II Chronicles: 33:12: “And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,” This morning I was reading in the Talmud Sanhedrin 101 a-b. Just to digress, I once paid a visit to a pastor friend of mine in his
Exodus 40:35: “And Moses could not enter the Tent of Meeting, for the cloud rested (shakhan) upon it, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.” Moses could not enter the Tent of Meeting because of the Shekhinah glory. The Talmud and other Jewish literature are filled with references to the
Psalm 51:4: “Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done [this] evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, [and] be clear when thou judgest.” There is no guessing as to who or what this Psalm is addressing. We are told right in verse two that
Deuteronomy 30:2-3: “And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and they children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; that then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and
Jeremiah 31:20: “[Is] Ephraim my dear son? [is he] a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.” Most Christian commentators will say that God uses the name Ephraim
Leviticus 6:2: “Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This [is] the law of the burnt offering: It [is] the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.” I can see it now, I will have a
Judges 6:15-16: “And he said unto him: ‘Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I serve Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh and I am the least in my father’s house. And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one
Exodus 3:15: “And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this [is] my name for ever, and this [is] my memorial unto all
Isaiah 41:8 “But thou, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen. The seed of Abraham my friend.” James 2:23 “And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness” and he was called the friend of God.” II Chronicles 20:7 “Didst not thou, O our
Judges 7:2 “And the Lord said unto Gideon: ‘The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying: mine own hand hath saved me.” We have all heard this story in Sunday School and it is a story that
