Good Evening Yamon Ki Yesepar; Exodus 10:23: “They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.” You remember the story about the plagues that came upon Egypt? One plague was darkness. This so unnerved Pharaoh that he agreed to
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar; Psalms 2:11: “Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling. Do you realize there are over 16 words in the Hebrew for “rejoice” or “joy.” How many words do we have in English for joy? Whatever is important in a culture is reflected in the language. Perhaps joy is
.Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Mark 9:37: “Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.” Yesterday before, I was called up to speak at a worship service, I sat in the back of
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomin: Malachi 1:2-3: “I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet you say: Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Easau Jacob’s brother? Said the Lord; yet I loved Jacob; but Esau I have hated and made his moutain a desolation, and gave his heritage to the
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar; Acts 2:42: “And they devoted themselves in the apostle’s doctrine and fellowship and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.” Recently Americans, especially American conservatives, were shaking their heads over a recent prisoner swap between Israel and Hamas. It was a little unbalanced as the Hamas released one Israeli prisoner
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Deuteronomy 10:20: “You shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve Him and cling to Him, and you shall swear by His name.” In this verse we are given the fundamental conditions for a proper relationship with God. We are to fear Him. The word
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar; Psalm 143:7: “Hear me speedily, O’Lord: my spirit failed: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.” I picked up a “Look” magazine from 1957 the other day. I read about a group of teenage hacks. Believe it or not
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar; Isaiah 3:1: “For behold , the Lord, the Lord of host, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.” More literally in the Hebrew this verse starts off with: “For behold, the Lord (adoni
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar; Psalm 139:5: “Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.” I suppose you could translate this verse a number of ways. What I find interesting in this verse is the word for “beset” which is “sur.” As a noun this is what Moses struck to
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar; Psalm 31:16: “Make thy face to shine upon thy servant, save me for thy mercies sake.” What I find interesting about this verse is that even before David asked to be saved from his trouble, he is first asking for God’s face to shine on him. The word in the
