Currently, the United States spends about a trillion dollars a year on 80 different federal, state, and local welfare programs. Has it worked? Since the time of “welfare reform” the U.S. has spent over $25 trillion dollars and yet people are still locked into poverty, creating a cycle that has lasted for generations. Under government…
Author: MVF Silverton
Ear to the Door
Mishpatim: Ordinances, Judgments, Rulings Shemot (Exodus) 21:1 – 24:18YirmeYahu (Jeremiah) 33:25-26; 34:8-22 MattitYahu (Matthew) 5:38-42; 17:1-11 Okay, so the picture off the internet is kind of corny – an ear of corn on a red door!?! But notice the red cross pattern that the ear is fastened to on the door. No coincidence, the number 240…
Who Me?
Is it possible for us to understand how to approach The King of the Universe? The prophet Isaiah gives us a clue when finding himself before the throne of Yahweh and the Seraphim angel with six wings proclaiming holy, holy, holy. He states: “Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man…
Can’t I Keep My Money?
Yitro – Jethro (his abundance, excellence)Shemot (Exodus) 18:1 – 20:23 Haftorah – YeshaYahu (Isaiah) 6:1 – 7:6; 9:6-7 B’rit Hadashah – MattitYahu (Matthew) 5:17-20; 19:16-30 Hey, I’m a good guy, you know! I keep the ten commandments better than most folks! I keep the Sabbath, don’t cuss, never killed anyone, don’t cheat on my wife,…
Ignorant or Aware?
Torah B’shallach – When He Let Go: Shemot (Exodus) 13:17 – 17:16 Shoftim (Judges) 4:4 – 5:31Qorinthim Alef (1 Corinthians) 10:1-13 If only I knew, I would be so much better off! In this day and age, I shouldn’t have to be ignorant about any important matter in life! In the age of information, just…
Stuck and Have Nowhere to Go?
Domesticated elephants are chained to a stake while young. Over time, the elephant becomes convinced that he cannot break away when he is older and stronger. Eventually, he accepts his captivity, unable to change. B’shalach means, “when he let go.” The study refers to Pharaoh, who finally releases Israel so that they can leave the…
Yeshua and the Ten Plagues
Bo / Enter, Go! Shemot (Exodus) 10:1 – 13:16 Haftorah: YirmeYahu (Jeremiah) 46:13–28 Brit Hadashah: Luke 22:7-30; I Cor 11:20-34 “What goes around comes around,” so they say. Some call it karma. Yah calls it reaping what we sow. Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will…
Do I Have to Go?
“Enter” or “Go” is the name of our Torah study this week. It’s called Bo in Hebrew. Hence the question, where should one go or enter? Of course, we don’t always relate this calling to ourselves. It was Moses who was called to go and enter the courts of Pharoah and speak the words of…
Mastered by the Messiah
Shemot (Exodus) 6:2 – 9:35 Yechezkel (Ezekiel) 28:25 – 29:21 Romans 9:14-33 Like a wild horse, something inside of me does not want to submit to the hands of a master. Most people don’t like being told what to do, especially if it’s by tyrants. Everyone I know wants to be free of the hands…
Delusion…or Ignorance?
The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that…