GOD SAVES
1 Kings 20: 28-30 — And a man of God came near and said to the king of Israel, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Because the Syrians have said, “The Lord is a god of the hills but he is not a god of the valleys,” therefore I will give all this great multitude into your […]
EYES TO SEE
Deuteronomy 11:26 (ESV) — “See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse. The Hebrew letter Ayin (ע) is the sixteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet with the numerical value of 70. The literal meaning of Ayin is “eye,” symbolizing vision, perception, insight, and the ability to see both physically and spiritually. In Hebrew the letter […]
A GIANT SPIRITUAL MOMENT
On Tisha B’Av, the 9th day on the Hebrew calendar month of Av, I had a spiritual revelation that I wanted to document in order to remember and build on it in future study and meditation. I also want to share it. For me, a spiritual revelation is the culmination of long periods of searching, […]
VIOLENCE HAS TO BE ENDED
Remember the bible story of “David and Goliath.” The ancient enemies of Israel, the Philistines migrated from the area of ancient Greece to the coastal area of Gaza on Israel’s southern coast in roughly the 12th century BC. The inhabitants of Gaza have been enemies ever since. Before King David, Gaza is where the […]
AN EYE FOR AN EYE
Rewarding Hamas with a “state” is most assuredly NOT a solution! Tried that. For all intents & purposes that was that is how we got the problem with Gaza. That history is over and Israel is not going back. When Trump said that the Palestinians in Gaza should be relocated, the world was shocked. Even […]
SALVATION BRINGS JOY
Salvation is defined as deliverance or preservation. Salvation spares us from ruin, harm and or loss. Salvation is the act of being saved or protected from something threatening or dangerous. In order for “salvation” to have meaning we need to understand the context. The value of salvation is relative to the value of what we are saved […]
BABBLING ABOUT BABEL
Consider how the bible applies today in the context of the Tower of Babel. There seem to be many parallels, and there could be great consequences, like there was in the bible. It is hard to imagine what a comparable judgment would look like today. The Biblical Story The Tower of Babel story is covered […]
DENIED THREE TIMES
Riddle me this: What does the book of Ruth have in common with the book of Jonah? The Hebrew word shuv (שׁוּב), turn. In the Book of Jonah, thematic verb shuv (שׁוּב) highlights a profound, actionable change of direction. In the book of Ruth, the Hebrew root shuv (שׁוּב), is used to describe the physical movement of the characters […]
SAME BOOK, DIFFERENT ENDING
Jews and Christians share the same first five Books of Moses, the Torah. We share the wisdom books, writings and prophets. However, the Jewish Tenach ends on a different book than the Christian’s section of the “Old Testament.” The last book in the Tenach is Chronicles, whereas in the Christian bible the last Hebrew book […]
ESAU’S TENDER HEART
“But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept.” Genesis 33:4 The more literal Hebrew text of Genesis 33:4: וַיָּרָץ עֵשָׂו לִקְרָאתוֹ וַיְחַבְּקֵהוּ וַיִּפֹּל עַל־צַוָּארָיו וַיִּשָּׁקֵהוּ וַיִּבְכּוּ׃ “But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, […]