Messianic Audio Teachings

Consider Your Calling

January 20, 2023 17:39 - 47.6 MB

Do you feel like you have a special calling in life? The Apostle Paul says, “Consider your calling.” Today’s teaching takes some time for those considerations and ascertains the calling the apostles had in mind.

Ashkenazim and Sephardim in Messianic Judaism

January 16, 2023 04:19 - 104 MB

Episode 4 of Am Yisrael Podcast takes a deep dive into the history behind the differences between Ashkenazi and Sephardi tradition and considers how those differences play out in Messianic Judaism. Yisroel, Ami, and Shalom recorded this episode with special guest, Mattai, several weeks before Yisroel departed for the World of Truth.

Am Yisrael 4: Ashkenazim and Sephardim in Messianic Judaism

January 16, 2023 04:19 - 104 MB

Episode 4 of Am Yisrael Podcast takes a deep dive into the history behind the differences between Ashkenazi and Sephardi tradition and considers how those differences play out in Messianic Judaism. Yisroel, Ami, and Shalom recorded this episode with special guest, Mattai, several weeks before Yisroel departed for the World of Truth.

Three Old Men

January 16, 2023 01:59 - 48.1 MB

Clement dispatched three elders, a beit din from the community in Rome, to serve his epistle to the assembly of disciples in Corinth. Turns out we have met one of them before in Paul's epistles to Corinth. With a few closing remarks, a blessing, and two more doxologies, we conclude the epistle of 1 Clement and discuss its reception among the churches in the second and third centuries. Download the PDF below for the original handout.

Am Yisrael 3: Orthodox Messianic Judaism

January 13, 2023 21:34 - 104 MB

In this episode, Yisroel Nachum, Ami Buckles, and Shalom Wilson discuss the difference between Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform Judaism while making the argument that an Orthodox expression of Messianic Judaism makes the most sense. This episode was recorded in June 2022, a few weeks before Yisroel Nachum Amic passed into the World of Truth.

Seeing Him Who is Unseen

January 13, 2023 16:35 - 45.3 MB

God is invisible. Human beings are not. But the person of faith chooses the fear of the invisible over the fear of the visible. The story of the birth of Moses, the slaying of the Egyptian, and his flight from Pharaoh told from three perspectives: Exodus 2, Acts 7, Hebrews 11.

Clement's Prayer

January 12, 2023 14:26 - 75.5 MB

What did the liturgy and prayers of the early disciples of Yeshua sound like? Clement's epistle to the Corinthians concludes with a majestic prayer with strong parallels to Jewish liturgy. This lesson and the contents of the prayer include material pertinent to the modern political divide as Clement teaches us how to pray for government officials. Download the oriignal class handout in the PDF attachment below.

A Sacrifice of Peace

January 05, 2023 18:27 - 69.1 MB

Sometimes the sacrifice of peace is self-sacrifice. In 1 Clement 53-58, Clement urges the upstarts in Corinth to follow the examples of godly heroes of the past who did not hesitate to risk themselves and sacrifice their positions for the good of the community.

The Love Chapters

December 30, 2022 17:57 - 69.5 MB

We have a commandment to love God and a commandment to love others. In his epistle to the Corinthians, Clement appeals to the authority of Yeshua's mandates about love to pose an argument against the ursurpers in Corinth. Listen in on this Green Room Class from 2013 on 1 Clement 47-52. Download a pdf of the original handout below.

Authentic Gospel of Peter

December 30, 2022 16:43 - 13 MB

The authentic Gospel of Peter is not the aporcryphal gospel known by that title. Instead, it's already in your Bible. In this teaching from Tevet 9, December 22, 2012, we take a look at the story behind the composition of the Gospel of Mark.

The Righteous is the Foundation of the World

December 23, 2022 18:33 - 42.1 MB

A teaching from parashat Bereishit about the merit of the righteous, cleaving to the righteous, and the concept of "Tzaddik Yesod Olam, the Righteous is the Foundation of the World" (Proverbs 10:25).

Lesser is Greater

November 25, 2022 21:00 - 28.9 MB

Spiritual stature is measured in the inverse. Esau and Jacob reflect two opposite mindsets, and being “small” like Jacob is the key to personal and spiritual success.

King Solomon and the Antichrist

November 18, 2022 17:37 - 41.6 MB

What's the real relationship between King Solomon and false messiah? That's the question behind this teaching on the haftarah for Chayei Sarah.

The Book of Faith and Hope

November 04, 2022 16:23 - 8.05 MB

Biblical faith is a life of trust, belief, confidence, optimism, and certainty in God’s goodness. It accepts that the otherwise unseen and unknown things revealed by God’s prophets, by His Son, and by the apostles are all true and certain.

