THE REFINER'S FIRE INDEX PAGEOUR TORAH FAITH/ABOUT USTORAH-BASED BIBLE STUDIESISRAEL, JEWS, FEASTS & PROPHECY Welcome to The Refiner's Fire, a FREE teaching and apologetics website that urges the world to discover the joy of knowing the Creator of the universe, His divine Son, and His Torah, which is our ONLY blueprint for moral, holy living. BIBLE PROPHECIES FORETOLD THE RETURN OF THE JEWS TO ISRAEL Miraculous Signs in Israel. Sign #1: The Diaspora. The Bible prophesied the Jewish diaspora. The Nation of Israel would dwell for many years outside of their country and promised land. IS AN UNCIRCUMCISED MAN ALLOWED TO CELEBRATE PASSOVER? Is an uncircumcised man allowed to celebrate Passover? QUESTION: In Biblical times, a non-Jew who wanted to be a part of Israel had to be circumcised in order to keep Passover. Does that still hold true today? ANSWER: While Exodus 12:43-49 sounds "unyielding," we must understand it and the New Testament scriptures in context. The key verse from which most have concluded that "no THIS IS THE 2022 CALENDAR This is the 2022 calendar. NOTE: There is no other “The Refiner’s Fire calendar.This is from therefinersfire.org. For 2022, the High Holy days by this calendar are essentially the same as the WHY WE READ ECCLESIATES ON SUKKOT Tweet Follow @TheRefinersFire. Why The Refiner's Fire recommends reading Ecclesiastes 3 on Sukkot. Some may have noticed that the annual "The Refiner's Fire" calendar recommends the reading of Ecclesiastes 3 on the first day of Sukkot. ST SUMMARY OF THE HOLY DAYS FOR 2021 This is the 2021 calendar. NOTE: For 2021, the High Holy days by this calendar differ only slightly from the traditional Jewish calendar primarily due to the way the two calendars determine CHRIST WAS NOT THE "END OF THE LAW"! Messiah Yeshua was NOT the "end of the Law!" READER COMMENT: Christ was the end of the law! OUR RESPONSE: Let's take an intellectual approach to your comment: First, check out this important and very beautiful phrase that is equally apparent in both Aramaic and in Greek: "Mashiyach is the end (Gk. telos) of the Torah, so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes." THE REFINER'S FIRE BLOG: WITH WHOM DID GOD MAKE HIS NEW Many Christians insist "Torah is just for the Jews" or "Jesus abolished the Torah." People act like Torah is a stumbling block to their actions, attitudes, habits, lifestyles, etc. THE REFINER'S FIRE BLOG: WHAT WAS IT THAT THE APOSTLE PAUL Several people have asked what Paul considered to be “dung” (or “crap” as one “Hebrew Roots” teacher so colorfully referred to anything outside of “Jesus”). Let’s check out the context of what the Apostle Paul wrote: PHILIPPIANS 3. Finally, my Brothers, rejoice in our Master (Y’shua). To write these (things) again and

