biblical poetry
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How God Speaks Through His Appointed Times
The Parsha reading that I will cover in this entry is Emor (Speak), which was read in synagogues on May 2 this year. From this portion, I will cover the standard of holiness for the priests, the standard of perfection… Continue reading
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The Secret to Risk-Free Investment
Set your mind on things aboveAnd not on things below,For wherever your treasure isYour heart will be also.Do not store your treasure upWhere moth and rust destroy,Where thieves can break into and stealAnd you will none enjoy.Store your treasure in… Continue reading
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His Rulings Are Upright
This portion begins with various rulings on social situations between people concerning slaves and restitution for losses in various situations, includes the confirming of the covenant between God and Israel, and ends with Moses, Aaron, Aaron’s sons, and 70 elders… Continue reading
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To Proclaim His Excellencies
First, I want to talk about how the giving of the Ten Commandments at Sinai (Horeb) foreshadows the coming of the Holy Spirit and the second coming of the Messiah in the last days, as well as how the Mosaic… Continue reading
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Names: Their Importance and Their Power
The oppression of Israel to bitter slavery before the Exodus is the stage upon which we see a messiah arise, Moses, and I would like to argue he acts too as a foreshadowing of the Messiah Who was promised to… Continue reading
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He Lived: The Lion of the Last Days
I am very excited about this portion because it contains “one of the most widely accepted Messianic prophecies in Judaism” (CJSB, 66). The siddur (Jewish prayer book), the Targum of Onkelos, the Jerusalem Targum, and Rashi (a very notable rabbinic… Continue reading
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Chanukah: “I Will Live Among You.”
In this post, I go through Zechariah’s vision and explain how Yeshua Jesus is the Branch, the Servant, the High Priest, the Stone, the Menorah, the Temple, and the Capstone. The accuser constantly tries to take what belongs to God,… Continue reading
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At the End: The Suspense of the Latter Days
This portion begins with Pharoah’s dream and ends with the dramatic climax between Joseph and his brothers, who still didn’t know it was him. Their money they tried to buy grain with had been returned to their bags with their… Continue reading
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He Continued Living: He Lives for Me and You
Joseph’s “here I am” follows a line of momentous events in his family line. In Genesis chapter 22, God called Abraham and Abraham answered, “Here I am” before God then told him to sacrifice his son, Isaac. In Genesis chapter… Continue reading
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Preparing to be Called Out
I think believers can find great relevance in this history. Passover is when Jesus, our Passover Lamb (1 Corinthians 5:7), was sacrificed for us. As we enter the spring, a season for new life, we must prepare ourselves to meet… Continue reading
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