Divine Genocide

Then He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to Me from the ground.  Genesis 4:10  NASB To – In the past we discovered that God’s rebuke of Cain suggests that Cain’s murder is not simply of the one person, his brother, but rather of all those who would…

Kinship

“ I myself have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God.”  John 1:34  NASB Son – Listen, I don’t want to stoke the fire here.  I’m not interested in kindling another Trinitarian blaze.  But recently I read something by Joel Hoffman, a well-respected Hebrew linguist and translator, that revealed another issue in the…

Sunburned (1)

O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; my soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. Psalm 63:1 NASB God – ʾĕlōhîm ʾēli attah. Even the opening words have some interesting implications. First, of course, is the relationship between…