again

THE REFINER'S FIRE BLOG: CAN WE SEE DONALD TRUMP IN Revelation 13: 1. And he stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast of prey come up from the sea, having ten horns and seven heads; and upon his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy. NOTE: Trump, who has a European heritage, came out of the "sea" (the world with all its ungodly ways). THE REFINER'S FIRE INDEX PAGEOUR TORAH FAITH/ABOUT USTORAH-BASED BIBLE STUDIESISRAEL, JEWS, FEASTS & PROPHECY Welcome to The Refiner's Fire, a FREE teaching and apologetics website that urges the world to discover the joy of knowing the Creator of the universe, His divine Son, and His Torah, which is our ONLY blueprint for moral, holy living. BIBLE PROPHECIES FORETOLD THE RETURN OF THE JEWS TO ISRAEL Miraculous Signs in Israel. Sign #1: The Diaspora. The Bible prophesied the Jewish diaspora. The Nation of Israel would dwell for many years outside of their country and promised land. IS AN UNCIRCUMCISED MAN ALLOWED TO CELEBRATE PASSOVER? Is an uncircumcised man allowed to celebrate Passover? QUESTION: In Biblical times, a non-Jew who wanted to be a part of Israel had to be circumcised in order to keep Passover. Does that still hold true today? ANSWER: While Exodus 12:43-49 sounds "unyielding," we must understand it and the New Testament scriptures in context. The key verse from which most have concluded that "no THIS IS THE 2022 CALENDAR This is the 2022 calendar. NOTE: There is no other “The Refiner’s Fire calendar.This is from therefinersfire.org. For 2022, the High Holy days by this calendar are essentially the same as the WHY WE READ ECCLESIATES ON SUKKOT Tweet Follow @TheRefinersFire. Why The Refiner's Fire recommends reading Ecclesiastes 3 on Sukkot. Some may have noticed that the annual "The Refiner's Fire" calendar recommends the reading of Ecclesiastes 3 on the first day of Sukkot. ST SUMMARY OF THE HOLY DAYS FOR 2021 This is the 2021 calendar. NOTE: For 2021, the High Holy days by this calendar differ only slightly from the traditional Jewish calendar primarily due to the way the two calendars determine CHRIST WAS NOT THE "END OF THE LAW"! Messiah Yeshua was NOT the "end of the Law!" READER COMMENT: Christ was the end of the law! OUR RESPONSE: Let's take an intellectual approach to your comment: First, check out this important and very beautiful phrase that is equally apparent in both Aramaic and in Greek: "Mashiyach is the end (Gk. telos) of the Torah, so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes." THE REFINER'S FIRE BLOG: WITH WHOM DID GOD MAKE HIS NEW Many Christians insist "Torah is just for the Jews" or "Jesus abolished the Torah." People act like Torah is a stumbling block to their actions, attitudes, habits, lifestyles, etc. THE REFINER'S FIRE BLOG: WHAT WAS IT THAT THE APOSTLE PAUL Several people have asked what Paul considered to be “dung” (or “crap” as one “Hebrew Roots” teacher so colorfully referred to anything outside of “Jesus”). Let’s check out the context of what the Apostle Paul wrote: PHILIPPIANS 3. Finally, my Brothers, rejoice in our Master (Y’shua). To write these (things) again and

again

THE REFINER'S FIRE BLOG: CAN WE SEE DONALD TRUMP IN Revelation 13: 1. And he stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast of prey come up from the sea, having ten horns and seven heads; and upon his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy. NOTE: Trump, who has a European heritage, came out of the "sea" (the world with all its ungodly ways). THE REFINER'S FIRE INDEX PAGE Welcome to The Refiner's Fire, a FREE teaching and apologetics website that urges the world to discover the joy of knowing the Creator of the universe, His divine Son, and His Torah, which is our ONLY blueprint for moral, holy living. "TAKING ON" THE ANTI-MISSIONARIES We are not anti-Semites, nor do we intend to come across as "mean"; we are merely defending our faith in the same way they insist they are defending theirs!We are fed up with the endless "hate speech" and sarcastic barbs thrown at believers in Yeshua by not only the rabbis, but by those who have decided to follow the rabbis and become very verbal (and vicious!) about their rejection of Yeshua THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BIBLICAL FEASTS Passover (Pesach): Passover (Nisan 14) falls in the March/April time frame on the Gregorian calendar. Leviticus 23:5 tells us: "'In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, between sundown and complete darkness, comes Pesach for ADONAI." This feast celebrates the deliverance of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt; a tale of redemption through the killing of the Passover Lamb whose blood QUALIFICATIONS OF THE MESSIAH Qualifications of Messiah, in a nutshell. The Tanakh was dedicated and ratified with blood; so the "New Covenant" was also instituted and ratified with blood through the atoning blood of Messiah .Yeshua was 's Divine Messiah - someone who chose to martyr Himself (as a human, he had the same choices as everyone else, and there is no law against martyring oneself!) whose blood took away the sins CHRIST WAS NOT THE "END OF THE LAW"! Messiah Yeshua was NOT the "end of the Law!" READER COMMENT: Christ was the end of the law! OUR RESPONSE: Let's take an intellectual approach to your comment: First, check out this important and very beautiful phrase that is equally apparent in both Aramaic and in Greek: "Mashiyach is the end (Gk. telos) of the Torah, so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes."

I'M IN THE MARINES

Dear Refiner's Fire I'm a United States Marine, and for a little while now I've been learning from your newsletters and following YHWH's commandments. Of course being a Marine a lot of my comrades are confused by a lot of what I do and are constantly asking me questions, which is good - I try to answer them to the best of my abilities without leading them astray. ON WHAT DAY ARE WE SUPPOSED TO EAT THE PASSOVER MEAL? On what day are we supposed to eat the Passover meal? Bottom line up front: We are to observe the Passover Seder at sunset on the 14th, as the scriptural commandment dictates. Some Christian churches are teaching that the Passover was "fulfilled" and thus, "nailed to the

cross".

