Hi all, As you know, I am in Africa. Two days ago my wife Rosanne fell and fractured her scapula and possibly broke the bone in her upper arm. She is going to see the surgeon today. Needless to say, she is in terrible pain and basically unable to do anything. And she is supposed…
“He pled the cause of the afflicted and needy; then it was well. Is not that what it means to know Me?” declares the Lord. Jeremiah 22:16 NASB To know Me – Do you know God? Ah, before you answer, perhaps you might consider God’s reply to Jeremiah. Jeremiah is distraught over the condition of…
Thus says the Lord, “Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place. Jeremiah 22:3 NASB Do – The division of ideology…
“The Lord is righteous; for I have rebelled against His command; Hear now, all peoples, and behold my pain; my virgins and my young men have gone into captivity. Lamentations 1:18 NASB Rebelled – According to the Talmud, these are the words spoken by Josiah as he was dying (Ta’anit 22b). The Hebrew verb, mara,…
And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, 1 Peter 2:4 NASB Rejected – We often wonder if we are really worthy of being followers of the Messiah. After all, we know our faults so well. We think…
It came about as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin. Genesis 35:18 NASB Benjamin – No surprise here. Jacob renames his last son Ben-jamin rather than Ben-oni. To understand why, let’s put it in Hebrew transliteration. Ya’aqov names the boy, Ben-yamin rather than…
I received this from Tim. My wife Brenda is now in the Kingdom of our Heavenly Father and in the presence of His son Yeshua. She was escorted into the Kingdom by heaven’s angels on Sunday. Brenda really, really loved our Lord and walked the walk of love and compassion with admirable grace. We will…
“I have listened and heard, they have spoken what is not right; no man repented of his wickedness, saying, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone turned to his course, like a horse charging into the battle. Jeremiah 8:6 NASB Charging – Have you ridden a horse? The first thing you notice is that this animal is…
When the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes. 2 Kings 22:11 NASB The book of the law – We certainly aren’t confused about which book King Josiah heard. The text reads sepher hat-torah. Josiah heard the revelation of YHVH to Moses and it was so distressing that…
