Thank you for your interest in TNN Online. We imagine that some of you have questions in regard to the Messianic movement, and some of the views expressed on this website. Below are answers to some of questions that we frequently receive.

Questions are assorted alphabetically by subject. Click on a subject for a more detailed explanation.

A

6,000 Year Teaching - Abomination of Desolation  - Acts, Book of - Acts 15:24 - Alcohol - All Israel - All lies (Jeremiah 16:19) - Amos, Book of - Annihilation (eternal punishment) - Antimessiah/antichrist - Antimessiah, Makes or Confirms Agreement - Anti-Semitism, Luther -  Apocrypha - Apocrypha, Versions of - Aramaic Peshitta

B

Babylon - Beards - Bible Versions - Bible Versions, Messianic - Biblical Calendar - Biblical Festivals - Birth Control - Birth of Yeshua - B'rit Chadashah - British-Israelism - British (word of Hebrew origin?)

C

Calvinist-Arminian Controversy - Chanukah, Actions of Antiochus - Chanukah, Celebrated instead of Sukkot - Chanukah, Eight Days of Oil - Chanukah, Nine-Branched Menorah - Christianity, Negativity Toward Two-House Teaching - Christian, Title - Christian Website (is TNN?) - Christianity, Pagan? - Christian Scholars - Christmas - Christmas, Dinner - Chronicles, Books of - Church, missing after Revelation 4:1 - Church, word of pagan origin - Church Fathers - "Churchy," Why is your Messianic website? - Circumcision - Colossians, Epistle of - Communion - Concubines - Conspiracy Theories - Corinthians, Epistle of First - Corinthians, Epistle of Second - 1 Corinthians 6:12 - Creationism - Crucifixion - Cult

D

Daniel, Book of - Daniel 3:25 - Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) - Death, for Believers - Denying Messiah - Deuteronomy, Book of - Deuteronomy 6:25 - Dictionaries/Lexicons - Dietary Laws, Kosher (Leviticus 11, Deuteronomy 14) - Doctors, and Modern Medicine - Dreams and Visions

E

Easter - Ecclesiastes, Book of - Elect, Two Groups of - Elements of the World (Galatians 4:3, 9; Colossians 2:8, 20) - End-Times Revival - Ephesians, Epistle of - Ephesians 2:14-15 - Ephesians 6:11-17 - Ephraimite Error - Ephraim, House of - Ephraim, references to - Ephraimite Onlyism - Esther, Book of - Exodus, Book of - Exodus, date of - Exodus, numbers of - Exodus, Pharaoh who did not know Joseph - Exodus, route of - Extra-Biblical Literature - Ezekiel, Book of - Ezra-Nehemiah, Book of

F

False Prophecy Predictions - Final Generation - Fire Baptism

G

Galatians, Epistle of  - Galatians 3:24-25 - Galutyah - Genesis, Book of - Genesis 5, 11 Genealogies - Gentiles, Nations - Gentiles, Place of Among Two Houses of Israel - Globalization - God, Depicted as Male - God & Lord, Pagan Titles - Greater-Lesser Yahweh

H

Habakkuk, Book of - Haggai, Book of - Halloween - Headcoverings - Hebrew, Letter Pictures - Hebrew Names, Non-Jewish Believers - Hebrew, Pure Language - Hebrew Versus Greek Mindset - Hebrews, Epistle of - Hebrews 13:9-10 - Heresy, Heretic - Homeschooling - Hosea, Book of - Hour of Testing

I

Idioms, Hebraic - Image of God, Human Beings - Inclusive Language - Isaac, Sacrificed - Isaiah, Book of - Israelite, Salvation

J

James, Epistle of - James, Name of - Jashar, Book of - JEDP Hypothesis - Jeremiah, Book of - Jerusalem Council (Acts 15) - Jewish Marriage Analogy - Jews, Ashenzaic and Sephardic - Job, Book of - Joel, Book of - John, Epistle of First - John, Epistle of Second - John, Epistle of Third - John, Gospel of - John 21:11 - Jonah, Book of -  Josephus, Lost Tribes - Joshua, Book of - Jots and Tittles - Jude, Epistle of - Judges, Book of

K

Kabbalah - Karaites, Karaite Judaism - Kings, Books of - King James Only - Kippas, Yarmulkes

L

Lamentations, Book of - Law of Moses, Binding on Christians - Least in the Kingdom - Leavening Agents - Left Behind Books - Levirate Marriage - Leviticus, Book of - Liturgy, Hebrew - Lord's Day (first of the week) - Lost Sheep, Only - Luke, Gospel of - Lunar Sabbath

M

Malachi, Book of - Mark, Gospel of - Mark 7:19 - Mark of the Beast - Matthew, Gospel of - Matthew, Hebrew Gospel of - Matthew 10:28 - Messianic - Messianic Renewed Covenant - Messiah, Confirms the Covenant - Messianic Terms, not exclusively used - Micah, Book of - Mixed Fibers - Moses, Write the Entire Torah?

