Out of the ground the Lord God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Genesis 2:9 NASB In the midst – (This article was first published on 10 April 2016)…
casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7 NASB Anxiety – “Of course I know I’m dreaming,” I said to myself in my dream. But it didn’t help. The spectre of imminent injury was still there. In fact, intensified. Yes, I knew it was a dream but it was a…
who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.” Exodus 34:7 NASB No means leave the guilty unpunished – Exodus 34:6-7 is one of the most important passages in the…
Therefore Sheol has enlarged its throat and opened its mouth without measure; Isaiah 5:14a Without measure – Why do people go to Hell? No, it’s not a theological trick question. Why do you think God would send people to Hell? Is it because they were wicked and deserved long-lasting punishment? Is it because true justice demands that…
May our God come and not keep silence; fire devours before Him, and it is very tempestuous around Him. Psalm 50:3 NASB “For He bruises me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause.” Job 9:17 NASB Very tempestuous/ tempest – If we’ve learned anything at all about rabbinic exegesis of the Tanakh, we’ve learned that chronological and…
“Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my doorposts.” Proverbs 8:34 NASB Blessed – Chapter 8 of Proverbs is the personification of Wisdom as feminine divinity. It does not mean that there is a divine female. We’ll leave that to the invention of the Virgin Mary some…
On exactly the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement; it shall be a holy convocation for you, and you shall humble your souls and present an offering by fire to the Lord. You shall not do any work on this same day, for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement on your behalf…
“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the cords of Orion? Can you lead forth a constellation in its season, and guide the Bear with her satellites?” Job 38:31-32 NASB Constellation – One of the great tragedies of the world is electricity. “Wait a minute,” you’ll reply. “Electricity has provided so many benefits in life. …
Thus you are to be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy; and I have set you apart from the peoples to be Mine. Leviticus 20:26 NASB Holy to Me – We’re familiar with the citation of this Levitical command in the gospel of Matthew (5:48) where the Greek text translation changes the meaning from “holy”…
you will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth Genesis 4:12 Berean Study Bible Fugitive and wanderer – (This study was first published on my birthday eleven years ago. With some corrections, it is essentially the same. My recent dreams during sleep reminded me to take another look at the Hebrew nōd.) Aimless….
