Pick One

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have placed before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants,  Deuteronomy 30:19  NASB Choose – Consider the tone of Moses’ final remarks to the people.  “Witness against you,” doesn’t…

Vive la Differénce (2)

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, Deuteronomy 30:19 ESV Choose – Do it early! Choose when you are young. Isn’t it interesting that the Hebrew verb bahar (to choose,…

Vive la Differénce (1)

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, Deuteronomy 30:19 ESV Choose – What are you choosing when you decide to follow the Torah of YHVH? Did you think you were…

Tackling a Tough One (part 2)

Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,  Hebrew 6:1  ESV Dead works – Are you ready to move on toward maturity?  If you are, then you will have to come to terms with…

Holy Perfection (2)

k’doshim tihiyu ki kadosh ani YHWH eloheychem  Wayyiqra 19:2  Tanakh I am holy – The verse is Leviticus 19:2 in transliterated Hebrew.  You might recognize the word kadosh (it occurs twice).  tihiyu is the verb hayah (you shall be).  When Yeshua refers to this verse in His pronouncement in Matthew 5:48, He has Torah observance…

Picking A Winner

. . . So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendents. Deuteronomy 30:19 Choose – The Hebrew verb bahar means “to choose, to pick, to take a keen look at.”  But the pictograph is more revealing.  ­Bet-Chet-Resh draws the picture of “house-fence-person.”  In other words, separating the person from the…

The Way

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse.  So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants   Deuteronomy 30:19 Choose Life – What would you choose – life and the blessing, or death and the…