Psalms 61:4, “I will abide in thy tabernacle forever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.” I was reading something interesting in the Talmud (Yevamot 96b-97a) this morning about Psalms 61:4. The Psalm is attributed to David and per his style of writing, David often uses Hebrew word plays. The
Mathew 22:30, “For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.” I just laid down in the woods in the interior of the Catskills mountains after a time of repentance and once again experienced the joy of the cleansing power of
Genesis 2:4: “This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven.” There is the story in the Talmud of a king who received two very fine pieces of glassware. They were so fragile that the king despaired and said:
Proverbs 11:30: “The fruit of the righteous is the tree of life, and he that winneth souls is wise.” Matthew 6:19-21: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where thieves do not
John 3:27, “John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.” Too often this verse is taken out of context and used to mean that everything we have comes from God. Although this is a true statement in itself as God is indeed the creator and
Psalms 103:11: “For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;” ESV “Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she
Jeremiah 44:18-19: “But since we stopped burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring our libations to her, we have lacked everything and have met our end by the sword and by famine. And when we were burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven, and were pouring out drink offerings unto her, did
Exodus 16:15: “And when the children of Israel saw [it], they said one to another, It [is] manna: for they wist not what it [was]. And Moses said unto them, This [is] the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.” It is curious how a word makes its way into our
II Chronicles 7:14: “If my people who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked way, then will I hear from the heavens and will forgive their sin, and heal their land.” II Chronicles 12:7: “And when the Lord saw that they humbled
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
