In this fresh and lucid study, Ariel presents the fundamentals of Jewish thought on the profound issues of God, human destiny, good and evil, Torah, and messianism, guiding the reader toward a definition of the beliefs that shape Jewish identity. This lively exploration of Jewish ideas and beliefs provides a rationale and stimulus for anyone seeking to understand or...
What god does Jainism believe in? What do Jews believe about Jesus? What religion uses the Avesta? What day do Jewish people worship? What did the Israelites believe? What is a Secular Jew? What is the traditional symbol of Judaism?
What god does Jainism believe in? What do Jews believe about Jesus? Who is the god of Druze? What are some Indigenous cultures or religions? What is Popol Vuh? What is the Toltec religion? What is the holy book of Druze? What are the beliefs of Hare Krishna?
Some Jews expected the messiah to be a descendant ofKing David(based on an interpretation of God’s promise to David in 2 Samuel 7 of an eternal kingdom). TheDead Sea Scrollsspeak of two messiahs: one a military leader and the other a priest. Still other Jews expected the prophet Elija...
(who was also called Israel) would remain forever the Chosen People (see Deut. 4:37). Since the Jews were chosen in the merit of our ancestors, not for own merits, nothing that we do can make us lose that position. Hashem will never reject the Jews. This is stated many times in ...
What was the kingdom of God? The Jews would have understood Jesus to be saying that the Old Testament promises to Israel were about to come true. The Messiah would come, and lead the nation of Israel to throw off Gentile domination, and become the leading nation of the world. If you ...
God caused him to die from worms in his stomach (Acts 12:23). Herod was definitely not a Christian. But then there is the case of Ananias and Sapphira whom God struck dead for lying to the Holy Spirit. I do believe we will see Ananias and Sapphira in heaven, but they perished ...
Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. 10 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one;11 there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God.12 All have...
When you picture God in your mind, what does He look like? What is His ethnicity? What’s the color of His hair and skin? Does God even have a body in the sense that we do? Even though we know God isn’t human, we tend to think of His appearance in human terms. After all, ...
In Deuteronomy 17:2–5, God said: “If there is found among you, within any of your towns which the Lord your God gives you, a man or woman who does what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, in transgressing his covenant, and has gone and served other gods and worshiped ...