Today’s Word

Survival Instinct

“If you do well, shall you not be accepted?  And if you do not well, sin lies at the door.  And to you shall be its desire, and yet you may rule over it.”  Genesis 4:7 Do Well – Nahum Sarna has the appropriate comment about this text.  He says that “it bristles with difficulties.” …
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Present Reality

and he said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.”  Genesis 3:10 I Was Naked – Adam doesn’t say, “I was naked.”  Oh, I know.  That’s the way the text is translated because in order to make the verbs agree within the sentence,…
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The Beginning of Wisdom

and he said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.”  Genesis 3:10 Afraid – We know this word.  We just don’t know it in this context.  It is yare, the verb that means “to fear, to respect, to reverence and to be afraid.” …
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The First Shema

and he said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.”  Genesis 3:10 Heard – “Sh’ma, O Israel” is the center of the faith.  Every day Israel is called to listen and obey.  The word shema means both – listen and obey.  But the…
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Wealth Redistribution

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them, otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.”  Matthew 6:1 Righteousness – Yeshua proclaims Kingdom principles.  He announces how the citizens of His Father’s Kingdom act in ways that compete with the kingdoms of this world.  He is not talking about…
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