and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” Mark 1:15 NASB Time is fulfilled – peplerotai kairos. “Filled up time.” Mark loves this theme. Everything is aligned for something crucial to happen. Yeshua’s baptism occurs at precisely the right moment. He is driven into the wilderness…
“Is not this the one from which my lord drinks and which he indeed uses for divination? You have done wrong in doing this.” Genesis 44:5 NASB Divination – The Hebrew word translated as “divination” in this verse is naḥaš. In the context of Joseph’s trickery, this word is quite important. Furthermore, it has some unsettling…
But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Matthew 6:33 NASB Seek first – We live in a world that relies on a magnificent lie. That lie is fundamental to our way of life. It gives us the illusion of control, the expectation of a better future, the hope…
“The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.” Joel 2:31 NASB Great and awesome day– Start here: CLICK THIS LINK When I read things like this, I am amused, insulted, dismayed and querelous. Amused because this is such a clear example of total paradigm thinking. Insulted because of…
The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day. Acts 2:20 ESV More than nine hundred years ago, Maimonides, regarded as perhaps the greatest of Jewish expositor of sacred literature, wrote, “when the power of Edom [the Christians] and of…
