Today’s Word
The Words of the King
“The Lord is righteous; for I have rebelled against His command; Hear now, all peoples, and behold my pain; my virgins and my young men have gone into captivity. Lamentations 1:18 NASB Rebelled – According to the Talmud, these are the words spoken by Josiah as he was dying (Ta’anit 22b). The Hebrew verb, mara,…
Flunking Out
And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, 1 Peter 2:4 NASB Rejected – We often wonder if we are really worthy of being followers of the Messiah. After all, we know our faults so well. We think…
A Father’s Delight
It came about as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin. Genesis 35:18 NASB Benjamin – No surprise here. Jacob renames his last son Ben-jamin rather than Ben-oni. To understand why, let’s put it in Hebrew transliteration. Ya’aqov names the boy, Ben-yamin rather than…
Force of Habit
“I have listened and heard, they have spoken what is not right; no man repented of his wickedness, saying, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone turned to his course, like a horse charging into the battle. Jeremiah 8:6 NASB Charging – Have you ridden a horse? The first thing you notice is that this animal is…
The First Rule
When the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes. 2 Kings 22:11 NASB The book of the law – We certainly aren’t confused about which book King Josiah heard. The text reads sepher hat-torah. Josiah heard the revelation of YHVH to Moses and it was so distressing that…
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