Last Friday I had the honour of being a guest on the Empowered Jewish Living podcast with Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum. We spoke about a variety of fascinating topics, including current events and geopolitics in light of our ancient prophecies, various approaches to the concept of Mashiach, the interplay between the physical and spiritual realms, and how AI might transform the world in the near future. Click on the links below to listen to the episode.
Tag Archives: Cyrus the Great
Understanding the Second Temple Era (Video)
I was recently a guest on Ari Lieberman’s Sparks of History podcast, and we discussed the “classical era” of Jewish history, including the Second Temple, Cyrus the Great, the last prophets of Israel; the Samaritans, Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes; Herod and the Hasmoneans, as well as Second Temple era messianism and what it means for us today.
Understanding Edom #2: Trump & Herod
What might we expect from Donald Trump in his second presidency and does he have anything to do with Esau and Edom in Biblical prophecies? How did Edom become associated with the Roman Empire to begin with? What does King Herod have to do with it? And why does Isaiah call King Cyrus of Persia “the messiah”? Find out in this second part of the series where we also explore antisemitic conspiracy theories, the mysterious figure Obed-Edom the Gittite, and the secret behind the Western Wall.
For more information, see ‘How Esau Became Rome‘.
For the series of short essays on the Rothschilds, see here.