I am the man who has seen affliction because of the rod of His wrath. He has driven me and made me walk in darkness and not in light. Lamentations 3:1-2 NASB I am the man – Jeremiah was a righteous man. He was obedient to YHWH’s will. He accepted the consequences of his divine…
Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priest of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years. Revelation 20:6 ESV Reign – In Mesillat Yesharim, Moses Luzzatto suggests that we enter the…
For I say that Christ has become a servant to the circumcision on behalf of the truth of God to confirm the promises given to the fathers, and for the Gentiles to glorify God for His mercy; as it is written, Romans 15:8-9 NASB As it is written – It’s just before the beginning of…
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. Matthew 5:6 ESV Hunger and thirst – Are we starving for God? It’s not an easy question to answer. We are inclined to say “Yes” as soon as we hear the question but maybe we need a deeper look into ourselves…
July 29 Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And the Lord said to him, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them. Hosea 1:6 NASB Compassion – There is no doubt that Israel deserved God’s anger. Israel sinned…
For out of Zion shall go the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn…
It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it, and many peoples shall come, and say: “Come, let us go up…
And you brethren, like Isaac, are children of promise. Galatians 4:28 NASB Children of promise – The movie Pi (not the movie The Life of Pi) is the story of Max, the Jewish mathematician and his involvement with a Torah sect that seeks the code of God’s name in the letter-numbers of the Hebrew Tanakh. …
Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to perform, so that you may live and go in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. Deuteronomy 4:1 NASB To perform – “The Torah was not given to angels. …
You shall let the mother go, but the young you may take for yourself, that it may go well with you, and that you may live long. Deuteronomy 22:7 ESV Live long – What is the relationship between sparing the life of a mother bird and how long I live? The Torah tells me that…
