Today’s Word
Who Will Pay?
On the next day Moses said to the people, “You yourselves have committed a great sin; and now I am going up to the LORD, perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.” Exodus 32:30 NASB Make atonement – God is never appeased! Appeasement is demanded by pagan deities, not by YHWH. Why? Because appeasement…
Koran vs. Tanakh
With this ram the priest shall make atonement before Yahweh for the sin which he has committed. Leviticus 19:22 NASB Atonement – Many Hebrew words have cognates (similar words) in other middle-Eastern languages. One of those languages is Arabic. So it isn’t surprising to find that the Hebrew word kaphar has some relationship to the…
Tax Burden
You shall take the expiation money from the Israelites and assign it to the service of the Tent of Meeting; it shall serve the Israelites as a reminder before the LORD, as expiation for your persons. Exodus 30:16 JPS Torah Commentary Expiation – God does not like taxes (applause, please). In fact, God doesn’t like…
Herman Who?
Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. Hebrews 5:11 NASB Hard to explain – Is the good news hard to explain? Is the story of Yeshua difficult to make intelligible? Is your experience with grace exhausting to put into words? I wouldn’t…
Drunken Stupor
Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. Hebrews 5:11 NASB Dull – After a few glasses of a good wine, intellectual acumen suffers. The edge has been taken off reason and the arguments aren’t quite as sharp. That’s when Proverbs 22:29 applies…
Rebels’ Reward
But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you have not believed Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.” Numbers 20:12 NASB Not believed Me – It seems like such a trifling…
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