Hanukkah Part 1: November 26, 2013 @ sundown
Hanukkah is a major celebration that is very important to the Church, although the Church is largely ignorant of this season of the Lord. Y’shua is reported honoring this feast in John 10:22, so what is this about? Understanding Hanukkah and its significance for us...
Hanukkah Part 2
The Greek successors to Alexander became very oppressive and in 168 BC desecrated the Temple and forbade the reading of the Torah and the honoring of the Sabbath. Some Pious under the leadership of a priestly family, named Hasmonea, who had remained loyal to Judaism,...
Hanukkah Part 3
Hanukkah celebrates the dedication of the Temple immediately following the victory of Israel over the Greek armies of the second century BC occupying forces. Hanukkah means Dedication, naming it the Feast of Dedication in Hebrew. It is referred to one time in...
Leprosy in a House
Lev. 14:33 concerns leprosy in a house. This seems strange, but they had a good reason for relating the infection in a building to the infection in a person. Both conditions were caused by microorganisms, which were unknown until the invention of the microscope late...
Weekly Torah Readings: Ha’azinu
(from One New Man Bible translated by William Morford) Ha’azinu Song of the Lord, Verses 1-42 32.1. “Listen, O you heavens and I shall speak! You will hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2. My doctrine will drop as the rain, my speech will be like the dew, like the...
Weekly Torah Readings: Vayalekh
(from One New Man Bible translated by William Morford) Vayelekh Moses’ Farewell 31.1. And Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel. 2. And he said to them, “I am a hundred twenty years old this day. I can no longer go out and come in. Also the LORD* has said to...
Saul’s Two Year Reign
Saul’s Two Year Reign, stated in 1 Samuel 13:1. In the first year of Saul’s reign, after he became king, and he reigned two years over Israel.. Since this conflicts with Acts 13:21. And afterward they asked for a king and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man from the...
Weekly Torah Readings: Nitsavim
(from One New Man Bible translated by William Morford) Nitsavim Enter Covenant 29:9. “You are taking a stand this day, all of you, before the LORD* your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel, 10. your little...
Weekly Torah Readings: Ki-Tavo
(from One New Man Bible translated by William Morford) Ki-Tavo First Fruits 26.1. “And it will be, when you have come in to the land which the LORD* your God is giving you for an inheritance and possess it and live there, 2. that you will take of the first of all the...
TRUTH or TRADITION
TRUTH or TRADITION Many words of both Hebrew and Greek are often translated by tradition. The One New Man Bible strives to translate all correctly, valuing truth more than tradition. Several examples of the literal translation are given here. Genesis 7.1. And the...