Author: Mark Uraine
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Cursing God
10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;11 And the Israelitish woman’s son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and…
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Isaac and Samson
It is said that when two stories overlap each other in uncommon ways, they are commentaries of each other. The story of Isaac and Samson are such occurrences. Below is a list of uncommon relationships that eventually unfold to reveal a hidden revelation.
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Sabbath as Eden
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. Genesis 2:15 (KJV) Took the man, put him into the garden, to dress it, to keep it. Notice that God created Adam outside the garden. He took the man from somewhere not great, and placed…
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Unclean Meats for Food?
Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart. Deuteronomy 12:15 (KJV) The unclean and the clean may eat…
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Made Himself God
33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? John 10:33-34 (KJV) Makest thyself God – I have often heard this verse used to support…
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Stoned for gathering sticks
And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. Numbers 15:32 (KJV) The man who gathered sticks on the Sabbath day was never explicitly identified in the Torah. He has no name here, but is used as an example for what it means…
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Why Did You Stop?
And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? Matthew 14:31 (KJV) Doubt – In ancient Hebrew, the word “doubt” did not exist. Jesus, speaking Hebrew as He did with His apostles, would not have asked Peter why he doubted. In…
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Where Eldership Often Fails
The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of…
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Comma or Semicolon?
And Abraham said, “It is God who will see to the sheep for this burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them walked on together. Genesis 22:8 (JPS) , my son – When the text we read includes punctuation (periods, commas, quotes, etc.), it is important to note that the punctuation was added at…
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The Four Species
And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs [fruit] of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days. Leviticus 23:40 (KJV) On Sukkot (Feast of Booths), God instructs us to take up four elements…