Category: Tanakh
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Who’s Law Again?
Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. Malachi 4:4 (KJV) Law of Moses – I had a conversation with a man this weekend about keeping the law spiritually vs. physically. He didn’t approve of my physical obedience to YHVH’s…
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A Right Spirit
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10 (KJV) Right spirit – Before we jump into what the right spirit is, are you familiar with the wrong spirits? Too many of us are.
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Written On Your Heart
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: Deuteronomy 6:6 (KJV) Heart – If I didn’t tell you where this verse was from, would you think it was a New Testament verse? Isn’t the New Testament where the law becomes written on the heart and no longer on scrolls…
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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 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…