You shall eat, not one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days, but a whole month, until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you; because you have rejected the Lord who is among you and have wept before Him, saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?”Numbers 11:19-20 NASB Rejected –…
May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine.Song of Songs 1:2 NASB Is better than– Okay, so this is a little private. Now, how could I possibly mean that when it is published on the web? Well, today is my wife’s birthday. She is about 6,000 miles away from…
The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat! Numbers 11:4 NIV To crave other food– Unfortunately the translators of the NIV have hidden the real impact of this Hebrew text by substituting a conclusion for the actual language. In Hebrew, the text…
In each and every province and in each and every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree arrived, there was gladness and joy for the Jews, a feast and a holiday. And many among the peoples of the land became Jews, for the dread of the Jews had fallen on them.Esther 8:17 NASB Gladness/joy– Here we have an…
Then he said to them, “Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10 NASB Joy – Are you tired? Are you weary? Do you long for some far-away place…
I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. Luke 15:7 NASB Joy– Why does Yeshua make such an outrageous claim? Think about it. Aren’t ninety-nine righteous people a great delight to God? Aren’t they a blessing to others? …
The hope of the righteous is gladness, but the expectation of the wicked perishes.Proverbs 10:28 NASB Gladness – Of course, joy must confront the inequity of human living. Far too often it seems the wicked prosper while the righteous suffer. Far too often justice appears to have taken a holiday. Biblical authors often address the apparent contradiction of a…
The people went out to see what had happened; and they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting down at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they became frightened. Luke 8:35 NASB In his right mind– “If you sum up what people tell you…
O clap your hands, all peoples; shout to God with the voice of joy. Psalm 47:1 NASB A note about Friday’s post: As you probably guessed, we have on-going issues with the service we use to send out the daily emails. Friday was another missed Today’s Word. Then it went out on Saturday, which was not supposed to…
So they went on their way from the presence of the Council, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame for His name. Acts 5:41 NASB Rejoicing– When the disciples were beaten and instructed no longer to proclaim Yeshua as Messiah, they reacted in a way that is not easily understood. They rejoiced. This seems particularly strange given…
