Grieving King

How does God’s love give us hope when we suffer?Last Shabbat at Adat, we welcomed Rabbi Jake back as we continued our God of Emotion series with Romans 5:1–11.We explored how, while we were still helpless, Yeshua, our Messiah, died for us. God pours that same love into our hearts through the Ruach HaKodesh. Even in suffering, nothing can separate us from God’s love in Messiah Yeshua.

From September 19th, 2026: We continue our God of Emotion series with Compassion.Paul once went house to house persecuting followers of Yeshua. Years later, we find him going house to house caring for them, warning them with tears, giving himself for them, and weeping as he says goodbye.What happened to Paul? The compassion of God did not merely change what Paul believed. It changed what Paul loved.

Yom Kippur confronts us with a profound question: How can we come before a holy God? From the Day of Atonement in Leviticus 16, through the call to repentance, to the access opened through Yeshua, Scripture reveals a God who not only forgives His people but invites them to draw near. The journey of Yom Kippur moves us from repentance to atonement, to access, and ultimately into the presence of God. Repentance is not the destination. God is.

From September 5th, we continue our God of Emotion series with "Love to the End" from John 13.What does it look like to love someone to the end? On the night He would be betrayed, Yeshua got up from the table, took a towel, and washed His disciples’ feet. He knew their weakness. He knew their failures. He knew what was coming. And He loved them to the end.Come discover what Yeshua shows us about a love that serves, endures, and becomes visible through His people.

From August 29th, we continued our God of Emotion series with two of the most powerful words in Scripture: “Yeshua wept.”Why does Yeshua weep when He knows resurrection is coming?John 11 shows us that faith and grief are not opposites. We can trust God and still be angry. We can have hope and still hurt. We can believe in resurrection and still weep.Faith does not require emotional simplicity.

From August 22, 2026: We continue our God of Emotion series with one of the most familiar and powerful statements in Scripture: “For God so loved the world…”What does God’s love actually look like? Can we really believe that God wants to save us? Can we believe that He really loves us? Join us as we walk through John 3 and the nighttime conversation between Yeshua and Nicodemus.

From the week of August 15th in our God of Emotion series, we’ll look at Grieving King from Luke 19:1–44. Yeshua comes seeking the lost, calling His servants to faithfulness, and bringing the way of peace. Yet when He looks at Jerusalem, He weeps.What grieves Yeshua when He comes near to His people?Join us as we discover what His tears reveal about the heart of the King.

What does the deep compassion of Yeshua see when He looks at people in need?In Luke 7, others see a Gentile, a funeral, a difficult question, and a sinner. Yeshua sees faith, a grieving mother, a faithful prophet, and a woman being restored by grace.Join us this Shabbat for Deep Compassion as we discover the heart of Messiah and learn to see people the way He sees them.Yeshua sees more than the need. He sees the person.

What kind of heart grieves Yeshua enough to stir His anger?If you missed this message from July 25, it's now available to watch! In Mark 3, we discover that Yeshua's anger flows from His grief over hardened hearts and what His emotions reveal about the heart of God.

From July 18th: Isaiah 53:4says, “Surely our griefs He Himself bore, and our sorrows He carried.”  In Matthew 26, we watch one burden after another placed upon Yeshuat, the weight of redemptive history, being misunderstood, rejected love, covenant faithfulness toward failing disciples, the agony of Gethsemane, betrayal, abandonment, and denial.Why did He willingly carry it all? Because He came to carry what we never could.