CHALLENGING THE GOSPEL WAY A Challenge to an article on The Gospel Way website. The Gospel Way is a "Bible Online Religion Guide" offering "free Bible studies, guides, and tools, gospel resources, and online Bible lesson studies". Included in their studies is an extremely slanted article that compares Judaism to Christianity by using the same old "tired" lines about how the Jews are "under the law" and are all destined PARASHAH 22: VAYAK'HEL (HE ASSEMBLED) Parashah 22: Vayak'hel (He assembled) Exodus 35:1 through 38:20. Parashah 22: Vayak'hel (He assembled), Exodus 35:1 through 38:20 Haftarah (Writings and Prophets): 1 Kings 7:40-50; 1 Kings 7:51 - 8:21 B'rit Hadasha (New Testament): 2 Corinthians 9:1-15; Hebrews 9:1-14; Revelation 11:1-13; Revelation 15:5-8 Tanach Scriptures are from Stern's Complete Jewish Bible; B'rit Chadash Scriptures from CHALLENGING THE UNBIBLICAL SHENANIGANS OF RICK JOYNER Challenging the nonsensical rants of Rick Joyner. Pastor Rick Joyner is another "typical Christian" who preaches the gospel according to himself. We first challenged one of his 2003 articles entitled, "Doctrines of Demons" (which he has since removed) that referred directly to "the evils" of Messianic Judaism. THE REFINER'S FIRE INDEX PAGEOUR TORAH FAITH/ABOUT USTORAH-BASED BIBLE STUDIESISRAEL, JEWS, FEASTS & PROPHECY Welcome to The Refiner's Fire, a FREE teaching and apologetics website that urges the world to discover the joy of knowing the Creator of the universe, His divine Son, and His Torah, which is our ONLY blueprint for moral, holy living. BIBLE PROPHECIES FORETOLD THE RETURN OF THE JEWS TO ISRAEL Miraculous Signs in Israel. Sign #1: The Diaspora. The Bible prophesied the Jewish diaspora. The Nation of Israel would dwell for many years outside of their country and promised land. IS AN UNCIRCUMCISED MAN ALLOWED TO CELEBRATE PASSOVER? Is an uncircumcised man allowed to celebrate Passover? QUESTION: In Biblical times, a non-Jew who wanted to be a part of Israel had to be circumcised in order to keep Passover. Does that still hold true today? ANSWER: While Exodus 12:43-49 sounds "unyielding," we must understand it and the New Testament scriptures in context. The key verse from which most have concluded that "no THIS IS THE 2022 CALENDAR This is the 2022 calendar. NOTE: There is no other “The Refiner’s Fire calendar.This is from therefinersfire.org. For 2022, the High Holy days by this calendar are essentially the same as the WHY WE READ ECCLESIATES ON SUKKOT Tweet Follow @TheRefinersFire. Why The Refiner's Fire recommends reading Ecclesiastes 3 on Sukkot. Some may have noticed that the annual "The Refiner's Fire" calendar recommends the reading of Ecclesiastes 3 on the first day of Sukkot. ST SUMMARY OF THE HOLY DAYS FOR 2021 This is the 2021 calendar. NOTE: For 2021, the High Holy days by this calendar differ only slightly from the traditional Jewish calendar primarily due to the way the two calendars determine CHRIST WAS NOT THE "END OF THE LAW"! Messiah Yeshua was NOT the "end of the Law!" READER COMMENT: Christ was the end of the law! OUR RESPONSE: Let's take an intellectual approach to your comment: First, check out this important and very beautiful phrase that is equally apparent in both Aramaic and in Greek: "Mashiyach is the end (Gk. telos) of the Torah, so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes." PARASHAH 22: VAYAK'HEL (HE ASSEMBLED) Parashah 22: Vayak'hel (He assembled) Exodus 35:1 through 38:20. Parashah 22: Vayak'hel (He assembled), Exodus 35:1 through 38:20 Haftarah (Writings and Prophets): 1 Kings 7:40-50; 1 Kings 7:51 - 8:21 B'rit Hadasha (New Testament): 2 Corinthians 9:1-15; Hebrews 9:1-14; Revelation 11:1-13; Revelation 15:5-8 Tanach Scriptures are from Stern's Complete Jewish Bible; B'rit Chadash Scriptures from THE REFINER'S FIRE BLOG: WITH WHOM DID GOD MAKE HIS NEW Many Christians insist "Torah is just for the Jews" or "Jesus abolished the Torah." People act like Torah is a stumbling block to their actions, attitudes, habits, lifestyles, etc. THE REFINER'S FIRE BLOG: WHAT WAS IT THAT THE APOSTLE PAUL Several people have asked what Paul considered to be “dung” (or “crap” as one “Hebrew Roots” teacher so colorfully referred to anything outside of “Jesus”). Let’s check out the context of what the Apostle Paul wrote: PHILIPPIANS 3. Finally, my Brothers, rejoice in our Master (Y’shua). To write these (things) again and

