Rabbi and Talmidim, Teacher and Disciple

John 6:45; Matthew 4:15; Deuteronomy 6:5; Luke 2:41; Matthew 13:55; Mark 6:3; Luke 3:21; John 3:22-26; Luke 3:23, 7:40; Matthew 22:46-47; Luke 12:13; 19:39; 20:27-28, 8:1-3, 10:38-42; Matthew 4:23; Psalm 8:2; Luke 19:1-10; Ezekiel 34; Matthew 13:33-34, 7:28-29, 21:23-27, 13:11-30, 5:17-19, 5:27-28; Mark 3:13-19; John 13:15; Mark 5:19; Matthew 10:24; Luke 6:40; Mark 1:16-20; John 8:31, 13:13-15; Luke 14:26; Matthew 14:22-23, 16:13-28; Luke 9:1-6, 9:24; Luke 10:17, 10:21; Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 26:28-29; 1 Corinthians 4:15-16; 1 Thessalonians 1:6-7, 2:14; Hebrews 6:12, 13:7; 1 Corinthians 2:16; Matthew 23:5; Leviticus 19:18

We are walking in today:  Rabbi and Talmidim, Teacher and Disciple

Witness mixed throughout the Bible:  H6154 `ereb  interwoven knitted material

mixture, mixed people, aliens or strangers or wander
Exodus 12:27-28; Isaiah 1:22; Hosea 7:8; Nehemiah 13:3; Proverbs 23:30; Daniel 2:41-43; Hebrews 4:12

At the time of Yeshua, the town of Galilee was known to have a strong and passionate study of the Torah and other texts.  They were known to be faithful and lived their lives according to Yahweh's instruction.  Their isolation from other influences helped in their resistance of Hellenism more than Judea and other towns that were along the trade routes.  This is where Yeshua was raised and drew His disciples, talmidim from.  These people in this area memorized the scriptures and other texts to discuss and debate.  Those who were studying with the traveling rabbis, to see if they would be able to follow that rabbi in further study and discussion.  The mindset of the student is to study to pass the class where the mindset of the talmidim is to learn and eventually pass on their knowledge and wisdom.  We must continue to shift from our Greek mindset to a Hebraic mindset to obtain the proper understanding of scripture.  The setting, the culture, the influences on the people gives us a better understanding of how the scriptures speak to the audience of the people of that time and even us now.    We have in this pattern that Yeshua walked out while on this earth that we would study and follow, that we too would eventually teach others.  Much like a child following their father and doing all that he does we have the same with the talmidim, they too do all that their rabbi does.  When we truly see that Yeshua is a rabbi and the disciples His talmidim we are approaching the correct understanding.  This is the importance of returning to the beginning, go back to the original, Fiveamprayer.  The original language is Hebrew that the scriptures were written in and placing the text back in it's original culture then we can extract understanding and find more insight on the author's who penned these words and better yet the Spirit behind it all--Yahweh!  That is how we will find our personal relationship with the Most High One!  Reduce and limit the distance between you and understanding scripture--set down assumptions, turn a loose previous knowledge--look to the scripture with fresh insight and His understanding!  We have learned much and many of the teachings were lacking the original intent or foundation from the beginning of the Bible.  The teachings that we study in the latter half of the Bible are based in the first half.  The disciples as well as Yeshua did not have the New Testament scriptures to teach from as we do now, they were not yet written.  So what is being referred back to?  What would be their reference?  Scriptures from the Tanakh, the Torah, the writings and the prophets!  We can not go forward without understanding, but where we begin--at the beginning!  To listen to this teaching again click here.