Author: Jim Staley

Jim’s life’s desire is to help believers everywhere draw closer to the Father by understanding the truth of the scriptures from their original cultural context (a Hebraic perspective) and to apply them in faith for today.

The Secret to Victory

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Have you ever felt like you are in the middle of a boxing ring and you just continue to get pounded by your enemy with jabs and hooks to the point where you would rather just stay down on the canvas than to get back up and go another round? I sure...

No Pain, No Gain

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I have really been pressing into the Lord and doing a lot more praying and fasting than normal over this past winter. Apparently, a bit too much as I didn’t realize that I’ve lost almost 15 pounds and am back to my high school weight. I...

The Azazel Goat and the Leader of the Demons

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As we move into Leviticus 16 and following, we start to transition to a different flow as far as what Yahweh is conveying to His people. He has given great detail on how to build His house, how to operate and minister before Him, and has given specific...

The Unleavened Bread of Affliction

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Why Unleavened Bread? Within the spring season of Passover lies the first significant week-long festival of the year. It’s called Unleavened Bread and it’s a seven-day feast with a high Sabbath on the first day and on the seventh. During...

How to be Perfect

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This week’s portion of scripture details the global catastrophe of Noah’s flood. There are so many lessons to be learned from this historical event that one could spend weeks just studying its powerful influence into all humanity. If you would like...

Did Jesus Really Die on a Friday?

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For almost 1800 years now, one myth has been more promulgated more than any other: the idea of “Good Friday.” The idea that Christ died on a Friday and rose on Sunday goes as far back as the Catholic Church itself. In this article we’re...

Christmas, Hanukkah, and the Anti-Christ Part 1

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Okay, I admit, it’s a strange title. How on earth could all three of those topics be connected? Well, as you are about to see, not only are they connected, they’re all related…blood related. Before we talk about Christmas, let’s talk about a...

Christmas, Hanukkah, and the Anti-Christ Part 2

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Part 2: When Was Jesus Actually Born? In Part 1 of this series, we went through the story of Hanukkah and unpacked the incredible heroism that arose from the pits of the Greco-pagan influence that almost wiped out the people of God two hundred years...

Christmas, Hanukkah, and the Anti-Christ Part 3

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Part 3: The Christmas and Antichrist Connection THE CHRISTMAS CONNECTION Now that you know the story of Hanukkah, how it was celebrated in the first century by our Messiah, and how we’ve used it to discover when He was actually born, we can turn...

Christmas, Hanukkah, and the Anti-Christ Part 4

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Hanukkah Traditions We’ve learned a lot in the first three parts of this series. We started in Part 1 with the historical account of Hanukkah, discovering the incredible story of how one man, with God’s help, stood up to evil, triumphed against all...

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