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Rosh Hashanah occurs on the first and second days of Tishri. In Hebrew, Rosh Hashanah means, literally, "head of the year" or "first of the year." Rosh Hashanah is commonly known as the Jewish New Year. This name is somewhat deceptive, because there is little similarity between Rosh Hashanah, one of the holiest days of the year, and the American midnight drinking bash and daytime football game. There is, however, one important similarity between the Jewish New Year and the American one: Many Americans use the New Year as a time to plan a better life, making "resolutions." Likewise, the Jewish New Year is a time to begin introspection, looking back at the mistakes of the past year and planning the changes to make in the new year. More on this concept at Days of Awe. The name "Rosh Hashanah" is not used in the Bible to discuss this holiday. The Bible refers to the holiday as Yom Ha-Zikkaron (the day of remembrance) or Yom Teruah (the day o...

I was reading Bible: The Story of the King James Version By Gordon Campbell, when I came upon the following information about how much better educated people were to understand and discuss the Bible than the general population is today – as well as how Protestants and Catholics viewed each other. Read complete article at --  http://fromonejesus.blogspot.com/2013/08/19th-century-bible-readers-protestants.html  

In the past few blogs we have learned what the words that have been translated jot , tittle and verily meant to Yeshua. Go back and read those blogs if you haven’t do so yet. In the last blog, we also learned how to recognize the three-fold teaching pattern Yeshua used to make his points. We are examining Matthew 5:17-18. 1. Significant statement -- Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets ; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them . 2. Amen! 3. Added statement strengthening the Amen -- I tell you till heaven and earth pass, not one yod or one qotz shall pass from the Law till all be fulfilled . Now let’s discover what “ abolish, fulfill, and the Law or the Prophets ” meant to Yeshua. Read the complete article at --  http://therealyesua.blogspot.com/2013/08/yeshua-came-to-fulfill-law-not-abolish.html

We have unlocked the original meanings of two of Yeshua’s words in the verse below. We used them to replace “jot” and “tittle” in the following translation: For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one yod (the smallest Hebrew letter) or one qotz (the smallest part of the smallest letter) shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. (Matthew 5:18) Now let’s turn our attention to the word “ verily .” If we look it up in a dictionary we find the following definitions: i n truth; really; indeed . Did Yeshua mean: ● “For in truth I say unto you . . .” ● “For really I say unto you . . .” ● “For indeed I say unto you . . .” Read the complete article at --  http://therealyesua.blogspot.com/2013/08/what-does-verily-mean-why-did-yeshua.html

For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one yod or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. (Matthew 5:18) In the last blog we learned that a “jot” was really “ yod ,” the smallest letter of the Hebrew alphabet. So, now let’s turn our attention to “ tittle ” and see what it means. Go to --  http://therealyesua.blogspot.com/2013/08/what-is-tittle.html

For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. (Matthew 5:18) Have you ever been reading the Bible and noticed the word “ jot ” before? What is a “ jot ”? When was one of the last times you used “ jot ” in everyday conversation with a friend or heard anyone else use it? I would guess that a whole lot of the people who see the word “ jot ” in their Bibles do not know what it means.   There is an English word “ jot ” that is used this way – Take time to jot it down . But Yeshua wasn’t speaking English, so I don’t think that is what he meant in the verse above. There is also an app you can get for smartphones and iPads called “ Jot ,” but I am very sure that  wasn't  what Yeshua meant. Find out what he meant at --  http://therealyesua.blogspot.com/2013/08/what-is-jot.html

A man named Marcion was the first person to publish a fixed collection of books, which is considered to be the first Christian New Testament.  Over the next 229 years later – keeping in mind that the United States is only 237 years old – other men would create other New Testament, until one that has the same books as New Testament’s today was created by an Alexandrian Bishop named Athanasius .    Marcion created the first Christian canon, but he did not call it a New Testament or New Scriptures .   He referred to it by the titles which he gave to its two component parts - The Gospel of Christ and the Apostle. Our primary source of information about this book is Tertullian's treatise Against Marcion . It was written over half a century after Marcion’s death and was an attack against Marcion’s followers. Read the complete article at --  http://fromonejesus.blogspot.com/2013/08/marcions-gospel-of-christ-and-apostle.html