N

Nahum, Book of - Nazarenes, Nazarene Israel - Nazarene, Yeshua Called - Nephilim - New Moon - New Testament, Written in Hebrew - Niddah, laws of - Non-profit organizations - Numbers, Book of

O

Obadiah, Book of - Omer Count - One New Man - Original Order, Books of the Bible

P

Pagan, Christmas and Easter - PaRDeS - Passover, Eating Lamb - Passover, Egg on Sedar Plate - Passover, Objections to Last Supper - Passover, Traditional Sedar Meal - Paul, Name of - Paul, Tentmaker - Peter, Epistle of First - Peter, Epistle of Second - Philemon, Epistle to - Philippians, Epistle of - Polygamy - Practical Messianic Commentaries - Preterist Theology - Prince Charles of Wales, Antichrist - Proverbs, Book of - Psalms, Book of - Purim

Q

R

Rapture - Reformation - Renewed Covenant - Resurrection, Commemorating - Resurrection, Sunday - Revelation, Book of - Revelation 22:14 - Romans, Epistle to the - Romans 1:26-27 - Romans 10:4 - Rosh HaShanah - Ruth, Book of

S

Sabbath, Jewish tradition - Sabbath Violation, Alleged by Yeshua -  Sacrifices, in the Millennium - Samuel, Books of - Scripture Interpretation, Basic Guidelines for - Seat of Moses (Matthew 23) - Sensationalism, Messianic - Septuagint (LXX) - Smoking, Tobacco - Software, Bible - Song of Songs - Strong's Concordance - Sukkot

T

Talmud - Tanakh/Tanach - Technology, Effect on Torah Observance - Tefillin - Terrorism - Textual Criticism - Thanksgiving Day - Theological Categories - Thessalonians, Epistle of First - Thessalonians, Epistle of Second - Timothy, Epistle of First - Timothy, Epistle of Second - Tithing - Titus, Epistle of - Tongues - Torah, Command not to “Add to” - Torah, division of commandments - Torah, moral and ceremonial law - Torah, only focused on - Torah, Yeshua - Tradition, Role that it plays - Tribulation, in it - Tribulation, Seven Years - Tribal Identity - Trinity - Two House movement, beliefs of - Two Houses of Israel, development of theology - Two-House Teaching - Two Houses of Israel, Biblical basis for - Two Houses of Israel, in the New Testament - Two Houses of Israel, primary prophecies attesting to - Two Houses of Israel, salvation - Two Houses of Israel, who are the - Tzit-tzits

U

Unclean Things, Eating - Uniformity - United States, in prophecy

V

Valentine's Day

W

Women in Ministry - Works of the Law - Wrath, spared from

X

Y

"Yah" - Yahshua - Yahweh, Should We Use - Yahweh, used by Patriarchs - Yeshua/Y'shua - Yeshua, Divinity of - YHWH/YHVH - YHWH, Above the Cross - Yom Kippur, Fasting

Z

Zechariah, Book of - Zephaniah, Book of

ABD: Anchor Bible Dictionary
Alter: The Five Books of Moses by Robert Alter (2004)
AMG: Complete Word Study Dictionary: Old Testament, New Testament
ANE: Ancient Near East(ern)
Apostolic Scriptures/Writings: the New Testament
Ara: Aramaic
ATS: ArtScroll Tanach (1996)
b. Babylonian Talmud
BDAG: A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Bauer, Danker, Arndt, Gingrich)
BKCNT: Bible Knowledge Commentary: New Testament
BDB: Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
CGEDNT: Concise Greek-English Dictionary of New Testament Words (Barclay M. Newman)
CHALOT: Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament
CJB: Complete Jewish Bible (1998)
DSS: Dead Sea Scrolls
EJ: Encyclopaedia Judaica
ESV: English Standard Version (2001)
EXP: Expositor's Bible Commentary
ECB: Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible
EDB: Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible
Ger: German
GNT: Greek New Testament
Grk: Greek
halachah: lit. "the way to walk," how the Torah is lived out in an individual's life or faith community
HALOT: Hebrew & Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (Koehler and Baumgartner)
HCSB: Holman Christian Standard Bible (2001)
Heb: Hebrew
HNV: Hebrew Names Version of the World English Bible
IDB: Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible
IDBSup: Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible Supplement
ISBE: International Standard Bible Encylopedia
IVPBBC: IVP Bible Background Commentary (Old & New Testament)
Jastrow: Dictionary of the Targumim, Talmud Bavli, Talmud Yerushalmi, and Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow)
JBK: New Jerusalem Bible-Koren (2000)
JNT: Jewish New Testament (1995)
KJV: King James Version
LITV: Literal Translation of the Holy Bible by Jay P. Green (1986)
LS: A Greek-English Lexicon (Lidell & Scott)
LXE: Septuagint with Apocrypha by Sir L.C.L. Brenton (1851)
LXX: Septuagint
m. Mishnah
MT: Masoretic Text
NASB: New American Standard Bible (1977)
NASU: New American Standard Update (1995)
NBCR: New Bible Commentary: Revised
NEB: New English Bible (1970)
Nelson: Nelson’s Expository Dictionary of Old Testament Words
NIB: New Interpreter's Bible
NIDB: New International Dictionary of the Bible
NIGTC: New International Greek Testament Commentary
NIV: New International Version (1984)
NJB: New Jerusalem Bible-Catholic (1985)
NJPS: Tanakh, A New Translation of the Holy Scriptures (1999)
NKJV: New King James Version (1982)
NRSV: New Revised Standard Version (1989)
NLT: New Living Translation
orthopraxy: lit. "the right action," how the Bible or one's theology is lived out in the world
REB: Revised English Bible (1989)
RSV: Revised Standard Version (1952)
Tanach (Tanakh): the Old Testament
Thayer: Thayer’s Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament
TDNT: Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TNTC: Tyndale New Testament Commentary
TNIV: Today's New International Version (2005)
TWOT: Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
UBSHNT: United Bible Societies’ 1991 Hebrew New Testament revised edition
v(s). verse(s)
Vine: Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words
Vul: Latin Vulgate
WBC: Word Biblical Commentary
Yid: Yiddish
YLT: Young’s Literal Translation (1862/1898)