“Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you on knowledge and understanding.” Jeremiah 3:15 NASB Shepherds– Please don’t consider me a teacher. I’m not up to the task. I’m just an investigator, someone who explores the connections between culture and Scripture. I just am curious about things and I see all sorts of relationships…
Then King David said, “Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.” And they came into the king’s presence. 1 Kings 1:32 NASB Prophet, Priest, King – There are only a few verses in the Bible that include all three words “prophet,” priest,” and “king.” In fact, more…
In the beginning, God created . . . Genesis 1:1 NASB In the beginning – It is little wonder that some rabbis spent their entire lives contemplating the opening three words of Scripture. We have spent quite a bit of time on the same subject. At last count, there are half a dozen or more…
For Adam and for his wife the Lord God made coats of skins, and clothed them. Genesis 3:21 Hebrew World Translation Clothed – Marvel Comics reflects the true aspirations of our declining culture. Secretly, we all want to be superheroes. We want the power! We want to be in control of our destinies. We want…
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant, John; Revelation 1:1 NASB The End – There is hardly a single book in the Bible subject to greater contextual folly than…
“Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Israel is My son, My firstborn.” Exodus 4:22 NASB My son – We have a tendency to believe that God often spoke of Israel as His son, but this isn’t the case. In fact, there are only two places in the Tanakh where God refers…
“For the lips of the priest should guard knowledge; and they should seek the law from his mouth; for he is the messenger of YHWH of hosts.” Malachi 2:7 Guard – The Hebrew verb šāmar means “to watch over, to guard, to keep, to preserve and to care for.” It’s the same verb that described Adam and…
For Adam and for his wife the LORD God made coats of skins and clothed them. Genesis 3:21 Coats Of Skins – The Hebrew combination of labash (to clothe) and kotnot (garments) appears in other important Hebrew Scriptures. The use in these other verses suggests something quite startling about God’s provision for Adam and his…
And said YHWH Elohim, “It is not good for man to be alone; I will make for him a [‘ezer kenegdo].” Genesis 2:18 ‘ezer kenegdo – The Bible was not written with chapter and verse numbers. Those were added thousands of years later. Unfortunately, their addition often breaks our thinking about the text so that…
I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar; I will also consecrate Aaron and his sons to minister to Me. Exodus 29:44 To Minister – This is a surprise. Aaron and his sons are not ministering to the people. They are ministering to God. They are consecrated to the Lord. The focus of…
