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News and commentary for Monday, 4 November, 2024. We’re at T-minus-one, and that the ‘Fix is In’ has never been more obvious. Be ready, and be skeptical.

As he starts this episode in the Gospel of John chapter 1, verse 1, Rabbi Steve Berkson enlightens us with an interesting observation about Messiah Yeshua and his relationship with his Father. This observation flies in the face of any other doctrine regarding “oneness,” the “Trinity,” etc. • What role did Messiah Yeshua have in […]

Wee the People. Did you have to memorize the preamble to the Constitution in school? "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution...” I never had a problem memorizing things for school. It was getting up in front of people that was terrifying. Eighth grade was a veritable shark tank of hormones, cliques, and mean girls and guys. A public mistake likely meant a nickname you didn’t want. Not much tranquility among “we the people” in junior high. We the people. The politicians did get a few things right back then. A sense of common identity, community, mutual respect, and all those things that define a people group were at the top of their agenda. Not a bad start for a government defining and agreeing on what “constitutes” a nation. But the signers of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution didn’t want a king, even a good one. Israel in the wilderness was a miracle, a people group preserved in Egypt over hundreds of years without losing their identity. They had a king, a pharaoh, yet they kept their own language. They kept their tribal identity. These things became even more defined in the wilderness when they received their covenant in Hebrew, affirming their collective mission. Each tribe’s blessings were clarified, territory defined in the encampment, leaders chosen and instructed. A central place of worship nestled in their center, reminding them that they should provide for the common defense of the Ark, maintain their boundaries in tranquility, and look to the welfare of their families so that their posterity would be able to enter and inhabit the Land of Promise. Their King was YHVH, Who betrothed them to Himself at Mount Sinai. Everyone signed on with “We will do, and we will hear.” Unlike the Tower of Bavel, where human beings united to build a name for themselves, Israel united to build the Name of the Holy One of Israel. There is ultimate power in unity, which is reflected in our proclamation of the greatest commandment: “Hear O Israel, the LORD your God, the LORD is One.” What happens, though, when our “we” becomes my “I”? Oh, my. The stutter-steps in the wilderness occurred when the I’s developed an independent agenda or envied others. There were rebellions against the authority of Moses and Aaron, rebellions against the mitzvot, even passive-aggressive disobedience. In the wilderness, that means just not showing up when you know you should. Each problem emerged when “I” outweighed “we the people.” Even rebel groups were not truly a “we.” They had different agendas, so they were bound as “we” only in dissatisfaction, which would not be enough to hold them together had they been successful, such as Korach and the Reuvenites. Truth is, they were a collection of “I’s”. The secret to a successful “we”, as in “We will do, and we will hear,” or “We the people,” is that we have to become wee people. Smaller than our egos tell us we should or ought to be. Or, in some cases, bigger than our fears will allow us to be. In that case, doing more is actually an act of humility. If we obey the fear, we will not be fruitful in the congregation. We have to make the fear smaller and our Divine spiritual calling greater. Great faith means wee fear. WE are not alone as we battle our egos or our fears: “Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us...” (He 12:1) The clouds surrounded the Israelites in the wilderness. Within the cloud were many witnesses to the exodus from Egypt, the miracles along the way, and the national purpose to build the Kingdom of the only true King of Kings. “I” could never forget what “we”...

We began the reading of Parsha Noach last week, both with the story of his genealogy, the nature of the world at that time, and the Flood itself. But that parsha also includes at least one other famous story, and one which also bears more relevance today that we might like to admit. The Erev […]

Will this election cycle begin the judgments upon America? Why have western leaders, including our own, behaved in such a irresponsible manner on the world stage? Why are they bringing such shame and derision upon America? Does America have enough weapons remaining to fight in her own defense? Iran’s 2-day NOTAM begins Sunday afternoon – […]

News, commentary, and an extended look back at some of the key stories for the week ending Saturday, 2 November, 2024, the last weekend before that “date certain.” And what was increasingly clear has become almost undeniable: the DEI “democracy” candidate, who doesn’t know what actual ‘fascism’ is, because she ‘are one,’ has imploded. And […]

Psalm 23 is probably the most read and memorized Psalm of all time. At a funeral this past week I was meditating on the words, “Even though I walk through the valley of death,” and it seemed to me that David is not only addressing his current situation of running for his life from King […]

The Torah teachers continue the look at the Book of the prophet Isaiah/YesheYahu, through chapter 52 and 53, then into chapter 54.

This last show prior to the upcoming Massive Election Fraud may be one of the most important that we’ve done. Co-host David Justice has followed the story of Mesa Country Clerk Tina Peters since she first blew the whistle on the electronic voting system election fraud last time, and was later sentenced to nine years […]

On today’s show, I am going to continue with the second of this two-part program addressing the topic of dealing with the shock of losing a loved one. It might be that you were given time to prepare as best as possible for the departure of a loved one due to a prolonged illness. Or, […]

This week Mark welcomes back a special guest that is very familiar to the Hebrew Nation audience, author and filmmaker Daniel Holdings. And it’s just in time, too. Because just about EVERYTHING the needed to talk about is coming to a head now. Daniel’s website: https://notshaken.tv/ His most recent movie, Earth in the Crosshairs, is […]

News and commentary for Thursday, 31 October, 2024. Do you remember when the “appearance of impropriety” was enough to force a politician with even a modicum of honor to resign? Those days are long past… …Like “election integrity,” obviously.

News and commentary for Wednesday, 30 October, 2024.

News and commentary for Tuesday, 29 October, 2024.

News and commentary for Monday, 28 October, 2024.

Diving right into this teaching, Rabbi Steve Berkson starts us in Matthew 15:1, where we see the Scribes and Pharisees confronting Yeshua about how his disciples did not observe one of the “traditions of the elders” – the ceremonial washing of hands before eating food. • For what purpose did the religious authority of the […]

In some ways, Bereshiet (Genesis, and “in the Beginning) is the most fundamental element in the Bible. Literally everything else builds, line-by-line, precept-by-precept, upon that Foundation. Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship has often contended, that six chapters of Genesis in parsha Bereshiet (Genesis 1 through 6) is just too much to even try […]

Psalm 131 is a reminder that our Heavenly Father invites us to come sit on His lap and stop worrying about all the troubles of the world – to cuddle and snuggle. It gives us a very intimate look at how our Heavenly Father sees us. Psalm 116 also picks up this theme about how […]

The Torah teachers continue the look at the Book of the prophet Isaiah/YesheYahu, through chapter 51, and “you who seek after ‘righteousness.’

News, commentary, and an extended look back at some of the key stories for the week ending Saturday, 26 October, 2024, just over a week until that “date certain.” And as it become increasingly undeniable just how incompetent the DEI “democracy” candidate – who never earned a single delegate vote of her own – is, […]