“You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him. You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.” Leviticus 19:17-18 ESV…
Declare the things that are going to come afterward, that we may know that you are gods; Indeed, do good or evil, that we may anxiously look about us and fear together. Isaiah 41:23 NASB Going to come afterward – God challenges pretenders to His throne. “Tell us what is going to come afterward.” If…
If you are a reader of the blog posts, then you saw this one. If you aren’t, then I want to call your attention to it. Amanda Youngblood wrote this post. I have known Amanda for some time. She lives here in central Florida. She has been a faithful supporter for many years. I once…
“My beloved extended his hand through the opening, and my feelings were aroused for him.” Songs of Songs 5:4 NASB Through the opening – There’s a reason why Song of Songs is treated as allegory by both the Christian and Jewish worlds. That reason could be summarized in this verse; a verse that quite literally…
To all prospective Israel Tour #2 participants (October 2015). We are just two people short of making the trip in October (there is a minimum number for booking groups into the hotels). I hope that this will soon be corrected and we will all be off the Israel in the cooler weather. So, if you were…
You have despised My holy things and profaned My sabbaths. Slanderous men have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood, and in you they have eaten at the mountain shrines. In your midst they have committed acts of lewdness.In you they have uncovered their fathers’ nakedness; in you they have humbled her who…
Behold, the rulers of Israel, each according to his power, have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood. They have treated father and mother lightly within you. The alien they have oppressed in your midst; the fatherless and the widow they have wronged in you. You have despised My holy things and profaned…
But for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem; because David did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, except in…
“As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His stand on the earth. Job 19:25 NASB At the last – When H. W. Wolff suggested that ‘aharit, the Hebrew word for “after part” or “back part” or “behind,” is like the view of a man in a row…
They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved. Psalm 78:18 ESV They craved – Have you tested God? Oh, I don’t mean, “Have you expectantly anticipated the fulfillment of His promises?” Nor do I mean, “Have you asked according to His will?” I mean, “Have you put God to the test?”…
