Today’s Word
A Plot in the Names
Now Naomi had a kinsman of her husband, a man of great wealth, of the family of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz Ruth 2:1 Elimelech . . Boaz – Naomi takes the name Marah, a play on the Hebrew word for “bitter”. Then we find that she has a kinsman, a moda’, within her husband’s…
Naming Myself
“Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.” Ruth 1:20 Mara . . Bitterly – Do you know why Naomi gives herself a new name? That is quite unusual, even in our own day. When someone decides to take a new first name, it usually signals…
The Smell of Sacrifice
The LORD smelled the soothing aroma; and the LORD said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground on account of man, Genesis 8:21 Soothing Aroma – Can you imagine the scene? Noah brings the animals out of the ark. He takes one of each of the acceptable animals and birds and sacrifices them…
Wander No Longer
“If you will return, O Israel,” declares the LORD, “Then you should return to Me.” Jeremiah 4:1 Return – Perhaps the most important Hebrew word you can ever learn is shuv. Why? Because it is the verb for turning to God. It is used more than 1000 times in the Bible. God calls to every…
Called to Wander?
But also some of the Jewish exorcists, who went from place to place, attempted to name over those who had the evil spirits that name of the Lord Jesus, saying Acts 19:13 Went From Place To Place – The single Greek word perierchomenon covers the entire thought “wandered from place to place”. Some translations use…
The Land of Nod
you will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth Genesis 4:12 Fugitive and Wanderer – Aimless. Staggering. Terrified. Cursed. Are those the words that come to mind when you think of “the land of Nod”? I doubt it. These days the land of Nod is more often associated with children’s bedtime stories and…
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