Remembrance of the Clouds of Glory

October 14, 2022 14:46 - 54.1 MB

Some people have the custom of decorating their sukkah with a plaque with the words “Zeker LeAnanei HaKivod” -- “A Remembrance of the Clouds of Glory.” This teaching explores the relationship between the Sukkah, the clouds, and the coming of the Messiah.

Gog and Magog and the Festival of Nations

October 07, 2022 15:11 - 32.6 MB

Why is Sukkot called the Festival of Nations? It has something to do with Gog and Magog, Leviathan, Antichrist, and the End of Days.

Hakhel: The King's Mitzvah

September 30, 2022 19:51 - 34.8 MB

Are you ready to hear the Messiah read the Torah? This Sukkot is the festival after the seventh year during which we are to hear the king read the Torah. The mitzvah of Hakhel (Deuteronomy 31:10-13) says that during the festival of Sukkot, at the end of a Shemitah year, everyone is supposed to assemble in Jerusalem to hear the Torah read aloud to the whole assembly by the king of Israel.

Stay on the Derek

September 23, 2022 18:07 - 42.8 MB

It's not difficult to get back on the path. The hard thing is staying on the path. Here's some advice for making your resultions stick and winning the fight with yourself.

Get Back on the Derek

September 16, 2022 15:20 - 31 MB

Some practical advice for jumpstarting repentance during the forty days of teshuvah that culminate with Yom Kippur.

Miriam's Well, the Clouds of Glory, and the Manna

July 08, 2022 18:18 - 54.1 MB

Why bother attending synagogue services? Take a look at the spiritual transactions taking place at Beth Immanuel. This discussion about the efficacy of prayer and attendance at a Messianic Jewish synagogue includes a discourse on the rock in the wilderness, the clouds of glory, and the manna as they relate to Miriam, Aaron, and Moses respectively and how these elements foreshadow the Messiah.

Walking Humbly with Your God

July 01, 2022 15:39 - 21.7 MB

Yeshua identifies the weighty matters of the Torah as justice, mercy, and faithfulness. From where does he derive this triad? This teaching focuses in on Micah 6:8, offering context for the saying from the days of Isaiah and Hezekiah. Then we examine what it means "to walk humbly with your God" in light of Yeshua's teachings about the weighty matters of the Torah.

Am Yisrael 2: Messianic Kiruv

June 29, 2022 14:47 - 33.2 MB

What does Messianic outreach look like in a Postmissionary Messianic Jewish congregation? Episode 2 of Beth Immanuel's Am Yisrael podcast discusses some of the implications.

Am Yisrael Podcast: No Place Like Home

June 24, 2022 11:49 - 26.8 MB

The pilot episode of Am Yisrael, the new Beth Immanuel podcast, features a conversation between Yisroel Nachum Amic, Shalom Wilson, and Ami Buckles discussing the recent Beth Immanuel Shavuot conference and reflecting on their own personal experiences in synagogues and churches before finding their way to Beth Immanuel.

Upon Three Pillars

June 17, 2022 15:53 - 42 MB

Why does Yeshua identify faithfulness as one of the weighty matters of the Torah, and what does that really mean? Aaron Eby takes a look at the meaning of justice, mercy, and faithfulness by comparing a similar discussion in the Talmud where the sages boil the 613 commandments down to the principle of living by faith. This teaching from the 2022 Shavuot conference takes you through an easy-to-understand path toward understanding what it means to live by faith.

Authority in the Assembly of Messiah

June 15, 2022 03:00 - 17.6 MB

Clement, the disciple of Peter, lays out the hierarchy of authority in the assembly of Messiah and lodges his complaint against those subverting that authority in Corinth. This fascinating time capsule takes a look at the inner workings of the early church and the apostolic tradition that undergirded its offices. Includes apostolic midrash on parashat Korach and a lost saying of Yeshua. Download the original handout from the 2013 class below.

The Words of Eternal Life

June 10, 2022 17:36 - 45.6 MB

In the popular presentation of the gospel, the teachings of Yeshua are irrelevant to the core message of salvation. Whether salvation by sacraments or salvation by faith, the teaching of Yeshua does not figure into the equation. This teaching reexamines the gospel message and reconsiders the weight we apply to Yeshua's teachings.

The Weighty Matters

June 03, 2022 20:21 - 53.1 MB

Yeshua says that the weighty matters of the Torah are "justice, mercy, and faithfulness." Does this mean that the details of Jewish law are irrelevant? This teaching, the first of a series of teachings for the Shavuot 2022 at Beth Immanuel, opens the discussion on the "weightier provisins of the Law." Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these ar...

Parable of the Two Brothers

May 20, 2022 19:16 - 36.7 MB

How should we be preparing for times of economic uncertainty? What does fincanical stewardship look like for disciple of Yeshua? A parable from Rabbi Bachya offers some perspective on Parahsaht Behar.

