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Parables of Yeshua (Parable of Wheat & Tares, Mustard Seed, and Leaven)
In this Teaching, Ed Doss explores the parables of the Wheat and Tares, Mustard Seed, and Leaven in Matthew 13. He begins with Yeshua’s practice of teaching through parables and the call to hear with understanding, then compares the wheat and tares with the vineyard of Isaiah 5. A substantial portion examines Yeshua’s explanation of the end-of-age harvest, the order of gathering, Matthew 24, and the resurrection described in 1 Thessalonians 4. The speaker presents a tentative classification of eight groups of people at Messiah’s return and asks who may remain during the Millennium. He then reads the Mustard Seed through Ezekiel 17 and the promises to Israel, interpreting the birds as nations drawn to the Kingdom. Finally, he treats the Leaven as hidden transformation, connects the three measures of flour to Abraham and Gideon, and relates the imagery to Shavuot. The audience Q&A revisits resurrection, judgment, biblical discernment, Torah, compassion, and humility about uncertain interpretations.
Parable of the Sower – Revealing The Mysteries
The teacher begins a series on Yeshua’s parables by asking why the Messiah taught the crowds through simple but layered stories. Reading Matthew 13 alongside Psalm 78 and Isaiah’s prophecy, the Teaching argues that spiritual receptivity is central to understanding the mysteries of the Kingdom: the same spoken word can be heard without being perceived or welcomed with an open heart. The speaker urges believers to seek understanding rather than treating spiritual knowledge as passive listening. He then moves to the Parable of the Sower, presenting the sowing of seed as a picture of widespread sharing of Scripture and connecting it to the command to make disciples in Matthew 28. Each soil represents a different response: wayside incomprehension, stony enthusiasm without roots, thorny distraction and the deceitfulness of riches, and good soil that hears, understands, and bears fruit. The discussion links understanding to obedience (Deuteronomy 4; James 1), worldly desires to Genesis 3 and 1 John 2, and lasting fruit to abiding in the true vine (John 15). The closing fellowship considers whether a person’s “soil” can change through maturity, regression, patient encouragement, and continued sowing. The broader purpose is to encourage attentive Bible study, practical obedience, and fruitful disciple-making.
Many Are Called Few Are Chosen – What does this mean?
This Teaching examines Yeshua’s statement in Matthew 22:14, “many are called, but few are chosen,” in the context of the wedding-feast parable and the broader scriptural pattern of Israel, the remnant, the Father’s drawing, and a person’s response. It challenges uses of the verse that make a denomination or religious organization the exclusive group of the chosen. The Teaching emphasizes that Yah desires people to repent and be saved, while Scripture also describes a faithful remnant. In the Teaching’s explanation, the call is an invitation that requires a response; the Father draws by teaching, stirring, opening, convicting, and changing the heart; and the person may respond or resist. The wedding garment represents being properly attired in the grace and righteousness provided through Messiah, expressed in a faithful life. The closing emphasis is Revelation 17:14: those with the Lamb are “called, chosen, and faithful.”
Many Are Called Few Are Chosen – What does this mean?
What does Yeshua mean when He says, “Many are called, but few are chosen”? This Teaching examines Matthew 22:1-14 in the context of the wedding feast and the prophets’ remnant theme. It contrasts the invitation with the response of those invited, considers the wedding garment, and asks how the Father’s drawing in John 6 relates to His stated desire that people repent. The speaker also explores Abraham’s call, spiritual resistance, being brought near in Messiah, and why humble perseverance matters. The closing Q&A challenges viewers not to make definitive judgments about another person’s salvation.
Job Part 3 – Confusion, Accusations and the King in the storm
This third Job Teaching returns to the question of how people speak on behalf of Yah when faced with another person’s suffering. The presenter examines Zophar’s speech in Job 11, showing how true general statements can become harmful when applied on the basis of unproved guilt. He warns from Job 42:7, Ezekiel 13, Proverbs 17, Matthew 12, and James 3 against careless accusations and spiritual arrogance. Elihu’s speeches in Job 32-37 are presented as a transition from punitive formulas to divine sovereignty, instruction, and humility. The turning point is Yah speaking from the whirlwind in Job 38:1 and asking questions about creation that expose Job’s limited knowledge. Job responds in Job 40 and 42 with humility, saying he has now seen the Lord rather than only heard of him. The speaker connects the later inheritance given to Job’s daughters to a personal change. Extended closing Q&A reflects on chronic illness, compassion, the difference between proven sin and presumed guilt, Sabbath observance, and supporting others without claiming to know the reasons for their trials.
Job Part 2 – Suffering and Sorrow
In this second installment of the Job series, the presenter revisits his thesis that Job’s story probes the tension between moralistic performance and genuine trusting faith. He traces the sudden losses in Job 1:13-22, Job’s initial worship, the renewed test and bodily affliction of Job 2, and Job’s anguish in chapter 3. He introduces Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, contrasting their first seven days of silent companionship with their later accusations. The lesson examines divine permission and the adversary, how grief can challenge easy formulas about blessing and curses, and the call to practice compassionate restoration. The recording concludes with an extended fellowship discussion on faith, Torah, trials, the Spirit, and trauma-aware care.
