In the Margin

Before the week fills with appointments, messages, and unfinished work, take a moment to remember that God is near. Scripture speaks of His presence with both comfort and reverence.

The judgement of God is woven through the Law, the Prophets, the teachings of Yeshua, and the writings of the apostles. If we want to read Scripture faithfully, then we have to learn how to sit with judgment.

The Temple was central to Jewish life, worship, memory, and expectation.

We all experience seasons when the road ahead is unclear, and the strength that once came easily begins to wane. Hebrews 12 speaks directly to that kind of weariness.

Formation After Encounter

Formation After Encounter

hen we read the Gospels, the question was never whether Jewish people cared about the Messiah. The question was what kind of Messiah many were expecting, and how God chose to reveal Him.

The phrase “kingdom of God” is so often spoken in church that it can begin to feel like a religious slogan instead of a framework that reshapes how we see everything. Yet when Yeshua spoke about the kingdom, He was announcing God’s reign, God’s order, God’s authority, and God’s claim over real people living in a real world.

We believers know exactly what Scripture says, yet there is still that itch to hold it at a safe distance from daily life. We read it, agree with it, underline it, and even share it, but the actual shaping of our day can sometimes stay untouched. James speaks directly to this in James 1:22

Encounter may awaken us, but formation is what teaches us how to walk faithfully afterward. A person may be deeply moved in a single moment and still remain undisciplined, unstable, or immature if that moment is never worked into daily life. Scripture treats spiritual life as covenantal faithfulness formed over time.

Monday, June 15, 2026 Theme: Spirit with Purpose As a new week begins, Shavuot gives us a steady place to pause. Acts 2 is full of movement, sound, and public attention, but beneath all of that is something very clear: the Spirit was given with purpose. God was forming a people who would respond to Him with repentance, obedience, and faithful witness. That is still a needed word now. Many of us move through the week tired, distracted, and pulled in too many directions. This i

Sinai and Pentecost Before the week gets started, let’s pause in the story of Pentecost. It happened in Jerusalem, among Jewish people, during a biblical feast already filled with memory, covenant, and expectation. When Acts 2 opens, the disciples are gathered in a city shaped by Torah, worship, and the promises of God. The Spirit comes in that setting. That helps us read the story more carefully. God was not starting from nothing. He was continuing His faithful work among Hi

The Spirit came in a Jewish context, among a Jewish people, in a city marked by covenant history, during a feast established in the Scriptures of Israel.

In the Margin is a weekly reflection from Netivyah International focused on Scripture, discipleship, Israel, and thoughtful faith in everyday life. Monday mornings!!! Notifications, news, schedules, stress. Most people jump into the week without slowing down at all. So before the noise takes over, here’s a moment to pause. In this week’s In the Margin newsletter, you’ll find a new blog post, a ministry we support, a Blue Heart Movement reminder, and one resource from our stor

The revelations at Sinai and Pentecost both are moments of divine speech, divine presence, and covenant identity.

So the question for believers is not whether God still cares how His people live. He does. The question is whether we are willing to be instructed.

Scriptural unity never required the erasure of Jewish identity. In Messiah, Jews and Gentiles are brought into one body through peace, not through flattening what God has chosen to distinguish.

There are seasons in Scripture when God’s people are called to move, and there are seasons when they are called to prepare. Shavuot places us inside one of those preparing moments.

The New Testament does not leave covenant behind. It carries covenant language forward to explain belonging, loyalty, and life in Messiah.

What does it mean for Gentile believers to be grafted in, and how should that shape identity, humility, and life in the people of God?