COME AND SEE
A major theme in the new Testament is “come and see.” We believe what we see with our own two eyes. Light becomes digital testimony inside our brain. Before we are a witness for others to hear, we are a witness for ourself. The New Testament often moves from “come and see” to “go […]
GENESIS 12:3 RIPPLES THROUGH HISTORY
What does it mean to be “chosen” by Adonai? What does it mean to be a “light unto the nations? What does it mean to “be a blessing to all nations?” It sounds like a lot of pressure, but Jews took it seriously. We believed we had a role to play. To say we paid […]
ANCIENT PEOPLE ECHO
ARE THE MEDES MAKING A COMEBACK? The ancient Medes (or their modern descendants, often identified as the Kurds) are seen as shadowed in the end-times destruction of “Babylon the Great”—a future symbol of global evil (Revelation 17–18). There is an ancient overlap: land and people. The first map is Iran. The map below shows an […]
TODAY IS PURIM. SO WHAT?
Daniel 4:17—“‘The decision is announced by messengers, the holy ones declare the verdict, so that the living may know that the Most High is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes and sets over them the lowliest of people.’ Did you know that the story of Purim in the […]
PLAY ON A KINGLY NAME
This whole reflection began with a timely reminder. Over the weekend a friend and I flew out of town for a conference on how to study the Scriptures. The teacher walked us through tools and patterns I’ve worked with for years, but hearing them freshly laid out still sharpened my attention. The next day, that […]
THE WRECKAGE OF YESTERYEAR
Wars are often the wreckage of nations that refused to “stay in their lane”—nations that would not be content with the borders, limits, and responsibilities God in His providence assigned them. In much the same way, the wreckage in our personal lives is often not much different—broken relationships, restless hearts, and needless wounds tracing back […]
God’s Gift of Seir to Esau
God’s Gift of Seir to Esau – And the Prophecies Against Edom When Joshua gathered Israel at Shechem near the end of his life, he did more than rehearse Israel’s story; he also recalled how God dealt with Israel’s relatives and their lands. In Joshua 24, God reminds Israel that Esau, too, received a […]
JOSHUA CHOSE A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
Joshua 19:50—By command of the Lord they gave him the city that he asked, Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. And he rebuilt the city and settled in it. As people get to our so called “golden years,” many think about where to go to spend them. Imagine you have lived a long and […]
DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?
The Road to Emmaus, Rabbi Akiva, and How Yeshua Speaks into Two Destructions Most Christians know the Road to Emmaus in Luke 24: two discouraged disciples, walking away from Jerusalem after the crucifixion, are met by the risen Yeshua, who opens the Scriptures to them and turns their despair into burning hope. What many don’t […]
FROM DOR TO DOOR
From Generation to Generation and the Door of Light There are moments when a familiar Hebrew phrase suddenly comes to a new light. The same inner structure I traced out in the letters of individual words in my recent blog post, “Letters of the Word,” I have applied to an age old biblical phrase. A question from […]