Today’s Word
Tears from Heaven
I cry aloud with my voice to the Lord; I make supplication with my voice to the Lord. Psalm 142:1 NASB Cry Aloud – Men don’t cry. Crying in a sign of weakness and men must be strong, powerful, in control. A man who cries is clearly not a real man. He is effeminate, a…
Fearful Recall
“Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord, “I remember concerning you the devotion of your youth, the love of your betrothals, your following after Me in the wilderness, through a land not sown.’’” Jeremiah 2:2 NASB I remember – I have been reading the devotional by Oswald Chambers for many decades….
The Other One
Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— Genesis 3:22 NASB Tree of Life – We’ve investigated this verse in the past.[1] Perhaps it’s…
The Elephant in the Tree
“but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.” Genesis 2:17 NASB The knowledge of good and evil – Only one poisonous plant. Just one in a Garden full of feasting. But it all comes down…
Elephant Questions
The Lord God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. Genesis 2:8 NASB Planted – YHVH planted a Garden. The verb is nata (to plant, to fix, to establish). In Hebrew agricultural life, this verb is very common. But when it is used to…
Verbal Symphony
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: Proverbs 1:1 NASB Proverbs – The Hebrew word translated “proverbs” is mishle, plural of māšāl. What is a mashal? “To translate māšāl simply as ‘proverb’ misses the wide sweep of the word, suggested by the many suggested translations. We are accustomed to think of…
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