{"id":745,"date":"2026-09-28T08:11:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T08:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/international.beth-midrash.com\/?p=745"},"modified":"2026-09-28T08:21:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T08:21:45","slug":"shabbat-shalom-again-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/international.beth-midrash.com\/?p=745","title":{"rendered":"Shabbat Shalom again, everyone!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You know, “Shabbat Shalom” and “Shalom” \u2014 those are all relatively recent greetings. But what kind of greeting did people actually use back in the time of the Torah? There\u2019s only one place in Scripture where we see it \u2014 in the book of Ruth, when Boaz comes to the reapers and says to them, “The LORD be with you” (Adonai imachem<\/em>). And they answer him, “May the LORD bless you” (Yevarekhkha Adonai<\/em>). (Translator’s note: A. Blend uses a later or colloquial form, but the biblical Hebrew in Ruth 2:4 is Adonai imachem<\/em>.) That is the oldest biblical greeting we know of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that\u2019s not what we\u2019re talking about today. Today, let’s talk about the Good News\u2014what it really means. What kinds of good news are there, really? In the 20th century, it might have been the end of the war, right? And in the 21st…? Can you even think of any good news that was good for an entire generation? It\u2019s hard to remember any. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christians are called to spread the Good News. Now imagine this: one morning, your phone rings. It\u2019s the bank. They say, “You had loans, a mortgage, a bunch of debts\u2026 but guess what? We caught your neighbor \u2014 big, healthy guy \u2014 and sold him for his organs. And with the money we got, we paid off all your debts!” That\u2019s good news, right? Someone died to pay off your debts. You were saved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot of times, when Christians preach the Gospel, it sounds exactly like that kind of good news: “All your sins, everything you messed up in life \u2014 Christ died for that. And you’re free now.  Live however you want. Now that\u2019s grace!\u201d Yes, it’s true. We should praise God that the Mashiach really did die for our sins. But the Good News is actually about something a little different. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the New Testament, we have four Gospels\u2014everybody knows that\u2014but there is a fifth one, in First Corinthians, chapter 15. Paul writes this chapter to flesh out the Gospel message. It’s a very important chapter because in his letters, Paul often says things like, “Stand firm in what I taught you” or “Is that really what I taught you?” But in most places he doesn’t spell out exactly what he taught. So, when in 1 Corinthians 15:1 he says, \u201cI remind you, brothers, of the Gospel I preached to you,\u201d this is where he actually tells us what he preached. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15:2 that we are saved through this Gospel. That is, the Gospel isn’t a message about salvation\u2014it’s the means by which we are saved. And the best way to understand what kind of Good News Paul taught is to listen to Paul himself in this very chapter. And sure enough, he begins by saying in verse 3: “For I delivered to you first of all what I also received, that the Mashiach died for our sins according to the Scriptures.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is difficult to point to a specific place [in the Bible] where the Mashiach dies “according to the Scriptures.” It refers to the prophetic visions in Isaiah, chapter 53, where it says that the Mashiach must make Himself a guilt offering for sin. But that is not how it appears in many translations. I checked both the Russian and the German translations, and most German translations don’t say it either. But when Paul says “according to the Scriptures,” he is referring to this passage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“And that He was buried and that rose again on the third day, according to the Scriptures.” (1 Corinthians 15:4). Now, this \u201caccording to the Scriptures\u201d is even harder to trace. Yes, of course, the reference is first of all to Jonah. Apocryphal writings also mention the law and tradition\u2014and this tradition lasted until recent times: the dead were laid in a grotto, in a cave, and someone would come to check on them until the third day, just in case the person began to move. There were cases when someone lost consciousness and was buried as dead. Only after the third day was a person considered truly dead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul also says, “He rose on the third day according to the Scriptures.” He rose at a time when no one could reasonably claim that He had just lost consciousness on the cross, that He had fainted. And there’s testimony for what Paul is saying. He appeared to Kefa, He appeared to five hundred brothers, He appeared to Yaakov. There were many witnesses. Then He appeared to Paul, as to one born at the wrong time. \u201cFor I am the least of the apostles,\u201d Paul says, “and unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today there is still animosity between Orthodox Judaism and Jews who believe in Jesus. The main objection Orthodox Jews have against Christians is that they don’t live according to the commandments. It is a great tragedy and a deep shame for Israel that so many communities calling themselves Messianic or Jewish don\u2019t actually live according to the Scriptures, don\u2019t keep the commandments, and, as a result, have essentially stopped living the way Jews are meant to live. And this is one of the reasons for the persecution we see today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s very hard not to sympathize with the offense that Orthodox Jews feel. I feel it too\u2014it’s deeply painful to see how Yeshua’s name is used to turn Jews away from living according to the Torah. I can understand why there is persecution today. But why was there persecution in Paul’s time? There were people who believed that someone had died and had been raised, and they still kept the Law. They hadn’t even brought in the Gentiles yet. They were going to the same synagogues. So what was the problem? Why did Paul, why did a whole community of people so fiercely persecute these Christian and Jewish believers [in Yeshua]? