Exodus 1:8 says that a Pharaoh came to power in Egypt who did not know Joseph. How is this possible when the final part of Genesis says that Joseph was made second only to Pharaoh? How did the Israelites find themselves enslaved by Egypt?
J.K. McKee
How can I determine what is, and what is not, kosher for the Passover season?
Should we eat lamb as Messianics during Passover? Is it true that the Jews do not eat lamb during Passover?
J.K. McKee delivers the March 2022 Outreach Israel News update.
The holiday of Purim is a relatively minor festival in the Tanach (Old Testament), yet it portrays a very important story which all of God’s people need to understand. Having been dispersed into Babylonian exile in 585 B.C.E., the Jewish people found themselves under Persian rule. While many found their new Persian rulers more tolerant than the Babylonians, the Jews were still a minority and were often subject to harassment and persecution. In the Book of Esther, King Ahasuerus’ (or Xerxes’) grand vizier, the evil Haman, devised a plot to kill the Jews when he was not worshipped by Mordecai. But Ahasuerus’ new wife, the Jewess Esther, was placed in just the right position at just the right time to see that this scheme did not come to pass. Instead, Haman was executed using the very means which he intended to use against the Jews.
John McKee discusses some of the difficult factors that have contributed to Hebrew having an over-exalted status in many sectors of the broad Messianic community. How will this need to change, given some of the complexities of the future?
John McKee discusses how the Torah has a great deal to say about human sexuality, that far too many people who call themselves “Torah observant” have no intention of ever talking about.
John McKee discusses how far too many people miss out on what the Bible communicates, because they read it as written directly to them—rather than to various ancient audiences.
John McKee evaluates the common belief in the Hebrew Roots movement, that non-Jewish Torah keeping is all that is really necessary to provoke non-believing Jews to Messiah faith. There are actually more significant elements of Romans 11:11, that need to be more carefully considered.
