Genesis 5:2: “He created them male and female, and blessed them, and called their name Adam in the day they were created.” “A human being is only called Adam when male and female are as one.” Zohar 1:55b. It is very interesting to note that in his original state, man was made of
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 was facing a little problem. The Persian king sanctioned this move back to Israel and offered to
Proverbs 30:15-16: “The leech has two daughters, “Give,” “Give.” There are three things that will not be satisfied, Four that will not say: “Enough.” Sheol, and the barren womb, Earth, that is never satisfied with water and fire that never says: “Enough.” Proverbs 30 is a chapter that is as relevant today as it
Proverbs 11:29: He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart. Back in 1955 Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee wrote a play which was a fictionalized account of the Scopes trial. They used the idea of creation verse evolution as a
Ezra 7:10: “For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord and to do it and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.” You read about Ezra and the word that comes to mind is fanatic. This old boy devoted himself to the Word of God. Jewish tradition teaches that
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 out my Spirit upon the house of
Exodus 7:9: “When Pharaoh says to you: ‘Prove yourself by working a miracle.’ It is interesting to note that the word for prove here is not nacah which means to prove. The writer is using the word Nathan. This was another vocabulary word that I found easy to remember in my first year Hebrew class. I just thought of Nathan Hale, “I have but
Ezekiel 9:6: “Go after him through the city and strike: Let not your eye spare, neither have pity, slay utterly: the old men, the young men, both maiden and little children and women. But come not near any person upon whom is the mark. And begin at my sanctuary.” Many people feel that there
Leviticus 11:44: “For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy.” I have had the word holy thrown at me by preachers all my lives. I have been exhorted by preachers to live a holy life, demonstrate a holy character, walk in
Exodus 1:8: “Now there arose a new king over Egypt , which knew not Joseph.” This is the only time that Pharaoh is referred to as a king. From here on he is referred to as Pharaoh. In Exodus 1:8 it refers to this new king as a melek (king) kadash (new). The word kadash means more than just a new
