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Ancient Roads: Real Israel Talk Radio

Ancient Roads: Real Israel Talk Radio

By: Avi ben Mordechai
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ABOUT ME and THIS PODCAST: I am Avinoam ("Avi") ben Mordechai. I am an old veteran of the radio broadcast industry. For me, radio programming was very different when I started in the early 1970s as a California "rock jock" radio personality and later in the 1980s as a Colorado radio programmer and secular and religious content talk show host. I selectively do live on-air radio programming where I find opportunity, but ultimately, whatever I pursue with my years of radio broadcast training is not formal. I seek to serve Yehovah with the gifts and talents that He has given to me.

Today, I am passionate about teaching the Bible in an understandable way to modern readers of ancient Scripture. The biblical studies I engage in through my teaching monologues and, in some cases, interviews with knowledgable academic researchers, are, at the very core, Hebraic studies, as I seek to connect the dots, so to speak, between the biblical Hebrew Bible and the Brit Hadasha (the New Covenant or "New Testament").

I aim to help Yehovah's students better understand His Word. I try hard to provide the Almighty Eternal One's students with the tools necessary to become thinking and reasoning followers in the Messianic claims and teachings of Yeshua from the Second Temple period of Israel's Judaism. I strive to provide a safe, nurturing, non-judgmental, and advanced learning environment where students of biblical Scripture can learn, grow, and develop in their knowledge of the Word of Yeshua HaMashiach (the promised Messiah for Jews and non-Jews alike) through a personal relationship with Yehovah, the Almighty Eternal One of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Each posted podcast has a running time of 50 minutes divided into two 25-minute program segments. You may freely listen to and download them at your convenience. My strict policy is never to monetize them, meaning to turn them into opportunities for moneymaking or to accept advertisers. I do not ask any of my listeners to donate money to this program. If you are moved to give to this outreach ministry, this is between you and your great Father in Heaven.

Go in spiritual and emotional health.

Avinoam ben Mordechai

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Episodes
  • LAW and GRACE Through the Eyes of a North Carolina Bible Belt Bapist Pastor

    LAW and GRACE Through the Eyes of a North Carolina Bible Belt Bapist Pastor
    Jun 25 2025

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    On today’s show, episode 179, I’m speaking with David L. Jones, who grew up under the umbrella of the Southern Baptist Church in North Carolina, USA. I had a conversation with David about his spiritual journey, from his vocation as Pastor of an Independent Sunday-keeping Baptist Church to pastoring a Seventh-day Sabbath-keeping fellowship located in a high concentration area of the North Carolina Bible Belt. The area has a strong presence of Protestant evangelical and fundamentalist Christians who collectively maintain a strong influence on religious beliefs based on social and political life.

    I’ll be speaking with David about his spiritual journey, leading both he and his wife into pursuing a lifestyle according to the Laws of the Mosaic Torah, especially that of observing the Seventh-Day Sabbath and keeping biblical festivals in harmony with the teachings of the Dead Sea Scrolls Zadokite Ecclesiastical Calendar and faithfully adhering to the Torah’s clean and unclean food laws. David and the Baptist Church he was pastoring stopped putting up Christmas Trees and partaking in whole-hog barbecues, the eating of pork shoulders, bacon, and a unique blend of seafoods such as oysters, clams, and shrimp. With all these changes, we’ll learn how they affected not only his immediate family but also how the biblical Torah amazingly touched and changed the lives of the congregation he was pastoring as an Independent North Carolina Baptist Church. Further, we’ll also learn about the Jones Family singers and their love for music in the genres of Southern Gospel and Bluegrass. Please, join me now for my interview with David L. Jones.

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  • When Does A Biblical Day Start (PART 4 - FINAL)

    When Does A Biblical Day Start (PART 4 - FINAL)
    Jun 8 2025

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    On this episode, Number 178 and PART 4 of Real Israel Talk Radio, I will conclude this four-part series on WHEN A BIBLICAL DAY STARTS.

    In the first half of this show, I will address eleven (11) different Hebrew Bible passages that are careful to speak about when a biblical day begins based on a summary of Genesis 1:2-5.

    • 1. Shachar is the early pre-morning mix referred to as dawn or daybreak, but traditionally translated into English as "there was EVENING... the first day."
    • 2. Boker – the rising of the sun disc and light of the morning
    • 3. Erev – the late afternoon descent toward evening, leading to the setting of the sun
    • 4. Lilah – the dark of the night

    In the second half of this show, I will tie my conclusions together with the gospel narratives, expressing the chronology of Yeshua's third-day resurrection. Traditional Catholic and Christian interpretations of this narrative present the story as though Mary and the other women came to the tomb early on Sunday morning, which Roman chronology identifies as the first day of the week. However, this is not what the narrative is expressing.

    Join me today for this final episode in this series of studies.

    -Avinoam

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  • When Does A Biblical Day Start (PART 3)

    When Does A Biblical Day Start (PART 3)
    May 25 2025

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    Today, on this Real Israel Talk Radio program, Episode 177 and PART 3, I will continue in this series, When Does A Biblical Day Start? With the morning or with the previous evening? According to my understanding of Genesis 1:2-5, it appears that a biblical day begins anew with each sunrise (and actually, slightly before this at "Shachar," based on the Hebrew text of Genesis 1:4-5. Here is a basic summary of what I have covered so far:

    a. God called the LIGHT DAY, and the DARK, He called NIGHT.

    b. He came to be erev – a pre-morning mix [later to be called shachar]

    c. Also, he came to be boker – the morning sunrise [Day]

    d. He came to be One “DAY,” Yom Echad – that is, Pre-morning AND Morning.

    e. Therefore, we are given a repeating formula for the Creation week – Day ‘X’, which is used for days 2 through 7.

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Shalom all, just listened to the latest episode and wanted to comment. The first day may be revealed when his people reach a certain level of righteousness. It does seem like He has taken some things away from us due to the sins of our people.

Which day is the first

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I have enjoyed and learned a great deal from his teachings and research. My eldest Son did not agree with me at first but had a great epiphany on a flight to Europe while listening to some pod casts of his.

Great Researcher

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Waiting for the next part! Love that you give the history and scriptures to support.

Great 👍

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Another shift in this author's theology as extra biblical books are fantasized as being Scripture.

Theology Taste Testing

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