Let those who rejoice at my calamity be ashamed and brought to confusion; let those who magnify themselves against me be clothed with shame and dishonor. Psalm 35:26 Brought To Confusion – What is the worst kind of punishment imaginable in the Hebrew worldview? We have to shift our thinking considerably to recognize it. In…
And you shall bind them for a sign on your hand; and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes. Deuteronomy 6:8 Sign – What do Exodus 4:8, Jeremiah 32:20, I Samuel 2:34 and Isaiah 20:3 have in common with binding tefillin on the arm and the head? Maybe we should start with the…
And you shall teach them diligently to your sons, and shall speak of them as you sit in your house, and as you walk in the way, and as you are lying down, and as you are rising up. Deuteronomy 6:7 Teach Diligently – The intensive form of the Hebrew verb shanan means “to teach…
And these words that I am commanding you today shall be on your heart. Deuteronomy 6:6 Shall Be – It looks like a command, doesn’t it? When we read this verse, we think of the enormous task of putting these words, all of them, into our memory banks. Seems impossible, doesn’t it? In a culture…
