ASHORTWORK
Biblical Understanding based on the Record of Scripture
The video content found on this page are the video studies presented each Sabbath. Some studies contain additional printable material found under the PDF or HANDOUT buttons. The studies are listed in most recent first order.
Scroll to find a study of interest or use the handy Study Search feature found below.
Looking for something in particular? Enter a keyword, phrase, or author name in the search box below and click the Search button. We will search our repository of studies and present a list of qualified items.
View studies from the Appointed Times videos from other years. Click the year from the following list: 2025 • 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021
View Video Studies from other years. Click the year from the following list: 2025 • 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021
The question, "Where is Jesus in the Old Testament", prompted me to take a closer look at the place and role of Jesus in scripture. Today I focus on redemption; to redeem; redeemer; ransom.
Appointed Times: Unleavened Bread Day 7 YouTube
We live in the age of Satan, but that is not the only age referred to in scripture. There have been past ages and there will also be future ages. It is important to recognize that YHVH's creation had a beginning but there will be no end.
Since Pentecost, The Feast of Weeks or Shavuot is counted from the day of the Wave Offering it is important that we understand when that should take place. Between the Jews and the various groups that keep this Festival there are 3 different ways that the counting begins. In this study we will explore these 3 ways to show why we start counting on the 1st day of the week that is during the Days of Unleavened Bread which in this year 2025 is tomorrow, the morrow after this Sabbath.
Appointed Times: Unleavened Bread Day 1 YouTube
The Passover lamb is often portrayed as a tiny helpless lamb, when the reality is it was a yearling ram. When we then look at the Passover as a portrayal of Jesus Christ, was He a helpless 2-month-old ram lamb hiding behind His mother? Or was He a year-old ram in His prime with strength and power in His horns? This study is about how the yearling Passover ram symbolizes Jesus, who is then an example for us.
The Feast of Unleavened Bread/Passover is now upon us. Jesus is a major part of this annual observance and I thought it would be useful to examine what scripture says about Jesus. This study began with the question "Where is Jesus in the Old Testament?" Several themes presented themselves: rock, redeemer, ransom; who led and who followed, and others. Worldwide Church of God history plays a significant part of this story for most of us associated with A Short Work. In fact, the entire foundation of our past understanding has to be reexamined.
The Christian Churches teach that the symbols of the Passover were changed by Jesus, from a lamb to bread and wine, and that the time of the observance of Passover sacrifice was changed from the end of the 14th day of the first month of the new year, to the end of the 13th day. Yeshua was the Passover sacrifice and He was sacrificed at exactly the right time Yehovah chose. He did not change the symbols the day before He was sacrificed. He honoured His Father's day and gave His sacrifice as the Passover Lamb at exactly the right time specified by His Father, and agreed to by Himself.
YHVH is an eternal Being and His plan of salvation is an eternal plan. There are enough stars in our galaxy for every person who has ever lived to have one and there are enough galaxies in the universe to do the same. As amazing as it seems, YHVH's plan is to plant the heavens. God and Christ will reign forever and ever; of their government, there will be no end.
David is referenced, in scripture, more than any other person except for Jesus Christ. David is also the only person whose life, from his youth to his death, is fully detailed for all to see. YHVH made a covenant with David, and his house and his throne are important elements of the Kingdom of God being established on the earth.
As Passover approaches, it has been a tradition of the Churches of God to examine themselves. In this study we will examine the concept of examining ourselves but try and remove the idea that we do this once a year. Since we need to be reconciled or restored to YHVH, this study will use the analogy of restoring an old house. A house that has experienced some form of devastation, ruin or loss over the years, which in most cases is a lack of upkeep. In this sense the restoring is an on-going process taking place over our lifetimes.
Nicolaitans are referred to in scripture, and Nicolaitans teach that they have the right to exercise power over those whom The Father Yehovah is calling. The Nicolaitans may do this in our time by forming corporations that have shareholders who make a profit off of the sheep that they pretend to be shepherding. Their corporate teaching, quite often interprets scripture, so that they use it to represent their authority as having been given by scripture.
Letters to an infant church; an island in the midst of a sea of paganism (Barclay). A variety of subjects are covered. Administration, sound doctrine, proper behavior, qualities of leadership and the constant threats that endanger the purity of the fellowship.
In John 7:17, we see the phrase: "wills to do His will". How important is it that our will is in alignment with YHVH's will? Do we want to do God's will? There are several benefits listed when our desire is to do God's will and then when we actually do His will - including growing in the fruit of the Spirit, and eventually, being granted eternal life. Sounds important to me!
The covenant YHVH made with Israel was an everlasting covenant and the land of Canaan is to be their everlasting possession and circumcision is an everlasting covenant to them and their descendants as well. YHVH will be their God, and they will be his people, and His sanctuary will be in their midst forevermore. That sure sounds like more than 7000 years.
We mostly look at repentance as being something that is between us and YHVH. We of course sin against YHVH when we do wrong to another person. Consider what Yeshua says in Mat 22:37-39;
37 Yeshua said unto him, You shalt love YHVH your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, You shalt love your neighbor as thyself.
When we don't do the 2nd great commandment it is a sin and the person treated wrongly or unfairly has to be restored. Do we just have to say I'm sorry and everything is then okay? In this study we will explore this and how our heart of stone or of flesh is involved in this process.
There is both an old and a new covenant and they portray different relationships with YHVH. Sometimes we think of the old covenant as part of the Old Testament and the new covenant as part of the New Testament, but new covenant relationships existed in the Old Testament as well. It is helpful to consider some of the terms that describe new covenant relationships in the Old Testament.
In Jeremiah's time it was Yehovah's will to reveal to Judah the sins that were being committed by their authorities in charge, that is, their king and religious leaders and their prophets. I do not have any inside information from Yehovah as to what the future may bring. All I have is the news that I read and see, and what the scriptures tell me about what has happened in Israel's and Judah's past and what the scriptures say will happen when Lucifer's rule comes to an end and when Yehovah's Rule is established over the nations. Yehovah used the prophet Jeremiah to point out to Judah and Jerusalem what would lead to their downfall... Jeremiah called this revelation the "lifting of Jacob's skirts".
There is a lot of competition these days for our attention. In order for YHVH to do the work that he is doing in us, He must have our attention. After all, eternal life depends on our knowing the one true God and Jesus Christ whom He sent.
Every book in the New Testament, besides for 3 John, clearly talks about God the Father and clearly talks about Jesus Christ. However, when words like "God", "Lord", and "Savior" are used, are they referring to the Father, or to the Son - or do they refer to someone else? All too often these are interpreted in a way that is consistent with our biases, instead of in a way that is consistent with the record of scripture.
Outline/Transcript MP3 VIDEO YouTube HANDOUT
This story begins John 7:14-38, when Yeshua went to the Feast of Tabernacles in the middle of the Feast and continues in John 9 and 10 which happened just before the Feast of Dedication aka Hanukkah talked of in John 10:22. I am going to tell this story to you in the first person, from the blind man's perspective. It's how I imagined he thought, based on the events recorded for us, and how blind peoples were treated and looked upon in that day.
Total Videos: 19
1 Corinthians 5:7,8 NKJV
Therefore, purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump since you are truly unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.
Therefore, let us keep the Feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.