Today’s Word

Lucky 7

Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.  Joshua 6:4  NASB Seven – The numeral 7 in Hebrew is the word shiva.  Like almost all Hebrew nouns, it has…
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The Strange Death of Europe

And afterward Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘Let My people go . . .’”   Exodus 5:1a  NASB Go – A new Gregorian year begins.  This wasn’t always the case.  Until 1582 the Julian calendar was the common civil calendar.  Even today, some religious…
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At the end

“Yes, I am coming quickly.,”  Amen.  Come, Lord Jesus.  Revelation 22:20b Quickly –  Another annual cycle.  Maybe this last one wasn’t quite the same as the pagan idea of eternal return, that is, just going around and around over and over.  Maybe this last one created some changes; changes that will spin out new opportunities…
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Hebrew Greek

because God did not make death nor does he delight in the destruction of the living.  Wisdom of Salomon 1:13  A New English Translation of the Septuagint Death – It’s fairly widely recognized that The Wisdom of Salomon was composed in Greek in the mid first century B.C.E. It contains many Hellenistic themes, most likely imported…
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Life: The Movie

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding.  In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.  Proverbs 3:5-6 NASB Trust – Movies have plots.  They are usually accompanied by subtle forewarning clues.  There are no extraneous persons in the story.  That incidental character who just happens to…
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