again

THE REFINER'S FIRE INDEX PAGEOUR TORAH FAITH/ABOUT USTORAH-BASED BIBLE STUDIESISRAEL, JEWS, FEASTS & PROPHECY Welcome to The Refiner's Fire, a FREE teaching and apologetics website that urges the world to discover the joy of knowing the Creator of the universe, His divine Son, and His Torah, which is our ONLY blueprint for moral, holy living. BIBLE PROPHECIES FORETOLD THE RETURN OF THE JEWS TO ISRAEL Miraculous Signs in Israel. Sign #1: The Diaspora. The Bible prophesied the Jewish diaspora. The Nation of Israel would dwell for many years outside of their country and promised land. IS AN UNCIRCUMCISED MAN ALLOWED TO CELEBRATE PASSOVER? Is an uncircumcised man allowed to celebrate Passover? QUESTION: In Biblical times, a non-Jew who wanted to be a part of Israel had to be circumcised in order to keep Passover. Does that still hold true today? ANSWER: While Exodus 12:43-49 sounds "unyielding," we must understand it and the New Testament scriptures in context. The key verse from which most have concluded that "no THIS IS THE 2022 CALENDAR This is the 2022 calendar. NOTE: There is no other “The Refiner’s Fire calendar.This is from therefinersfire.org. For 2022, the High Holy days by this calendar are essentially the same as the WHY WE READ ECCLESIATES ON SUKKOT Tweet Follow @TheRefinersFire. Why The Refiner's Fire recommends reading Ecclesiastes 3 on Sukkot. Some may have noticed that the annual "The Refiner's Fire" calendar recommends the reading of Ecclesiastes 3 on the first day of Sukkot. ST SUMMARY OF THE HOLY DAYS FOR 2021 This is the 2021 calendar. NOTE: For 2021, the High Holy days by this calendar differ only slightly from the traditional Jewish calendar primarily due to the way the two calendars determine CHRIST WAS NOT THE "END OF THE LAW"! Messiah Yeshua was NOT the "end of the Law!" READER COMMENT: Christ was the end of the law! OUR RESPONSE: Let's take an intellectual approach to your comment: First, check out this important and very beautiful phrase that is equally apparent in both Aramaic and in Greek: "Mashiyach is the end (Gk. telos) of the Torah, so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes." PARASHAH 22: VAYAK'HEL (HE ASSEMBLED) Parashah 22: Vayak'hel (He assembled) Exodus 35:1 through 38:20. Parashah 22: Vayak'hel (He assembled), Exodus 35:1 through 38:20 Haftarah (Writings and Prophets): 1 Kings 7:40-50; 1 Kings 7:51 - 8:21 B'rit Hadasha (New Testament): 2 Corinthians 9:1-15; Hebrews 9:1-14; Revelation 11:1-13; Revelation 15:5-8 Tanach Scriptures are from Stern's Complete Jewish Bible; B'rit Chadash Scriptures from THE REFINER'S FIRE BLOG: WITH WHOM DID GOD MAKE HIS NEW Many Christians insist "Torah is just for the Jews" or "Jesus abolished the Torah." People act like Torah is a stumbling block to their actions, attitudes, habits, lifestyles, etc. THE REFINER'S FIRE BLOG: WHAT WAS IT THAT THE APOSTLE PAUL Several people have asked what Paul considered to be “dung” (or “crap” as one “Hebrew Roots” teacher so colorfully referred to anything outside of “Jesus”). Let’s check out the context of what the Apostle Paul wrote: PHILIPPIANS 3. Finally, my Brothers, rejoice in our Master (Y’shua). To write these (things) again and

