Exodus 20:18: “And all the people were seeing the thunder voices and the torches and the voice of the shofar and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood at a distance.” This verse presents a very obvious question, how could people see the thundering voices? Many translations will
Exodus 30:37-38: “And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord. Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall be cut off from his people.” Can you dig this? You get cut off from
WORD STUDY: LORD GOD Exodus 34:6: “And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.” Lord God: Hebrew – Jehovah El In reading the Bible we are constantly running across the phrase “Lord God.” This verse should give us some
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar; Exodus 11:7: “But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that you may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.” An Internet news service just recently released what they felt were the
WORD STUDY – Come Exodus 3:5: “Draw (come) not nigh hither” God said: “Put off thy shoes from thy feet, for the place whereupon thou standest is holy ground.” Come (draw) – Hebrew: Karav – to draw near, to come, approach, heart Practically every Christian commentary I’ve read seems to agree (which is unusual for
WORD STUDY: BREAD TO EAT Genesis 28:20-21: “And Jacob vowed a vowed and saying, If God will be with me and will keep in this way that I go and will give me bread to eat and raiment to put on, so then I come to my father’s house in peace, then shall the Lord
WORD STUDY: TITTLE Luke 16:17; “And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle to the law to fall.” Greek: Keras – Tittle, stroke Most of our modern translations translate the word “tittle” as either “stroke of the pen,” “a comma” “a pronunciation mark (which it is not),” “the smallest letter (which
Sleep – Hebrew: yishenah – sleep, to repeat, to change, to understand, divine revelation. Song of Solomon 5:2 “I sleep but my heart is awake, it is the voice of my beloved that knocks.” The word Yishenah comes from two possible root words. The first is Yishen which simply means to sleep. The second is often overlooked
WORD STUDY – WILLING Willing – Hebrew: ‘avah – willing, incline, desirous, wishing. Isaiah 1:19: “If you be willing and obedient, you will eat the good of the land. “One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.” Dietrich Bonhoffer The word for “willing” is “’avah” which is spelled “Alep, Beth, Hei.” Jewish literature
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar; Psalms 17:3 “Thou has proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night.” If you have ever celebrated the Sabbath evening with a Jewish orthodox family you will notice they leave their doors open during the Sabbath night prayers (or pray facing a door) to welcome the Shabbat Hamalka,
