Verse of the Day
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Wednesday April 23, 2025 25th day of the 1st month Nisan 5785
10th of counting the Omer
Galatians 3:7–9 Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.” So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
Jim's comments
This is reassuring to those of us who were not born Jewish, for we read of a promise given to Abraham that affected us. In him, and in Genesis, we read it is through his seed, all the nations would be blessed. It is through the seed of a Jewish man, that all of us who come to know the Lord are blessed. Abraham was Jewish, Yeshua (Jesus) was Jewish and it is because of them we are blessed.
All who are born again, are by faith related to Jewish men. You can’t get away from it, so accept it. Paul tells us in Romans 11 not to be arrogant against the Jews, but sad to say over the centuries, many of those in the body of Messiah mistreated the Jews, even to the point of genocide. ( I would say many who thought they were in the body of Messiah.)
At sundown today on the Hebrew calendar we enter in Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom Hasho’ah. It is a day set aside to remember the Holocaust and all that happened during it, and to remember the millions of Jewish people murdered in gruesome fashions. Oct 7 2023 reminded us of how cruel people have been to the Jews over the centuries.
Those of us who know the Lord, should thank God for the Jews. Why some may ask? Paul answered that question in Romans. In Romans 3:2 he wrote, “ to begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God. The very Bible you read every day, and pastors preach out of was penned by Jews, inspired by the Holy Spirit.
Also remember, that each of us who knows the Lord are grafted into the Olive Tree and the natural branches of that Olive Tree are the Jews, Israel. In Acts we read of the Gentiles rejoicing that they too, as well as the Jew who came to know the Lord, were appointed to eternal life.
Acts 13:48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
Be careful how far you try to separate yourself from the Jew, from Israel. For it is part of God’s plan for the Jew and Gentile to be one in Yeshua, one in the household of God.
Ephesians 2:19–22 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Messiah Yeshua himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
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Welcome to Beth Simcha
Welcome to Beth Simcha's Web site. My wife Judy and I
would like to invite you to visit Beth Simcha Messianic Congregation
and experience the joy of Messianic praise and worship. Come and
open up the scriptures with us as we study the Word of God, and
learn how to apply it to our lives today.This Shabbat April 19 I will be teaching about the Holy Spirit.
Come and see, come and hear, come receive comfort and joy from the Lord as we worship the living God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob in spirit and in truth.
Please visit our links page for we just added a link to a video of one of my best friends Sharbel Richard, and me singing and playing the MaTovu.
Blessings to all of you in Messiah Yeshua
Jim and Judy Rickard
Jewish Heritage
Believers in Messiah have a rich Jewish heritage, but the sad part is that a large part of the body doesn’t know much about it. Yeshua, (Jesus), was Jewish. His earthly parents Joseph (Yosef) and Mary (Miriam) were both Jewish and they raised Yeshua in a Jewish home; teaching him the Torah and all…