Bible
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Get Yourself Out – Out of Sin and Into Faith
This week’s parsha focuses on the life of Abram who became Abraham. He is known for his great obedience to God and great faith. Through him came God’s promise to bless the whole world. Abraham, however, was not perfect, but… Continue reading
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Noah: Mercy Triumphs over Judgement
God promised Noah he wouldn’t flood the earth again, not because future generations would be any better than the past ones (He actually said human hearts are still evil from youth (Gen. 6:5, 8:21), but because God chose mercy for… Continue reading
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Sukkot Shabbat During Middle Days: Numbers 29
Numbers chapter 29 seems like an outdated mundane list of to-do’s for a now obsolete sacrificial system, but is there more to this chapter? On the first day of Sukkot, thirteen bulls were supposed to be offered, along with other… Continue reading
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Sukkot (Tabernacles/Booths) 2nd Day
As I mentioned in my last entry, a tabernacle, booth, or tent is used Biblically as an image of the physical body, which is a temporary dwelling place for the soul. Similarly, the Tabernacle of God was a temporary dwelling… Continue reading
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Sukkot (Tabernacles/Booths)
Sukkot is an appointed time full of rejoicing, beginning the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar. It is the third holy day that required Israel to pilgrimage to the temple. During this time, spanning seven days,… Continue reading
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Yom Kippur: Repentance and the Well-Watered Desert Garden
Yom Kippur is the only biblically mandated fast day or Israel. The day is spent in prayer for forgiveness of sins. At the close of the day, the final shofar is sounded, a long extended blast, and by tradition it… Continue reading
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Vayelekh: He Went Ahead of You, For You
Moses gave Israel the Torah, but Joshua led them into the promised land. They miraculously crossed the river that dried up at their crossing point and piled up upstream. The walls of their enemies in Jericho fell down for them.… Continue reading
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Rosh Hashanah: Isaac, Ishmael, and the Well
Today, Muslims of Mid Eastern descent claim their lineage to Abraham through Ishmael. Jews claim theirs through Isaac. God tells Abraham, “through Isaac shall your offspring be named” (vs. 12), though God would “make a nation of the son of the… Continue reading
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Nitzavim: He is Coming and His Reward and Recompense Is with Him
This section of Isiah and the next several chapters that follow describe the Messiah who will come and conquer Israel’s enemies, Messiah ben Judah. Christians believe this is the prophetic description of the second coming of the Messiah. The nations… Continue reading
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Nitzavim: Do Not Ascend. Do Not Descend. Do Not Cross. He Has.
God gave us His word through Moses, and then God gave us the Word in Jesus. He came down. He was raised. He crossed over and back again. We don’t have to because He is near us now (Mt. 28:20),… Continue reading
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