“The one who believes in the Son has eternal life; but the one who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.” John 3:36 NASB Believes in – You want eternal life, right? You want to avoid Hell, enjoy Heaven, live in eternal bliss, and put all your…
And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Deuteronomy 6:5 NASB Strength – If I asked you where this statement is found in the Bible, you would probably direct me to Matthew 22:37 where Yeshua cites this verse in response to the question about the…
Leave me, all you who practice injustice, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping. The Lord has heard my pleading, the Lord receives my prayer. Psalm 6:8-9 NASB Receives – Does God really care? Perhaps just asking the question seems monstrously irreverent, but I’m pretty sure that at least a hint of this has crossed your mind once…
Only be strong and very courageous; be careful to do according to all the Law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may achieve success wherever you go. Joshua 1:7 NASB From it – Moses is dead. Moses, the clear leader for more…
I need a break. My head is hurting from all these investigations into the complex differences between how I think and how Moses thought. So, here’s just some visual reminders that God is still the same even if I can’t figure it all out.
Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. A prayer of a righteous person, when it is brought about, can accomplish much. James 5:16 NASB Confess – to one another– Was James the first Twelve-Step sponsor? It certainly seems as if he exhorts the assembly to reveal sins…
So Moses wrote down this song on the same day, and taught it to the sons of Israel. Deuteronomy 31:22 NASB Moses wrote – I want to look at something about the linguistic cultural reflection in Hebrew verb-gender combinations. I think it’s fascinating, but it’s technical, at least to begin with. So I’m a bit…
“A lion roars. Who does not fear? The Master, the LORD, speaks. Who cannot prophesy?” Amos 3:8 Robert Alter translation Prophesy – Does this two-line poem seem odd to you? What does the roar of a lion have to do with giving divine predictions? Before we can draw conclusions about Amos’ intention, we need to…
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Let My people go, so that they may serve Me. Exodus 8:1 NASB Go – We all know that Hebrew is backwards. After all, it reads from right to left. The “proper” way is to read from left to right,…
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight is the Lord’s Passover. Leviticus 23:5 NASB At twilight – Pesach. The festival [of] the matzoth (Hebrew: חג המצות ḥag ha-matzôth. According to the biblical text, the festival starts at twilight tonight. “Evenings were quite important for sacrificial acts and ceremonial meals in ancient Israel….
