“So bathe, anoint yourself, dress up, and go down to the threshing floor. But do not disclose yourself to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.” Ruth 3:3 JPS Disclose – Your mother-in-law suggests that you prepare yourself for an evening seduction. She gives you specific instructions that remind you of the kind…
When they saw Him, they worshipped Him, but some were doubtful. Matthew 28:17 NASB Doubtful – What is the opposite of faith? If you’re of a Greek mindset, you would say, “Doubt.” That’s because the Greek idea of faith is tied to cognitive agreement. If I have Greek faith, I am mentally convinced. My mind…
Then God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth.” Genesis 6:13 NASB Violence – What does a rainbow guarantee? Does it guarantee that God will not again destroy all…
But now, thus says the LORD, your creator, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel, “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine!” Isaiah 43:1 NASB Jacob/ Israel – Where should you put the punctuation? That’s always an issue in translation because the original…
And according to the Law, one may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. Hebrews 9:22 NASB Shedding of blood – Rabbi Robert Gorelik argues compellingly that the author of Hebrews gives us a picture of the sacrifice of Yeshua in the heavenly temple. …
And according to the Law, one may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. Hebrews 9:22 NASB Shedding of blood – This will be difficult. To even suggest an alternative understanding of what we are about to investigate may cause apoplectic theological shock. Some…
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, ‘Eloi, eloi, lama sabachthani?’ which is translated, ‘My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?’” Mark 15:34 NASB Eloi – There’s just a small problem with this verse. It simply can’t be what Yeshua said. Before you go crazy with the implications…
“Though I wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My law, they are regarded as a strange thing.” Hosea 8:12 NASB Strange thing – “Don’t talk to strangers!” we tell our young children. Why not? Well, for one thing, strangers may be dangerous. Strangers may not wish you shalom. Strangers are to be feared and…
I have called the heavens and the earth as witnesses today against you: I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore you shall choose life, so that you live, both you and your seed, to love YHWH your Elohim, to obey His voice, and to cling to Him ….
And He said to them, “Because of the littleness of your faith, for truly I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it shall move; and nothing shall be impossible to you.” Matthew 17:20 NASB Impossible – Wouldn’t it…
