Posts by Julia Blum

Hindsight The Festival of Purim is over, but the profound message of this prophetic book— Megilat Ester (the book of Esther)—is not over at all, so we will take some time today to continue pondering this message. Last time, we spoke about the fascinating story of “Purim Fest 1946”. We spoke of “the hidden prophecy” […]

My readers would know that one of the most important words in my writings is “hidden”. Today, as we enter Purim’s celebrations (especially joyful this year as it is the year of Israel’s 70th birthday), I am happy to write about the book of Esther, because there are a lot “hidden” themes in this prophetic […]

We already know that the last chapter of Luke’s Gospel serves not only as a wonderful literary transition to his second volume, Acts, but also as the spiritual key to the whole story of the hidden messiahship of Jesus—to understanding the restrained and the opened eyes in his Gospel. You will of course remember that […]

NOT A REGULAR GUEST After the two disciples constrained Jesus, “He went in to stay with them”. Then we read: Now it came to pass, as He sat at the table with them, that He took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.  Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him[1] First of all, let […]

We are continuing our journey through the transitional chapter of Luke’s Gospel – the journey on the Emmaus road, along with two sad disciples and the mysterious stranger who joined them on the way. We remember that their eyes were restrained and they did not recognize Jesus in this Stranger.  The story then goes on […]

 On the Same Day As we all know, Luke is the only author in the New Testament who felt it necessary to complete the story of the “hidden” life of Jesus in the Gospel, with the story of his disciples in Acts, openly proclaiming here that Jesus is the Messiah!  Moreover, in his two-volume work, […]

Before and After In my previous post I outlined why, according to Isaiah 53:3, the hiding of the face had to become an important step in the Messianic program and a prominent feature in the “Messianic Servant” image. We might therefore expect this concept to be present in the New Testament as well: Messiah, hidden […]

By now, you already know that the mysterious “hidden prophecy” I am talking about has to be looked for in the 53rd chapter of Isaiah. Of course, you all know these verses; yet let me remind you that in this chapter, Isaiah describes “God’s servant, who will be exalted and honored even by kings and […]

Last time, we spoke about one of the greatest quandaries of the New Testament: the Messianic Secret—the fact that Jesus continuously discouraged and avoided use of the title “Messiah” throughout the length of his public ministry. Before we continue any further, I need to ensure that we distinguish between two different audiences: the audience of […]

Some of my readers may remember the series about Hidden Messiah that I presented on this blog some time ago. At that time I was working on a book about the Hidden Messiah, and therefore it was only natural that I would write on this topic. However, there were things that I didn’t write about […]