A Gentile Question
Posted by Torah Focus on 03 Jun 2008 at 12:00 am
Tagged as: ARBA4, Midrashim, Torah Focus
Midrashim - with Dr. Walter Oakley
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Program #22 - A Gentile Question
“A Gentile Question.” What does the Gentile have to do to inherit the olam haba?
I continue to use the Mishna (Pirke Avot - the Sayings, Chapter or Ethics of the Fathers) as a tool to illuminate the world of Yeshua and His talmidim.
I begin talking about the fourth pair of the Zugot (pairs) Shemayah and Avyalyon. These men who received the Tradition of the Torah were descendants of Gentiles.
Our discussion uses Yoma 71b to illuminate the lives and circumstances of Shemayah and Avyalyon’s lives.
This passage in the Talmud discusses the confrontation between these Teachers and the Cohen Gadol on Yom Kippur. These two men suggest that the heathen who does the “work of Aaron” will come in peace. This phrase is a synonym for entrance into the Olam haba (world to come). I discuss the descendants and work of Aaron.
I discuss the 2nd chapter of the Book of Malachi. 2:1-6.
These passages discuss the work of Aaron and the covenant of peace established with Levi.
