TorahScope, Volume II: Life Examined and Understood Through the Grid of the Torah

Every week in Jewish synagogues the world over, a selection of a few chapters is considered from the Torah (the Pentateuch or the Law of Moses). The discipline of reading the parashah or Torah portion on Shabbat (the Sabbath) has helped maintain the cohesion of the Jewish people for millennia. As Messianic congregations have been formed, this tradition is something which has helped enliven the Bible readings and studies of many. Jewish Believers and non-Jewish Believers alike, who are looking to Moses’ Teaching to tell them something about the relationship we are to have with Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah, and how we are to grow in holiness.

What are the benefits of consistently examining the Torah? What old lessons might need to be re-learned every year, and what are some new lessons for God’s people to be considering? How does the Torah form a major part of the Messianic movement’s understanding of the mission of God, and with what He wants to do with His people? Will we really be able to understand the admonition, “The secret things belong to the LORD our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law” (Deuteronomy 29:29, WMB)?

TorahScope, Volume II is a second year’s compilation of insightful, reflective commentaries on the weekly Torah readings, gleaned from the studies and notes of William Mark Huey. Written from a Messianic perspective, this volume shares his conviction that a Believer’s life and walk with the Messiah Yeshua can be viewed through the grid and lens of consistent Torah study. It provides contemporary examples of the relevancy of the Torah to Messiah followers, and how we are to each be conformed to His image (Romans 8:29).

Mark Huey (B.A., Vanderbilt University in History and Graduate Studies at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University) is the Director of Outreach Israel Ministries (www.outreachisrael.net). He is the author of several books, including: TorahScope, Volumes I & II, and Counting the Omer: A Daily Devotional Toward Shavuot. He is also co-author of Hebraic Roots: An Introductory Study.