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Sole Proprietor

And the salvation of the righteous is of YHWH; He is their strength in the time of trouble. Psalm 37:39 Of YHWH – Who owns your salvation?  Not you!  Salvation is me-YHWH.  Many English translations render this “from the LORD,” as if the deliverance is ours but HE is the source.  But the Hebrew expression…
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What Time Is It?

And the salvation of the righteous is of YHWH; He is their strength in the time of trouble. Psalm 37:39 Salvation – What time is it in your life?  Is it a time of trouble?  If it is, then the psalmist has a perfect word for you:  teshu’ah – deliverance! Let’s slow down for a…
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What Lies Behind

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; for the end of that man is peace. Psalm 37:37 End –  “Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever.”  So says the Shorter Catechism of the Westminster Confession.  In order to align this with David’s insight, we must recognize that glorifying God…
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2012

The great day of YHWH is near; it is near and rushing greatly, the sound of the day of YHWH.  Zephaniah 1:14  (J. P. Green, literal translation) Day Of YHWH – Did you see the movie “2012”?  A typical disaster flick, it works off the supposed end of the world predicted by the Mayan calendar. …
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To Be Berean

Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. Acts 17:11 (NIV) To See If – Are you Berean?  Are you willing to examine the Scriptures every day to see if…
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Opening The Door

For God knows that in the day you eat of it, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. Genesis 3:5 (my translation) Knowing – Adam opened the door.  That’s the way Paul puts it in his letter to the Roman congregation.  “As by one man sin…
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