“You worship what you do not know. We worship what we know, because the deliverance is of the Yehudim.” John 4:22 (Institute for Scripture Research translation) Of The Yehudim – Something is happening. It’s not making the cover of news magazines or even religious journals. But it looks like a movement at the “wild flowers…
But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises. Hebrews 8:6 Better – Good, better, best. That’s the kind of thinking we entertain when we come across a word like this. In our system of…
“and you shall be unto me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation” Exodus 19:6 Kingdom – A very curious thing has happened to Christianity in the last 2000 years; something that may now be finally coming to an end. I don’t mean the return of Yeshua. In spite of the current crop of…
“Am I my brother’s keeper?” Genesis 4:9 Keeper – “It’s his problem.” “I can’t be responsible for everything!” “He’s just got to grow up.” Have you ever heard yourself saying something like this? In a world system that emphasizes the individual, we often defer involvement, feeling as though the best we can do is make…
“And it shall come to pass that whoever shall call on the name YHWH shall be saved; . . “ Joel 2:32 Saved – Have you ever heard this verse in an evangelistic crusade?If you knew that the Hebrew verb didn’t mean “saved” from eternal damnation, would you be surprised?Would it drive you back to…
and Hevel became a keeper of sheep, but Qayin became a tiller of the ground. Genesis 4:2 Keeper/Tiller – Do you think we will ever be finished with Genesis? Each time we look there is more to see. Take this apparently innocuous verse. It doesn’t seem to have much theological importance, does it? But maybe…
Those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron; Psalm 107:10 Shadow of Death – The seventeen occurrences of the Hebrew word salmawet are found only in five books of the Bible: Job, Psalms, Isaiah (once), Jeremiah (twice) and Amos (once). Clearly the word is at home in…
He satisfies the thirsty soul and He fills the hungry soul with good. Psalm 107:9 With Good – Did you expect that? Wouldn’t we expect the psalmist to say, “He fills the hungry soul with food?” After all, isn’t this verse about what we need to survive? The Hebrew mi le-tov is literally “He satisfies…
you therefore who teach another, do you not teach yourself? Romans 2:21 You – Do you know what a “straw man” is? Sure you do. It isn’t the scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz. It’s a fictitious person in an argument; someone that embodies the views of the opponent so we are able to conduct…
and all the brethren who are with me, to the churches of Galatia: Galatians 1:2 Churches – When you read the Bible, do you pay attention to the proper context, culture and historical circumstances behind the text? Or do you read the Bible as if it was written for you yesterday? This is not a…