Job – His Story Is About So Much More Than Suffering
In “Job – His Story is About So Much More than Suffering,” the presenter revisits the book of Job after decades of study and asks what Job’s trials reveal about genuine faith. Starting with the opening description of Job as upright and blameless, he contrasts dutiful religious actions with a trusting relationship with the Father. He examines Job’s sacrifices for his children, the moralistic assumption that good deeds guarantee an easy life, the accuser’s challenge in Job 1, and the Lord’s sovereignty in the midst of adversity. Connections are made to Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Peter, the prophets, and Isaiah 45. The Teaching closes as Part 1 with group reflections on testing, grief, family, and perseverance.
Pentecost / Shavuot – The Law and the Spirit
This teaching examines Pentecost (Shavuot) through Leviticus 23 and develops the relationship between the giving of Torah at Mount Sinai and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2. The counting of the Omer connects Passover redemption with Shavuot covenant and instruction. The teaching explores the two leavened wave loaves, Shavuot as a firstfruits festival, the offerings, holy convocation, generosity toward the poor and stranger, and Ruth’s connection to Israel’s redemptive history. It then compares Sinai and Acts 2: preparation, timing, assembly, divine sound and fire, instruction, covenant, multilingual proclamation, and the contrasting 3,000 who died after the golden calf with the roughly 3,000 added in Acts 2. A central emphasis is that believers are ministers of the new covenant: the law remains holy and instructive, while the Spirit gives life and enables faithful obedience. The final section explores, whether Shavuot could also mark a future covenantal empowering, sealing, or commissioning of the remnant during a proposed second-exodus/tribulation framework, possibly involving the 144,000 as First Fruits.
Cleaning House – Confronting the Hidden Leaven Within
During Passover and the Days of Unleavened Bread, this Teaching uses the removal of leaven from the home as a picture of searching the heart. The presenter defines sin from Genesis 4 and 1 John 3, reviews scriptural warnings and the works of the flesh, and urges courageous self-examination. He then explores unintentional and concealed wrongdoing, confession before Yah and within trustworthy fellowship, and responding to others with gentleness. The concluding group discussion includes accountability, personal struggles, and ways to connect Passover with gratitude for deliverance. Statements connecting a person’s illness, anxiety or misfortune to hidden sin are the speaker’s interpretations and should not be treated as universal biblical diagnoses.
Divorce – You May Have Missed what Yeshua was saying
This Teaching explores what Scripture says about marriage, divorce and remarriage. The speaker begins with Jeremiah’s picture of Israel’s divorce, then returns to Genesis 2 for marriage as a one-flesh covenant. He examines Exodus 21:7-11, Deuteronomy 24:1-4, Malachi 2, and Yeshua’s response in Matthew 19, arguing that formal divorce differs from simply sending away a spouse without lawful release. He discusses the historic “any cause” dispute and proposes broader grounds involving covenant neglect and failure of marital obligations. The concluding fellowship addresses women initiating divorce, remarriage and practical situations. His claims about Hebrew/Greek translations and allowable grounds are debated interpretations, not settled legal or pastoral decisions.
The Cry of the Innocent
In this Teaching, the speaker confronts the difficult question of why a just God allows suffering, war and devastation. He begins with Ecclesiastes 9 and the mourning of Lazarus in John 11, then identifies divine justice, love and sovereignty as his theological foundations. The discussion considers the Fall, the evil one’s influence, creation’s groaning, and passages describing trials as occasions for learning or spiritual growth. The speaker extends some of these themes to nations and world history, while the closing fellowship conversation considers grief, persecution, hope and the limits of human explanation. Interpretations such as Revelation’s scroll being an earthly title deed are presented as proposals rather than explicit statements of Scripture.
Biblical Calendar Part 2 – How did Yeshua fulfill them?
This Part 2 Teaching continues the biblical-calendar study by examining whether Scripture explicitly describes adding an intercalary month and how the speaker connects the spring appointed times to Yeshua. It discusses the agricultural season of Aviv, the second-month Passover provision, whether Yeshua observed a different calendar, and calculations associated with the Flood and prophetic time. The central presentation follows Passover and Unleavened Bread through Yeshua’s entry into Jerusalem, sacrifice, cleansing of the temple, and practical observance of the feast. First Fruits is linked to resurrection and baptism; Shavuot/Pentecost is related to Sinai, the giving of the Spirit, the two loaves and the contrast between three thousand deaths and three thousand people added. A later section examines the continuity of the weekly seventh-day Sabbath. The extensive fellowship Q&A includes calendar disagreements, observations about feasts, community participation, website issues and outreach.
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