The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. Psalm 19:7 Restoring the Soul – How is my soul restored? The answer is obvious as soon as I recognize the consonant root of this word, meshivat. It is shuv, used more than 1000…
The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. Psalm 19:7 Perfect – What is perfect? We usually think of perfection in mathematical terms. So perfect means without error. 100% correct. No mistakes. This Greek orientation leads to dilemmas for verses like Matthew…
Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed against me, and get yourself a new heart and a new spirit for why will you die, O house of Israel. Ezekiel 18:31 (translation – R. North TDOT) New – It’s a new year, at least according to the astrological calendar of the heavenly…
Those who trust in the LORD are as Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but abides forever. Psalm 125:1 Trust – Trusting YHWH doesn’t matter until it matters. When life is consumed by the routine, we don’t think much about trust. If we think of it at all, we think about the expectation of its…
“Pray, then in this way:” Matthew 6:8 Pray – “Prayer is the deepest activity of the human spirit. It satisfies the universal human yearning for direct contact with the Divine. It is found in all religions in various forms, and corresponds to a religion’s understanding of God. If God is the end . . ….
“Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and to keep the LORD’s commandments and His statutes which I…
“Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and to keep the LORD’s commandments and His statutes which I…
And Moses took the blood and sprinkled on the people and said, “Behold, the blood of the covenant which YHWH has cut with you concerning these things.” Exodus 24:8 (J. Green translation) Blood – The New Testament authors lay emphasis on the blood of Yeshua. We now take it for granted that they are expressing…
Lord, all my desire is before You and my sighing is not hidden from You. Psalm 38:10 (Hebrew text – Hebrew Heart media translation) Desire – Did you think David uses the word ta’avati (“my desire”) to describe his spiritual longing for intimate relationship with God? Have you lifted this verse from its context in…
“Yet have regard to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You;” 2 Chronicles 6:19 (NASB) Prayer/ Pray – English has one word. So does Greek. But Hebrew has more than a dozen different words…
