The Promised Land from Masada
Not exactly what we expected, is it?
Love Justice Addendum
Roderick Logan posted a very important comment to the Today’s Word “Love Justice.” So important that I wanted all of you to see it. It is a reference to an article by Caroline Glick about the current suffering in Israel. Here is the link.
Apocalyptic Context
But we thy people, whom thou hast called thy first-born, only begotten, zealous for thee, and most dear, have been given into their hands.. 4 Esdras 6:58 Revised Standard Version First-born, only begotten – 4 Esdras (sometimes called 2 Esdras or Latin Esdras) is apocalyptic literature written perhaps as early as 70 CE or as…
Who Are the Outsiders?
These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them: “Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans; but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” Matthew 10:5-6 NASB Israel – Donna Dozier notes the following about first century community concerns: “This was…
Title Bout
Redeem, God, Israel from all its straits. Psalm 25:22 Robert Alter translation Israel – The etymology of the Hebrew word yisra’el is unusual and important. TWOT makes the following observation: “The verb śārâ limits itself to contexts which discuss the struggle of Jacob as he wrestled with the Angel of Yahweh at Peniel in Transjordan,…
The Good Shepherd
“As a shepherd seeks out his flock on the day he is among his scattered sheep, so I shall seek out My sheep and deliver them from all the places where they are scattered in a day of cloud and thick darkness.” Yehezqel 34:12 ISR Seek out – Watch out! God is after you! The…
Israel Images
Some recent photos