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Jewish world at the time was led primarily by Pharisaic rabbis. We know from Scripture that Moses ordained seventy elders and that the chain of ordination continued from Moses onward. It lasted until the second century. In the second century, the Jews decided to stop ordination altogether, and the institution of the rabbinate ceased to exist. There were attempts to restore it in the 15th and 16th centuries, but they were unsuccessful. So, today’s rabbis are not the same kind of rabbis that existed back then. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today a rabbi doesn\u2019t have the authority to issue a death sentence based on his own judgment. They have no real authority. All they can do is settle monetary disputes and minor disagreements. That’s how it is now, but back then [it was different]\u2026 that was actually the end of the rabbinic era. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then Yeshua appears. He gives his disciples a new ordination. This ordination isn’t from Moshe, but from the one who ordained Moshe. This ordination is from the Most High. This is how a second chain of authority came into being. One chain had been passed down from Moshe\u2014the Pharisaic line. Until then, only they had the authority to appoint judges. Suddenly, others appear who also begin to ordain. And this is what Paul fought against earlier. Essentially, Paul fought against the authority of the apostles. That’s why he says, “I am not worthy to be called an apostle. I am the one who denied that whole chain. How can I now join it?” “But God showed me grace,” Paul says, “and that grace was full of power, because I labored more than all of them. I fought against the new line of apostles, but now I affirm it more than anyone else.” And the rightness\u2014the legitimacy\u2014of this line of ordination is confirmed by the fact that Yeshua rose from the dead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we proclaim that the Mashiach was raised from the dead (verse 12), how can some claim there is no resurrection? This brings us to what is, in fact, the Good News: the Messiah (Mashiach) has been raised from the dead. Right? [Imagine:] Paul comes to some place like Corinth or Thessalonica and says, “You know, six hundred years ago, the Messiah was promised to the Jewish people through the prophet Isaiah. And now He has come, He has died, and He has been raised. And He is the King of Israel.” And the Corinthians or Thessalonians say, “Well, that’s all very nice\u2014an interesting story. But what’s in it for us? The Messiah was promised to the Jews. He came to the Jews. He rose again, and we’re very happy for Him. But what’s that to us?”  The Good News is this: because the Messiah rose from the dead, there is resurrection for all. If a person dies in Christ, he will be raised with Christ. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was humanity’s greatest problem with sin? The wages of sin is death. No one wants to die. Everyone wants to live. But you can’t die and live at the same time. And yet in Yeshua, it turned out to be possible. If we die in Him, we will be resurrected in Him, by the same Spirit through whom God raised Yeshua. Paul says that just as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We spoke about the three days. It was believed that after three days, a person truly became dust. Earth or dust\u2014that’s what the first Adam was formed from. Into him, the Most High breathed the Spirit of God. Led by the Spirit of God, Paul gives an image of a new Adam. Everyone who dies in Christ will be raised in Christ. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Good News, first of all, is that dying because of sin is no longer something to fear, because there is resurrection. This death becomes life. When we are raised in Christ, we become part of Christ, part of one great people\u2014the body of Yeshua. And this entire army of the risen now stands ready for the Kingdom of God, as it is written: “For it is necessary for Him to reign until He puts all His enemies under His feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death.” (1 Cor 15:25-26)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a previous talk, we discussed the rupture that occurred between the earthly and the heavenly. You could say there were two natures in Adam, heavenly and earthly, but then, following his wife, he ate the fruit of the tree, and the judgment was pronounced: “You are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Flesh and spirit were divided. Good and evil became intermingled. And deliverance from sin was no longer possible. A person wants to serve the Most High and to become pure and righteous, but his righteousness is like a soiled garment. The clean got mixed with the bad. What happens if you take 10 kilos of jam and pour a glass of filth into it? There will be no jam left at all. That’s what happened to humanity. There was no pure nature left, no deliverance powerful enough to separate the jam from the filth. This was a terrible tragedy. But through death and resurrection, it became possible to be delivered from this dreadful body of sin and to finally become a warrior in the army of the Most High. And all the unclean spirits, all the powers, all the elements that ruled the world were done away with. That’s what verse 24 is about. