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What are the “shepherds” spoken about in Jeremiah 23? Why were they given a scathing rebuke?What’s the difference between esteeming self and self-esteem?How does discouragement, worry and stress relate to the covenant? Ezekiel chapter 37 talks about the prophet speaking to dry bones–what is this about?Rabbi Steve Berkson brings clarity to the redemption and reconciliation found in the covenant.Don't miss out on new teachings every week. You are welcome to post your comments and please click on the "LIKE" button if this teaching has been a blessing to you.For more information about MTOI (Messianic Torah Observant Israel), visit our website at http://www.mtoi.org and our Official Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/mtoiworldwide.

Is Jeremiah 31:31 talking about a “new” covenant or a “renewed” covenant? Why?When Torah was given at Mt. Sinai, what was that symbolic of? What does that make us as a group?Is there a clue as to what covenant is being talked about in Jeremiah 31?Has this “new covenant” already happened? Why or why not?What does the existence of the Earth, Sun, Moon and stars have to do with the covenant?Why does Jeremiah chapter 3 say the Ark of the Covenant will not be built again or remembered?Rabbi Steve Berkson traverses the book of Jeremiah bringing some clarity to the scriptures that are intended to give the reader rebuke, instruction and hope. Once again we learn that teachers who have a right heart toward the Father will be used by Him to instruct His people. As a bonus, Rabbi Berkson explains how Yeshua could be called a Nazarite even though there is no verse in the Tanakh (Old Testament) that says it.Don't miss out on new teachings every week. You are welcome to post your comments and please click on the "LIKE" but

What does it mean to “come to Him”? What is our part? What is His part?Is King David from long ago coming back to life to reign in Israel again?When was “The Covenant” in effect? With whom was it made?How are teachers different from prophets?When it comes to His commandments, statutes and ordinances, are you observing and keeping them, or are you guarding them?Are there “Gentile Believers”? Who are the “sons of the foreigners” spoken of in Isaiah 56? How does one “join themselves” to Yahweh?Covering Isaiah chapters 55 and 56, Rabbi Steve Berkson emphasizes the need to aim higher and elevate your thoughts through having a relationship with the Word of The Creator. He also spends a fair amount of time on “guarding” the Torah as opposed to merely keeping or observing it.Then, getting started in Jeremiah chapter 31, Rabbi Steve relates how the Covenant at Sinai was actually a marriage ceremony between Yahweh and His people. From that, Rabbi Steve gives vital instruction to those who would enter into marriage and

Why does God allow suffering, pain and misery on this Earth?How has the law been “changed”?What was it that caused the Great Flood cleansing the Earth of mankind?Why was Noah preserved?What is the “plan of redemption”? What is a remnant?In this episode we are going to the book of the prophet Isaiah where we will begin to understand the effect of covenant breaking on the Earth.Don't miss out on new teachings every week. You are welcome to post your comments and please click on the "LIKE" button if this teaching has been a blessing to you.For more information about MTOI (Messianic Torah Observant Israel), visit our website at http://www.mtoi.org and our Official Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/mtoiworldwide.

The faith/belief/trust we as humans profess in something that is greater than ourselves ultimately boils down to relationship. This relationship is being one with our Creator, our Father and our Messiah, in the context of or vehicle known as “covenant.” For this reason, to learn about this covenant is critical to the health of the relationship both vertical (with the Creator) and horizontal (with each other).In this episode Rabbi Steve Berkson lays out more to learn from Proverbs chapter 5 as it pertains to wisdom, understanding and knowledge in keeping covenant with our Creator.Don't miss out on new teachings every week. You are welcome to post your comments and please click on the "LIKE" button if this video has been a blessing to you.For more information about MTOI (Messianic Torah Observant Israel), visit our website at http://www.mtoi.org and our Official Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/mtoiworldwide.

In Proverbs 5:6 we see the “strange woman” described as unstable. What does it mean to be unstable?How is faith related to stability/unstability? How is wisdom related to being stable or unstable?Rabbi Steve Berkson continues the theme of covenant with our Creator being connected to wisdom, knowledge and understanding in how we keep that covenant as he digs deep into the concept of “unstable” and “doubleminded”, taking us to James chapter 1 and 2 Peter 3:14-18.Then be ready for a pop quiz on how stable or unstable your are in some of the areas of life.Don't miss out on new teachings every week. You are welcome to post your comments and please click on the "LIKE" button if this teaching has been a blessing to you.For more information about MTOI (Messianic Torah Observant Israel), visit our website at http://www.mtoi.org and our Official Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/mtoiworldwide.

The prophet Jeremiah was given some severe words to speak to the people concerning how they were behaving while being in covenant with their Elohim. They were living in the land and claiming Yahweh to be their Elohim yet, at the same time, living according to the idolatry of the nations around them, but thinking they were doing it unto Yahweh. Yahweh said no more! “Why should my beloved be in my house? She has done wickedness with many.” (Jeremiah 11:15)Rabbi Steve Berkson points out from the warnings of Jeremiah that loving with the world and being in covenant with Yahweh is impossible. You will have to hate one and love the other.Going forward, Rabbi Berkson digs deep into the metaphor of the olive tree with its branches getting broken off and other branches grafted in beginning in Jeremiah 11:16 and moving into Romans 11 and John 15.Don't miss out on new teachings every week. You are welcome to post your comments and please click on the "LIKE" button if this teaching has been a blessing to you.For more inf

What kind of relationship do you think you have with our Creator?Do you believe you are “in covenant” with the Almighty?What are the two things needed to have the correct relationship with YHVH? What determines whether or not you have a relationship with Him?Proverbs 5:5 talks about a “strange woman” and how “her feet go down to death”–what meaning could be gotten by “her feet” in this passage?What kind of possession would be worse that being demon-possessed?What does the word “brutish” mean?Continuing the journey in Proverbs, Rabbi Steve Berkson breaks down key terms and phrases, i.e., the “strange woman” whose “feet go down to death”. Branching out into Jeremiah 10 and 11 Rabbi Steve shows us how we can be against ourselves if we don’t live this covenant-life according to the right knowledge (relationship) with our Creator.Don't miss out on new teachings every week. You are welcome to post your comments and please click on the "LIKE" button if this teaching has been a blessing to you.For more information ab

What is significant about a “teacher’s wisdom”? (Proverbs 5:1)Who (or what) is this “strange woman” we find in Proverbs 5:3?Yeshua talked about the “leaven of the Pharasees”–what was that?How many people does it take to “make peace”?What does it mean to validate each other’s position and feelings when dealing with conflicts in relationship?Why does Yaakov (James) call his readers “adulterers and adulteresses”? (James 4:4)Rabbi Steve Berkson continues with the topic of how wisdom, understanding and knowledge relate to keeping covenant with the Almighty. In this teaching he continues to explore the word “bitter” as it is used in scripture.Also more Covenant-Life coaching as Rabbi Steve imparts some of the wisdom he has acquired over the time he’s spent counseling many people in many phases of this covenant walk.Don't miss out on new teachings every week. You are welcome to post your comments and please click on the "LIKE" button if this teaching has been a blessing to you.For more information about MTOI (Messia

Going to the book of the prophet Amos, chapter 5, we are staying with the topic of how wisdom, understanding and knowledge relate to keeping covenant with the Almighty. In this episode Rabbi Steve Berkson continues looking at the references of “wormwood” to discover the relevance for you today.Then from “wormwood” we get the word “bitter”. Rabbi Steve takes us into Isaiah 5:20-21 and James chapter 3 so we might understand what the word “bitter” is referring to.Related Teachings can be found here, http://mtoi.org/learn_with_us/learn_w...- The Fear of Yahweh- Well Done, Good and Trustworthy Servant- Whose Eyes Are You Right In?- CC101: What Are You Thinking?- INfocus: Torah Terrorist- INfocus: You’re Still WrongDon't miss out on new teachings every week. You are welcome to post your comments and please click on the "LIKE" button if this teaching has been a blessing to you.For more information about MTOI (Messianic Torah Observant Israel), visit our website at http://www.mtoi.org and our Official Facebook page h

Continuing on our journey through the book of Proverbs we are staying with the topic of how wisdom, understanding and knowledge relate to keeping covenant with the Almighty. In this episode Rabbi Steve Berkson continues looking at the references of “wormwood” to discover the relevance for you today. We also discover that a majority of what we read in the writings of the Apostles (New Testament) can be found as having already been said and written about in the Tanak (Old Testament). Rabbi Steve gives an example of that in the verse from Jeremiah 23:28 that talks of the chaff and wheat relating it to a parable given by Yeshua in Matthew 13.Why aren’t we in the Hebrew Roots, Messianic Movement, Torah Observant group seeing the manifestation of miracles like perhaps the Christian group claiming to see?Rabbi Steve tells us his mandate in teaching the Body of Messiah. He also gives us his view on eschatology (study of the end time) and gives a synopsis of his teaching on that subject.Related Teachings can be found

Continuing on our journey through the book of Proverbs, we are staying with the topic of how wisdom, understanding and knowledge relate to keeping covenant with the Almighty. In the last episode Rabbi Steve Berkson took us down a “Rabbi Trail” to look at the words “discretion” and “wormwood”. In this episode he continues looking at the references of “wormwood” to discover the relevance for you today. Who are these “evil shepherds” Jeremiah spoke of? (Jeremiah 23:1-2)What does Yahweh consider to be “horrible”?What is the last great exodus? Related Teachings can be found here, http://mtoi.org/learn_with_us/learn_with_us.shtm- Beware False Prophets- Do You Know the Father and the Son?- What is Worship?- Master Teach Us- CC101: Are You Saved?- INfocus: Messi-Mutt- The Heart of the Matter- INfocus: The Three VoicesDon't miss out on new teachings every week. You are welcome to post your comments and please click on the "LIKE" button if this teaching has been a blessing to you.For more information about MTOI (Messi

Continuing on the relationship between wisdom, knowledge and understanding and keeping covenant, Rabbi Steve Berkson uncovers valuable understanding regarding discretion and the word “wormwood” and its connection to keeping covenant.Related Teachings can be found here, http://mtoi.org/learn_with_us/learn_with_us.shtm• Making Decisions…the reason you exist• Understanding the Ruach/Spirit• CC101: Discovering Your Identity• Do Not Do As They DoDon't miss out on new teachings every week. You are welcome to post your comments and please click on the "LIKE" button if this teaching has been a blessing to you.For more information about MTOI (Messianic Torah Observant Israel), visit our website at http://www.mtoi.org and our Official Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/mtoiworldwide.

Why should you be careful and reluctant when trying to get someone to follow your position on an issue? What group of people do you not want to be a part of?Who are those who have “eaten the bread of wrongdoing, and they drink the wine of violence”? What is the “violence” that is referred to here?The Apostle Paul wrote about the Body of Messiah needing teachers, (Eph 4:11). What kind of teacher was he talking about?What two concepts has mainstream Christianity combined to make one incorrect concept?What “active” roles has the Father shown us in keeping covenant with Him–things that He won’t do?Everyone has a “worldview”–what should your worldview be?What did Peter say about Paul’s teachings? (2 Peter 3:14-16) What does “untaught and unstable” mean?Continuing in the relationship between being in covenant and wisdom, knowledge and understanding, and also still in the book of Proverbs, Rabbi Steve Berkson clarifies word definitions, our role in relation to others and in the Body of Messiah, and how important it

Why are people referred to as “children” in scripture? e.g., Children of IsraelWe are instructed to “not forget” and “don’t turn away” from the Father’s discipline–how do we keep from doing these?Why do some “turn away” from the words of Elohim?How are some people today “disempowered”?From where does understanding come? Why is wisdom referred to as a “crown”?We know the Shema (Deut 6:4) is “hear and do”, but is there another understanding we can add to it?Going deeper into Proverbs 4, Rabbi Steve Berkson delivers more “Covenant-Life Coaching”–Perspectives and understanding you need to get you from where you are now into the Kingdom of Elohim.Related Teachings can be found here, http://mtoi.org/learn_with_us/learn_with_us.shtml• Baptism of Fire• Cling, Cleave, Hold Fast• INfocus: That’s Not Submission• The Search for the Doctrine of Grace• INfocus: The Opportunist• Walk In All His Ways• Follow the Pattern, Exactly• CC101: Are You Saved?• INfocus: The Law of 33%Don't miss out on new teachings every week. You ar

Hoping to get through more than seven verses this time, Rabbi Steve Berkson continues teaching in Proverbs about wisdom, knowledge and understanding and how they relate to keeping covenant with our Creator.What is “cruel”? How is it related to “perverse”? What do these have to do with Covenant-Life?Do you see yourself as cruel or a fool? No? Are you sure?What has to happen before understanding opens itself up to you?What is it you identify with/as? What should you identify with/as?Related Teachings can be found here, http://mtoi.org/learn_with_us/learn_with_us.shtml• CC101: Unity and Division in the Body of Messiah• INfocus: That’s Not Submission!• INfocus: Fear & Doubt vs Faith & Belief• The Fear of Yahweh• No Other Name• Let Me Not Be AshamedDon't miss out on new teachings every week. You are welcome to post your comments and please click on the "LIKE" button if this teaching has been a blessing to you.For more information about MTOI (Messianic Torah Observant Israel), visit our website at http://ww

Do you place high value on Torah and the Covenant? How about wisdom? Isn’t it through wisdom that Yahweh has a relationship with us? What is the beginning of wisdom?Is intelligence the same as wisdom? What does wisdom accomplish exactly?Continuing in the book of Proverbs, Rabbi Steve Berkson teaches from chapter 3 about how extremely critical it is for relationship, right relationship, and the mechanics of doing the commandments work together. The highest value must be placed on wisdom because it is a tree of life to those taking hold of her, and blessed are those who retain it. You must retain it. Rabbi Steve spends a bit of time on retaining wisdom by going to the Parable of the Sower in Matthew 13.In this teaching you’ll hear what it means to be a good employee and adorn the Word of Elohim in your life.Related Teachings can be found here, http://mtoi.org/learn_with_us/learn_with_us.shtmlDo You Know the Father and the Son?INfocus: Human[being]Don't miss out on new teachings every week. You are welcome to p

What we’ve been dealing with in Proverbs is the other part of keeping covenant–the ‘why’ we do what He says to do (or not do). We know there is the “mechanical” part–the how, what, where, when, but we need to understand that the attitude of our heart works together with the mechanical to provide the “why” we are in covenant with Yahweh.Is it necessary that you completely understand everything you have to do within this covenant?How does being covenanted affect your health, finances, etc.?What’s the first thing you should do before handing over your sovereignty to Yeshua?Don't miss out on new teachings every week. You are welcome to post your comments and please click on the "LIKE" button if this teaching has been a blessing to you.For more information about MTOI (Messianic Torah Observant Israel), visit our website at http://www.mtoi.org and our Official Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/mtoiworldwide.

As the President of the United States gave the 2019 SOTU address, Rabbi Steve Berkson also addressed the Body of Messiah with an assessment of the State of the Body in 2019.Don't miss out on new teachings every week. You are welcome to post your comments and please click on the "LIKE" button if this teaching has been a blessing to you.For more information about MTOI (Messianic Torah Observant Israel), visit our website at http://www.mtoi.org and our Official Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/mtoiworldwide.

“Without wisdom, knowledge and understanding it is impossible to behave correctly within the framework of the covenant.”Rabbi Steve Berkson continues the subject of how wisdom, knowledge and understanding relate to keeping covenant from the Book of Proverbs.Related Teachings can be found here, http://mtoi.org/learn_with_us/learn_with_us.shtml• The Heart of the Matter• INfocus: You’re Still WrongDon't miss out on new teachings every week. You are welcome to post your comments and please click on the "LIKE" button if this teaching has been a blessing to you.For more information about MTOI (Messianic Torah Observant Israel), visit our website at http://www.mtoi.org and our Official Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/mtoiworldwide.