Throughout His ministry Yeshua the Messiah displayed Kingdom power. He preached the good news of the Kingdom, cast out devils, healed the sick and even raised the dead by that awesome power. In fact, in the greatest display of Kingdom power of all time He even overcame death itself when He Himself was raised from the dead! For a period of forty days after His resurrection He taught His chosen Emissaries about the Kingdom and promised them the same Kingdom power that He had demonstrated. As we begin a fresh look at the Acts of the Emissaries we will consider Messiah’s promise of Kingdom power, what that power is, what that power was meant to accomplish, and what He taught them about the Kingdom. We will also consider the “rapture” of Messiah and what that means for the “rapture” of believers. All of this is essential information regarding the foundation of the early believing community and is still fundamentally important for all talmidim / disciples today!

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It seems that at the start of every Torah Year someone out there feels a need to attack the Torah Calendar. Torah requires that the first month of the year for Israel is the month of Abib (new barley), which seems to clash with the religious traditions of some folks. Along with thousands of others I received such an attack in my email box recently. Since I found the attack not only in error but also slanderous I am offering this rebuttal of the main points of that article. The article was entitled: “Is the Aviv Barley a Determining Factor Today?”  The first argument against Aviv barley signaling the beginning of the year goes something like this: “The Kairites believe in it. That makes it a Kairite doctrine. The Kairites are bad because they don’t believe in Yeshua. Therefore, if you accept that barley has anything to do with the timing of the new year you are one of those nasty unbelieving Kairites!” This is, of course, nonsense. I am no Kairite… [download the rest below]. 

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Today is the first day of the Torah month of Abib / Aviv, which is the first month of the Torah year. This first Torah day of the month of Abib is from sundown to sundown of March 20-21 on the Gregorian Calendar. This is just a little reminder, in case you may not have done it yet, to sanctify (set apart) this new year to YHWH. You will find your new year will go so much better if you start out by giving it all to Him!

Wishing you a blessed new year in Messiah,

Eliyahu ben David and Dawn

Our primary sources for this teaching are The Gospel According To John and quotations of Jerome from The Gospel According to the Hebrews, an account of the earthly life and resurrection of Messiah Yeshua first written in Hebrew and held sacred within the first century Nazarean community of believers. This source reports on the resurrection appearance of Messiah to His brother, commonly known as James the Just / Yakov HaTsadeek. While Paul affirms that Messiah appeared to Yakov / James after His resurrection this appearance to Yakov / James is not reported on anywhere in the traditional New Testament Scriptures, leaving a significant gap in the NT resurrection report. That makes the resurrection report from The Gospel According to the Hebrews all the more valuable, since it fills in information known to be lacking from the traditional four Gospels. This important information significantly fills out the picture of what happened after the resurrection of Messiah and helps to lay a foundation of understanding of the role of James the Just / Yakov HaTsadeek among the early believers.

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