Job 29:18: “Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply [my] days as the sand.” Christians can be so one dimensional. That is what I just love studying the works and writings of the ancient rabbis and sages. They have the ability to see a world in Scripture
Proverbs 29:18: “Where there is no vision, the people perish, but he that keeps the law, happy is he.” I grew up in an old Baptist church where the preacher would make you open your Bible and then read right from the Bible. There is a trend among preachers to abandon the pulpit, wear
Jeremiah 11:20: “O Lord of Host, That judges righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them for unto thee have I revealed my cause.” I grew up in a Baptist church and spent my life in the church and I have listened to thousands and thousands of
Psalms 93:4: “The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea than the mighty waves of the sea.” The literal meaning of the verse is clear. It is one of those verses that I scratch my head and wonder if the Hebrew would reveal anything more something deeper in this
I Kings 19:9-10: “The Word of the Lord (came) to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?” And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown thine altars, and slain they prophets with the sword;
Psalms 127:1: A song of Ascent for Solomon: “Unless the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.” I recently heard an excellent sermon about Solomon’s Temple. The speaker kept referring to it as Solomon’s Temple because that is what it is known as. It really should be known as
Malachi 2:2: “If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay [it] to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay [it] to
Malachi 2:13: “And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth [it] with good will at your hand.” Malachi prophesied during the Persian Period after the reconstruction and dedication of the
Song of Solomon 2:3: “As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. “ I have a friend down in Georgia who got me started back into reading the
Exodus 15:3 “The LORD [is] a man of war: the LORD [is] his name.” One of the biggest problems with Christians is that they don’t think. Preachers says something and they accept it blindly. They are warned to be careful about thinking things out you will lose your faith. You just have to
