Today’s Word
Goa
Spending the day in Goa, India Topical Index: photo, flowers, Goa, India
Mr. YHWH’s Neighborhood
And they shall make Me a sanctuary and I will dwell in their midst Exodus 25:8 Chabad Dwell – There’s a first time for everything, only this “first time” changes it all. “The verb ‘to dwell’ had never before been used in relation to God. The root sh-kh-n means neighbor, someone who lives next door.”[1] …
The Welcome Mat
The stranger has not spent the night outside, for I have opened my doors to the traveler. Job 31:32 NASB Stranger – The Jewish rabbis provide a special application of this verse, one that we Gentiles need to know. The application begins with a proper understanding of “stranger,” the Hebrew word gēr. Our English Bibles often translate…
Goodness Grace-ious
nevertheless, knowing that a person is not justified by works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the Law; since by works of the Law no flesh will be justified. Galatians 2:16 NASB Works…
Halakah and Aggadah
Now concerning virgins, I have no command of the Lord, but I am offering direction as one who by the mercy of the Lord is trustworthy. 1 Corinthians 7:25 NASB Offering direction – The English translation misguides. It ignores the Jewish context of Paul’s statement. How does it do this? By translating gnṓmē as “direction” rather than…
The Purpose of Pain
therefore the Lord God sent him out of the Garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken. So He drove the man out; . . Genesis 3:23-24a NASB Drove – Did you notice that God’s action of expelling the man from the Garden is repeated. Verse 23 says, “God sent him out,” and then…
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