A miktam of David Psalm 16:1 (Hebrew text) Miktam – Only six psalms contain this Hebrew word, miktam. No one is quite sure what it means, but all six of these psalms are psalms of lament. All six are linked to David and four of the six have references to David’s struggles with enemies. One…
The word of the Lord is tried Psalm 18:30 Tried – Christians have suffered for lack of knowledge. Long ago, our faith was dislodged from its Hebraic roots and cut off from the history of interpretation that followed the Jewish path. By the end of the third century, Christianity trod the road of Greek metaphysics,…
Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead) Galatians 1:1 Apostle – Who are the Apostles? Well, if you translate the word, the question reads a little differently. Now it becomes, “Who are those sent as emissaries of Yeshua the…
I have been young and am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his seed begging bread. Psalm 37:25 Begging – Do you think David might have been blind when he made this statement? I don’t know about you, but I have seen God’s people suffering, begging for food for the day. …
Now on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover.?” Matthew 26:17 Feast of Unleavened Bread – Today Christianity celebrates Easter as the day of the resurrection. Undoubtedly, you will too, or have done so…
for he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God Hebrew 11:10 Looking For – You could say that Abraham was a man without direction. He spent most of his life following a God toward a place he never arrived. He demonstrated his faith by obedience in spite of…
There you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, that cannot see or hear or eat or smell. Deuteronomy 4:28 You Will Serve – Israel’s occupation of the Promised Land is completely conditional. Their election as God’s people is completely unconditional. God chooses and obligates Himself in the election of Israel, but Israel must…
And YHWH God fashioned the dust-man from the dust and blew into his nostrils the breath of life Genesis 2:7 Fashioned – Everything important happens in the first three chapters of Genesis. That is no joke. If you want to understand life, your place in it, God’s design for it and how to live it,…
And the man knew Havvah his wife and she conceived and bore Cain and said, “I have gotten a man (with the help of) YHWH.” Genesis 4:1 et YHWH – Some time ago we examined this verse in the context of the verb qanah. Havvah will not be denied her role as ‘ezer. In spite…
The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living. Genesis 3:20 Eve – We need a new bible translation. I suggest we call it the “B. B. King Bible.” Why? Because “the thrill is gone.” The relationship between Adam and “Eve” after the Fall is the epitome of B. B….
