Hebraic Heritage Radio Podcasts

The timing for the teaching that Yeshua gave in John 6 is near the time of Passover. The setting is upon a mountain. Torah is taught from a mountain. The multitudes are gathered there to hear Yeshua teach the Torah. “Multitudes” is code for the exiles of Israel, particularly the Northern kingdom, who became scattered, first to Assyria, and then to the nations of the world. They are sick and diseased because they didn’t follow the Torah. The penalty for not following Torah was exile to the nations. What follows next is the miracle feeding of 5,000 with 5 loaves and 2 fishes. What is the meaning of the five barley loaves? They represent the five books of the Torah. At the deeper level, Yeshua is going to “feed” the exiles of Israel the Torah. What is the meaning of the two fish? They represent the two houses of Israel, Judah and Ephraim, Northern and Southern kingdom. After the 5,000 are fed the disciples are told: When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, t