Category: Tanakh
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The Mikvah of Israel
O Hope of Israel! O LORD!All who forsake You shall be put to shame,Those in the land who turn from YoueShall be doomedf men,For they have forsaken the LORD,The Fount of living waters. Jeremiah 17:13 Hope – There is something fantastic happening here with the language. Jeremiah writes, Oh YHVH, You are the hope of…
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Full of Nothing
I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has testified against me and the Almighty has afflicted me?” Ruth 1:21 (NASB) Full – This response from Naomi when compared to chapter’s beginning opens up a deeper understanding of how she came into this state – a state of hopelessness. She went…
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Be Disheartened
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. Psalm 46:10 (KJV) Be still – I’ve heard this verse quoted many times as if God was instructing us to just remain calm. Just quiet yourself and understand God. As if a call to…
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Firstborn and Only Begotten
And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: Exodus 4:22 (KJV) Firstborn – As a follower of Yeshua, it is easy to forget history when you believe the history of the faith began with the advent of Jesus in the first century. When all we read is the New…
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A Hebrew Homonym
11 The word of the LORD came to me: What do you see, Jeremiah? I replied: I see a branch of an almond tree.12 The LORD said to me: You have seen right, For I am watchful to bring My word to pass. Jeremiah 1:11-12 (JPS) Almond tree / I am watchful – We lose…
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The Legacy of Isaac
And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac: Genesis 25:19 (KJV) Generations of Isaac – When someone begins to tell you about the generations of a person, they normally begin with that person’s children. I’m expecting this verse to end with and Isaac begat Jacob, but instead the verse jumps to Abraham.…
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Duality or Triune?
Then the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Genesis 2:7 (JPS) Breath of life – What is man made up of? That is the question here. Jewish traditions imply that humans are dual in nature made…
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Mankind and Life
And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Genesis 3:20 (KJV) Adam & Eve – Do you recognize the importance of names in the Bible? They mean something… And this something becomes a moment of teaching about character, about the story, or about a lesson. God Himself will change…
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A Chiasm in Genesis
A chiasm is a literary technique I’ve wrote about before. This particular one is found in Genesis 17:3-17.
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Contradictory Interpretations
And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness. Genesis 15:6 (KJV) Believed – What happens when two Biblical authors use the same verse from Genesis to support two contradictory messages? For the most of us, we just brush it under the rug or fiddle with the wording until it…