So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that He had done in creation. Genesis 2:3 ESV He had done in creation – When God created the universe, was everything in it fixed? When God formed the whole creation, did He establish all the…
“I am YHWH your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, out of the house of slavery, you have no other mighty ones against My face.” Exodus 20:2-3 ISR You have no other – Why is this a commandment? Why is it the first commandment? Why is it that nowhere in the…
And Elohim said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over . . .” Genesis 1:26 ISR Image/Likeness – God created you. You are the representation of His image and likeness. What does that mean? How are you like God? If you can’t answer that question for…
Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. Genesis 2:7 NASB Living Being – Will we ever get past Genesis? Probably not. The depth of this account of creation can hardly be plumbed. Once more we return…
And He said, “ I Myself will cause all My goodness to pass before you, and will proclaim the name of YHWH before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion on whom I will show compassion.” Exodus 33:19 To Whom – Who does YHWH love? That…
. . . So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendents. Deuteronomy 30:19 Choose – The Hebrew verb bahar means “to choose, to pick, to take a keen look at.” But the pictograph is more revealing. Bet-Chet-Resh draws the picture of “house-fence-person.” In other words, separating the person from the…
And the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that all the impulse of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Genesis 6:5 Impulse – So, is there a little devil on one shoulder and a little angel on the other battling for your attention and decision?…
Have you brushed up against that moment when you knew that everything was at risk? When you knew that to take a step of obedience would forever alter your connection to God? That moment when you knew that what was most precious to you had to be left behind if your were to seek Him…
