Foundations with Mandy and Robbo

Today on Foundations we'll be focusing on a branch of Judaism known as Noahidic Judaism. It hasn't been around for all that long, but its foundational beliefs stretch back to Noah. That's our focus today. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Many people have heard of the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, they may have even heard of the Hasidic community, but not many have heard of Karaite (Kar-ite) Judaism. That's what we'll be learning about today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are many different groups within the Jewish world, they're very distinct by their dress codes and hair styles, and today on Foundations we're going to learn about the Ultra-Orthodox community.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on Foundations we're going to learn about the particular Jewish community that embrace Hasidic Judaism. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the same way there are different denominations in Christianity, there are different denominations within Judaism as well. We're going to take a little time to understand the different groups and what makes them unique. In this program we'll be learning about Kabbalah.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rabbis play a very important role in the lives of most Jewish people, as spiritual leaders and guides, but there are other religious leaders known as rebbes (Reb-ees). We’ll learn what the difference is between these two groups today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Who were the priests? We've learned that they were from the family line of Aaron and they were from the tribe of Levi. We're going to learn more about their roles and the seriousness of what they were required to do. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We've learned about the special role of the Tribe of Levi, and on Foundations today we're going to learn about a particular family line from the Levites and what their special roles were. The Kohanim, otherwise known as the priests.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We've been learning about the special role of the Levites on Foundations, and in this program we're going to focus specifically on the Cities of Refuge and why they were so significant, but also the prophetic implications of these cities. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're learning about the tribe of Levi, a tribe that was set apart from the others for a very specific task, we'll continue that conversation today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We know that one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel were the Levites. Who were they, and what makes them different to all the other Jewish tribes? That's what we'll be learning about today on Foundations. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our program today on Foundations we're going to learn who and what the Sanhedrin was.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Foundations today, we'll conclude the conversation we began last time regarding the Jewish Zealot community. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Another group within the Jewish community during the ministry years of Jesus were the Zealots. On Foundations today, we'll begin learning about this fascinating community. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on Foundations, we'll continue learning about the Essene community at the time of Christ. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Another group within the Jewish nation around at the time of Jesus were the Essenes. They weren’t explicitly mentioned in the New Covenant, but they have proven to be a very important group of people. We’ll learn about them today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re going to continue our conversation today on Foundations on who the Scribes were and what they did.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Often when the Pharisees were mentioned in the Gospels, the Scribes were mentioned along with them. That’s the group we’ll begin learning about today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’ll continue our conversation today about the group of religious leaders during the ministry years of Jesus, known as the Sadducees.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Sadducees are mentioned in the New Covenant, they were another group of religious leaders during the time of Jesus. In our program today, we’ll begin learning about who they were.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On a previous program on Foundations, we began learning about the Pharisees, we’ll continue learning about this group today as well.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are various different groups mentioned in the New Covenant within the Jewish community. Today on Foundations we’re going to learn about the Pharisees.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Feast of First Fruits is also separate to the Feast of Passover, but occurs so close to it, that it’s become part of the Passover week celebrations. We’ll learn about this feast, what it represents and how Jesus fulfils all of it.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While the Bible lists the Feast of Unleavened Bread separately from Passover, it occurs as soon as Passover finishes and today, Jews simply consider this feast as part of the Passover week of celebrations. We’ll learn how this particular feast of the Lord also presents Jesus as its fulfilment.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the program today, we’ll continue to unpack the celebration of the Passover meal. We’ll learn about the third and fourth cups in the celebration and how the meal is concluded.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our program today as we continue learning about Passover, we’ll learn about some of the particular elements of the meal as Jews celebrate Passover today. We’ll learn about leaven and the lighting of the Passover candles.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our program today we’ll continue learning about the Feast of Passover, and get some history as to why this feast became so important and significant to God’s people.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Feast of Passover is the first of the seven mandatory feasts of the Lord that God commanded His people Israel to observe every year. We’ll be learning about this feast over the coming days to learn what the feast entailed and how Jesus our Messiah fulfils every element of the Passover meal.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Building fences to most people, in a metaphorical sense, usually indicates fixing a repaired relationship, to patch things up. In Judaism however, building fences is a completely different thing, and that’s what we’ll be talking about today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jewish people are God’s chosen people. The Bible says this clearly. But why did God decide to choose that particular group of people? Why didn’t He choose another ethnic people? That’s the topic of our conversation today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The word Hallelujah is one of the most commonly known words among all the cultures of the world and yet many people have no idea it’s a Hebrew word, let alone what it means. That’s what we’ll be learning about today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’ll be learning about fear on Foundations today, mostly about how to understand it by knowing the context the word is used in. It’s a lesson for every word found in Scripture.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on Foundations we’re going to learn about a beautiful teaching method by the rabbis who taught their youngest students how sweet the Word of God is.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our previous program, we began looking at the topic of blaspheming against the Holy Spirit. We’ll continue and conclude that conversation today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There’s an obscure mention in the New Covenant about not blaspheming against the Holy Spirit. There are different views about what this means and that’s what we’re going to begin covering today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this program we’re going to look closer at the name of our Messiah, the wonderful name of Yeshua.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our program today we’ll be looking at the issue of learning to be satisfied with what you have, not constantly looking at what others have and wishing they were yours.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There’s some contention within Christendom on the topic of original sin, some people don’t even know what it is! Today on Foundations we’re going to look at this topic and see if it’s Christian or Jewish in its origin.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Foundations today, we’ll continue our conversation on the all-important question, 'What Is Truth'’ and learn from the author of Truth itself.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the modern world, truth has become somewhat flexible and optional. However, the Bible is the bedrock of truth so we’re going to ask and see about answering the age-old question...what is truth, today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’ve reached the last episode in our series on Replacement Theology, and it’s going to be devoted to the many places in the Bible where made specific promises to His Chosen Jewish people, about His commitment to their future, their security and the fulfilment of His Word.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the second-last program for our series on Replacement Theology, the faulty belief that God has forsaken the Jewish people, and replaced them with the Gentile church. We’ve been learning over the past few days that God hasn’t forsaken them, in fact, He’s been keeping all His promises to them. In our program today, we’re going to recap the promises He’s made and kept to them.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’ve got three episodes left in this series about Replacement Theology. Over the last few days, we’ve learned about the incredible promises God made to His people, proof of His commitment to them. In our program on Foundations today, we’ll learn about what God promised regarding vineyard in Israel which have and continue to be fulfilled today.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re getting closer to the close of this series of Replacement Theology on Foundations. We’ve been learning about amazing, fulfilled promises of God to His people, demonstrating that He hasn’t forsaken them. In today’s program, we’ll look at His promise regarding the Holy City of Jerusalem.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on Foundations we’ll learn about another fulfilled promise of God to His people, especially the restoration of their ancient holy language. Hebrew was only used for ceremonial purposes, beyond that it was a forgotten and dormant language. But God promised its restoration because God always keeps His promises to His people. He’s never forsaken or replaced them, as many in Christendom believe.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While the feast of Purim isn’t a mandatory Feast of the Lord, it’s a very important feast in the Jewish calendar. We’ve been learning about the how’s and why’s, and we’ll continue learning about this feast, but particularly from a Messianic Jewish perspective.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.