Exodus 27:20, “And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.” Yesterday, I was starting to come down with a cold. My nose was constantly running. I met with my study partner who immediately pulled out
Isaiah 53:5: “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.” He was wounded for our transgressions. I find the word wounded to be interesting. There is kind of a play on words. The
Isaiah 52:9-10: “Break forth in joy, sing together ye waste places in Jerusalem, for the Lord has comforted his people. He has redeemed Jerusalem. The Lord has made bare his arm in the eyes of the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of the Lord.” “Do you
Isaiah 52:7: “How lovely upon the mountain are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that announces peace and brings good news, announces salvation saying to Zion your God reigns.” Why feet? Why not just the person who brings the news? If you are going to mention a specific physical part of
Isaiah 50:7: “For the Lord God shall help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed,” Practically every translation I read this verse in will translate “‘azar” as help or helper. There are not too many
Genesis 2:7: “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” Remember the song from Fiddler on The Roof? LaChaim. (la – to, chaim – life). What were they celebrating? They were, of course, celebrating
Isaiah 50:11: “Behold, as all of you who kindle fire, who are surrounded in sparks, walk (a righteous walk) in the light (of) your fire in your burning. From My hand this shall be for you in pain (so) you will lie down.” Those who have even been in any of my classes
Isaiah 14:12: “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! [how] art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!” Most of us grow up being taught either through Sunday School or secular literature and entertainment that Lucifer is the name of the enemy. It was
Isaiah 49:3: “and said unto me, ‘You are my servant, O’ Israel, in whom I will be glorified.’ ” God is saying that we are his servants. The Hebrew word for servant is ‘aved. ‘Aved has a very broad use in the Hebrew, it has the basic idea of laboring for the advantage
Isaiah 45:3: “And I will give you the treasures of darkness and the hidden riches of secret places that you will know that I, the Lord, who called you by your name am the God of Israel.” Isaiah 45: 2 tells us that God is going to blaze the trail for us as
