WORD STUDY – THE CHOICEST WINE – רחק

Isaiah 29:13,  “Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near [me] with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me…”   I once taught drama in a high school and I would always tell my acting students that...
WORD STUDY – WHILE HE IS OFFERING

WORD STUDY – WHILE HE IS OFFERING

Isaiah 55:6b “…call ye upon Him while He is near.”   Ok, I am still meditating on Isaiah 55:6 and this idea of calling on God while He is near. I would like to examine this phrase from a pre-Masoretic understanding which would give a little different twist to...

WORD STUDY – DRESH, A HINT TO SEEK

  Isaiah 55:6:  Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near.”   Yesterday I had one of those “Oh Lord, Oh Lord” days.  So I decided to continue my study in Isaiah 55:6 as I felt there was another face to Torah here. If you are a...

WORD STUDY – A BROKEN HEART

Psalms 34:18 The LORD [is] nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.   I once had an orthodox rabbi tell me, “You Christians, you do not understand the heart of David, you are so one dimensional.”   Indeed we are, for...

Word Study: Seek

WORD STUDY – SEEK Seek – Hebrew: Daresh – To seek, visit, frequent, search, inquire, consult, to promote, apply oneself to something. Isaiah 55:6: “Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon Him while He is near.” The word for “seek” is...

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