Today’s Word
Bending the Word – Rewind
If a man takes his sister, a daughter of his father or a daughter of his mother, and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace, and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people. He has uncovered his sister’s nakedness, and he shall bear…
Sacrifice Without the Temple
“Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 NASB Good Works – It seems reasonable to suggest that Yeshua anticipated the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple. It’s hard to read his teaching in Matthew 24 and…
The Other One
“And of the son of the maid I will make a nation also, because he is your descendant.” Genesis 21:13 NASB Descendant – In his book, Not In God’s Name, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks notes the fine distinction between the verbs used to describe Abraham’s relationship with Isaac and his relationship with Ismael. Genesis 21:3 says…
Reading What We Are Taught
Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you. Galatians 5:2 NASB Circumcision – Who am I to tell the former Chief Rabbi of Great Britain that his exegesis of Paul is incorrect? But listen to what Rabbi Jonathan Sacks says: “It was among this…
Inevitable?
knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; Romans 6:6 NASB Done away – So when did you stop sinning? Weren’t you symbolically crucified with the Messiah? Doesn’t that mean that…
The Holiday
Then it happened in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him and all Israel, and they destroyed the sons of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. 2 Samuel 11:1 NASB Stayed – The story is so well known that…
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