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 TORAHSCOPE,
VOLUME I
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 those, Jewish Believers and
evangelical Christians embracing their Hebraic
Roots alike, who look to Moses' Teaching to tell
us something about the relationship each of us
is to have with Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus
Christ), 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
will the Torah form a major part of the emerging
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
revealed belong to us and to our sons forever,
that we may observe all the words of this law?"
(Deuteronomy 29:29)?
TorahScope, Volume I
is a
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 all
Messiah followers, and how we are to all be
conformed to His image (Romans 8:29).
Click here
to read the Table of Contents and
excerpts from TorahScope, Volume I
(PDF)
 266 pages
paperback
 TORAHSCOPE
HAFTARAH EXHORTATIONS
In
Jewish synagogues and Messianic congregations
all over the globe, the weekly Torah portion is
read on the Sabbath. Traditionally associated
with the parashah is a small selection
called the Haftarah, meaning “conclusion.” This
is usually a segment from the Prophets or
Writings of the Tanakh (Old Testament) which
bears a thematic connection to the Torah
reading. While the custom of considering a
prophetic section arose during tenuous times in
Jewish history when the people were forbidden to
study from the Law of Moses, it was something
firmly in place during the time of Yeshua
(Jesus) and the Apostles (Luke 4:16-17; Acts
13:15).
Commonly in some parts of today’s Messianic
community, we tend to forget that the Torah
makes up the foundation of the Holy Writ, but by
no means is the whole of the Holy Writ.
Messianic Believers have a great blessing to
consider the associated text from the Haftarah
every week along with their Torah studies, from
which they can derive additional spiritual
insight and blessings. In consulting
both
the Torah and Haftarah selections
together,
then we can all see the great and mighty acts of
God throughout Biblical history and His
interactions with Israel. We can be especially
more in tune with what it means to see Yeshua
“in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the
Psalms” (Luke 24:44).
TorahScope Haftarah Exhortations
is a compilation of insightful, encouraging
messages that take into consideration the weekly
Torah and Haftarah portions, gleaned from the
studies and notes of William Mark Huey. It is
the author’s sincere hope and desire that his
thoughts will give you key instructions in how
we can be fully used by our Heavenly Father as
faithful vessels for His service today.
Click here to read the Table of Contents and
excerpts from TorahScope Haftarah Exhortations (PDF)
178 pages
paperback
 TORAHSCOPE,
VOLUME II
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 those, Jewish Believers
and evangelical Christians embracing their
Hebraic Roots alike, who look to Moses' Teaching
to tell us something about the relationship each
of us is to have with Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus
Christ), 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 will the Torah form a
major part of the emerging 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 revealed belong to us and to our
sons forever, that we may observe all the words
of this law?" (Deuteronomy 29:29)?
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 all Messiah followers, and how
we are to all be conformed to His image (Romans
8:29).
Click here to read
the Table of Contents and excerpts from
TorahScope, Volume II (PDF)
286 pages
paperback
 TORAHSCOPE
APOSTOLIC SCRIPTURES REFLECTIONS
The traditional Jewish discipline of reading the
weekly Torah portion every week, is something
that today’s Messianic Believers surely benefit
from--be they Jewish Believers who are
discovering more about their Messiah from Moses’
Teaching, or
evangelical Christians embracing their Hebraic
Roots in a very real and tangible way. However,
there can be a distinct tendency, at times, for
the Messianic community to focus so much on the
Torah or Law of Moses, that the continued
revelation of God in the rest of the Holy
Scriptures is overlooked. Messianic Believers
have the profound responsibility to recognize
that as important as the Torah is to people of
faith, that the Torah’s goal or consummation is
Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus Christ), as our mortal
inability to fully keep the commandments of the
Law is to reveal our need for a Divine Savior
(Romans 10:4; Galatians 3:24).
How can today’s Messianic Believers really learn
to appreciate the role that the Torah and the
good news of Yeshua’s salvation play
together, as the Lord molds us into an effective
group that can fully accomplish His purposes? As
many turn to the weekly Torah and Haftarah
readings every week, Messianics have often
associated a selection of key passages from the
Apostolic Scriptures or New Testament. These
either build on a theme detected within the
various
parashot, or they
are intended to add additional details for
consideration.
TorahScope Apostolic
Scriptures Reflections
is a compilation of insightful, encouraging
messages that incorporates information from the
weekly Torah and Haftarah portions, connecting
it to key messages in the New Testament, gleaned
from the studies and notes of William Mark Huey.
