“The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.” Joel 2:31 NASB Great and awesome day– Start here: CLICK THIS LINK When I read things like this, I am amused, insulted, dismayed and querelous. Amused because this is such a clear example of total paradigm thinking. Insulted because of…
“but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.”Genesis 2:17 NASB You shall surely die– Adam and the woman eat from the Tree. They break the commandment. So, of course, they die, right? They die in the…
And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid the burden of all this people on me? Numbers 11:11 NASB Burden– For this investigation, we need to read the whole account: “Now Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, each man at the doorway of his tent; and the anger of…
Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who continually does good and who never sins. Ecclesiastes 7:20 NASB Who continually– Isn’t it nice to know that the Teacher (Qohelet) allows for the ups and downs of ethical behavior? He notes that no one continually does good. And we agree, of course, since his observation matches ours. Sometimes we do…
While travelling at high speed My mind encountered an exit A gateway unlike others A quiet road into the woods. The track was there between the ferns, Brambles for chokers Around its neck The ruts worn deep into its face, Scars of inner turmoil, of silent battle Among the watchers. I wanted to…
“. . . but now our appetite is gone. There is nothing at all to look at except this manna.” Numbers 11:6 NASB Nothing at all– Does gratitude have a dark side? Does your thankfulness for what you have elicit a concomitant desire for what you don’t have? When you express appreciation, is there a tiny hint of resentment…
And He said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” Matthew 22:37 NASB You shall love– This is a commandment. It was stated first in the Torah (Deuteronomy 6:5). Yeshua only reiterates what every observant Jew already knew. The great commandment had been…
that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; Philippians 3:10 NASB Know– Do you struggle with certainty? Do you want to know for sure what to believe and what not to believe? Are you plagued with the discovery that what you used to think was absolutely true doesn’t…
Now the apostles and the brethren who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. Acts 11:1 NASB Also– Put aside the last 2000 years of theological manipulation. Read this statement as a believing Messianic Jew in the first century. It should totally confuse you. It might even make you mad—or cry! How in the…
