Breaking The Jewish Code Perry Stone

was speaking. When asked a question, He often illustrated the answer. When asked about children, He placed a child in the midst of the people, and when being questioned about taxes, He requested a coin to illustrate the law of paying taxes (Mark 9:36; 12:13–17). Repetitive teaching A person can usually retain information if it is repeated seven times. When Jesus taught the multitudes, He would say, “Again I say to you . . . ” (Matt. 19:24). In the Torah, God continually reminded Israel not to forget His law once they entered the Promised Land (Deut. 4:9, 23, 31). My son and daughter both learned the English alphabet by quoting a scripture that began with a letter of the alphabet, such as: A —“All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23, KJV); B—“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved” (Acts 16:31, KJV), and so forth. I was amazed with the speed with which they were able to learn the alphabet and the scripture. Chanting or singing When the Torah is read in the synagogue, a cantor ( hazzan in Hebrew) will sing a melodious prayer and chant in a rhythm from the Torah. Five times a day, Muslims around the world hear prayers from the mosque being said in a chanting song type fashion. The psalms were originally sung and not simply read. I can take a ten-line poem, give it to a hundred people, and ask them to learn it and repeat it back in ten minutes. Some can, and others will stumble. If the same poem is set to music,