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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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Nitzavim: The Tree that Made Wormwood Sweet
The root bearing poisonous fruit in Deuteronomy chapter 29 is associated according to Hebrew tradition with hemlock, an herb deadly to humans. Socrates was executed by drinking hemlock. This phrase in Deut. 29 literally is translated “a root bearing a… Continue reading
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