Deuteronomy 1:13, “Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.” Matthew 5:18. “For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”
WORD STUDY: Spiritual Watch I Samuel 18:9: “And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.” Eyed: “avan oyan” Allow you spiritual eyes to inhabit the behavior of another, to watch someone to discover spiritual secrets. Many translations of I Samuel 18:9 renders this as Saul casting a “jealous” eye on David. This is based
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
WORD STUDY – CUP Psalms 16:5 “The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my cup, thou maintains my lot.” Psalms 23: 5b “Thou anoints my head with oil, my cup runneth over.” Cup – Hebrew: kavas – cup, pelican or stork The word “cup” in Hebrew is “kavas,” which has a double meaning,
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Daniel 6:3: “Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes because an excellent spirit was in him and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.” Someone who reads these devotionals asked about this verse and what it meant to have an
I Samuel 17:49: “And David put his hand into his bag, and took thence a stone and slang (it) and smote the Philistine in his forehead that the stone sunk into his forehead and he fell upon his face to the earth.” Original Hebrew had no vowels. The vav was sometimes used for “u” and
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: I Samuel 18:9: “And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.” I remember hearing an evangelist tell of a time he went to a church in some back water town. He was asked to conduct a two week revival. After the first few days he
Word Study – Discouragement Numbers 32:9 “They discouraged the heart of the children of Israel” Discouragement – Hebrew “Nu'” Nu’ –frustration, hindrance, restraining, prohibit, refuse, discouragement. This word has its roots in the idea of not getting something you want. When we do not get what we want we get discouraged. Israel became discouraged not
Word Study – Light/shine Light/shine– Hebrew – “‘or” Numbers 6:25: “The Lord make his face to shine upon you.” The word “’or” (light/shine) in Hebrew has many usages. When we say that the Lord makes his face to “shine” upon us we are saying that the Lord causes His face, which means His presence, to
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Nehemiah 8:10 “The joy of the lord is your strength.” I recall seeing a photograph a few years ago of five pastors living in country which persecuted Christians. These five pastors were all in prison. They were sent to prison for no other reason than the