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A man living in Paul’s time faced a truly terrifying world. Pagans believed they were ruled by many different gods. More than that\u2014they believed they were ruled by planets, zodiac signs, celestial omens, lightning, thunder, and superstitions. We have books from that time that are, quite literally, survival manuals. For example: if you\u2019re on your way to buy grain and you see two swallows in a tree, don’t go; nothing good will come of it. If you think about it, you simply can’t live in a world like that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a scholar from Tripolitania, a contemporary of Pliny, and historians write that he took poison because two flies fell into his milk jug. He thought that something terrible was about to happen and it was better to take his own life. Many people lived like that. And there was no one to come and tell them that it was utter nonsense, that they were absolutely not under the power of all this. No one, until the disciples of Yeshua came and began to purge, to drive out these powers from people’s minds. This is a very long process. And it still hasn’t been completed.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not long ago in Moscow, I stepped into a bookstore of the Russian Orthodox Church. There were some interesting commentaries on Scripture. The bestselling books were on a shelf marked “best sellers.” There was a book titled “Spells against the Household Spirit”\u2014a very popular book. I checked the print run \u2014 three hundred thousand copies! Poor household spirits in Russia\u2014they’ll all be driven out! People are still afraid of them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Or] if you see a woman carrying an empty bucket, you must immediately say: \u201cLord Jesus Christ, carry this empty bucket past me.” Otherwise, she will carry off all your good luck in that bucket.  (Translator’s note: In Russian folklore, an empty bucket is a symbol of bad luck, failure, or futility. Encountering a person, especially a woman, carrying an empty bucket is traditionally regarded as an ill omen.) Poor people, living like that! And in Rome, in Greece, throughout all of Asia Minor, people lived in exactly the same way. To us, it seems obvious that all these spirits and powers are nothing. Well, is it really obvious?… Only partly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, I was in a country neighboring Germany. There was a meeting of pastors from evangelical churches\u2014a brotherly gathering of church leaders. They were all discussing church matters, just an ordinary fellowship of pastors. And then someone heard that a horoscope was about to be read on the radio. Everyone fell silent until the horoscope was finished. Of course, afterwards everyone said, “It’s complete nonsense, that horoscope. Why believe it?” But they had all listened very attentively. They might even have taken notes\u2026. All of these are, in reality, people’s enemies, not friends. And only the teaching of Jesus, only a new, renewed life, is what truly delivers a person from this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take our own Jewish people. We have rabbis, who are highly educated people. A good friend of mine is a rabbi with a doctorate in physics and mathematics. He is one of the world’s leading experts in something very advanced, I don’t even understand in what exactly. But when he needs to trim his nails, he says you must not trim them under a waning moon, and you must trim every other nail. Otherwise, evil spirits will cling to you. And I asked him, “My friend, what evil spirits? You don’t even believe in them. You’re a Doctor, you’re a rabbi!” “Who knows,” he answered, “maybe they cling even to those who don’t believe in them. No one is immune to that.” This is modern Judaism. These are educated people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe who walks between two palm trees brings a curse upon himself.” It’s similar to “pouring milk into an empty glass without first pouring in some water.\u201d This was written by a Lutheran pastor quite recently. And what is most interesting is that the whole passage began with the phrase \u201cThe Bible clearly says.\u201d I searched the Bible for milk, water, and all related words [and couldn’t find anything like it]. Then I wrote him a letter about it. He replied, \u201cIt’s not enough to read the Bible, you also need to be taught by the Spirit.\u201d Spirits again. But we’re not talking about how bad things can get. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul says that when a person is raised to life in Christ, all the power of horoscopes, elemental forces, false gods, false omens, and superstitions\u2014all of it disappears. All the evil powers. And what are these powers, really? They are human sinfulness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s look at a biblical example. In the Book of Kings, there is a story about Ahab who wants to go to war against Syria. He wants to know what the prophets\u2014the Lord\u2014think about it. They bring him 400 prophets. All the prophets tell him: “Go up against Syria. That’s right. Go, go up against Syria. It is a blessed undertaking.” One of the prophets, who was particularly enterprising, even gave a presentation. He fashioned horns and said, “With these horns, you will gore the Syrians.