Restore! Magazine Volume 2 Issue 3

In This Issue...

Jewish Festivals and Christian Faith Dr. John D. Garr 6
The Christian church has lost a great legacy in its denial of its Jewish origins. This is no where more apparent than in its separation from the Biblical liturgical calendar which God designed to be a remembrance system and a picture of the coming Messiah.

Finding Our Way Back Home    Dr. John A. Looper 10
Like children long separated from parents and home, believers throughout the world are searching for the origins of their faith in Jesus Christ. They are discovering that they belong in the household of faith, the commonwealth of Israel.

He Knoweth the Secrets of the Heart Dr. William P. Cheshire, Jr. 12
The human heart is an amazing mechanism designed by the eternal God, himself. Is it any wonder, then, that God chose to imprint his name, El Shaddai, on the heart of every man? Modern medicine reveals new thoughts about God and man.

Dialogue and Doctrine Rev. Issac C. Rottenberg 16
Is it possible to have genuine dialogue without consideration being given to doctrine, to the theological understandings of the participants in dialogue? Can Jewish/Christian dialogue now proceed to the plane of doctrinal discussion?

The Hebrew Advantage Dr. Leon W. Mohammed 20
One of the greatest advantages that the Jewish people have according to scripture is their possession of the Word of God. Could it be that a considerable part of this advantage is to be found in the Hebrew language itself?

Why We Crossed Over Dr. E. William Bean 24
A careful study of the Hebrew and Greek words for love used in Holy Scripture reveals a great truth about the kind of love that God has for his people and that he places in his servants to minister to people throughout the world.

Jewish Roots and the Fruit of Love Dr. Howard Morgan 28
When one connects with the Jewish roots of true Biblical faith, one of the first things that is manifest is the fruit of love. One of the clearest messages of the New Testament is the fact that true faith in God is manifest in love for God and love for man.

Jesus, a Jewish Bachelor? David Bivin 32
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When one of the most important commandments for Jewish people to observe is the commandment to "be fruitful and multiply," how is it that Jesus is not mentioned in the New Testament as having a wife and children? Could a Jewish sage be a bachelor?

The Sounding of the Shofar Rabbi Chaim Richman 34
The sounding of the shofar is one of the primary events of the Jewish Festival of Trumpets, more commonly known as Rosh Hashanah, the civil new year’s day. The Scriptures and Jewish tradition tell us much about this important day on God’s calendar.

Evidence of the Jewish Background of the Early Church Dr. Ron Moseley 38
While much of the Christianity thinks of itself as a Gentile entity, the truth is that the earliest church was entirely Jewish. When we study the background of the first century church, we find it to be one of many sects of Judaism, striving to make its views normative.

In Order To Learn Torah, One Must Have Peace Dr. Karl D. Coke 46
Believers are commanded throughout the New Testament to study the Word of God, beginning with the Torah, the five books of Moses in order to observe its teachings and commandments. Why, then, do so many Christians abhor being Torah observant.

Departments

Readers’ Responses                     4

Praise In The Gates                     5
Operation Exodus
The Jerusalem School

Living Biblically                             9
How to Have Believers' Community Yeshiva

Biblical Hebrew                            15
Beth

Digging Up The Word                    31
Ruins of Bethsaida Reveal the "Launching Pad of Christianity"

Body And Spirit                             49
No Longer I
Hallah

Faith to Faith                                45
Repentance Begins for the Christian Church

Like David                                    50
Visual Expressions of Praise and Worship