Rabbi & Rebbetzin's Corner February 2025
by Rabbi Eric Carlson on August 14th, 2025
Shalom Mishpocha, It’s February, hard to believe how fast January flew by! February has 28 days in common years and 29 in leap years, with the 29th day being called the leap day. February is the third and last month of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere. February got its name from the Roman month Februarius, named after the Latin term februum, which means "purification", via t... Read More
Learning to Love
by Rabbi Eric Carlson on August 14th, 2025
God is Love, it is the very essence of what He is and His perfect nature. I John 4:16. Also we have come to know and trust the love that God has for us. God is love; and those who remain in this love remain united with God, and God remains united with themThe Hebrew word for love is Ahavah, whose root word is Avah which means desired, it's a verb which requires action.Deuteronomy 6:4-6. "Sh'ma,... Read More
Living by Revelation
by Rabbi Eric Carlson on August 14th, 2025
Proverbs 29:18. Without a prophetic vision, the people throw off all restraint; but he who keeps Torah is happy.The world, all of humanity operates and functions on vision. Children of God, those who call upon the God of Israel live by revelation. The worlds vision seeks grandiose, lofty achievements and purposes such as the World’s tallest buildings in Dubai, the largest dam ever built in China, ... Read More
Rabbi & Rebbetzin's Corner January 2025
by Rabbi Eric Carlson on August 14th, 2025
Shalom Mishpocha,Happy New Year! We have entered into the Gregorian Calendar year of 2025. The 1st of Nisan (the Biblical New Year) begins at sunset, Saturday March 20th, 2025, beginning the year 5785. January is the first month of the year, named after Janus, the Roman god [EC1] of beginnings and transitions, who had two faces looking at the past and the future. The months of January and February... Read More
Excellence
by Rabbi Eric Carlson on August 14th, 2025
II Peter 1:5. For this very reason, try your hardest to furnish your faith with goodness (arete {ar-et'-ay} virtuous thoughts, feelings, and actions. Moral goodness, moral excellence in modesty, purity!), goodness with knowledge (gnosis-general understanding and intelligence regarding of God),The New Living translation actually uses the term excellence for Arete: II Peter 1:5. (NLT) In view of all... Read More
Don’t Look Back
by Rabbi Eric Carlson on August 14th, 2025
Luke 9:57-62. As they were traveling on the road, a man said to him, "I will follow (akoloutheo {ak-ol-oo-theh'-o}: To follow the same road, to become a disciple, to accompany, to join as an attendant, follow) you wherever you go." 58 Yeshua answered him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds flying about have nests, but the Son of Man has no home (Klino: A slant or slope to lay your head, a place... Read More
Rabbi & Rebbetzin's Corner December 2024
by Rabbi Eric Carlson on August 14th, 2025
We pray you had a blessed and meaningful Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends! As we have entered into the month of December, we look forward to the M.J.A.A. Southeast Regional Conference December 20th-22nd, 2024 at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando Florida! It is a powerful, supernatural weekend of Messianic praise, worship, teaching, and fellowship! Paul Wilbur, Shae Wilbur, and the Nesbi... Read More
What do we do with Christmas?
by Rabbi Eric Carlson on August 14th, 2025
As Jews we are tied to this Gentile Christmas season whether we like it or not. The ENTIRE WORLD (secular and Christian alike) pauses December 25th to recognize and celebrate the birth of a Jewish baby, the Mashiach 2,000 years ago. Such a momentous event that has changed time! Before you judge me hear me out for a moment. This time of year, I listen to the holiday channel on Sirius Radio. I lov... Read More
Testing
by Rabbi Eric Carlson on August 14th, 2025
We all were stunned, shocked, and horrified by the Hamas massacre on October 7th, 2023. We will never forget the barbarity, cruelty, and savagery of what was done to our people! Yet Torah tells us to expect war. God is described as “ish milchamah”, a Man of War in Exodus 15:3, Who is with us as we fight our enemies. Deuteronomy 20:1. "When you go out to fight your enemies and see horses, chariots... Read More
Rabbi & Rebbetzin's Corner November 2024
by Rabbi Eric Carlson on August 14th, 2025
It’s November already! For those who live north of us November marks the beginning of winter. For those of us who live here in Coastal Virginia November is a fall month of harvest, pumpkin pies, and colorful leaves. Thanksgiving this year is Thursday, November 28th, 2024. November is the 11th month of the Gregorian calendar. Its name is derived from “novem”, Latin for “nine,” an indication of its ... Read More
Adonai Rophekah
by Rabbi Eric Carlson on August 14th, 2025
In the story of our Exodus from slavery in Egypt, Adonai miraculously split the Red[EC1] Sea saving Israel. Then Moses led the people into the desert, but after three days their drinking water ran out. When they finally found a water source, however, the water was bitter and undrinkable, and the people complained.Exodus 15:25. Moshe cried to ADONAI; and ADONAI showed (יָרָה yarah {yaw-raw'}: flow... Read More
Approaching God. The Meeting Place.
by Rabbi Eric Carlson on August 14th, 2025
In my weekly drosh's and teachings I often mention the Temple's of God, both in Israel's history and as they relate to future events when the Kingdom of God is re-established here on the earth. This is another area where there doesn't seem to be a lot of teaching, yet it's critical in our understanding of God, our relationship with Him, and our future relationship when the New Jerusalem descends ... Read More
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