Blood Guilt

So you shall not defile the land in which you live; for blood defiles the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.  Numbers 35:33 NASB Defiles – ḥānēp.  That should be a word added to your…

Pay Day

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 6:1 NASB No reward – The biblical idea of reward went through some development from Moses to Yeshua. Some of its development incorporated ideas from sources outside the Bible. But…

Wrapping Paper

“If this man were a prophet he would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.”  Luke 7:39 NASB Prophet – Is someone in your family named Simon?  He’s the one who judges people by their wrapping.  What’s on the outside.  What you see…