It is the author’s intent that we can all allow
the great tapestry of God’s Word to mold us into
men and women who can understand the full
importance of being disciples of the Messiah of
Israel.
Click here to read the Table of Contents and
excerpts from TorahScope Apostolic Scriptures
Reflections (PDF)
210 pages
paperback
 COUNTING
THE OMER:
A DAILY DEVOTIONAL TOWARD SHAVUOT
The seven-week period between the Biblical
festivals of Passover and Shavuot, or
Pentecost, is the season of Counting the Omer
(Leviticus 23:10-16; Deuteronomy 16:9-11).
Originally in the Tabernacle and Temple of
Ancient Israel, the priests were to present
special offerings before the Lord each day for
the fifty-day count. Psalm 67 was among the
hymns recited and employed to offer praise and
adoration to Him. Since the destruction of the
Second Temple, various Jewish traditions have
been developed in order to make the seven-week
or fifty-day Omer Count a very special time to
focus on God, His blessings, and the important
themes of Shavuot.
Today’s Messianic Believers can surely benefit
from any discipline where God’s people can
review various Scripture passages for a set
time, and allow themselves to be prepared for
great things when the Feast of Weeks is finally
observed. The awesome wisdom and goodness of our
Heavenly Father are things definitely worthy of
exploration and contemplation, via a reflection
upon the themes of various Psalms, and how they
relate to our understanding of
Shavuot
and our faith in Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus
Christ).
Counting the Omer: A Daily
Devotional Toward Shavuot
is a compilation of insightful, encouraging
messages that examines a passage from Psalms
every day for the fifty-day Omer Count season.
Each exhortation is intended to prepare you for
the commemoration of Shavuot (Pentecost)
at the end of seven weeks. Gleaned from the
studies and notes of William Mark Huey, it is
the author’s intent that God’s people can not
only be energized to Count the Omer
themselves--but be specially prepared to
experience His presence when the Feast of Weeks
finally arrives!
Click here to read
the Table of Contents and excerpts from
Counting the Omer (PDF)
270 pages
paperback
 William
Mark Huey
is the founder and director of Outreach Israel
Ministries. Mark became a Believer in the
Messiah of Israel in 1978, but it was a Zola
Levitt tour to Israel in 1994 with his wife that
sparked an ardent search for answers about the
Hebraic Roots of our faith. By 1995, his family
became members of a Messianic Jewish
congregation in Dallas, Texas and their pursuit
for truth intensified. Within a year, Mark
formed a conference-producing enterprise called
“The Remnant Exchange,” a division of Third Race
Endeavors, and began hosting prophecy
conferences and seminars with increasing
Messianic understanding and emphasis. Mark’s
business experience, owning a commercial real
estate brokerage company, coupled with
Margaret’s ownership of a cross-stitch design
company, led them to form a ministry consulting
business that worked with a variety of Messianic
ministries from 1997 to 2002.
By 2002, after years of exposure to tangible
evidence that the prophesied “Restoration of All
Things” (Acts 3:21) was becoming a reality, the
impetus to focus energy and attention on Israel,
the people, the Land, and Torah-centered
Messianic teachings merged together. The outcome
was the formation of
Outreach
Israel Ministries.
From the beginning of Outreach Israel
Ministries, the need to educate and to minister
to the expanding number of Messianics has always
been at the heart of the mission. The
technological tools made available through the
Internet have allowed much of the communication
and interaction to be affordable and extensive.
Developing a website presence that was
informational was essential to extending the
outreach around the globe. The merger with TNN
Online and TNN Press in 2003 substantially
enhanced the website capabilities and teaching
materials.
For years, Mark has had a fervent interest in
Torah study. His “TorahScope” commentaries are
e-mailed to those every week who are looking for
a Messianic perspective on the weekly portions,
and have been enhanced by “TorahScope Live”
audio broadcasts. Additionally, Mark writes
editorial commentaries under the byline “Hue and
Cry” that are germane to issues involving Israel
and the Messianic movement.
Contact with Messianics from around the world
has generated a number of topics that need to be
addressed from a Messianic perspective. At the
founding of OIM, since there did not appear to
be a broad overview of the Hebraic Roots of our
faith, the concept of developing an introductory
study guide appeared to meet an expanding need.
In collaboration with J.K. McKee, editor of TNN
Online, the workbook
Hebraic Roots: An
Introductory Study was
produced. Mark has also written multiple volumes
in the
TorahScope
series, and
Counting the Omer: A Daily
Devotional Toward Shavuot.
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