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahab says, “Something’s fishy here. All the prophets are saying the same thing. Don\u2019t you have somebody else up your sleeve\u2014another prophet somewhere?” They answer, “You know, there is one, but he’s a bad prophet. He never says anything good about us, and he won’t say anything good about you either.” Ahab says, “Well, whatever kind you’ve got, bring him.” And they bring the prophet Mikayahu. In the Russian translation, for some reason he is rendered as Mikhei. The name means, “Who is like Yahweh.” On the way, they tell Mikayahu what he’s supposed to say. And he says, “Yes, that’s right, king. It’s a good cause, a great idea. Go up against Syria, go ahead.” The king says, “I don’t believe you. Tell me the truth.” “You want the truth? Fine. Fine, I’ll tell you. I see your army scattered over the hills, [like sheep without a shepherd.] And I see you running in circles.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then he tells about what he saw in heaven in his revelation: “I saw the Lord sitting on His throne among the host of spirits. And the Lord says, ‘Who will go and deceive Ahab for us? We need a volunteer.’ Then one spirit came forward and said, ‘Yes, I will go.’ The Lord asks, ‘And how will you do it?’ ‘I will become a lying spirit in the mouths of his prophets. And they will all prophesy to Ahab.’ The Lord says, ‘Yes, let him go. And he will succeed.’ ” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahab heard all this and understood the situation. At first, it seemed he didn’t believe the prophets. But after hearing the full story, he still went to war with Syria. He tried to resist\u2014he really did. Something was holding him back from listening to the prophets. But he heard the truth and went anyway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we think about this passage, we understand that the Lord does not literally sit on a throne, and there are no spirits standing around him, because spirits are incorporeal. This active, volunteering ‘spirit’ is the king’s own sin. It’s his sin that keeps him from obeying the truth. In pursuit of the truth, he follows the spirit of lies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As humanity sank deeper and deeper into sin, more and more of these lying spirits appeared: false prophets, false gods\u2014all kinds of things. That\u2019s where horoscopes come from\u2026palm reading, reading the retina of the eye, reading the entrails of a slaughtered ram, even the insides of a caught fish. Even today, we see this: our Arab neighbors, when they slaughter a ram, they always look inside. I asked one of them, “What are you looking at?” He said, “I’m looking at my future. I look at its entrails, and immediately everything about what will happen to me becomes clear.” Well, that pretty much says it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All these enemies begin to be destroyed when a person comes to Yeshua. A long process of restoration begins, at the end of which the Lord will be one and His name one. There will be no mediators between God and the people, between God and humankind. Death is the last consequence of sin to be destroyed. Everything will be subject to the Most High.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Of course, someone might ask: isn’t everything already in the hands of the Most High? Yes, everything has always been in the hands of the Most High, but people will begin to realize it \u2014 all humanity, the whole world will realize that we are in the hands of the Most High. Everything will be subject to Him. Everyone will submit to Him, fulfill His law and do His will. All obstacles will fall, and when a person lives according to the will of the Creator, no other power will be able to rule him, because there is no power that has authority over one who lives according to God’s will. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And this, in fact, is salvation and this is the Good News. The Good News is that truth has triumphed, that all false gods and false entities will disappear. That’s much more than simply being told, “Your debts are forgiven.”  You’ve been hired\u2014that’s the Good News. You have a new task. God has not only forgiven you\u2014that He has paid your debts goes without saying\u2014but He also has given you work to do: to participate in the restoration of the world and to bring the whole world into obedience to God. You can serve Him today. This is truly Good News. The only Good News there is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This work will lead to victory. This mission is destined to succeed. The Most High has chosen flesh and blood as His companions; has chosen us, ordinary people, as His partners. In the past, a Gentile could not even approach the Temple; he had to sit in the back pews of the synagogue; a Jew wasn’t allowed to enter his home; and in his home the name of God could not be spoken. But now God lives in him. He can serve God. And that’s the Good News Paul is talking about. