Weekly Torah Readings: Vayeishev
(from One New Man Bible translated by William Morford) Vayeishev 37.1. And Jacob settled in the land of his father’s sojourning, in the land of Canaan. 2. These are the descendants of Jacob. Joseph, seventeen years old, was tending the flock with his brothers and he...
Hellenists in the Book of Acts
Hellenists Complained about the Hebrews: The word in Greek for Greek people is Hellenists, the word used in Acts 6:1. Acts 6:1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because...
The Angels are With You!
Encouraging Word from the LORD* for all of us, knowing that God does not change, he is still doing this today! Exodus 23:20. “Behold, I AM sending an angel before you, to keep you in the Way, and to bring you into the which I have prepared. 21. Beware of him and obey...
The Throne of the LORD
The Palace of the LORD* is rarely mentioned, but there is such a place. One Scripture really highlights it: Isaiah 6.1. In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord (Adonai) sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, (Rev. 4:2,9; 7:10) and His train filled the...
Heroines of the Bible: Widow of Zaraphath
The Widow of Zarephath was a woman who had to know for sure that she had heard from God. 1 Kings 17:8. And the word of the LORD* came to him saying, 9. Get up! Go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to...
Heroines of the Bible: Deborah
Deborah became a Heroine as the Judge over Israel when she ordered Barak to form an army and fight the army of Jabin’s general Sisera. Judges 4:4. And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidot, judged Israel at that time. 5. And she lived under the date palm of...
Heroines of the Bible: Leah
Leah became the wife of Jacob knowing she would be the lesser of his two wives, but her humility and quiet love brought her the blessing of six sons and a daughter. She also became much loved by Jacob and is buried beside Jacob in the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron....
Heroines of the Bible: Rebeccah
Rebeccah respected the Word of the Lord when He told her there were twins in her womb. The LORD* then went on to say the elder, Esau, would serve the younger, Jacob. That prompted her to coax Jacob to imitate Esau. Rebeccah waited twenty years after marrying Isaac to...
Do Not Bring any Abominable Thing into Your Home
Do Not Bring an Abominable Thing into Your Home! Deuteronomy 7:26. Neither will you bring an abomination into your house, lest you become a cursed thing like it, but you will utterly detest it and you will utterly abhor it, for it is a cursed thing. There are many...
Weekly Torah Readings: K’doshim
(from One New Man Bible translated by William Morford) K’doshim 19.1. And the LORD* spoke to Moses saying, 2. “Speak to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them, “You will be holy! For I, the LORD* your God, AM holy. (1 Pe. 1:16) 3. You, every...