you're his body and he wants you to reach out and tell his stories. True account of restaurant owner missionary who told Muslims Bible stories about God's power and saw them and their wives believe in Yeshua. Tell stories to postmoderns, who are more open to hearing something from you...
Story Revolution, 9 - How to Prep for, Tell, and Encourage Discussion on Stories from the Bible
12/27/2022
How to prep to tell the stories of Scripture word of mouth, how to tell them in a group setting, and how to follow up with questions that get people freely thinking and talking. Telling the stories of the Bible is a mitzvah, a command of God! It doesn't just happen, it takes planning, intentionality, and practice. See Brass Tacks resource for storytellers and facilitators of gatherings at crownofmessiah.com. Story of man practicing telling a story on his unbelieving son and how it...