WORD STUDY – A GOD TO ME I Samuel 4:3: “And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us today before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that when it cometh among
WORD STUDY – EZRA FAST Ezra 8:23: So we fast and sought our God for this and He was entreated of us.” Ezra was leading the captives back to Israel. Before the journey he proclaims a fast for a safe journey. Ezra faced a little problem The Persian king sanctioned this move back to Israel
ט WORD STUDY – STRIPES חבר 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.” The last phrase in this verse has become very popular among faith healers, “…with his stripes we are healed.”
WORD STUDY – YADIYAD – ידויד Genesis 28:16: “And Jacob awoke out of his sleep and he said: ‘Surely the Lord is in this place and I knew it not.” “Why can’t we be friends, Why can’t we be friends, Why can’t we be friends, I’ve been around for a long, long
WORD STUDY – STRICKEN IN AGE Genesis 24:1: “And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.” I have always pondered over the strange wording of Genesis 24:1. Why the redundancy, is it not enough to say Abraham was old, why add stricken in age?
WORD STUDY – LANGUAGE – שׁפה Genesis 11:1 “And the whole earth was of one language and one צפ Look closely at Genesis 11:1: “the whole earth was of one “language and one speech.” Would not language and speech be the same thing? Why is this story even included in the Bible? What spiritual value
WORD STUDY – DETENTION HALL – אשׁב Ezekiel 39:25, 29: (25)”Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Now will I bring the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name.” (29) “Neither will I hide my face anymore from them, for I have poured
WORD STUDY – COULD NOT STAND – לאיכל I Kings 8:11: “So that the priest could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord had filled the house.” “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Clarke’s Third Law – Arthur C. Clarke “Any sufficiently researched Christian theology is
WORD STUDY – JESHURUN – ישׁהרנ Deuteronomy 32:15: “But Jeshurun waxed fat and kicked. Thou are waxen fat and thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness, then he forsook God which made him and lightly esteemed the rock of his salvation.” Lately, God has been calling me out of my comfort zone reminding
WORD STUDY – SON (ARAMAIC) –ברא John 3:35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. This morning I sat down to do a study and I had no study passage in mind so I did the old open your Bible and point to a verse thing. I came up