Defilement of Body and Spirit

April 08, 2022 16:22 - 37.9 MB

A short discussion on a few of the mystical implications of the Bible's ritual purity laws in Leviticus 12-15 (Tazria Metzora) and their significance in view of the journey of the soul and the resurrection of the dead.

Distinction and Boundaries

April 03, 2022 23:49 - 20.7 MB

Is unstructured worship more spiritual than formal types of worship? Many Christian teachers eschew formalism, protocol, and distinction in favor of universalism and homogenization which eliminates distinction, diversity, and protocol in the service of God. In this lesson from 1 Clement, Peter's number-one disciple weighs in on the discussion with an argument for maintaining boundaries within the body of Messiah. Here's where Clement stands on the debtate between One Law Theology and Distinc...

Glory of the Unseen

March 25, 2022 19:50 - 50.5 MB

Why doesn't God appear to us? Why can't we see God? Take a headlong dive into some deep Torah thoughts on parashat Shemini where the Glory of the LORD appears to Israel on the eighth day.

The LORD's Portion

March 25, 2022 04:12 - 20 MB

More deep thoughts, mystical ideas, quotations from no-longer extant sources, and beautiful Jewish exegesis from Clement of Rome. Lesson 6 in our study of The Holy Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians takes us from 1 Clement 28-34.

Flourishing as the Phoenix

March 18, 2022 02:02 - 20.2 MB

Clement makes an appeal to nature and the natural order of creation to argue for the resurrection of the dead and the order of authoirty in the assembly of Messiah. Listen in on this class on 1 Clement 20-27.

That's What I Was Thinking!

March 11, 2022 15:57 - 46.5 MB

What do you think? The Torah says that the burnt offering atoned for the worshipper, but for what sins did it atone? The sages looked for answers in the book of Job. Here's a discussion based on parashat Vayikra about the meaning of the burnt offering in Jewish teaching.

Steam from a Pot

March 09, 2022 03:37 - 16.7 MB

Beginning with a lost saying of the Master, the Epistle of 1 Clement launches into a discourse on humility with examples from the lives of the great men of God. Hear Moses say, "I am only steam from a pot." Download a pdf of the original handout below.

Moses' Private Tent of Meeting

February 18, 2022 23:34 - 50 MB

If Moses already had a tent of meeting where God appeared to him and spoke to him face to face, for what did he need to spend forty days on Mount Sinai receiving the instructions for building a tent of meeting? If you’ve already got a tent of meeting, why build another one?

Enoch, Abraham, Lot, and Rahab

February 17, 2022 21:05 - 14.8 MB

The Epistle of Clement preserves otherwise lost, authentic, apostolic teachings about the Torah rooted in forgotten teachings of Yeshua. As Irenaeus, the second-century Bishop of Lyons puts it, "Clement had seen the blessed apostles and conversed with them, their teaching was still ringing in his ears." This lesson looks at how the apostles taught the stories of Enoch, Abraham, Lot, and Rahab.

The Meeting Place

February 11, 2022 20:33 - 46.5 MB

A word to Beth Immanuel members and community members in anticipation of First Fruits of Zion's Malchut 2022 conference in Dallas, TX and in anticipation of Shavuot 2022 in Hudson, WI. We discuss the significance of being part of the Beth Immanuel community and the privilege of being able to utilize the holy appointed place to meet with God at the holy times.

The Martyrs of Rome

February 10, 2022 16:07 - 90.3 MB

Clement of Rome briefly recaps the stories of the persecutions and trials endured by Peter and Paul and the disciples in the Neronic persecution and Circus Neronis. This lesson covers 1 Clement 5-8 and includes important Apostolic Era tradition, teachings on repentance, and the efficacious nature of the suffering of the Messiah for salvation in all generations.

Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians

February 04, 2022 17:44 - 22.3 MB

An introduction to the Epistle of 1 Clement and discussion of 1 Clement 1-4 recorded in the Beth Immanuel Green Room, 2013.

Madness and Folly

January 28, 2022 17:24 - 57.3 MB

How did an enlightened, educated, and morally developed culture like Germany of the 1930s perpetrate one of the greatest humanitarian crimes of all time? This lecture takes a look at the problem from the perspective of the Gospels and Dietrich Bonhoeffer and it offers a dire warning for the current trajectory of political and social discourse in America.

Armageddon and the Armor of God

December 24, 2021 16:32 - 45.3 MB

Unlike any other teaching you might have heard on "the armor of God," this final installment in our series on the Epistle to the Ephesians places the discussion on the armor of God in it's biblical and eschatological context: the final battle with the nations which is called Gog and Magog and the battle of Armageddon.

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