Today’s Word
A Life of Shalom
“Do you wish to be well?” John 5:6 NASB To be well – Yeshua is making his way through the crowd at the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem. To do so he has to pass by a pool. Today, just like every day, it is surrounded by those who cling to life by a thread of…
Death by Divine Edict
In the towns of the latter peoples, however, which the LORD your God is giving you as a heritage, you shall not let a soul remain alive. Deuteronomy 20:16 JPS Remain – “Kill them all. Every man, woman and child. Even the animals.” Does that sound like a compassionate God to you? Commands like this…
Rewriting History
and all who dwell on earth will worship him, every one whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain. Revelation 13:8 NASB From the foundation of the world – What to do with this prepositional phrase? That’s the big…
Exceptions to the Rule?
“I am the way, the truth and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me.” John 14:6 NASB But – It is common evangelical theology to assert that this statement from Yeshua excludes anyone who does not openly confess “Jesus” as savior and lord. Many preachers will confidently say that unless you…
David’s Other Affair
And they sought for a lovely young woman in all the border of Yishra’el, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the sovereign. 1 Melakim 1:3 ISR Young woman – The opening story of 1 Kings is a very strange story to include in recounting the life of David. David is old. He…
Prophecy and History
“Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah, king of Judah! Thus says the LORD concerning you, ‘You will not die by the sword. You will die in peace, . . . Jeremiah 34:4-5a NASB In peace – This seems like an inconsequential verse. Perhaps not inconsequential for Zedekiah, but certainly nothing more than…
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