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul then goes on to talk about the kind of future we’re called to build. First of all, our work is to change ourselves. Paul says, “I die every day.” What does that mean? It means working on yourself every day, finding something in yourself [that must die]. The Most High will not say, “I’m so tired of this Paul, I’m so tired of this Alex. His old self keeps dying, but the next day it’s alive again.” No matter how hard you try, it may seem that nothing works. But we have been hired by God. He lives in us, and He won’t leave us. With that faith, with that confidence, we can face any trials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul says, “I fought with wild beasts in Ephesus.” Indeed, the Romans had a popular pastime at that time\u2014capturing Christians and throwing them [into the arena] to fight with animals. Many Christians were killed. Some defeated the beasts. In the early church there are many stories about lions simply refusing to attack Christians. Paul says, “I take that kind of risk and face that kind of danger. If I didn’t believe in the resurrection, would I really do this? Would I go into such danger? That tells you my faith is real. If I’m paying such a price, it must be worth it.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While speaking about this Good News, Paul suddenly stops and says, “Come to your senses, because I’m going to tell you the truth: many do not know God.” The German and Russian texts include the words “of you” or “of us” but they are not in the original, [which simply says,] \u201cMany don\u2019t know God.\u201d Paul does not make a distinction. Many people go to churches and congregations without knowing God. And they ask, “So, what kind of body will we have in the resurrection? How should we dress for this occasion? What should we take with us, just in case? Maybe a few coins in our pocket, you never know.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul says, \u201cWhat you sow will not come to life unless it dies.\u201d You’re wondering about what kind of body you’ll have in the resurrection, but first you must make yourself worthy of that resurrection. What you sow may not bear fruit at all. Your seed may turn out to be empty.  Unless you die, you won’t rise. And here is the Good News: we must die, and we will rise. But that also means that if we don’t die, we won’t rise. If we are not completely filled with the Spirit of God, then what has not died [to self] in us will not be raised. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then Paul says that after the resurrection, we’ll be clothed in glory. Those who aren’t clothed in glory will not be raised. There are different kinds of glory: one of the stars, another of the sun. Some have sown a perishable body, and some could not sow anything at all. The one who sows what is of the soul, will reap what is of the spirit. But only what is spiritual can be raised. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul gives a comparison. In verse 45, Paul says, “It is written, ‘Adam became a living soul.” That happened when the Most High formed Adam from the dust [of the earth] and breathed His Spirit into him. The new Adam is the last Adam, a life-giving Spirit. But He can’t bring the earthly, the fleshly back to life. Flesh and blood can’t inherit the Kingdom of God. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The good news comes with an instruction for attaining the resurrection: everything that is fleshly within oneself must be put to death. The earthly man, the man of the flesh is an ordinary person, like everyone else. But the spiritual man is transformed, if he is ready to let go of everything fleshly. Of course, it does not mean he should stop eating or drinking, or should start denying himself in the way many ascetic sects understand it. It’s about the goals we set in life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul says, \u201cWe will not all die, but we will all be changed.\u201d If a person is ready to receive the holy image, he transforms himself. Our physical bodies, if we put to death what is fleshly within, will be clothed in incorruption. That is Good News: that which is of the flesh, flesh and blood, can become holy, can be clothed in glory, can be transformed, can become divine, can be filled with God. The Spirit of God can live in each of us, in our very flesh, which doesn’t seem at first glance to be the purest thing there is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And this is victory over death and victory over sin, because death is the fruit of sin. In this relationship with God, there will be no room for anything unclean, [no need for] mediators and no fear of any evil powers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The essence of Paul’s words is in verse 57: “Thanks be to God, who has given us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” In one word: the Good News is victory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the instruction that comes with it is this: be firm and steadfast, because we must persevere and endure in what we receive, in the seed that is sown in us, and preserve the salvation we have received.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For different people it looks different. Some live in peaceful, blessed countries; others where there is persecution; some live in wealth, others in poverty. Everyone goes through trials. But God already lives in us. He gives us strength. And when we face some trial, if we have a problem, it is one of two things: either it is something we can resolve, or it is not our problem. God gives us the strength for any trial we must go through. And with God’s help, through God’s victory, we, too, will overcome and will be clothed in glory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But even before that, we can already be His faithful servants, living in our bodies, with all our struggles, according to His will and His law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glory be to God!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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