The End

The children of Your servants will continue, and their descendants will be established before You.  Psalm 102:28  NASB Descendants – Hebrew is a language of the land.  It’s not too surprising that our word “descendants” is zeraʿ in Hebrew, i.e., seed.  In fact, given the ancient mythology of pagan creation stories via the sperm of the…

Alter-ations

indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies.  Genesis 22:17  NASB Seed – The monumental work of Robert Alter’s translation of the Hebrew Bible reveals just how inadequate…

The Covenant

I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you. Genesis 17:7  NASB You and your descendants– Are you ready? Are you ready to really deal with the implications of God’s covenant promise to Abraham?  Oh, I’m sure you think that…

A Rabbi In The Writing

(as it is written, “A father of many nations have I made you”) in the sight of Him who he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist. Romans 4:17 Who Gives Life To The Dead – Suppose you wrote a letter of introduction to…