Shabbat Meeting - Acts 7:1-16 (מַעֲשֵׂי הַשְּׁלִיחִים)
Habakkuk 1:7-11 - The Nature and Character of the Babylonians
From the study on the Book of Habakkuk (חֲבַקּוּק), chapter 1:7-11, brother Gideon Levytam draws our attention to God's response to the prophet concerning the Chaldeans, Israel’s enemies, whom the LORD will raise up to bring judgment upon His people. God describes to Habakkuk the actions of the terrible and dreadful Babylonians. They are a law unto themselves and seek to promote their own honour. Their horses are swift like eagles, and they devour everything in their path. The Babylonians who trusted in idols, will come against Israel with violence, taking the Jewish people into captivity in Babylon. They will mock and scoff at Israel’s rulers and laugh at her fortified cities. It is no surprise that Habakkuk found himself in a great dilemma upon hearing God's response to his concerns for Israel. Sometimes, God must judge His wayward people, as we read in His Word: "For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?" 1 Peter 4:17
Shabbat Meeting - Acts 6:8-15 (מַעֲשֵׂי הַשְּׁלִיחִים)
Live stream of the Holy Scriptures and Israel Shabbat Meeting with Gideon Levytam on April 19, 2025.
Messiah in the Passover (הַמָּשִׁיחַ בַּפֶּסַח) - Exodus 12:1-14 (2025)
From Genesis 3 in the Old Testament (תַּנַ”ךְ – Tanakh) to 1 Peter 1 in the New Covenant (בְּרִית חֲדָשָׁה – Brit Chadashah), Brother Gideon Levytam presents Messiah in the Passover (הַמָּשִׁיחַ בַּפֶּסַח). This is a biblical overview of God’s eternal plan of redemption for a lost world. That plan is revealed through the sacred feast of Passover, which God ordained for Israel to observe throughout their generations. The feast serves as a reminder of Israel’s deliverance from bondage and as a foreshadowing of the coming Messiah. Concerning Him, it is written: “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:29). Brother Gideon illustrates this truth through numerous scriptural passages that point to God’s divine and eternal redemptive program.
Shabbat Meeting - Messiah in the Passover (פֶּסַח) - Exodus 12:1-14
Live stream of the Holy Scriptures and Israel Shabbat Meeting with Gideon Levytam on April 12, 2025.
Romans 4:1-8 - Forgiveness and Justification Are Acts of Divine Grace
From Chapter 4:1-8 of the study of the Book of Romans (אֶל־הָרוֹמִיִּים), Brother Gideon Levytam point us to Paul’s explanation of how the forefathers of Israel were forgiven and justified by God, not through works, but through faith. Both Abraham and David, though by nature sinners like all of us, were justified entirely on the basis of their trust in God and in His provision. Abraham was declared righteous by God before the giving of the Law, as Paul affirms by quoting Genesis 15:6: "And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness." Likewise, David, who lived under the Law, was also forgiven and justified by faith, as seen in his declaration in Psalm 32:1–2: "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile." In His grace, God provides justification to sinners not through human efforts or the works of the Law, but through sincere faith in Him and in His Son Jesus the Messiah.
Hebrews 10:11-18 - Perfected Forever by One Offering
From Hebrews 10:11-18, in the study of the Book of Hebrews (אֶל־הָעִבְרִים), Brother Gideon Levytam directs us to what the Hebrew author conveys concerning the sacrifice of Jesus the Messiah. The prophets foretold what Messiah's one sacrifice would accomplish. Jesus, the man from heaven, offered Himself as a sacrifice for sins, and now He is seated at God's right hand in heaven—just as David wrote in Psalm 110:1: "A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool." Through the one sacrifice of Yeshua the Messiah, God established the New Covenant, as prophesied by Jeremiah: "Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more." (Jeremiah 31:31, 34)
Shabbat Meeting - Acts 6:1-15 (מַעֲשֵׂי הַשְּׁלִיחִים)
Live stream of the Holy Scriptures and Israel Shabbat Meeting with Gideon Levytam on April 5, 2025.
Habakkuk 1:2-6 - When God's Plan for Israel Doesn’t Make Sense
From the study on the Book of Habakkuk (חֲבַקּ֖וּק), chapter 1:2-6, brother Gideon Levytam directs us to Habakkuk's cry to God over the sad spiritual condition of Israel. Habakkuk witnessed the injustice and wrongdoing among God’s people, as they violated His law and strayed from righteousness. In response, God, in His sovereign wisdom, revealed to Habakkuk the discipline He would bring upon Israel to restore them to Himself. God declared that He would accomplish an astonishing work, raising up the bitter and ruthless Babylonian nation, who would march through the land of Israel and take possession of its dwelling places. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. Isaiah 55:8
Shabbat Meeting - Acts 5:34-42 (מַעֲשֵׂי הַשְּׁלִיחִים)
Live stream of the Holy Scriptures and Israel Shabbat Meeting with Gideon Levytam on March 29, 2025.
Hebrews 10:5-10 - Behold the Messiah Who Came to Do God's Will
From Hebrews 10:5-10, in the study of the Book of Hebrews (אֶל־הָעִבְרִים), Brother Gideon Levytam highlights how the Hebrew author emphasizes that Yeshua, Jesus is the promised Messiah. The animal sacrifices of old were mere shadows of His final sacrifice. Quoting Psalm 40:6-8, the author points to Jesus, the Son of God, who became a Man, taking union humanity with His divine nature. Saying, "Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart." Animal sacrifices could not fully satisfy God's holiness concerning sin. This is why Yeshua came to fulfill God's will, establishing the final, unconditional covenant, sanctifying all who trust in Him through His once and for all sacrifice.