Set in Stone

I shall delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.  Psalm 119:16  NASB Statutes – The vocabulary of God’s torah wouldn’t be complete without one other word, ḥōq.   Why?  Because this word represents the ancient practice of permanence.  It is the word that means to engrave something on stone.  If you want to be sure…

Dark Side of the Moon

“I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another.  By this all people will know that you are My disciples: if you have love for one another.”  John 13:34-35  NASB New – Yeshua says, in the Greek text, “I am giving you a new commandment.”  But…

Hitchhiker’s Guide (29): Gentiles

I will sow her for Myself in the land.  I will also have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion, and I will say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My people!’ And they will say, ‘You are my God!’”  Hosea 2:23  NASB You are my God – Who is a Gentile?  Before you answer with the…

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Babylon (4)

He has told you, mortal one, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?  Micah 6:8  NASB What is good – The simple truth.  Three things God asks of us.  Do justice, love kindness, walk in His ways.  That’s it.  No lofty theoretical propositions….

Moses and Micah

“Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require from you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the Lord’s commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good?”  Deuteronomy 10:12-13  NASB Require –…

The Fine Print

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8 NASB Told you – Approximately 700 years before Yeshua began his teaching, the prophet Micah brought a message of hope to Israel….

The Law of Imperfection

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8 NASB Require – What is needed to fulfill the three requirements of YHVH? What must we have in order to do what…

Worldly Ethics

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8 NASB What is good – Want to know how to live in this world? The prophet Micah provides YHVH’s answer. Just three…

Shadow World

This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. John 3:19 NASB Darkness – So you claim to walk in the light? You know the witness of the Spirit, the testimony of the Word, the truth of the…

Walk This Way

He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8 NASB Humbly – Once only. Hatsnea is only used in this verse in Micah. We know what it means to walk, but…