I waited, waited for YHWH; And He inclined to me, and heard my cry. Psalm 40:2 (Hebrew Text) Waited – Soon we will all have additional opportunities to wait. Try seeing a doctor next year. Of course, our cultural framework for waiting isn’t the same as waiting in David’s Hebrew view. If we read our…
Then Jesus was taken up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tested by the devil. Matthew 4:1 Taken Up – This is the only place in the gospel of Matthew where the Greek verb anago (to take up) is used. Of course, anyone who stands at the mouth of the Jordan River realizes…
There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your rage, nor peace in my bones because of my sin. Psalm 38:3 There Is No – Any dictionary will tell you that ‘ayin is a particle of negation. It means “no, none or nothing.” It’s used thousands of times in Scripture to negate something. Here…
This free audio download is a recently recorded lecture at a graduate seminar. It comments on various thematic connections between the literature of the Talmud and New Testament concepts. Understanding the work of the Jewish sages and rabbis helps us appreciate the cultural circumstances of Yeshua and the apostles. Enjoy! [audio:https://skipmoen.com/audio/comments-on-talmud.mp3] (To listen, click here…
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Make Your face shine upon Your servant; save me in Your kindness. Psalm 31:16 (ISR translation) Make Shine – No matter where you turn in the Scriptures, you are never far from Genesis. The beginning is the end. The Garden is the destination. So, we shouldn’t be too surprised to find ‘or connected with salvation. …
“Come now, and let us reason together,” says YHWH. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Isaiah 1:18 White – To make laban. Hebrew for “white” is laban. Of course, this has exquisite irony in the story of…
“Come now, and let us reason together,” says YHWH. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Isaiah 1:18 Scarlet – What an odd expression? Sins are like the color scarlet? Why? From our Christian perspective, we might expect…
