But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel; nor are they all children because they are Abraham’s descendants, Romans 9:6-7a NASB Not all Israel – In theological history, Paul’s statement about Israel has been one of the most divisive remarks ever made. The Church has used this and…
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy; six days you shall labor and do all your work; and the seventh day is a sabbath to YHVH your God; you shall not do any work, . . . Exodus 20:8-10 J. Green translation Work – Work/worship/serve is the combination of meanings associated with the…
For as through one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one many will be made righteous. Romans 5:19 NASB The one – Who is the last Adam? Christians are quick to answer, “Jesus.” But Jewish followers of YHWH have provided a different answer for the last 2000…
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy; six days you shall labor and do all your work; and the seventh day is a sabbath to YHWH your God; you shall not do any work, . . . Exodus 20:8-10 J. Green translation Work – Work/worship/serve is the combination of meanings associated with the Hebrew…
if somehow I might move to jealousy my fellow-countrymen and save some of them. Romans 11:14 NASB Move – What have we done? That ought to be the paramount question for our time. I don’t mean what have we done to human dignity, social engineering, planetary capitalism, and the suicide of integrity. I mean what…
Provoked to Jealousy Recently a friend of mine asked me to read and review David Klinghoffer’s Why The Jews Rejected Jesus. This was no academic exercise since my friend is Jewish. If Klinghoffer’s arguments were correct, there was no room for Jesus in a Jewish world. I happily took on the project because it reminded…
But take the utmost care and watch yourselves scrupulously, so that you do not forget the things that you saw with your own eyes and so that they do not fade from your heart as long as you live. Deuteronomy 4:9 Eyes – Abraham Herschel said it. “The essence of Jewish religious thinking does not…
