Archive for July, 2011

What Jesus Wore: Clothing In The New Testament

Saturday, July 16th, 2011

According to scripture, below are the clothes Jesus wore. TunicJesus wore a seamless, woven tunic (lose fitting robe) that was one piece as stated in “When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one [...]

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Messianic Judaism In Its Historical Context

Sunday, July 10th, 2011

Messianic Judaism is not a new concept, only a more recent title for an older set of beliefs and its proponents. Since the 1960s there has been major growth in the movement of Jews who consider themselves Messianic, or believers in Yeshua (Jesus’ Hebrew name). Prior to this era, the term Hebrew Christian was a [...]

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Jewish Revolts In The Roman Empire

Saturday, July 9th, 2011

“And He said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s.” (Luke 20:25; KJV) Although this is Jesus’ famous reply when asked if it was lawful for Jews to pay taxes to their Roman conquerors, the Jews did not follow this advice. Ever since [...]

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Units Of Measure In The New testament

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

Here is a brief description of some units of measure in the New Testament: Cubits, as described in both the Old and New Testaments, refers to distance. Remember Moses building the Arc in the Old testament? Or perhaps in the book of Revelation 21:17 where heaven is described as a cube with this unit of [...]

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