Today’s Word
Healing Wounds
When He killed them, then they sought Him, and they returned and searched diligently for God; Psalm 78:34 NASB Sought – When do you seek God? Well, when do most people seek God? When things are bad. When we want a God-genie to fix things. When we’re suffering. The rest of the time, God is sort of…
What Does It Take?
In spite of all this they still sinned and did not believe in His wonderful works. Psalm 78:32 NASB Did not believe – This is quite an amazing statement by Asaph. In spite of all this! Those words are very hard to believe. What more could God have done? He demonstrates His power over all the Egyptian…
Sedition
So they ate and were well filled, and He satisfied their longing. Yet before they had abandoned their longing, while their food was in their mouths, the anger of God rose against them and killed some of their strongest ones, and subdued the choice men of Israel. Psalm 78:29-31 NASB Killed – Verses like these make liberal theologians…
More Than Enough?
Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance. Psalm 78:25 NASB Bread of angels – If God provided you special nutrients directly from heaven’s kitchen, would you be satisfied? Asaph calls it לֶחֶם אַבִּירִים, translated here as “bread of angels.” But the translation is a later poetic interpolation. The words are literally…
Creedal Mistakes
Therefore the Lord heard and was full of wrath; and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also mounted against Israel, because they did not believe in God and did not trust in His salvation. Psalm 78:21-22 NASB Did not believe in God – I believe in God. But that’s a mistake. Why? Because when I say, “I believe…
God’s Texting
Then they spoke against God; they said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness? Psalm 78:19 NASB Hebrew Acronyms – BTW, FYI, CYA. We use them all the time. Acronyms. But did you know that the instructions about praying the Amidah in Hebrew also employ an acronym, a Hebrew acronym. Here’s what it looks…
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