Messianic poetry

  • The Pure Order

    The Torah portion for February 28, 2026, Tetzaveh (You Are to Order) covers the vestments of the priests, the ordination process, and the altar of incense. The Haftara covers part of the instructions God gave Ezekiel about the future temple.… Continue reading

    The Pure Order
  • The Light’s Contribution to the World

    The Torah portion for February 21, 2026, T’rumah (Contributiuon), concerns the material contribution and instructions for the tabernacle, God’s dwelling place among His people. The Haftarah portion concerns how this tabernacle structure meant for a nomadic people in the wilderness… Continue reading

    The Light’s Contribution to the World
  • His Rulings Are Upright

    This portion begins with various rulings on social situations between people concerning slaves and restitution for losses in various situations, includes the confirming of the covenant between God and Israel, and ends with Moses, Aaron, Aaron’s sons, and 70 elders… Continue reading

    His Rulings Are Upright
  • Bo (Go)

    This portion is absolutely full this week, so I will have to be selective about what I discuss. It was during the week of this appointed portion that I was born. It includes the last three plagues of Egypt: locusts… Continue reading

    Bo (Go)
  • “I Appeared” as the Serpent Lifted Up

    This portion of Exodus takes us from God’s imperative on Moses to prophesy to the Hebrews and to Pharaoh, through the initial showdown between Moses and Pharoah’s magicians in Pharoah’s courtroom, and through the first seven plagues on Egypt. Continue reading

    “I Appeared” as the Serpent Lifted Up
  • He Sent: Jacob and the Son

    In this portion, there is a lot to cover, but I will focus on the relationship between Esau and Jacob and Jacob’s faith in God, foreshadowing the Messiah and how believers can hold the same faith of Jacob in times… Continue reading

    He Sent: Jacob and the Son
  • The Cornerstone

    The Hallel is a special reading done every year of Psalms 113-118 only on Passover. In this post, I’ll show you how Jesus is in the Hallel, completes the Hallel, and fulfills the Hallel, as well as an ancient prophecy… Continue reading

    The Cornerstone
  • Seder Lamb

    Jesus is the Passover lamb. Check out my poem “Seder Lamb” and my explanation of how He connects to a tradition that began thousands of years before His life on earth. Continue reading

    Seder Lamb