WORD STUDY – SMOOTH THINGS

Isaiah 30:10: “Which say to the seers, see not and to the prophets, prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things and prophesy deceit.”   The way this is translated only contributes to the arrogance of modern Christians.  You read this and you...

WORD STUDY – NEVU (PROPHESY)

I Samuel 19:20: “And Saul sent messengers to take David; and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.”   Saul sends out his goons...

WORD STUDY – WHEN THE PROPHET SPEAKS EVIL

I Kings 22:8:  “And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said; Let not the king say so.”...

Word Study: Sleep “Yishenah”

Sleep – Hebrew:  yishenah – sleep, to repeat, to change, to understand, divine revelation. Song of Solomon 5:2 “I sleep but my heart is awake, it is the voice of my beloved that knocks.” The word Yishenah comes from two possible root words.  The first is...