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 Ariel

  • Ariel Magazine (Fall 2023), “Serving Moses, Serving Yeshua
  • Ariel Magazine (Fall 2024), “Who Are the People of Israel? A Biblical Discussion of Identity”

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Has the Church Put Israel on the Shelf?

The relationship of the church to Israel is central to ecclesiology. Many scholars and theologians hold supersessionist understandings of the...

Who Are the People of Israel? A Biblical Discussion of Identity

Definitions can be tricky. There are so very many ways to define the Jewish people. I'd like to thank the person who taught me the definition of...

CMJ USA

Yeshua the Prophet like Moses is Born

For some, the Christmas narrative has become trite, something to be toyed with, but the story of the infant in the manager is not some fairy tale....

The Lesson of the Loaves

When Jesus feeds the multitude by multiplying bread, it is not lost on the people that he is the Prophet Moses predicted. Yet, the people - and even...

From Moses to Messiah in a Wedding, Water, and Wine

Why does Jesus turn water into wine? Is he announcing the fading of the Law? No,rather he is announcing the new Exodus and his identity as Moses'...

Here comes the Judge

Moses served as a judge for Israel. His judging was not a condemning or critical type of judging but making decisions regarding disputes or...

A Journey of Discovery

Following the Resurrection, two disciples of Jesus left Jerusalem, walking to the townof Emmaus about seven miles away. As they walked together, a...

Water for an Israelite

The Samaritans, who only acknowledge the Pentateuch as inspired, were looking for Moses' successor, the giver of water. It's the woman at the well...

The Storm of Revelation

Why does the text say that Jesus intended to pass by his frightened disciples on the lake, and how does that have to do with Moses’ divine encounter...

Ascending the Moutain of God

Jesus’s transfiguration looks back to Moses’ transforming encounter with the God of Israel and points forward to the Son of Man, the...

Moses and the Last Supper

Only one character in the Tanakh can truly be said to be the One prophesied to succeed Moses in Deuteronomy 18:15–19: The Servant of the Lord...

The Temptation in the Wilderness

Jesus fasts 40 days in the wilderness as Moses does. This and other parallels with Israel are expressions of Jesus’ ministry as the ultimate,...

LCJE

The Wolff and the Moon

Two significant individuals, Lilli Wolff and Peter Plotkin, with a deep connection in faith and artistry, despite their different backgrounds and...

Fisk and Parsons

The missionary work of Levi Parsons and Pliny Fisk, who were part of the early American Protestant missionary efforts in the Middle East,...

JETS

Has the Church Put Israel on the Shelf?

The relationship of the church to Israel is central to ecclesiology. Many scholars and theologians hold supersessionist understandings of the...

The Lesson of the Loaves

When Jesus feeds the multitude by multiplying bread, it is not lost on the people that he is the Prophet Moses predicted. Yet, the people - and even the disciples - fail to understand what this prophetic role would...

The Storm of Revelation

Why does the text say that Jesus intended to pass by his frightened disciples on the lake, and how does that have to do with Moses’ divine encounter on Sinai? Part of our ongoing series "Jesus, the Prophet Like Moses."

James (Jim) R. Sibley, Ph.D.

Ministry Statement Having had a particular interest and involvement with the Jewish people from the age of fourteen, I have come to understand that the Jewish people are the key to understanding Scripture, theology, and...

Our Father Abraham Book Review by Jim Sibley

Marvin R. Wilson is a prominent evangelical author who is well-qualified to write on this important topic. Our Father Abraham seems to be, in fact, an expansion of the author's previous article, "Hebrew Thought in the Life of the Church" (in The Living and Active Word of God, ed. M. Inch and S. J. Schultz. Winona Lake, Indiana: 1983. pp.123-135). Beginning with the basic premise that "the roots of Christianity run deep into Hebrew soil" (back cover), this book is intended to be "an exposition of what it means for today's Church to be part of Abraham's spiritual family." (p. xvi) Wilson is professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts; he has long been active in Jewish/ Christian dialogue; and he has been a prominent spokesman on Jewish/ Christian relations. His voice is one which must not be ignored.

Ascending the Moutain of God

Jesus’s transfiguration looks back to Moses’ transforming encounter with the God of Israel and points forward to the Son of Man, the Prophet-Like-Moses, ruling and reigning at the right hand of the Father

Here comes the Judge

Moses served as a judge for Israel. His judging was not a condemning or critical type of judging but making decisions regarding disputes or disagreements. If Moses is presented as a judge, the Messianic Prophet of whom he spoke is the ultimate judge.

Sinai and the Sermon on the Mount

The Gospel of Matthew’s account of Jesus’ extended teaching sitting on a high place sketches out an image of the Prophet-Like-Moses promised by God in Deuteronomy 18. Second in a year-long series.