O Israel, you are destroyed, but your help is in Me! Hosea 13:9 Help – One of the most important themes of Scripture is the sovereignty over the history of men. This is a significant part of the Exodus drama. The prophets consistently proclaim God’s total control of the affairs of all men, righteous or…
O Israel, you are destroyed, but your help is in Me! Hosea 13:9 Destroyed – How is Israel destroyed? Hosea cries out on God’s behalf. The word used is šāḥat. Maybe you have some battle scenes in mind. Maybe you think of collapsed buildings and sacked villages. But if you read this word in Hebrew, some…
“I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world.” John 8:26 I Heard From Him – Read the verse again. Then ask yourself, “How would I understand this verse if I were…
It’s quite likely that I will step on some toes here. Actually, I don’t apologize. I am not trying to dissuade you from reading your favorite English Bible and I am not trying to convince you that you need to understand the Bible from a Hebrew worldview. I would imagine that most readers already have…
Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, who was the chief of the thirty, and he said, . . . 1 Chronicles 12:18 Came Upon – How would you describe the Spirit of God coming over you? Would you talk about being filled? Would you use words about a deep, inner experience? Would you describe the…
There and then the whole town came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they urged him to go away from their area. Matthew 8:34 Whole Town – I am sure you are familiar with the story of the demoniac and the pigs. Yeshua crosses Lake Kinneret and encounters a man (two men…
But He said to them, “Have you not read what David did, when he became hungry, he and his companions, how he entered the house of God, and they ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but for the priests alone?” Matthew 12:3-4 Not Lawful…
The men were amazed, and said, “What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?” Matthew 8:27 Man – Do you remember a few days ago I said that Yeshua almost always acts as a man but there are exceptions? Well, this seems to be one of those exceptions. …
And since Jews ask for a sign, and Greeks seek wisdom I Corinthians 1:22 Sign/Wisdom – Why do Jews ask for a sign but Greeks seek wisdom? The answer is to be found in the cultural paradigms of these two groups of people. Once we uncover this difference, we can determine which paradigm fits our…
For since in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. I Corinthians 1:21 Message Preached – The Greek text in this verse does not contain the word “message.” It simply reads…
