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Shedding Light on The Real Role of Satan

Shedding Light on The Real Role of Satan

The first time I saw a horse talk, I was seven years old. My brother and I turned on our black and white TV to watch the first episode of Mr. Ed. We always wondered how they got the horse to move its lips. That was make-believe. However, in this week’s Torah portion of Balak (Numbers 22:2–25:9) God miraculously causes a donkey to speak. It happened like this. Balak, the king of Moab, summons the non-Jewish prophet Bilaam to curse the people of Israel. On the way, Balaam is scolded by his donk
Torah portion of Balak free will
Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Why Jesus Didn't Have To Die To Atone For Sin

Why Jesus Didn't Have To Die To Atone For Sin

The following are the Counter-Missionary Survival Seminar notes for the Why Jesus Didn't Have To Die To Atone For Sin Session "Since you no longer observe the sacrificial system commanded by G-d and declared to you by Moses, where, in the Scripture, do you find justification for so doing? If it was necessary for Israel to make a blood atonement for sin in the Mosaic dispensation, and even up to the destruction of Jerusalem, in 70 A.D., why have you ceased to bring your offering before G-d's al
atonement counter missionary
Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Why Exploring The Seventy Weeks of Daniel Verse By Verse Is Crucial

Why Exploring The Seventy Weeks of Daniel Verse By Verse Is Crucial

Continued from Part 1 ... Part 2 THE PASSAGE:  VERSE BY VERSE The decree Verse 24: Seventy weeks are decreed upon your people and upon your holy city, to terminate the transgression, and to make an end of sin, and to forgive iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal vision and prophet, and to anoint the Holy of Holies. Verse 24 contains six phrases directed solely for “your people and upon your holy city” (that is, the Jewish nation and Jerusalem) whose respective co
iniquity seventy weeks of daniel
Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Sin, Atonement and Salvation

Sin, Atonement and Salvation

It is important to note that Judaism and Christianity differ on most major theological issues. One of the more obvious issues is the matter of sin, atonement and salvation. Christian Belief * Early Christianity latched onto a notion that the messiah was someone who would be the ultimate sacrifice for the sins of the world. * Christianity believes that we are born condemned and that without the practice of animal sacrifices Jews cannot atone for their sins. This represents a blatant misinterp
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz