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What did Jesus mean when He told His followers to make disciples of all the nations? Did that mean that they were to “get them saved” ? Make them members of the local church? Teach them creeds and doctrines? Baptize them? The Church has overlooked the undeniable fact that not only did God choose to reveal Himself through the Hebrew people, language, and culture; but that He continued to do so throughout the “New Testament.” The Church has nothing left to lose and everything to gain by returning to the original patterns of life, scholarship, liturgy, and fellowship that marked the original Way of a Disciple of Yeshua of Nazareth.
The Great Yet Completely Misunderstood
Commission of Jesus: The Original Hebrew Understanding of Discipleship 
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Much ink and venom have been spilled over the Question of what tongues was in the New Testament and what, or even if, it should be today. Most of the dialogue on the topic has been rooted in denominational dogma, cultural tradition, and personal experience instead of clear exegesis of the New Testament texts. Therefore, if anything in Acts or the rest of the New Testament is to be rightly understood, it must be read and understood within the socio-religious context of the people who first heard and read it. Within the New Testament, any theological or religious idea was understood by Hebrew/Israelite/Jewish people in the context of the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings, i.e., the Old Testament. It is within this framework that the issue of 'tongues' should be considered.
What the Biblical Text Actually Says About: Speaking in Tongues 
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It is the goal, or it should be the goal, of every serious Christian to learn to effectively study the Bible. Effective Bible study can be defined as the ability to do independent research in the Bible without the aid of commentaries. Hebrew is the foundation stone on which the Old Testament revelation was given to man. This was the linguistic vehicle that God chose to reveal Himself and His plan, for not only the Jew, but also for all of mankind. It is an accepted fact that a person cannot study the Old Testament in depth without a working understanding of the language of Hebrew. The same could and should be said about the New Testament because of certain facts that remain constant. Every single writer of the New Testament, with the possible exception of Luke, was a native speaker of a Semitic language. The Bible, both Old and New Testaments, is a Jewish manuscript. It is a book written by Jews, to Jews, not only pointing the way for a Jewish Messiah, but also showing how Jesus fulfilled the role as the Jewish Messiah. It is impossible to separate the way a person thinks from what he writes. It can be said then that the New Testament is Hebraic thought that has been clothed in Greek garments. In order to effectively see these thought patterns, a person must have at least some ability to handle Hebrew to unlock the rich storehouse of knowledge that is available to us as we study the New Testament.
Hebrew Bible Study Methodology: Understanding the Scriptures As They Were Written 
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With hundreds of years and millions of words spoken and written in the effort to rightly explain the most minute details of Scripture, why after all this time would anyone suggest that we just telling the 'Bible Story' would accomplish something, or anything that the great theological thinkers of millennia have not?
There is a rising tide in biblical scholarship to recognize that the biblical text is not a mash-up of a couple thousand years worth of history, poetry, morals, theological maxims, laws and commands; rather, within the composite of all of these exists a complete and coherent narrative - a story. Every event, book, character, command, law, prophecy, poem, and proverb contributes to the highest story humanity has ever known - that of its own fall and redemption. 
The Bible as Story:
Recognizing and Interpreting the Biblical Metanarrative 
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COMING SOON!
Thinking about the problem of evil and sin, have you ever asked any of these questions?
For these and countless other questions, one must return to Eden and the events of Genesis 3, to consider the possibility that the Hebrew text therein suggests such incredible and disturbing things, that one must set aside doctrinal theories and theological systems to understand the literal blood struggle between the Holy Creator God/YHVH and the being of chaos/disorder/darkness known as Satan. This event in Eden appears to be the foundational element in understanding the plan of God/YHVH throughout time, as shown in the Scriptures. In the Eden account in Hebrew, we see that the central issues revolve around two pairs of ideas: blood and seed, nakedness and covering. These are ancient Semitic symbols for the concepts of life/lineage, and honor/shame. These fascinating concepts, and much more are explored in Blood & Seed: What is the Eden Story Really Telling Us? This book was originally published in 2010 as Blood & Seed: What Really Happened in Eden? That original edition is presented here, with the inclusion of a new introductory section, previewing the additional insights and resources that will be included in the second edition. In the forthcoming second edition, the focus of the information moves forward from what happened in Eden to considering the results of the Eden events upon our relationship with God and each other. Make no mistake, the actual events of Eden appear to be just as they were presented in the first edition. However, further research since then has shown that the results of those events upon how mankind relates to the Creator, his spouse, children, his neighbors, and even himself is indeed the focal point that we should take from this study. 
Blood & Seed: What is Eden Really Telling Us? 
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All human experience is not merely subject to interpretation, but is itself interpretation. Moment by moment we evaluate the stimuli and information that our senses provide to our consciousness and make value judgments upon it that direct our subsequent thoughts, words, and actions. From this we see that hermeneutics does not simply relate to the interpretation of texts and literature, but to existence itself. Language, however, both spoken and written, is the chief medium by which man articulates his existence, and thus is the primary focus of hermeneutics. Taking this thought further, language is also the medium, both spoken and written, through which God chose to reveal and communicate Himself to man. Hermeneutics then, are an essential tool as we interpret the language of God’s communication with man across the ages as recorded in the Scriptures. The miles and millennia between the creation of the biblical record and our present existence today underscore our reliance on good hermeneutical method to discern from these ancient texts meaning for man today. With this in mind, this book seeks to examine several elements that are essential for a full and right understanding and approach to hermeneutics.
WHAT THE TEXT SAYS: Perspectives on Hermeneutics and the Interpretation of Texts 
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This journal is intended as a record of insights gained and reflections discovered as you read and study the Scriptures throughout each year. The personal value of journaling is well documented, as is that of bible note-taking and marking. As with any journal or study method, it must be used consistently in order to present its fullest benefit and value. We have designed this journal to make it quicker and easier to organize your thoughts around a specific text, chapter, or passage. It’s all built around four easy steps: - Circle the month and date. - Circle the book of the Bible that you are studying. - Write the chapter and verse numbers you are studying. - Begin writing your thoughts. We intend to release these annually, and will be adding a section on study resources, and quick reference guides to the back of the journal. Available in multiple cover styles.
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