Category: Tanakh

  • One Tree

    And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand. Ezekiel 37:17 (KJV) Stick – Have you read this prophecy? God instructs Ezekiel to take two “sticks”. On one write the name of Judah (symbolizing the House of Judah, Judah being the dominant tribe of the southern kingdom)…

  • Hebraic Obedience

    And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord. Exodus 19:8 (KJV) We will do – Do you realize that at this point when the people agreed, they actually hadn’t yet heard the commandments? He’s only told…

  • A Fringe Case

    Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: Numbers 15:38 (KJV) Fringes – Next time you’re out and about, stop and look around. How different do…

  • When You Have It All

    And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? Numbers 11:4 (KJV) Fell a lusting – The translations of this verse vary from lusting, to cravings, to desires, and even more specific, craving other food. But…

  • Forgiving All Sin

    For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD. Leviticus 16:30 (KJV) Before – Is God forgiving of all sin? Can He forgive all sin? Sure we’re familiar with Mark 3:29 wherein Yeshua explains that blasphemy of…

  • The Naked Serpent

    Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?” Genesis 3:1 (NASB) Crafty – The introduction of the serpent immediately puts us on guard. Crafty is a term to…

  • The Sovereign’s Statutes

    You shall not do what is done in the land of Egypt where you lived, nor are you to do what is done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you; you shall not walk in their statutes. Leviticus 18:3 (NASB) Statutes – God is sovereign. So what is a characteristic of a sovereign…

  • In the Middle of the Garden

    but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.’ Genesis 3:3 (NASB) Middle of the garden –  Did you catch what Eve said here? She just told the serpent that the tree of…

  • Help Wanted

    And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. Genesis 2:20 (KJV) There was not found – Have you ever wondered why God mentions in verse 18 that it’s not good for…

  • A Hardened Heart

    And the Lord said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. Exodus 4:21 Harden – The picture here is that YHWH actively hardened Pharaoh’s…