again

THE REFINER'S FIRE INDEX PAGE Welcome to The Refiner's Fire, a FREE teaching and apologetics website that urges the world to discover the joy of knowing the Creator of the universe, His divine Son, and His Torah, which is our ONLY blueprint for moral, holy living. "TAKING ON" THE ANTI-MISSIONARIES We are not anti-Semites, nor do we intend to come across as "mean"; we are merely defending our faith in the same way they insist they are defending theirs!We are fed up with the endless "hate speech" and sarcastic barbs thrown at believers in Yeshua by not only the rabbis, but by those who have decided to follow the rabbis and become very verbal (and vicious!) about their rejection of Yeshua QUALIFICATIONS OF THE MESSIAH Qualifications of Messiah, in a nutshell. The Tanakh was dedicated and ratified with blood; so the "New Covenant" was also instituted and ratified with blood through the atoning blood of Messiah .Yeshua was 's Divine Messiah - someone who chose to martyr Himself (as a human, he had the same choices as everyone else, and there is no law against martyring oneself!) whose blood took away the sins CHRIST WAS NOT THE "END OF THE LAW"! Messiah Yeshua was NOT the "end of the Law!" READER COMMENT: Christ was the end of the law! OUR RESPONSE: Let's take an intellectual approach to your comment: First, check out this important and very beautiful phrase that is equally apparent in both Aramaic and in Greek: "Mashiyach is the end (Gk. telos) of the Torah, so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes." ISAIAH SPOKE OF A ISRAEL BEING REBORN IN ONE DAY In Isaiah 66:7-8, the prophet (1) foreshadowed the re-birth of Israel, and, just like the Bible says - (2) it happened "in one day." The woman giving birth before going into labor represents Israel. This accurately describes what happened on May 14, 1948 - when "the world" briefly felt sorry for the Jews and returned Israel to them and they

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Dear Refiner's Fire I'm a United States Marine, and for a little while now I've been learning from your newsletters and following YHWH's commandments. Of course being a Marine a lot of my comrades are confused by a lot of what I do and are constantly asking me questions, which is good - I try to answer them to the best of my abilities without leading them astray. ON WHAT DAY ARE WE SUPPOSED TO EAT THE PASSOVER MEAL? On what day are we supposed to eat the Passover meal? Bottom line up front: We are to observe the Passover Seder at sunset on the 14th, as the scriptural commandment dictates. Some Christian churches are teaching that the Passover was "fulfilled" and thus, "nailed to the

cross".

CHALLENGING THE GOSPEL WAY A Challenge to an article on The Gospel Way website. The Gospel Way is a "Bible Online Religion Guide" offering "free Bible studies, guides, and tools, gospel resources, and online Bible lesson studies". Included in their studies is an extremely slanted article that compares Judaism to Christianity by using the same old "tired" lines about how the Jews are "under the law" and are all destined CHALLENGING THE UNBIBLICAL SHENANIGANS OF RICK JOYNER Challenging the nonsensical rants of Rick Joyner. Pastor Rick Joyner is another "typical Christian" who preaches the gospel according to himself. We first challenged one of his 2003 articles entitled, "Doctrines of Demons" (which he has since removed) that referred directly to "the evils" of Messianic Judaism. RESPONDING TO: WHY DIDN'T THE RED RIBBON ON THE HEAD OF Challenging: Outreach Judaism's rabbinical response to a question about the Azazel Goat. Comments by Outreach Judaism: Question: I was wondering about a story that a "Hebrew-Christian" told me recently. He said that there was a scarlet cloth which would turn white every year when the high priest atoned for the sins of the people. CLICK HERE TO JOIN US IN OUR BLOG/CHAT ROOM! Welcome to The Refiner's Fire , a FREE teaching and apologetics website that urges the world to discover the joy of knowing the Creator of the universe, His divine Son, and His Torah, which is our ONLY blueprint for moral, holy living. * Our Torah Faith/About us * Torah-based Bible studies * Israel, Jews, Feasts & Prophecy * Frequently asked questions * Letters & Opinions * Weekly Torah Studies * Countering Jewish Counter-Missionaries * Examining Christian assertions * Challenging atheism * Recognizing false teachers * For those who prefer videos... � THE REFINER'S FIRE: Articles, excerpts and links may be used, provided no changes are made, and that full and clear credit is given to "The Refiner's Fire" website and any authors mentioned in the by-lines, with appropriate links to the original content. PLEASE DO NOT send us any prayer requests, manuscripts, or requests for financial assistance!

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