Today’s Word
Abbey Road
Would YHWH reject forever, and never again be pleased? Has His kindness ceased forever, has the promise failed for all generations. Has El forgotten to show favour? Has He shut up His compassions in displeasure? Selah. Tehillim 77:7-9 ISR Never again be pleased – I’m right there with the boys. “And in the end, ….
Impossible Apologetics
“I am YHWH your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, out of the house of slavery, you have no other mighty ones against My face.” Exodus 20:2-3 ISR You have no other – Why is this a commandment? Why is it the first commandment? Why is it that nowhere in the…
The Last Word of Life
The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person. Ecclesiastes 12:13 NASB Conclusion – The penultimate verse of Ecclesiastes is a statement of the final rational, moral and ethical purpose of life. Notice that it applies to every person, not just to those who…
Explaining It Away
“If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.” Luke 14:26 NASB Hate – What in the world can Yeshua possibly mean by this statement? Taken at face value, it has…
Why We Pray
Avinu Malkeinu, Ein Lanu Melech Ela Atah. Rabbi Akiva (50 – 135 AD) Avinu Malkeinu – Rabbi Akiva lived just after the time of Yeshua, during the time of the Messianic expansion to the Gentiles. He was a bit younger than Paul. He had and continues to have enormous influence over Judaism. In fact, the…
Sin and Heredity
“For I, YHWH your Elohim, am a jealous God, visiting the guilt of wicked fathers upon their rebellious children . . . if the children continue to sin like their fathers.” Exodus 20:5 in the Babylonian Targum Rebellious – Obviously, you won’t find the translation above in any English Bible. In fact, you won’t find…
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