Genesis 22:13: “And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns.” I never really considered the significance of the ram being caught in the thicket. My initial thought was, well God had to have the ram held in place by something. But
Deuteronomy 7:17-18: If thou shalt say in thine heart, “These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?” Thou shalt not be afraid of them but shall remember what the Lord did unto Pharaoh and all of Egypt. When twelve spies confronted giants in the promised land only two remembered the words
Psalms 27:1 “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” Light has many different meanings for different people and religions. The New Age movement has latched onto the word light to such an extent that
Genesis18:14: “Is anything too hard for the Lord?” When Sarah overheard God telling Abraham that she was going to have a child at the age of ninety, she laughed. The word used in the Hebrew here for laugh is tsachak. Lexicographers have debated the nature of this word to determine what type of laughter
Genesis 18:10: “And Sarah heard it in the tent door which was behind him.” I was reading in an ancient rabbinical work which noted that there was no preposition in the original text before the word door. Rabbi Shimon in this ancient text translated this as “Sarah heard the opening of the tent (dwelling
Genesis 17:1 “The Lord appeared unto Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God, walk before me and be thou perfect.” The Lord appeared unto Abram. The word appeared is ra’ah which has the idea of seeing through spiritual eyes. It is also used for a vision. In its primitive form it
Genesis 15:9-10: “And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid one against another; but the birds (singular in Hebrew) divided
Genesis 12:10 “There was famine in the land.” Habakkuk 2:4: “The just shall live by his faith.” “Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge – Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The Zohar (80a) gives an interesting insight into Genesis 12:10. The word for there was (yehi) can also
Matthew 8:26 “And he said to them, Why are you fearful, O you of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.” Luke 8:25 “And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered… I have always been troubled
Deuteronomy 31:8 “And the LORD, he it is that does go before you; he will be with you, he will not fail you, neither forsake you: fear not, neither be dismayed.” Hebrews 13:5 “Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will
