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Pentateuch & Haftorahs
I’ve been recently acquiring books from my folks. Turns out they have a lot of good ones in their collection which they’ve inherited from others through the ages. I’m like a little kid when I get one and can spend many hours sifting through the pages in wonder. While they have a pretty decent library,…
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Tale of Two Speeches
Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, otherwise He will fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.” Exodus 5:3 (NASB) Then they said – In Rabbi David Fohrman’s…
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The Spirit vs. The Flesh
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Matthew 26:41 (KJV) Spirit/flesh – Have you noticed that the battle is always between the spirit and the flesh? It’s never between the soul and the flesh. Stop and think about that a bit. We always…
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The Prophet & The Manic
Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. Genesis 20:7 (KJV) Prophet – Our understanding of this word has been completely Hellenized,…
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More Than Just His Backside
And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen. Exodus 33:23 (KJV) Back parts – The Hebrew word is achor and it means much more than just God’s backside. Think about it. God doesn’t have a face, He doesn’t have a backside – He’s…
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Tomorrow is Behind Us
And the Lord appointed a set time, saying, Tomorrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land. Exodus 9:5 (KJV) Tomorrow – One of the most fascinating intricacies of the Hebrew culture is their understanding of time. It’s not linear as we view it today. In our Greco-Roman culture the past has already happened…
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Hearts of Stone
Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts. Zechariah 7:12 (KJV) Stone – When you think about hearts of stone, which…
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Kindled Anger
Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal. 2 Kings 23:26 (KJV) Kindled – The preceding verse speaks about Josiah’s devotion to YHVH with all his heart. It likens Josiah to no other…
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Motherhood
But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days. Deuteronomy 22:6 (KJV) Prolong thy days – This is the least of all commandments, and probably one of the most interesting. Yeshua is referring to…
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Other Scriptures
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. 2 Peter 3:16 (KJV) Other scriptures – How often do you read Paul’s letters in…