It’s quite likely that I will step on some toes here. Actually, I don’t apologize. I am not trying to dissuade you from reading your favorite English Bible and I am not trying to convince you that you need to understand the Bible from a Hebrew worldview. I would imagine that most readers already have…
Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, who was the chief of the thirty, and he said, . . . 1 Chronicles 12:18 Came Upon – How would you describe the Spirit of God coming over you? Would you talk about being filled? Would you use words about a deep, inner experience? Would you describe the…
There and then the whole town came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they urged him to go away from their area. Matthew 8:34 Whole Town – I am sure you are familiar with the story of the demoniac and the pigs. Yeshua crosses Lake Kinneret and encounters a man (two men…
But He said to them, “Have you not read what David did, when he became hungry, he and his companions, how he entered the house of God, and they ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but for the priests alone?” Matthew 12:3-4 Not Lawful…
The men were amazed, and said, “What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?” Matthew 8:27 Man – Do you remember a few days ago I said that Yeshua almost always acts as a man but there are exceptions? Well, this seems to be one of those exceptions. …
And since Jews ask for a sign, and Greeks seek wisdom I Corinthians 1:22 Sign/Wisdom – Why do Jews ask for a sign but Greeks seek wisdom? The answer is to be found in the cultural paradigms of these two groups of people. Once we uncover this difference, we can determine which paradigm fits our…
For since in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. I Corinthians 1:21 Message Preached – The Greek text in this verse does not contain the word “message.” It simply reads…
For since in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. I Corinthians 1:21 Did Not Come To Know – A difficult verse to translate. A difficult phrase too. It is ouk…
Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 1 Corinthians 1:20 Foolish – Eve got some good advice. If you want to be like the gods, you have to break the one God’s rule. If you want…
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Yeshua HaMashiach. 1 Corinthians 1:3 Our Father – Paul has just declared Yeshua to be God (verse 2). But without taking a breath, he immediately offers a salutation from “God our Father and the Lord Yeshua HaMashiach.” He doesn’t flinch. He doesn’t backpedal. …
