Death Anxiety

He is also the head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.  Colossians 1:18  NASB Firstborn from the dead – Clearly Yeshua was not the first human being to be raised from the dead.  Every theologian recognizes this.  Then…

Parental Love

Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Israel is My son, My firstborn.  So I said to you, ‘Let My son go that he may serve Me’; but you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.”’” Exodus 4:22-23 NASB Firstborn – Chapter eighteen of David…

One of a Kind

“Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Israel is My son, My firstborn.” Exodus 4:22  NASB My son – We have a tendency to believe that God often spoke of Israel as His son, but this isn’t the case.  In fact, there are only two places in the Tanakh where God refers…