Victims of the Past

So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir.   Jacob, however, went to Sukkoth,   Genesis 33:16-17a  NIV However – Take a moment to read Genesis 33, Jacob’s reunion with Esau.  You’ll find something odd about Jacob’s protests.  Again and again, Esau shows no animosity, no hidden agenda of revenge, but Jacob turns away…

A World Apart

Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”Genesis 1:6 NASB Separate– When did the alienation between God and world begin?  Are you likely to answer, “At the Fall”?  Certainly sin entered the world at that point, as Paul reminds us, but alienation…

Listening

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.  The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. Genesis 1:1-2  NASB Deep– Before anything else, let’s translate these verses without the theological influence of Western science. When we do, something incredibly important emerges….

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 Cut

THANK YOU ALL.  The Israel DVD sets are sold out. And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. Genesis 22:10 Stretched Out – Structure, structure, structure.  The Hebrew verse begins with the verb.  Of course it does.  The verb is the reality of the story.  This verb is shalah. …